Fill, Clear, Brush, Flood-fill and Brush Controllers
Along the top of the Canvas are the names and icons of the various functions by which you transfer (or cancel transferring) the contents of the Palette to the Canvas. Treat these as your drawing and painting tools.
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Brush and Brush Controllers
Once you have selected a Source the Brush icon is switched on. The
Brush is at the end of your cursor, and its size and shape can be seen
by the loop or halo around the tip of the cursor.
Note: As it is easier to paint with your fingers rather than your hands and elbows, we suggest you paint and draw using a tablet and pen rather than a mouse. We recommend the tablets made by Wacom – www.wacom.com.
The combinations of settings of the Brush Controllers govern
the manner in which the Brush applies the Palette to the Canvas. The
Brush Controllers are the four sliders that you can see to the right of
the Flood-fill icon and they set the Size, Shape, Softness
and Rotation of the Brush – there is also a numerical read-out to the
right of each slider. The
effect of sliding left or right for each Brush Controller
is as follows:
Slide to the Left Slide to the Right
Size Makes the area of the Brush smaller Makes the area of the Brush bigger
Shape Makes the Brush more circular Makes the Brush more elliptical
Softness Makes the Brush harder Makes the Brush softer at the edges
Rotation
The numerical read-out to the right of the Rotation slider represents the degrees or angles round a circle. Thus at 0º, 180º and 360º the brush lies horizontally and at 90º or 180º it lies vertically. At all other intermediary settings the brush rotates accordingly.
Note: To fine tune the Brush Controllers, use the left and right arrows on your keyboard.
Fill All the Canvas
ArtMasterPro has a Fill All the Canvas icon which, when clicked, fills the entire Canvas area with whatever
is in the Palette. Use
the Colour, Contrast and Blend Mixers to control the way in which the
Palette is blended onto the Canvas.
Clear
To wipe everything from the Canvas since the last Fix, click the Clear icon .
Flood-fill
To fill all or part of the Canvas, click on the Flood-fill
icon When
the Flood-fill function is on, the Brush Controllers disappear and you
are presented with the following Flood-fill Controllers:
• The Threshold Slider is used to increase the number of pixels that are filled when you click on the Flood-fill icon. To increase the Threshold Slider, use the right arrow key on your keyboard or click to the right of the grey slider and it will move in increments of 10 units - alternatively you can click the Grow icon. To re-set the Threshold Slider, click, hold and drag the slider to the left, or use the left arrow key on your keyboard.
• Grow - When you
click on the Fill-Grow button the area you previously flood-filled
automatically grows by increasing the tolerance of the Threshold Slider
in units of 10 pixels.
• Shrink - As the
name implies, the Shrink button undoes
the clicks you have made with the Grow button and reduces the tolerance
of the Threshold Slider in units of 10 pixels.
• Similar – The
Similar icon is a shortcut to flood-filling many parts
of the Canvas that are similar in colour. Just
click on the button and the task is carried out for you automatically.
If you
want to undo the Similar you just applied, click the Similar button again
and the colour will revert to the previous setting, or just click on the
Undo button.