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