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176 ULEAD PHOTOIMPACT USER GUIDE
can tweak various characteristics of a shape, including its shape, color, surface
textures and materials, lighting, 3D effects, and more.
Shape options
Color
The Shape menus
There are three main types of shapes that can be created: Preset shapes,
Freeform shapes, and Polygons.
Click to open the
Preset Shape menu
The Preset Shape menu is itself divided into three groups. The top group holds
basic geometric shapes, in which shapes on the first row are of unfixed
proportions, while those on the second row are equilateral by default. The second
group holds preset polygon shapes and also more complex shapes, all of which
can further be modified by adjusting the number of sides or points after being
created. The third group is Custom Shape, which provides a selection of preset
shapes from EasyPalette's Shape Library.
The Freeform Shape menu showcases three important tools for creating custom,
hand-drawn shapes. The first is the Spline Tool, which by default draws
geometric curves, but can also draw straight sections. The second is the Bezier
Tool which draws straight sections by default, but can also create curves. The final
tool is the Freehand Tool which can be used to create entirely freeform shapes,
but can nevertheless be edited using control nodes, like any other path object.
The Polygon Shape menu holds four types of polygon shapes. For each of these
shapes, the number of sides (or points) can be adjusted from three to 32. This
number can be specified either before or after drawing the shape.
Sides or
Object mode
points
Click to open the
Freeform Shape menu
Edit path object
Border
options
Shadow
options
Click to open the
Polygon Shape menu
Show/hide
Tool Settings
Material
options
Gallery
Add tool
options
attributes to
EasyPalette
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