Graphics 3

Tools

Pressing the tools button displays this menu.

Choose defaults
Allows you to set up the tools menu.
Rectangle select
First step in cropping a graphic. Click top/left & drag to bottom/right corner.
Move selected pixels
Moves the selection and the pixels contained within it
Lasso select
A freehand selection tool.
Move selection
Moves the selection shape but leaves the pixels within where they were.
Ellipse selection
Click the top/left &: drag to bottom/right corner of the enclosing rectangle.
Zoom
An alternative method of zooming the graphic.
Magic wand
pan
An alternative to scroll bars for moving the whole graphic.
Paint bucket
Used to flood a shape in the graphic with colour. Note that any break in the shape allows the colour to bleed through.
Gradient
See the Help page and play with this.
Paintbrush
Turns the mouse pointer into a paintbrush
Eraser
Erases everything, even the background.
Pencil
Like a paintbrush only one pixel in diameter.
Color picker
Used to duplicate colour already in the graphic.
Clone stamp
Used to remove objects from a picture by duplicating nearby colors.
Recolor
Replace one color with another.
Text
Add text to a graphic.
Line/curve
Draw a straight line. A click at each end. Then pull itinto the desired curve.
Rectangle
Click top/left & drag to bottom/right corner.<
Rounded rectangle
Click the top/left &: drag to bottom/right corner of the enclosing rectangle.
Ellipse
Click the top/left &: drag to bottom/right corner of the enclosing rectangle.
Freeform shape
Click and drag around the desired shape.
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