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Finish toolbar

The Finish toolbar floats across the bottom of the image viewport. Buttons are icons; point to one for its name and description. The active tool is highlighted.

Toolbar key

Tool order

  • Cursor puts tools away so clicks select layers without painting.
  • Transform / Warp share one popup. Transform moves or scales the active layer; Warp edits its corner mapping.
  • Select arms the current selection method; hold to choose another method.
  • Selection mode chooses Replace, Add, Subtract, or Intersect and is enabled while Select is armed.
  • Paint lays the current color on the active layer.
  • Dodge / Burn share one popup; hold Alt/Option during a stroke to use the opposite action.
  • Clone / Heal share one popup. Alt/Option-click sets the source.
  • Blur / Blend share one popup for local softening or blending.
  • Fill uses model-assisted content generation and manages the needed result layer.
  • Erase removes paint from the active retouch layer. Alt/Option with Paint can erase without switching.
  • Paint color opens the active brush color control.
  • Brush size changes radius; [ and ] also resize.
  • Brush tip chooses the tip family. Tip-specific settings appear in the Brush panel.

Tools that require a Pixel-compatible retouch layer are disabled until one is active. Point to a disabled tool to see the needed context.

Keyboard

Each tool has a key: V Cursor, T Transform/Warp, M Select, B Paint, O Dodge/Burn, H Clone/Heal, R Blur/Blend, G Fill, E Erase. Pressing a tool's key again puts it away. The keys work only while this toolbar is on screen: the Finish pane in Develop, and inside the Finish group in Graph or Canvas. The exception is M, which arms the selection tool anywhere selections work, including Develop's Adjustments tab; Shift+M steps the Draw-with method to the next one in the list, wrapping at the end. All of these can be rebound in Preferences.

Polish mode

While polishing a selection, the toolbar intentionally shows only Preview, Polish mode, model Matte, Apply, Cancel, brush size, and brush tip. This keeps unavailable Finish-only tools out of the refinement workflow.

Brush behavior

Selection boundaries restrict new Paint and retouch strokes. Flow builds with repeated passes; opacity caps the result. Softness changes edge falloff. Texture and non-circular tips can add material variation. Tool-specific Strength appears in the Brush panel rather than expanding the toolbar.