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Contents 1. Welcome ............................................................ 1 Existing features ...................................................................................................... 3 New features .......................................................................................................... 12 Installation .............................................................................................................. 15 2. Getting Started ....................................
Contents Converting a shape to editable curves .......................................................77 Connectors ..............................................................................................................78 Adding dimension lines and labels...............................................................82 Using the Gallery...................................................................................................85 Using graphic styles ...........................................
Contents Locking/unlocking an object........................................................................ 135 Grouping objects ............................................................................................... 135 Aligning and distributing objects............................................................... 136 Ordering objects ................................................................................................ 137 Working with layers ..........................................
Contents Applying envelopes ......................................................................................... 205 Adding drop shadows ..................................................................................... 206 Applying 2D filter effects ............................................................................... 208 Using 3D filter effects....................................................................................... 212 Applying paper textures..............................
1 Welcome
2 Welcome
Welcome Welcome to DrawPlus X5—the design and illustration solution from Serif, 3 packed with all the features expected of award-winning design software. From decorative page elements and logos to full-page illustrations, scale drawings, multi-page folded publications, and Stopframe or Keyframe animations— DrawPlus X5 does it all.
4 Welcome • Layers Each page can have multiple layers so you can assign elements to different layers for modular design. Each layer entry hosts a hierarchical tree view of associated thumbnailed objects. • Pseudo 3D Projections Project objects isometrically onto Top, Front, or Right planes via a Standard toolbar. For more advanced projections, take advantage of editable Dimetric, Trimetric, Oblique projections, or even create your own Custom projection.
Welcome 5 For more focused design, use Solo mode to work on an object in isolation. Ease of Use • Tailor your keyboard shortcuts Take advantage of customizable keyboard shortcuts for enhanced productivity—assign your own keystrokes to toolbar and menu commands! Use single-key keyboard shortcuts for easy tool access.
6 Welcome including Red Eye Tool, Auto Levels, Auto Contrast, Brightness/Contrast, and many more. Apply adjustments singularly or in combination. Use PhotoLab for studio-based adjustments, effects, retouching, and masking. • Object Default control Set your intended object’s default line colour/style, fill, and transparency before even drawing your object! As a more powerful default control, Synchronize Defaults lets you adopt a currently selected object’s attributes for future objects.
Welcome 7 Define new colour sets based on a base colour—this linkage can transform the drawing's colour scheme instantly, by simply modifying that base colour! • Colour Picker Tool Sample colours directly under the cursor or, for artefacted, halftone or dithered images, by averaging colours under a shaped region. Don't forget to try colour gradient sampling, for sampling sunsets, metal or glass surfaces, and more.
8 Welcome • Dimension Lines and Scale Setting Click a couple of times to take linear or angular measurements of any object on the page—DrawPlus displays the dimension using your choice of ruler units, at your specified scale (say, one inch to two feet). Dimensions update when objects are moved or resized! Design room layouts, make maps, draw scale models, and more.
Welcome 9 Text • Working with Text Apply and edit artistic, frame, or shape text right on the page... apply basic formatting from the always-at-hand Text context toolbar. Control advanced properties like text flow (wrap), kerning, leading, paragraph indents, above/below spacing. Need foreign language support? Simply paste text in Unicode format as either formatted RTF or unformatted plain text.
10 Welcome • Instant 3D with on-screen transforms Transform 3D objects with in-situ 3D rotational control and editing. Apply awesome multi-coloured lighting effects (with directional control), along with custom bevel and lathe effect profiles to create your very own unique contours. Hardware-accelerated rendering boosts redraw performance (hardware dependent). • Perspective Effects Get a new slant on things...
Welcome 11 Web and Animation • Web Image Slices, Image Maps, Rollover States Beat the pros at their own game by using these techniques to add links to your Web graphics! With a few clicks, divide images into segments—each with its own hyperlink and popup text—or add hotspots to specific regions.
12 Welcome • PDF Export Step up to the worldwide standard for cross-platform, WYSIWYG electronic information delivery. Your PDF output will look just like your DrawPlus document... in one compact package with embeddable fonts, easily printable or viewable in a Web browser. • Professional Print Output PDF publishing to the PDF/X-1 or PDF/X-1a file format is a great choice for professional output from DrawPlus.
Welcome 13 • Composite Blend Modes and Isolated Blending (see p. 165) Like composite opacity, a composite blend mode affects a group, after overlapping grouped objects are blended. For control of blending scope, isolated blending restricts blending effects to just the group (and not underlying objects). • Accurate Ruler Guide Placement (see p. 39) Use Guides Manager to create and accurately position multiple ruler guides.
14 Welcome Ease of Use • Customized Menus and Toolbars Tailor DrawPlus to your needs with menu, toolbar, and icon customization. • Dynamic Reordering of Objects (see p. 138) Drag the Arrange tab's Depth slider to dynamically change the selected object's order in the current layer. • Enhanced Solo Mode (see p.
Welcome • Changing fonts? Use live font preview on any selected artistic or frame text. • For accessibility, DrawPlus now offers two sets of icon sizes—Small and Large. • Change the look of DrawPlus in an instant with exciting Colour Schemes. • For professional web developers, Dynamic Preview's pixel grid is automatically enabled at higher zoom levels.
16 Welcome Recommended: As above but: • Dual-processor PC technology Optional: • Windows-compatible printer • TWAIN-compatible scanner and/or digital camera • Pressure-sensitive pen tablet (Serif GraphicsPad or equivalent) • 3D accelerated graphics card with DirectX 9 (or above) or OpenGL support • Internet account and connection required for accessing online resources First-time install To install DrawPlus X5 simply insert the DrawPlus X5 Program CD into your DVD/CD drive.
2 Getting Started
18 Getting Started
Getting Started 19 Startup Wizard Once DrawPlus has been installed, you're ready to start. Setup adds a Serif DrawPlus X5 item to the All Programs submenu of the Windows Start menu. • Use the Windows Start button to start DrawPlus (or if DrawPlus is already running, choose New>New from Startup Wizard... from the File menu) to display the Startup Wizard.
20 Getting Started Use the Choose Workspace drop-down menu to choose your workspace appearance (i.e., Studio tab positions, tab sizes, and show/hide tab status). You can adopt the default workspace profile , the last used profile , a range of profile presets, or a workspace profile you've previously saved. As you click on different profiles from the menu, your workspace will preview each tab layout in turn.
Getting Started 21 Banners, posters Large Labels, business cards, tags Small ISO and ANSI layouts Technical Drawing For folded documents, automatic imposition assures correct order and orientation of your output. To start a new drawing from scratch using the Startup Wizard: 1. Start DrawPlus (or choose File>New>New from Startup Wizard... if it’s already running). 2. Select Start New Drawing from the Startup Wizard. 3.
22 Getting Started 4. Select a document type thumbnail from a category in the left-hand pane. 5. (Optional) For custom settings, from the right-hand of the dialog, click a Paper, Folding, or Margins setting and either choose a different drop-down list option or input new values to modify. Typically, you can change paper Width, Height, and Orientation settings in the Paper category.
Getting Started 23 6. (Optional) Set your colour mode to either RGB or CMYK (below) from the Primary Colour Mode section. CMYK is used for professional printing. For more details, see Working in RGB or CMYK colour mode below. 7. Click OK. The new document opens. To start a new drawing during your DrawPlus session: • Click New Drawing on the Standard toolbar (if Startup Wizard is disabled). - or Choose New>New Drawing from the File menu.
24 Getting Started Working in a specific workflow (RGB or CMYK) means that objects are drawn natively using the currently set colour space, without the needed for conversion to alternative colour spaces (e.g., from RGB to CMYK). In CMYK mode, you can choose to show or hide each of the C, M, Y, or K plates while drawing by using the View tab. You can check which colour mode you are operating in, by viewing the Title Bar. This reports the document name followed by the document's current colour mode, e.g.
Getting Started If your drawing hasn't been opened recently, click navigate to it. 25 Browse... to Recently viewed files also appear at the bottom of the File menu. Simply select the file name to open it. To open an existing document via toolbar or menu: Open on the Standard toolbar, or select File>Open.... 1. Click 2. In the Open dialog, navigate to, then select the file name and click the Open button. Displaying drawings Click on a Document tab at the top of the workspace to make it active.
26 Getting Started To open an image: Open on the Standard toolbar. 1. Click 2. Change the file type drop-down menu to display All Image Files, locate and select the file, and click Open. The image occupies your workspace such that page dimensions are adjusted to match the image dimensions (a Custom page size is adopted; in pixels). 3.
Getting Started 3. 27 From the dialog, you can perform font substitution, choose text control options, import individual or all pages in the PDF file, and auto crop to the PDF page area. • The font list shows the fonts which are needed to represent the imported PDF text accurately and their current status, i.e. Font Status The font is... Installed installed on your computer. Substitute not installed on your computer so a suggested substitute font is selected for you.
28 Getting Started 6. Check Crop contents to page area to remove unwanted areas outside the PDF page such as printer marks (crop marks, registration targets, colour bars) or additional text instructions. 7. Click OK. Opening Adobe® Illustrator® files To open: Open on the Standard toolbar. 1. Click 2. Change the file type drop-down menu to display Adobe Illustrator files (*.ai). 3. Locate and select the file, and click Open.
Getting Started 29 Opening AutoCAD files DrawPlus opens AutoCAD® .dwg and .dxf files quickly and easily. Using the same process as that for PDF files, this creates an opportunity to not only view engineering layouts and designs (up to AutoCAD 2006) in DrawPlus, but to edit the drawn objects and to save the drawing as a DrawPlus drawing (.dpp). On file open, a DXF/DWG Options dialog provides options to scale the imported file objects, position the artwork on the page and merge objects onto one layer.
30 Getting Started Closing DrawPlus To close the current document: • Click on the active document tab. If the document is still unsaved or there are unsaved changes, you'll be prompted to save changes. To close DrawPlus: • Choose Exit from the File menu. For each open window, you'll be prompted to save any changes made since the last save. Updating defaults When you create new objects in DrawPlus, the way they look depends on the current default settings for that particular type of object.
Getting Started Synchronize Defaults Off 31 Defaults are changed by manually updating to the current item selection, and apply until they are manually updated again. Normally, fill and line colours, line styles, and line/brush transparency will adopt the former approach. Brush strokes take a line colour, so they also synchronize to the currently set colour. Text attributes and filter effect defaults adopt the latter approach.
32 Getting Started To switch synchronize defaults off (for manual default control): • Uncheck Synchronize Defaults on the Standard toolbar. Defaults flyout of the To set object defaults manually: 1. With Synchronize Defaults disabled, create a sample object (the object type matching the set of defaults you’re updating, and alter it to use the specific properties you plan to use as defaults. - or Use an existing object that already has the right properties. 2.
3 Working with Pages
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Working with Pages 35 Using the page and pasteboard Most of the DrawPlus display is taken up by a page or "artwork" area and a surrounding pasteboard area. This arrangement is an electronic equivalent of the system used by traditional graphic designers. They kept design tools and bits of text and graphics on a large pasteboard, and then carefully pasted final arrangements of text and graphics onto a page-sized "artwork" sheet pinned down in the middle of the board.
36 Working with Pages the object or on the Hintline). You can change the ruler units without altering the document's dimensions. Unit settings are saved with your DrawPlus document; as a result loading different documents, templates, etc. may change your working measurement units. To change the page unit: • Right-click on a ruler and select an alternative measurement unit. Ruler Units are equivalent to Page Units unless you're working on a scale drawing.
Working with Pages 37 To set a new ruler origin—simply drag the tab onto the page and release to set the position of your new origin (cross-hair guides and the Hintline toolbar help this positioning). Double-click on the intersection to reset the origin back to its default position. All guide positions are recalculated as the origin changes position. Double-click on the ruler intersection to make the rulers' zero point jump to the top left-hand corner of the selected object.
38 Working with Pages Creating guides If you want to position objects repeatedly on the same horizontal or vertical boundary then guides can be used. DrawPlus lets you set up horizontal and vertical guides—non-printing, red lines you can use to align one object with another. Guides are “sticky” as long as you have Snap to Guides turned on (via Tools>Options; Layout>Snapping), i.e., a moved object will behave as if it is attracted to a guide as you move it close to the line.
Working with Pages 39 Alternatively, the Guides Manager lets you precisely create, edit, or delete ruler guides via a dialog. To create a guide (via Guides Manager): 1. Right-click a ruler and select Guides Manager.... 2. From the dialog, select a Placement (the current page or folded document's Spread) and Orientation. 3. Enter a Position value. This is the ruler position where you want to place the guide. 4. Click Add. 5. Repeat for other guides. 6. Click OK.
40 Working with Pages Drawing scale You can create scale drawings (such as a garden design or model diagram) by setting a ratio other than 1:1 between page units and ruler units. For example, you might wish to set one page centimetre equivalent to 0.5 metre, a good scaling ratio for designing gardens of a typical size. Use Dimension tools (see p. 82) in conjunction with scale drawings for on-the-page measurements, which automatically update as you move objects. To change the drawing scale: 1.
Working with Pages 41 When creating graphics for the computer screen, as opposed to the printed page, it's useful to set a drawing scale ratio of one inch (Page Distance) to 96 pixels (Ruler Distance). Using snapping The Snapping feature simplifies placement and alignment by "magnetizing" moved or resized objects to various page layout aids and elements. Aids include guide lines and snapping grid, while elements include page margins, rows, columns, page edge, and page/margin centres.
42 Working with Pages Snap to Margin Objects will jump to align with defined page margins. Snap to Page Edge Objects will jump to the absolute page edge. Snap to Grid Objects will jump to align with a visible grid's dots, lines or dashes. Snap to Margin Centres Objects jump to margin centres (i.e., the centre of the page in relation to the page margins). Snap to Page Centre Objects jump to the page centre (i.e., the centre of the page in relation to the page edge).
Working with Pages 43 Snap to Units Objects will jump to snapping measurement units, independent of ruler measurement units. For example, a shape can be resized by pixel on a supporting pixel grid. Use dynamic guides A moved object can be aligned precisely with an already placed object, using optional vertex snapping. See Using dynamic guides on p. 44 for more details. Using the snapping grid The Snapping Grid, when enabled, appears as a matrix of dots, lines or dashes covering the page.
44 Working with Pages Snapping with dynamic guides For accurate object alignment and resizing, you can use dynamic guides instead of either setting ruler guides manually or performing selection, transform, and alignment operations. These guides automatically display between the object being moved and the object to be aligned to, "visually suggesting" possible snapping options, and allow snapping to the object's left, right, centre, top, right, bottom, page centre, or vertices.
Working with Pages 45 For ease of use, dynamic guides always use a candidate system where objects previously selected, hovered over, or newly created become the focus for snapping. All other objects can't be snapped to until they are "activated"; the last several "activated" objects are included in each snapping operation. If snapping to vertices isn't needed, perhaps during less technical design, you can switch the option off. Dynamic guides can also be switched off entirely if required.
46 Working with Pages To go to a specific page: Add/Delete Pages on the HintLine toolbar. 1. Click 2. On the Page Manager's Go to Page tab, select the page number to go from the drop-down list and click OK. - or 1. Display the Pages tab (docked at the bottom of your DrawPlus workspace) by clicking the button. 2. Click on a thumbnail to jump directly to that page. For folded documents such as greeting cards, the "inner" page spread will show as "Pages 2,3".
Working with Pages 47 • Click Zoom Tool and drag out a rectangular marquee on the page to define a region to zoom in to. To zoom out, hold down the Shift key when dragging or just right-click on the page. You can also pan around a zoomed-in page while the Ctrl key is pressed. To zoom to the current selection, choose Selection from the View menu. • Click Pan Tool to use a hand cursor to click anywhere on the page and drag to reposition the page in the window.
48 Working with Pages Adding and deleting pages DrawPlus lets you add one or more pages before or after a currently selected page; you can even make use of an object "cloning" feature which copies objects from a chosen page. To add one or more new pages: 1. Select a page from which to add page(s) before/after. 2. Click 3. On the Page Manager's Insert Page tab, specify the following: Add/Delete Pages on the HintLine toolbar.
Working with Pages 49 To make a page a background for other pages: • From the Pages tab, right-click the intended background page and choose Set as Background (to undo choose Unset as background). The page is named Background and is applied to other pages already present. Anything you subsequently add to the background page will be replicated to other pages immediately. Using design aids DrawPlus provides a number of tools to assist you as you design.
50 Working with Pages Using drawing targets Drawing targets let you control how you draw in relation to a selected object. The ability to draw in front, behind, or inside any currently selected object provides an alternative to drawing objects that, by default, always appear in front of all other layer objects. This extra control is of particular benefit on more complex designs containing overlapping objects; the created object is placed adjacent to (or clipped to) the originally selected object.
Working with Pages 51 Rotating your canvas Rotating your canvas helps you to maintain natural flow when drawing freeform lines, curves, or brush strokes, where the artist uses the wrist as a pivot (especially when using a pen tablet). If you rotate the canvas by a chosen angle then the drawing becomes easier—taking advantage of the natural arc of the drawing hand.
52 Working with Pages You can also select an object and then choose To Object from the Rotate Canvas drop-down list. The canvas adjusts so that the object is positioned square to the X and Y axes. To reset your canvas: • With the button enabled, double-click anywhere on the canvas to reset. Applying the Rule of Thirds Traditionally a technique used in photography, the Rule of Thirds grid can also be applied to your design to help with its composition.
Working with Pages 53 2. (Optional) For selected objects, drag a corner (or edge) handle to resize the grid or reposition the grid by dragging. The grid can be manipulated just like an object. 3. Place pictures, frames, or vector objects under any of the intersecting blue lines. Once applied, the grid stays selected. Clicking away from the grid will deselect it, but it can be reselected at any time (e.g., for repositioning later).
54 Working with Pages To apply a Divine Proportions grid: 1. From the Standard toolbar, click Overlays and select Show/Hide Divine Proportions from the drop-down menu. The grid is overlaid over your page. 2. (Optional) Resize, rotate, or reposition the grid over your design (or planned design area) by dragging corner or edge handles. 3. Begin drawing, using the guide lines to draw objects proportionately. To select the grid (once deselected): • From the Standard toolbar, click Divine Proportions.
Working with Pages 55 While in solo mode, the Layers tab will show only the objects present at the current solo level. This is ideal for managing objects at that level (especially selecting and ordering). To isolate an object: Solo Mode on the Hintline toolbar. 1. Select the object, then click 2. Once in Solo mode, continue drawing in isolation. The Solo Mode pop-up window shows the original drawing.
56 Working with Pages To undo a solo level: • Double-click a selected thumbnail or click Mode window. Unsolo in the Solo Using multiple document windows Multiple document windows can be used effectively for comparing the same drawing, at different magnification levels. As you make fine adjustments to a specific area of your design in a new magnified window, you'll be able to use the original window to see how your changes look in the context of the whole drawing.
4 Lines, Curves, and Shapes
58 Lines, Curves, and Shapes
Lines, Curves, and Shapes 59 Selecting one or more objects Before you can change any object, you need to select it using one of several tools available from the top of the Drawing toolbar. Pointer Tool/Rotate Tool From the Selection tool flyout, click the Pointer Tool to select, move, copy, resize, or rotate objects. Use the Rotate Tool to exclusively select and rotate an object around a centre of rotation. You can also use the Rotate Tool to move or copy objects.
60 Lines, Curves, and Shapes Selecting multiple objects It is also possible to select more than one object, making a multiple selection that you can manipulate as if it were one object, or turn into a grouped object (see p. 135). To select more than one object (multiple selection): 1. Choose the Pointer Tool or Rotate Tool. 2. Click in a blank area of the page and drag a "marquee" box around the objects you want to select. Release the mouse button.
Lines, Curves, and Shapes 61 Selection using a lasso For more detailed multiple object selection, using a fixed marquee or Shift-select may be too inflexible. Instead, you can draw an irregular-shaped lasso around one or more objects in a complex design. To select using a lasso: 1. Choose the Pointer or Rotate Tool. 2. With the Alt key pressed, draw a "lasso" around the objects you want to select. 3. Release the mouse button. All of the objects within the lasso region are selected.
62 Lines, Curves, and Shapes As soon as you draw a line, or choose one of the line tools when a line is selected, you'll see the line's nodes appear. Nodes show the end points of each segment in the line. Curved lines usually have many nodes; straight lines have only two.
Lines, Curves, and Shapes 63 To draw a straight line: 1. From the Drawing toolbar's Line Tools flyout, click the Straight Line Tool. 2. Click where you want the line to start, and drag to another point while holding down the mouse button, then release the mouse button. The straight line appears immediately. To constrain the angle of the straight line to 15° increments, hold down the Shift key down as you drag. (This is an easy way to make exactly vertical or horizontal lines.
64 Lines, Curves, and Shapes • Smooth Segments: draws Bézier curves smoothly segment-bysegment, with manual on-curve and off-curve adjustment via nodes and control handles, respectively. • Smart Segments (default): automatically determines slope and depth for a rounded, best-fitting curve. No control handle adjustment is normally necessary. • Line Segments: creates a zig-zag line without curving through nodes. For Smart segments: Smart Segments is enabled. 3. Ensure 4.
Lines, Curves, and Shapes 5. For subsequent segments, position your cursor where you want the next segment to end, and click (2). 6. Repeat for additional segments (3). 7. To end the line, press Esc or choose a different tool. (1) (2) 65 (3) For smooth (Bézier) segments: Smooth Segments is enabled. 3. Ensure 4. Click where you want the line to start (1). 5. Click again for a new node and drag out a pair of "off-curve" control handles which orbit the node and release the mouse button (2).
66 Lines, Curves, and Shapes Press the Alt key while drawing to define a "cusp" or sharp corner for the next segment. This locks the control handle on the last created node. Press the Ctrl key while drawing to adjust the active "off-curve" control handle length independently of its partner control handle (belonging to a separate segment). For more on line corners, see Changing nodes and line segments.
Lines, Curves, and Shapes 67 To close an existing curve (with a straight line): 1. Select the curve with the Node Tool, Pencil or Pen Tool. 2. Close Curve on the context toolbar. A Straight segment Click appears, closing the curve. To close a curve (without new segment): • Select the curve with the Node Tool, and drag from an end node (note the Node cursor), moving the line, onto the other end node (a Close cursor will show); releasing the mouse button will create a shape.
68 Lines, Curves, and Shapes Editing lines and shapes To edit lines or shapes, you can manipulate their segments, on-curve nodes, and off-curve control handles allowing you to: • Redraw part of a line • Reshape a line • Simplify a line (remove nodes) • Enhance a line (add nodes) • Change the type of node or line segment • Convert to straight line segments • Adjust a shape • Join two lines together The procedures below relate to lines drawn with the Pencil Tool, but also to curves drawn wit
Lines, Curves, and Shapes 69 2. Click on the line, and a new node appears. 3. Keep the mouse button down and drag to draw a new line section, connecting it back to another point on the original line. Again, the cursor changes to include a curve when you’re close enough to the line to make a connection. When you release the mouse button, the original portion is replaced by the newly drawn portion. Reshaping a line The main tool for editing lines and shapes is the Node Tool.
70 Lines, Curves, and Shapes -orSelect nodes and drag. Selection can be by one of the following methods: Hover over a single node and click to select the node. Shiftclick for multiple nodes. Drag out a marquee to select multiple neighbouring nodes Drag out a lasso (with Alt key pressed) to select multiple nodes otherwise difficult to select via a marquee.
Lines, Curves, and Shapes 71 For clarity, control handles that do not influence the shape of the line are not displayed. However, each selected node reveals both control handles for manipulation. 4. Drag any selected node to reshape adjacent segment(s). All selected nodes move in the same direction, so you can reshape the curve in complex ways by selecting specific nodes. Shift-drag to constrain the movement to horizontal or vertical. 5.
72 Lines, Curves, and Shapes 2. From the context toolbar, click the right arrow on the Smoothness option and drag the displayed slider left to increase the number of nodes (you can also add absolute values into the input box). 3. To make the curve less complex, i.e., smoother, drag the slider right to decrease the number of nodes. To add or delete a node: • To add a node, click along a line segment with the Node Tool or Pen Tool to add a new node at that point.
Lines, Curves, and Shapes 2. 73 Click one of the node buttons (described below) on the displayed context toolbar. A Sharp Corner means that the line segments to either side of the node are completely independent so that the corner can be quite pointed. A Smooth Corner uses Bézier curves, which means that the slope of the line is the same on both sides of the node, but the depth of the two joined segments can be different.
74 Lines, Curves, and Shapes • To make a line segment curved, click one of the node buttons on the context toolbar: Sharp Corner, Smooth Corner, Symmetric Corner, or Smart Corner. You can then adjust the curvature of the newly created curved segment. To convert to straight lines: 1. With the Node Tool, select the curve. 2. From the context toolbar, choose Convert to Straight Lines. The curve segments are replaced by straight line segments throughout the line. Adjusting a shape As described on p.
Lines, Curves, and Shapes 75 Using QuickShapes QuickShapes are pre-designed objects that you can instantly add to your page, then adjust and morph into a variety of further QuickShapes. QuickShapes are added from a flyout containing a wide variety of commonly used shapes, including boxes, arrows, hearts, spirals and other useful symbols. Morphing to new shapes can be carried out as you add the QuickShape to the page via the QuickShape Creator dialog or anytime after adding to the page.
76 Lines, Curves, and Shapes 1. Double-click to launch the QuickShape Creator, to define the QuickShape explicitly. 2. From the dialog, enter a type, dimensions, and QuickShape-specific parameters. 3. Click OK. New QuickShapes adopt the currently set line and fill in DrawPlus. Ctrl-double-click to place a default-sized QuickShape on the page. All QuickShapes can be positioned, resized, rotated, and filled. What's more, you can "morph" their designs once on the page.
Lines, Curves, and Shapes 77 For example, by dragging the top sliding handle to the right on the pentagon below will quickly produce an octagon: You can use the QuickShape context toolbar to swap the QuickShape type for another, as well as the object's line properties; use the Colour or Swatch tab to apply the QuickShape's fill.
78 Lines, Curves, and Shapes Connectors Connectors are special lines that you can anchor to objects, where they remain attached even if one or both objects are moved or resized. Using connectors, you can easily create dynamic diagrams and charts that show relationships, such as family trees, organization charts, and flow charts. If you need to rearrange the elements, the connections are preserved.
Lines, Curves, and Shapes 79 To create a connection: 1. Select Connector Tool on the Line Tools flyout (Drawing toolbar). Hover over an object so that default connection points become visible. Each DrawPlus object has default connection points, displayed whenever you select one of the connector tools and hover over the object. These default points can't be moved or deleted, and are always diamond shaped. 2. Auto Connector Tool On the displayed context toolbar, ensure is selected.
80 Lines, Curves, and Shapes To adjust a selected connector's path: • (For Auto Connectors) Drag the line from the displayed arrows into a new position. • (For Auto, Right Angle, or Custom connectors) Drag a node(s) to a new position on the page. To edit the selected connector's properties (line colour, width, style, and end): • Select options from the Connector context toolbar at the top of your workspace.
Lines, Curves, and Shapes 81 Connector types We've used the Auto Connector Tool exclusively so far. However, this tool exists among a selection of connector tools, each designed for different uses. The Connector Tool, when selected, offers the different types of connector tool on the Connectors context toolbar situated above the workspace. Choose the Auto Connector Tool for an adaptable auto connector that intelligently adjusts its shape to route around "obstructive" objects.
82 Lines, Curves, and Shapes Adding dimension lines and labels DrawPlus lets you add dimension lines with text labels showing the distance between two fixed points in a drawing, or the angle formed by three points. For example, you can draw a dimension line along one side of a box, measuring the distance between the two corner points. If you resize the box, the line automatically follows suit, and its label text updates to reflect the new measurement.
Lines, Curves, and Shapes • 83 Dynamic guides You can snap a dimension line to a dynamic guide, creating "freefloating" dimension lines that don't actually touch objects (see previous page). Use this for neatly presenting horizontal or vertical dimension lines. Guides will be offered to snap to when your line approaches objects on the page. To draw a dimension: 1. Select the Dimension Tool from the Drawing toolbar’s Line Tools flyout. (The flyout shows the icon of the most recently selected tool.) 2.
84 Lines, Curves, and Shapes The illustrations below show the result of dragging between connection points on two Quick Squares with the Vertical Dimension Line Tool enabled. A pair of parallel extension lines with end nodes appears from the two points. Between the two extension lines, the dimension line and its label "float". Click the blue line box to position the floating line and label; drag the red circle within. Release when the line and label are where you want them.
Lines, Curves, and Shapes 85 To complete the dimension line, move the mouse again to position the floating line or arc and its label—note that they respond independently—and click when they are where you want them. (You can always change the positions later.) The dimension line appears. Once you've added a dimension line, you can freely adjust node/label positions, format the line, and format the label text via context toolbars.
86 Lines, Curves, and Shapes To copy an object into the Gallery: 1. Display the Gallery tab's My Designs (or sub-category of that) where you want to store the object. 2. Drag the object from the page and drop it onto the gallery. 3. You'll be prompted to type a name for the design. (You can name or rename the design later, if you wish.) By default, designs are labelled as "Untitled." 4. A thumbnail of the design appears in the gallery, labelled with its name.
Lines, Curves, and Shapes 87 The Styles tab also lets you store your own graphic styles in a My Styles section if you would like to reuse them—the style is made available in any DrawPlus document. You can add and delete your items within each category, with the option of naming elements to facilitate rapid retrieval. You can create your own folders and categories from the Style tab's Tab Menu by selecting Manager... from the menu. To apply a graphic style to one or more objects: 1.
88 Lines, Curves, and Shapes For example a Quick Star can have a stone effect applied via a previously saved graphic style (a cog shape is used as the default preview type). To create a new graphic style based on an existing object's attributes: 1. Select Create Graphic Styles... from the Format menu.
Lines, Curves, and Shapes 89 2. (Optional) Click to expand or collapse sections within the list of attributes. This reveals which attributes are currently set. Uncheck any attributes you want to exclude from the style definition, or check any you want to additionally include. 3. (Optional) If you want to modify any attribute, select its value and edit via flyout, drop-down list, dialog, or input box. 4.
90 Lines, Curves, and Shapes To create a graphic style from scratch: 1. In the Styles tab, navigate to a category in which you want to create your new style. 2. Click 3. From the dialog, configure attributes via flyout, drop-down list, dialog, or input box. Add New Graphic Style. Importing and exporting graphic styles DrawPlus can import individual graphic styles created by colleagues and friends who also use DrawPlus X5.
5 Using Brushes
92 Using Brushes
Using Brushes 93 Selecting brushes DrawPlus supports a wide range of brushes, all capable of producing: Stroke brush effects: • Draw (graphic pencil, marker pen, pen, pencil) • Paint (bristle, stipple, wash) Spray and photo brush effects: • Airbrush, splats, spray can • Effects (bubbles, glitter, neon, smoke, fur, clouds) • Grunge • Nature (fog, grass, snow) • Photo (rope, chains, zippers, flowers, embroidery, textured edges) Painting inherits the principles of Drawing lines and shapes (se
94 Using Brushes The Brushes tab lets you select a brush type from a range of categories. You can also view brushes currently being used in your document, and edit brushes (p. 96) or create your own brushes (see DrawPlus Help). Stroke and spray brush types are indicated by symbols. To make sense of all the brush types available to the user, the preset brushes are stored under a series of pre-defined categories under the name Global—the brushes are available to all DrawPlus documents currently open.
Using Brushes 95 2. Display the Brushes tab and choose a category from the drop-down list, then a brush. 3. Select a Line Colour, Width, or Opacity from the Brush context toolbar. 4. (Optional) For spray brushes, adjust Flow to control the density of paint laid down as you apply it, like "layering up" a brush then painting. 5. (Optional) From the context toolbar, adjust Smoothness (to set how smooth your stroke is applied). 6.
96 Using Brushes • Edit then Paint. With the button disabled, the brush stroke is laid down and is immediately deselected. The stroke needs to be reselected to perform any editing. Use when you’re happy to set all the brush properties (colour, brush type, width, etc) before painting (as above), especially if you intend to paint repeatedly with the same brush stroke. • Paint and Edit.
6 Working with Text
98 Working with Text
Working with Text 99 Entering text You can create different types of text in DrawPlus, i.e., Artistic Text, Frame Text, or Shape Text, all directly on the page. Artistic Text Frame Text Shape Text It's easy to edit the text once it's created, by retyping it or altering properties like font, style, and point size.
100 Working with Text For artistic text that will be automatically sized into an area, click and drag out the area to the desired size. 3. To set text attributes (font, size, etc.) before you start typing, make selections on the Text context toolbar. For colour, set the Line/Fill swatches on the Studio's Colour or Swatch tab. 4. Start typing. To create frame text: Frame Text Tool on the Drawing toolbar's 1. Select flyout. 2.
Working with Text 101 Working with Unicode text On occasion, you may wish to import text in a foreign language, e.g. you may want to include a foreign quote in its original language. To work outside the standard ASCII character set, DrawPlus allows Unicode characters to be pasted (using Edit>Paste Special...) from the clipboard into your drawing. To retain formatting, use "Formatted Text (RTF)" or for plain text use "Unformatted Unicode Text.
102 Working with Text Retyping text You can either retype artistic, frame or shape text directly on the page, or use the Edit Text window—great for managing large amounts of text (overflowed shape text or otherwise) in a simple word processing environment. To retype text on the page: 1. Select the object and then select Artistic Text (from the Drawing toolbar's Text flyout) in either order. 2. Type new text at the selection point or drag to select text, then type to replace it.
Working with Text The text. 103 Node Tool can be used for special adjustments on artistic For greater control over the shape of the artistic text characters, try converting the artistic text to curves. As curves, you can position every character individually and even edit the character shapes, exactly as if you had drawn the character shapes by hand using the line tools. For details, see Converting a shape to editable curves on p. 77.
104 Working with Text Fonts with OpenType features Microsoft Windows supplies OpenType and TrueType font types as standard. To extend the capability of your installed OpenType font, DrawPlus allows you to take advantage of additional font features built into your font's design. These allow font characters to be changed either via substitution rules or by manual choice. As an example you may see extra glyphs, i.e., letter shape variations, appear on the character.
Working with Text 105 • Small Caps/Petite Caps A small cap "A" should use a special glyph, which typically looks like a capital "A", but is shorter, but has the same stem widths etc. as the capital, so it can't be achieved by just scaling the capital. Petite caps are like small caps but even smaller. • Case sensitive forms These are variants of punctuation such as brackets that, for example, are designed to align more nicely with capitals.
106 Working with Text • Proportional figures These are variable width digits (at right); for example, a "1" that is narrower than a "2", which would look good when set in body text, as opposed to the more usual tabular figures (at left) that are all the same width so they line up in columns or tables. Options vary according to font. If no options are offered, the font does not provide any additional font features. To apply OpenType features to selected characters: 1.
Working with Text 107 To apply OpenType features to text styles: 1. From Format>Character, select the Character - OpenType option. Expand the tree for all OpenType features. 2. Enable font features under the Alternates, Numeric, Capitals, and Details sections. • Alternates: The OpenType Alternates dialog (above) offers glyph substitutions or alternate representations such as swashes, stylistic sets, contextual alternates, stylistic alternates, and titling alternates.
108 Working with Text Fitting text to frames and shapes Text overflow If there's too much text to fit into a text frame or shape, the Overflow button appears beneath the shape; DrawPlus stores the overflowing text in an invisible overflow area. To make all the text fit you might edit the story down to allow text to fit in the frame or shape. However, scaling the frame or shape text to fit may be preferable so it fits exactly into the available frame.
Working with Text • 109 To add white space around your text, you can indent text from the frame or shape edge via right-click Text>Text Flow.... Values can be set to indent from Left, Right, Top and/or Bottom. Resizing • You can resize frame or shape text (change its point size) automatically when resizing frame and shapes. First make sure the Scale text with item box is checked in the Text flow dialog (right-click Text>Text Flow...) then drag a corner of the selected text object.
110 Working with Text To flow text along a preset path: 1. Select your artistic text. 2. From the context toolbar, click the down arrow on the Preset Text Paths button and select a preset curve from the drop-down menu on which the text will flow. You can edit the baseline curve with the Node Tool. Spell-checking The Spell Checker lets you check the spelling of selected artistic, frame, or shape text, as well as all text sequentially throughout your DrawPlus document.
Working with Text 111 To check spelling: 1. (Optional) To check specific text, select the artistic, frame or shape text in advance. 2. Choose Check Spelling... from the Tools menu. 3. (Optional) In the dialog, click Options... to set preferences for ignoring words in certain categories, such as words containing numbers or upper/mixed case characters. 4.
112 Working with Text Using Auto-Correct and Spell as you Type DrawPlus includes two powerful support tools to nip possible spelling errors in the bud. The Auto-Correct feature overcomes common typing errors and lets you build a custom list of letter combinations and substitutions to be applied automatically as you type. You can also underline mistakes as you type to mark possible problem words in your text with red underline. Both features apply to frame text, artistic text, or shape text.
Working with Text 113 To add custom misspellings to the correction list: 1. In the Replace field, type a name for the Auto-Correct entry. This is the abbreviation or word to be replaced automatically as you type. For example, if you frequently mistype "product" as "prodcut," type "prodcut" in the Replace box. 2. In the With field, type the text to be automatically inserted in place of the abbreviation or word in the Replace field. 3. Click the Add button to add the new entry to the list. 4.
114 Working with Text Spell as you Type Use this feature to firstly indicate possible problem words in your text using red underline, and secondly to offer (via right-click) a range of alternative correct spellings to replace the problem words. To check spelling as you type: • Ensure the Underline mistakes as you type feature is turned on (from Tools>Options>Text>Spell Checker). In your document, words with spelling problems are indicated with a red squiggly underline.
7 Working with Objects
116 Working with Objects
Working with Objects 117 Copying, pasting, cutting, and deleting objects To copy one or more objects to the Windows Clipboard: 1. Select the object(s). 2. Click the Copy button on the Standard toolbar. If you're using another Windows application, you can usually copy and paste objects via the Clipboard. To paste an object from the Clipboard: • Click the Paste button on the Standard toolbar. The standard Paste command inserts a clipboard object onto the page.
118 Working with Objects Cloning an object DrawPlus lets you "clone" or duplicate objects easily using drag-and-drop, and duplicate multiple copies of any object. For duplication, a copy is displayed at the new location and the original object is still kept at the same position—your new copy also possesses the formatting of the original copied object. Making duplicates • Select the object, then press the Ctrl key.
Working with Objects 119 To replicate an object: 1. Select an object. Remember to size the object to be cloned and place it in a convenient starting position—usually the top-left of the page. 2. Choose Replicate... from the Tools menu. 3. In the dialog, set the Grid size by choosing number of columns or rows. Objects are cloned into this grid arrangement (but can be moved subsequently into any position). 4. Set an X and Y spacing (horizontal and vertical gap) between objects if necessary.
120 Working with Objects Transforms are a quick way to generate elements for a stopframe animation sequence involving rotation or directional changes (see Animation tips and tricks in DrawPlus Help). Making "in-between" copies of two objects Blending is yet another useful way of making multiple copies by in-betweening two different objects for a "morphing" effect. For details, see Creating blends on p. 200.
Working with Objects 121 Moving objects You can move any selected object anywhere you want and drop it back onto the page or pasteboard by releasing the mouse button. To move one or more objects: 1. Select the object(s). 2. Click and drag the Move button. The object moves. - or Click within the selection and drag. changes to become a Move cursor. Note that the Pointer cursor Use the keyboard arrows to move in increments. To set exact horizontal and vertical positions, use the Transform tab.
122 Working with Objects To resize an object to a fixed aspect ratio: Pointer Tool. 1. Select the object(s) with the 2. Position the cursor over one of the object’s handles—you will notice that the cursor changes to a double-headed Size cursor. 3. Drag from a corner handle (above) to resize in two dimensions (by moving two edges), while maintaining the selection's aspect ratio (proportions). To resize to any aspect ratio, with the Shift key depressed, drag from an object's corner handle.
Working with Objects 123 Rotating and shearing objects The Rotate Tool lets you both rotate and shear (slant) one or more objects. To rotate one or more objects around a centre point: Rotate Tool on the Drawing toolbar's 1. Click flyout. Selection 2. Click to select the object, then hover over a corner handle and, when you see the cursor change, drag in the direction in which you want to rotate the object then release the mouse. (Use Shift key for rotating in 15 degree intervals.
124 Working with Objects To rotate selected object by set degrees: • For 90° anti-clockwise: click • For 30°, 45°, 60°, 90°, 180°, 270° anti-clockwise: click the down arrow on the Arrange tab's Rotate button and select a value. Once set, clicking the button will rotate the object by the chosen value incrementally. Rotate 90° on the Standard toolbar. To shear or copy shear an object: Rotate Tool on the Drawing toolbar's Selection flyout. 1. Select 2.
Working with Objects 125 Cutting up objects It is possible to cut any object (or image for that matter) by using the Knife Tool (Drawing toolbar). You can cut along a freeform or straight line drawn across your object(s), leaving you with separate fragments of the original.
126 Working with Objects 3. (Optional) By default, you'll get a straight cutting profile, but for regular-shaped cuts, pick a Cutting Profile from the context toolbar. If required, adjust the Wavelength and/or Amplitude for your shaped cut. 4. Using the cursor, drag a freeform line across any object(s) you would like to split (unselected objects on which the line traverses will not be split). Instead, press the Shift key as you drag for a straight line. 5.
Working with Objects 127 To cut out selected objects using cookie cutters: 1. From the Knife Tool's context toolbar, click to expand the Preset Knife Paths flyout. 2. Click a preset shape to apply it to your object as a cutout. The first and second options offer an easy way to jump between freehand and straight line cutting. 3. The shape is applied to the object. Adjust the size and shape using the surrounding square handles and round nodes, respectively. 4.
128 Working with Objects Erasing and adding to objects DrawPlus lets you take a "virtual" eraser to your drawing, letting you remove portions of your selected object(s) on an individual layer or across multiple layers. The extent of erasing can be controlled depending on the tool's currently set erasing nib width and pressure setting (if using a graphics tablet). The flip side of erasing is "adding to" (i.e.
Working with Objects 129 3. (Optional) Disable Select-on-Create if you want to create new objects every time you use the tool (you might want to create a series of shapes without switching tools). 4. cursor over the object and drag over an object Position the boundary. You'll see shading which represents the area to be added. (You can use the Ctrl key to redefine the painted area while holding down the mouse button.) 5. Release the mouse button to reshape the object to include the newly drawn area.
130 Working with Objects • Crop to Bottom Object The top object is cropped to the outline of the bottom object. • Clip to Top Object The bottom object is clipped to the outline of the top object. • Clip to Bottom Object The top object is clipped to the outline of the bottom object. Joining objects Objects you create on the page can be just the starting point in your design.
Working with Objects 131 To add shapes together: Shape Builder Tool on the Drawing toolbar. 1. Select the 2. Hover over a shape that overlaps another shape. You'll see a cursor shown on hover over, above a shaded area (to indicate the active region). 3. Drag to the neighbouring shape, using the drawn out dashed line as a guide, then release the mouse button. The properties of the shape lowest in the object order will always be used as the basis for the new shape's properties.
132 Working with Objects To subtract intersecting areas: Shape Builder Tool on the Drawing toolbar. 1. Select the 2. Hover over any intersecting area, then Alt-click to remove it. You'll see a cursor on hover over. To create new shapes from overlapped shapes: Shape Builder Tool on the Drawing toolbar. 1. Select the 2. Pointer Tool Click once in the chosen area, then select with the (Drawing toolbar). You can then drag the new shape to a new position.
Working with Objects 133 Using the Arrange tab Instead of using the ShapeBuilder Tool, you have the option of using the selection-based Combine tool or "Join" tools such as Add, Subtract, and Intersect. To combine or join shapes (using Arrange tab): • Select two objects and choose a tool for the Arrange tab. Combine Merges two or more objects into a composite object, with a clear “hole” where their filled regions overlap. The composite takes the line and fill of the bottom object.
134 Working with Objects Subtract Discards the overlap between the top and bottom object. The top object is also discarded. Useful as a quick way of truncating shapes and pictures with another object. Be sure the objects are overlapping! Intersect Like Subtract, requires overlapping objects—it retains the overlap and discards the rest. Flipping objects You can flip selected objects horizontally or vertically.
Working with Objects • 135 To flip the selection top to bottom, click Flip Vertical on the same toolbar. (Left and right stay the same.) You can use equivalent options on the Arrange tab (or Arrange menu). Locking/unlocking an object To prevent accidentally moving, resizing, flipping, or rotating an object, you can lock it in position. To lock/unlock an object: 1. Select the single or grouped object. 2. Choose Lock Position or Unlock Position from the Arrange menu.
136 Working with Objects To ungroup (turn a group back into a multiple selection): • Click Ungroup below the selection. To ungroup multiple groups within a group: • Select Ungroup All from the Arrange menu. Once grouped, simply clicking on any member of a group selects the group object. In general, any operation you carry out on the group affects each member of the group. Property changes applied to a group—such as changing line or fill—will alter all the objects that make up the group.
Working with Objects 137 Align Right) of an object. Object means the last selected object for Shift-click multiple selection or the farthest back in Z-order for marquee multiple selection. To align one or more objects with a page edge: • Follow the steps above, but check the Include Page option. If selected, the page is added to the set of objects included in the alignment, e.g. selecting Align Top aligns all of the objects in the selection to the top of the page.
138 Working with Objects As an example, we've used a camera lens to illustrate ordering. Notice how the lens possesses a "realistic" look by blending overlapped composite objects. Gradient and solid fills combine to simulate three-dimensional objects (with reflections, highlights and shading). Don't confuse the concept of object ordering with that of layers in the document. Layers are created by the artist to logically separate sections of a design for better drawing management.
Working with Objects 139 • To shift the object's position one step toward the front, choose Forward One on the Arrange tab. • To shift the object's position one step toward the back, choose Back One on the Arrange tab. Working with layers If you are drawing something simple, you don’t really need to make use of layers—you can do all your work on the single layer that every new document has.
140 Working with Objects Each layer is situated along with other layers (if present) within a stack on the Layers tab—the uppermost layer is applied over any lower layer on the page. You can also expand each layer entry for a tree view of objects associated with that layer (see the Sky layer opposite). Each object entry can be clicked to select the object in your workspace, and you can name your objects at any time. The tab allows layers to be created, renamed, deleted, reordered, "frozen," and merged.
Working with Objects 141 To delete a layer: • In the Layers tab, select the layer’s name and click the Layer button. Delete If you delete a layer, all of the objects on it are lost! So if you want to keep any of them, move them to another layer first. You can move layers up or down in the stacking order to place their objects in front or behind those on other layers, move objects to specific layers, and even merge layers.
142 Working with Objects To merge a layer: 1. Activate the layer you want to merge to by clicking its entry. The layer is highlighted in blue. (Note that the active layer becomes uppermost in the workspace.) 2. With the Ctrl key pressed, select a single or multiple layers that you want to merge into the activated layer. 3. Click the Merge button. The contents of the merged layer(s) appear on the active layer and the previously selected layers are removed.
Working with Objects 143 To select objects on a particular layer: • In the Layers tab, if the Edit All Layers button is disabled, click the chosen layer and either: • Click the layer's object on the page. - or - • In the Layers tab, click the Expand icon on the chosen layer entry to reveal all associated objects. You'll see objects named automatically, e.g. (Curve, 2 Nodes), (Closed Curve, 5 Nodes), (Quick Rectangle), etc., each with their own preview.
144 Working with Objects • If Edit All Layers (available only if View All Layers is enabled) is disabled (the default), you can only select objects in the current layer. Enabling this button lets you select any object on any visible layer. • If Auto-Select Layer is enabled (available only if Edit All Layers is enabled), you'll automatically select an object's layer and the object entry in the Layers tab as you select it on the page.
8 Fill, Lines, Colours, and Transparency
146 Fill, Lines, Colours, and Transparency
Fill, Lines, Colours, and Transparency 147 Setting fill properties Any closed shape, such as a closed curve or QuickShape, or text has an interior region that can be filled. The fill type can be solid, gradient, bitmap or plasma. Those that use a single colour are solid fills. Let’s take a moment to run through them. Fill types fall into several basic categories, illustrated above: • Solid fills, as their name implies, use a single colour.
148 Fill, Lines, Colours, and Transparency (A) Line/Fill swatches, (B) Colour Picker, (C) Colour Model, (D) Hue wheel, (E) Saturation/Lightness triangle. On the HSL Colour Wheel, the small circles shown in the wheel and triangle indicate the current setting for hue and saturation/lightness, respectively. Drag either circle around to adjust the values. The Line/Fill swatches on the tab govern whether the selected colour is applied as a line colour, solid fill, or both simultaneously.
Fill, Lines, Colours, and Transparency 149 CMYK operation If you intend to create professional CMYK output to PDF or image, you can optionally create a CMYK drawing from scratch (see p. 23). Your drawing, in a CMYK colour space, can be designed using CMYK colours (instead of RGB colours) either using: • CMYK Sliders. (Click the Colour Model drop-down list on the Colour tab.) - or - • Standard CMYK Palette. (Click the Palettes button on the Swatch tab.
150 Fill, Lines, Colours, and Transparency To apply a solid fill colour via the Swatch tab: 1. Select the object(s) and display the Studio's Swatch tab. 2. Set the Line/Fill Swatch at the top-left of the tab so the Fill Swatch appears in front of the Line Swatch. 3. Pick a thumbnail from either the Document Palette or from another palette shown in the Palettes drop-down list (drag from the thumbnail onto the object as an alternative).
Fill, Lines, Colours, and Transparency 151 To edit an object's fill colour(s) and tint: 1. Right-click the object and choose Format>Fill.... 2. (Optional) From the dialog's Model drop-down menu, choose a different colour model (e.g., RGB sliders). 3. Depending on the selected colour mode, use the Colour Wheel, Colour Picker, or combination of slider and colour spectrum (or use the input boxes) to set your colour value.
152 Fill, Lines, Colours, and Transparency Blend modes The Colour tab hosts a Blend Mode drop-down list for blending overlapping object colours together in various ways. You'll find blend modes described in detail in Understanding blend modes on p. 164. Setting line properties All lines, including those that enclose shapes, have numerous properties, including colour, style, line ends, width, join (corner), and cap (end).
Fill, Lines, Colours, and Transparency 153 Changing line style A series of buttons arranged along the top of the Line tab set the line style. No line, Solid, Dash, Double, and Calligraphic styles can be applied to freeform lines, and outlines of shapes, images and artistic text alike. The additional two line effects, Brush Stroke and Edge Effect, let you apply a brush (stroke, spray or edge) effect to the outlines of artistic text, images or objects.
154 Fill, Lines, Colours, and Transparency Changing line caps and joins The Line tab also lets you vary a line's Cap (end) and the Join (corner) where two lines intersect. Both properties tend to be more conspicuous on thicker lines; joins are more apparent with more acute angles. Changing line width On a selected line, curve, or shape (opposite), drag the Width slider in the Line tab. To turn off the line, set the box to 0pt.
Fill, Lines, Colours, and Transparency 155 Gradient sampler Use for picking up colour gradients present in images. Great for sampling colours in sunsets. Use the Colour tab's Colour Picker to sample colours anywhere on your computer screen—click, hold the mouse button down, drag to the target area, and then release. To sample colours: 1. On the Drawing toolbar, click Colour Picker. 2. From the context toolbar, choose a colour picker type (e.g., Point Sampler).
156 Fill, Lines, Colours, and Transparency Defining line and fill colours When you're applying a fill or line colour using the Studio's Swatch tab, you choose a colour from one of several colour palettes, arranged as a gallery of colour swatch thumbnails. Different palettes can be loaded but only one palette is displayed at any one time. Several of the colour palettes are based on "themed" colours while the remaining palettes are based on industry-standard colour models, i.e.
Fill, Lines, Colours, and Transparency 157 Adding colours to the Document Palette Colours are added manually or automatically from the Colour tab or taken directly from an object's line/fill into the user's Document Palette. The palette also stores commonly used colours (e.g., Red, Green, Blue). Colours can be added, edited, deleted, or renamed within the Document Palette as in any of the other Swatch tab's palettes.
158 Fill, Lines, Colours, and Transparency To add a colour to the Document Palette: 1. Select a different palette (themed, gradient, or bitmap palette). 2. Right-click a palette swatch and select Add to Document's Palette. To add colour spreads (using Colour Palette Designer): Colour Palette Designer on the Document Palette's title 1. Click bar. 2. Choose a Base Colour, a Spread (from the drop-down list), and click either the Add Range or Add All button. 3. Click OK.
Fill, Lines, Colours, and Transparency 159 Working with gradient fills Gradient fills are those that use gradients—small "spectrums" with colours spreading between at least two defined key values. Specifically, gradient fills include the Linear, Radial, Elliptical, Conical, Square, Three Colour, and Four Colour types. Once you've applied a gradient fill to an object using the Swatch tab (see Setting fill properties on p.
160 Fill, Lines, Colours, and Transparency To apply a gradient fill (Swatch tab): 1. Select an object. 2. Click the Swatch tab and ensure the accordingly. 3. Select the Gradient button's drop-down menu and pick a gradient category. 4. Click the thumbnail for the fill you want to apply. - or Drag from the gallery swatch onto any deselected object.
Fill, Lines, Colours, and Transparency 161 Each gradient fill type has a characteristic path. For example, Radial fills have single-line paths, with the gradient initially starting at the object's centre. Elliptical fills likewise begin at the centre, but their paths have two lines so you can adjust the fill's extent in two directions away from the centre. Radial fills are always evenly circular, while Elliptical fills can be skewed in one direction or another.
162 Fill, Lines, Colours, and Transparency The editing of gradient fills is a complex operation and is covered in greater detail in the DrawPlus Help. Working with bitmap and plasma fills A bitmap fill uses a named bitmap—often a material, pattern, or background image. DrawPlus supplies an impressive selection of preset bitmap fills on the Swatch tab, and you can import your own.
Fill, Lines, Colours, and Transparency 163 Unlike the other fill types, bitmap and plasma fills don't simply "end" at the edges of their fill path. Rather, they tile (repeat) so you can fill indefinitely large regions at any scale. By dragging the edge nodes in or out with the Fill Tool, you can "zoom" in or out on the fill pattern. Edge nodes dragged outwards Edge nodes dragged inwards For details of how to edit and manage bitmap and plasma fills, see DrawPlus Help.
164 Fill, Lines, Colours, and Transparency To enable the Mesh Fill Tool: • Select Mesh Fill Tool on the Drawing toolbar's Fill flyout. With the tool enabled, a mesh of editable patches and nodes are revealed (above). A mesh fill is applied to an object via the Swatch tab's Gradient gallery (see Setting fill properties on p. 147). You can edit the mesh itself with the Mesh Fill Tool and the accompanying context toolbar to achieve unique results.
Fill, Lines, Colours, and Transparency 165 For professional design, you can make use of composite blend modes or isolated blending within a group to prevent underlying objects from being affected by the blending operation. To apply a blend mode to an existing object: 1. Select an existing object on your page. 2. On the Colour tab, choose a blend mode from the Blend Mode dropdown list. To apply a blend mode to a new brush stroke, line, or shape: 1.
166 Fill, Lines, Colours, and Transparency Blend modes The following table summarizes the blend modes available in DrawPlus. • Top colour refers to the colour superimposed by an object's blend mode (the object may be a brush stroke, a shape, a photo, etc.). • Bottom colour refers to the colour of the object onto which the top colour is applied (e.g., a background). Setting opacity Key point! In DrawPlus, opacity is a property of colour, and can be set directly from the Colour tab.
Fill, Lines, Colours, and Transparency 167 The Opacity slider (Colour tab) can be used to alter the opacity of a specific colour, whether that colour is a solid fill (in an object or on a line), or a node's colour on a gradient fill path. Opacity can be applied locally to each object; the default is 100% opacity, i.e., the object is fully opaque. For solid fills, the opacity change will be made uniformly across the object's interior (as above).
168 Fill, Lines, Colours, and Transparency To apply solid opacity (to a fill path): 1. Select the object with a gradient fill and display the Studio's Colour tab. 2. Click the Fill Tool on the Drawing toolbar's The fill path is displayed. Fill flyout. Click on any displayed node along the fill path (the node with a double outline is selected. Use Shift-select for selecting multiple nodes. 3. From the Colour tab, drag the slider to the left for a reduced opacity setting.
Fill, Lines, Colours, and Transparency 169 Composite opacity An individual object can take a specific opacity setting. However, when multiple objects are grouped (see p. 135), the group can be given a composite opacity, affecting all group objects to the same extent. Composite opacity is possible by using the Opacity slider on the Colour tab. Drawing without opacity Result of objects selected individually, and assigned 50% opacity.
170 Fill, Lines, Colours, and Transparency Grouped balloons with Knockout Group disabled. Grouped balloons with Knockout Group enabled. To create a knockout group: 1. Select the group (must contain overlapping objects). 2. From the context toolbar, check Knockout Group. If you ungroup the group, you'll lose the knockout effect. Using transparency effects While uniform opacity can be applied along with colour via the Colour tab (see Setting opacity on p.
Fill, Lines, Colours, and Transparency 171 Transparency can also be applied along a custom drawn transparency path using the Transparency Tool, in the same way as the equivalent fill path (see p. 160). Transparency paths are easily editable. Transparency effects are applied locally to each object. Applying different transparency effects won't alter the object's fill settings as such, but may significantly alter a fill's actual appearance. Let’s check out the Transparency tab.
172 Fill, Lines, Colours, and Transparency To apply gradient transparency with Transparency Tool: 1. Select an object. 2. Click the 3. Click and drag on the object to define the transparency path. The object takes a simple linear transparency, grading from 0% transparency (100% opaque) to 100% transparency (0% opaque) in the direction you drag. Transparency Tool on the Drawing toolbar. You have freeform control over where the path starts and ends, and the direction in which the path will be drawn.
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174 Working with Pictures
Working with Pictures 175 Importing pictures Pictures that can be imported into DrawPlus can belong to one of several groups: • Bitmapped pictures, also known as bitmaps or raster images, are built from a matrix of dots ("pixels"), rather like the squares on a sheet of graph paper. They may originate as digital camera photos or scanned images, or be created (or enhanced) with a "paint" program or photo editor.
176 Working with Pictures To import a picture from a file: Insert Picture on the Drawing toolbar. 1. Click 2. From the dialog, locate and select the file to import, then click Open. The dialog disappears and the mouse pointer changes to the Picture Size cursor. What you do next determines the initial size, placement, and aspect ratio (proportions) of the picture. 3. Either: • Insert the picture at a default size by simply clicking the mouse.
Working with Pictures 177 • You can always resize a picture after it has been placed by dragging its handles. For the finer points of resizing, see Resizing objects on p. 121. • The Picture context toolbar appears automatically when you select an image on the page. Use the toolbar to quickly adjust contrast, brightness, Red Eye, or apply Auto Level or Auto Contrast. For more advanced image adjustment and effect filters, click the Picture context toolbar's PhotoLab button.
178 Working with Pictures To launch Image Cutout Studio: 1. Select an image to be cut out. 2. Select Cutout Studio from the displayed Picture context toolbar. Image Cutout Studio is launched. Your original image, if linked, is unaffected in Image Cutout Studio. However, embedded images, when cut out, are altered permanently in the DrawPlus document.
Working with Pictures 179 To create a vector-cropped bitmap: 1. Select Vector-cropped Bitmap from the Output Type drop-down menu. 2. Drag the Feather slider to apply a soft or blurry edge inside the cutout edge. 3. Drag the Smoothness slider to smooth out the cutout edge. 4. The Inflate slider acts as an positive or negative offset from the cutout edge. Selecting areas to keep or discard A pair of brushes for keeping and discarding is used to enable parts of the image to be selected.
180 Working with Pictures To select image areas for keeping/discarding: 1. In Image Cutout Studio, click either Keep brush or Discard brush from the left of the Studio workspace. 2. (Optional) Pick a Brush size suitable for the area to be worked on. 3. (Optional) Set a Grow tolerance value to automatically expand the selected area under the cursor (by detecting colours similar to those within the current selection). The greater the value the more the selected area will grow. 4.
Working with Pictures 181 Autotracing Instead of manually tracing a design, it's possible to automatically convert bitmaps back into vector objects by using autotracing. Its main function is for speedily reworking bitmapped logos (for further design modification), but its use is not confined to this. In fact, both greyscale and colour photos can equally be autotraced for eye-catching artistic effects.
182 Working with Pictures • Photo Image Trace. For colour tracing of photos. The autotracing process is performed in a studio environment, which makes use of the above profiles. The studio gives the opportunity to preview before tracing, and customize chosen profile settings further to your liking. Most profile settings are unique to the profile. To autotrace a selected image: 1. Click the drop-down arrow on the AutoTrace button (on context toolbar) and select a profile from the menu.
Working with Pictures 183 3. (Optional) Adjust the sliders at the right of the workspace (each unique to the profile used); your profile settings will be modified. If you want to save these modified settings you must save the changed profile to a new custom name. 4. Click Trace to trace your logo, photo, or other bitmapped artwork. It's best to keep clicking this button to update your main window after any adjustment.
184 Working with Pictures The autotracing procedure above differs slightly when applied to greyscale or colour photos, i.e., instead of comprehensive palette control you have a photo preview. Creating custom profiles Adjusting any slider means that you've modified your chosen preset profile. If you want to keep the settings for future autotracing you can save the profile to a new name and reuse it from the drop-down menu (on the profile selection screen or within AutoTrace studio).
185 Working with Pictures Cropping images DrawPlus includes the Crop Tool which is used typically for cropping images (or vector outlines) on the page. Cropping discards unwanted "outer" regions of an object while keeping the remainder visible. To crop an object: 1. Select an object and then on the Drawing toolbar, click the Tool. Crop 2. Click and drag an edge or corner handle towards the centre of the object.
186 Working with Pictures 3. A 3 x 3 grid is superimposed on top of the object to aid cropping. 4. Drag a corner or edge grid handle to crop the image. As you do so, the grid repositions itself. 5. Manipulate the image to improve its framing. • Click and drag on the crop window to pan the image. For best results, aim to position your main subject of interest at a point where any two grid lines intersect, e.g. the eye.
Working with Pictures • To rotate or zoom into or out of the object, use the adjacent control bar. • Alternatively use equivalent button pairings on the context toolbar. • To select the crop window. • To select cropped objects. • Uncrop a cropped area. • Crop an object using a preset shape. • To reshape a cropped area. 187 Zoom In/Out Rotate anti-clockwise/clockwise Click Back, then select Crop control bar. from the Click Back, then click Select Cropped Object(s) from the control bar.
188 Working with Pictures Applying PhotoLab filters PhotoLab is a dedicated studio environment that lets you apply adjustment and effect filters to photos, individually or in combination. PhotoLab offers the following key features: • Adjustment filters Apply White Balance, Lighting, Curves, Unsharp Mask, and an impressive selection of other corrective filters. • Effect filters Apply distortion, blur, stylistic, noise, render, artistic, and various other effects for photo enhancement.
Working with Pictures 189 PhotoLab includes filter tabs, a main toolbar, and an applied filter stack around a central workspace. Photos present in your drawing display in the Images tab, which is hidden by button default. To display this tab, as illustrated below, simply click the at the bottom of the dialog. (A) filter tabs, (B) Main toolbar, (C) Main workspace, (D) filter stack, (E) Images tab Filters are stored in the Favourites, Adjustments, and Effects filter tabs, and are grouped into categories.
190 Working with Pictures When you apply a filter from one of these tabs, it is temporarily added to the Trial Zone that displays beneath the filter stack. This lets you preview and adjust filters before applying them. Applying filters 1. Select the photo you want to work on. (If the photo is framed, select it and click Select Cropped Object.) 2. Click 3. For ease of use, when you open PhotoLab, the Filters stack on the right contains some commonly-used filters (such as White Balance and Lighting).
Working with Pictures 191 Selecting a new filter always replaces the current filter. 4. To apply the filter, click 5. (Optional): Commit to add it to the Filters stack. • Repeat steps 1 to 4 to add more filters to the Filters stack. Filters are applied to a photo cumulatively, in the order in which they are added to the Filters stack. The most recently added filter always appears at the bottom of the stack. (See To reorder filters, below.
192 Working with Pictures To add a filter directly (without trialling): • Click Add Quick Filter at the top of the Filters stack and choose a filter from the flyout categories. The filter is applied directly to the stack without being added to the Trial Zone. Retouching PhotoLab's main toolbar provides some useful retouching tools. These are commonly used to correct photos before applying colour correction and effects. • Red-eye tool, to remove red eye from a human subject.
Working with Pictures 193 To apply a mask: Mask drop-down menu, select New Mask. 1. From the 2. In the Tool Settings pane, select the 3. Adjust the settings to suit your requirements. For example, adjust Brush Size to paint larger or more intricate regions. 4. In the Mode drop-down menu, choose one of the following options: Add Region tool. • Select: Choose this if you want to apply the filter only to the regions you paint. This is the default setting.
194 Working with Pictures 5. Using the circular cursor, paint the regions to be masked (selected areas are painted in green; protected areas in red). If you've not been as accurate as you'd like while painting, click Remove Regions then paint over the unwanted painted regions. 6. Click to save your mask changes, or to cancel. The mask button changes to yellow when a mask is applied (i.e., ). You can create additional masks for the same filter, as above, and then choose between them.
Working with Pictures 195 To save and manage favourites: Save Filter. 1. Click 2. In the dialog, type a name for your filter and choose the category in which to save it. Click 3. to create a new category. (Optional) To organize your favourites into user-defined categories, click the Tab Menu button and choose Manage Favourites.
196 Working with Pictures You can also use the above procedure for importing photos from cameras that support TWAIN. More typically, modern cameras allow photo import (see p. 175) directly from their own memory cards, appearing as a removable disk in Windows.
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198 Applying Special Effects
Applying Special Effects 199 Creating borders The Border Wizard lets you create a border around the whole page or a selected object, or within a specific page region. It's possible to create your own border from a current object selection or from a preset border style. To create a border: 1. (If creating a border around an object) Select the object first. 2. Select Border Wizard... from the Insert menu. 3.
200 Applying Special Effects Creating blends Blends enable you to create shapes between two separate shapes on the page. These could be identical in shape but have different line/fill properties or be differently shaped. For the latter, the blending process “morphs” one shape into the other shape. Each step creates an intermediate shape, where the colour, transparency, and line properties may all change, along with the object shape, during the blend process. For same shapes: For different shapes (e.g.
Applying Special Effects 201 • A Position Profile or Attribute Profile for non-uniform blends— use for rate or transform and blend, respectively. (See Using blend profiles.) • A Colour blend type which defines how colour distribution occurs between the originating and destination object. You can Fade between colours by default, apply a Clockwise/anti-clockwise colour spread around the HSL Colour Wheel (from the Colour tab), or use the Shortest or Longest route between colours on the HSL Colour Wheel. 3.
202 Applying Special Effects Blending on a path DrawPlus allows you to make your blended objects conform to a path, i.e. a drawn curve. To fit a blend to a line or curve: 1. Select the path (curve) and the previously blended object. 2. From the Tools menu, select Fit Blend to Curve. You'll be able to reshape the curve by manipulating its segments, on-curve nodes, and off-curve control handles. Individual nodes can also be assigned a different colour or transparency to change the blend appearance.
Applying Special Effects 203 Creating rough edges The Roughen Tool lets you selectively distort an object's outline, turning smooth-line edges into jagged outlines. The effect can lend cartoon-like flair to ordinary text or give QuickShapes an irregular appearance, in fact apply it whenever it seems to suit the mood of the design. To apply roughening: 1. Select an object and click the Roughen Tool on the Drawing toolbar's Transform flyout. 2. Click on the object and drag up or down.
204 Applying Special Effects Applying perspective The Perspective Tool, like the Envelope Tool, produces an overall shape distortion. Perspective gives you the visual impression of a flat surface being tilted (or skewed) in space, with an exaggerated front/back size differential. To apply a perspective effect: 1. Select an object and click Perspective Tool on the Drawing toolbar's Transform flyout. The Node Tool becomes the active tool and an adjustment slider appears above the object. 2.
Applying Special Effects 205 Applying envelopes An envelope distortion is one that you can apply to any object to change its shape without having to edit its nodes. You can use envelopes to bend text into a wave, arch, trapezoid, or just about any other shape. You can edit envelopes into custom shapes and apply them to other objects for corresponding effects.
206 Applying Special Effects DrawPlus automatically selects the Node Tool when an envelope is applied. The Node Tool along with the displayed curve buttons on the Envelope context toolbar lets you reshape the envelope by dragging its corner nodes and attractor nodes, as when editing curved lines. (To review these concepts, see Editing lines and shapes on p. 68.) The only difference is that you cannot add or delete corner nodes to an envelope.
Applying Special Effects 207 With subtle Shear and Scale adjustments you can produce skewed shadows for realistic 2D lighting effects. The example opposite has had adjustments to Shear X and Shear Y, with blurring and reduced opacity. Applying drop shadows with Shadow Tool 1. Click the Shadow Tool on the Drawing toolbar. You'll notice control nodes appear which allow adjustment as described in the annotated illustration above. 2.
208 Applying Special Effects Applying 2D filter effects The Styles tab also offers an impressive selection of preset 2D filter effects, stored in various gallery categories (i.e., Shadows, Blurs, Bevels, Edges), further separated into subcategories. The tab also hosts some other styles unrelated to 2D filter effects. DrawPlus additionally provides the Shadow Tool for applying a shadow to an object directly on your page. Control handles let you adjust shadow blur, opacity and colour.
Applying Special Effects 209 3. Select a thumbnail in the chosen category. You may need to expand a subcategory by clicking Expand. 4. The effect is applied to the object. Applying bevels and embossing effects You can apply some depth to your objects by applying an embossing effect. • From the Styles tab, adjust the Bevel & Emboss setting on your selected object. The greater the value, the greater the embossed effect.
210 Applying Special Effects Advanced 2D filter effects For more advanced control of filter effects, a Filter Effects dialog can be used to apply filter effects to an object. The following filter effect examples are possible via the dialog. Each effect is shown when applied to the letter "A." Drop Shadow Inner Shadow Outer Glow Inner Glow Colour Fill Inner Bevel Outer Bevel Emboss Pillow Emboss Feather Gaussian Blur Zoom Blur Radial Blur Motion Blur Outline To apply 2D filter effects: 1.
Applying Special Effects 211 Creating outlines DrawPlus lets you create a coloured outline around objects, especially text and shapes (as a filter effect). For any outline, you can set the outline width, colour fill, transparency, and blend mode. The outline can also take a gradient fill, a unique contour fill (fill runs from the inner to outer edge of the outline width), or pattern fill and can also sit inside, outside, or be centred on the object edge.
212 Applying Special Effects Using 3D filter effects 3D filter effects go beyond 2D filter effects (shadows, bevel, emboss, etc.) to create the impression of a textured surface on the object itself. Keep in mind is that none of these 3D effects will "do" anything to an unfilled object—you’ll need to have a fill there to see the difference they make! The Studio’s Styles tab is a good place to begin experimenting with 3D filter effects.
Applying Special Effects 213 To apply 3D Effects: • Choose Filter Effects from the Drawing toolbar (or choose Filter Effects... from the Format menu, or right-click the object and choose Filter Effects...). • Check 3D Effects in the Filter Effects dialog. • Adjust the "master control" sliders here to vary the overall properties of any individual 3D effects you select. • Blur specifies the amount of smoothing applied (in point size).
214 Applying Special Effects 3D Bump Map The 3D Bump Map effect creates the impression of a textured surface by applying a mathematical function you select to add depth information, for a peak-and-valley effect. You can use 3D Bump Map in conjunction with one or more additional 3D filter effects—but not with a 2D Bump Map. (See DrawPlus Help for background and technical details on these effects.
Applying Special Effects 215 Transparency can be adjusted independently for both non-reflective surfaces (typically an object's edge shadows shown when side-lit) and top-lit surfaces (see second example below). 3D Reflection Map The 3D Reflection Map effect is used to simulate mirrored surfaces by selection of a pattern (i.e., a bitmap which possesses a shiny surface) which "wraps around" a selected object.
216 Applying Special Effects Applying paper textures Use paper textures for a natural "paper-like" appearance on your design. Simulate textures of varying roughness and "feel" by selection of various real media textures such as Canvas, Cartridge, Embossed, Parchment, and Watercolour. As a paper texture is applied to all objects on a specific layer you can apply different paper textures on a layer-by-layer basis. To apply a paper texture: 1.
Applying Special Effects 217 Applying dimensionality (Instant 3D) Using the Instant 3D feature, you can easily transform flat shapes (shown) and text into three-dimensional objects. DrawPlus provides control over 3D effect settings such as: • Bevelling: use several rounded and chiseled presets or create your own. • Lighting: up to eight editable and separately coloured lights can be positioned to produce dramatic lighting effects. • Lathe effects: create contoured objects (e.g.
218 Applying Special Effects Remember to take advantage of the hover-over cursor text or hintline which indicate the object's rotation currently or rotation while the operation is in progress, respectively. Transform about your 3D objects' axes instead of your pages' axes by holding the Ctrl key down as you transform. You can also adjust the angle and elevation of each "active" light on the page by dragging the light pointer to a position which simulates a light source. To add dimensionality: 1.
Applying Special Effects 219 The Bevel and Lathe categories offer several presets that you can apply as your profile. You can also define your own custom profiles for both bevel and lathe effects from the Instant 3D context toolbar. (See DrawPlus Help for more details.) For high-quality display, you can make DrawPlus display your Instant 3D objects at higher resolutions. Alternatively, the resolution can be reduced for quicker redrawing on slower computers.
220 Applying Special Effects simple cubes to illustrate a simple isometric projection compared to some more advanced projections. Isometric (30,90,30) Dimetric1 (37,90,37) Trimetric 1 (12,90,23) Notice how the displayed angles on each of the above projections are shown after each name. Practically, projection drawing can be challenging as it's sometimes difficult to visualize objects that appear three dimensional.
Applying Special Effects 221 From the same drop-down menu, Switch Plane on Select can be disabled to stop automatically switching to the plane of a projected object when selected. If you're creating a large number of objects, all on different planes, you can select all objects which project onto the same plane—useful for changing the colour of object faces for instance.
222 Applying Special Effects Using Advanced Pseudo 3D Up to now we've assumed that you've applied a default isometric projection. However, DrawPlus can create other axonometric projections by changing the current Projection Properties (from drop-down menu) before drawing objects. To apply an advanced Pseudo 3D projection: 1. Click Projection Properties on the menu. 2. From the dialog, select a projection type from the drop-down list.
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224 Creating Animations
Creating Animations 225 Getting started with animation What is animation? Like flip books, Disney movies, and TV, it’s a way of creating the illusion of motion by displaying a series of still images, rapidly enough to fool the eye—or more accurately, the brain. Professional animators have developed a whole arsenal of techniques for character animation— rendering human (and animal) movement in a convincing way.
226 Creating Animations 5. (Optional) For custom settings, from the right-hand of the dialog, click a Paper or Animation properties setting and either choose a different drop-down list option or input new values to modify. Typically, you can change Width, Height, and Orientation settings in the Paper category. 6. Click OK. The new document opens. To begin a new Stopframe or Keyframe animation from scratch: Either: • Select New>New Stopframe Animation from the File menu.
Creating Animations 227 Working with Stopframe animation In Stopframe animation mode you'll be working predominantly with the Frames tab. It is ideally suited for animation because of its width and easy control of individual frames (stopframes are spread along the tab for easier management). Use the Frames tab exclusively to insert, delete, clone or reorder frames, and access individual frame properties.
228 Creating Animations The frame is added after the selected frame. Alternatively, use the Blend Tool to automatically create "intermediate" stopframes in steps between objects. To generate a new blank frame: • Choose Insert Frame from the Frames tab. Any new frame appears on the Frames tab to the right of existing frames, and then becomes the current frame. If you use the Frame Manager (right-click a frame and choose Insert...) you can choose to add frames before/after any existing frame.
Creating Animations 229 Onion Skinning Onion skinning is a standard animation technique derived from cell animation, where transparent sheets enable the artist to see through to the preceding frame(s). It's useful for enabling precise registration and controlling object movement from frame to frame. You can turn the feature on or off (the default is off) as needed, and set the number of previous frames that will be visible (normally one). To turn onion skinning on or off: Onion Skinning button to turn 1.
230 Creating Animations This actually exports a temporary copy of the animation, using the current export settings and displays it in your web browser. You can leave the browser open and DrawPlus will find it again next time you issue the command. Working with Keyframe animation When compared with Stopframe animation (see Getting started with animation on p.
Creating Animations 231 Once keyframes are created, the animator has a great deal of control over how objects are run forward (or even backwards). You can introduce objects anywhere on the storyboard (so they appear for a limited time), and either run them forward or backwards by a specific number of keyframes (or right to the start or end of the storyboard). The "Buzzzz" text in the above example will only show from keyframes 3 onwards (i.e., from 4 seconds).
232 Creating Animations Getting started Keyframe animations are created in a specific order: 1. Create your DrawPlus Animation file. 2. Create object(s), either static or for animation, on the page. 3. From the Storyboard tab, insert the number of keyframes and their duration via a dialog. 4. Reposition objects in subsequent keyframes to effect animation. 5. Export your keyframe animation as Adobe® Flash® (SWF). To create a keyframe animation: 1.
Creating Animations 233 To insert keyframes: Insert. 1. From the Storyboard tab, select a keyframe and choose 2. From the dialog, choose the Number of keyframes to add to the Storyboard tab. Set a default Keyframe duration for each created keyframe. 3. Choose to add keyframe(s) at a Location before or after the currently selected keyframe or before/after the first or last keyframe. 4. (Optional) Check Insert blank keyframes if you don't want to include run forward objects in your keyframes.
234 Creating Animations Keyframe duration Keyframe duration represents the amount of time in between each individual keyframe. The value is set according to how the keyframe was created, i.e. • Inserting keyframes (blank or otherwise) lets you set the keyframe duration in an Insert Keyframes dialog (default 1 second). • A splitting operation will create new keyframes whose duration will be a division of the selected keyframe's duration (by the number of keyframes to be split).
Creating Animations 235 Compact storyboard A tool for tidying up your storyboard; any keyframes containing only tweened objects are removed from the storyboard. Scale storyboard Expands or shrinks the whole storyboard. All keyframe durations are automatically adjusted to fit proportionately to the new Scale duration. Adding sound To complement the visual effect of your keyframe animation it's possible to add audio.
236 Creating Animations 4. Click Open. 5. Position the displayed appear. 6. Either: 7. cursor where you want the movie to • To insert the movie at the movie's original size, simply click the mouse. - or - • To set the size of the inserted movie, drag out a region and release the mouse button. (Optional) Use the object toolbar controls to run forward/backward to the end/start of the storyboard (or by a set number of keyframes).
Creating Animations 237 Keyframe object control We've just looked at storyboard control. However, a whole series of important object control tools are also available in keyframe animation. They are available on an object toolbar, displayed in-context under any selected object. Initial grouped objects show run forward, and grouped object buttons Objects along the animation run show buttons for conversion to key objects, and object placement and attributes buttons in both directions.
238 Creating Animations any of these interim tweened objects you change your animation to follow a non-linear path (see below)—as a result, the tweened object becomes a key object (C).
Creating Animations 239 To change object placement: 1. Select the object whose positional information you want to apply forward or backward. 2. From the object's toolbar, click either: • Update placement backward to make a previous object's position match the selected object's position. - or - • Update placement forward to do the same to later object positions. 3.
240 Creating Animations You'll also find some useful options on the Run menu which can also be used to manipulate objects between keyframes or along the whole animation run. Some other settings affect how objects animate along the animation run. These are hosted on the Easing tab and control object rotation, temporal tweening, natural motion, and how keyframes obey a Keyframe camera.
Creating Animations Obey camera 241 If using the Keyframe camera feature, when the option is checked then a selected object will be panned or zoomed into. When unchecked, the object remains static, ignoring the camera. Use when text (company logo, a message, etc.) is to be permanently presented while panning and zooming is performed in the background.
242 Creating Animations Attributes The attributes (colour, transparency, effects) of an object are mirrored to the same object on subsequent keyframes on your storyboard. Applying actions (keyframe animation) Selected objects can be assigned an event and corresponding action. The use of actions provides an interactive experience in response to a user's mouse up/down/press/release, key press/up/down, roll over, etc.
Creating Animations 243 Optionally, a new action can be created from scratch within the dialog. Simply code directly or paste ActionScript into an Edit window. To apply an action to selected object(s): 1. Select an object on any keyframe. 2. Double-click an event from the Actions tab. 3. From the dialog, navigate the tree menu, expanding the options if necessary, and click on a chosen action (e.g., Timeline Actions>Go to marker X). 4.
244 Creating Animations ActionScript, the underlying scripting language for actions, is normally hidden from the user in the above easy-to-use dialogs—you can view actions, their settings (as parameters), and select the action but generally not the underlying code driving it. However, the more experienced and/or adventurous can make use of a simple text entry system for developing ActionScript code from the same dialog. To create custom ActionScript: 1.
Creating Animations 245 To set a marker: marker icon after a chosen keyframe. 1. Click a 2. From the dialog, enter an easily identifiable Marker Name. 3. (Optional) Check Stops playhead to prevent your animation from continuing. 4. Click OK. 5. The marker's appearance will change accordingly, i.e.
246 Creating Animations Envelope type drop-down menu lets you select your envelope type, allowing you to then define a profile shape for that envelope in the pane. In most instances, an "All Envelopes" option can be used to affect a variable rate of change for all envelopes simultaneously. The process or editing an envelope is identical, irrespective of envelope type. By default, any envelope is applied linearly (i.e.
Creating Animations 4. Pick a preset profile from the down menu below the profile window. - or - 247 drop- For a custom profile, hover over the turquoise line (the cursor changes) and drag in any direction to position a newly created red node. Repeat the process for the number of nodes that you want to add to make up the profile. You can then fine-tune the profile shape by adjusting node positions accordingly. Edit an existing profile from the preset drop-down menu to create profiles quickly.
248 Creating Animations Exporting animations Exporting your stopframe or keyframe animation outputs your animation to a file which can be shared or viewed, either standalone or when included as part of a web page.
Creating Animations 249 Flash Lite/i-Mode Use if you're intending to export a keyframe animation for mobile users operating mobile phones, personal organizers, and more. The format is optimized for viewing on smaller screen displays. The outputted file type is the same as that for Flash export, with a SWF file extension. To export to Flash Lite/i-Mode: 1. Choose Export>Export as Flash Lite/i-Mode... from the File menu. 2.
250 Creating Animations • Windows Media audio and Video. The WMV format is best supported on PCs running Windows Media Player, although some other software even on other platforms can play WMV video. WMVs are Advanced Systems Format (ASF) files that include audio, video, or both compressed with Windows Media Audio (WMA) and Windows Media Video (WMV) codecs. To export animation as video: 1. Choose Export>Export As Video... from the File menu. 2.
Creating Animations 251 Image Within Stopframe animation, this option lets you create an animated GIF by default, which we'll focus on here. For keyframe animation, you can export a single keyframe as any type of image format. The GIF format is ideal for web as it's universally supported by web browsers, and, as it's a multi-part format, it's capable of encoding not just one image but multiple images in the same file.
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254 Publishing and Sharing
Publishing and Sharing 255 Printing basics DrawPlus supports printing directly to a physical desktop printer (e.g., All-inones, Inkjet and Laser printers) or to an electronic file such as Adobe Acrobat PDF (see p. 262). Printing your document to a desktop printer is one of the more likely operations you'll be performing in DrawPlus. The easy-to-use Print dialog presents the most commonly used options to you, with a navigable "live" Preview window to check your print output.
256 Publishing and Sharing To set up your printer or begin printing: Print on the Standard toolbar. The Print dialog appears. 1. Click 2. Select a currently installed printer from the Printer drop-down list. If necessary, click the Properties button to set up the printer for the correct page size, etc. 3. Select a printer profile from the Profile drop-down list. You can just use Current Settings or choose a previously saved custom profile (.ppr) based on a combination of dialog settings; Browse...
Publishing and Sharing 257 7. Keep Auto Rotate checked if you want your document page to automatically rotate your printer's currently set sheet orientation. When you access the Print dialog, if page and sheet sizes do not match, you'll be prompted to adjust your printer sheet orientation automatically (or you can just ignore auto-rotation). 8. Click Print. More print options Additional print options are available from the Print dialog if you're planning to use imposition at print time (see p.
258 Publishing and Sharing Print Preview is interactive because a main feature is to provide print-time imposition. Put simply, this allows you to create folded books, booklets, and more, at the printing stage from unfolded basic page setups. Other interactive features are also available while in Print Preview. • Select installed printers, and choose which pages to print and how they print (to printer, file or separation). • Add and adjust printer margins.
Publishing and Sharing 259 Print-time imposition During print preview, you can enable imposition of your document, choosing a mode suited to your intended printed document (book, booklet, etc.). Each mode displays different toolbar options on the context-sensitive Imposition toolbar. To choose an imposition mode: • From the Imposition toolbar, select an option from the Imposition Mode drop-down list. As in Document Select to print pages as they appear in your document, i.e., one page per sheet.
260 Publishing and Sharing Tiled Print as Thumbnails Even if the document isn't set up as a poster or banner, you can use tiling and scaling settings to print onto multiple sheets from a standard size page. Each section or tile is printed on a single sheet of paper, and the various tiles can then be joined to form the complete page. • Scale to print at a larger size (e.g. 300%). • Tile Printable Area to tile onto only the printable area of the sheet.
Publishing and Sharing Step & Repeat 261 • Across sets the number of copies across the page. • Down sets the number of copies down the page. • Repeat selects the number of times to repeat each page. • Skip lets you omit a certain number of regions on the first sheet of paper. Skipping regions is useful if, for example, you've already peeled off several labels from a label sheet, and don't want to print on the peeledoff sections.
262 Publishing and Sharing Publishing as PDF DrawPlus can output your drawings to PDF (Portable Document Format), a crossplatform WYSIWYG file format developed by Adobe, intended to handle documents in a device- and platform-independent manner. PDF documents are ideal for both screen-ready distribution and professional printing. In DrawPlus, ready-to-go PDF profiles are available for both uses, making PDF setup less complicated. • Screen-ready.
Publishing and Sharing 263 To export your document as a PDF file (using a profile): 1. Choose Publish as PDF... from the File menu. 2. Select a profile for electronic or professional output (as described above) from the Publish profile drop-down list. The dialog updates with the selected profile's new settings. 3. (Optional) Make any custom settings as required by your print partner in each tab. 4. Click OK.
264 Publishing and Sharing From these formats it is possible to export your drawing as a graphic in order to read the drawing into another application or use it on a web page. For drawings, a choice of graphics formats can be exported.
Publishing and Sharing 265 To export as an image: 1. Choose Export>Export as Image... from the File menu. 2. (Optional) From the Export Area section, you can scale the image to a new size if desired (change pixels), or adjust the dpi (dots per inch) setting. For graphics to be used on-screen, it's best to leave these values intact. The export can be based on the whole Page, Selected Area (see Defining a region for export below), or Selected Items. 3.
266 Publishing and Sharing Defining a region for export DrawPlus lets you export a specific region in your design. The region, shown as a bounding box, is actually a layer overlay which can be resized, repositioned over the export area and shown/hidden. The Image Export dialog is used for the actual export process. To define an export region: 1. From the Standard toolbar, click Overlays and select Export Overlay from the drop-down menu. A bounding box is overlaid over your page. 2.
Publishing and Sharing 267 Exporting as CMYK TIFF or JPEG For professional printing, you can create a drawing in a CMYK colour space (p. 23), which offers colour predictability during design, processing, and output. You can either publish your design as a PDF document (p. 262) or export as image, with both options maintaining a CMYK colour space. To export a CMYK TIFF or JPEG image: • In the Image Export dialog, enable CMYK.
268 Publishing and Sharing 3. Change settings in the Properties box according to your chosen Format. Settings change according to file type (see DrawPlus Help for more information). 4. Click OK. To export via Dynamic Preview: 1. From the Hintline toolbar, click the arrow and choose Export Preview As.... 2. From the dialog, you'll be prompted for a file name to which you can save your graphic. Choose a folder location and enter a file name.
Publishing and Sharing 269 Sharing via DRAWPLUS.COM You can share your design by print, as a distributable electronic PDF, or via the drawplus.com website. Publishing your design to the drawplus.com website means you can share your design and ideas with a community of like-minded designers! The drawplus.com website is designed specifically as a design community.
270 Publishing and Sharing • Search Find designs, groups, or other designers throughout the website. • Make new friends! Social networking meets designing! Use email or user discussion forums to build friendships with other DrawPlus designers, especially those you add to your friends list. Even upload photos of yourself! • Profile management Manage your tagline, password, timezone, language, and email notifications.
Publishing and Sharing 271 If you've already registered but not added your account details, click Share and then the dialog's Login button. This takes you to your account details where you can enter details as described in the next section. So you don't forget to set your user account details, you'll get a reminder to register every eight days if there are no details set. You can register on the website, then transfer your username and password over, or cancel to register later.
272 Publishing and Sharing Uploading Once you've successfully created your account you can upload your design, with the option of including only specific or all pages. To upload your design: Share. 1. On the Standard toolbar, click 2. In the Share dialog, uncheck pages you don't want to upload (use the scroll bar for more than three pages). 3. (Optional) For the upload you can choose a different account to upload to—enter a different Username and Password.
13 Pressure Sensitivity and Pen Tablets
274 Pressure Sensitivity and Pen Tablets
Pressure Sensitivity and Pen Tablets 275 Pressure sensitivity When painting, or drawing lines and curves, DrawPlus lets you take advantage of pressure sensitivity in a variety of ways: • via an installed pen tablet. • via the Pressure tab (if pen tablet is unavailable). via a pen tablet Your pen tablet and DrawPlus work in perfect harmony for a truly authentic drawing and painting experience, with in-built pressure sensitivity as you draw and paint. See Using pen tablets (p.
276 Pressure Sensitivity and Pen Tablets The pressure chart may appear a little daunting at first! It becomes a lot clearer if you imagine the chart when it is superimposed over a brush itself—it represents one half of a brush stroke along its entire length exactly. Of course, the same profile shape will be mirrored on the lower half of the stroke. The same would apply to a pencil or pen stroke. To apply a pressure profile: 1.
Pressure Sensitivity and Pen Tablets 277 Edit an existing pressure profile from the preset drop-down menu to create profiles quickly. You can then save the current pressure settings to your own saved pressure profile—this allows you to store and reapply your settings at any point in the future. To save a new pressure profile: • Click the tab's Tab Menu and select Add Pressure Profile. Your new profile is automatically added to the bottom of the drop-down list.
278 Pressure Sensitivity and Pen Tablets Here’s how the degree of width/opacity changes the stroke's appearance. Pressure tab Brush Edit dialog Result Width: 100% Opacity: 100% Width: 0% Opacity: 100% Width: 100% Opacity: 0% Width: 0% Opacity: 0% Width: 50% Opacity: 50% The first example shows the default behaviour when pressure is applied. These settings are stored independently of the currently chosen pressure profiles. To adjust stroke width or opacity with pressure (in Pressure tab): 1.
Pressure Sensitivity and Pen Tablets 279 For some preset brushes, stroke width and opacity are set differently to (and override) the Pressure tab's global settings. This is to more accurately represent the inherent characteristics of that particular brush. It is possible to adjust these settings further or to apply settings to a brush currently without such settings. To adjust stroke width or opacity with pressure (per Brush): 1. Right-click on a brush in a Brush tab's category, and select Edit.... 2.
280 Pressure Sensitivity and Pen Tablets Using Pressure Studio DrawPlus's Pressure Studio acts as an interface between your tablet and DrawPlus, purposely designed to: • Calibrate pressure response (below) for multiple input devices, so that DrawPlus tools respond more predictably per device. • Set up your tablet's key assignments from within DrawPlus (if your tablet supports function keys).
Pressure Sensitivity and Pen Tablets • 281 Disabling of pressure input globally, to allow DrawPlus to operate without tablet pressure sensitivity. To launch Pressure Studio: • Select Pressure from the Standard toolbar. The Pressure Studio is displayed. Before calibration, practise drawing with your input device in the practice area! The calibration process is described in detail in the DrawPlus Help.
282 Pressure Sensitivity and Pen Tablets To customize your function keys: 1. With the Functions tab in view, select an alternative tool from the drop-down list. Pressing the appropriate key on your tablet will activate that tool in DrawPlus. 2. Click OK. To revert to the tablet's default key assignment: 1. Select the "Tablet Default" option from a specific key's drop-down list. 2. Click OK.
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Index 2D, filter effects, 208 3D filter effects, 212 Instant, 217 Lighting, 212 planes, 219 Pseudo, 219 actions (Keyframe animation), 242 Actions tab, 231, 242 ActionScript, 242 Add (Join), 133 Add/Delete Pages, 48 adjustment (of pictures), 188 fixing red eye, 192 PhotoLab, 188 Adobe Acrobat (pdf files) importing, 26 publishing, 262 Adobe Illustrator (opening), 28 aesthetic proportioning, 53 airbrushes, 93 align objects, 136 Align tab, 136 alignment of objects, 136 of text, 102 Alpha-edged bitmap, 178 anim
Index Bitmap fills, 150, 162 Bitmap transparency, 171 bitmaps Alpha-edged bitmap, 178 converting to vector format, 182 importing, 175 Vector-cropped bitmap, 178 bleed limit, in printing, 262 blend modes, 164 composite, 165 isolated, 165 Blend Tool, 200 blending colours, 164 objects, 200 on a path, 202 stopframe animation, 202 blur, 211 booklets (folded), 20 printing, 261 Border Wizard, 199 borders, creating, 199 branches (connectors), 79 Break Apart, 133 Bring to Front, 138 brush strokes applying, 94 editi
Index connection points, 79, 82 Connector Tool, 78 connectors, 78 branched, 79 control handles (line editing), 72 Convert to Curves, 77 Keyframe Animation, 226 Stopframe Animation, 226 corner nodes (line editing), 69 correction lists, 112 crop marks (printing), 262 Crop to Bottom, 130 crop to shape, 187 Crop to Top, 129 Crop Tool, 185 cropping images, 185 objects, 129 curved text, 109 curves drawing, 63 editing, 68 filling unclosed, 67 flow text on, 109 cutout, 177 cutting objects, 117, 125 defaults, 30 re
Index editing brush strokes, 96 connectors, 80 curves, 68 dimension lines, 82 lines and shapes, 68, 77 QuickShapes, 76 text, 101 effects 3D, 212 blend modes, 164 blends, 200 borders, 199 curved text, 109 envelopes, 205 feathering, 209, 211 filters, 208, 212 Instant 3D, 217 outline, 211 perspective, 204 PhotoLab (images), 188 Pseudo 3D, 219 roughening edges, 203 shadows, 206 ellipse fills, 159 ellipse transparency, 171 Emboss effect, 209 Envelope Tool, 205 envelopes, 205 in Keyframe animation, 246 Erase Too
Index Frame Text Tool, 100 frames (Stopframe animation), 225, 227 Frames tab, 227 Freeform Paint Tool, 128 freezing, layers, 142 gallery, 85 Gallery tab, 85 GIF, for animation, 251 Glow effects, 210 gradient fills, 150, 159 graphic styles, 86 graphics tablet, 94, 279 greetings cards, 20 printing, 260 grid pixel, 267, 268 snapping, 43 guides dynamic, 44 ruler, 38 snapping to, 41 Guides Manager, 39 hexadecimal code, 147 Hintline toolbar, 45 Image Cutout Studio, 177 images (see pictures), 175 i-Mode export, 2
Index paper textures on, 142, 216 properties of, 142 renaming, 140 selecting, 140 Layers tab, 140 layout tools guides, 38 page and pasteboard, 35 pixel grid, 268 rulers, 35 snapping grid, 43 levels (object order), 137 lighting effects (3D), 215 Line tab, 152 linear fills, 159 linear transparency, 171 lines adding line styles, 153 applying settings, 152 closed (shapes), 67 connectors, 79 curved, 63 defining colours, 156 dimension lines, 82 drawing, 61 editing, 68 extending, 63 filling unclosed, 67 joining,
Index deleting, 117 distributing, 137 editing Bitmap and Plasma fills on, 162 editing gradient fills on, 160 editing lines, 68 editing Mesh fills on, 164 editing shapes, 68 erasing, 128 exporting, 263 fills, 147 flipping, 134 grouping and ungrouping, 135 isolating, 54 joining, 130 key (Keyframe animation), 230 line settings, 153 locking/unlocking, 135 measuring, 37, 82 moving, 121 naming, 144 obstructive, 81 on layers, 142 ordering, 137 outlines brush effects, 153 edge effects, 153 on transparent pictures,
Index Page Setup, 20, 225 page units, 36 pages adding, 48 backgrounds for, 49 deleting, 48 duplicating, 48 Pages tab, 49 Paintbrush Tool, 93, 94 palettes, 156 changing, 158 paper textures, 142, 216 pasteboard area, 35 paths blending on, 202 fitting text to, 109 PDF files importing, 26 publishing, 262 pen tablet, 94, 279 Pen Tool, 63 Pencil Tool, 62 perspective, 204 Perspective Tool, 204 PhotoCD images, 176 PhotoLab, 188 pictures adjustments for, 188 as bitmap fills, 162 cropping, 185 cutting out, 177 effec
Index Pseudo 3D, 219 Publish as PDF, 262 QuickShape Creator, 76 QuickShape Tool, 75 QuickShapes adjusting, 76 converting to editable curves, 77 creating, 75 radial fills, 159 radial transparency, 171 raster (bitmap) images, 175 changing raster to vector, 182 rasterization (in printing), 262 reflection maps (3D), 215 registration, 3 Replicate, 118 resizing, 121 RGB, palette, 156 Rotate Tool, 59, 123 rotating canvas, 51 objects, 123 Roughen Tool, 203 Rule of Thirds, 52 cropping, 185 rulers, 35 Run Forward (K
Index solid fills, 147 Solo Mode, 54 sound (Keyframe animation) adding, 235 Spell Checker, 110 spelling, 110 Auto-Correct, 112 splitting, 125 spray brushes applying, 94 photo, 93 special effects, 93 square fills, 159 square transparency, 171 stacking (ordering) objects, 137 Start New Drawing, 23 Keyframe animation, 225 Stopframe animation, 225 Starting with a new drawing, 20 Startup Wizard, 19, 21 Stopframe Animation mode, 225 stopframes cloning, 227 inserting, 228 onion skinning, 229 reordering, 228 Story
Index Swatches, 148, 156, 160, 162, 164 Transform, 121, 122 Transparency, 170 View, 24 tablet, 94, 279 tags (gift), 21 printing, 260 targets (drawing), 50 technical drawings, 21 text applying fonts to, 103 artistic, 99 Auto-Correct, 112 defaults, 30 editing, 101 entering, 99 flow on a curve, 109 flow text in a shape, 108 formatting, 102 frame, 100 overflow, 108 resizing, 108 retyping, 102 selecting, 102 setting defaults, 30, 103 shape, 100 spell checking, 111 Unicode, 101 text objects, converting to editab
Index transparency, 166, 170 3D, 214 path, 172 picture, 177 Transparency tab, 170 Transparency Tool, 172 TWAIN images, importing, 195 tweened objects, 230 ungrouping objects, 136 Unicode text, 101 vector bitmap, 181 vector graphics, 175 vector objects, 181 Vector-cropped bitmap, 178 Video export (Keyframe animation), 249 View All Layers, 143 view quality, 47 View tab, 24 Web animations, 225 export settings, 265 previewing in browser, 229, 236 windows, multiple, 56 wireframe view, 47 Wizard Border, 199 Reg
