The edit menu

Cut, Copy, Paste

If the CUT or COPY options are selected then the user should then drag the mouse across the grid to define the area to be copied or cut. In the case of CUT the area is removed from the image and the area underneath redrawn with the background color. The image section is kept in the IconPainter clipboard but this is not transferrable to the system clipboard. The IconPainter clipboard contents are only then lost if the IconPainter session is terminated.

When PASTE is selected there are two options:

Clipping

There are two options for clipping. One for setting a clip area and the other for removing the clip area.

If you choose to set a clip area then you should drag the mouse across the image grid to define a box which is to be the clip box. All subsequent draw and image effect operations will then only be painted withing the clip area.

When the clip area is defined you should note that the area is exclusive of the pixels over which the defining rectangle is drawn. You should also note that when using the image effect option the clipping only takes place when you choose to close the image effects dialog box.

Cropping

When cropping the area outside of the rectangle you draw on the image will be shaded with the background color.

Mirror and create tile

The mirror options cut the current image in half and mirror one side in the other. The "create tile" option will take the top-left quarter of the image and reflect it into the other four quarters to create a tile.

Repeat image section

Like cutting and copying, when this option is selected you can then mark out an area of the current image by dragging the mouse. On releasing the mouse the selected area is repeated as a tile across the original image. This can be a surprisingly powerful function for producing interesting patterns. A section as small as four pixels in a square can be repeated.