Painting Tools

#To draw a free-form line

1. Click the pencil button and click a colour that you would like from the colour box.

to draw a line click the left button on your mouse and drag the mouse in the direction you would like.

#To erase a small area
1. Click in the tool box.

2. To use a smaller or larger eraser, click a shape at the bottom of the tool box.

3. The selected background color shows what color the eraser will leave behind. To change the background color, click a color by using the right mouse button.

4. Drag the mouse pointer over the area you want to erase.

Tip:

To change a specific color (and nothing else), change the foreground color to the color you want to erase and the background color to the color you want to replace it with. Click the eraser, and then use the right mouse button to change the color.

#To create an airbrush effect
1. Click in the tool box.

2. To change the size of the spray area, click a size from the bottom of the tool box.

3. To choose the spray color, click a color.

4. To spray, drag the mouse pointer. Use the left mouse button to spray with the foreground color, or use the right mouse button to spray with the background color.

#To create custom colors

1. In the color box, click the color you want to change.

2. On the Options menu, click Edit Colors.

3. Click Define Custom Colors, and then enter new values in either the RGB (red, green, blue) or HLS (hue, saturation, and luminescence) color models.

4. Click Add to Custom Colors.

-Tips

· To save custom colors=

1 click the Options menu

2 click Save Colors

· To use your saved colors, click Get Colors.

· For Help on an item, click at the top of the dialog box, and then click the item.

#To use black and white instead of color
1. On the Image menu, click Attributes.

2. Click Black and White.
Caution: Once you have changed a color picture to black and white, you cannot change it back to color. If you change back to color, only new work will be in color

#To invert all the colors in a picture
On the Image menu, click Invert Colors.
Note: Each color is replaced by its color complement. For example, white becomes black, and red becomes blue.

#To undo changes
1. On the Edit menu, click Undo.

2 To undo previous changes, click Undo again.