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The Colorize tool renders the active layer or selection into a greyscale image seen through a colored glass. You can use it to give a “ Sepia” effect to your image. See Color model for Hue, Saturation, Luminosity.
You can get to the Hue-Saturation tool in two ways :
In the the image-menu through: → → or → ,
or by clicking the tool icon:
in Toolbox, provided that you have installed color tools in Toolbox.
For this, go to
Tools Dialog.
Hue: The slider and the numeric text box allow you to select a hue in the HSV color circle (0 - 360).
Saturation: The slider and the input box allows you to select a saturation: 0 through 100.
Lightness : The slider and the text box allow you to select a value: -100 (dark) through 100 (light).
The Preview button makes all changes dynamically so that they can be viewed immediately.
