Operation Manual

VIDEOGRAPHICS LAB USER GUIDE
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Filling an area with color
Apart from painting over an image with a paint tool, you can also fill a
selection or the entire image with a solid color. To do this, click Edit: Fill
[CTRL+F]. This opens the Fill dialog box from which you can select the
color to use as the fill, the degree of transparency and the way the color is
applied, such as the hue only or just the difference. (For more on these,
see the description of the Options tab in the Brush panel, page 50). Once
you have applied the fill, you can perform many interesting effects, such as
filling an entire frame with white and then painting over it with a paintbrush
in the Erase mode. This removes the white from the paint layer, revealing
the underlying image. (This is a good technique for creating quick video
mattes.)
Transforming selections
After you’ve made a selection area, you can change its shape, size and
orientation using the Transform tool. When you click the Transform tool
button on the Tool panel, the Attribute toolbar changes to show each of the
possible transformation options. The first, Resize, allows you to drag
control points on the bounding box to distort the selection in several
directions. To spin the selection, click the Rotate Freely button or use
one of the other fixed rotation buttons like Rotate Counterclockwise or
Clockwise. You can also flip the selection horizontally or vertically using
the Flip Horizontally and Flip Vertically buttons.