!dazzle,When you are creating a picture, you can drag the white "cross hatched" box to alter the size, as well as typing in numbers.
b_circle1,To resize a brush, click with the middle mouse button on the brush icon in the toolbar.
b_tint1,When you are resizing a brush, you can click and drag the black outline as well as typing in numbers.
b_spray1,If the spray gun is spraying colour too fast, click on the spray gun tool with the middle button and alter the "Density" setting.
s_line1,To alter the line width of a shape, click with the middle button on any shape tool and alter the width by clicking on the arrows.
f_polygon1,To draw filled shapes, click with the middle button on any shape tool and select the "Filled shapes" option.
s_star1,If you have started drawing a shape and it is in the wrong place, click the right mouse button and the red lines will go away.
s_radial1,Try using the radial lines with the rainbow function!
text1,If you have typed in a line of text and are not happy with it then press the "Esc" key. If it is already fixed, then just click the "Undo" tool instead.
zoom1,You can zoom out a step by choosing the zoom tool and clicking the right mouse button.
zoom1,You can zoom in a step by choosing the zoom tool and clicking the left mouse button.
zoom1,To edit fine detail, why not use the zoom tool? You can either drag out a box to enlarge, or click with the middle mouse button on the tool and select a fixed magnification.
stamp1,To use a different stamp, open the Stamps window by clicking the middle mouse button whilst over the picture, or whilst over the Dazzle symbol on the icon bar. Choose "Stamps..." and then click on a stamp in the window that appears.
stamp1,If you do not want the white to become transparent when using stamps, then click the middle button on a stamp in the Stamps window and choose "Info" from the menu. Deselect the "Make white transparent" option.
save1,To save only part of a picture, clip the required area using the Select area tool. Then open the Stamps window and click the middle button over the area you have clipped. Choose "Save" from the menu and deselect "All stamps" before saving normally.
blank1,You can make a tool bigger by holding down the "Shift" key and double clicking on it.
blank1,To move a tool, hold down the "Shift" key, press the left mouse button over the tool and drag it with the mouse.
blank1,If you drag a tool off the tool bar ("Shift" and drag), you can drag it back from the Tools choices window: click the middle button on the !Dazzle icon on the icon bar, choose "Choices" and click on "Tools".
!dazzle,If you want to let all three mouse buttons be used for drawing, remove all the options from the Dazzle menu in the Menu choices window: click the middle button on the !Dazzle icon on the icon bar, choose "Choices" and click on "Menus".
!dazzle,For a larger or smaller choice of colours in the palette, choose a different one from the Palette choices window: click the middle button on the !Dazzle icon on the icon bar, choose "Choices" and click on "Palette".
stamp1,If you want Dazzle to use the same set of stamps each time you load it, create all the stamps in the Stamps window, and then select the "Save stamps" option in the Choices window, before clicking "Save".
save1,You can insert other pictures by dragging them from a filer window onto the Dazzle picture you are working on.
save1,You can load Draw files by dragging them from a filer window into your picture, or onto the icon bar.
stamp1,You can load Draw files or Sprite files as stamps, by dragging files from filer windows into the Stamps window.
stamp1,To delete a stamp, open the Stamps window, and click with the middle button over the stamp you want to delete. Just select the "Delete" option.
save1,If you want to import a Draw file but want to keep the white parts transparent, first drag it into the Stamps window, select the new stamp, and stamp it into your picture: the white will be transparent.
cycle1,To mix two colours, select the first from the palette with the left hand mouse button, and then the second with the middle mouse button.
fill1,If you want to change areas of colour in different places in your picture, click with the middle button on the fill tool, and select "Change a colour everywhere", before filling as usual.
undo1,Don't forget the undo tool if you make a mistake!
fill1,'Non-fillable black' is an option in the Palette choices window. This makes it impossible to fill lines drawn in a specific shade of dark grey (the shade of grey closest to black in the 'Desktop' palette).
fill1,Try creating outline scenes in !Draw with all the lines set to a shade of grey with red, green and blue values of 20% (nearly black). When you load these in, set 'non-fillable black' in the Palette choices window, and the lines can't be filled.
,If you're not sure what an icon or tool does, just leave the mouse pointer over the icon for a second and a window will open to tell you it's name.
,If you find the toolbar in the Stamps window distracting, it can be turned off from the Miscellaneous Choices window.
,Holding down the Control key whilst selecting a Stamp will stop Dazzle automatically selecting the Stamp tool.
,To change the transparency of all the Dazzle tools, just drag the slider on the right of the Colours window.
,To produce easy shadow effects from a stamp, click on the "Stamp using current colour" icon in the Stamps toolbar, select black, and set transparency to about 70%.
,To see exactly what percentage transparency you are using, just leave the mouse over the transparency slider for a second.
,You can change the size of a stamp by pressing the Up and Down cursor keys, as well as from the Stamps toolbar.
,You can fill any area with the current stamp by clicking on the Fill tool with the middle mouse button, and selecting "Fill using current stamp".
,Irregular shaped areas can be selected by clicking on the Select area tool with the middle mouse button and choosing "Irregular". By dragging the mouse you can 'lasso' an area and then copy, move or scale it as normal.
