Workspace / Menu Bar / Object

Object

The Object menu contains commands to manipulate the objects.

Object Menu

  • New Image Layer

    This command allows you to insert a new empty layer on the current active layer.

  • Insert Image...

    This command allows you to insert the images on current canvas from a file common open dialog box.

  • Select Pixels

    This command allows you to select the colored region without transparent part. If you want to select the letters after type text on the canvas, you can easily select the colored region using this command.

  • Delete Styles

    This command allows you to delete styles of selected layers.

  • Copy Styles

    This command allows you to copy styles of selected layers.

  • Paste Styles

    This command allows you to change sytles of selected layers to copied styles.

  • New Group

    The new group command allows you to create empty group object.

  • Group

    This allows you to create a new layer group. If you select the layers before perform this command, the newly created group will contain the selected layers.

    Example of Grouping

  • Ungroup

    This is the opposite to group command.

  • Duplicate

    This command allows you to copy the currently selected objects. The duplicated layer is positioned above the selected layer.

    Send to back

  • Convert To Image

    This command allows you to convert vector object into image object.

  • Merge Objects

    This allows you to merge the selected objects. They will be merged into a new single layer.

  • Merge Visible

    This command allows you to merge the currently visible objects. The visible objects will be a single layer.

  • Merge to Background

    This command allows you to merge the layers including the current active layer with all layers below it into the background layer.

    Merge to Background

  • Flatten Image

    This command allows you to merge the all layers into the background layer.

    Flatten Image

  • Blending

    Blending modes in Hornil StylePix are used to determine how two layers are blended into each other. For more details, see blend modes.

  • Z Order

    • Bring Forward

      A layer with greater stack order is always in front of an object with a lower stack order. The bring to front and bring to back commands allows you to change the stacking order of layer.

      Original stacking order
      Bring Forward

    • Send Backward

      Send to back command move the seleted object behind all other objects.

      Send Backward

    • Brint to Front

      Brint to Front

    • Send to Back

      Send to Back

  • Align

    Align Example

  • Hierarchy Thumbnail

    Hornil StylePix provides five thumbnail size such as following:

    To change the thumbnail size, choose Object > Thumbnail Size.

    Layer Bounds / Entire Document

    There are two ways of the thumbnail view. The layer bounds mode shows the only existing area. but entire document mode shows the real position and size in entire canvas. The below images are shows two ways of the thumbnail view.

    Layer Bounds
    Entire Document