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Selecting Images and Areas
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Selecting is one of the first skills you need to
master to use WebPainter. Once you are able to select areas and objects,
you can change them in a number of ways. For example, you can change the
color, size, or location of a selected area.
In this lesson you will learn how to: |
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use the Marquee, Lasso, and Magic Wand tools to select parts of a bitmap area deselect a selection move a selection use the Eyedropper tool to select a color |
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Selecting Vectors
Vectors are shapes that you draw using the Vector Tools in vector mode. For more information about the difference between vectors and bitmaps, see the WebPainter Getting Started Guide. In the following exercise, you’ll draw two vectors and then select the first one you drew.
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Deselecting Vectors
To deselect a vector, click anywhere else on the WebPainter canvas. |
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Selecting Bitmap Areas
There are many more ways to select bitmap areas than vector. You can select bitmap areas using the Marquee, Lasso, and Magic Wand tools.
In the following exercises, you’ll practice selecting with these tools by creating an animated pie chart. You should complete the exercises in this section in order, but you don’t need to complete them all at once. You can save the file and work on it at your convenience. To complete the exercises, open the file SELECT.WPM in the Tutorials folder. |
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Selecting and Moving Rectangular
Areas
The words "Retail Outlet" are not properly aligned with the other words in the legend for the pie chart. In this exercise, you’ll select the words with the Rectangular selection tool and move them.
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Selecting and Moving Irregularly
Shaped Areas
The pie chart is too close to the words "Sales Distribution." In this exercise, you’ll select the pie chart with the Lasso selection tool and move it.
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Selecting Areas by Color
You select areas that are the same color using the Magic Wand tool. This tool is most frequently used to select irregularly shaped areas that are the same color. In this exercise, you’ll select an irregularly shaped area so you can change the color.
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Selecting a Color Using
the Eyedropper
If you’ve used a color in one place on your canvas, and you want to use it again, the easiest way to do this is using the Eyedropper tool. In this exercise, you’ll select the yellow from the pie chart and use it in the legend.
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Extra Credit
The figure on the right shows your completed graphic. This is a still graphic not an animation. Think of ways you could animate the pie chart to make it more interesting. |
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