Graphics-Toolbox™ has a wealth of functions and applications to enhance and color your daily life. Each detailed icon depicts its function, which makes learning and recalling the uses of the tools fast and easy.

In contrast to other complicated graphics programs, Graphics-Toolbox has no wordy definitions and intricate procedures to learn. Our tools were designed to be logical, intuitive and require the least amount of steps possible.

Our manual clearly describes how to use each of the tools in careful detail, but this page gives a thorough overview of the important features and how they can be applied in your life.

Read about our tools in the boxes on the right. Click on the images in the Tutorial Boxes below, to see how the tool was used to create that effect. Scroll to the bottom of the page to see how Graphics-Toolbox's features compare to other popular Windows programs.

Tonally change colour in your image

Tonal Color Change Function - Keeping the tonal effect, change one color to another color.

Tonal Color Change

Keeping the tonal effect, change one color from a selected area of your image to another color.

Tonal Color Change

Combine and Customize Your Pictures

Irregular Framing & Resize Tools -
Frame the people in the left picture and put them against the nicer background of the picture on the right.

Combine Pictures

Irregular Framing & Copy Tools -
Combine these pictures and make it more interesting by placing the boys back-to-back & deleting unwanted areas.
Customize Pictures

Personalized Training

One-on-one Online Training

Online training is available at US$ 65 per hour. We use an online meeting service that enables you to view our trainer's screen, while the voice part of the training session is provided through a normal telephone line. We can call you on your landline or mobile phone.

A 1-hour training session will be sufficient to get you using Graphics-Toolbox's for your common graphics tasks.

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Group On-site Training

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Comparison - Graphics-Toolbox vs. other Windows programs

Word Art

MS Word

The WordArt options available in Word are the same 30 options they offer in Publisher & PowerPoint. Most of them are too dramatic and they rarely represent the personal feeling and image that the writer wants to convey.

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Graphics-Toolbox

There is no end to the possibilities of making creative-looking words. Graphics-Toolbox lets the user decide how they want their words to look by giving them the tools to add shadows, bend words, add fancy lines, ribbons, texture

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Comparison - Graphics-Toolbox vs. other Windows programs

Changing Color in Clip Art and Bitmap Images

MS Publisher

Publisher can do a little editing of images, but it is limited to their specific exposure choices and background fill color. It isn't possible to change the actual color of the image.

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Graphics-Toolbox

Graphics-Toolbox handles images easily and the recoloring functions are very fast. Each of the 2 color changes below was accomplished in less than 60 seconds!

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Comparison - Graphics-Toolbox vs. other Windows programs

Use Only the Part of the Image that You Want

MS PowerPoint

In PowerPoint, it isn't possible to use part of an image, eliminating the background or unwanted portions. You can place one image over another, but the final effect would look like this:

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Graphics-Toolbox

In Graphics-Toolbox, the Irregular Frame tool allows you to select only the portion of the graphic or photo that you want to include in your layout or presentation.


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Color Region

Life Color Cards - color stories with hundreds of colors for daily life

Color Library - built in 35 page color system library


RGB Glide - glide for adjusting the RGB color formula


Color Finder - generates tones of a color


Color Tools

Color Fill - fill a solid enclosed area with color


Pattern Fill - fill a solid enclosed area with the framed pattern


Rotate Pattern Fill - fill a solid enclosed area with a pattern that is rotated to your desired angle

Change Color - quickly replace selected color(s) within the framed area

Tonal Color Change - make tonal color changes in photographs and scanned images

Color Pen - change selected color(s) by freehand drawing


Swap Colors - quickly swap 2 colors within the frame

Basic Image Manipulation Tools

Copy - copy the framed image



Move - move the framed image



Repeat - repeat the framed image in normal, half-drop or horizontal shift layout

Resize - enlarge or reduce the framed image


Rotate - rotate the framed image to your desired angle


Outline - automatically outline an image


Bend - bend text or patterns to create interesting effects


Reshape - reshape a rectangular object


Laying Out a Page

Page Guide - a library of common page sizes for formatting your layout


Layouts - a library of scrapbook layouts for the casual scrapper


Guidelines - guides to help align your images on your page


Zooming and Panning

Roller Ball - zoom in and out fluidly with the mouse's roller ball



Zoom Buttons- quickly select an exact zoom level with these buttons


Panning - while zoomed in the drawing area, use the right mouse button to pan across the screen


Basic Drawing Tools

Freehand Draw - draw freehand with a mouse or stylus pen


Pressure Sensitivity - using a stylus pen, freehand draw with thick and thin lines

Line - draw straight lines



Curve - draw curves



Rectangle - draw rectangles



Circle - draw circles


Framing Tools

Magic Wand - frame a multi-color tonal object automatically


Auto Frame - frame a solid color shape instantly


Irregular Frame - manually frame an irregular shape


Rectangular Frame - define a rectangular frame


Previous Frame - frame the previously selected image


Advanced Graphics Tools

Pattern Pen - draw freehand using the framed area as a pattern


Cloning - duplicate a selected image elsewhere in the drawing area


Watercolor - create the effect of adding water to colors to blend them


Airbrush - create airbrush effects



Shade - create gradations of color



Smooth - soften images



Embellishing Images

Fancy Lines - a library of over 600 fancy lines


Ribbons - hundreds of colorful ribbons designed to match the Daily Life Color Cards


Apply Texture - add realistic dimension to flat graphics


Life Images - an assortment of themed life images


Working with Scanned Images

Scan - scan directly into Graphics-Toolbox


Group Colors - reduce the colors in a scanned image


Remove Scattered Dots - automatically remove unwanted single pixels


Help Messages

Right Mouse Button - click on function button and read Help message


Keyboard Shortcuts - many keyboard shortcuts are programmed for convenience