# Hi

**URL:** <https://forums.synfig.org/t/hi/4264>\
**Category:** Introductions\
**Created:** [July 30, 2017, 3:35pm UTC](https://forums.synfig.org/t/hi/4264 "2017-07-30T15:35:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![nyjdams](https://forums.synfig.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/e36b37/32.png) [@nyjdams](https://forums.synfig.org/u/nyjdams)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2017, 3:35pm UTC](https://forums.synfig.org/t/hi/4264/1 "2017-07-30T15:35:51Z")

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Hi all, I’m a complete beginner at this - found Synfig by a combination of internet search and recommendations.

I’m running version 1.2 on Yosemite, and I have a question:

In the youtube tutorial 4: creating shapes, the instructor says at 18:55 about setting a default blend method, " go to this option in your toolbox" but my toolbox has no panel. I see from the wiki entry that the ‘file’ menu has a ‘panel’ option, but mine doesn’t. I can’t see where to set a default value for anything …

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**Author:** ![BobSynfig](https://forums.synfig.org/user_avatar/forums.synfig.org/bobsynfig/32/175_2.png) [@BobSynfig](https://forums.synfig.org/u/BobSynfig)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2017, 10:58pm UTC](https://forums.synfig.org/t/hi/4264/2 "2017-07-31T22:58:19Z")

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Hi,

this video ([youtu.be/YeIam21c0n0](https://youtu.be/YeIam21c0n0)) refers to an obsolete Synfig version.  
The GUI has changed a lot since that time (almost 4 years !)  
Now each tool has its own panel for parameters.  
Just select a tool and the corresponding panel will appear 🙂