Paint Tools ----------- The paint tools are located on a panel containing: +-----------+-----------+ | Region | Text | | Select | | +-----------+-----------+ | Line | Paint | | | Brush | +-----------+-----------+ | Flood | Spray | | Fill | Can | +-----------+-----------+ | Rectangle | Filled | | | Rectangle | +-----------+-----------+ | Ellipse | Filled | | | Ellipse | +-----------+-----------+ | Camera | Eye | | | Dropper | +-----------+-----------+ | Line / Brush Widths | | | +-----------+-----------+ | Primary | Secondary | | Color | Color | +-----------+-----------+ The current state of these controls determine what happens when the mouse buttons are pressed in the image window. Notice the two different colors at the bottom of the panel. * Drawing with the left mouse button will use the primary color which is on the left side. * Drawing with the right mouse button will use the secondary color (on right side) instead of or in addition to the primary color. Region Select ------------- The mouse button is used to select a region to be used for a later operation such as copying to the clipboard, or processing only a region of an image. Usage: Place pointer in upper left corner of the desired rectangular region. Press the left mouse button and hold it down while moving to the lower right corner. Release the mouse button. Text ---- First select the desired font, size, and optional border from the Text menu. Next click on the "T" icon in the paint tool box. Move the pointer to the desired starting point in the image and click a mouse button. Left button: Solid primary color. Right button: Fade from primary to secondary color. Start typing. The Enter key can be used to start a new line. The Backspace key can be used to correct mistakes. Leave text entry mode by moving the pointer out of the image window. Line ---- This is used to draw a straight line. Move the pointer to one end of the desired line. Press and hold a mouse button while moving to the other end. A temporary rubber-banded line will be shown. When the button is released, the final line will be drawn with the currently selected width (see below). The left button draws with the primary color. The right button draws with the secondary color. Paint Brush ----------- The primary color is used for the left button. The secondary color is used for the right button. The current line width determines brush size. Flood Fill (spilling paint can) ---------- Left button: Click on a region with a solid color. All connected pixels of this same color will be replaced by the primary color. Right button: Click inside a region bounded by the current secondary color. All pixels inside this region, regardless of color, will be replaced by the primary color. Spray Can --------- This gives an effect similar to using spray paint. The spray width is about twice as the currently selected Line/Brush width. Instead of solid color, like the paint brush, only a few of the dots are filled at random. The left and right buttons use the primary and secondary colors, respectively. Rectangle --------- This is used to draw a hollow square or rectangle. Place the pointer at the upper left corner of the desired rectangle. Hold a mouse button down while dragging to the lower right corner. Left button: Draw in primary color. Right button: Draw in secondary color. Filled Rectangle ---------------- Similar to Rectangle, above, except you get a filled rectangle rather than a hollow shape. Left button: Primary color only. Right button: Filled with secondary color then outlined with primary color and current line width. Ellipse ------- Place the pointer in the upper left corner of the bounding rectangle for the desired ellipse. Press one of the mouse buttons and drag to the lower right corner of the bounding box. Left button: Draw in primary color. Right button: Draw in secondary color. Filled Ellipse -------------- Similar to Ellipse, above, except you get a filled ellipse rather than a hollow shape. Left button: Primary color only. Right button: Filled with secondary color then outlined with primary color and current line width. Camera ------ This is the same as picking Digitize from the File menu. The actions performed are controlled by the DIGITIZE command in the PKTV.CFG file. Eye Dropper ----------- This is used to set the paint color from part of an existing image. 1. Select the Eye Dropper icon. 2. Click on the desired color in an image. The Left mouse button sets the primary color and the Right mouse button sets the secondary color. Line / Brush Width ------------------ Pick one of the widths by clicking on it. This will be used for lines, the paint brush, the spray can, and outlines of rectangles and ellipses. Color Palette ------------- This is the group of rectangles of various colors between the tuning indicator and other paint tools. Click here to choose one of the pre-defined colors. Left mouse button: Set primary color. Right mouse button: Set secondary color. Undo ---- Clicking on most of the paint tools will make a copy of the current image. This will allow you to undo a recent change by pressing the Esc key or picking Undo from the Edit menu.