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Gimp offers some powerful tools for making complex images. When your needs extend beyond painting and filling, you'll want to begin using the advanced tools in the Gimp palette.

Icon	Tool Name	Function
	Erase	Erases the clicked-on area of the image. Uses the selected brush head as the eraser "tip."
	Airbrush	Airbrush allows you to simulate the application of an airbrush paint gun. The Tool options allow you to adjust rate and pressure of flow.
	Clone a region of the image	You can use this tool to copy one part of an image onto another part. To select the part of the image to copy from, control-click on the part of the image to use. Let go of the control key. Then click on another part of the image. The clone tool will take a space the size and shape of the brush tip and copy it from the first place to the second. (This is a handy way to remove an object in the foreground of an image.)
	Blur or Sharpen	The blur tool uses anti-aliasing to "blur" the area under the mouse. The more you drag the mouse over an area, the less distinct the lines in the area become. Sharpen, on the other hand, makes lines more distinct.
	Draw in Ink	The mouse acts like an inkwell pen, drawing in a smooth line. To alter the size, intensity, and "angle" of the pen, use the tool options
	Dodge or Burn	The Dodge/Burn tool is used for highlighting pieces of your image. The dodge tool makes the areas it passes over turn slightly lighter, while the burn tool makes the areas slightly more dark. You can adjust the areas affected by the tool with tool options
	Smudge	The smudge tool allows you to "smudge" your image, to make it bleed into the areas around it. You can adjust the rate and opacity with tool options
	Measure angles and distances	Using the mouse, you can measure angles and lines in your image. Gimp displays relevant details about your measurements along the text space at the bottom of your image.

These tools give you enormous flexibility over the way your image looks. Above are a few examples of an image altered by the tools.

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