3 In the Tolerance area, enable one of the following options:

•Normal — determines the color tolerance based on the similarity of hue values between adjacent pixels

•HSB mode — determines the color tolerance based on the similarity of hue, saturation, and brightness levels between adjacent pixels

4Move the Tolerance slider to set the tolerance for the color that you want to crop.

You may need to experiment with different Tolerance slider positions to successfully remove the border color.

To crop to an editable area of a mask

1Define an editable area on an image.

2Click Image ` Crop ` Crop to mask.

Stitching images together

Image stitching allows you to seamlessly join 2D images. For instance, you can scan a large image in smaller, overlapping pieces and reassemble them.

You can stitch images together to create a single, large image. This image has been scanned in four sections and stitched.

To stitch images together

1Open the images you want to stitch together.

2Click Image ` Stitch.

3Choose a filename from the Source files list, and click Add.

If you want to select all open images, click Add all.

4To change the position of an image in the Selected files list, click a filename, and click one of the following buttons:

•Up button

•Down button

5Click OK.

6In the Image stitch dialog box, click the Selection tool .

7In the image stitch window, drag an image to align it with another image. Repeat to align all images.

8Type a value in the Blend images list box to define the number of overlapping pixels used to blend images together.

9Enable one of the following options:

•Combine to background — creates a single, flattened image

•Create objects from images — creates a stitched image in which each source

image becomes a separate object. You can later adjust the brightness and contrast of each object so they match.

You can also

Stitched images that are flattened have a smaller file size than stitched images containing separate objects.