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| Dazzle Draw Documentation |
| A Walk through the Menu |
| Part 5a |
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| Tools |
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This section is designed both as a step-by-step guide to all the
features in Dazzle Draw for beginners, and as a reference guide to
particular features of the program for experienced Dazzle Drawers.
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| Paint Brush |
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Paint Brush lets you paint with a wide variety of solid colors and
patterns. You can add text and even create lines, ovals and rectangles
at the touch of a button.
Here's how to use Paint Brush:
1. Pull down the Tools menu and select Paint Brush.
2. Select either the solid color or pattern option.
3. Select a color or pattern. If you've chosen patterns, click the
mouse over the "up" or "down" scrolling arrow to view all the patterns
possibilities, six at a time.
4. Select a brush shape.
5. Select a brush size. The smallest brush size you can use with solid
colors is one pixel.
6. Move the cursor, now shaped like the tip of a paint brush, onto the
drawing area, and press the mouse button to begin drawing.
7. Release the button when you want to stop drawing and to move the
cursor around the screen without leaving a trace.
8. To erase, select black or the color of your background and the
brush size and shape with which you want to erase.
9. With the mouse button pressed down, sweep the cursor across the
area you want to erase.
Hints:
1. To draw straight vertical or horizontal lines, press the "Open
Apple" key ("Closed Apple" if you're using a drawing pad or joystick)
while you move the brush. This feature is called "constrain." You can
also use this feature inthe Spray Paint mode and, as you'll soon see,
when drawing Shapes.
2. Your brush tip is displayed in a contrasting color so that you
won't "lose" it on a background of the same color. Occasionally, you
may want your brush displayed in the current color, rather than the
contrasting color. press the spacebar to switch between these two
options.
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| Spray Paint |
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Spray paint is primarily a shading tool that lets you apply colors and
pattern in any density. You can adjust the spray to four different
shapes.
Here's how to use Spray Paint:
1. Pull down the Tools menu and select Spray Paint.
2a. Using solid colors: If you are filling a solid color with another
solid color, the "Fill" and "With" boxes both are pre- set to the solid
option, so all you have to do is select a color, then click the mouse
over the area that you want to fill that color with.
2b. Using patterns: If you're filling with a pattern or over a
pattern, you must tell the computer. To do so, first click the mouse
option next to the computer. To do so, first click the mouse over he
solid or pattern option next to the "Fill" box to indicate what type
of area you plan to fill. Then click over the solid or pattern option
next to the "With" box. Now select the pattern or color from the
palette that you ant to fill with. If you are filling over a pattern,
the cursor will change to a dotted-line box. Click the mouse over the
area that you want to fill.
Note - The dotted-line box shows what Dazzle Draw "sees" as the
pattern it will cover
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| Zoom |
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The Zoom feature lets you magnify a small segment of your drawing so
tat you can do fine detail work by adding and deleting colors, pixel
by pixel. You can work in even finer details with the color option in
the Goodies menu turned off. The Grid function, also in the Goodies
menu, can further enhance your Zoom work.
Here's how to magnify a section of your drawing:
1. Pull down the Tools menu and select the Zoom feature.
2. A dotted-line box will appear on the screen.
3. Move the box to the area you want to magnify by pressing the mouse
button and dragging the box to the section you want to magnify. Then
click the mouse.
4. The selected area will be placed in the Active box. It also will be
enlarged to fill up the entire drawing area, so you can modify the
drawing pixel by pixel.
5. While you're working, you can redefine the section you're working
on by using the "zoom scroller," a device that appear in the Zoom tool
window. The zoom scroller is like a joystick that directs the
positioning of the magnified working area. Simply point the cursor at
the dot in the center of the zoom scroller and press the mouse button.
Then move the cursor in the desired direction.
Working in your magnified section, here's how to add the delete
colors:
1. Pick a color.
2. Move the cursor to the pixel you want to color and click the mouse.
To color more than one pixel, simply hold down the button while moving
the mouse until you've filled in all the pixels.
3. If you change your mind and want to erase this color, click the
mouse over the pixel or pixels you have that color. The pixels will
turn black.
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| Text |
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Using the Text feature, you can add words to your drawing. You have
your choice of two type fonts (Modern or Serif) and three stylus
(Plain, Bold, or Italic). In addition, you can choose two sizes for
each font: 18 or 36 Point for Modern and 24 or 48 Point for Serif.
If you want to add text to your drawing:
1. Pull down the Tools menu and select Text.
2. The Text Tool window will appear, displaying the current font,
size, and style. You can change any of these settings by clicking the
mouse over the current choice. The available options will appear one
at a time.
3. Move your cursor to the position where you want your text to begin,
and click the mouse. This position the text cursor at the place where
the character type will begin.
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| Shapes |
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Shapes lets you add squares, circles, ovals, and rectangles to your
drawing. You can choose solid shapes, outlined shapes with four
different border thicknesses, plus 16 colors and 30 patterns.
Here's how to use the Shapes feature:
1. Pull down the Tools menu and select Shapes.
2. Select the outline or filled oval or rectangle.
3. Pick a border thickness if you've chosen an outlined shape.
4. Move the cursor to the drawing area.
5. Press the mouse button and drag cursor to create the size shape you
want, and then release the button.
Note - To draw a perfect circle or a square, press the "Open Apple"
key ("Closed Apple" when using a drawing pad or joystick) while
defining an oval or rectangle.
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| Dazzle Draw Documentation |
| A Walk through the Menu |
| Part 5b |
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| Lines |
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With the Lines feature, you can draw solid lines with patterns or
colors. You can use single lines, connecting lines, or rays emanating
from a single point.
It's easy to use the Lines operation. Here's how:
Single Lines
1. Pull down the Tools menu and select the Lines feature.
2. Pick a color or pattern.
3. Pick the straight line option.
4. Choose a line width.
5. Move the cursor into the drawing area and press the mouse button
where you want your line to begin. Then move the cursor to where you
want your line to end and release the button.
Connecting Lines
1. Follow the instructions for straight lines until you get to Step 3.
Then pick the connecting lines option.
2. Choose a line width.
3. Move the cursor to the area where you want your first line to begin
and press the mouse button. Drag the cursor to the place where you
want that line to end, and then release the button.
4. To draw a second line, press the button again. The second line will
begin where the last line ended. Then drag the cursor until you get to
the place where you want this line to end, and release the button. You
can draw as many lines as you want.
5. To begin a new series of lines, click the mouse anywhere outside
the drawing area to end the old series.
Rays
1. Follow the instruction for single lines until you get to Step 3.
2. Pick the rays option.
3. Move your cursor to the drawing area and press down the button at
the point from which you want the rays to emanate.
4. Press the mouse button and drag the cursor to the point at which
you want the line to end. To draw a second line, press the mouse
button again and drag the cursor again.
5. To begin a new set of rays, click outside the drawing area.
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| Edit |
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Dazzle Draw's Edit menu gives you the option of "editing" your
drawing. Using the Capture feature, you can "capture" specific
sections of your drawing and then erase, move, or duplicate them. You
can even "invert" colors in a captured section or flip the section
vertically or horizontally. With Capture and the Exchange Colors
feature, you can replace one color with another within any section.
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| Capture |
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The Capture feature lets you define a section of your drawing on the
screen and place it onto the computer's invisible "clipboard" for
later use. The Capture feature must be used before you can use the
Flip, Invert Colors, Cut, Paste, Copy, Exchange Colors, or Clear
Section features.
Here's how to capture a section:
1. Pull down the Edit menu and select Capture.
2. Move the cursor to any corner of the section you want to capture,
and then press the mouse button. Drag the cursor a little and a small,
dotted-lined box appears on the screen.
3. While continuing to hold down the mouse button, move the mouse so
that the dotted line surrounds the area you want to edit.
4. Release the mouse button.
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| Flip Section |
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With this feature, you can flip a section of your drawing vertically
or horizontally.
1. Capture the section you want to change.
2. Select Flip Horizontally or Flip Vertically from the Capture tool
window.
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| Invert Colors |
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The Invert Color feature lets you change colors in a section of your
drawing to their "opposite" colors (such as white to black).
1. Capture the section where you want to invert colors.
2. Select the Invert Colors option from the Capture tool window.
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| Cut and Paste |
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Using the Cut and Paste features together, you can remove the section
you captured and reposition it in another area of your drawing. Here's
how to do it:
1. Capture the section you want to reposition.
2. Select Cut from the Edit menu or type "x" on your keyboard. The
captured section will be lifted off you screen and placed onto the
clipboard. In its place will be a black space.
3. Select Paste or type "v".
4. Press the mouse button and drag the cursor (which now look like a
right angle to indicate the lower right corner of the section you cut)
to where you want the section to be relocated. Then release the mouse
button.
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| Copy and Paste |
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With the Copy feature, you can reproduce a section of your drawing
without removing it and, by using Paste, place the duplicate onto
another part of your screen. Here's how:
1. Capture the section you want to copy.
2. Select Copy from the Edit menu or type "c." The captured section
will be copied off the screen and placed on the computer's clipboard.
This time you won't see a black space replacing it - the original
remains on the screen.
3. Press the mouse button and drag the cursor to the location where
you want a copy of the section to appear.
4. Select Paste or type "v." The cursor now looks like a right angle.
5. When you move it to where you want the copy to go, press the mouse
button. As you hold down the button, you can drag the image for exact
positioning. Then release the button.
6. To make multiple copies, type "CTRL-V" each time you want a copy to
be pasted to the screen.