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Using Tone or Fill Pattern in a Selected Area
It is a good idea to
save your drawings
after every fill
operaOon.
You can change
the tone of a contiguous
group
of pixels
using the Bitmap
Fill tool. Unlike
the Fill tool for graphic
objects,
which
fills the entire
interior
of a graphic
object,
the Bitmap
Fill tool fills an enclosed
area with the current
area fill tone. The enclosed
area is bounded
by pixels
of a different
tone.
l_ To change
the pixels in an enclosed
area:
1. Select
the Bitmap
Fill tool from the Bitmap
tools.
Thepointer
changes
to a
paint
can
when you move
it over the drawing
area.
2. Select
the fill tone and the pattern
you want.
You can use the Area Fill
tone
tool or select
Area Attributes
from the Attributes
menu.
3. Click anywhere
in the enclosed
area. Drawing
changes
aUpixels
in the
enclosed
area with the current
area fill tone.
Erasing in the Bitmap Frame
To erase a rectangular
region, use the Selec_on
tool and Cut or Delete
from the Edit menu.
When you use the Eraser tool, Drawing changes the tone of affected pixels to
white. It has the same effect of painting pixels white using a different Bitmap
tool (such as the Rectangle tool).
i_ To erase pixels in a bitmap frame:
1. Select
the Eraser
tool from the Bitmap
tools.
Thepointer
changes
to a
square
when you
move it over the drawing
area.
.....
- 2. Move-the
pointer
to-w_ere
yofi want
to start erasing,
and then click or
drag the pointer
over the parts
of the object
you want
to erase.
Using the Pixei View Tool
To change
individual
pixels
in the Pixel View, use the Pixel View tool (on the
far right).
This tool enlarges
your drawing
and displays
a grid of pixels
that
you can change
individually.
Once
an object
appears
in the Pixel View,
you can use any of the bitmap
tools
to make
subtle
changes
to it, such as smoothing
out a rough
edge
or
comer.
For example,
to change
the tone of individual
pixels,
select
a line
tone,
select
the Brush tool, and then click on the pixels
you want
to change.
Similarly,
to change
a rectangular
region
of pixels,
select
a fill tone,
select
the
Rectangle
tool,
and then
draw a rectangle
over the region
of pixels you want
to change.
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