Editing a painted image one pixel at a time

You can precisely edit an image by working with one pixel at a time.

To edit an image one pixel at a time:
1 Double-click the pencil to zoom to 800 percent.
2 If necessary, scroll to display the area you want to edit.
3 Add, remove, or change pixels:
To add pixels in an area that's currently blank, click or drag with the pencil.
To remove a pixel that is a color different from the color in the Fill formatting button, double-click the pixel.
To remove a pixel that is the same color as the Fill formatting button, click the pixel.
To change a pixel to the color in the Fill formatting button, click the pixel.
Tip: To remove many pixels at once, use the eraser.
4 When you've finished editing pixels, double-click the pencil again to return to 100-percent view.

If you can't select the pencil:
If you are working in a painting frame, make sure you enter the frame to edit it. If you still can't select the pencil, you probably aren't in a painting frame or document and therefore cannot use this feature. Use the drawing tools instead.

Related topics

  Changing the appearance of painted images
Painting images
Manipulating and positioning painted images
Changing colors and other attributes

 
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