Undo, Redo, Cancel and Reset

The last part of the Studio to be described is the Undo, Redo, Cancel and Reset buttons that can be found in the bottom right-hand corner of your monitor and shown here in this screen-grab below:

PC

Mac

Undo and Redo

Each and every one of your interactions with the Studio, be it the selection of a Source, a brushstroke on the Canvas or an adjustment to one of the Mixers, is stored in the ArtMaster/ArtMasterPro program – and it is stored as if it were a piece of railway track being laid down - the most recent interaction being the last item stored. The following example, in Steps, illustrates what you can do with the Undo and Redo feature:

Step Number Interaction

A Click on Source Main Colours 4

B Paint a bit on the Canvas

C Change the Blend Mixer from 50,50 to 100,75

D Paint a bit more

E Change H/S (Hue/Saturation) Mixer from 50,50 to 50,40

F Fix

Note: As keyboard shortcuts, you can press Ctrl+Z (PC) or Command+Z (Mac) for Undo, or Ctrl+Y (PC) or Command+Y (Mac) for Redo.

Given the scenario above, and that you are at the end of Step F when you start to Undo, the following combinations are possible.

If you click Undo:

• Once - you will Undo the Fix in Step F and you can resume painting i.e. as if you were still at Step E. You will see the effect of Undoing the Fix if you look at the Studio Preview Pane as you Undo. To Redo Step F, just click Redo once and again you can see the effect of the Redo in the Studio Preview Pane.

• Twice – you will Undo Steps F and E, and the Blend Mixer will move back to 50,50.

• If you click it a third time you will Undo Step D, when you last painted. To get back to the end of Step E, click Redo twice and will able to carry on painting. As soon as you start painting, the Fix in Step F gets overwritten with the new painting interaction and you will need to click Fix again.

• Six times – you will get taken right back to where you started from i.e. just before you started on Step A. If you want to return to Step F, you will need to click Redo six times.

Now, if at the end of Step F you click Finish (and come out of Manual Mode), and then click Undo the Canvas will turn white - i.e. you have undone everything you have done since you went into Manual Mode. Again to get you back to the end of Step F, just click Redo.

Cancel

The Cancel button can be used in two ways:

• If you are running an ArtWizard, you can stop it at any time by clicking the Cancel button (pressing the Esc key has the same effect). The Studio will return itself to the state it was in before you started the ArtWizard.

• If you are in Manual Mode clicking the Cancel button (or pressing the Esc key) returns the Studio to the state it was in before you clicked the Manual button.

Reset

Clicking the Reset button will take the Studio back to where it was just after you opened your image and went into the Studio for the first time. Pressing Ctrl+Shift+R (PC) or Command+Shift+R (Mac) will have the same effect.