This is especially useful where there are many overlapping shapes within a mask, making it difficult to select the right one with the mouse. It is a good habit to give shapes and groups meaningful names, especially if you intend to reuse the same selection in different masks.Ĭlick on a shape name to show the selected shape on the image canvas with all of its controls, allowing you to edit the properties of just that shape.

You can rename a shape by double-clicking on its current name. 🔗shapesīy default each shape receives an automatically generated name, consisting of the shape type (“brush”, “circle”, “ellipse”, “path”, “gradient”) and an automatically-incremented integer.

If a shape is in use by any masks this is indicated by a symbol to the right of the shape name. The list of mask groups is followed by a list of all individual shapes that have been generated in the context of the current image. Groups of shapes forming a mask are displayed with a headline in the form “grp ” indicating the module in which they are used, with the component shapes listed below. The panel below these buttons displays a list of all masks and individual shapes defined for the current image. These are the same as in the drawn mask interface of in processing modules. The top line of the mask manager panel contains buttons that can be used to create new shapes. You can add shapes to and remove shapes from a mask, group shapes together, and combine them using set operators. This module can be used to create, rename, edit and delete shapes. Manage all masks and shapes for the current image.

Darktable mask