What can I do with Draw and Paint?

Draw document

Images in Draw documents are treated as objects which can be moved. Changes can be made to the images size and shape, but not the actual contents of the images.

  • Open a Draw document.
  • Open the Scrapbook and click on the arrows to find a suitable image.
  • Select Copy from the Edit menu (or COMMAND C). Close the Scrapbook.
  • Select Paste from the Edit menu (or COMMAND V).
  • The image has handles (little black dots) on each corner.
  • Clicking on a handle and dragging will resize the image.
  • The Arrange menu has other options to change the shape and size of the image.eg Reshape, Rotate etc
     
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Paint document

Images in Paint documents are a series of little dots (pixels) which can be coloured to make an image. The colour of the pixels can be changed.

  • Open a Paint document and select Paste from the Edit menu. The image copied for the Draw document will still be stored in the clipboard.
  • Select the Fill tool and colours from the Fill colour palette and change the colours in the image.

Other options can be found in the Transform menu. Use the Lasso tool to select the image and experiment with the Transform options eg Shear, Distort, etc

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