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| Dazzle Draw Documentation |
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| A Walk through the Menu |
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| Part 5a |
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| Tools |
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This section is designed both as a step-by-step guide to all the
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features in Dazzle Draw for beginners, and as a reference guide to
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particular features of the program for experienced Dazzle Drawers.
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| Paint Brush |
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Paint Brush lets you paint with a wide variety of solid colors and
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patterns. You can add text and even create lines, ovals and rectangles
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at the touch of a button.
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Here's how to use Paint Brush:
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1. Pull down the Tools menu and select Paint Brush.
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2. Select either the solid color or pattern option.
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3. Select a color or pattern. If you've chosen patterns, click the
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mouse over the "up" or "down" scrolling arrow to view all the patterns
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possibilities, six at a time.
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4. Select a brush shape.
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5. Select a brush size. The smallest brush size you can use with solid
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colors is one pixel.
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6. Move the cursor, now shaped like the tip of a paint brush, onto the
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drawing area, and press the mouse button to begin drawing.
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7. Release the button when you want to stop drawing and to move the
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cursor around the screen without leaving a trace.
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8. To erase, select black or the color of your background and the
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brush size and shape with which you want to erase.
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9. With the mouse button pressed down, sweep the cursor across the
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area you want to erase.
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Hints:
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1. To draw straight vertical or horizontal lines, press the "Open
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Apple" key ("Closed Apple" if you're using a drawing pad or joystick)
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while you move the brush. This feature is called "constrain." You can
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also use this feature inthe Spray Paint mode and, as you'll soon see,
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when drawing Shapes.
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2. Your brush tip is displayed in a contrasting color so that you
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won't "lose" it on a background of the same color. Occasionally, you
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may want your brush displayed in the current color, rather than the
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contrasting color. press the spacebar to switch between these two
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options.
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| Spray Paint |
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Spray paint is primarily a shading tool that lets you apply colors and
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pattern in any density. You can adjust the spray to four different
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shapes.
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Here's how to use Spray Paint:
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1. Pull down the Tools menu and select Spray Paint.
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2a. Using solid colors: If you are filling a solid color with another
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solid color, the "Fill" and "With" boxes both are pre- set to the solid
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option, so all you have to do is select a color, then click the mouse
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over the area that you want to fill that color with.
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2b. Using patterns: If you're filling with a pattern or over a
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pattern, you must tell the computer. To do so, first click the mouse
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option next to the computer. To do so, first click the mouse over he
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solid or pattern option next to the "Fill" box to indicate what type
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of area you plan to fill. Then click over the solid or pattern option
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next to the "With" box. Now select the pattern or color from the
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palette that you ant to fill with. If you are filling over a pattern,
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the cursor will change to a dotted-line box. Click the mouse over the
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area that you want to fill.
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Note - The dotted-line box shows what Dazzle Draw "sees" as the
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pattern it will cover
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| Zoom |
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The Zoom feature lets you magnify a small segment of your drawing so
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tat you can do fine detail work by adding and deleting colors, pixel
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by pixel. You can work in even finer details with the color option in
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the Goodies menu turned off. The Grid function, also in the Goodies
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menu, can further enhance your Zoom work.
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Here's how to magnify a section of your drawing:
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1. Pull down the Tools menu and select the Zoom feature.
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2. A dotted-line box will appear on the screen.
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3. Move the box to the area you want to magnify by pressing the mouse
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button and dragging the box to the section you want to magnify. Then
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click the mouse.
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4. The selected area will be placed in the Active box. It also will be
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enlarged to fill up the entire drawing area, so you can modify the
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drawing pixel by pixel.
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5. While you're working, you can redefine the section you're working
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on by using the "zoom scroller," a device that appear in the Zoom tool
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window. The zoom scroller is like a joystick that directs the
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positioning of the magnified working area. Simply point the cursor at
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the dot in the center of the zoom scroller and press the mouse button.
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Then move the cursor in the desired direction.
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Working in your magnified section, here's how to add the delete
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colors:
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1. Pick a color.
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2. Move the cursor to the pixel you want to color and click the mouse.
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To color more than one pixel, simply hold down the button while moving
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the mouse until you've filled in all the pixels.
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3. If you change your mind and want to erase this color, click the
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mouse over the pixel or pixels you have that color. The pixels will
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turn black.
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| Text |
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Using the Text feature, you can add words to your drawing. You have
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your choice of two type fonts (Modern or Serif) and three stylus
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(Plain, Bold, or Italic). In addition, you can choose two sizes for
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each font: 18 or 36 Point for Modern and 24 or 48 Point for Serif.
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If you want to add text to your drawing:
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1. Pull down the Tools menu and select Text.
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2. The Text Tool window will appear, displaying the current font,
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size, and style. You can change any of these settings by clicking the
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mouse over the current choice. The available options will appear one
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at a time.
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3. Move your cursor to the position where you want your text to begin,
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and click the mouse. This position the text cursor at the place where
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the character type will begin.
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| Shapes |
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Shapes lets you add squares, circles, ovals, and rectangles to your
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drawing. You can choose solid shapes, outlined shapes with four
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different border thicknesses, plus 16 colors and 30 patterns.
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Here's how to use the Shapes feature:
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1. Pull down the Tools menu and select Shapes.
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2. Select the outline or filled oval or rectangle.
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3. Pick a border thickness if you've chosen an outlined shape.
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4. Move the cursor to the drawing area.
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5. Press the mouse button and drag cursor to create the size shape you
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want, and then release the button.
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Note - To draw a perfect circle or a square, press the "Open Apple"
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key ("Closed Apple" when using a drawing pad or joystick) while
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defining an oval or rectangle.
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| Dazzle Draw Documentation |
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| A Walk through the Menu |
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| Part 5b |
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| Lines |
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With the Lines feature, you can draw solid lines with patterns or
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colors. You can use single lines, connecting lines, or rays emanating
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from a single point.
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It's easy to use the Lines operation. Here's how:
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Single Lines
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1. Pull down the Tools menu and select the Lines feature.
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2. Pick a color or pattern.
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3. Pick the straight line option.
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4. Choose a line width.
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5. Move the cursor into the drawing area and press the mouse button
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where you want your line to begin. Then move the cursor to where you
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want your line to end and release the button.
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Connecting Lines
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1. Follow the instructions for straight lines until you get to Step 3.
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Then pick the connecting lines option.
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2. Choose a line width.
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3. Move the cursor to the area where you want your first line to begin
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and press the mouse button. Drag the cursor to the place where you
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want that line to end, and then release the button.
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4. To draw a second line, press the button again. The second line will
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begin where the last line ended. Then drag the cursor until you get to
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the place where you want this line to end, and release the button. You
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can draw as many lines as you want.
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5. To begin a new series of lines, click the mouse anywhere outside
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the drawing area to end the old series.
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Rays
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1. Follow the instruction for single lines until you get to Step 3.
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2. Pick the rays option.
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3. Move your cursor to the drawing area and press down the button at
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the point from which you want the rays to emanate.
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4. Press the mouse button and drag the cursor to the point at which
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you want the line to end. To draw a second line, press the mouse
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button again and drag the cursor again.
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5. To begin a new set of rays, click outside the drawing area.
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| Edit |
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Dazzle Draw's Edit menu gives you the option of "editing" your
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drawing. Using the Capture feature, you can "capture" specific
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sections of your drawing and then erase, move, or duplicate them. You
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can even "invert" colors in a captured section or flip the section
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vertically or horizontally. With Capture and the Exchange Colors
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feature, you can replace one color with another within any section.
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| Capture |
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The Capture feature lets you define a section of your drawing on the
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screen and place it onto the computer's invisible "clipboard" for
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later use. The Capture feature must be used before you can use the
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Flip, Invert Colors, Cut, Paste, Copy, Exchange Colors, or Clear
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Section features.
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Here's how to capture a section:
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1. Pull down the Edit menu and select Capture.
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2. Move the cursor to any corner of the section you want to capture,
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and then press the mouse button. Drag the cursor a little and a small,
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dotted-lined box appears on the screen.
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3. While continuing to hold down the mouse button, move the mouse so
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that the dotted line surrounds the area you want to edit.
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4. Release the mouse button.
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| Flip Section |
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With this feature, you can flip a section of your drawing vertically
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or horizontally.
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1. Capture the section you want to change.
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2. Select Flip Horizontally or Flip Vertically from the Capture tool
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window.
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| Invert Colors |
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The Invert Color feature lets you change colors in a section of your
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drawing to their "opposite" colors (such as white to black).
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1. Capture the section where you want to invert colors.
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2. Select the Invert Colors option from the Capture tool window.
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| Cut and Paste |
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Using the Cut and Paste features together, you can remove the section
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you captured and reposition it in another area of your drawing. Here's
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how to do it:
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1. Capture the section you want to reposition.
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2. Select Cut from the Edit menu or type "x" on your keyboard. The
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captured section will be lifted off you screen and placed onto the
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clipboard. In its place will be a black space.
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3. Select Paste or type "v".
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4. Press the mouse button and drag the cursor (which now look like a
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right angle to indicate the lower right corner of the section you cut)
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to where you want the section to be relocated. Then release the mouse
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button.
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| Copy and Paste |
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With the Copy feature, you can reproduce a section of your drawing
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without removing it and, by using Paste, place the duplicate onto
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another part of your screen. Here's how:
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1. Capture the section you want to copy.
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2. Select Copy from the Edit menu or type "c." The captured section
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will be copied off the screen and placed on the computer's clipboard.
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This time you won't see a black space replacing it - the original
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remains on the screen.
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3. Press the mouse button and drag the cursor to the location where
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you want a copy of the section to appear.
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4. Select Paste or type "v." The cursor now looks like a right angle.
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5. When you move it to where you want the copy to go, press the mouse
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button. As you hold down the button, you can drag the image for exact
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positioning. Then release the button.
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6. To make multiple copies, type "CTRL-V" each time you want a copy to
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be pasted to the screen.
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