Overview: Graphics Editor

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The Graphics editor has an extensive set of tools for drawing images, as well as features to support the creation of toolbar bitmaps. In addition to creating and editing images in bitmap format, you can edit images in GIF or JPEG format. You can also convert images in GIF or JPEG format to bitmap format.

With the Graphics editor, you can:

Note   Many of the Graphics editor’s functions require a mouse or other pointing device. For keyboard shortcuts or accelerators, choose Keyboard from the Help menu.

Tip   While using the Graphics editor, in many instances, you can click the right mouse button to display a shortcut menu of frequently used commands. The commands available depend on what the pointer is pointing to.

For information about common resource edit procedures such as creating new resources, opening existing resources, and deleting resources, see Resource Editors How Do I ... Topics.

What do you want to know more about?

Graphical resources

Color

Image editor window and tools

Image editor panes

What do you want to do?

Edit graphical resources

Work with color

Manage the Graphics editor workspace