Serif PhotoPlus X3 ECD518624M Manual De Usuario
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Painting and Drawing
Using patterns
The
Pattern Tool lets you paint a pattern directly onto your canvas. In
effect, it "clones" any pattern bitmap you’ve selected while providing the
flexibility to paint wherever you wish, and control opacity, blend mode, and so
flexibility to paint wherever you wish, and control opacity, blend mode, and so
on. Like the Clone Tool, the Pattern brush picks up pixels from a source—in this
case, the bitmap pattern—and deposits them where you’re drawing. You can
choose a pre-defined, tiled bitmap pattern from the Patterns dialog, or define
choose a pre-defined, tiled bitmap pattern from the Patterns dialog, or define
your own patterns.
As an example, patterns can be used effectively as a painted background when
creating web graphics.
As an example, patterns can be used effectively as a painted background when
creating web graphics.
To paint with a pattern:
1. Select the
Pattern Tool from the Tools toolbar's Clone flyout.
2. On the Context toolbar, choose your brush attributes (see p. 65) and
click the Pattern thumbnail to display the Patterns dialog. To select
from various pattern categories, right-click any of the thumbnails and
choose a different category from the bottom of the flyout menu.
choose a different category from the bottom of the flyout menu.
Simply click a pattern to select it. Other right-click options let you edit
the pattern categories or add new patterns from stored bitmap files.
3. To paint, drag with the tool on the active layer (or in the current
selection).
The Aligned check box in the Context toolbar determines what
happens each time you begin brushing in a new place. If checked,
the pattern extends itself seamlessly with each new brush stroke; if
the pattern extends itself seamlessly with each new brush stroke; if
unchecked, it begins again each time you click the mouse.