Introduction to the Inpaint Toolbar

The Inpaint Toolbar is your primary toolkit when working within Fater's Image Editor. It's typically found floating vertically on the left side of the main Inpaint Canvas and provides quick access to a range of tools and actions for masking, direct layer editing, canvas manipulation, and AI preprocessing.

Toolbar Overview

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The toolbar consists of a series of Action Buttons, each represented by an icon. Clicking a button either selects a tool or performs an immediate action. Many buttons also have tooltips explaining their function, and some reveal popover options when you right-click them (or hover, depending on the button).

Tool Categories & Key Actions:

Here's a breakdown of the tools and actions available on the Inpaint Toolbar:

1. Masking Tools:These tools are used to create and modify selections on the Mask Canvas.

  • 🖌️ Mask Brush (Brush icon): Selects the brush for painting mask areas. (See Creating Masks Manually)

    • Tip: Shift + Mouse Wheel changes brush size.

  • ▭ Mask Rectangle (RectangleHorizontal icon): Selects the tool for drawing rectangular mask selections.

  • Polygonal Lasso (PolygonalLasso icon): Selects the tool for creating precise polygonal mask selections by clicking points.

    • Tip: Alt + Click creates an erasing polygon. Double-click closes the polygon.

  • 🚫 Clear Mask (X icon): Immediately removes the entire current mask.

  • Invert Mask (YinYang icon): Flips the masked and unmasked areas.

  • 🔍 Prompt to Mask (TextSearch icon): Initiates AI-powered mask generation based on a text prompt you provide (often in coordination with the Agent). (See AI-Powered Masking)

    • Tip: Alt + Click subtracts the AI-generated mask from the current mask.

  • ↔️ Inflate/Deflate Mask (Expand icon): Expands or shrinks the border of the current mask by a set number of pixels.

    • Tip: Alt + Click deflates. Shift + Click uses a larger step size.

  • ◌ Border Mask (CircleDashed icon): Modifies the mask to only include its edge pixels.

2. Direct Layer Editing Tools:These tools affect the pixel content of the currently selected single layer.

  • ✏️ Pencil (Pen icon): Selects the pencil tool for drawing directly on a layer.

    • Tip: Right-click the icon for options (Width, Color via RGBA Picker). Shift + Mouse Wheel changes size.

  • 🔪 Cutter/Edge Drawing Tool (PenLine icon): Selects the tool for drawing straight white lines on a layer (often used for preparing Edges maps).

  • Eraser (Eraser icon): Selects the eraser tool for removing pixel content from a layer (distinct from the mask brush's erase mode).

    • Tip: Shift + Mouse Wheel changes size.

3. Canvas & Image Actions:

  • 💾 Download Composed Image (Save icon): Downloads the current view of the assembled canvas (all visible layers).

    • Tip: Right-click for options (Format: webp, png, jpeg; Megapixels).

  • ✂️ Extract Masked Area to Layer (Scissors icon): Creates a new layer from the content within the currently masked area. If no mask exists, it may attempt an "AI Autocut."

  • 🖼️ Resize Canvas to Masked Area/Layer (Crop icon):

    • If a mask is active, resizes the Generation Area Bounding Box to fit the mask.

    • (This icon is also used on layer items in the Layers Tab to resize the canvas to fit that specific layer).

  • 🔳 Toggle Square Canvas (Square icon): Forces the Generation Area Bounding Box into a 1:1 aspect ratio.

  • 🔍 Zoom to Fit All Layers (ZoomIn icon): Adjusts the canvas zoom and pan to make all visible layers fit within the viewport.

4. AI Preprocessing & Utility Actions:

  • 🤖 Generate Edges Map (Cpu icon): Creates a new layer containing an Edges map derived from the visible content within the Generation Area. (See Preprocessing for AI: Edges and Depth Maps)

    • Tip: Right-click for Low/High Threshold options.

  • ⛰️ Generate Depth Map (Mountain icon): Creates a new layer containing a Depth map from the visible content. (See Preprocessing for AI: Edges and Depth Maps)

    • Tip: Right-click for Type (Monotile/Multitiles) and Split options.

  • Delete Mask Content (Trashicon): Uses AI to intelligently remove and fill the content within the masked area.

    • Tip: Right-click to select the AI Model for this task.

Tool Selection & Options:

  • Click an icon to select a tool. The selected tool's icon usually appears highlighted.

  • Clicking an already active tool icon often deselects it (returning to a neutral/pan mode).

  • For tools with options (like Edges Map, Depth Map, Download, Pencil), right-click the tool icon on the toolbar before performing the main click to open a popover menu where you can adjust its specific settings.

The Inpaint Toolbar is your go-to for most direct canvas interactions and quick AI utility functions in the Image Editor.

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