Adobe 65036570 - Director - PC User Manual page 137

ADOBE DIRECTOR 11.0
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User Guide
Reveal works indirectly with the art in the previous cast position. Imagine the previous cast member's artwork
covered with a white area. Reveal ink erases the white area to show the artwork in the previous window. Reveal ink
can be used to create specific shapes from shades created with the Airbrush tool. Because it is impossible to mask
certain shapes for the airbrush, spray an area with the airbrush first; then, in the next cast member, paint the shapes
you need with a Reveal ink. As you paint your object, you expose the airbrush pattern in the previous window.
Cycle is a color ink. As you draw with Cycle ink, the colors change as the ink progresses through the palette. The
beginning and ending points of the color cycle are determined by the foreground and destination colors. If you want
to cycle through the whole palette, select white as the foreground color and black as the destination color. This ink
works only when your computer is set to 256 colors.
Switch changes any pixel that is the current foreground color to the current gradient destination color as you paint
over pixels of that color.
Blend creates a translucent color ink. You can see the background object, but its color is blended with the foreground
object's color. Select the percentage of blend in the Paint Window Preferences dialog box.
Darkest is a useful ink for coloring black-and-white artwork. For example, if you paint yellow over black and white,
black remains black because it is darker than yellow, and white becomes yellow because yellow is darker than white.
Lightest is a useful ink for coloring black-and-white artwork. For example, if you paint yellow over black and white,
black objects become yellow when painted with the Lightest ink effect, and white remains white because it is lighter
than yellow.
Darken makes colors darker. The more times you click with the Brush tool, the darker the area becomes. The colors
of the foreground, background, and destination inks have no effect on Darken. Darken creates an effect that is the
same as reducing a color's brightness with the controls in the Color Palettes window. You can change the rate of this
ink effect in the Paint Preferences dialog box.
Lighten makes colors lighter. The more times you click with the Brush tool, the lighter the area becomes. The color
of the foreground, background, and destination inks have no effect on Lighten. Lighten creates an effect that is the
same as increasing a color's brightness with the controls in the Color Palettes window. You can change this ink effect
in the Paint Preferences dialog box.
Smooth blurs existing artwork when it is painted with the Brush tool. Unlike Smear and Smudge, it is not directional.
The color of the foreground, background, and destination inks have no effect on Smooth. Use it to smooth out jagged
edges.
Smear works with the Brush tool and functions like mixing paint. Any area you drag across with a Smear ink spreads
in the direction of the brush, fading as it gets farther from the source. The color of the foreground, background, and
destination inks have no effect on Smear ink.
Smudge is a color ink for the Brush tool that is similar to Smear ink. It also functions like mixing paint. The colors
fade faster as they are spread. The color of the foreground, background, and destination inks have no effect on
Smudge ink.
Spread works with the Brush tool in color. Whatever is under the Brush tool when you start to drag is picked up as
the ink for the brush. Copies of what is beneath the brush are pushed across the window as you draw.
Clipboard uses the current contents of the Clipboard as a pattern to paint with. The Clipboard contents must
originate in Director.