Manual

Working with Bitmap Objects ,, ,
In Drawing, you can use three types of objects to compose a drawing: text
objects, graphic objects, and bitmap objects.
• A text objea is an object you create using the Text tool on the
Attributes tool bar.
Becausebitmap drawings
usea lot of memory:
*Limit the size ofyour
bitmap drawingto an area
smaller than the size of
the window, scaledat
100% normal size.
.Save your document
frequen@
.Limit the number of
bitrnapdrawingsper
document
• A graphic object is any line, rectangle, ellipse, arc, star, or other
object you cream using any of the other tools (besides text) on the
Attributes tool bar or the Cream option on the Edit menu.
• A bCtmap object is any object you create using any of the tools on
the Bitmap tool bar.
A bitmap is an object made up of pixels, which are individual dots that make
up an object, like the dots on a television screen. Bitmaps allow you to create
freehand objects. Because bitmaps have special properties, Drawing provides
a set of tools for manipulating pixels.
The Bitmap tools appear on the right side of the horizontal tool bar:
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_ Like their- counterparts.-0n:the Drawing t0ol bar, the bitmap Line, Rectangle,
and Ellipse tools draw geometric shapes. However, the Bitmap tools paint
pixels in a bitmap, while the Drawing tools create distinct graphic objects.
' You can change the pixels of a bitmap object using the Bitmap tools.
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