To get started, click New, then drag out a rectangle on the workspace.  Your first object will appear.
When using a slider, click the Left Mouse button to get the slider arm to move towards the pointer position, and click the Right Mouse button to get the arm to jump to the pointer position.
To work on details use Pan & Zoom action mode to zoom in and out.  Click the Left Mouse button to zoom in, Right to zoom out.
To load a bitmap, enter Edit action mode then drag out a rectangle and choose Load Bitmap from the menu that appears.
To remove spots on a bitmap, try making an Ellipse with a Solid Color chosen from the bitmap, or use an Ellipse Fade with a Blur.
A quick way to enter Edit action mode is F3.  To toggle between action modes, press F2.
To apply an effect to a bitmap, select the bitmap, then click the Right Mouse button for the menu.  Duplicate the object, then change it to a Blur, Sharpen or Contrast.
To move your view, use Pan & Zoom action mode and drag the Right Mouse button.  Or use SHIFT+Right Mouse button in other action modes.
Contrast does more than just change the overall Contrast and Brightness.  It can also adjust the color in your photos using the color channels or even make a negative version of objects below.
To isolate a Wave effect on an object, like a text object, copy the object to the Clipboard and then make a Custom Region using that text from the Clipboard (in black) with a wave over it.
For a different effect use Contrast and Brightness, then draw a curve in the graph for Red, Green and Blue.
Easy projects begin with .ORC files, which are Object Archives.  Draw a rectangle in Edit action mode, then choose Load Object.
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