What is a Tool Box?

FotoFusion makes use of patent-pending floating toolboxes that dramatically accelerate your work flow.

Toolboxes become visible when you select frames in the collage. They allow you to:

•	Interactively edit the selected element;

•	Open an editor for more precise controls

•	Access additional selections, such as frame order, rotation, splitting, adding text, and other features.

Image Frame Toolbox

Text frame toolbox

Interactive editing

Many of the controls in the the toolbox can be dragged interactively; doing so will change an important parameter related to the selected object.

To drag the control, simply press the left mouse button while hovering over an icon in the toolbox and move the mouse.

In this example, select an image frame and click on the 'Border' portion of the graphic.
Press and hold the left mouse button, then drag the mouse to the right.
The border thickness will increase interactively as you do so. Release the mouse button when you are satisfied with the border width.

ToolboxDragBorder1 ToolboxDragBorder2

Some controls, such as Drop Shadows, can be dragged both left/right (shadow offset) and up/down (shadow blur).

You can press 'esc' before releasing the mouse button to cancel the changes if necessary.

Opening Editors with the Toolbox

Clicking on a control in the toolbox will open a floating editor which contains detailed editable parameters.
See the section on editors to learn how to adjust the parameters they contain.

The Image Toolbox

Toolbox numbered

The Image toolbox appears when you select an image frame (versus a text frame, which will display a different abbreviated Toolbox).

The Image toolbox contains a graphical representation of the various parts of the frame which you can click or drag directly:

1. Image : allows you to adjust the properties of the image. Mouse-down and drag to change brightness, contrast and gamma; click to open the Image Editor.

2. Border: allows you to adjust frame shape and border properties. Mouse-down and drag to change the border width; click to open the Frame Editor.

3. Shadow: allows you to adjust the shadow properties. Mouse-down and drag to change blur, offset, etc; click to open the Shadow Editor.

4.Arrange and Distribute: click to open the Arrange tool, to position your frame on the canvas relative to the edges, center point, and other frames.

5. Splitter Tool: allows you to cut one frame into several equal-sized frames. Mouse-down and grad to divide the frame into rows and columns; click to open the Splitter tool.

6. Add Text: allow you to add text attached to the selected frame.

7. Orient: Spins and flips the frame.

8. Tools: Accesses the Red-Eye Removal tool and the Matte Cutter Tool (Extreme only)

9. The Wheel: Feature coming soon!