>But you are right with the opacity for tools like the gradient tool.<br>
>I would suggest two solutions for this.<br>
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>1. When such a tool is selected the opacity slider and the blending mode box<br>
>will set the global opacity and compositeOp<br>
>and the preset editor and the preset chooser will be disabled to indicate<br>
>that this tool doesn't work with presets.<br>
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>2. Add an opacity slider and a blending mode ComboBox to the tool options<br>
>for the tools that work with this options<br>
<br><br>I also like the 1st solution.<br><br>LukasT: Thanks for the info for Mirror brush option <br>