Class Paint Tutorial

Richard Howe

Description

Starting Paint To begin, select Start > Programs > Accessories > Paint You will end up with a window that looks something like the image to the right. To expand the size, double click on the bar labeled “untitled – Paint” at the top Below you will find a list and description of all the buttons and other main features of Microsoft Paint. Free-form select tool This tool allows you to select odd shaped figures. Simply left click your way around the shape to select it. Select Tool This tool selects a rectangular area. Hold down the left button on your mouse and drag open a box around the shape. Note: Once you have selected the shape you can then move it around the page by using your mouse. You can also make a copy using the edit drop down menu. Select copy, then select paste. Eraser Tool This tool allows you to rub out any errors or work lines. When it is selected it will give you a choice of eraser sizes as shown below. Simply click to highlight the desired size. Eraser thickness choice toolbar 1 Fill With A Color Tool The fill with a color tool lets the user fill the inside of a shape with a solid color. Select the fill icon from the toolbar, choose a color from the color toolbar (see color toolbar later) then click inside the shape to fill it with the chosen color. Color Picker Tool The color picker tool allows the user to choose a color from your workpage. You would do this when you needed to match a color ...

Informations

• Publié par: Chiem
• Nombre de lectures: 18
• Langue: English

Extrait

1

Starting Paint

To begin, select

Start > Programs > Accessories > Paint

You will end up with a window that looks

something like the image to the right.

To

expand the size, double click on the bar

labeled “untitled – Paint” at the top

Below you will find a list and description of all the buttons and other main features of

Microsoft Paint.

Free-form select tool

This tool allows you to select odd shaped figures. Simply left click your way around the shape to select it.

Select Tool

This tool selects a rectangular area. Hold down the left button on your mouse and drag open a box around the

shape.

Note: Once you have selected the shape you can then move it around the page by using your mouse. You can

also make a copy using the edit drop down menu. Select copy, then select paste.

Eraser Tool

This tool allows you to rub out any errors or work lines. When it is selected it will give you a choice of eraser

sizes as shown below. Simply click to highlight the desired size.

Eraserthicknesschoicetoolbar

2

Fill With A Color Tool

The fill with a color tool lets the user fill the inside of a shape with a solid color. Select the fill icon from the

toolbar, choose a color from the color toolbar (see color toolbar later) then click inside the shape to fill it with

the chosen color.

Color Picker Tool

The color picker tool allows the user to choose a color from your workpage. You would do this when you

needed to match a color from the page, rather than try and guess it's on the color toolbar

.

Magnify Tool

The magnify tool lets you zoom in to get a more detailed view of your work. Select it on the toolbar and then

choose the magnification factor from the toolbar which appears (see below).

Pencil Tool

This tool lets you draw using the mouse. Start by selecting it from the toolbar. To draw, hold down the left

button whilst you drag the mouse over the page.

Brush Tool

The brush tool is similar to the pencil tool. It lets you draw on the page by holding down the left button as you

drag the mouse. The only difference is that the brush tool gives the user a thicker line pattern. When you select

it from the toolbar you can choose the thickness and appearance of the brush from the toolbar which appears

Air Brush Tool

The air brush tool works like a spray can. Select it from the toolbar, then choose the spray effect from the

toolbar which appears (see below). You can then choose a color and start spraying using the left mouse button.

Airbrushsprayeffectstoolbar

Text Tool

This tool allows text to be added to a page. Select it from the toolbar and use the left mouse button to drag

open a box where you intend to add your text. You will then be able to type in your text as well as choosing its

size, font type and other features.

3

Line Tool

The line tool lets the user draw a straight line from one point to another. Select the line tool from the toolbar.

Choose the line thickness from the toolbar which appears (see below) and draw the line by left clicking at the

starting point and dragging the line to the finishing point.

Linethicknesstoolbar

Curve Tool

The curve tool allows you to draw smooth curved lines. Start by selecting the curve tool from the toolbar,

choose the line thickness and drag a line using the mouse. To make the line curve left click on the workpage

near the line. You should see the line curve. Experiment with this process to find the best method

.

Rectangle Tool

This tool lets the user draw a box. Choose the rectangle tool from the toolbar. You will see a fill style toolbar

appear on the screen (see

Fill Style

below) which will give you three options. Choose one of the options and

draw a rectangle by dragging open a box when pressing the left button on the mouse.

Note: Holding the shift key while dragging open a rectangle keeps the horizontal and vertical axes in proportion

creating a square.

Polygon Tool

The polygon tool allows you to create two dimensional figures.

Choose the polygon tool from the toolbar and

choose then appropriate

fill style (see

Fill Style

below). Draw a line whilst holding down the left mouse button.

Move to the next vertex of your figure and press the left button again. Keep doing this to create the polygon.

Note: Holding down the shift key forces all the angles in the polygon to be either 45º or 90º, thus allowing the

user to create more regular figures.

Ellipse Tool

This tool allows the user to draw circles and ellipses. Choose the ellipse tool from the toolbar and then choose

the appropriate fill style (see

Fill Style

below). To draw an ellipse hold down the left mouse button while dragging

the mouse across the page.

Note: Holding the shift key whilst dragging open an ellipse keeps the horizontal and vertical axes in proportion

creating a circle.

4

Rounded Rectangle

This tool allows the user to draw rectangles with rounded corners. Choose the rounded rectangle tool from the

toolbar and then choose the appropriate fill style (see

Fill Style

below). To draw a rounded rectangle hold down

the left mouse button while dragging the mouse across the page.

Note: Holding the shift key whilst dragging open an ellipse keeps the horizontal and vertical axes in proportion

creating a rounded square.

Fill Style Selection Box

When you select the any one of the rectangle, polygon, ellipse or rounded rectangle tools you are able to

choose the fill style you desire. There are three options which can be chosen by simply left clicking in the toolbar

which appears.

1. A border only, where only the border is colored.

2. A bordered Box, where the border and the box itself are both colored. To achieve this effect you will

need to choose both a foreground and background color (see

color selection box

below).

3.

A colored box, where only the inside of the box is colored.

Color Selection Box

The color selection box allows you to choose an appropriate color. At its most basic level simply left click inside

the color of your choice.

For more advanced use, clicking with the left mouse button gives the foreground color, whilst clicking with the

right mouse button gives the background color. This allows the effect seen in option 2 above, where the border

has a different color to the box itself

Shape Opaqueness Choice Box

After you have successfully created your shape you will need to consider how much of it will be opaque and

how much will be see through. In most cases you want the shape itself to be opaque but the background

around it to be see through. For this choose the second option in the toolbar which appears whenever you

select an object. This feature can also be obtained through the image menu.

Flipping, Rotating, Stretching and Skewing

Once you have selected a shape go to the Image drop down menu. If you click on the headings in this section

you can easily achieve any of the named effects.