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Compositor is innovative in that it has 3 Modes: Tool Mode, Frame Mode , and Mat Mode.
The above image demonstrates a neat feature. You can have a rectangular selection (1) (others convert the bounding rect), switch to Frame Mode (2), work on your image using the autoshrink and proportion tools available to the frame (including colors) in that mode (3), then go to Mat mode (4), save just the visible portion (if you wish), or apply various colors, including stamping the mat. Then you can go back to Tool Mode (5) (all via Mode Menu) and your rectangular selection is still there for more advanced work like feathering or Drop Shadow. Note: Drop Shadow works in all modes. It is found in the FilterVille Artly There menu. Mat Mode Quick Tip: B key toggles the mat color through the fore-back and gray to white and black colors. Can get funky. B Key in other modes toggles any extra image border added with on oversized window and smaller or zoomed out image.
What else is the Frame good for? It autosizes or can be constrained to several common photographic and art support proportions (such as canvas sizes). This makes it easy to visualize how a portion of a larger image would look if cropped, and the Mat mode in combination with this makes it -simple- to know how a portion of an image would look if painted at that proportion. In Mat mode, you can save only the contents of the frame at any time. In Frame and Tool mode, the whole image is saved. At any time, you can choose New With Current under the File Menu and create a new document with the contents of a selection or frame. Innovative and fast.
