Operation Manual

Chapter 12. Plugins 152
Selection tool Allows you to select a rectangular region; once you do, you will be shown
a menu of options (including “cancel” if you make a mistake).
Line tool Draws a straight line.
Curve tool Allows you to draw a line and curve it.
Rectangle tool Draws an unfilled rectangle.
Circle tool Draws an unfilled circle.
Gradient fill To use this tool, click at the starting and ending points. Starting with the
background and going to the foreground colour, Rockpaint will fill the region with
a gradual colour change.
Bucket fill Fills an same-colour or empty region with a colour.
Dropper Click on a colour in the image to change the foreground colour to it.
Eraser The opposite of the pencil; it changes painted pixels to white.
Text tool “Draws” text on the image.
Filled rectangle Same as the Rectangle tool, but fills it with colour.
Filled circle Same as the Circle tool, but fills it with colour.
Curved Gradient Fill Same as Gradient fill, but you must draw two lines. Rockpaint
will draw a curved, gradual change of colour in the region.
Menu This opens the Main Menu. You can also press the Menu key to open it.
Main Menu
The main menu consists of the following:
Resume Closes the Main Menu.
New Creates a new canvas and discards the current file. BE CAREFUL. You will lose
any unsaved changes in the file that is currently open.
Load Loads a bitmap file. Simply navigate to the file as you would in the file browser.
Save Saves the current file. If it has not been saved before, you will be given a chance
to name it and choose the saving location.
Set Width Allows you to change the width of the image. Border to indicate the width
will be shown but it doesn’t affect drawing.
Set Height Allows you to change the height of the image. Border to indicate the height
will be shown but it doesn’t affect drawing.
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