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c6fd71241d docs: add user docs in docs/user (#3951)
* docs: add user docs for PhotoCraft

Adds docs/user/ (published at getartcraft.com/docs/photocraft), the docs
check and publish workflows (copied from craft-launcher), and a User docs
rule in AGENTS.md. Checker: 0 error(s), 0 warning(s).

Source notes per page:
- index.md: README (intro, status, Crafting Apps table), website
  crafting-apps.ts photocraft entry, links.rs (Discord, issues), menus.rs
  (Help > Report an Issue).
- getting-started/index.md: menus.rs and menu_catalog.rs labels, panels.rs
  (Layers, Properties, History), dialogs.rs (Create button).
- getting-started/install.md: README Downloads and Get started sections,
  gh release view v0.7.0 asset list, craft-launcher catalog.rs (lists
  PhotoCraft).
- guides/open-and-save-files.md: apps/photocraft/src/services.rs (open and
  save filters), README Formats and PSD sections, docs/file-format-parity.md.
- guides/adjust-colors-with-adjustment-layers.md: menu_catalog.rs, panels.rs
  (footer button, adjustment list), lib.rs (Properties shows new layer).
- guides/select-and-mask.md: menu_catalog.rs Select and Layer Mask menus,
  state.rs tool names, retouch_ui.rs (Select Subject button and message).
- guides/add-and-style-text.md: state.rs (Horizontal Type Tool, T),
  type_tool.rs, menu_catalog.rs Layer Style and Type menus, dialogs.rs.
- guides/export-an-image.md: export_dialog.rs (labels, formats, options).
- troubleshooting/taskbar-turns-black.md: issues 3550, 3864, 3430, 3144,
  PR 3308 (git: not an ancestor of v0.7.0), prefs_ui.rs (System title bar).
- troubleshooting/text-moves-when-editing.md: issues 3795, 1317, PR 3819
  (open).
- troubleshooting/get-help.md: menus.rs, links.rs, gpu_status.rs (System
  Info content).
- faq/*: README (status, license badge, offline, formats), LICENSE-MIT and
  LICENSE-APACHE, docs/file-format-parity.md.

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* docs(user): apply final review fixes

Part 1: verified = latest release tag policy in docs/user/AGENTS.md; released-pages sentence in root AGENTS.md. Part 4 items 1-9: remove x86 row and TGA resolution, formats, new photocraft-does-not-start page, mask label, taskbar workaround, wording, Affinity read-only, index.

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* docs(user): use the standard section title

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* docs(user): describe PhotoCraft 0.7.0 startup behaviour

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* docs(user): tighten PhotoCraft startup wording

Drop the unsourced "slower" claim for CPU mode and give the exact
Preferences path on Windows and macOS.

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* docs: pin the docs checker to a commit and its SHA-256

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* docs: drop the docs workflows until the checker is on artcraft-services main

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* docs: re-verify against 0.8.2

- taskbar and PSD text pages: both fixes ship in 0.8.2; tell users to
  update and drop the "not in a release yet" wording and workarounds
- does not start: 0.8.2 fixes the Intel Iris Pro/Monterey Device(Lost)
  case; OpenCore Legacy Patcher Macs still have no fix
- install: Windows 10 or later, 32-bit Windows builds, RISC-V deb/rpm,
  Wayland paste and XWayland notice
- open and save: Krita and Paint.NET filters, Krita/PCX/FITS formats,
  save progress, JPEG/WebP encoding kept on Save
- export: TGA Resolution, multi-layer Export As and Quick Export
- text: Shift-click starts new text over existing type
- CLAUDE.md is now a regular file pointing to AGENTS.md
- verified: 0.8.2 on every page

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* Drop the root AGENTS.md docs rule; keep the PR to docs/user/

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* docs(user): drop the stale missing-tools count from the Photoshop FAQ

Re-verified the page against v0.9.0.

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Adjust colors without changing your pixels Add a Curves, Levels or other adjustment layer in PhotoCraft so you can change or switch it off later. 20 0.8.2

Use Layer › New Adjustment Layer and pick an adjustment. The change sits on its own layer above your image, so your original pixels stay as they were and you can edit or hide the adjustment later.

Add an adjustment layer

  1. Open your image and click the layer the adjustment should sit above in the Layers panel.
  2. Choose Layer › New Adjustment Layer, then an adjustment such as Curves…, Levels…, Vibrance… or Hue/Saturation….
  3. Change the settings in the Properties panel, which shows the settings of the new layer.

The same list is behind the button at the bottom of the Layers panel, labelled Create new fill or adjustment layer when you hover over it.

The adjustments in the menu are Brightness/Contrast, Levels, Curves, Exposure, Vibrance, Hue/Saturation, Color Balance, Black & White, Photo Filter, Channel Mixer, Color Lookup, Invert, Posterize, Threshold, Gradient Map and Selective Color.

Limit it to one area

  1. Select the area first, for example with the Elliptical Marquee Tool. See Select part of an image and mask it.
  2. Add the adjustment layer as above.
  3. With the adjustment layer active, choose Layer › Layer Mask › Reveal Selection. The adjustment now shows only inside the selection.

Change it later

Click the adjustment layer in the Layers panel and edit its settings in Properties. Every step you take is also listed in the History panel.

Apply an adjustment straight to the pixels

If you do not need to change it later, use Image › Adjustments, for example Image › Adjustments › Curves…. These change the pixels of the layer directly and are not kept as a separate layer.