Erasing - Ulead PHOTOIMPACT 11 User Manual

The procedure below introduces you to some of the common Paint Tool attributes.
To paint your own image from scratch:
1. Click the Paint Tool in the Toolbox
and select one of the Paint Tools.
2. On the Attribute Toolbar, click
Shape to choose a shape for the
tool, then select a Size for it.
3. Click the color square to select the
color to paint with, then set the
Transparency of the paint. A
Transparency of 0 means that the
paint is opaque.
4. Select a Soft edge for the paint. A
lower value means that the paint
strokes will have harder edges.
5. Click Lines to specify a painting
mode.
• Freehand allows you to paint
freely by dragging the cursor on
the canvas.
• Straight Lines lets you paint in
straight lines by clicking the start
and end points of the line.
• Connected Lines lets you paint
multiple lines that are connected
to one another.
6. Start painting by dragging on the
canvas.

Erasing

PhotoImpact provides you with a variety of tools to remove colors from your
document.
To erase paint applied using one of the Paint, Clone or Retouch Tools, click Eraser
Mode on the Attribute Toolbar or Tool Settings panel while using one of the
Paint Tools. The Paint Tool then becomes an eraser and you can proceed to remove
the colors, retouches or cloned images previously applied.
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A high Soft edge value (left) and low
Soft Edge value (right).
Freehand, Straight
Lines, and Connected
Lines modes (clockwise
from top left).