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1. Click y Snapping on the Standard toolbar check or uncheck the Snapping box Alternatively switch Snapping on or off via the Arrange menu To turn individual snapping controls on and off Click the down arrow on the i Snapping button Standard toolbar and check uncheck a specific snapping option via the drop down list e g Snap to Guides All snapping options are described as follows Snap to Guides Objects will jump to visible ruler guides 42 Working with Pages Snap to Margin Objects will jump to align with defined page margins Snap to Page Edge Objects will jump to the absolute page edge Snap to Grid Objects will jump to align with a visible grid s dots lines or dashes Snap to Margin Centres Objects jump to margin centres i e the centre of the page in relation to the page margins Snap to Page Centre Objects jump to the page centre i e the centre of the page in relation to the page edge Working with Pages 43 Snap to Units Objects will jump to snapping measurement units independent of ruler measurement units For example a shape can be resized by pixel on a supporting t 14 pix pixel grid Use dynamic guides _ A moved object can be aligned precisely with an already placed object using optional vertex snapping See Using dynamic guides on p 44 for more details Using the snapping grid The Snapping Grid when enabled app
2. Before calibration practise drawing with your input device in the practice area The calibration process is described in detail in the DrawPlus Help Function key assignment If your pen tablet is equipped with ExpressKeys or equivalent Pressure Studio lets you assign your tablet s keys to DrawPlus tools The studio changes depending on the type of pen tablet installed so you ll get an accurate representation of your pen tablet s key layout shown within Pressure Studio s Functions tab Te es Re C rezed te ecm C rosea rer sesta gt P z Cers Touch Strips Mode 1 Mode 1 Foom Example of Wacom Intuos 3 s ExpressKey assignment in DrawPlus 282 Pressure Sensitivity and Pen Tablets To customize your function keys 1 With the Functions tab in view select an alternative tool from the drop down list Pressing the appropriate key on your tablet will activate that tool in DrawPlus 2 Click OK To revert to the tablet s default key assignment 1 Select the Tablet Default option from a specific key s drop down list Key 1 Selec ted Select Key 3 Node 2 Click OK Index 2D filter effects 208 3D filter effects 212 Instant 217 Lighting 212 planes 219 Pseudo 219 actions Keyframe animation 242 Actions tab 231 242 ActionScript 242 Add Join 133 Add Delete Pages 48 adjustment of pictures 188 fixing red eye 192 PhotoLab 188 A
3. 1 From the Frames tab click the onion skinning on or off Onion Skinning button to turn 2 Optional click Properties then set the number of frames in the Onion To set more than one previous frame to be visible Skinning input box The preceding frame s objects will show behind those of the currently selected frame Previewing Stopframe animations You can preview your animation prior to export at any time either directly from your Frames tab shown in a Preview window or from within your default web browser To preview in the Preview window e Click Preview on the Frames tab The animation loads into the Preview window and begins playing at its actual size and speed Notice that you see only the drawn portion of the animation any extra surrounding white space is cropped away You can use the control buttons Play Stop etc to review individual frames To preview in a web browser e Select Preview in Browser from the File menu The animation loads your default web browser and begins playing 230 Creating Animations This actually exports a temporary copy of the animation using the current export settings and displays it in your web browser You can leave the browser open and DrawPlus will find it again next time you issue the command Working with Keyframe animation When compared with Stopframe animation see Getting started with animation on p 223 Keyframe animation offers a more powerful an
4. 3 Hold the mouse down and drag the pointer in the direction in which you want to shear the object then release To copy shear use the Ctrl key while dragging this preserves the original object while shearing the new copied object as you drag To undo the rotation or shear restore the original object e Double click the object Working with Objects 125 Cutting up objects It is possible to cut any object or image for that matter by using the Knife Tool Drawing toolbar You can cut along a freeform or straight line drawn across your object s leaving you with separate fragments of the original ca TYTAN freeform cut straight line cut using Bump profile Cutting with a freeform or straight line is possible by drawing the line across the object or by sweeping the knife cut in and out of the object multiple times in a zig zag pattern By hovering over resulting split fragments you can click an unwanted fragment to delete Alternatively you can deselect the Knife Tool to move the cut fragments apart see carrot above Up to now you may have only performed straight cuts but you can use the Knife Tool s context toolbar to cut with more sophisticated shaped cutting profiles e g Wavy Shark Fin Bump or preset knife paths cookie cutters based on QuickShapes The context toolbar is also used to modify any applied cutting profile To cut selected objects freeform or straight line Ensure
5. 216 Applying Special Effects Applying paper textures Use paper textures for a natural paper like appearance on your design Simulate textures of varying roughness and feel by selection of various real media textures such as Canvas Cartridge Embossed Parchment and Watercolour As a paper texture is applied to all objects on a specific layer you can apply different paper textures on a layer by layer basis To apply a paper texture 1 Inthe Layers tab decide on which layer you wish to apply a paper texture to its objects 2 Click the Paper Texture button shown after that chosen layer s name and from the dialog select the Paper Textures category A gallery of texture thumbnails is displayed 3 Choose one of the thumbnails and adjust percentage Scale and Opacity if needed 4 Click OK The button will change e g ii to indicate that a paper texture has been applied Existing or any subsequently new objects will adopt the paper texture once applied To remove a paper texture 1 Click the 1 button on the layer from which you want to remove a paper texture 2 From the dialog simply click the Remove button The paper texture is removed from all objects on the layer You can also swap or remove paper textures from within the Layer Properties dialog right click on a layer entry and choose Layer Properties Applying Special Effects 217 Applying dimensionality Instant 3D Using the Instant 3D feature you
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7. To add the marked word as spelled to your personal dictionary choose Add to Dictionary from the right click menu This means DrawPlus will subsequently ignore the word in any drawing Select Check Spelling to run the Spell Checker described above You can make your own custom dictionary via Tools gt Options Text gt Spelling Dictionary Working with Objects 116 Working with Objects Working with Objects 117 Copying pasting cutting and deleting objects To copy one or more objects to the Windows Clipboard 1 Select the object s E F a 2 Clickthe H Copy button on the Standard toolbar If you re using another Windows application you can usually copy and paste objects via the Clipboard To paste an object from the Clipboard e Click the ib Paste button on the Standard toolbar The standard Paste command inserts a clipboard object onto the page To select the type of object to be pasted from the Clipboard choose Paste Special from the Edit menu To cut one or more objects to the Clipboard 1 Select the object s 2 Clickthe Cut button on the Standard toolbar The object is deleted from the page and a copy is placed on the Windows Clipboard To delete one or more objects e Select the object s with the Pointer Rotate or Node Tool and press the Delete key 118 Working with Objects Cloning an object DrawPlus lets you clone or duplicate objects easily using drag and d
8. With a context toolbar flyout full of presets plus a built in tool for freeform adjustments the Perspective Tool lets you tilt and skew text or any other object for truly spatial results Roughen Tool For jagged jaunty edges on text lines or QuickShapes just drag the tool up or down for subtle or bold results Border Wizard Vastly flexible Border Wizard instantly adds borders to the page or to individual objects Choose a border from the extensive library or be creative and let Border Wizard guide you through building a unique design Filter Effects Drop shadows starting to wear a bit thin Enliven your text with fully adjustable Inner Shadow Glow Bevel and Emboss filters easy to apply and sure to impress Apply soft edges with the Feathering filter effect great for blends montages vignetted photo borders and much more Astounding 3D Lighting and Surface Effects Advanced algorithms bring flat shapes to life Choose one or more effects then vary surface and source light properties Adjust parameters for incredible surface contours textures fills The Studio s Styles tab offers preset 3D effects you can apply and customize as you wish Welcome 11 Web and Animation Web Image Slices Image Maps Rollover States Beat the pros at their own game by using these techniques to add links to your Web graphics With a few clicks divide images into segments each with its own hyperlink and popup text or add h
9. align to it Creating Animations 241 Obey camera If using the Keyframe camera feature when the option is checked then a selected object will be panned or zoomed into When unchecked the object remains static ignoring the camera Use when text company logo a message etc is to be permanently presented while panning and zooming is performed in the background Autorun Although switched off by default this advanced feature speeds up the animation process by automatically creating objects their placement and attributes along the length of the storyboard from a specific keyframe onwards Even when editing an object the changes are reflected throughout Without Autorun enabled objects are presented across keyframes by using the Insert button or clicking the object toolbar s Run forward or Run backward buttons The Autorun feature does not autorun objects backwards but instead only runs objects forward To autorun objects l Click b gt Autorun on the Storyboard tab The button is highlighted when enabled Click again to disable 2 Create or modify an object on a keyframe to see the effect on the object in subsequent keyframes As well as switching the Autorun feature on and off you can also check one of the following options click the down arrow on the Autorun button to change how Autorun operates Creation and By default an object will be created on every subsequent Placement keyframe and object placement is m
10. e Select New gt New Stopframe Animation from the File menu OF e Select New gt New Keyframe Animation from the File menu A new document window opens in the respective Animation mode To convert an existing drawing to either animation mode 1 Choose Convert to Stopframe Animation or Convert to Keyframe Animation from the File menu You ll be prompted to save changes if any to your existing drawing 2 Select Yes to save your work No to convert to an animation or Cancel to continue working on your current drawing To adjust the basic layout of your animation 1 Choose Page Setup from the context toolbar shown with Pointer or Rotate Tool selected 2 Adjust your settings as described above 3 Click OK You can modify page characteristics such as page size and orientation from the Pages context toolbar To save an animation e Choose File gt Save DrawPlus saves animation documents in the proprietary DPA format Creating Animations 227 Working with Stopframe animation In Stopframe animation mode youll be working predominantly with the Frames tab It is ideally suited for animation because of its width and easy control of individual frames stopframes are spread along the tab for easier management Fames inset Frame Delete Frame F Cone Frame Onion Skinning E Preview E Ec Use the Frames tab exclusively to insert delete clone or reorder frames and access individual frame prop
11. 48 O A Line Fill swatches B Document Palette C Standard and themed palettes D Gradient palettes E Bitmap palettes F Current palette Fill Lines Colours and Transparency 149 CMYK operation If you intend to create professional CMYK output to PDF or image you can optionally create a CMYK drawing from scratch see p 23 Your drawing in a CMYK colour space can be designed using CMYK colours instead of RGB colours either using e CMYK Sliders Click the Colour Model drop down list on the Colour tab or e Standard CMYK Palette Click the Palettes button on the Swatch tab Applying colour To apply a solid fill colour via the Colour tab 1 Select the object s and display the Studio s Colour tab 2 Set the Line Fill Swatch at the top left of the tab so the Fill Swatch appears in front of the Line swatch E This defines where the colour will be applied Alternatively apply colour to both line and fill simultaneously by clicking A Link on the swatch 3 Optional Choose a colour display mode from the drop down menu HSL Colour Box HSL Sliders RGB Sliders RGE Sliders Hex CMYK Sliders Tinting 4 Select a colour from the display 150 Fill Lines Colours and Transparency To apply a solid fill colour via the Swatch tab 1 Select the object s and display the Studio s Swatch tab 2 E Set the Line Fill Swatch at the top left of the tab so the Fill Swatch appears in front of
12. It is possible to import PDF files once opened you can save your page content as a DrawPlus Drawing dpp The character formatting layout and images in the original PDF document are preserved to allow for editing of the imported content For PDF import any fonts used in the original PDF document but not available on your computer can be substituted for suitable replacement fonts of your choosing This is possible during the import process via a PDF Import Options dialog To import a PDF 1 From the Startup Wizard select Import PDF 2 Navigate to then select the name of the file and click Open From the dialog you can perform font substitution choose text control options import individual or all pages in the PDF file and auto crop to the PDF page area Getting Started 27 POF Import Options QRF_nietter pdf contains the following fonts Name Status Subsdtutons Accord SF installed MKTIKG AdamskySF Substitute AdamskySF Arial ZBYWS Aheronigold Substitute Aharonitold Arial 2 fonts are unavaiable and wil need substituting Substitutions Text optens Tight position text to match the PDF more preasely Flow make the text casier to edit QRF_pletter pd contains 1 pages O Import al pages J Crop contents to page area e The font list shows the fonts which are needed to represent the imported PDF text accurately and their current status i e Installed Substitute installed
13. Resetting defaults A reset of defaults is useful if you feel the need to get back to basics and return to your original default settings e Select Reset Object Defaults from the Defaults flyout Standard toolbar With no objects selected this acts globally i e it resets all objects back to their default settings With an object s selected it resets only those object types back to their default 3 Working with Pages 34 Working with Pages Working with Pages 35 Using the page and pasteboard Most of the DrawPlus display is taken up by a page or artwork area anda surrounding pasteboard area This arrangement is an electronic equivalent of the system used by traditional graphic designers They kept design tools and bits of text and graphics on a large pasteboard and then carefully pasted final arrangements of text and graphics onto a page sized artwork sheet pinned down in the middle of the board met 1 11 1 ele A Page and B Pasteboard The page area is where you put the text and graphic elements that you want to be part of the final output The pasteboard area is where you generally keep any elements that are being prepared or waiting to be positioned on the page area Setting measurement units and drawing scale For precision drawing you need techniques that allow you to position and draw accurately without effort that will also be of use at any scaled size Such techni
14. dpx Template or dpa Animation files for Stopframe and Keyframe animation modes To save your work e Click T Save on the Standard toolbar Ori To save the document under its current name choose Save from the File menu vor To save under a different name choose Save As from the File menu 30 Getting Started Closing DrawPlus To close the current document e Click on the active document tab If the document is still unsaved or there are unsaved changes you ll be prompted to save changes To close DrawPlus e Choose Exit from the File menu For each open window youll be prompted to save any changes made since the last save Updating defaults When you create new objects in DrawPlus the way they look depends on the current default settings for that particular type of object DrawPlus stores defaults separately for 1 lines shapes including connectors and QuickShapes 2 brushes 3 artistic frame text 4 3D filter effects and 5 dimension lines Defaults for shape text as contained in shapes are distinct from those for artistic frame text and are defined along with other shape defaults they are subsumed under other shape properties For any object default means the properties of the object that will be applied to the next new object of the same type you create You can adopt two approaches to controlling your defaults according to your preferred way of working i e A a On Default
15. the effects are applied only in the preview window While the pane is collapsed click the button again filter effects are applied directly to the object on the page The former approach lets you work on your effects in isolation without other page objects interfering while fine tuning your effects Use zoom in out buttons or a percentage magnification for detailed work e Check a 3D effect in the 3D Effects list which reflects the 3D effect you can achieve 214 Applying Special Effects 3D Bump Map The 3D Bump Map effect creates the impression of a textured surface by applying a mathematical function you select to add depth information for a peak and valley effect You can use 3D Bump Map in conjunction with one or more additional 3D filter effects but not with a 2D Bump Map See DrawPlus Help for background and technical details on these effects 2D Bump Map The 2D Bump Map effect creates the impression of a textured surface by applying a greyscale bitmap you select to add depth information for a peak and valley effect You can use 2D Bump Map in conjunction with one or more additional 3D filter effects but not with a 3D Bump Map See DrawPlus Help for background and technical details on these effects 3D Pattern Map The 3D Pattern Map effect creates the impression of a textured surface by applying a mathematical function you select to introduce colour variations You can use 3D Pattern Map in conjunction with one or mo
16. with automatic placement of the editable dimension label adjacent to the line t Vertical Dimension Line Tool Ideal for vertical dimension lines the label information is always presented vertically with the option to move the label by dragging Fxtension lines are used to present the dimension line vertically and to allow for an optional offset kH Horizontal Dimension Line Tool As above but for horizontal dimension lines Slanted Dimension Line Tool Designed specifically for drawing diagonal dimension lines Click where you want to start the dimension line e g on a connection point then drag and release the mouse button where you want to end the line maybe on another connection point 84 Lines Curves and Shapes The illustrations below show the result of dragging between connection points on two Quick Squares with the Vertical Dimension Line Tool enabled L p E A pair of parallel extension lines Release when the line and label are with end nodes appears from the where you want them You can two points Between the two always change the positions later extension lines the dimension line Click away to reveal the dimension and its label float Click the blue line line box to position the floating line and label drag the red circle within Or For an angular dimension click the me Angular Dimension Line Tool then click on a point along one side of the desired angle then drag and release
17. Cavalier Oblique and various Dimetric and Trimetric projections to be applied you can also design your own Custom projection All projections represent a different object position about the X Y and Z axes Here s some 220 Applying Special Effects simple cubes to illustrate a simple isometric projection compared to some more advanced projections sometric Dimetricl Trimetric 1 30 90 30 37 90 37 12 90 23 Notice how the displayed angles on each of the above projections are shown after each name Practically projection drawing can be challenging as it s sometimes difficult to visualize objects that appear three f dimensional To aid drawing you can use the snapping grid which shows automatically in the page background the grid intelligently switches to the current plane that you re working on Whichever plane is set drawn objects will then snap to the grid on the same plane To apply a Pseudo 3D projection 1 From the Standard toolbar click 3D Planes then select Top Plane Front Plane or Right Plane to set the plane to work on You ll see the snapping grid appear which reflects the currently set plane 2 Click a drawing tool and drag out the object e g a Quick Rectangle on the plane an isometric projection is created by default 3 All subsequently drawn objects are projected onto the currently set plane unless it is swapped to a different plane select a different button and draw a new object If th
18. Edit All Layers button on the Layers tab is enabled if you want to cut through selected objects on multiple layers Y 1 Selectthe Knife Tool on the Drawing toolbar s i Vector Edit flyout 2 Optional Use Smoothness on the tool s context toolbar to set how regular the freeform cutting line is click the right arrow and drag the slider right for increasing smoothness 126 Working with Objects 3 Optional By default you ll get a straight cutting profile but for regular shaped cuts pick a Cutting Profile from the context toolbar Straight TLL Square ALAN Wawy ee Pinking Mote Double ZigZag wv Triple Zigzag LL Diagonal yA Saw KAA Spike uu Fence Lowe Spacer P mM If required adjust the Wavelength and or Amplitude for your shaped cut 4 Using the cursor drag a freeform line across any object s you would like to split unselected objects on which the line traverses will not be split Instead press the Shift key as you drag for a straight line 5 Hover over then click to remove the unwanted cut area s Or With the Pointer Tool drag the newly split fragments apart instead Instead of performing a freeform or straight cut you can cut using preset cutter shapes The cutting shape can be resized or morphed to fit your object design just as for QuickShapes see p 75 Working with Objects 127 To cut out selected objects using cookie cutters 1 From the Knife Tool s con
19. Flash SWF AVI WMV and QuickTime To add a movie 1 Select the keyframe to which the movie is to be added 2 Select Movie Clip from the Insert menu 3 From the dialog navigate to your movie file and select it 236 Creating Animations 4 Click Open Position the displayed cursor where you want the movie to appear Either To insert the movie at the movie s original size simply click the mouse or s To set the size of the inserted movie drag out a region and release the mouse button Optional Use the object toolbar controls to run forward backward to the end start of the storyboard or by a set number of keyframes Previewing keyframe animations You can preview your animation at any time either in a web browser or in Flash Player This is a DrawPlus install option This is a quick way of checking it prior to export To preview Click the down arrow on the P button on the Storyboard tab then choose to either Preview In Browser The option displays a dialog which lets you preview in your web browser either standalone or by loading a target HTML page and associated SWF file the target SWF file e g a WebPlus banner will be replaced by the animation to be previewed Check Preview using existing HTML file for the latter then navigate to and select HTML and SWF files or Preview in Flash Player default Use the navigation controls to review your animation as it would ap
20. From the context toolbar click the down arrow on the X Preset Text Paths button and select a preset curve from the drop down menu on which the text will flow You can edit the baseline curve with the Node Tool Spell checking The Spell Checker lets you check the spelling of selected artistic frame or shape text as well as all text sequentially throughout your DrawPlus document Multilingual spell checking is supported by use of over 10 spelling dictionaries By default the spelling dictionary is set on program install according to Windows Control Panel s Regional and Language Options i e your dictionary is set to the operating system s language Any detected spelling mistakes or any word not present in the language s dictionary will appear underlined with a red zigzag line between the pair The elock struck midnight the man was gone forver into the mist elad night Alternatively you can use the Spell Checker to check through your document checking for mistakes unknown words page by page To enhance the power of spell checking you can add words to the current dictionary that spell checking doesn t yet know about These could include uncommon words technical words or even acronyms and abbreviations Working with Text 111 To check spelling l J Optional To check specific text select the artistic frame or shape text in advance Choose Check Spelling from the Tools menu Optional In th
21. GIF export options consult Exporting objects and drawings on p 263 3 Set a size for the GIF animation Leave the dpi setting at 96 for standard screen resolution 4 On the Animation tab which only appears in Stopframe Animation Mode you can preview single frames or run the animation sequence and make some final playback adjustments to the animation properties 5 Click the Export button or Close to simply record the settings if you plan to preview in a browser first 6 Provide a file name and folder location and click Save Don t worry if you have extra white space around your image Any unused border area will be cropped automatically just as you saw in the Preview window 252 Creating Animations Publishing and 12 Sharing 254 Publishing and Sharing Publishing and Sharing 255 Printing basics DrawPlus supports printing directly to a physical desktop printer e g All in ones Inkjet and Laser printers or to an electronic file such as Adobe Acrobat PDF see p 262 Printing your document to a desktop printer is one of the more likely operations you ll be performing in DrawPlus The easy to use Print dialog presents the most commonly used options to you with a navigable live Preview window to check your print output Print Printer an vmw23cmr print Development Samsung ML 285 v Properties Profile Current Settings X Copies 1 rae Range Entire Publication v Enter pages a
22. Handles or a bounding box depending on the tool appear around the multiple selection To select all objects on the page e Choose Select All from the Edit menu or use Ctrl A To add or remove an object from a multiple selection e Hold down the Shift key and click the object to be added or removed Lines Curves and Shapes 61 Selection using a lasso For more detailed multiple object selection using a fixed marquee or Shift select may be too inflexible Instead you can draw an irregular shaped lasso around one or more objects in a complex design To select using a lasso 1 Choose the Pointer or Rotate Tool 2 With the Alt key pressed draw a lasso around the objects you want to select 3 Release the mouse button All of the objects within the lasso region are selected Drawing lines and shapes Lines can be either straight or curved and can have properties like colour and width thickness They can also adopt specific line styles ends and caps Choose one of the line tools shown below from the Drawing toolbar 4 The Pencil Tool is used to sketch freeform lines T aN drawing complex combination curves and shapes in a highly From the Line Tools flyout the Pen Tool is used for controlled way by using a series of connect the dots mouse clicks The Straight Line Tool is used to draw straight lines 62 Lines Curves and Shapes As soon as you draw a line or choose one of the line t
23. Sketch cartoons and line art using the Pencil Tool Pressure sensitivity is supported on freeform lines with weight and opacity control Add rounded corners when and where you need them and choose different end caps and joins Create decorative chain lines for marching footprints themed borders and much more Natural Curve Editing Simply click and drag to break and redraw a curve at any node Apply smoothing selectively to freeform curves to eliminate that shaky hand appearance 8 Welcome e Dimension Lines and Scale Setting Click a couple of times to take linear or angular measurements of any object on the page DrawPlus displays the dimension using your choice of ruler units at your specified scale say one inch to two feet Dimensions update when objects are moved or resized Design room layouts make maps draw scale models and more e Connectors For drawing dynamic flow diagrams schematics family trees and organization charts connectors let you link your boxes and symbols and then rearrange at will Connection points stay put on each object keeping connections intact Auto Connectors intelligently display bridges at line crossings and even route themselves around obstructive objects Perfect in combination with the Gallery tab s exciting range of office flow chart symbols or with ever dependable QuickShapes e Intelligent Curve Tracing Simply connect the dots to trace around curved objects and picture
24. Studio workspace In Image Cutout Studio click either Keep brush or 2 Optional Pick a Brush size suitable for the area to be worked on HHA Bp F 3 Optional Set a Grow tolerance value to automatically expand the selected area under the cursor by detecting colours similar to those within the current selection The greater the value the more the selected area will grow 4 Using the circular cursor click and drag across the area to be retained It s OK to repeatedly click and drag until your selection area is made you can t lose your selection unless you click the Reset button The Undo button reverts to the last made selection 5 If you re outputting an alpha edged bitmap you can refine the area to be kept discarded within Image Cutout Studio only after previewing with Erase and Restore touch up tools Vector cropped images can be cropped using standard DrawPlus crop tools outside of the Studio 6 Click operation OK to create your cutout or Cancel to abort the Make your outline edge as exact as possible by using brush and touch up tools before committing your work Youll see your image on the poster page in its original location but with the selected areas cut away made transparent Working with Pictures 181 Autotracing Instead of manually tracing a design it s possible to automatically convert bitmaps back into vector objects by using autotracing Its main function is for speedily reworking
25. a custom list of letter combinations and substitutions to be applied automatically as you type You can also underline mistakes as you type to mark possible problem words in your text with red underline Both features apply to frame text artistic text or shape text If you prefer to address spelling issues in larger doses at the same time you can run the Spell Checker anytime Auto Correct To set options for automatic text correction 1 Choose Options from the Tools menu and select the Text gt Auto Correct gt Options page 2 Check your desired Auto Correct options as required For any checked options auto correction will be enabled Additionally a pre defined correction list for automatic text replacement can be used the list populated by commonly typed misspellings and their correct equivalents can also be added to for custom corrections To use a correction list 1 Choose Options from the Tools menu and select the Text gt Auto Correct gt Replacements page 2 Check Replace text while typing to turn on Auto Correct The pre defined text replacements will be applied when you type the misspelt words Working with Text 113 Replace text while typing Replace With dfwsvesvecsd 1 2 Vo 2 1 4 ti 3 4 34 abotu about abouta about a aboutit about it abscence absence accesories accessories a See San See To add custom misspellings to the correction list l In the Replace field type a name for
26. action can be edited by double clicking the tab s bold event entry and from the dialog clicking the Params button with object selected To delete an action use the Delete button to remove it We ve looked at actions assigned to objects but a keyframe can equally have an action associated with it Especially useful on a starting keyframe an Effect Action can be used to hide one or more selected objects before having them displayed on the second and subsequent keyframe great for text introductions Actions are applied to keyframes via the Frame Actions dialog which offers the same actions as those that can be applied to objects To apply action s to a keyframe e Click on the a icon under the keyframe s thumbnail The dialog displayed is identical to that used for actions applied to objects Follow the above object actions procedure to apply actions to keyframes 244 Creating Animations ActionScript the underlying scripting language for actions is normally hidden from the user in the above easy to use dialogs you can view actions their settings as parameters and select the action but generally not the underlying code driving it However the more experienced and or adventurous can make use of a simple text entry system for developing ActionScript code from the same dialog To create custom ActionScript 1 Fora selected object double click an event from the Actions tab or For a keyframe right click the keyfra
27. bar indicates upload status On completion click OK to close the dialog or click View to immediately see your uploaded design on the website 1 3 Pressure Sensitivity and Pen Tablets 274 Pressure Sensitivity and Pen Tablets Pressure Sensitivityand PenTablets 275 Pressure sensitivity When painting or drawing lines and curves DrawPlus lets you take advantage of pressure sensitivity in a variety of ways e via an installed pen tablet e via the Pressure tab if pen tablet is unavailable via a pen tablet Your pen tablet and DrawPlus work in perfect harmony for a truly authentic drawing and painting experience with in built pressure sensitivity as you draw and paint See Using pen tablets p 279 for more information via the Pressure tab If a pen tablet is unavailable to you DrawPlus can simulate pressure sensitivity when using your mouse along with DrawPlus s Pressure tab Pressure po E Reset Pressure Profile J 6 100 l e 10 This tab is used to set pressure sensitivity globally by using a pressure profile The tab lets you e Select a preset pressure profile e Create your own custom profile from scratch e Adjust how brush pen or pencil width and transparency changes as it responds to pressure e Control the maximum and minimum pressure 276 Pressure Sensitivity and Pen Tablets The pressure chart may appear a little daunting at first It becomes a lot clearer if you imagine the chart
28. belongs Select the object group then click on its name At the insertion point type a new name then either press Enter or click away from the tab Trouble locating your named object or group Search for it by using Find Object on the Edit menu To move an object to another layer Right click the object in the workspace and choose Move Object to Layer From the Move To Layer dialog select the specific destination layer and click OK or Right click the object in the workspace and choose Move Object to Active Layer The object moves to whichever layer was previously active g Fill Lines Colours and ransparency 146 Fill Lines Colours and Transparency Fill Lines Colours and Transparency 147 Setting fill properties Any closed shape such as a closed curve or QuickShape or text has an interior region that can be filled The fill type can be solid gradient bitmap or plasma Those that use a single colour are solid fills Let s take a moment to run through them CI jei i rte i P i x al r F F F wt di h a a k ha r is a i a i a Fill types fall into several basic categories illustrated above e Solid fills as their name implies use a single colour e Gradient fills provide a gradation or spectrum of colours between two or more key colours Mesh fills work like gradient fills but with a more complex fill path e Bitmap and Plasma fills apply bitmapped im
29. bitmapped logos for further design modification but its use is not confined to this In fact both greyscale and colour photos can equally be autotraced for eye catching artistic effects For each of these uses DrawPlus offers a studio environment and a specific preset profile which will produce optimum results while autotracing artwork of your chosen type These profiles are called Logo Image Trace B W Image Trace and Photo Image Trace ee FrutBavel FruitBavel e Logo Image Trace For tracing of vector bitmaps e g logos signatures or other designs with antialiasing e B W Image Trace For black and white tracings of photos scanned images and line drawings 182 Working with Pictures Photo Image Trace For colour tracing of photos The autotracing process is performed in a studio environment which makes use of the above profiles The studio gives the opportunity to preview before tracing and customize chosen profile settings further to your liking Most profile settings are unique to the profile To autotrace a selected image l 2 Chai C Click the drop down arrow on the AutoTrace button on context toolbar and select a profile from the menu or k E F Click AutoTrace and choose a profile from the profile selection screen The AutoTrace studio appears with the original artwork displayed along with adjustable sliders a colour palette logo profile only or a
30. can set less common OpenType Features unavailable from the previous Alternates Numeric and Capitals sections If an option is shown in brackets it is not supported by the currently used font 108 Working with Text Fitting text to frames and shapes Text overflow If there s too much text to fit into a text frame or shape the Overflow ra button appears beneath the shape DrawPlus stores the overflowing text in an invisible overflow area To make all the text fit you might edit the story down to allow text to fit in the frame Morbi nisl eros dignissim nec malesuadaet convalius quis augue Morbi msl cros digmissim nec malesuadact convallis quis augue Vestibulum ante ipsum or shape However scaling the frame or shape text to fit may be preferable so it fits exactly into the available frame rimis in faucibus orci luctus et linces posuere cudiha Curae Proin aliquam leo at buctus tempus ero Owediow A To scale the frame or shape text e Click Overflow ya to autofit the frame or shape text to its container or E_ A e Use Autofit on the Text context toolbar EA GAE For incremental scaling use the Enlarge Text or Shrink Text buttons on the same toolbar Positioning e Vertical alignment right click Text gt Text Flow moves existing text to the Top Bottom or Centre of the container alternatively you can justify text vertically The setting
31. connector tool on the Connectors context toolbar situated above the workspace Ta Choose the Auto Connector Tool for an adaptable auto connector that intelligently adjusts its shape to route around obstructive objects Unlike the other connectors Auto connectors automatically form bridges when crossing each other so they re perfect for complex diagrams with interwoven pathways See Using Auto Connectors in DrawPlus Help Choose the Direct Connector Tool to draw a single straight line a connector between any two connection points Ls Choose the Right Angle Connector Tool for a connector with only vertical and horizontal segments the connector shape is made up of right angles To change the connector type 1 Select the connector with the Pointer Tool 2 Select an Auto Right Angle Direct or Custom connector type from the context toolbar Or e Right click the connector and choose equivalent options from the Connectors flyout 82 Lines Curves and Shapes Adding dimension lines and labels DrawPlus lets you add dimension lines with text labels showing the distance between two fixed points in a drawing or the angle formed by three points For example you can draw a dimension line along one side of a box measuring the distance between the two corner points If you resize the box the line automatically follows suit and its label text updates to reflect the new measurement O TS 2 N N You ll
32. cropping 185 cutting out 177 effects for 188 importing 175 importing PhotoCD images 176 importing TWAIN images 195 in PDF files 262 open picture as a document 25 Pillow Emboss effect 210 pixel grid 267 268 plasma fills 150 162 plasma transparency 171 Pointer Tool 59 posters 21 printing 260 prepress print options 262 pressure sensitivity 275 Pressure Studio 280 Pressure tab 275 previewing graphics dynamically 267 Keyframe animations 236 Stopframe animations 229 the printed page 257 printing 255 commercial 262 folded documents 261 imposition 259 multiple pages 259 PDF files 262 previewing the page 257 profiles 256 rasterization settings 262 saving print profiles 256 special formats 259 thumbnails 260 print time imposition 259 professional printing 262 profiles envelope Keyframe animation 246 pressure 276 printing 255 256 saving print profiles 256 workspace 20 Projection toolbar 219 projections 219 Pseudo 3D 219 Publish as PDF 262 QuickShape Creator 76 QuickShape Tool 75 QuickShapes adjusting 76 converting to editable curves 77 creating 75 radial fills 159 radial transparency 171 raster bitmap images 175 changing raster to vector 182 rasterization in printing 262 reflection maps 3D 215 registration 3 Replicate 118 resizing 121 RGB palette 156 Rotate Tool 59 123 rotating canvas 51 objects 123 Roughen Tool 203 Rule of Thirds 52
33. document Layers are created by the artist to logically separate sections of a design for better drawing management Within a layer objects are ordered with the topmost object being in front of all other objects in that layer the bottom object being behind all other layer objects To change the selected object s order dynamically via slider e From the Arrange tab drag the Depth slider left to place the object further down the object order within its layer drag right to place object further up the order Ordering occurs as you drag To change the selected object s order via ordering buttons Th e To shift the selected object s position to the front of other objects on top choose Bring to Front on the Standard toolbar or Arrange tab th To shift the selected object s position behind other objects on the bottom choose Send to Back on the Standard toolbar or Arrange tab Working with Objects 139 To shift the object s position one step toward the front choose Forward One on the Arrange tab e To shift the object s position one step toward the back choose Back One on the Arrange tab Working with layers If you are drawing something simple you don t really need to make use of layers you can do all your work on the single layer that every new document has However if you re creating something a little more tricky then layers can be a vital aid in separating objects into independent sets You can
34. dpp 3 Lorem3 dpp Alternatively jump between drawings by selecting the drawing s window name from the Window menu Asterisks indicate unsaved documents in the window the currently active window is shown with a tick Opening other file types Opening images as a new document DrawPlus allows a comprehensive range of image file formats to be opened each as a separate DrawPlus document From the document you can add your own text captions lines shapes or apply image adjustments and effects see p 188 You can save your design changes as a new project or just export the image with or without adjustment while preserving its original properties 26 Getting Started To open an image 1 Click im Open on the Standard toolbar 2 Change the file type drop down menu to display All Image Files locate and select the file and click Open The image occupies your workspace such that page dimensions are adjusted to match the image dimensions a Custom page size is adopted in pixels 3 Optional You can modify the image modify the document as for any other document or double click the image to load PhotoLab then apply one or more effects or adjustments 4 Click Save to save the document as a DrawPlus dpp project or File gt Export gt Export as Image to export it to the same or a different file format the original image s name dpi colour depth and transparency settings are maintained for export Importing PDF
35. ee You cannot alter the values in a bitmap transparency To adjust the transparency path directly Use the Transparency Tool to drag individual nodes or click on the object for a new start node and drag out a new transparency path The effect starts where you place the start node and ends where you place the end node For bitmap and plasma transparencies the path determines the centre and two edges of the effect For details of how to edit and manage gradient transparency see DrawPlus Help Working with Pictures 174 Working with Pictures Importing pictures Adobe PhotoShop Picture psd GEM Raster Format irng GIF gif JPEG jpeg JPEG 2000 2k JPEG 2000 Compressed jp2 IPG jpg Kodak Flash Pix fpx Kodak Photo CD pcd PaintBrush pcx PhotoPlus Image spp Portable Network Graphic png PSP File psp PSP Tube tub TIFF tif Truevision TARGA Format tga Windows Bitmap bmp Windows Enhanced Metafile ermf Windows Metafile wmf Microsoft HD Photo wdp hdp Encapsulated Postscript eps ps Serif Metafile Format srmf Scalable Vector Graphics svq Compressed Scalable Vector Graphics svgz Working with Pictures 175 Pictures that can be imported into DrawPlus can belong to one of several groups Bitmapped pictures also known as bitmaps or raster images are built from a matrix of dots pixels rather like the squares
36. find dimension lines indispensable for planning garden designs e g a garden gazebo plan technical diagrams floor plans or any drawing where exact measurements and scale are important Although they can be drawn anywhere on the page dimension lines are at their most accurate when attached to connection points on objects see p 78 or when snapped to dynamic guides see p 44 e Connection points When you choose one of the Dimension tools connection points on page objects become visible on hover over i e when you move the mouse pointer directly over a connection point a small box appears around it when a connection can be made The line can then be connected to the object s connection point Lines Curves and Shapes 83 e Dynamic guides You can snap a dimension line to a dynamic guide creating free floating dimension lines that don t actually touch objects see previous page Use this for neatly presenting horizontal or vertical dimension lines Guides will be offered to snap to when your line approaches objects on the page To draw a dimension 1 Select the ji Dimension Tool from the Drawing toolbar s 1 TF LI Line Tools flyout The flyout shows the icon of the most recently selected tool 2 Either for a linear dimension click the respective tool from the Dimension context toolbar kH Auto Dimension Line Tool Use to draw vertical horizontal or diagonal dimension lines in any direction
37. formats can be exported You can export at any time by using Export as Image or Dynamic Preview the former lets you compare export settings the latter allows editing during preview reat for pixel accurate editing of your intended output Exporting as image Especially if you re exporting images for the web you can take advantage of the Image Export dialog which will greatly help you in reducing file sizes and download times as far as possible while maintaining image quality The dialog lets you export the whole page just a selected object s or a user defined region You can also see how your image will look and how much space it will take up before you save it For visual comparison its multi window display provides side by side WYSIWYG previews to compare different image formats or the same format at differing bit depths Image bpon Deita iene wea tad ee El E e e Pap Procerbes Pama PHG pf otabe hawaoi Graphe F Baber Ia Publishing and Sharing 265 To export as an image l 2 Choose Export gt Export as Image from the File menu Optional From the Export Area section you can scale the image to a new size if desired change pixels or adjust the dpi dots per inch setting For graphics to be used on screen it s best to leave these values intact The export can be based on the whole Page Selected Area see Defining a region for export below or Selected I
38. from accidental change then optionally apply them to other images on selection Working with Pictures 189 PhotoLab includes filter tabs a main toolbar and an applied filter stack around a central workspace Photos present in your drawing display in the Images tab which is hidden by default To display this tab as illustrated below simply click the button at the bottom of the dialog A filter tabs B Main toolbar C Main workspace D filter stack E Images tab E Quick Fix m Filters are stored in the Favourites T Adjustments and Effects filter tabs and are grouped into categories For example the Adjustments tab provides the Quick Fix and Pro Edit categories while the Effects tab offers a wide range of creative effect categories On the Favourites tab you ll find a selection of presets created with individual and combined filters You can add your own custom filters to the Favourites tab See Saving Favourites on p 194 190 Working with Pictures When you apply a filter from one of these tabs it is temporarily added to the Trial Zone that displays beneath the filter stack This lets you preview and adjust filters before applying them Applying filters Select the photo you want to work on If the photo is framed select it and click Select Cropped Object Click PhotoLab on the Photo context toolbar For ease of use when you open PhotoLab the Filters stack on the right contains so
39. is applied to other pages already present Pages Background 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Anything you subsequently add to the background page will be replicated to other pages immediately Using design aids DrawPlus provides a number of tools to assist you as you design Each is designed to improve stroking lines brushes page composition and focused design on specific areas on the page e Using drawing targets e Rotating your canvas e Applying the Rule of Thirds e Using divine proportions e Isolating an object e Using multiple document windows 50 Working with Pages Using drawing targets Drawing targets let you control how you draw in relation to a selected object The ability to draw in front behind or inside any currently selected object provides an alternative to drawing objects that by default always appear in front of all other layer objects This extra control is of particular benefit on more complex designs containing overlapping objects the created object is placed adjacent to or clipped to the originally selected object J Draw in Front Draw Behind Draw Inside In the Layers tab you ll see how objects created in front behind or inside the currently selected object are placed above below or clipped to the selected object Objects at the top of the layer are displayed in front of object lower in the layer To draw in front behind or inside the selected object E m 1 Bod P From the Standard
40. of sides to make a triangle pentagon hexagon or other polygon To adjust the appearance of a QuickShape 1 Click on the QuickShape to reveal sliding handles around the shape These are distinct from the inner selection handles Different QuickShapes have different handles 2 Drag any handle to change the appearance of the QuickShape Lines Curves and Shapes 77 For example by dragging the top sliding handle to the right on the pentagon below will quickly produce an octagon gt O F You can use the QuickShape context toolbar to swap the QuickShape type for another as well as the object s line properties use the Colour or Swatch tab to apply the QuickShape s fill Converting a shape to editable curves The conversion of QuickShapes to curves provides you with a starting point for your own shapes whereas converting text to curves is one way of incorporating editable letter based shapes into designs To convert an object into curves 1 Select your QuickShape or text object 2 Click Convert to Curves on the Arrange tab 3 Edit the curve outline using the Node Tool see Editing lines and shapes on p 68 However they were created all converted objects behave in a similar manner For example you can create some text with the Artistic Text Tool convert it to curves then use the Node Tool to edit the curves that make up the letters just as if you had drawn the letter shapes by hand using the line
41. reset Applying the Rule of Thirds Traditionally a technique used in photography the Rule of Thirds grid can also be applied to your design to help with its composition For example note the way the primary object pear is vertically aligned between the top and bottom left intersecting points i e under the stalk and core The secondary object orange is located under the opposite intersecting line to offer some balance to the design By aligning objects to intersecting horizontal and vertical lines rather than just centring objects on the page you can create designs with greater visual interest When a grid is applied to your page the displayed context toolbar lets you alter the grid s colour and opacity and reset or delete the grid See DrawPlus Help The grid is actually an overlay which appears as an Overlay Layer in the Layers tab As such you can use the Visible layer control to temporarily show hide the grid To apply a Rule of Thirds grid 1 From the Standard toolbar click 5 a Overlays and select Show Hide Rule of Thirds from the drop down list A coloured grid is overlaid over your page Working with Pages 53 2 Optional For selected objects drag a corner or edge handle to resize the grid or reposition the grid by dragging The grid can be manipulated just like an object 3 Place pictures frames or vector objects under any of the intersecting blue lines Once applied the grid
42. s fill colour s and tint 1 Right click the object and choose Format gt Fill 2 Optional From the dialog s Model drop down menu choose a different colour model e g RGB sliders Model RGB Sliders HSL Colour Wheel i R HSL Colour Box c mL Sliders B CMYK Sliders hs Palettes Ragersten coo 3 Depending on the selected colour mode use the Colour Wheel Colour Picker or combination of slider and colour spectrum or use the input boxes to set your colour value When using the colour spectrum click anywhere in the window then drag the marker around to fine tune your colour selection 4 Click OK An Opacity level can be applied to your fill at the same time that a colour is applied this leads to powerful colour opacity combinations on solid fills or on gradient and plasma fill paths See Setting opacity on p 166 For gradient or bitmap transparency effects see p 170 use the Transparency Tool or Transparency tab Exact colour values can be set in a Colour Selector dialog available by either double clicking a Colour tab s swatch or from Format gt Fill To apply no fill Set an empty interior for objects by using the Colour tab Click No Fill in the bottom left corner of the Line Fill Swatch or Swatch tab Choose the first swatch None from any gallery 152 Fill Lines Colours and Transparency Blend modes The Colour tab hosts a Blend Mode drop down list for
43. select the Layout gt Drawing Scale option 2 Check the Scale Drawing box 3 Use the input boxes to set the drawing scale as a proportion between the Page Distance in page units that define the document s actual printing dimensions and the Ruler Distance in on screen ruler units that represent the real world objects you re depicting Units and object dimensions update and scale accordingly For clarity the dialog also reports the Printed page size in page units as shown in the Page Setup dialog and the Scaled page size in real world ruler units Working with Pages 41 amp When creating graphics for the computer screen as opposed to the printed page it s useful to set a drawing scale ratio of one inch Page Distance to 96 pixels Ruler Distance Using snapping The Snapping feature simplifies placement and alignment by magnetizing moved or resized objects to various page layout aids and elements Aids include guide lines and snapping grid while elements include page margins rows columns page edge and page margin centres Dynamic guides can be used to align and resize objects to existing object edges centres and vertices Guides appear automatically as you drag objects For technical engineering drawing use dynamic guides further support snapping to object vertices e g the points of a star shape nodes and line curve nodes See Snapping with dynamic guides on p 44 To turn snapping on and off globally
44. settings affect how objects animate along the animation run These are hosted on the Easing tab and control object rotation temporal tweening natural motion and how keyframes obey a Keyframe camera The settings are applied between key object segments and will apply until the next key object or throughout the animation s run depending on the Apply to Whole Run check box setting unchecked or checked respectively When the option is unchecked objects can adopt different combinations of settings independently of each other Key Object to Key Object segments Whole Run To configure a segment select the first Key object 7 then configure settings in the Easing tab with Apply to Whole Run unchecked Clockwise When checked any rotation between objects is performed Rotation clockwise Uncheck to rotate in an anti clockwise direction Temporal Check to tween evenly between keyframes or over the Tween whole storyboard ignoring individual keyframe s time durations Uncheck to honour any keyframe time durations This is kept checked in most instances Natural When checked animation occurs along a smoothed Motion curving path through objects Uncheck to animate along straight paths with distinct cornering along the object s motion path Rotate on Check to allow an object e g an arrow to automatically path rotate with changes of direction along an animation path Uncheck for the object to follow the path but not to re
45. several presets that you can apply as your profile You can also define your own custom profiles for both bevel and lathe effects from the Instant 3D context toolbar See DrawPlus Help for more details For high quality display you can make DrawPlus display your Instant 3D objects at higher resolutions Alternatively the resolution can be reduced for quicker redrawing on slower computers To change Instant 3D display resolution e Select a resolution from the Display Resolution drop down list in Tools gt Options Drawing Quality gt View Quality Applying Pseudo 3D Pseudo 3D produces an object projection to follow one of three separate planes top front or right either by using an Isometric projection default or other more complex projection By bringing together transformed objects on each plane you produce the illusion of working in three dimensions from a simple cube below to more complex 3D shapes text etc Each projection from the same Quick Square object can be presented as follows with a combined multi object cube SG Top Front Right Combined Plane Plane Plane cube In DrawPlus you can specify a plane Top Front or Right directly from the Standard toolbar s 3D Planes flyout While working with the toolbar all newly created objects will be drawn according to the currently set plane Only one plane can be set at any one time For more complicated projections DrawPlus also allows Cabinet Oblique
46. stays selected Clicking away from the grid will deselect it but it can be reselected at any time e g for repositioning later To select the grid e From the Standard toolbar click 5 Overlays and choose Select Rule of Thirds Using divine proportions Divine proportions in DrawPlus involve overlaying a grid over your design for aesthetic proportioning of design elements The grid uses the classic golden ratio principle commonly encountered in e classic drawings e g da Vinci s Vitruvian Man e musical instruments opposite e buildings Athen s Parthenon e modern iconic design Apple iPod iTouch The golden ratio can be understood using a cello as an example the ratio 0 618 is that between the instrument s neck and its body Golden Spirals Rectangles and Tangents make up the grid each differently coloured for easy distinction Their colours can be changed and each grid component can be hidden from the context toolbar 54 Working with Pages To apply a Divine Proportions grid 1 From the Standard toolbar click a Overlays and select Show Hide Divine Proportions from the drop down menu The grid is overlaid over your page 2 Optional Resize rotate or reposition the grid over your design or planned design area by dragging corner or edge handles 3 Begin drawing using the guide lines to draw objects proportionately To select the grid once deselected e From
47. tab e Unless the tab is already displayed click the handle at the bottom of your workspace to reveal the tab We ll assume that you ve drawn objects on the first keyframe You can run forward these automatically throughout your animation by creation of additional keyframes this builds up your animation story quickly Other methods exist to run objects forward and backwards but let s concentrate on the insertion of keyframes to do this Creating Animations 233 To insert keyframes 1 From the Storyboard tab select a keyframe and choose Insert 2 From the dialog choose the Number of keyframes to add to the Storyboard tab Set a default Keyframe duration for each created keyframe 3 Choose to add keyframe s at a Location before or after the currently selected keyframe or before after the first or last keyframe 4 Optional Check Insert blank keyframes if you don t want to include run forward objects in your keyframes Blank frames are useful filler frames that add breaks in your animation for messages logos etc 5 Click OK An inserted frame will honour any animation runs that may transect it if the Insert blank keyframes setting remains unchecked by creating an additional tweened object If checked the blank frame will break any transecting animation path s and not add tweened objects Once you ve created a keyframe sequence you can sub divide or split any selected keyframe further To split a selecte
48. the document s current colour mode e g Drawing1 dpp CMYK Opening a saved document You can open an existing DrawPlus drawing from the Startup Wizard Standard toolbar or the File menu Once a drawing is opened in its own document window the window and drawing can be made currently active from a Document tab or via the Window menu To open an existing document from the Startup Wizard 1 From the Startup Wizard at startup time or via File gt New gt New From Startup Wizard review your drawings in the Open section The most recently opened file will be shown at the top of the list To see a thumbnail preview of any file before opening hover over its name in the list Open Autumn dpp 2 Click the file name to open it Getting Started 25 amp Ifyour drawing hasn t been opened recently click Browse to navigate to it Recently viewed files also appear at the bottom of the File menu Simply select the file name to open it To open an existing document via toolbar or menu 1 Click ai Open on the Standard toolbar or select File gt Open 2 Inthe Open dialog navigate to then select the file name and click the Open button Displaying drawings G Loreml dpp G Lorem2 dpe Click on a Document tab at the top of the workspace to make it active Active drawings are promoted to the front of the tabs e g Lorem3 dpp Unsaved drawings are indicated by an asterisk 1 Lorem1 dpp 2 Lorern2
49. the mouse button at a point along the other side of the angle points A and B in the illustration Click again at the vertex of the angle point C These three points define the starting and ending sides of the angle Between the two sides the angle s arc and its label float awaiting final positioning Click again to position the floating elements Angles are measured anti clockwise from the starting to the ending side so choose your three nodes accordingly Lines Curves and Shapes 85 To complete the dimension line move the mouse again to position the floating line or arc and its label note that they respond independently and click when they are where you want them You can always change the positions later The dimension line appears Once you ve added a dimension line you can freely adjust node label positions format the line and format the label text via context toolbars Using the Gallery Gallery The Studio s Gallery tab contains pre built Animals M design objects and elements you d like to Lg E pans reuse in different drawings You can choose ao a fe designs stored under Clipart Home Office RE 2 School ShapeArt and Web folders free al Gy Crab Crocodile Dinosaur The Gallery tab has two parts an upper ic P Ka i Folder Categories drop down menu and a lr re lower Designs window where you can select and drag a copy of the design onto your page The Gallery tab also let
50. the Auto Correct entry This is the abbreviation or word to be replaced automatically as you type For example if you frequently mistype product as prodcut type prodcut in the Replace box In the With field type the text to be automatically inserted in place of the abbreviation or word in the Replace field Click the Add button to add the new entry to the list To modify an entry in the correction list select it in the list then edit it in the Replace and With field above Click the Replace button below To remove an entry select it and click Delete 114 Working with Text Spell as you Type Use this feature to firstly indicate possible problem words in your text using red underline and secondly to offer via right click a range of alternative correct spellings to replace the problem words To check spelling as you type Ensure the Underline mistakes as you type feature is turned on from Tools gt Options gt Text gt Spell Checker In your document words with spelling problems are indicated with a red squiggly underline You can review these by eye with the option of replacing the words with suggested alternatives To replace a marked word place an insertion point in a marked word then right click to choose an alternative spelling from the context menu To tell DrawPlus to ignore leave unmarked all instances of the marked word in the drawing choose Ignore All or just Ignore for this instance only
51. the Line Swatch O e from another palette shown in the Palettes drop down list drag from the thumbnail onto the object as an alternative Pick a thumbnail from either the Document Palette or A Tinting option in the Colour tab s drop down list allows a percentage of shade tint to be applied to your colour To change a fill s shade tint lightness Pi l E Select the object and set the Line Fill Swatch as described for the Colour tab above 2 From the tab s colour mode drop down list select Tinting 3 Drag the slider to the left or right to darken or lighten your starting colour respectively the original colour is set at 0 TO You can also enter a percentage value in the box entering 0 or dragging the pointer back to its original position reverts to the original colour To apply a gradient bitmap or plasma fill to one or more objects As for applying a solid colour fill with the Swatch tab but E e category from the Gradient or Bitmap galleries and pick your Instead of using a solid colour palette pick a relevant required thumbnail from the displayed presets drag from the thumbnail onto the deselected object as an alternative For solid gradient or plasma fills you can then edit colour s and shade tint lightness For gradient and plasma fills the fill path coverage can also be edited see Working with gradient fills on p 159 Fill Lines Colours and Transparency 151 To edit an object
52. the exciting new Print Preview packed with both preview and imposition options create books booklets thumbnails and tiled print output all without prior page setup e Fasier than ever Printing see p 255 Try DrawPlus s Print dialog for the options you need when you need them With a focus on everyday printing options including scaling of your print output the printing process becomes more intuitive and logical and some improvements on previous versions of DrawPlus Importing lots of pictures Select multiple pictures import then place on the page from a handy Picture List window The Pen Tool becomes even more powerful with intelligent smart curve drawing now complementing B zier and Straight line drawing Welcome 15 e Changing fonts Use live font preview on any selected artistic or frame text e For accessibility DrawPlus now offers two sets of icon sizes Small and Large e Change the look of DrawPlus in an instant with exciting Colour Schemes e For professional web developers Dynamic Preview s pixel grid is automatically enabled at higher zoom levels Use with the snapping grid for pixel accurate object resizing and positioning Installation System Requirements Minimum Pentium PC with DVD CD drive and mouse Microsoft Windows XP 32 bit Windows Vista or Windows 7 operating system 512MB RAM 820MB recommended full install free hard disk space 1024 x 768 monitor resolution Addit
53. tools The conversion process loses all of the special properties inherent in QuickShapes and text 78 Lines Curves and Shapes Connectors Connectors are special lines that you can Mees N anchor to objects li where they remain Phone attached even if one or a both objects are moved or resized A l Using connectors you Ce Je Check can easily create SS Boerne 2M dynamic diagrams a and charts that show i ial relationships such as Pick up or i Mecsege family trees E organization charts AN and flow charts If you Talk to i Sams i need to rearrange the elements the connections are preserved Try the Gallery tab Office folder for flow chart above network and organization chart symbols then simply add connectors between objects A key feature of connectors is that if you move any connected object at a later date the connectors will follow Lines Curves and Shapes 79 To create a connection 1 Select Connector Tool on the Line Tools flyout Drawing toolbar Hover over an object so that default connection points become visible Each DrawPlus object has default connection points displayed whenever you select one of the connector tools and hover over the object These default points can t be moved or deleted and are always diamond shaped 2 On the displayed context toolbar ensure T Auto Connector Tool is selected This cre
54. undesirable colour artefacts The colours within the shaped black outlined region in the magnification area are averaged rather than using a specific pixel colour Fill Lines Colours and Transparency 155 Gradient sampler Use for picking up colour gradients present in images Great for sampling colours in sunsets Use the Colour tab s P Colour Picker to sample colours anywhere on your computer screen click hold the mouse button down drag to the target area and then release To sample colours b 1 On the Drawing toolbar click Colour Picker 2 From the context toolbar choose a colour picker type e g Point Sampler Point Sampler c Square Sampler c Circle Sampler Gradient Sampler If you use the Square or Circle Sampler set a Colour Picker Size appropriate to the area you want to sample The Gradient Sampler offers a Gradient Picker Sensitivity option for controlling the level or detail to which the gradient is sampled 3 Hold the mouse button down and drag to the target area then release For gradient sampling rather than clicking you sample by dragging a line across your chosen colour gradient P L The sampled colour s is picked up in the Colour tab s Picked Colour swatch 4 Click the Colour tab s Line or Fill swatch then the Picked Colour swatch to transfer the colour to the chosen swatch You can then apply the colour to any object this will then be stored automatically in the
55. whenever it seems to suit the mood of the design 2 Drawing toolbar s Transform flyout Select an object and click the Roughen Tool on the 2 Click on the object and drag up or down The further you drag the more pronounced the effect 204 Applying Special Effects Applying perspective The Perspective Tool like the Envelope Tool produces an overall shape distortion Perspective gives you the visual impression of a flat surface being tilted or skewed in space with an exaggerated front back size differential To apply a perspective effect D H Drawing toolbar s Transform flyout The Node Tool becomes the Select an object and click Perspective Tool on the active tool and an adjustment slider appears above the object 2 Drag the P 3D cursor over the selected object or drag the special adjustment slider handle left or right to see it respond by tilting in all sorts of orientations Use Undo if you re not happy with a particular adjustment OF From the context toolbar select an item from the Perspective Presets flyout closest to the effect you re after The first item User Defined perspective retrieves the last drawn custom perspective shape used in your current DrawPlus session You can still use the cursor and handles for adjusting perspective Applying Special Effects 205 Applying envelopes An envelope distortion is one that you can apply to any object to change its shape without having
56. your completed design to the website just like other DrawPlus users do you add to the collection of published designs in the community The main website features include e View published designs To aid your design skills or to browse for fun use the Wall design gallery which showcases public designs published by other DrawPlus users and yourself Take advantage of awesome zoom technology coupled with pan and zoom control Easily view your own the most recently uploaded and featured designs e Drawing ratings Rate and comment on other people s designs and have your own design assessed by the community e Work in groups Create groups of users with similar interests great for schools clubs or maybe just your network designing friends Use the Group Wall to view published designs in a chosen group which can be private public or friends only Post to group forums restricted to just group members 270 Publishing and Sharing e Search Find designs groups or other designers throughout the website e Make new friends Social networking meets designing Use email or user discussion forums to build friendships with other DrawPlus designers especially those you add to your friends list Even upload photos of yourself e Profile management Manage your tagline password timezone language and email notifications To share three stages need to be carried out register on the website setup account information
57. 00 0 Opacity 0 4 HI 4 7 0 Width 0 O lo Opacity 0 T E 50 e Width 50 O E so Opacity 50 The first example shows the default behaviour when pressure is applied amp These settings are stored independently of the currently chosen pressure profiles To adjust stroke width or opacity with pressure in Pressure tab 1 Select a previously drawn brush freeform line or curve 2 Inthe Pressure tab pick a pressure profile from the drop down menu 3 Entera 1 Width or I Opacity value by setting a percentage value in the input box using the slider or using the up down arrows The lower the value the less the pressure effects the stroke width or opacity i e a value of 50 will apply half the stroke width or opacity under pressure Pressure Sensitivityand PenTablets 279 For some preset brushes stroke width and opacity are set differently to and override the Pressure tab s global settings This is to more accurately represent the inherent characteristics of that particular brush It is possible to adjust these settings further or to apply settings to a brush currently without such settings To adjust stroke width or opacity with pressure per Brush 1 Right click on a brush in a Brush tab s category and select Edit 2 Inthe Brush Properties section check the Initialize creation tools option 3 Set Variance values for Width and Opacity 4 Click OK Any new stroke using the edited
58. 4 For embellished text DrawPlus fully utilizes all your OpenType font features ligatures stylistic sets alternates small petite caps case sensitive forms fractions ordinals are available Ready to use Graphic Styles Fantastic Effects see p 86 The Styles tab lets you choose from various preset shadows glows bevels feather edges textures text effects and more A graphic style when applied complements an object s existing graphic styles For custom design save your own graphic styles with control over which object properties and attributes are stored 14 Welcome Ease of Use Customized Menus and Toolbars Tailor DrawPlus to your needs with menu toolbar and icon customization e Dynamic Reordering of Objects see p 138 Drag the Arrange tab s Depth slider to dynamically change the selected object s order in the current layer e Enhanced Solo Mode see p 54 For progressively detailed design work use multi level Solo Mode Youll be able to focus on chosen areas in isolation using a select then solo approach previous view levels can be returned to if needed Operations are restricted to the current solo level with the Layers tab only showing the objects currently in view Text e Proofing Tools as You Type see p 112 Auto Correct and Underline spelling mistakes as you type proofing options are at hand Printing and Sharing e Interactive Print Preview with print time imposition see p 259 Try out
59. A Select the object and then select Artistic Text from the Drawing toolbar s Text flyout in either order 2 Type new text at the selection point or drag to select text then type to replace it To cut copy and paste use the toolbar buttons or standard Windows keyboard shortcuts To create a new line e At the position you want to start a new line press the Enter key Formatting text You can change text formatting character paragraph bullets numbering and text flow properties directly on the page via the Text context toolbar or viaa Text Style dialog In addition artistic text characters have line properties expanding their creative possibilities To format selected text on the page R A Use the Pointer Tool to select the text you want to change Alternatively drag select on any text with Artistic Text from the Drawing toolbar s Text flyout 2 Use the Text context toolbar to change text properties font point size bold italic underline subscript superscript OpenType font features text alignment bullets and numbering levels and text fitting or Choose Character Paragraph Tabs Bullets and Numbering or Text Flow from the Format menu or the right click menu via Text gt Working with Text 103 The Node Tool can be used for special adjustments on artistic text For greater control over the shape of the artistic text characters try converting the artistic text to curves As c
60. Airbrush 02 Wi To make sense of all the brush types available to the user the preset brushes are stored under a series of pre defined categories under the name Global the brushes are available to all DrawPlus documents currently open The Document category shows the brush types currently in use in the DrawPlus drawing and is used to bookmark brushes for easy reuse in the future At some point you may want to edit copy or create your own stroke or spray brush type See DrawPlus Help Brush strokes can be applied directly to the page by using your mouse or pen tablet the latter method is ideally suited for applying pressure sensitive strokes to your drawing However painting with the mouse still provides a viable alternative to the tablet where pressure sensitivity is controlled via the Pressure tab or set on a per brush basis Applying brush strokes The J page The tool is used in conjunction with the Brushes tab and a supporting Paintbrush Tool is used exclusively to apply brush strokes to the context toolbar To apply a brush stroke 1 Select the r4 Paintbrush Tool from the Drawing toolbar Using Brushes 95 2 Display the Brushes tab and choose a category from the Bristle 01 CO nn i drop down list then a brush Bristle 02 i Bristle 03 Bristle M Din MR 3 Select a Line Colour Width or Opacity from the Brush context toolbar Line Colour Width 32 00 pt Op
61. AutoTrace studio Also covered are procedures for tracing greyscale and colour photos 184 Working with Pictures The autotracing procedure above differs slightly when applied to greyscale or colour photos i e instead of comprehensive palette control you have a photo preview Creating custom profiles Adjusting any slider means that you ve modified your chosen preset profile If you want to keep the settings for future autotracing you can save the profile toa new name and reuse it from the drop down menu on the profile selection screen or within AutoTrace studio To save a custom autotrace profile 1 Click ral Save Current Profile 2 From the dialog enter a custom profile name The profile appears in the drop down menu in profile selection screen and studio To delete an autotrace profile 1 Select the existing custom profile from the drop down menu 2 Click x menu Delete Current Profile The profile is removed from the Use the upper View toolbar for side by side previews and different outline views The zoom controls at the bottom of the studio offer magnification and panning control Working with Pictures 185 Cropping images DrawPlus includes the Crop Tool which is used typically for cropping images or vector outlines on the page Cropping discards unwanted outer regions of an object while keeping the remainder visible To crop an object HA 1 Select an object and then on the Drawing toolb
62. Bevel and Emboss f MyCandyStripe Colour Fill 4 a Feather 4 Preview Type og ssi 4 Blur 3D Effects fi eae Man Blur Subcategory my Styles v Depth 4 3D Bump Map f Tags 4 2D Bump Map i stripes 3D Pattern Map v4 J Enable Blend Mode Opacity f J Depth 0 S amp S J Nisnlacement 6 m a a Semen Gea mest Gat SA Lines Curves and Shapes 89 2 Optional Click to expand or collapse sections within the list of attributes This reveals which attributes are currently set Uncheck any attributes you want to exclude from the style definition or check any you want to additionally include 3 Optional If you want to modify any attribute select its value and edit via flyout drop down list dialog or input box 4 Type a Name to identify the style thumbnail and optionally save to a different Preview Type see above instead of the default cog shape this preview type will show in the Styles tab 5 Select the Style tab s Main category and Subcategory where you want to save the style thumbnail to Styles are saved to the tab s My Styles category by default You ll need to create any custom categories in advance 6 Optional To help find styles in the Styles tab add tags to your style definition by entering text e g 3d and clicking the Add Tag button You ll be able to search for the style via the Styles tab See Findin
63. Click the i Convert Blend Object into a Group Object button on the context toolbar to group all blended objects x Any blend can be modified or removed via the context toolbar To remove use the Remove blend on the current blend object button 202 Applying Special Effects Blending ona path DrawPlus allows you to make your blended objects conform to a path i e a drawn curve LI E CI O 0O To fit a blend to a line or curve 1 Select the path curve and the previously blended object 2 From the Tools menu select Fit Blend to Curve Youll be able to reshape the curve by manipulating its segments on curve nodes and off curve control handles Individual nodes can also be assigned a different colour or transparency to change the blend appearance See Editing lines and shapes on p 68 Blends in Stopframe animation For Stopframe animation of simple objects you can make use of blending between objects to create frames automatically You can perform this operation in Drawing mode then Convert to Stopframe Animation or from scratch in Stopframe Animation mode See Stopframe animation tips and tricks in DrawPlus Help for more information Applying Special Effects 203 Creating rough edges The Roughen Tool lets you selectively distort an object s outline turning smooth line edges into jagged outlines The effect can lend cartoon like flair to ordinary text or give QuickShapes an irregular appearance in fact apply it
64. F setup less complicated Screen ready If you require screen ready PDFs youre likely to need PDF documents which are optimized for screen use i e with hyperlinks downsampled images document security but without pre press page marks bleed etc Downsampling images leads to smaller documents for quicker loading Profiles such as Web Compact and Web Normal are provided for electronic use downsampling images to 96 and 150dpi respectively and are ideal for hosting PDFs on websites or other electronic distribution email Professional PDF documents are suited to professional printing i e when you deliver a high quality reproduction of your drawing to a print partner normally external to your company Youll typically require page marks bleed gt 300dpi images and PDF X 1a compatibility for CMYK output To make things simple the professional print profile called PDF X 1a is provided in DrawPlus using PDF X 1a compatibility but you should check with your print partner if PDF X 1 and any other settings may be required instead A Press Ready profile can also be used for documents which are not intended to be PDF X compliant With PDF X 1a or PDF X 1 compatibility all your drawing s colours will be output in the CMYK colour space and fonts you ve used will be embedded A single PDF X file will contain all the necessary information fonts images graphics and text your print partner requires DrawPlus l
65. L Oin Horizontal Page 3 L 5in Horizontal Page 3 Remove All To create a guide via Guides Manager 1 Right click a ruler and select Guides Manager 2 From the dialog select a Placement the current page or folded document s Spread and Orientation 3 Enter a Position value This is the ruler position where you want to place the guide 4 Click Add 5 Repeat for other guides 6 Click OK Use Remove or Remove All to delete a selected guide or all guides respectively To show hide or lock guides e To show or hide guides check or uncheck Layout Tools gt Guides from the View menu or use Tools gt Options Layout gt Grid and Guides e To lock the guides and prevent them from being moved right click on a ruler and select Lock Guides 40 Working with Pages Drawing scale You can create scale drawings such as a garden design or model diagram by setting a ratio other than 1 1 between page units and ruler units For example you might wish to set one page centimetre equivalent to 0 5 metre a good scaling ratio for designing gardens of a typical size 13 02 m 5 97m T Use Dimension tools see p 82 in conjunction with scale drawings for on the page measurements which automatically update as you move objects To change the drawing scale 1 20 1 Choose Drawing Scale Options from the context toolbar shown with Pointer or Rotate Tool selected or Choose Options from the Tools menu and
66. Put another way the bottom layer in the Layers tab stack is drawn first then the second bottom third bottom etc A background layer should be the bottom layer in the Layers tab stack The standard object ordering commands Forward One Back One etc can be used on a layer affecting an object s level within the layer it currently occupies For more information see Ordering objects on p 137 At some point you may be confident that objects on separate layers can be managed on the same layer without compromising layer control Merging layers enables this and will help to keep your layer management simpler This rationalization is possible via the Merge button 142 Working with Objects To merge a layer 1 Activate the layer you want to merge to by clicking its entry The layer is highlighted in blue Note that the active layer becomes uppermost in the workspace 2 With the Ctrl key pressed select a single or multiple layers that you want to merge into the activated layer 3 Clickthe Merge button The contents of the merged layer s appear on the active layer and the previously selected layers are removed If you re working on an especially complex document you can temporarily freeze a layer and its objects Layer Properties Layer properties allow you to assign paper textures make layers invisible visible and or locked unlocked See Studio Layers tab in DrawPlus Help for more details Managing object
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68. Swatch tab s Document Palette for further use i 7E 156 Fill Lines Colours and Transparency Defining line and fill colours When you re applying a fill or line colour using the Studio s Swatch tab you choose a colour from one of several colour palettes arranged as a gallery of colour swatch thumbnails Different palettes can be loaded but only one palette is displayed at any one time Several of the colour palettes are based on themed colours while the remaining palettes are based on industry standard colour models i e e Standard RGB Red Green and Blue default e Standard CMYK Cyan Magenta Yellow and Black For professional PDF or image printing optionally from a CMYK drawing Applying a colour from any of the above palettes to an object will add that to DrawPlus s Document Palette a set of colours currently in use or previously used in your document plus standard colours The Document Palette is primarily used to reuse colours already in your document great for working to a specific tailored set of colours To complement the default standard colours A in the Swatch tab s Document Palette you can also store other palette colours B bitmap fills C gradient plasma mesh fills D and colour spreads E Fill Lines Colours and Transparency 157 Adding colours to the Document Palette EF directly from an object s line fill into the user s Document Palette Colours are added manually or au
69. a clear hole where their filled regions overlap The composite takes the line and fill of the bottom object Click the button again to break apart Creates one new object that s the sum of any two selected objects whether or not they overlap Add along with Subtract an Intersect are Join commands where you actually produce a permanent new object out of any selected objects The action can t be reversed except by using the Undo command A Joined object can be edited with the Node Tool while a combined object cannot The objects need not be overlapping 134 Working with Objects F Discards the overlap between the top and bottom object The top object is also discarded Subtract Useful as a quick way of truncating shapes and pictures with another object Be sure the objects are overlapping a Like Subtract requires overlapping objects it retains the overlap and discards the rest Intersect o Flipping objects You can flip selected objects Th ipea horizontally or vertically To flip an object e Select the object s with one of the selection tools Pointer m Rotate or Node i e To flip the selection left to right click dh Flip Horizontal on the Standard toolbar Top and bottom stay the same Working with Objects 135 To flip the selection top to bottom click bi Flip Vertical on the same toolbar Left and right stay the same You can use equivalent optio
70. abinet Oblique 0 90 60 Cavalier Oblique 0 90 45 Dimetric 1 37 90 37 Dimetric 2 16 30 37 Trimetric 1 12 90 23 Trimetric 2 5 90 30 Trimetric 3 45 90 7 Trimetric 4 54 90 17 Custom Creating a custom projection e From the Projection Properties dialog pick a preset projection and modify Angle and or Scale values for one or more axes The projection s name changes to Custom Saving a custom projection 1 Click led 2 Inthe dialog enter a name for the new projection and click OK The entry will appear at the end of the drop down menu Save 1 1 Creating Animations 224 Creating Animations Creating Animations 225 Getting started with animation What is animation Like flip books Disney movies and TV it s a way of creating the illusion of motion by displaying a series of still images rapidly enough to fool the eye or more accurately the brain Professional animators have developed a whole arsenal of techniques for character animation rendering human and animal movement in a convincing way A clear distinction has to be made between two types of animation techniques both possible from within DrawPlus i e e Stopframe animation also known as Stop motion animation involves the animation of static objects frame by frame In the film industry Stopframe animation is used within widely known productions based on figures made of clay or other bendable material think King Kong and more
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72. acity 100 4 Optional For spray brushes adjust Flow to control the density of paint laid down as you apply it like layering up a brush then painting 5 Optional From the context toolbar adjust Smoothness to set how smooth your stroke is applied ase 6 Optional Enable s Select on Create to leave the brush stroke selected on the page If disabled the stroke is left deselected 7 Optional Enable Fill on Create to fill the unclosed curve produced by the brush stroke with the default fill colour 8 With the cf brush cursor drag across your page to create a brush stroke F g rA You can also apply a brush stroke around an object s outline shape artistic text picture etc via Brush Stroke on the Line tab See Setting line properties on p 152 After this first brush stroke there are two ways in which you are likely to paint subsequently depending on the extent to which you plan to edit brush strokes as you go To assist you the Select on Create button on the Brushes context toolbar can be used 96 Using Brushes Edit then Paint With the button disabled the brush stroke is laid down and is immediately deselected The stroke needs to be reselected to perform any editing Use when you re happy to set all the brush properties colour brush type width etc before painting as above especially if you intend to paint repeatedly with the same brush stroke Paint and Edit With the button enabled a pai
73. adient or bitmap transparency effects 1 With your object selected go to the Transparency tab down arrow on the Gradient or Bitmap button respectively Select a For gradient or bitmap transparency click the drop category from the flyout then click a thumbnail in that category or Drag the desired thumbnail from the gallery to an object 3 The transparency is applied to the object s Sometimes objects of a lighter colour will not display their transparency clearly ensure the transparency is applied correctly by temporarily placing the object over a strong solid colour 172 Fill Lines Colours and Transparency To apply gradient transparency with Transparency Tool l Select an object Click the I Transparency Tool on the Drawing toolbar Click and drag on the object to define the transparency path The object takes a simple linear transparency grading from 0 transparency 100 opaque to 100 transparency 0 opaque in the direction you drag You have freeform control over where the path starts and ends and the direction in which the path will be drawn You can even click again to redraw the path Editing gradient transparency Once you ve applied a transparency you can adjust its path on the object and the level of transparency along the path You can even create more complex transparency effects by adding extra nodes to the path and assigning different levels to each node
74. age from unfolded basic page setups Other interactive features are also available while in Print Preview e Select installed printers and choose which pages to print and how they print to printer file or separation e Add and adjust printer margins e Switch on off page marks when generating professional output Don t forget to make the most of Print Preview s powerful viewing controls hosted on the View toolbar Use zoom controls Pan Zoom tools and multi page views for detailed preview work To preview the printed page 1 Choose Print Preview from the File menu In Print Preview your first printer sheet is displayed according to your printer s setup 2 Optional Choose an installed printer from the Printer toolbar 3 Optional Adjust printer margins from the Margins toolbar 4 Review your design using the page navigation controls at the bottom of your workspace To print via Printer toolbar 1 Choose which page to print via the Print Publication drop down list Ch 2 Select Print The standard Print dialog is then displayed where settings are carried over from Print Preview To cancel Print Preview mode e Select x Close Preview from the top of your workspace Publishing and Sharing 259 Print time imposition During print preview you can enable imposition of your document choosing a mode suited to your intended printed document book booklet etc Each mode displays different toolbar options
75. agePlus to DrawPlus to retain graphic fidelity without loss of quality Scalable Vector Graphics SVG This is an all purpose format ideal for sharing between vector applications They can be uncompressed svg or compressed svgz Click im Open on the Standard toolbar Change the file type drop down menu to display Serif Metafile Format smf or Scalable Vector Format svg svgz Locate and select the file and click Open Getting Started 29 Opening AutoCAD files DrawPlus opens AutoCAD dwg and dxf files quickly and easily Using the same process as that for PDF files this creates an opportunity to not only view engineering layouts and designs up to AutoCAD 2006 in DrawPlus but to edit the drawn objects and to save the drawing as a DrawPlus drawing dpp On file open a DXF DWG Options dialog provides options to scale the imported file objects position the artwork on the page and merge objects onto one layer To open an AutoCAD file 1 Click im Open on the Standard toolbar 2 Change the file type drop down menu to display AutoCAD files dwg dxf locate and select the file and click Open 3 Inthe dialog specify scaling and positioning options Uncheck Merge Layers to retain the layer structure of the original AutoCAD file layers will automatically be shown in the Layers tab 4 Click OK The AutoCAD drawing is imported Saving your work DrawPlus saves its documents as dpp Drawing
76. ages or patterns to the object each with unique properties Think of bitmap fills as named pictures that fill shapes Plasma or fractal fills use randomized patterns useful for simulating cloud or shadow effects Solid colours Applying a fill is easy whether you re selecting a colour from the Colour tab or the Swatch tab The Colour tab can operate in several modes available from a drop down list HSL Colour Wheel shown HSL Colour Box HSL Sliders RGB Sliders RGB Sliders Hex CMYK Sliders and Tinting 148 Fill Lines Colours and Transparency B 2 Colour a Da 7 HSL Colour wheel i c D H 157 E S 74 L 55 Opacity 100 Blend Mode ZZ Normal A Line Fill swatches B Colour Picker C Colour Model D Hue wheel E Saturation Lightness triangle On the HSL Colour Wheel the small circles shown in the wheel and triangle indicate the current setting for hue and saturation lightness respectively Drag either circle around to adjust the values The Line Fill swatches on the tab govern whether the selected colour is applied as a line colour solid fill or both simultaneously By comparison the Swatch tab hosts a vast array of preset colour swatches for solid gradient plasma and bitmap fills Swatches are stored in palettes which can be managed from within the tab You can even create your own palettes and palette categories B C D E Swatch gt sa e m Document
77. an apply to any object or customize to 4 Inner Shadow j i ist i ner Shadows suit your own taste Galleries exist in b Perspective Shadows k A effect categories such as 3D Bevels Eo To Blurs Edges Shadows and other 2D and 3D filter effects with each category having further subcategories B F FUY lt za A key feature of graphic styles is that when a style is applied to an object it Bevel amp Emboss lt 0 Feather Edge C TP complements the object s other properties rather than replaces them As an example if an object already had a line colour and fill these properties would be maintained after adding e g a perspective shadow However if another shadow style is applied it will replace the perspective shadow Lines Curves and Shapes 87 The Styles tab also lets you store your own graphic styles in a My Styles section if you would like to reuse them the style is made available in any DrawPlus document You can add and delete your items within each category with the option of naming elements to facilitate rapid retrieval You can create your own folders and categories from the Style tab s gt Tab Menu by selecting Manager from the menu To apply a graphic style to one or more objects 1 Display the Styles tab 2 Expand the drop down i menu to select a named 3D Bevels style category e g Blurs Edges a o E Instant Effects Tao ick a subcatego P te ae Patter
78. anchors a particular part of the object for example a Top setting anchors the top line and forces new text to come in below while a Bottom setting anchors the bottom most recent line and pushes previous lines up as you type new lines Working with Text 109 To add white space around your text you can indent text from the frame or shape edge via right click Text gt Text Flow Values can be set to indent from Left Right Top and or Bottom Resizing e You can resize frame or shape text change its point size automatically when resizing frame and shapes First make sure the Scale text with item box is checked in the Text flow dialog right click Text gt Text Flow then drag a corner of the selected text object Fitting text to a path DrawPlus allows you to make artistic text conform to a curved baseline such as a drawn freeform line or curve custom shape or a preset shape QuickShape a may Sis soy gaunt pam argu Fi Ranger uit dal g gt z p Ye K JA E gi ig ie ey To fit text to a path 1 Select the curve or shape 2 Select Artistic Text on the Drawing toolbar s Text flyout 3 Hover over the curve or shape s outline until you seea cursor then click at the point on the line where your text is to begin Begin typing your text The text will be placed along the curve or shape 110 Working with Text To flow text along a preset path 1 Select your artistic text 2
79. ar click the Crop Tool 2 Click and drag an edge or corner handle towards the centre of the object 2 424 i As an aid applying a Rule of Thirds grid helps the composition of your design during cropping To apply the Rule of Thirds 1 Select your object and click the Crop Tool 2 On the Crop context toolbar click Show Hide Thirds Grid 186 Working with Pictures 3 A3x3 grid is superimposed on top of the object to aid cropping 4 Drag a corner or edge grid handle to crop the image As you do so the grid repositions itself 1 799 in 5 Manipulate the image to improve its framing e Click and drag on the crop window to pan the image For best results aim to position your main subject of interest at a point where any two grid lines intersect e g the eye To rotate or zoom into or out of the object use the adjacent control bar Alternatively use equivalent button pairings on the context toolbar To select the crop window To select cropped objects Uncrop a cropped area Crop an object using a preset shape To reshape a cropped area Working with Pictures 187 O gad Zoom In Out O CO Rotate anti clockwise clockwise Click Back then select Crop H from the control bar Click Back then click Select Cropped Object s from the control bar The original object is selected Click rki selected LJ a QuickShape from the C
80. at and number of colours 12 Welcome PDF Export Step up to the worldwide standard for cross platform WYSIWYG electronic information delivery Your PDF output will look just like your DrawPlus document in one compact package with embeddable fonts easily printable or viewable in a Web browser Professional Print Output PDF publishing to the PDF X 1 or PDF X 1a file format is a great choice for professional output from DrawPlus Deliver with confidence to your print partner safe in the knowledge that your single composite print ready PDF drawing includes all fonts and colour information for spot or process colour separation Select file information crop marks registration targets and densitometer colour calibration bars for inclusion in your PDF You have full control over prepress settings for output New features Professional New Architecture Better Performance With a new drawing engine DrawPlus is now faster more powerful and optimized for computers with multi core processors Enjoy even greater drawing fidelity Start to Finish CMYK Workflow see p 23 For professional printing to PDF or image create drawings in CMYK primary colour mode You ll be able to work natively in CMYK colour space right through to pre press output Live Plate View lets you interactively switch on off CMYK plates as you draw Composite Opacity and Knockout Groups see p 169 Assign opacity to a group along with grouped objects usi
81. at gt Character select the Character OpenType option Expand the tree for all OpenType features Drop Caps Text Style Styles Alternates OpenType Alternates Character Font Stylistic Alternates pauna OpenType 1 ij Ar ACACA A Ar A Air Ac H Hi E Numeric hain Capitals 1 Bright vixens jump cozy fowl quack Details ao Toe p I p M2 Bright vixens jump dozy fowl quack Paragraph M3 Bright vixens jump dozy towl quack Alignment and Spacing ey eee hs sou par dain i Hyphenation m4 BRIGHT VIXENSIUMP DOZYFOWL OU Justification Standard ligatures Discretionary ligatures Breaks i Initial Words Preview Line Above Line Below D e Tabs Fi fi ig Goest ij 123 Bullets and Lists tl yN D ok cancel Help Enable font features under the Alternates Numeric Capitals and Details sections e Alternates The OpenType Alternates dialog above offers glyph substitutions or alternate representations such as swashes stylistic sets contextual alternates stylistic alternates and titling alternates e Numeric Offers OpenType features used primarily when setting numbers e g Figure Styles Figure Width and Number Position e Capitals Groups case base features together such as small caps petite caps and case sensitive forms e Details Dynamically displays every OpenType feature in list form derived from the font s internal tables As such you
82. ates intelligent Auto Connectors 3 Click the connection point on the object and drag to the destination object youll see potential target connection points display in red on the destination object When the pointer is over a chosen connection point release the mouse button You ll see a box appear around the point when a connection is imminent A connector line will appear between the two connection points ate Phone Rings Once you ve created a connector DrawPlus makes it easy to adjust the connector s path or edit the properties of a connector 80 Lines Curves and Shapes To adjust a selected connector s path e For Auto Connectors Drag the line from the displayed arrows into a new position e For Auto Right Angle or Custom connectors Drag a node s to a new position on the page To edit the selected connector s properties line colour width style and end e Select options from the Connector context toolbar at the top of your workspace To branch connectors e Use Ctrl Alt drag to copy a connector and connected object simultaneously great for creating branched connectors Select the connected object only in advance Lines Curves and Shapes 81 Connector types We ve used the Auto Connector Tool exclusively so far However this tool exists among a selection of connector tools each designed for different uses The Connector Tool when selected offers the different types of
83. ather they tile repeat so you can fill indefinitely large regions at any scale By dragging the edge nodes in or out with the Fill Tool you can zoom in or out on the fill pattern Edge nodes dragged outwards Edge nodes dragged inwards For details of how to edit and manage bitmap and plasma fills see DrawPlus Help Working with mesh fills A mesh fill works like a gradient fill but uses a more complex fill path with a grid or mesh of many nodes representing separate key colours The overall effect especially useful for multifaceted highlighting arises from the colour gradients that spread between each of these nodes As an example the Mesh Fill Tool can be used to dramatic effect on a sports car s bodywork 164 Fill Lines Colours and Transparency To enable the Mesh Fill Tool e Select Mesh Fill Tool on the Drawing toolbar s Fill flyout With the tool enabled a mesh of editable patches and nodes are revealed above A mesh fill is applied to an object via the Swatch tab s Gradient gallery see Setting fill properties on p 147 You can edit the mesh itself with the Mesh Fill Tool and the accompanying context toolbar to achieve unique results The path lines that connect nodes in a mesh fill are actually curves so editing the mesh is similar to the method for Editing lines and shapes see p 68 Simple warping effects colour spread changes and path line curvature can all be affected The tool lets you r
84. awing from within a saveable Document Palette Even import your own bitmaps and use them as fills on DrawPlus objects Plus Mesh Fills for impressively varied gradients using a path node network Welcome 7 Define new colour sets based on a base colour this linkage can transform the drawing s colour scheme instantly by simply modifying that base colour Colour Picker Tool Sample colours directly under the cursor or for artefacted halftone or dithered images by averaging colours under a shaped region Don t forget to try colour gradient sampling for sampling sunsets metal or glass surfaces and more Colour Palette Designer Create your own palettes from colour spreads based on accepted colour theory Monochromatic Complementary Triadic and more You can add suggested colours automatically or mix your own colours to create the new palette Spreads are perfect for simulating various skin and natural tones Opacity control in Colour tab For improved productivity any colour chosen in DrawPlus can now have an associated Opacity applied at the same time Great for setting colour opacity combinations on objects or nodes on fill paths Transparency Effects Transparency can make the difference between flat ordinary visuals and sparkling realism And DrawPlus provides it all a full range of transparencies for shading shadows reflections depth effects and more Lines brushes and shapes Versatile Freeform Line Drawing
85. be changed either via substitution rules or by manual choice As an example you may see extra glyphs i e letter shape variations appear on the character Note that some fonts don t support additional font features with others supporting only a limited font features This is dependent on how the font designer has created the font originally As an example Windows Vista fonts such as Constantia Calibri and Cambria possess limited OpenType font features the Windows 7 font Gabriola has richer features including selectable stylistic sets However if you re involved in advanced typography it s likely that you ve already purchased and installed professional fonts supporting OpenType features Font dependent features may include X e Ligatures ffi fh Replace a pair or triplet of characters such as fi of ffi with a single glyph In this case it avoids the problem of the dot of the i conflicting visually with the hook of the f Discretionary ligatures are not used as standard because they are typically too ornate for standard text these are more decorative in nature and as the name implies are intended to be substituted manually j D e Stylistic Sets Stylistic Alternates gt A Stylistic sets can give you many options of ffi ff what you want the font to look like and 4 combine preset choices such as which C ligatures and alternates are available by default These can be especially ornate or flowing versions of a glyp
86. bject Click on the object using one of the tools shown above For the Pointer and Rotate Tools small handles appear around the object indicating selection For the Node Tool editable nodes are displayed for lines sliding handles are additionally shown for adjustment of QuickShapes and text If objects overlap use the Alt key while clicking repeatedly until the desired item is selected When you draw an object it is initially selected for you so that you can modify it If you select an image with areas of transparency you ll be able to manipulate the image s outline i e convert to curves apply line properties effects 60 Lines Curves and Shapes Selecting multiple objects It is also possible to select more than one object making a multiple selection that you can manipulate as if it were one object or turn into a grouped object see p 135 To select more than one object multiple selection 1 Choose the Pointer Tool or Rotate Tool 2 Click ina blank area of the page and drag a marquee box around the objects you want to select Release the mouse button All of the objects within the marquee box are selected and one selection box with handles appears around the objects To deselect click in a blank area of the page or 1 Click on the first object for selection 2 Press the Shift key down then click on a second object 3 Continue selecting other objects to build up your multiple selection
87. bject order To select any object on any layer Initially objects which are on layers that are not selected are also visible but you may find that you can t select an object as it is on a different layer This can be slightly confusing at first as you frantically click on an object to no effect But of course you can change this state of affairs e If View All Layers is enabled the default all layers set as visible appear in the workspace regardless of which layer you re currently working on Disabling this button lets you see only objects on the current layer as long as it s visible If both Visible and View All Layers are unchecked you won t see anything 144 Working with Objects ah If Edit All Layers available only if View All Layers is enabled is disabled the default you can only select objects in the current layer Enabling this button lets you select any object on any visible layer rr A Auto Select Layer is enabled available only if Edit All Layers is enabled you ll automatically select an object s layer and the object entry in the Layers tab as you select it on the page This stops you from having to jump back to the Layers tab to set the layer to be active aYou can press the Tab key repeatedly to cycle between objects on the current layer or across all layers if Edit All Layers is enabled To change an object or group name l In the Layers tab expand the layer entry to which an object or group
88. bjects in DrawPlus maintain their aspect ratio when being resized One exception is when resizing QuickShapes as their versatility lend themselves to being resized without constraint 122 Working with Objects To resize an object to a fixed aspect ratio R 2 Position the cursor over one of the objects handles you will notice that the cursor changes to a double headed Size cursor 1 Select the object s with the Pointer Tool 3 Drag from a corner handle above to resize in two dimensions by moving two edges while maintaining the selection s aspect ratio proportions To resize to any aspect ratio with the Shift key depressed drag from an object s corner handle This resizes in two directions If you drag an object s side handles you ll stretch or squash the object in one direction To resize about the object centre instead press the Ctrl key as you drag You can also make fine resizing adjustments via the keyboard or from the Transform tab To resize QuickShapes e As above but the object s aspect ratio is not maintained by default on resize t O You can use the Shift key as you resize to maintain aspect ratio Working with Objects 123 Rotating and shearing objects The Rotate Tool lets you both rotate and shear slant one or more objects To rotate one or more objects around a centre point 1 Click Rotate Tool on the Drawing toolbar s R Selection flyout 2 Cli
89. blending overlapping object colours together in various ways You ll find blend modes described in detail in Understanding blend modes on p 164 Setting line properties Niza Using the Studio s Line tab you can adjust plain line properties for any freeform straight or curved line as well as for the edge of a shape image or All lines including those that enclose shapes have numerous properties including colour style line ends width join corner and cap end artistic text Line e ERR AA EA e F es Es r Join Sje cae ela e Mitre Limit 4 sScale C Behind Dash Pattern TTT TTTTITI OCI ey 5 0 pt o To change line colour see Setting fill properties on p 147 Fill Lines Colours and Transparency 153 Changing line style A series of buttons arranged along the top of the Line tab set the line style No line Solid Dash Double and Calligraphic styles can be applied to freeform lines and outlines of shapes images and artistic text alike 5 A The additional two line effects Brush Stroke and Edge Effect let you apply a brush stroke spray or edge effect to the outlines of artistic text images or objects You can see your current brush in the Line tab and select a new brush from the Brushes tab Brush Stroke styles can also be added to freeform lines To change line style e Simply click a button to set the line style only one style can be set any one time Pick another
90. brush will adopt the new settings You can also set the pressure variance i e the degree to which you apply pressure via the Pressure tab or per brush See DrawPlus Help for more information Using pen tablets You can either draw or paint with your mouse or for a more natural experience use a pen tablet A pen tablet is comprised of an intelligent electronic pad equipped with a pressure sensitive pen A rectangular active area responds to pressure applied by the input device e g Pressure Stylus The pad when connected to your computer allows realistic sketching freehand line drawing and painting within DrawPlus making the drawing experience as close to a pencil or paintbrush as you can get The tablet s pressure sensitive capabilities in conjunction with DrawPlus allows control of stroke width or transparency when drawing or painting DrawPlus works equally well from entry level to professional pen tablets from all the major tablet manufacturers including Wacom and AipTek Within DrawPlus you can use the Pressure Studio to calibrate your tablets pressure response and to customize your own assignments for your tablet s ExpressKeys TouchStrip or TouchRing DrawPlus settings take precedence over your device s original settings Not available on some pen tablets 280 Pressure Sensitivity and Pen Tablets Using Pressure Studio DrawPlus s Pressure Studio acts as an interface between your tablet and DrawP
91. button to jump to that style Once a style is selected you can choose line ends for most cesseecaser styles except Brush Stroke and Edge Effect For some styles variations are also available For example for a Dash or Double line style additional dash patterns below and double line options can be selected ee E E To select a line end e From the drop down menus pick a line start and end Other styles such as Dash and Calligraphic offer further customization of the chosen style 154 Fill Lines Colours and Transparency Changing line caps and joins The Line tab also lets you vary a line s Cap end and the Join corner where two lines intersect Both properties tend to be more conspicuous on thicker lines joins are more apparent with more acute angles Changing line width On a selected line curve or shape opposite drag the Width slider in the Line tab To turn off the line set the box to Opt 20v Sampling colours Use the Colour Picker tool to sample and then reuse a colour from anywhere on your computer screen The picked colour can then be made the current line or fill colour in DrawPlus Various sampling methods can be used depending on the type of object fill or screen area to be sampled Point sampler Use for picking up an individual pixel colour directly under the cursor Square circle sampler Use for sampling halftone images dithered GIFs or images with
92. can easily transform flat shapes shown and text into three dimensional objects DrawPlus provides control over 3D effect settings such as e Bevelling use several rounded and chiseled presets or create your own e Lighting up to eight editable and separately coloured lights can be positioned to produce dramatic lighting effects e Lathe effects create contoured objects e g a bottle cork with user defined lathe profiles and extrusion control e Texture control how texture is extruded on objects with non solid fills e Viewing present your object in three dimensions e Material controls the extent to which lighting has an effect on the object s surfaces great for 3D artistic text An always at hand 3D context toolbar hosted above your workspace lets you configure settings each setting contributes to the 3D effect applied to the selected object For on the page object control you can transform in 3D with use of an orbit circle which acts as an axis from which you can rotate around the X Y and Z axes in relation to your page Look for the cursor changing as you hover over either the circles nodes or periphery gle tw O amp X rotation Y rotation Z rotation X and Y rotation 218 Applying Special Effects Remember to take advantage of the hover over cursor text or hintline which indicate the object s rotation currently or rotation while the operation is in progress respectively Transform abo
93. cess To define an export region 1 From the Standard toolbar click Overlays and select Export Overlay from the drop down menu A bounding box is overlaid over your page 2 Drag a corner or edge handle to resize the box use the Ctrl key as you drag to resize the box about its centre reposition the box over the export area 3 Optional Name the Export Overlay layer in the Export Name box on the context toolbar this labels the export overlay in the Layers tab and provides the default file name at export 4 Click Export shown under the box The Image Export dialog is displayed from which you can modify and choose an export file format described previously When the overlay is applied the bounding box is automatically selected it shows the selection colour of the overlay layer Clicking away from the box will deselect it showing the box Colour but it can be reselected at any time e g for repositioning To select the box e From the Standard toolbar select i Overlays and then Export Overlay Publishing and Sharing 267 Exporting as CMYK TIFF or JPEG For professional printing you can create a drawing in a CMYK colour space p 23 which offers colour predictability during design processing and output You can either publish your design as a PDF document p 262 or export as image with both options maintaining a CMYK colour space To export a CMYK TIFF or JPEG image e Inthe Image Export dial
94. ck to select the object then hover over a corner handle and when you see the cursor change drag in the direction in which you want to rotate the object then release the mouse Use Shift key for rotating in 15 degree intervals Youll notice the angle of rotation displayed around the object s centre of rotation Note that when rotating objects dimensions will be temporarily displayed during the operation To change the centre point of rotation 1 Move the centre of rotation away from its original position to any position on the page The marker can also be moved to be outside the object ideal for rotating grouped objects around a central point 2 Drag the rotate pointer to a new rotation angle the object will rotate about the new pivot Besides being able to rotate an object the Rotate Tool allows you to skew or shear it 124 Working with Objects To rotate selected object by set degrees e For 90 anti clockwise click fis Rotate 90 on the Standard toolbar k For 30 45 60 90 180 270 anti clockwise click the down arrow on the Arrange tab s Rotate button and select a value Once set clicking the button will rotate the object by the chosen value incrementally To shear or copy shear an object 1 Select Rotate Tool on the Drawing toolbar s Selection flyout 2 Click to select the object s hover over any side handle not a corner handle until you see the Shear cursor
95. ckShapes QuickShapes are added from a flyout containing a wide variety of commonly used shapes including boxes arrows hearts spirals and other useful symbols Morphing to new shapes can be carried out as you add the QuickShape to the page via the QuickShape Creator dialog or anytime after adding to the page To create a QuickShape 1 Click the down arrow on the P 1 QuickShape button on the Drawing toolbar then select a shape from the flyout The button takes on the icon of the shape you selected 2 At your chosen cursor position either e Click and drag on the page to draw out your QuickShape to a chosen size use the Shift key to lock the aspect ratio the Ctrl key to scale from its centre point or both together Or 76 Lines Curves and Shapes 1 Double click to launch the QuickShape Creator to define the QuickShape explicitly 2 From the dialog enter a type dimensions and QuickShape specific parameters Guck shape Creator Properties Type Width Haight Parameters Distance fom Left Humber OF Badges 3 Click OK New QuickShapes adopt the currently set line and fill in DrawPlus Ctri double click to place a default sized QuickShape on the page All QuickShapes can be positioned resized rotated and filled What s more you can morph their designs once on the page For example dragging the handles on a Quick Polygon will change the number
96. collapsible preview window photo profiles only showing how your output will look once traced harin Taio Fissi 7 1 r Ta 2 ia Cioe E iai e al eo ine nee tee Bim Oma Bich po hemmed Hir T j Working with Pictures 183 Optional Adjust the sliders at the right of the workspace each unique to the profile used your profile settings will be modified If you want to save these modified settings you must save the changed profile to anew custom name Click Trace to trace your logo photo or other bitmapped artwork It s best to keep clicking this button to update your main window after any adjustment If you want to abort the autotracing process you can click the Cancel button on the progress bar Optional For fine tuning your traced output several options are possible e Click a Adjust to access Merge Fill and Node tools for fine tuning your vector output e For removing colours in traced logo output right click on the palette colour you want to remove User Defined Palette Fa F You can add a new colour or replace an existing colour by left clicking on an empty or occupied colour swatch and dragging the P Colour Selector to any colour on your computer screen Remember to click Trace to refresh the view When you re happy with your traced output click G Accept to add it to the page All slider settings are described in full in the Help pane which accompanies the
97. cropping 185 rulers 35 Run Forward Keyframe Animation 237 sampling colours 154 saving animations 226 documents 29 drawings 29 print profiles 256 Scalable Vector Graphics 28 175 scaling in printing 256 259 of drawings 40 Index of line width 154 storyboard Keyframe animation 234 scanning 195 screensaver export Keyframe animation 248 Select on Create 95 selecting objects 59 multiply 60 with lasso 61 Send to Back 138 Serif Metafile Format 175 Serif Transparent Video 249 setup animations 225 page 20 Shadow Tool 207 shadows 206 208 Shape Builder Tool 130 shape text 100 shapes breaking open 74 combining 130 cropping 129 drawing 66 editing 68 joining 130 using QuickShapes 75 sharing designs online 269 shearing 124 Size Objects 121 small documents 21 printing 260 SMF 175 Smoothness slider 62 71 snapping 41 dynamic guides for 44 grid 43 Index solid fills 147 Solo Mode 54 sound Keyframe animation adding 235 Spell Checker 110 spelling 110 Auto Correct 112 splitting 125 spray brushes applying 94 photo 93 special effects 93 square fills 159 square transparency 171 stacking ordering objects 137 Start New Drawing 23 Keyframe animation 225 Stopframe animation 225 Starting with a new drawing 20 Startup Wizard 19 21 Stopframe Animation mode 225 stopframes cloning 227 inserting 228 onion skinning 229 reordering 228 Storyboar
98. d The Node Tool along with the displayed curve buttons on the Envelope context toolbar lets you reshape the envelope by dragging its corner nodes and attractor nodes as when editing curved lines To review these concepts see Editing lines and shapes on p 68 The only difference is that you cannot add or delete corner nodes to an envelope Envelopes always have exactly four line segments one on each side Adding drop shadows d You can apply simple drop shadows by using the Shadow Tool When applied the selected object is given a sense of depth The Shadow Tool offers freeform control of the drop shadow effect With its on the page control nodes and supporting Shadow context toolbar the tool offers various adjustments such as Opacity Blur and X or Y Shear Nodes appear on the object for fine control A a l Simple shadow Node controls drag from object A Shear X Scale Y B Shear Y Scale X centre C Reposition shadow D Opacity E Lock Point F Blur showing control nodes Applying Special Effects 207 r With subtle Shear and Scale adjustments you can produce skewed shadows for realistic 2D lighting effects The example opposite has had adjustments to Shear X and Shear Y with blurring and reduced opacity Applying drop shadows with Shadow Tool r 1 Click the LT Shadow Tool on the Drawing toolbar You ll notice control nodes appear which allow adjustment as described in the annotated ill
99. d efficient animation technology it saves having to declare every frame letting your computer do the hard work Essentially the technique lets you create only user defined keyframes through which objects animate with each keyframe containing Key objects which can be assigned a position rotation attributes etc Huh 1c HN Mre hw Mirne hy Ware UCAS ie L LA ha LLALA ia i U U LA Hi Intermediate steps between Key objects are created automatically and produce a smooth professional looking inter object transition this is called Tweening Tweened objects are created as a result You won t see these intermediate steps showing tweened objects by default but they exist transparently between key objects throughout your animation The Storyboard tab is the workspace for laying out your animation story in a chronological keyframe by keyframe sequence from left to right On export your animation will play in this direction Using the above bee animation in the tab illustration as an example the bee is animated while the sun and Buzzzz text remain static objects By adding objects bee and sun to a starting keyframe it s possible to automatically copy or more correctly run forward those objects forward when you create subsequent keyframes This in itself doesn t affect animation but it s the repositioning of a run forward object such as the bee in later keyframes that creates movement Creating Animations 231 Once keyfram
100. d keyframe U0 e Click the Split keyframe button on the Storyboard tab e From the dialog enter the number of divisions that the keyframe is to be split into then click OK Each new keyframe s duration is an equal division of the original keyframe s duration To view or edit a particular keyframe e Select a keyframe in the Storyboard tab To delete a keyframe e Select the keyframe and choose ti Delete 234 Creating Animations Keyframe duration Keyframe duration represents the amount of time ee 00 IT Ba 5f a in between each individual keyframe The value is set according to how the keyframe was created i e e Inserting keyframes blank or otherwise lets you set the keyframe duration in an Insert Keyframes dialog default 1 second e A splitting operation will create new keyframes whose duration will be a division of the selected keyframe s duration by the number of keyframes to be split A keyframe s duration can be altered manually at any time To set the duration of an individual keyframe e Click the keyframe s duration e g 1500ms under its thumbnail and when selected type a new value then click away The total duration of your animation is shown on your last keyframe e g 5 0s Storyboard control Storyboard control is possible by using a selection of buttons grouped together on the Storyboard tab equivalent options are on the Storyboard menu They operate across the ent
101. d tab 230 Straight Line Tool 63 stroke brushes 93 applying 94 Studio Actions tab 242 Align tab 136 Brushes tab 93 Colour tab 147 157 Easing tab 245 Frames tab 227 Gallery tab 85 Layers tab 140 Line tab 152 Pages tab 49 Pressure tab 275 Storyboard tab 230 Styles tab 212 Swatch tab 148 156 160 162 164 Transform tab 121 122 Transparency tab 170 View tab 24 STV format 249 styles graphic 86 finding 90 importing exporting 90 Styles tab 212 Subtract Join 134 SVG SVGZ 28 175 Swatch tab 148 156 160 162 164 SWF export 248 Synchronize defaults 30 system requirements 15 tab Actions 242 Align 136 Brushes 93 Colour 147 157 Easing 245 Frames 227 Gallery 85 Layers 140 Line 152 Pages 49 Pressure 275 Storyboard 230 Styles 212 Swatches 148 156 160 162 164 Transform 121 122 Transparency 170 View 24 tablet 94 279 tags gift 21 printing 260 targets drawing 50 technical drawings 21 text applying fonts to 103 artistic 99 Auto Correct 112 defaults 30 editing 101 entering 99 flow on a curve 109 flow text in a shape 108 formatting 102 frame 100 overflow 108 resizing 108 retyping 102 selecting 102 setting defaults 30 103 shape 100 spell checking 111 Unicode 101 text objects converting to editable curves 77 textures paper 216 three colour fills 159 three points transparency 171 thumbnails pr
102. design tools and options in an easy to use user environment Document e Multipage Document Support From startup to printout the versatile DrawPlus engine sustains your creativity Choose from a wide range of preset document types including booklets and folded documents Work on pages right side up automatic imposition assures correct order and orientation of your output e Import PDF Unlock the contents of third party PDF drawings using DrawPlus s impressive open PDF feature objects can be brought into a new drawing with a single click for immediate editing 4 Welcome Layers Each page can have multiple layers so you can assign elements to different layers for modular design Each layer entry hosts a hierarchical tree view of associated thumbnailed objects Pseudo 3D Projections Project objects isometrically onto Top Front or Right planes via a Standard toolbar For more advanced projections take advantage of editable Dimetric Trimetric Oblique projections or even create your own Custom projection View Quality Draw in different drawing modes to view objects at optimum quality Normal mode or unsmoothed Draft Professional Standard Drawing Features Features like converting text to curves defining custom envelopes fully customizable drop shadows layers and scalable vector graphics give complete creative power Combine two shapes into one Subtract for cropping and masking Intersect to carve out un
103. do a solo level F e Double click a selected thumbnail or click Unsolo in the Solo Mode window Using multiple document windows Multiple document windows can be used effectively for comparing the same drawing at different magnification levels As you make fine adjustments to a specific area of your design in a new magnified window youll be able to use the original window to see how your changes look in the context of the whole drawing G Drawing2 RGB 3 nlad iane To create a new document window e Select New Window from the Window menu The same drawing shows in a new window e g Drawing2 RGB 2 where 2 represents the window number You will need to position your windows and set your magnification level for side by side comparison Lines Curves and shapes 58 Lines Curves and Shapes Lines Curves and Shapes 59 Selecting one or more objects Before you can change any object you need to select it using one of several tools available from the top of the Drawing toolbar A R WJ Pointer Tool Rotate Tool From the Selection tool flyout click the Pointer Tool to select move copy resize or rotate objects Use the Rotate Tool to exclusively select and rotate an object around a centre of rotation You can also use the Rotate Tool to move or copy objects Node Tool Click to use the Node Tool to manipulate the shape of objects or move or copy objects To select an o
104. dobe Acrobat pdf files importing 26 publishing 262 Adobe Illustrator opening 28 aesthetic proportioning 53 airbrushes 93 align objects 136 Align tab 136 alignment of objects 136 of text 102 Alpha edged bitmap 178 animation 225 exporting 248 Keyframe 230 237 actions in 242 adding movies to 235 adding sound to 235 Autorun in 241 exporting 248 markers in 244 Index non linear change over time 245 object attributes in 237 object control in 237 object placement in 239 previewing 236 Stopframe 227 exporting 248 onion skinning in 229 previewing 229 Animation Mode 225 Keyframe 230 Stopframe 227 artistic text 99 Artistic Text Tool 99 audio clips Keyframe animation 235 augmenting 128 Auto Connectors 79 AutoCAD opening 29 Auto Correct 112 Autorun Keyframe animation 241 Auto Select Layer 144 AutoTrace Studio 181 AVI format for animation 249 Back One 139 background page 49 banners 21 printing 260 Bevel effects 209 B zier curves drawing 65 editing 72 Bitmap brushes 93 Index Bitmap fills 150 162 Bitmap transparency 171 bitmaps Alpha edged bitmap 178 converting to vector format 182 importing 175 Vector cropped bitmap 178 bleed limit in printing 262 blend modes 164 composite 165 isolated 165 Blend Tool 200 blending colours 164 objects 200 on a path 202 stopframe animation 202 blur 211 booklets folded 20 printing 261 Border W
105. drawing during your DrawPlus session Click L New Drawing on the Standard toolbar if Startup Wizard is disabled _or Choose New gt New Drawing from the File menu Youll get a new drawing in a new window each time you choose this method the most recent page size and orientation chosen previously is used You can always adjust the page settings later via File gt Page Setup To start with a new keyframe or stopframe animation see Getting started with animation on p 225 Use Import PDF from the Startup Wizard to unlock the contents of third party PDF drawings Working in RGB or CMYK colour mode Whichever document type you choose youll be able to begin your design in either RGB or CMYK colour modes The former is suitable when creating graphics for the web the latter is ideal for professional pre press PDF or image output see p 262 or p 263 respectively At any point in the future you can change from RGB to CMYK or CMYK to RGB modes easily 24 Getting Started Working in a specific workflow RGB or CMYK means that objects are drawn natively using the currently set colour space without the needed for conversion to alternative colour spaces e g from RGB to CMYK In CMYK mode you can choose to show or hide each of the C M Y or K plates while drawing by using the View tab You can check which colour mode you are operating in by viewing the Title Bar This reports the document name followed by
106. e but their paths have two lines so you can adjust the fill s extent in two directions away from the centre Radial fills are always evenly circular while Elliptical fills can be skewed in one direction or another Radial Fill Experiment to discover new effects For example you can widen or narrow the gradient s extent even drag either node completely outside the object Or for a Radial fill on a round shape try placing the start node near the figure s upper edge off centre to create a reflection highlight For details of how to edit and manage gradient fills see DrawPlus Help Editing the fill spectrum Whether you re editing a fill that s been already been applied to an object or redefining one of the gallery fills the basic concepts are the same Whereas solid fills use a single colour all gradient fills utilize at least two key colours with a spread of hues in between each key colour creating a spectrum effect You can either edit the fill spectrum directly using the Fill Tool or use Format gt Fill to access the Gradient Fill Editor dialog With the Fill Tool selected colours can be selected from the Studio s Colour or Swatch tab to replace a selected node s colour or dragged from the Swatch tab to create new nodes on the fill path Both methods let you define key colours The Fill Tool method is more convenient for this but with the dialog you can also fine tune the actual spread of colour between pairs o
107. e dialog click Options to set preferences for ignoring words in certain categories such as words containing numbers or upper mixed case characters Enable Check currently selected objects only or Check all text radio buttons depending on if you want to spell check text selected previously or all text Click Start to begin the spelling check When a problem is found DrawPlus highlights the problem word on the page The dialog offers alternative suggestions and you can choose to Change or Ignore this instance or all instances with Change All or Ignore All of the problem word with the option of using Add to add the problem word to your dictionary DrawPlus will also let you Suggest an alternative 6 Spell checking continues until you click the Close button or the spell check is completed To change to a different spelling language k Go to Options from the Tools menu and select Text gt Spell Checker Choose a different Language from the drop down list and click OK Spell checking can be turned off by selecting None as a language type this could be useful when working with text containing an unmanageable number of unusual terms perhaps scientific or proprietary terminology 112 Working with Text Using Auto Correct and Spell as you Type DrawPlus includes two powerful support tools to nip possible spelling errors in the bud The Auto Correct feature overcomes common typing errors and lets you build
108. e object s toolbar click either e dl Update placement backward to make a previous object s position match the selected object s position or m e gt Update placement forward to do the same to later object positions From the dialog choose to Run Length either to the beginning end of the storyboard or to a set number of keyframes before after the currently selected object choose the Run length drop down menu pick N Keyframes and enter a number of keyframes Click OK Like DrawPlus s Format Painter you can also apply a specific object s attributes colour transparency filter effects shadows etc to previous or later objects To change object attributes k Select the object whose attributes you want to apply forward or backward From the object s toolbar click either e The i Update attributes backward button to apply attributes to previous objects or e Thea Update attributes forward button to apply attributes to later objects From the dialog choose to Run Length either to the beginning end of the storyboard or to objects a set number of keyframes before after the currently selected object choose the Run length drop down menu pick N Keyframes and enter a number of keyframes to copy to Click OK 240 Creating Animations You ll also find some useful options on the Run menu which can also be used to manipulate objects between keyframes or along the whole animation run Some other
109. e the colour transparency and line properties may all change along with the object shape during the blend process For same shapes J For different shapes e g a blend between a Quick Ellipse and a Quick Petal You can also leap frog between existing blends to create daisy chained blends by click and drag on each object consecutively To create a blend with the Blend Tool 1 Select the i Blend Tool button on the Drawing toolbar 2 Optional From the displayed Context toolbar choose e The number of morph Blend Steps to be taken between both points to increase decrease the smoothness of the blend Applying Special Effects 201 e A Position Profile or Attribute Profile for non uniform blends use for rate or transform and blend respectively See Using blend profiles e A Colour blend type which defines how colour distribution occurs between the originating and destination object You can Fade between colours by default apply a Clockwise anti clockwise colour spread around the HSL Colour Wheel from the Colour tab or use the Shortest or Longest route between colours on the HSL Colour Wheel Hover over the object to display the Blend cursor If blending to multiple objects remember to group them in advance Click and drag the cursor drawing a dashed line as you go to your destination point this must be on an object and release Your blend is created Optional
110. earch results are displayed in a temporary Search Finished folder A found style can be applied to a selected object as for any other graphic style in the Styles tab 5 Using Brushes 92 Using Brushes Using Brushes 93 Selecting brushes DrawPlus supports a wide range of brushes all capable of producing Stroke brush effects F Spray and photo brush effects Draw graphic pencil marker pen pen pencil Paint bristle stipple wash Airbrush splats spray can Effects bubbles glitter neon smoke fur clouds Grunge Nature fog grass snow Photo rope chains zippers flowers embroidery textured edges a Painting inherits the principles of Drawing lines and shapes see p 61 The drawing freedom of the Pencil Tool is adapted for brushwork using the dedicated Paintbrush Tool You can pick up colour for your brushes as you would for other object by simply selecting the Paintbrush Tool choosing your brush type from the Brushes tab and picking a brush colour from context toolbar Colour or Swatch tab 94 Using Brushes Brushes gt The Brushes tab lets you select a Spray m brush type from a range of categories You can also view brushes currently being used in your Airbrush 01 document and edit brushes p 96 or create your own brushes see Airbrush 02 DrawPlus Help Airbrush 03 Stroke and GF spray brush Airbrush 04 types are indicated by symbols
111. ears as a matrix of dots lines or dashes covering the page It s especially useful as an alignment aid on the page when Snap to Grid see above is also enabled To show or hide the snapping grid e From the Standard toolbar click a Overlays and select Snapping Grid from the drop down list A grid is overlaid over your page sot Choose Layout Tools from the View menu and check or uncheck on the submenu or Choose Options from the Tools menu select Layout gt Grid and Guides then check or uncheck the Display Grid box 44 Working with Pages Snapping with dynamic guides For accurate object alignment and resizing you can use dynamic guides instead of either setting ruler guides manually or performing selection transform and alignment operations These guides automatically display between the object being moved and the object to be aligned to visually suggesting possible snapping options and allow snapping to the object s left right centre top right bottom page centre or vertices In technical engineering drawing dynamic guides are especially useful when snapping to object vertices i e the natural points and corners of irregularly shaped objects lines curves and rotated bitmaps man Snapping to QuickShapes Quick Star bal i Snapping to irregular drawn shapes Snapping to line curve nodes Snapping to rotated pictures Working with Pages 45 For ease of use dynamic guides always use a candidate s
112. ect can serve as a cookie cutter for trimming one or more other objects into a single shape and the effect is reversible so you won t lose your originals Great for creating reflections of complex scenes Vector editing tools Tools such as Knife Tool cuts through objects leaving them in multiple parts still as vectors The Erase Tool removes areas under a brush line of variable nib width to redefine object boundaries The opposite of the Erase Tool the Freeform Paint Tool adds to current vector objects shapes text bitmaps Comprehensive Design Gallery The Gallery tab provides an impressive selection of instantly available Arts amp Crafts Cartoons ShapeArt Connecting Symbols family trees electronics computers and Layout Symbols garden and interior design and many more Use the Gallery to additionally store and organize your own favourite designs for future use Picture Import and Adjustments Import pictures from hard disk CD DVD PhotoCD digital camera or scanner Use image adjustments for quick fixes or special effects 6 Welcome including Red Eye Tool Auto Levels Auto Contrast Brightness Contrast and many more Apply adjustments singularly or in combination Use PhotoLab for studio based adjustments effects retouching and masking Object Default control Set your intended object s default line colour style fill and transparency before even drawing your object As a more powerful default c
113. ed you re ready to start Setup adds a Serif DrawPlus X5 item to the All Programs submenu of the Windows Start menu e Use the Windows Start button to start DrawPlus or if DrawPlus is already running choose New gt New from Startup Wizard from the File menu to display the Startup Wizard The Startup Wizard offers different routes into the program for you to explore 2 DrawPlus s KI What do you want to do Create Open Learn E Start New Drawing Autumn dpp DrawPlus X5 Overview Video 4 pe ee K_Pow dpp Keyframe Animation Fashion dpp H Stopframe Animation DreamCarl0 dpp f Drawingl dpp 1 Import PDF Ls A P E Open vi Quick Start gt En Shapes I Drawing with QuickShape gt ag Sample Designs Fills I Solid Fills gt Brushes I Using Brushes gt lt Current Workspace gt w The above options are described as follows e Start New Drawing to create a drawing from scratch e Keyframe Animation to create a Keyframe animation e Stopframe Animation to create a Stopframe animation e Import PDF to create a design from an existing PDF file e Sample Designs to load some example drawing files to boost your imagination e Open to access recently opened drawings Hover over each entry for a quick preview e Learn to access online tutorials support information and more 20 Getting Started Use the Choose Workspace drop down menu to choose your workspace appearance i e Studio tab positions
114. ed are called tweened objects and show as transparent square nodes see below B which are automatically created between any two key objects A If you move 238 Creating Animations any of these interim tweened objects you change your animation to follow a non linear path see below as a result the tweened object becomes a key object C This takes care of repositioning objects but what about changing an object s transform morph scale rotation and shear or attribute colour or transparency Simply a selected tweened object can be modified just like any other object it will be converted to a key object automatically as a transform or attribute change is applied e Ed Use Convert to key object to lock a tweened object into place by making it a key object Use the opposite command Convert to tweened object to convert back to a tweened object removing any repositioning transforms or attributes local to the object Both options are on the object toolbar The Object toolbar also offers two commands for repositioning objects along the storyboard Update placement backward updates a previous object s position to match the selected key or tweened object s current position Conversely Update placement forward updates later object s position accordingly Creating Animations 239 To change object placement l 4 Select the object whose positional information you want to apply forward or backward From th
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116. een them You can only apply one mask at any one time By using the Mask menu s New From gt option you can also base your new mask on an existing mask which may be applied to the current filter or to any other filter in the stack This is useful when working with Favourites filters that contain multiple adjustments To edit a mask e Expand the drop down g Mask menu and select the mask you want to edit Click Edit Mask Saving favourites My Adjustments You can save specific filter settings or combinations of filters as favourites for future use es tea PhotoLab stores all your favourites together in the Favourites tab You Bright_Balance HSL Adjust 1 can even create your own categories E e g My Adjustments within the m tab HSL Adjust 2 Working with Pictures 195 To save and manage favourites 1 Click A Save Filter 2 Inthe dialog type a name for your filter and choose the category in which to save it Click to create a new category 3 Optional To organize your favourites into user defined categories click the Tab Menu button and choose Manage Favourites Importing scanner images In recent years the increasingly more sophisticated image management software supplied with scanners means that DrawPlus leaves the photo management aspect of importing scanned images to the manufacturer s software installed with the device on your computer However what DrawPlus offers is the ability to ch
117. efaults 30 smoothing 62 styles for 153 turning into shapes 66 Lock Position 135 markers Keyframe animation 244 marquee selection 60 Material Thickness 209 measurement units 36 media 235 menus food 20 printing 260 Mesh Fill Tool 163 mesh fills 163 metafiles 175 modes colour 23 morphing blends 200 movies Keyframe animation 235 moving 121 multiple pages 20 48 printing 259 multiple selections 60 multiple windows 56 natural brushes 93 applying 94 new features 12 New Keyframe Animation 225 New Stopframe Animation 225 Node Tool 59 69 76 nodes editing 69 Nudge Distance arrow keys 121 objects adding to 128 aligning with each other 136 aligning with snapping grid 43 augmenting 128 cloning 118 combining 130 converting shapes to editable curves 77 copying formatting 120 copying cutting and pasting 117 cropping 129 cutting 125 deleting 117 distributing 137 editing Bitmap and Plasma fills on 162 editing gradient fills on 160 editing lines 68 editing Mesh fills on 164 editing shapes 68 erasing 128 exporting 263 fills 147 flipping 134 grouping and ungrouping 135 isolating 54 joining 130 key Keyframe animation 230 line settings 153 locking unlocking 135 measuring 37 82 moving 121 naming 144 obstructive 81 on layers 142 ordering 137 outlines brush effects 153 edge effects 153 on transparent pictures 59 QuickShapes 75 replicatin
118. emarkable 3D surface Glass Metal Wood etc and texture presets in the Instant Effects and Textures categories respectively Click any thumbnail to apply it to the selected object Assuming the object has some colour on it to start with you ll see an instant result Bevel amp Emboss lt i yi Feather Edge A10 T fx effects from scratch by choosing Filter Effects from the Drawing toolbar If you want to keep the effect for future you can save it Alternatively you can customize a preset or apply one or more specific Applying Special Effects 213 To apply 3D Effects X e Choose Filter Effects from the Drawing toolbar or choose Filter Effects from the Format menu or right click the object and choose Filter Effects e Check 3D Effects in the Filter Effects dialog e Adjust the master control sliders here to vary the overall properties of any individual 3D effects you select e Blur specifies the amount of smoothing applied in point size Larger blur sizes give the impression of broader more gradual changes in height e Depth specifies how steep the changes in depth appear in point size e The button is normally down which links the two sliders so that sharp changes in Depth are smoothed out by the Blur parameter To adjust the sliders independently click the button so it s up e Optional If needed expand the preview pane by clicking the Show Hide Preview button When expanded
119. ent object selection or from a preset border style To create a border 1 If creating a border around an object Select the object first 2 Select Border Wizard from the Insert menu 3 From the dialog choose to select a border from a library of pre designed borders From library or make your own border based on the Current selection Click Next gt 4 Choose where you want the border to be placed e g around the current selection and click Next 5 For presets choose one of the pre defined border designs from the scrolling list and set the border s width If making your own border enable a different border style The preview window shows what the border will look like in both instances 6 Click Finish If you chose a whole page or object border it appears immediately With the custom option use the cursor to drag out a region to be bordered amp You can create a border on individual pages but not on all pages simultaneously For edging effects you can apply brush strokes or preset edges around your object See Changing line style on p 153 200 Applying Special Effects Creating blends Blends enable you to create shapes between two separate shapes on the page These could be identical in shape but have different line fill properties or be differently shaped For the latter the blending process morphs one shape into the other shape Each step creates an intermediate shape wher
120. eously The process or editing an envelope is identical irrespective of envelope type By default any envelope is applied linearly i e they change at a uniform rate over time so you have to manually edit the envelope to apply a non linear rate of change The differing rates of change of can be illustrated with a Position Envelope between two simple circles linear non linear default manual editing of profile shape To apply an envelope 1 Display the Easing tab 2 Select an object from the Storyboard tab to which you want to apply the envelope 3 Select a profile from the Envelope type drop down menu Easing tab The displayed profile will be linear by default see above unless youve applied the envelope previously t Creating Animations 247 Pick a preset profile from the aS z drop down menu below the profile window or k For a custom profile hover over the turquoise line the cursor changes and drag in any direction to position a newly created red node Repeat the process for the number of nodes that you want to add to make up the profile You can then fine tune the profile shape by adjusting node positions accordingly Edit an existing profile from the preset drop down menu to create profiles quickly DrawPlus will keep the applied profile unless you modify it or you reset the profile manually If you ll be using the profile shape in the future you can save the current settings t
121. erties The tab also lets you preview the animation and enable onion skinning directly exporting as a standalone animated GIF or video is carried out via the File menu The Frames tab is designed for Stopframe animation only and only shows while in this mode Don t get this tab confused with the Storyboard tab used in DrawPlus s Keyframe animation mode see p 230Error Bookmark not defined Each tab hosts distinctly different tools suited to the respective animation type In most cases your new Stopframe animation will have a single initial frame e g Frame 1 To create new frames you can either clone the current frame or insert a blank frame after the current frame Choose to clone if you will be reusing the current frame s contents with a transformation of some kind the most common way of simulating change or movement Once you ve finished creating frames you can preview or export your animation just as you would play the frames of a movie To view the Frames tab e Unless the tab is already displayed click the handle at the bottom of your workspace to reveal the tab To clone the current frame to a new frame E e Select a frame in the Frames tab and choose Clone Frame 228 Creating Animations The frame is added after the selected frame Alternatively use the Blend Tool to automatically create intermediate stopframes in steps between objects To generate a new blank frame e Choose Insert Frame fr
122. es are created the animator has a great deal of control over how objects are run forward or even backwards You can introduce objects anywhere on the storyboard so they appear for a limited time and either run them forward or backwards by a specific number of keyframes or right to the start or end of the storyboard The Buzzzz text in the above example will only show from keyframes 3 onwards i e from 4 seconds Supporting tabs Keyframe animation mode also presents other tabs that support the Storyboard tab These are exclusively used within keyframe animation and do not show in normal or stopframe animation mode i e The Easing tab is used for applying linear or non linear changes between key objects with use of editable envelopes e g to change object position morph scale rotation skew colour and transparency The Actions tab allows objects and keyframes to be attributed actions which will run e g go to a URL or designated marker when an event is triggered e g MouseOver Rollovers etc Advanced keyframe animation DrawPlus provides a range of features for the more experienced user i e Apply actions in response to object events or at a specific keyframe either via an easy to use dialog or develop ActionScript code directly Actions are great when developing interactive applications or games Use the Keyframe camera for panning zooming and rotation effects over keyframes Masking le
123. eshape curved path lines by adjusting one or more nodes and their control handles In addition the areas between four nodes called mesh patches can be recoloured or moved individually or in multiples As for curved lines you can add delete and move one or more nodes at any time A Node and B Patches in a mesh fill Understanding blend modes You can think of blend modes as different rules for combining pixels to create a resulting colour Note that blend modes work in relation to the colours of the objects themselves shapes lines brush strokes and so on They are used for creative effects on overlapping objects where colours blend on top of one another Blend modes can be applied to both a top object s line and fill colour You can adjust the blend mode of an existing object brush stroke etc on your page or you can set the blend mode before creating a brush stroke line shape etc Fill Lines Colours and Transparency 165 For professional design you can make use of composite blend modes or isolated blending within a group to prevent underlying objects from being affected by the blending operation To apply a blend mode to an existing object 1 Select an existing object on your page 2 On the Colour tab choose a blend mode from the Blend Mode drop down list To apply a blend mode to a new brush stroke line or shape 1 Select the brush line or shape tool you want to use and set its appropriate set
124. ets you operate in a CMYK colour space from document setup to professional PDF output This involves starting with a new drawing using a CMYK Primary colour space p 23 Publishing and Sharing 263 To export your document as a PDF file using a profile 1 Choose Publish as PDF from the File menu 2 Select a profile for electronic or professional output as described above from the Publish profile drop down list Custom Default timize for PagePlus 5 Press Ready Web Compact Web Normal Browse The dialog updates with the selected profile s new settings 3 Optional Make any custom settings as required by your print partner in each tab 4 Click OK Exporting objects and drawings NG Portable Networks Gr BMP Windows Bitmap EMF Enhanced Metafile FPX Kodak Flash Pix GIF Graphic Interchange Format JPG JPEG FCX Paint Brush PNG Portable Network Graphics SMF Seni Metafile b SVG Scalable Vector Graphics TGA Truevision TARGA Format TIFF Tagged Image File WDF Microsoft HD Photo WME Windows Metafile When you save a drawing DrawPlus uses its own proprietary formats dpp for drawings dpx for templates and dpa for animations to store the information 264 Publishing and Sharing From these formats it is possible to export your drawing as a graphic in order to read the drawing into another application or use it on a web page For drawings a choice of graphics
125. ettings to print onto multiple sheets from a standard size page Each section or tile is printed on a single sheet of paper and the various tiles can then be joined to form the complete page e Scale to print at a larger size e g 300 e Tile Printable Area to tile onto only the printable area of the sheet e Tile Overlap to simplify arrangement of the tiles and to allow for printer margins Select to print multiple pages at a reduced size on each printed sheet taking printer margins into account e Set the number of thumbnails per sheet in the Per Sheet box DrawPlus will print each page of the document at a reduced size with the specified number of small pages or thumbnails neatly positioned on each printed sheet Select to paginate as a side fold book optionally using scaling options described above Select to paginate as a side fold booklet optionally using scaling options described above Select to paginate as a top fold book optionally using scaling options described above Select to paginate as a top fold booklet optionally using scaling options described above Select to paginate with multiple pages on the printer sheet with each page repeating a configurable number of times Publishing and Sharing 261 e Across sets the number of copies across the page e Down sets the number of copies down the page e Repeat selects the number of times to repeat each page e Skip lets you omit a cer
126. ext see Entering text on p 99 you can retype it and or format its character attributes i e font point size bold italic underline subscript superscript OpenType font features paragraph properties and text flow Text objects have graphic properties too artistic text behaves like an independent graphic object it can be scaled while shape or frame text conforms to its container or frame Artistic text text frames and shapes containing text can all be rotated skewed moved and copied You can also apply line and fill colour independently brush strokes edges or apply opacity and transparency effects for interesting text effects Colour can be applied to selected text as a solid gradient or bitmap fill for a solid fill simply select one or more characters and apply a solid colour from the Studio s Colour tab ensuring the fill swatch is set or the Character dialog See Setting fill properties on p 147 For a gradient or bitmap fill use the Studio s Swatch tab See p 159 or p 162 respectively Similarly opacity is applied from the Colour tab see p 167 gradient and bitmap transparency from the Transparency tab 102 Working with Text Retyping text You can either retype artistic frame or shape text directly on the page or use the Edit Text window great for managing large amounts of text overflowed shape text or otherwise in a simple word processing environment To retype text on the page l A
127. ext on 109 cutout 177 cutting objects 117 125 defaults 30 resetting 32 synchronize 30 updating 30 deleting pages 48 Depth slider 138 design aids 49 divine proportions 53 multiple windows for 56 rotating canvas 51 rule of thirds 52 Index solo mode 54 targets 50 dimension lines 82 Dimension Tool 83 dimensionality Instant 3D 217 dimensions setting units and scale 36 40 distribution of objects 137 divine proportions 53 Document Palette 156 documents closing 30 exporting 263 opening saved 24 saving 29 starting new 23 working with layers 139 download time estimator 265 DPP DPA DPX format 29 draw vector graphics 175 drawing scale 40 drawing targets 50 drawings closing 30 exporting 263 opening saved 24 perspective 204 RGB CMYK 23 saving 29 starting new 23 drop shadows 206 208 DWG DXE opening 29 dynamic guides 44 Dynamic Preview 267 pixel grid in 268 Easing tab 231 245 edges 152 Edit All Layers 144 Index editing brush strokes 96 connectors 80 curves 68 dimension lines 82 lines and shapes 68 77 QuickShapes 76 text 101 effects 3D 212 blend modes 164 blends 200 borders 199 curved text 109 envelopes 205 feathering 209 211 filters 208 212 Instant 3D 217 outline 211 perspective 204 PhotoLab images 188 Pseudo 3D 219 roughening edges 203 shadows 206 ellipse fills 159 ellipse transparency 171 Embos
128. f key colours 162 Fill Lines Colours and Transparency The editing of gradient fills is a complex operation and is covered in greater detail in the DrawPlus Help Working with bitmap and plasma fills A bitmap fill uses a named bitmap often a material pattern or background image DrawPlus supplies an impressive selection of preset bitmap fills on the Swatch tab and you can import your own A plasma fill sometimes called a fractal fill is a bitmapped pattern with dark and light regions useful for simulating cloud or shadow effects Again the Swatch tab hosts a selection of these fills Once you ve applied either type of fill to an object using the Swatch tab see Setting fill properties on p 147 youcan adjust the fill s tint with the Shade Tint slider in the Colour tab use Colour mode drop down menu and use the Fill Tool to edit the object s fill path defining the placement of the fill across the object Editing the fill path If an object using a bitmap fill is selected you ll see the fill path displayed as two lines joined at a centre handle Nodes shown as small filled circles mark the fill s centre and edges To reposition the fill s centre drag the centre handle To create a skewed or tilted fill region drag one or both edge nodes sideways Fill Lines Colours and Transparency 163 Unlike the other fill types bitmap and plasma fills don t simply end at the edges of their fill path R
129. falta Lateral Mar al Er ae UE al position click and drag on the ruler 7 intersection button showing the type of measurement unit Working with Pages 37 To set anew ruler origin simply drag the 4 tab onto the page and release to set the position of your new origin cross hair guides and the Hintline toolbar help this positioning Double click on the intersection to reset the origin back to its default position All guide positions are recalculated as the origin changes position Double click on the ruler intersection to make the rulers zero point jump to the top left hand corner of the selected object 2 4 a vii ii 1 1 ele This comes in handy for measuring page objects If the rulers have already been moved or the object is deselected double clicking on the intersection will send the rulers back to the default position Rulers as a measuring tool The most obvious role for rulers is as a measuring tool As you move the mouse pointer a small line marker along each ruler displays the current horizontal and vertical cursor position When you select an object the rulers not only show its position but also its extent by a lighter coloured area also showing the object s dimensions 38 Working with Pages Creating guides If you want to position objects repeatedly on the same horizontal or vertical boundary then guides can be used DrawPlus lets you set up horizontal and vertical guides non printing red line
130. formatting to another 1 Select the object whose formatting you wish to copy 2 Click 4 Format Painter on the Standard toolbar When you click the button the selected object s formatting is picked up 3 Click another object to apply the first object s formatting to it The second object becomes selected 4 To select another object without pasting the formatting click it with the Shift key down 5 To cancel Format Painter mode press Esc click on a blank area or choose any tool button Additional text properties font style and so on are copied as well as line and fill properties when copying formatting from one text object to another Working with Objects 121 Moving objects You can move any selected object anywhere you want and drop it back onto the page or pasteboard by releasing the mouse button To move one or more objects 1 Select the object s 2 Click and drag the Move button The object moves Or Click within the selection and drag i Note that the Pointer cursor changes to become a Move cursor w Use the keyboard arrows to move in increments To set exact horizontal and vertical positions use the Transform tab Resizing objects It s fairly likely that you may want to resize an object to fit into your current design DrawPlus offers a range of resizing options directly on the object as well as more precise resizing via keyboard arrows or the Transform tab Most o
131. g 118 resizing 121 rotating and shearing 123 scale 40 selecting complex objects 61 selecting one or more 59 setting defaults 30 splitting 125 storing in Gallery 86 Index tracing colour 181 greyscale 181 logos 181 objects 181 profiles 181 profiles creating 184 transparency 170 tweened Keyframe animation 230 obstructive objects 81 onion skinning Stopframe animation 229 opacity 166 170 composite 169 knockout groups 169 Open document 24 opening Adobe Illustrator files 28 AutoCAD files 29 DWG DXF files 29 PDF files 26 picture as a document 25 OpenType font features 104 optimizing exported graphics 263 ordering objects 137 Outer Bevel effect 210 Outer Glow effect 210 outlines 152 211 brushes as 153 edge effects for 153 overflow of text 108 overlays as design aids 52 53 page area 35 page composition 52 53 Page Manager 48 page marks printing 262 page numbers and navigation 45 Index Page Setup 20 225 page units 36 pages adding 48 backgrounds for 49 deleting 48 duplicating 48 Pages tab 49 Paintbrush Tool 93 94 palettes 156 changing 158 paper textures 142 216 pasteboard area 35 paths blending on 202 fitting text to 109 PDF files importing 26 publishing 262 pen tablet 94 279 Pen Tool 63 Pencil Tool 62 perspective 204 Perspective Tool 204 PhotoCD images 176 PhotoLab 188 pictures adjustments for 188 as bitmap fills 162
132. g styles on p 90 lags candy stripe 7 Click OK A thumbnail for the new graphic style appears in the designated Styles tab category Once a graphic style is listed in a gallery you can modify it or create a copy for example to define a derivative style by right clicking on its thumbnail and choosing Edit Style or Copy Style 90 Lines Curves and Shapes To create a graphic style from scratch 1 Inthe Styles tab navigate to a category in which you want to create your new style a 2 Click Add New Graphic Style 3 From the dialog configure attributes via flyout drop down list dialog or input box Importing and exporting graphic styles DrawPlus can import individual graphic styles created by colleagues and friends who also use DrawPlus X5 The reverse is true also if you ve created an exciting new graphic style you can share it just as easily Styles are saved in a Graphic Style File gstyle Use Import and Export in the Graphic Style Editor dialog for importing and exporting Finding graphic styles The Styles tab offers a Find Style feature which lets you locate preset or custom graphic styles saved previously Partial matching is supported e g a search for shadow will find styles named MyShadow Outer Shadow 2 Lift Shadow 1 To find a graphic style 1 From the Styles tab s Tab Menu select Find Style 2 Inthe dialog Enter a style name to search for 3 Click OK The s
133. gradient transparency via the Transparency tab or Transparency Tool independent of colour Bitmap transparency can also be applied exclusively via the Transparency tab Just as a gradient fill can vary from light to dark a gradient transparency varies from more to less transparency i e from clear to opaque Picking a linear transparency preset from the Transparency tab and applying it to a shape shows the transparency effect sel B A Linear Transparency B Transparency path C Effect on graphic C Fill Lines Colours and Transparency 171 Transparency can also be applied along a custom drawn transparency path using the Transparency Tool in the same way as the equivalent fill path see p 160 Transparency paths are easily editable Transparency effects are applied locally to each object Applying different transparency effects won t alter the object s fill settings as such but may significantly alter a fill s actual appearance Transparency gt Let s check out the Transparency tab As with the Swatch tab there are galleries for both gradient and bitmap transparencies Gradient transparency galleries include Linear opposite Radial Elliptical Conical Plasma Square Three Points and Four Points ranging from clear to opaque The Bitmap transparency gallery hosts texture maps based on the Swatch tab s selection of bitmaps Each preset s tooltip identifies its category To apply gr
134. h sometimes called swash variants This may be as simple as offering a g with and without a closed loop Abe gt Abc CAPS gt CAPS 12 12th 1 3 Gl2g gt G12 Working with Text 105 Small Caps Petite Caps A small cap A should use a special glyph which typically looks like a capital A but is shorter but has the same stem widths etc as the capital so it can t be achieved by just scaling the capital Petite caps are like small caps but even smaller Case sensitive forms These are variants of punctuation such as brackets that for example are designed to align more nicely with capitals These would generally sit a little higher in the line because most capitals don t have descenders Superscripts and subscripts These are smaller raised or lowered versions of characters the scaling issues are the same as for Small Caps Some fonts also provide Ordinals which are a form of superscript intended to be used for the letters in 2 or forms that are intended to be used in chemical or mathematical notation Fractions In text like 1 3 the digits before the slash are made smaller and raised and the digits after the slash are made smaller and may be lowered A special narrow version of the slash may be used Old style figures These are digits that have a bit more character at right they often sit lower in the line Compare with the more usual lining figures that are more un
135. hockWave Flash file name and folder location and click the Save button You ll see an export progress dialog appear until the Flash file is created Creating Animations 249 Flash Lite i Mode Use if you re intending to export a keyframe animation for mobile users operating mobile phones personal organizers and more The format is optimized for viewing on smaller screen displays The outputted file type is the same as that for Flash export with a SWF file extension To export to Flash Lite i Mode Is 2 Video Choose Export gt Export as Flash Lite i Mode from the File menu From the dialog provide a ShockWave Flash file name and folder location and click the Save button You ll see an export progress dialog appear until the file is created Exported video formats include QuickTime The QuickTime video and animation format MOV developed by Apple Computer It can be read on many platforms including Microsoft Windows needs QuickTime Player and of course on Apple computers Serif Transparent Video The STV format is a useful proprietary format which can export animated text and logos with transparent backgrounds The export benefits Serif MoviePlus users who would like to use their keyframe animation as an overlay of titles animated characters etc Video for Windows The Windows Audio Video Interleave file AVI is ideal for playback on a Windows computer Defined by Microsoft it supports different ty
136. ich changes the depth of the curve that is how far out the curve extends or alter the handle angle which changes the curve s slope When using the Pen Tool pressing the Ctrl key while clicking a node lets you edit the curve directly This saves having to jump back to the Node Tool You can t edit multiple nodes simultaneously By changing the type of node you can change how the adjacent segments behave As a shortcut when selecting nodes you can press Tab or Shift Tab to select the next or previous node along the line following the order in which nodes were created Simplifying or enhancing a line The more nodes there are on a line or shape the more control over its shape you have The fewer nodes there are the simpler smoother the line or shape You can adjust the Smoothness to refine the curve most recently drawn as long as the line is still selected It is also possible to add or delete nodes to simplify or enhance curves and even clean curves removing unnecessary nodes automatically To adjust the smoothness of the most recent pencil line 1 Choose the 3 Pencil Tool and draw a freeform line 72 Lines Curves and Shapes 2 From the context toolbar click the right arrow on the Smoothness option and drag the displayed slider left to increase the number of nodes you can also add absolute values into the input box 3 To make the curve less complex i e smoother drag the slider right to decrease
137. iform at left 106 Working with Text e Proportional figures 123 1 23 These are variable width digits at right for 444 gt 444 example a 1 that is narrower than a 2 1 1 1 11 1 which would look good when set in body text as opposed to the more usual tabular figures at left that are all the same width so they line up in columns or tables Options vary according to font If no options are offered the font does not provide any additional font features To apply OpenType features to selected characters 1 Select your text which has the OpenType font assigned to it gt OpenType flyout On the flyout the displayed options showing From the Text context toolbar click the down arrow on the sample text and hover preview vary according to the features supported by the OpenType font Swashes sw BRIGHT VIXENS JUMP DOZY FOWL QUACI Stylistic Sets s Bright vixens jump dozy fow quack 82 Bright vixens jump dozy fow quack SS3 Bright vixens jump dozy fow quack SSe BRIGHT VIXENSJUMP DOZY FOWL QUACK SSs BRIGHT VIXENSJUMP DOZY FOWL QUACI sse BRIGHT VIXENS JUMP DOZY FOWL QUACI ss BRIGHT VIXENS JUMP DOZY FOWL QUACI sss BRIGHT VIXENS JUMP DOZY FOWL QUACI Stylistic Alternates sa j A A ACA Ac A A A Ac Miscellaneous OpenType A Case Sensitive Forms 3 Select an option s from the flyout Working with Text To apply OpenType features to text styles L 107 From Form
138. in DrawPlus and then upload your chosen design to the website Registering for the first time 1 Click Share on the Standard toolbar 2 Click the Join Now button You ll be taken directly to drawplus com registration 3 From the website s registration form enter your personal information including an email address to which an activation message will be sent Use the Help button if needed 4 Click Create Account For account activation you ll need to check your email and click on the activation message sent to you This may take time depending on your ISP and connection Remember your Username and Password You ll need to re enter this information into DrawPlus 5 Registration is complete after activation All that s now required is to enter your account details into your DrawPlus program see p 271 If you ve already registered but not added your account details click Publishing and Sharing 271 oY Share and then the dialog s Login button This takes you to your account details where you can enter details as described in the next section t So you don t forget to set your user account details you ll get a reminder to register every eight days if there are no details set You can register on the website then transfer your username and password over or cancel to register later Setting up account details in DrawPlus Select Options from the Pages context toolbar In the Options gt Upload pane ente
139. inting 260 TIFF CMYK 267 Index tiling Bitmap and Plasma fills 163 printing 260 tint adjusting 150 Tool Artistic Text 99 Blend 200 Connector 78 Crop 185 Dimension 83 Envelope 205 Erase 128 Fill 159 162 163 Frame Text 100 Freeform Paint 128 Knife 125 Mesh Fill 163 Node 69 Paintbrush 93 94 Pen 63 Pencil 62 Perspective 204 Pointer 59 QuickShape 75 Rotate 59 123 Roughen 203 Shadow 207 Shape Builder 130 Straight Line 63 Transparency 172 tracing logos 181 photos 181 profiles 184 Transform tab for precise repositioning 121 for precise resizing 122 Index transparency 166 170 3D 214 path 172 picture 177 Transparency tab 170 Transparency Tool 172 TWAIN images importing 195 tweened objects 230 ungrouping objects 136 Unicode text 101 vector bitmap 181 vector graphics 175 vector objects 181 Vector cropped bitmap 178 Video export Keyframe animation 249 View All Layers 143 view quality 47 View tab 24 Web animations 225 export settings 265 previewing in browser 229 236 windows multiple 56 wireframe view 47 Wizard Border 199 Registration 3 Startup 21 workspace choosing 20 zero point 36 zooming 46
140. ion frame animation playback control stop play rewind DrawPlus makes use of ActionScript a language specifically designed for Adobe Flash applications to allow a high level of interactivity between the exported Flash SWF and the user e g a web visitor When an action is applied from the menu you may be prompted for a parameter setting pixel width colour etc but you can alter parameters at any time without having to view underlying ActionScript code Creating Animations 243 Optionally a new action can be created from scratch within the dialog Simply code directly or paste ActionScript into an Edit window To apply an action to selected object s 1 Select an object on any keyframe 2 Double click an event from the Actions tab 3 From the dialog navigate the tree menu expanding the options if necessary and click on a chosen action e g Timeline Actions gt Go to marker X 4 Click the el button to apply the selected action it moves across into the Applied Actions box then repeat for optional additional actions You may be presented with a dialog which prompts for object names or parameter values colours number of pixels marker names etc required for the underlying ActionScript code to act on 5 Optional For multiple applied actions you can order the Applied Actions list with the Up or Down buttons 6 Click OK Youll notice the selected event now shown in bold in the Actions tab The applied
141. ional disk resources and memory are required when editing large or complex documents ka To enjoy the full benefit of brushes and their textures you must be using a computer whose processor supports SSE most modern computers do On brush selection an on screen message will indicate if your computer is non SSE 16 Welcome Recommended As above but e Dual processor PC technology Optional e Windows compatible printer e TWAIN compatible scanner and or digital camera e Pressure sensitive pen tablet Serif GraphicsPad or equivalent e 3Daccelerated graphics card with DirectX 9 or above or OpenGL support e Internet account and connection required for accessing online resources First time install To install DrawPlus X5 simply insert the DrawPlus X5 Program CD into your DVD CD drive The AutoRun feature automatically starts the Setup process Just answer the on screen questions to install the program Re install To re install the software or to change the installation at a later date select Control Panel from the Windows Start menu and then click on the Programs Uninstall a program option Make sure the DrawPlus X5 Program CD is inserted into your DVD CD drive then select Serif DrawPlus X5 click the Change button and simply follow the on screen instructions Use equivalent options for Windows XP 2 Getting Started 18 Getting Started Getting Started 19 Startup Wizard Once DrawPlus has been install
142. ique shapes and regions Illustration essentials Rotate Canvas Let your canvas rotate through any angle just like an artist would do in real life Great for artists with tablets for drawing freeform curves at any orientation and for getting a different perspective of your drawing Pressure Studio for pen tablets Calibrate and test your tablet s input devices even setup function keys rings wheels and sliders from within DrawPlus all in one easy to use studio For Wacom Intuos4 users take advantage of OLED touch sensitive shortcuts where illuminated DrawPlus tool icons show in your tablet s Functions area Design aids Use Overlays such as Rule of Thirds grid for improved page composition and Divine Proportions for aesthetic proportioning Welcome 5 For more focused design use Solo mode to work on an object in isolation Ease of Use Design Tailor your keyboard shortcuts Take advantage of customizable keyboard shortcuts for enhanced productivity assign your own keystrokes to toolbar and menu commands Use single key keyboard shortcuts for easy tool access Snapping power for fine positioning Align objects relative to nearby objects by using colour coded dynamic guides vertex snapping lets you snap to an object s natural corners and points Great for engineering drawing flow charting and general precision layout An in built candidate system for snapping to objects in focus is used Cropping Any obj
143. ire storyboard as opposed to on an individual keyframe or key object Breaks the animation run that transects through a selected J L Break storyboard keyframe into two separate runs Creating Animations 235 ac A tool for tidying up your storyboard any keyframes Compact containing only tweened objects are removed from the storyboard storyboard Fg Expands or shrinks the whole storyboard All keyframe sale durations are automatically adjusted to fit proportionately diyo to the new Scale duration Adding sound To complement the visual effect of your keyframe animation it s possible to add audio Sounds can be added either for the duration of a specific keyframe or when an action is applied to an object event see Applying actions on p 242 for details on actions and events To add an audio clip 1 On the Storyboard tab click on the keyframe s d Sound icon located below the frame s thumbnail 2 From the dialog navigate to your audio file select it and click the Open button To remove a selected keyframe s audio clip right click and select Clear Background Sound Adding movies As well as using sound in your keyframe animation you can introduce movie clips The movie is inserted into your chosen keyframe as an object which like any other object QuickShape Text etc will need to be run forward for the movie to play throughout the animation DrawPlus supports various video formats including Flash Video FLV
144. irrored throughout the subsequent keyframes of your storyboard Creation The object is created on every subsequent keyframe throughout your storyboard but the object s position on keyframes remains unaffected Placement The object s position is mirrored on subsequent keyframes on your storyboard 242 Creating Animations Attributes The attributes colour transparency effects of an object are mirrored to the same object on subsequent keyframes on your storyboard Applying actions keyframe animation Selected objects can be assigned an event and corresponding action The use of actions provides an interactive experience in response to a user s mouse up down press release key press up down roll over etc As a typical example an event such as a mouse press on an object can initiate an action such as a jump to a particular keyframe e g an important point in your animation that could indicate contact details important messages etc Actions are grouped into a tree menu structure whose categories include e Advanced Begin End blocks apply conditions create variables variable control e Browser navigate browser to URL navigate frame to URL open browser with URL e Effect named object control hide show recolour e Position move objects by pixel or to screen areas e Pre loader rewind animation object stretch e Sound increase decrease volume play stop sound set volume e Timeline go to marker animat
145. is step by step process is followed it s possible to bring together projected objects to create a larger object which simulates 3D characteristics You can remove any Pseudo 3D projection by selecting No Projection from the 3D Planes drop down menu Applying Special Effects 221 From the same drop down menu Switch Plane on Select can be disabled to stop automatically switching to the plane of a projected object when selected If you re creating a large number of objects all on different planes you can select all objects which project onto the same plane useful for changing the colour of object faces for instance Selecting objects on the same plane e From the Select All On Plane option on the Edit menu choose None Top Front or Right from the menu To project an object to a different plane aa Select a previously projected object and with the Ctrl key depressed choose a different plane from the 3D Planes drop down menu 222 Applying Special Effects Using Advanced Pseudo 3D Up to now we ve assumed that you ve applied a default isometric projection However DrawPlus can create other axonometric projections by changing the current Projection Properties from drop down menu before drawing objects To apply an advanced Pseudo 3D projection 1 Click Projection Properties on the 3D Planes drop down menu 2 From the dialog select a projection type from the drop down list Isometric TT 30 ET C
146. izard 199 borders creating 199 branches connectors 79 Break Apart 133 Bring to Front 138 brush strokes applying 94 editing 96 brushes altering opacity width with pressure 277 natural see natural brushes 93 spray see spray brushes 93 textured 93 Brushes tab 93 business cards 21 printing 260 camera import pictures 176 TWAIN compatible 195 canvas resetting 52 rotating 51 changing views 45 Choose Workspace 20 Clip to Bottom 130 Clip to Top 130 Clipboard operations 117 clipping 129 Clone Frame 227 cloning 118 closed lines shapes 67 closing DrawPlus 30 CMYK colours 149 drawing 23 JPEG exporting 267 palette 156 PDFs exporting 262 TIFFs exporting 267 colour models 156 colour modes 23 Colour Picker 154 Colour Selector 157 Colour tab 147 157 colours blend modes 164 sampling 154 solid for lines and fills 156 combining objects 130 composite blend modes 165 opacity 169 conical fills 159 conical transparency 171 connection points 79 82 Connector Tool 78 connectors 78 branched 79 control handles line editing 72 Convert to Curves 77 Keyframe Animation 226 Stopframe Animation 226 corner nodes line editing 69 correction lists 112 crop marks printing 262 Crop to Bottom 130 crop to shape 187 Crop to Top 129 Crop Tool 185 cropping images 185 objects 129 curved text 109 curves drawing 63 editing 68 filling unclosed 67 flow t
147. l become the defaults for new objects Brush Kf Transparency El Text EH Advanced af Filter Effects i min neee limar 2 Check or uncheck the check boxes to switch on or off the synchronization of defaults for that attribute 32 Getting Started To switch synchronize defaults off for manual default control e Uncheck Synchronize Defaults on the Defaults flyout of the Standard toolbar To set object defaults manually 1 With Synchronize Defaults disabled create a sample object the object type matching the set of defaults you re updating and alter it to use the specific properties you plan to use as defaults or Use an existing object that already has the right properties 2 Right click the object and choose Update Defaults or choose Update Object Defaults from the Format menu When you update defaults from a shape all default shape properties including shape text attributes are reset at the same time Shape text properties are stored along with other shape defaults such as line and fill To avoid altering these settings when updating shape text defaults create a new sample shape and modify only its text Normally each time you close a document object default settings are recorded as master settings to be used in future documents To stop DrawPlus from recording the defaults as master settings choose Tools gt Save Settings and uncheck the Object Defaults box
148. lect a particular layer e Clicka layer name in the Layers tab To add a new layer e In the Layers tab click the aP Add Layer button to add a new layer above the currently selected layer To rename a layer e To rename a layer to something more meaningful click on the selected layer s name and type to add your new name you can also make an insertion point to edit the existing text A good example would be to rename the initial Layer 1 to be called Sky as above or e Double click the layer and edit the Name field in the Layer Properties dialog See Studio Layers tab in DrawPlus Help for more details Working with Objects 141 To delete a layer e In the Layers tab select the layer s name and click the Delete Layer button Ifyou delete a layer all of the objects on it are lost So if you want to keep any of them move them to another layer first You can move layers up or down in the stacking order to place their objects in front or behind those on other layers move objects to specific layers and even merge layers To move a layer in the stacking order e V Inthe Layers tab select the layer s entry then click the Move Layer Up or Move Layer Down button to move the layer up or down in the list respectively or e Drag the selected layer to a new position in the layer stack Remember that objects on layers are drawn in the order in which the layers were initially added to the Layers tab
149. lick the Picture context toolbar s PhotoLab button See DrawPlus Help for further information e Ifyou import an image with areas of transparency youll be able to manipulate the image s outline i e convert to curves apply line properties effects Using Image Cutout Studio Image Cutout Studio offers a powerful integrated solution for cutting objects out from their backgrounds Depending on the make up of your images you can separate subject of interests from their backgrounds either by retaining the subject of interest usually people objects etc or removing a simple uniform background e g sky studio backdrop In both instances the resulting cutout image creates an eye catching look for your design The latter background removal method is illustrated in the following multi image example an ae Ow 9 N XS f gt A S An initial image on a Cutout Studio paints Once cut out a white background transparency on the different image can be background The tint used as a more indicates areas to be attractive background discarded 178 Working with Pictures To launch Image Cutout Studio 1 Select an image to be cut out w 2 Select Cutout Studio from the displayed Picture context toolbar Image Cutout Studio is launched Your original image if linked is unaffected in Image Cutout Studio However embedded images when cut out are altered permanently in the DrawPlus docume
150. ll paths are explained in detail in Working with gradient fills on p 159 Don t get confused between fill paths and transparency paths The former is referred to here but the latter is used to apply different levels of transparency along a transparency path instead of colour To apply solid opacity 1 Select the object 2 From the Studio s Colour tab drag the slider to the left for a reduced Opacity setting e g 20 drag right to increase opacity This makes objects appear semi transparent or if set to 0 fully transparent i r i 168 Fill Lines Colours and Transparency To apply solid opacity to a fill path 1 Select the object with a gradient fill and display the Studio s Colour tab oF 2 Click the amp Fill Tool on the Drawing toolbar s Fill flyout The fill path is displayed Click on any displayed node along the fill path the node with a double outline is selected Use Shift select for selecting multiple nodes 3 From the Colour tab drag the slider to the left for a reduced opacity setting You ll notice the new opacity setting influencing the fill s appearance Fill Lines Colours and Transparency 169 Composite opacity An individual object can take a specific opacity setting However when multiple objects are grouped see p 135 the group can be given a composite opacity affecting all group objects to the same extent Composite opacity is possible by using the Opacity
151. lowing methods Hover over a single Drag out a Drag out a lasso with node and click to marquee to select Alt key pressed to select the node Shift multiple select multiple nodes click for multiple neighbouring otherwise difficult to nodes nodes select via a marquee Once a square end node or interior node is selected the node becomes highlighted and off curve rounded control handles for all line segment s will appear A single control handle shows on an end node a pair of handles will show on a selected interior node Remember that a segment is the line between two nodes each node provides two control handles with each handle controlling different adjoining segments One control handle in a segment works in conjunction with the control handle on the opposite end of the segment A Line Segment 1 B Line Segment 2 Lines Curves and Shapes 71 For clarity control handles that do not influence the shape of the line are not displayed However each selected node reveals both control handles for manipulation 4 Drag any selected node to reshape adjacent segment s All selected nodes move in the same direction so you can reshape the curve in complex ways by selecting specific nodes Shift drag to constrain the movement to horizontal or vertical 5 Drag one or more control handles to produce very precise changes in the curvature of the line on either side of a node You can shorten or lengthen the handles wh
152. lus purposely designed to e Calibrate pressure response below for multiple input devices so that DrawPlus tools respond more predictably per device e Set up your tablet s key assignments from within DrawPlus if your tablet supports function keys Pressure Studio Pressure Setup Functions Properties Tablet WACOM Tablet Device Pressure Stylus Pressure 25 e W Reset Profile V Enable Pressure Input If you disable pressure input then pressure data from all of Test the pressure response of your tablet with current settings your input devices will be ignored by the tools Calibrate gf Softstrokes Firm strokes The studio offers A practice area for automatically calibrating your tablet s input devices Pressure Stylus Eraser Airbrush etc by drawing soft firm strokes Manual calibration for fine tuning is also possible As you swap between each device e g between pen stylus and eraser the pressure response curve for that device is displayed accordingly Management of pressure response profiles Preset profiles are available to resolve common problems associated with unexpected pressure response Pressure Sensitivityand PenTablets 281 e Disabling of pressure input globally to allow DrawPlus to operate without tablet pressure sensitivity To launch Pressure Studio e Select re Pressure from the Standard toolbar The Pressure Studio is displayed
153. ly gradient fills include the Linear Radial Elliptical Conical Square Three Colour and Four Colour types Once youve applied a gradient fill to an object using the Swatch tab see Setting fill properties on p 147 you can use the Fill Tool to edit the object s fill path defining the placement of the spectrum across the object Applying a gradient fill There are several ways to apply a gradient fill as a line colour or object fill using the Fill Tool or via the Swatch tab Using the Fill Tool you can vary the fill s path on an object for different effects To apply a gradient fill Fill Tool 1 Select a coloured object 2 Click the Swatch tab and ensure the nal Line or Fill swatch is set accordingly 3 Click the amp Fill Tool on the Drawing toolbar 4 Click and drag on the object to define the fill path a solid line The object takes a simple Linear fill grading from the current colour of the object ending in white objects filled with white will grade from white to black to show contrast oB A Node Start key colour B Node End key colour and C Fill Path 160 Fill Lines Colours and Transparency To apply a gradient fill Swatch tab 1 Select an object 2 Click the Swatch tab and ensure the nal Line or Fill swatch is set accordingly 3 Select the E Gradient button s drop down menu and pick a gradient category 4 Click the thumbnail for the fill you want to apply or D
154. ly from the Colour tab Transparency refers to object based gradient or bitmap transparency effects set via the Transparency tab or Transparency Tool W Opacity is great for highlights shading and shadows and simulating rendered realism It can make the difference between flat ordinary visuals and sparkling realism Opacity is the inverse of transparency fully opaque 100 is no transparency 0 and vice versa It works rather like fills that use disappearing ink instead of colour The less opacity in a particular spot the more disappearing takes place there and the more the object s underneath show through Butterflies showing 100 opacity 50 opacity and 25 opacity left to right Fill Lines Colours and Transparency 167 The Opacity slider Colour tab can be used to alter the opacity of a specific colour whether that colour is a solid fill in an object or on a line or a node s colour ona gradient fill path Opacity can be applied locally to each object the default is 100 opacity i e the object is fully opaque Opacity 56 Blend Mode _ O F Normal hi For solid fills the opacity change will be made uniformly across the object s interior as above However for gradient fill paths different opacity levels can be assigned with colour to nodes along the fill path The combination of different colours and semi transparency allow interesting colour blends to be made amp Gradient fi
155. magnification for detailed work e Use the retouch tools to fix red eye and remove blemishes 6 7 To apply all filters in the Filters stack and close PhotoLab click OK To disable reset and delete filters e To disable a filter click Click to re enable e To reset filter values click Changes to settings revert to the filter s defaults e To delete a filter click x To reorder filters e Drag and drop your filter into any position in the stack A dotted line indicates the new position in which the entry will be placed on mouse release 192 Working with Pictures To add a filter directly without trialling e Click E Add Quick Filter at the top of the Filters stack and choose a filter from the flyout categories The filter is applied directly to the stack without being added to the Trial Zone Retouching PhotoLab s main toolbar provides some useful retouching tools These are commonly used to correct photos before applying colour correction and effects o d eye tool to remove red eye from a human subject e P Spot repair tool to remove blemishes from human skin and material surfaces For instructions on using the retouching tools see DrawPlus Help Selective masking You may sometimes want to apply a filter to selected regions of a photo rather than to the entire photo In PhotoLab you can do this by using a mask to define these region s You can apply a mask e To the area
156. me and choose Frame Actions 2 Click the New button to add a New Action entry to the Applied Actions list 3 With the entry selected click the Edit button The Action Script Code Editor window is displayed 4 Enter your ActionScript code either by coding directly or by pasting existing code in the window 5 Click OK Click the Flatten button to rationalize several listed actions into one A combined action named Flattened Code is created instead Each code snippet will be run consecutively ActionScript Version 2 is supported in DrawPlus Creating markers Working in a similar manner to bookmarks markers work along with actions allowing jumps to particular keyframes on the storyboard Markers are positioned between keyframes along the storyboard and need to be activated for use Each marker can be named which is especially useful for marker identification when you re using multiple markers along your storyboard Additionally a marker can be used to stop an animation preventing your animation from looping the Stops playhead marker setting will prevent the animation from continuing past that marker position Creating Animations 245 To set a marker 1 Clicka marker icon after a chosen keyframe 2 From the dialog enter an easily identifiable Marker Name 3 Optional Check Stops playhead to prevent your animation from continuing 4 Click OK 5 The marker s appearance will change accordingly i e vy L
157. me commonly used filters such as White Balance and Lighting These filters are disabled by default To apply one of the default filters click its Enable Disable control to enable it and then adjust the filter settings by dragging the sliders To disable reset and delete a filter see below To add a new filter l Browse the filter thumbnails displayed on the Favourites Adjustments and Effects tabs and click the one you want to apply The selected filter is added to the Trial Zone and the main window shows a preview of your photo with the filter applied Experiment with the filter settings in the Trial Zone you can drag the sliders or enter values directly to suit your requirements Note that some filters also offer check boxes drop down menus and additional advanced controls Optional To replace the trial filter click a different thumbnail Working with Pictures 191 Selecting a new filter always replaces the current filter 4 To apply the filter click O Commit to add it to the Filters stack 5 Optional e Repeat steps 1 to 4 to add more filters to the Filters stack Filters are applied to a photo cumulatively in the order in which they are added to the Filters stack The most recently added filter always appears at the bottom of the stack See To reorder filters below e Disable reset and or delete filters in the Filters stack See below e Use zoom in out buttons or a percentage
158. nd or ranges eg 1 3 5 8 Indude All sheets F _ Reverse Scale 100 Use Scale Auto Rotate Work around printer problems Best Quality z Y More Options prit conei apy J Hep The dialog also supports additional printing options via the More Options button including Double sided Printing Manual Duplex and many other useful printing options One particular option called Layout allows for print time imposition of your document simply create a booklet or other folded document at the print stage Layout Layout style Side Fold Booklet As in Document Separations Tiled Page Marks Print as Thumbnails Rasterize Quality Side Fold Book Picture Control Side Fold Booklet Double sided Printing Top Fold Book Manual Duplex Top Fold Booklet N up Step amp Repeat For a detailed description of each option see Interactive Print Preview in DrawPlus Help If you re working with a service bureau or commercial printer and need to provide PDF output see Publishing as PDF on p 262 256 Publishing and Sharing To set up your printer or begin printing 1 Clickll EL Print on the Standard toolbar The Print dialog appears 2 Select a currently installed printer from the Printer drop down list If necessary click the Properties button to set up the printer for the correct page size etc 3 Select a printer profile from the Profile drop down list You can just use Current Settings or ch
159. ng composite opacity As another opacity control knockout groups prevent overlapped semi transparent object areas from contributing their opacity to overlapping objects Creative Welcome 13 Composite Blend Modes and Isolated Blending see p 165 Like composite opacity a composite blend mode affects a group after overlapping grouped objects are blended For control of blending scope isolated blending restricts blending effects to just the group and not underlying objects Accurate Ruler Guide Placement see p 39 Use Guides Manager to create and accurately position multiple ruler guides Manage guides in bulk either on the current page or across a folded document spread Document level Colour Management Assign different ICC profiles to each RGB or CMYK drawing Powerful Targeted Drawing see p 50 Draw In Front Behind or Inside any targeted object All absolutely essential when working with complex arrangements of overlapping objects Drawing inside restricts drawing to within the object s outline Add Shapes Together for Complex Art see p 130 The Shape Builder Tool makes light work of creating wild and abstract shapes from smaller shapes Simply drag and join shapes subtract areas or create areas including intersections Blending on a Path see p 202 Make any blended object follow any previously drawn curve great for decorative contouring and spirals Professional level OpenType Font Features see p 10
160. ng areas to keep or discard A pair of brushes for keeping and discarding is used to enable parts of the image to be selected The tools are called Keep Brush and Discard Brush and are either used independently or more typically in combination with each other When using either tool the brush paints an area contained by an outline which is considered to be discarded or retained depending on brush type A configurable number of pixels adjacent to the outline area are blended Either tool allows the default brush size to be set before you select areas for keeping discarding You can set your own custom size or use a small medium or large preset brush size Choose from the top of the Studio workspace To aid the selection operation several display modes are available to show selection Show Original Show Tinted and Show Transparent buttons respectively display the image with e selection areas only O e various coloured tints aiding complex selection operations e checkerboard transparency areas marked for discarding For Show tinted a red tint indicates areas to be discarded a green tint shows areas to be kept For Show transparent mode a different Background colour can be set at the bottom of the Studio while Show Transparent is enabled this may help give better contrast at cut edges while fine tuning 180 Working with Pictures To select image areas for keeping discarding Le Discard brush from the left of the
161. ng fonts Use Spell Checker to proof your output check any text against an editable user dictionary Add text to a path easily Make your text fit to any line and shape s outline easily simply draw then type text directly on the object s path AutoTrace Convert pictures to vector art with AutoTrace Studio Adopt preset profiles for tracing logos as well as colour and black and white photos Create your own custom profiles for tracing files with similar characteristics Use adjustment tools for fine tuning traced output add remove colours and edit curves Quick and easy Image Cutouts Image Cutout Studio makes light work of cutting out your placed pictures and images directly within DrawPlus Use brushes to discard uniform backgrounds sky walls etc or keep subjects of interest people objects etc Perform Powerful Blends The Blend Tool allows adjustment of blend steps transform and attribute profiles rate of change Objects can be multiply blended to from other blends to create truly stunning illustrations 10 Welcome Instant 3D with on screen transforms Transform 3D objects with in situ 3D rotational control and editing Apply awesome multi coloured lighting effects with directional control along with custom bevel and lathe effect profiles to create your very own unique contours Hardware accelerated rendering boosts redraw performance hardware dependent Perspective Effects Get a new slant on things
162. nner Bevel Outer Bevel Emboss Pillow Emboss Feather Gaussian Blur Zoom Blur Radial Blur Motion Blur Outline To apply 2D filter effects x 1 Click f Filter Effects on the Drawing toolbar The Filter Effects dialog appears 2 To apply a particular effect check its box in the list at left 3 To adjust the properties of a specific effect select its name and vary the dialog controls Adjust the sliders or enter specific values to vary the combined effect You can also select a slider and use the keyboard arrows Options differ from one effect to another 5 Click OK to apply the effect or Cancel to abandon changes Applying Special Effects 211 Creating outlines DrawPlus lets you create a coloured outline around objects especially text and shapes as a filter effect For any outline you can set the outline width colour fill transparency and blend mode The outline can also take a gradient fill a unique contour fill fill runs from the inner to outer edge of the outline width or pattern fill and can also sit inside outside or be centred on the object edge As with all effects you can switch the outline effect on and off You ll be able to apply a combination of 2D or 3D filter effects along with your outline by checking other options in the Filter Effects dialog Colour Fill The Colour Fill effect applies a colour over any existing fill and lets you achieve some effects that are not possible with other controls For e
163. ns Inner Shadows scrolling the lower Presets Default window 3 Preview available styles as thumbnails cog shapes are shown by default in the window aie a 4 Click a style thumbnail to apply it to the selected object s Saving custom graphic styles Once you ve come up with a set of attributes that you like properties for fill line text and 2D 3D effects and so on you can save this cluster of attributes as a named graphic style DrawPlus saves graphic styles to the Styles tab My Styles folder by default which can be subsequently applied to other newly drawn objects 88 Lines Curves and Shapes For example a Quick Star can have a stone effect applied via a previously saved graphic style a cog shape is used as the default preview type To create a new graphic style based on an existing object s attributes 1 Select Create Graphic Styles from the Format menu The Graphic Style Editor dialog appears with a list of graphic properties and attributes on the left and a four pane preview region showing how the graphic style looks on sample objects Cog Rounded Rectangle Sample Text or the Letter A z Graphic Style Editor Fill SA R255 G 255B 255 vV Opacity 100 v Blend Mode Normal v Transparency ESS None Line 4 gt 4 Text fi Effects Scaled Instant 3d f y Drop Shadow 4 Bere a Outer Glow g Inner Glow a Outline q Attributes a
164. ns on the Arrange tab or Arrange menu Locking unlocking an object To prevent accidentally moving resizing flipping or rotating an object you can lock it in position To lock unlock an object l rA Select the single or grouped object Choose Lock Position or Unlock Position from the Arrange menu When you lock the object the cursor changes to a lock symbol You can still alter a locked object s fill line or transparency properties In the Layers tab you can prevent an object from being moved or modified Simply right click the object and select Freeze Grouping objects The advantage of converting a set of objects into a group is that it is easier to select and edit the objects all at the same time The only requirement for grouping is that multiple objects are selected in advance see p 59 Group Ed To create a group from a multiple selection Click Group Ld below the selection 136 Working with Objects To ungroup turn a group back into a multiple selection e Click Ungroup below the selection To ungroup multiple groups within a group e Select Ungroup All from the Arrange menu Once grouped simply clicking on any member of a group selects the group object In general any operation you carry out on the group affects each member of the group Property changes applied to a group such as changing line or fill will alter all the objects that make up the group Objec
165. nt Choose an output It s essential that you choose an output type prior to selecting areas for keeping discarding either an alpha edged or vector cropped bitmap The choice you make really depends on the image in particular how well defined image edges are e Alpha edged Bitmap Use when cutting out objects with poorly defined edges Transparency and pixel blending are used at the outline edge to produce professional results with negligible interference from background colours The term alpha refers to a 32 bit image s alpha transparency channel e Vector cropped Bitmap Use on more well defined edges A cropped image with crop outline is created which can be later manipulated with the crop tools You can optionally apply feathering and smoothness to the image edge the background colour will not be removed To create an alpha edged bitmap 1 Select Alpha edged Bitmap from the Output Type drop down menu 2 Drag the Width slider to set the extent to which the alpha blending is applied inside the cutout edge 3 Adjust the Blur slider to smooth out the cutout edge Working with Pictures 179 To create a vector cropped bitmap 1 Select Vector cropped Bitmap from the Output Type drop down menu 2 Drag the Feather slider to apply a soft or blurry edge inside the cutout edge 3 Drag the Smoothness slider to smooth out the cutout edge 4 The Inflate slider acts as an positive or negative offset from the cutout edge Selecti
166. nted brush stroke will remain selected meaning that the brush stroke can be fine tuned via the context toolbar immediately Use when changing your brush properties frequently e g when adjusting a brush stroke s colour width opacity or shape The ESC key deselects the current brush stroke Setting Brush Defaults See Updating defaults on p 30 Editing brush strokes It s possible to alter any previously drawn brush stroke with respect to its properties brush type and shape To change brush stroke properties Use the Brushes context toolbar to adjust the properties of a brush stroke once applied to your page To change brush stroke type l 2 Select the brush stroke Go to the Brushes tab and select firstly a brush category then a brush type from the displayed gallery The brush stroke adopts the newly chosen brush To change the shape of your brush stroke A brush stroke possesses very similar characteristics to a plain line Any brush stroke can therefore be edited extended or redrawn with the Node Tool Drawing toolbar just as for a straight or curved line see Editing lines and shapes on p 68 Use for fine tuning your brush strokes after application 6 Working with Text 98 Working with Text Working with Text 99 Entering text You can create different types of text in DrawPlus i e Artistic Text Frame Text or Shape Text all directly on the page Morbi nisl eros dignissim nec males
167. o set text attributes font size etc before you start typing make selections on the Text context toolbar For colour set the Line Fill swatches on the Studio s Colour or Swatch tab 4 Start typing To create frame text JAS A 1 Select Frame Text Tool on the Drawing toolbar s Text flyout 2 From the positioned cursor either e Double click on the page to create a new frame at a default size or e Drag out a frame to your desired frame dimension 3 Optional Set text and colour attributes as for artistic text before you start typing 4 Start typing within the frame To enter new shape text l 2 Create a QuickShape either from the Drawing toolbar s QuickShape flyout or by closing a drawn line With a shape still selected select Artistic Text Drawing toolbar and just start typing For existing shapes without shape text select the shape then the Artistic Text tool then begin typing Working with Text 101 Working with Unicode text On occasion you may wish to import text in a foreign language e g you may want to include a foreign quote in its original language To work outside the standard ASCII character set DrawPlus allows Unicode characters to be pasted using Edit gt Paste Special from the clipboard into your drawing To retain formatting use Formatted Text RTF or for plain text use Unformatted Unicode Text Editing text Once youve entered either artistic frame or shape t
168. o your own saved profile To reset a selected envelope Click Reset The profile reverts to be linear default To save your custom profile 1 Modify the profile shape from an existing preset or create from scratch Select Add Easing Profile from the Easing tab s Tab Menu button to save it The new profile will appear at the bottom of the drop down menu below the profile window To delete a profile preset l 2 Select Manage Easing Profiles from the Tab Menu From the dialog select the preset entry click the Delete button then click OK 248 Creating Animations Exporting animations Exporting your stopframe or keyframe animation outputs your animation to a file which can be shared or viewed either standalone or when included as part of a web page DrawPlus lets you export to a variety of formats as indicated below Flash SWE x vA Flash Lite i Mode Video Image St Nf ON ts PN OSS Screensaver Flash SWF The Flash SWF ShockWave Flash format has fast become the format of choice for interactive vector based graphic animation for the web Great for creating a simple or sophisticated animated toolbar for web page navigation it is universally supported on web browsers The files can be easily manipulated further scaled etc within Adobe Flash To export your animation as a Flash file 1 Choose Export gt Export as Flash SWE from the File menu 2 From the dialog provide a S
169. ocedures below relate to lines drawn with the Pencil Tool but also to curves drawn with the Pen Tool For simplicity we ll only use the term line Redrawing part of a line With the Pencil Tool it s easy to redraw any portion of a line To redraw part of a selected line 1 Select the line then the Pencil Tool Hover the displayed cursor on the line where you want to begin redrawing The cursor changes to indicate you can begin drawing Lines Curves and Shapes 69 2 Click on the line and a new node appears rm 3 Keep the mouse button down and drag to draw a new line section connecting it back to another point on the original line Again the cursor changes to include a curve when you re close enough to the line to make a connection When you release the mouse button the original portion is replaced by the newly drawn portion ON Reshaping a line The main tool for editing lines and shapes is the Node Tool In general you first use the Node Tool to select one or more nodes on the object then use the buttons on the tool s supporting context toolbar To reshape a curved line 1 Clickthe Node Tool on the Drawing toolbar 2 Select any line on your page The line s on curve nodes appear and the context toolbar also pops up 3 Hover over a segment and drag the segment to form a new curve shape 70 Lines Curves and Shapes Or Select nodes and drag Selection can be by one of the fol
170. og enable CMYK Properties Format JPG JPEG Bit Depth 32 24 5 4 CMYK Dynamic preview Although the Image Export dialog s preview options lets you see how your export will look it s time consuming to repeatedly export your graphic until you get the output exactly as you want it Instead you can use Dynamic Preview which lets you swap to a preview and edit mode showing how your graphics will export directly on the page It also lets you edit that output while still previewing and set up the exported file s name format and other settings The ability to fine tune object positioning to pixel level aided by a pixel grid automatically showing at higher page magnification is beneficial to web graphics developers To change export settings 1 From the Hintline toolbar click the EP bi Dynamic Preview down arrow and choose Preview Settings The option launches the Dynamic Preview Options dialog which closely resembles the Image Export dialog see above 2 Optional From the Export Area section scale the image to a new size if desired change pixels or adjust the dpi dots per inch setting 268 Publishing and Sharing 3 Change settings in the Properties box according to your chosen Format Settings change according to file type see DrawPlus Help for more information 4 Click OK To export via Dynamic Preview 1 From the Hintline toolbar click the i j Dynamic Preview down arrow and choose Export Pre
171. om anywhere on your computer screen 158 Fill Lines Colours and Transparency To add a colour to the Document Palette 1 Selecta different palette themed gradient or bitmap palette 2 Right click a palette swatch and select Add to Document s Palette To add colour spreads using Colour Palette Designer 1 Click S Colour Palette Designer on the Document Palette s title bar 2 Choose a Base Colour a Spread from the drop down list and click either the Add Range or Add All button 3 Click OK For more details see Creating colour palettes from spreads in DrawPlus Help To modify or rename a palette swatch e Right click the swatch and choose Edit To delete a palette swatch e Right click the swatch and choose Delete If any existing objects use the fill if you delete it the objects will retain it Adding fills to the Document Palette To add a solid colour gradient mesh or plasma fill from a selected object 1 Click Palette Menu and select Add Fill from Selection 2 Inthe dialog choose a name and click OK To add a bitmap fill from an imported picture 1 Click Palette Menu and select Add Bitmap Fill 2 Inthe dialog navigate to the bitmap select the file name and click Open Fill Lines Colours and Transparency 159 Working with gradient fills Gradient fills are those that use gradients small spectrums with colours spreading between at least two defined key values Specifical
172. om the Frames tab Any new frame appears on the Frames tab to the right of existing frames and then becomes the current frame If you use the Frame Manager right click a frame and choose Insert you can choose to add frames before after any existing frame To navigate between frames e Click on any visible frame to display its objects on screen objects can then be edited Or Click the navigation buttons on the Hintline toolbar to jump to start end frame and navigate frame by frame To rename a frame e Right click a frame and choose Properties In the Name field type in anew frame name The new name is shown on the Hintline toolbar To change frame sequence e Drag the selected frame to a new position in the frame order When the dragged frame s thumbnail creates a slightly wider space between two frames than usual release the mouse button to place the frame to be moved To delete a selected frame Delete Frame from the Frames tab Creating Animations 229 Onion Skinning Onion skinning is a standard animation technique derived from cell animation where transparent sheets enable the artist to see through to the preceding frame s It s useful for enabling precise registration and controlling object movement from frame to frame You can turn the feature on or off the default is off as needed and set the number of previous frames that will be visible normally one To turn onion skinning on or off
173. on a sheet of graph paper They may originate as digital camera photos or scanned images or be created or enhanced with a paint program or photo editor e Vector graphics are resolution independent and contain drawing commands such as draw a line from A to B These are like DrawPlus drawings made of many individual objects grouped together and you can edit them in the same sort of way You have the choice of ungrouping the objects in order to edit them further or leaving them as a group e Metafiles are the native graphics format for Windows i e Windows MetaFiles and combine raster and vector information Serif also has its own metafile format Serif MetaFile Format SMF optimized for image sharing between Serif applications Any imported picture ends up as an object you can select move scale shear rotate and even cut or crop using the Knife or Crop Tool on the Drawing toolbar The Image Cutout Studio p 177 lets you cut the subject of your picture out from its background and vice versa 176 Working with Pictures To import a picture from a file 1 Click Insert Picture on the Drawing toolbar T From the dialog locate and select the file to import then click Open The dialog disappears and the mouse pointer changes to the Picture Size cursor What you do next determines the initial size placement and aspect ratio proportions of the picture 3 Either e Insert the pictu
174. on the context sensitive Imposition toolbar As in Document 4 Shrink to Fit F Scale to Fit Scale 100 po Fit Ma As in Document Tiled Print as Thumbnails Side Fold Booklet Top Fold Book Top Fold Booklet N up Sten amp Reneat To choose an imposition mode e From the Imposition toolbar select an option from the Imposition Mode drop down list As in Select to print pages as they appear in your document Document i e one page per sheet Scaling options include e Shrink to fit to reduce the page to the printer sheet size e Scale to fit to adjust artwork automatically to fit neatly on the printed page taking printer margins into account e Scale to specify a custom scaling percentage The default is 100 or normal size To scale your work to be printed at a larger size specify a larger value to scale down specify a smaller value e If you haven t set up the document as a Small Publication but still want to print multiple pages per sheet try using the Fit Many Note that this option ignores printer margins and doesn t change the imposition orientation of output pages Ensure your page layout borders don t extend beyond the printable region 260 Publishing and Sharing Tiled Print as Thumbnails Side Fold Book Side Fold Booklet Top Fold Book Top Fold Booklet N up N up Repeat Even if the document isn t set up as a poster or banner you can use tiling and scaling s
175. on your computer not installed on your computer so a suggested substitute font is selected for you Instead to use a different substituted font click the Substitutions button See Font substitutions in DrawPlus Help Choose a Text option where Tight attempts to preserve the physical position of text in the original PDF by preventing text wrapping while Flow makes text editing easier but at the expense of original text accuracy by allowing text to wrap making paragraphs from lines and applying list formatting Enable Import only page to choose an individual PDF page to import Otherwise all PDF pages will be imported 28 Getting Started 6 Check Crop contents to page area to remove unwanted areas outside the PDF page such as printer marks crop marks registration targets colour bars or additional text instructions Click OK Opening Adobe Illustrator files To open Click im Open on the Standard toolbar Change the file type drop down menu to display Adobe Illustrator files ai Locate and select the file and click Open You can only open Adobe Illustrator files of Version 9 or above which have also been saved within Adobe Illustrator as being PDF compatible Opening vector graphic files DrawPlus can open a range of vector graphic files including To open Serif Metafile SMF This is a proprietary Serif format intended to be used between Serif applications e g WebPlus P
176. ontrol Synchronize Defaults lets you adopt a currently selected object s attributes for future objects for example select a red brush stroke to subsequently paint in red then a green brush stroke to paint in green All or selected attributes can be affected Global and object specific defaults can be reset independently Resource Management Swap out your already placed bitmaps or text fragments in Drawing mode or any Animation mode from the new Media tab a Keyframe animation s movie or audio clip can also be replaced Colour and Transparency Design Power with Colour Gradient Fills The Gradient Fill Editor allows you to adjust gradient contour and tint any portion of the colour spread locate key colours precisely and select from RGB HSL CMYK PANTONE or Registration colours via a Colour Selector Advanced Fill Support Simply apply solid colours from the Studio s Colour tab or Swatch tab onto a fill path to add or replace colours for more subtle gradients Choose colours from different colour mixing modes in the Colour tab HSL Wheel and other models offer different ways to mix colour Load RGB CMYK and coordinated themed palettes from within the Swatch tab Apply high end linear radial conical ellipse three colour four colour square and plasma fills to any text or shape for exciting professional results Use bitmap fills for textures and backgrounds Add view edit or delete colours used in your current dr
177. oolbar 2 On the Page Manager s Go to Page tab select the page number to go from the drop down list and click OK Or 1 Display the Pages tab docked at the bottom of your DrawPlus workspace by clicking the button 2 Click ona thumbnail to jump directly to that page For folded documents such as greeting cards the inner page spread will show as Pages 2 3 When the thumbnail is selected the page spread is shown in your workspace To navigate pages e Click Previous page P Next page h First page or Last page on the HintLine toolbar Zooming The Hintline toolbar also allows the user to view and or edit the page at different levels of detail You can zoom in out step by step or by a user defined preset amount Panning is also possible pira The Current Zoom setting on the Hintline toolbar displays the current zoom percentage with 100 representing an actual size page Click over the value then type to enter any zoom percentage up to 5000 or select a preset zoom from the flyout list includes fit to Full Page or Page Width To zoom to a particular view i I e Click Zoom Out or T Zoom In to decrease increase the current zoom percentage with each click Working with Pages 47 e Click Q Zoom Tool and drag out a rectangular marquee on the page to define a region to zoom in to To zoom out hold down the Shift key when dragging or just right click on the page You can also pan ar
178. oolbar A Straight segment appears closing the curve To close a curve without new segment e Select the curve with the Node Tool and drag from an end node note the Node cursor moving the line onto the other end node a Close cursor will show releasing the mouse button will create a shape If you re trying to draw a cartoon outline made up of many independent curves e g a cartoon ear rose and you want to retain the fill colour you can fill each curve without closing them This is made easy by using the Fill on Create feature To fill an unclosed curve automatically e Select the Pencil Tool Pen Tool or Paintbrush Tool e Enable Fill on Create from the context toolbar and select a suitable fill from the Colour tab You ll also need to ensure Select on Create is enabled on the context toolbar Freehand and Paintbrush tools only e Drawa freeform line pen line or brush stroke into a curve The resulting curve is closed automatically and filled with the current fill colour 68 Lines Curves and Shapes Editing lines and shapes To edit lines or shapes you can manipulate their segments on curve nodes and off curve control handles allowing you to e Redraw part ofa line e Reshape a line e Simplify a line remove nodes e Enhance a line add nodes e Change the type of node or line segment e Convert to straight line segments e Adjust a shape e Join two lines together The pr
179. ools when a line is selected youll see the line s nodes appear Nodes show the end points of each segment in the line Curved lines usually have many nodes straight lines have only two If you re using a pen tablet or using simulated pressure sensitivity with DrawPlus s Pressure tab you ll be able to draw realistic lines of varying width and opacity using pressure sensitivity just like drawing with real pencils and pens See Pressure sensitivity on p 275 Drawing lines To draw a freeform line 1 Choose the Pencil Tool from the Drawing toolbar 2 Click once then drag across the page drawing a line as you go The line appears immediately and follows your mouse movements 3 To end the line release the mouse button The line will automatically smooth out using a minimal number of nodes Note the little squares indicating its nodes at the two ends and at each point where two line segments come together 4 optional To set the degree of smoothing to be applied to the line and subsequent lines set the Smoothness value on the context toolbar above your workspace Click its right arrow to display a slider drag right then left You ll see your drawn line still selected smooth out with fewer nodes as you drag right and become more jagged with more nodes as you drag left For the smoothest curves the next time you draw a freeform line leave the sliding arrow towards the right of the slider Lines C
180. oose Normal or Wireframe from the menu 48 Working with Pages Adding and deleting pages DrawPlus lets you add one or more pages before or after a currently selected page you can even make use of an object cloning feature which copies objects from a chosen page To add one or more new pages l Select a page from which to add page s before after Click Add Delete Pages on the HintLine toolbar On the Page Manager s Insert Page tab specify the following e The number of pages to add e The page before or after the new pages should be added e Whether to duplicate a particular page by copying objects from it Click OK The document format as determined in File gt Page Setup will determine whether or not you can add or delete pages For example Folded documents have a fixed number of pages To delete one or more pages l 2 On Page Manager s Delete Page tab specify the following e The number of pages to delete e The page after which pages should be deleted Click OK To duplicate a page On the Page Manager s Insert Page tab you can specify how many pages to add and where to add them Check Copy objects from page if you want to duplicate a particular page Working with Pages 49 To make a page a background for other pages e From the Pages tab right click the intended background page and choose Set as Background to undo choose Unset as background The page is named Background and
181. oose a previously saved custom profile ppr based on a combination of dialog settings Browse lets you navigate to any ppr file on your computer To save current settings click the Save As button and provide a unique profile name The profile is added to the drop down list Note If you modify a profile settings an asterisk appears next to the profile name 4 Select the number of copies to print and optionally instruct the printer to Collate them 5 Select the print Range to be printed e g the Entire Publication Current Page or range of pages For specific pages or a range of pages enter 1 3 5 or 2 5 or enter any combination of the two To print selected text or objects make your selection first then choose Current Selection appearing in the Range drop down list after selection Whichever option you ve chosen the Include drop down list lets you export all sheets in the range or just odd or even sheets with the option of printing in Reverse order 6 Seta percentage Scale which will enlarge or shrink your print output both page and contents A 100 scale factor creates a full size print output Alternatively from the adjacent drop down list choose Shrink to Fit to reduce your document s page size to the printer sheet size or Scale to Fit to enlarge or reduce the document page size as required Publishing and Sharing 257 7 Keep Auto Rotate checked if you want your document page to automatically rotate yo
182. oose between different TWAIN sources launch the manufacturer s software automatically and subsequently place any chosen images onto the DrawPlus page To set up your digital device for image acquisition e Follow the instructions supplied with the device To import pictures from a TWAIN device i e scanner 1 Ifyou have multiple TWAIN compatible devices choose the device from which your image will be acquired Picture gt TWAIN gt Select Source from the Insert menu lets you select your device from a menu 2 Choose Picture gt TWAIN gt Acquire from the Insert menu to open the device s image management dialog Follow the device manufacturer s instructions and select the scanned image for import T 3 In DrawPlus the image to be placed at default size by single click or sized by 4 Picture Size cursor is displayed which allows dragging across the page 196 Working with Pictures You can also use the above procedure for importing photos from cameras that support TWAIN More typically modern cameras allow photo import see p 175 directly from their own memory cards appearing as a removable disk in Windows A 1 0 Applying Special 198 Applying Special Effects Applying Special Effects 199 Creating borders a 78 The Border Wizard lets you create a border pi around the whole page or a selected object or within a specific page region It s possible to create your own border from a curr
183. ope and depth for a rounded best fitting curve No control handle adjustment is normally necessary e Line Segments creates a zig zag line without curving through nodes For Smart segments 3 Ensure A Smart Segments is enabled 4 Click and drag across your page to define the first smart segment 1 5 For the next segment position your cursor where you want the segment to end and click 2 6 Repeat for additional segments 3 7 To end the line press Esc or choose a different tool 1 2 3 The square on curve nodes created between segments have Smart corners by default meaning that the corner intelligently curves automatically without adjustment For line segments 3 Ensure A Line Segments is enabled 4 Click and drag across your page to define the first smart segment 1 Lines Curves and Shapes 65 5 For subsequent segments position your cursor where you want the next segment to end and click 2 6 Repeat for additional segments 3 7 To end the line press Esc or choose a different tool 1 2 3 For smooth B zier segments 3 Ensure cm Smooth Segments is enabled 4 Click where you want the line to start 1 5 Click again for a new node and drag out a pair of off curve control handles which orbit the node and release the mouse button 2 Control handles act like magnets pulling the curve into shape The distance between handles determines the depth of the re
184. or label sheets Click OK For replicating multiple objects on different layers enable the Edit All Layers button on the Layers tab Now instead of working with the layers one at a time we can include all objects once selected on all layers permitting perfect replication Applying a transform The Transform feature lets you make multiple copies of one or more selected objects with a transformation applied to each successive copy in the series For example a butterfly can be made to fly with a transform of 15 rotation 113 scaling 4 copies and an X offset of 1 5cm To create a transform l Zs Select an object then choose Transform from the Tools menu From the dialog specify the type of transformation rotation and or scaling the number of copies and a positional offset between copies 120 Working with Objects Transforms are a quick way to generate elements for a stopframe animation sequence involving rotation or directional changes see Animation tips and tricks in DrawPlus Help Making in between copies of two objects Blending is yet another useful way of making multiple copies by in betweening two different objects for a morphing effect For details see Creating blends on p 200 Copying an object s formatting Format Painter is used to copy one object s line and fill properties directly to another object including between line shape and text objects To apply one object s
185. or other countries Adobe Flash is a registered trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States and or other countries Wacom the logo and Intuos are trademarks or registered trademarks of the Wacom Company Ltd Copyrights Digital Images 2008 Hemera Technologies Inc All Rights Reserved Digital Images 2008 Jupiterimages Corporation All Rights Reserved Digital Images 2008 Jupiterimages France SAS All Rights Reserved Bitstream Font content 1981 2005 Bitstream Inc All rights reserved Portions graphics import export technology LEAD Technologies Inc amp Eastman Kodak Company Panose Typeface Matching System 1991 1992 1995 1997 Hewlett Packard Corporation The Sentry Spelling Checker Engine 2000 Wintertree Software Inc PANTONE Colors displayed in the software application or in the user documentation may not match PANTONE identified standards Consult current PANTONE Color Publications for accurate color PANTONE and other Pantone Inc trademarks are the property of Pantone Inc Pantone Inc 2005 Pantone Inc is the copyright owner of color data and or software which are licensed to Serif Europe Ltd to distribute for use only in combination with DrawPlus PANTONE Color Data and or Software shall not be copied onto another disk or into memory unless as part of the execution of DrawPlus FontForge 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 by George Williams Portions of
186. other shape You ll seea cursor shown on hover over above a shaded area to indicate the active region 3 Drag to the neighbouring shape using the drawn out dashed line as a guide then release the mouse button The properties of the shape lowest in the object order will always be used as the basis for the new shape s properties All shapes under the drawn dashed line will be included in the resulting shape As well as adding objects together DrawPlus lets you take away or subtract intersecting areas of overlapping shapes 132 Working with Objects To subtract intersecting areas a 1 Select the Shape Builder Tool on the Drawing toolbar 2 Hover over any intersecting area then Alt click to remove it Youll see a cursor on hover over t f To create new shapes from overlapped shapes 1 Select the amp Shape Builder Tool on the Drawing toolbar 2 Click once in the chosen area then select with the R Pointer Tool Drawing toolbar You can then drag the new shape to a new position H Working with Objects 133 Using the Arrange tab Instead of using the ShapeBuilder Tool you have the option of using the selection based Combine tool or Join tools such as Add Subtract and Intersect To combine or join shapes using Arrange tab e Select two objects and choose a tool for the Arrange tab r Combine Add Merges two or more objects into a composite object with
187. otspots to specific regions Even let DrawPlus create interactive rollover Web graphics that highlight or change state when users mouse over or click Stopframe Animation Tap the power of QuickShapes to turn out Web stopframe animations in no time using advanced features like onion skinning backgrounds overlays and frame management Keyframe Animation Produce smooth professional and quick to design animations as Adobe Flash files all from within the Storyboard tab The Easing tab defines editable envelope profiles for defining the rate of change of an object s transformation and attributes The Actions tab can assign events mouse click hover over and many more and an associated action e g jump to anamed URL or animation marker develop directly in ActionScript for the more adventurous Use the Keyframe Camera to pan zoom or rotate around your animation s keyframes Add sound and movies to any Keyframe animation Export to Flash Flash Lite i Mode screensaver or a choice of video formats Export and Print Image Export Image Export lets you see how your image will look and how much space it will take up before you save it Its multi window display provides side by side WYSIWYG previews of image quality at various output settings so you can make the best choice every time Take advantage of super sampling for superior quality export Use Dynamic Preview to work in an edit and preview mode at a given DPI file form
188. ound a zoomed in page while the Ctrl key is pressed To zoom to the current selection choose Selection from the View menu e Click vy Pan Tool to use a hand cursor to click anywhere on the page and drag to reposition the page in the window e Click B Fit Page to adjust the zoom percentage so the entire page area is displayed in the window If you re using a wheel mouse you can scroll the wheel forward or back to move up or down the page or move horizontally left or right by using the Shift key and scrolling together Try combining the Ctrl key and scrolling up or down for immediate in out zoom control View quality DrawPlus can operate in two drawing view modes each one offering a different view quality level i e Normal and Wireframe The respective modes offer decreasing view quality but will produce inversely greater drawing speeds The difference between modes is especially noticeable on displayed bitmaps filter effects and brush strokes By default Normal mode is used for new documents and shows smoothing Wireframe mode will show just an easily selectable single pixel outline without textured strokes line widths fills and 2D 3D effects great for precision alignment and the ability to better manipulate overlapping object outlines The Wireframe mode is a view mode only objects in this view cannot be output to printer or exported as such To change view quality e Select View Quality from the View menu then ch
189. output To start a new drawing from scratch using the Startup Wizard 1 Start DrawPlus or choose File gt New gt New from Startup Wizard if it s already running 2 Select Start New Drawing from the Startup Wizard 3 From Page Setup review document categories in the left hand pane and sub categories if applicable Categories contain preset document types see above or if you select Regular you can choose from standard document sizes presented in Portrait or Landscape sub categories 22 Getting Started 4 Select a document type thumbnail from a category in the left hand pane E Regular 5 Optional For custom settings from the right hand of the dialog click a Paper Folding or Margins setting and either choose a different drop down list option or input new values to modify Typically you can change paper Width Height and Orientation settings in the Paper category Paper Units Inches Paper Size Custom size wat BE Height 16 535 i Orientaton Portrait Folding Type None Margins Left 0 0 in Top 0 0 in Right 0 0 in Bottom 0 0 in Primary Colour Mode Mode RGE R Getting Started 23 Optional Set your colour mode to either RGB or CMYK below from the Primary Colour Mode section CMYK is used for professional printing For more details see Working in RGB or CMYK colour mode below Primary Colour Mode Click OK The new document opens To start a new
190. pear as an exported Flash SWF file The animation loads Flash Player if installed and begins playing in a Flash Preview window Creating Animations 237 Keyframe object control We ve just looked at storyboard control However a whole series of important object control tools are also available in keyframe animation They are available on an object toolbar displayed in context under any selected object bi Ungroup a lt i D du Ob Initial grouped objects show run Objects along the animation run show forward and grouped object buttons buttons for conversion to key objects and object placement and attributes buttons in both directions The insertion of keyframes when you begin your animation will automatically run objects forward or backward However Run Forward and Run Backward commands let you introduce new objects in your animation which run across a limited number of keyframes or the entire storyboard To run object s forward backward 1 Select the keyframe which contains your chosen object Ee aja 2 Select the object then click Run forward or Run backward if on a later keyframe located on the object toolbar directly under the selected object 3 From the dialog choose to Run Length either To end of storyboard or by N Keyframes enter a number of keyframes to copy to Once run forward or backward you can move an object on any keyframe normally the last to make animation work Objects that are not mov
191. pes of video audio and image sequences in sync with a mono or stereo sound track along with compression via a wide variety of codecs AVIs are mainly for viewing on a computer Appropriate codecs have to be installed on the computer 250 Creating Animations Windows Media audio and Video The WMV format is best supported on PCs running Windows Media Player although some other software even on other platforms can play WMV video WMVs are Advanced Systems Format ASF files that include audio video or both compressed with Windows Media Audio WMA and Windows Media Video WMV codecs To export animation as video l 2 Choose Export gt Export As Video from the File menu From the displayed dialog s Basic tab select your chosen export type from the File type and Template drop down list according to the type of output video format you require Optional Click Match project settings to set an approximate video frame size based on your animation project s Page size set in Page Setup Specify a name for file in the Filename box clicking Browse and selecting a new location if you first wish to choose an alternate drive or folder to store your file Optional From the dialog s Advanced tab make a new video template with the Copy button then alter more advanced settings such as video Frame size choose Custom then set a Width and Height Pixel aspect ratio Frame rate Interlacing Codec settings and more depending on
192. ques make use of rulers and guides for actual size or scaled drawings Rulers The DrawPlus rulers mimic the paste up artist s T square and acts as a measuring tool and guide creator The rulers that surround the page allow you to measure the exact position of an object Ruler units used by DrawPlus determine the units displayed on the rulers and the reported units shown when positioning and scaling objects either around 36 Working with Pages the object or on the Hintline You can change the ruler units without altering the document s dimensions Unit settings are saved with your DrawPlus document as a result loading different documents templates etc may change your working measurement units To change the page unit e Right click on a ruler and select an alternative measurement unit o 1 HN Lock Rulers Lock Guides Guides Manager Pixels Inches Inches 10ths Yards Miles Ruler Units are equivalent to Page Units unless you re working ona scale drawing For example at 100 zoom one ruler centimetre equals one centimetre on the printed page Moving rulers By default the horizontal ruler lies along the top of the DrawPlus window and the vertical ruler along the left edge The default ruler intersection is the top left corner of the pasteboard area The default zero point marked as 0 on each ruler is the top left corner of the page area To move either ruler to a different m S P om jb
193. r your remembered Username and Password Optional click the Test button to verify that the account details are correct If successful a Username and password valid message is produced If you ve forgotten your password or you ve not already registered use the accompanying Reset Password and Register buttons For the latter you ll be directed to the Registration page on the website complete the registration details and click Create Account Optional Reduce the upload Quality to 96dpi to speed up file transfer if your Internet connection is 56k dial up modem at the expense of zoom quality Otherwise use the default 300 dpi for broadband and all other faster Internet connections If you change your account details on the website at a later date you ll also need to make these account changes in DrawPlus 272 Publishing and Sharing Uploading Once you ve successfully created your account you can upload your design with the option of including only specific or all pages Page 1 W Page To upload your design 1 On the Standard toolbar click Share 2 Inthe Share dialog uncheck pages you don t want to upload use the scroll bar for more than three pages 3 Optional For the upload you can choose a different account to upload to enter a different Username and Password Otherwise any previously used account will be remembered 4 Click Upload to transfer your selected pages 5 On upload a progress
194. rag from the gallery swatch onto any deselected object Editing the fill path If an object using a gradient fill is selected you ll see the fill path displayed as one or more lines with circular nodes marking where the spectrum between each key colour begins and ends Adjusting the node positions determines the actual spread of colours between nodes You can also edit the fill by adding deleting or changing key colours To adjust the gradient fill path on a selected object 1 Select an object with a gradient fill 2 Click Fill Tool on the Drawing toolbar The object s fill path appears 3 Use the Fill Tool to drag the start and end circular path nodes or drag on or outside the object for a new start node creating a new fill path as you drag The gradient starts where you place the start node and ends where you place the end node or Use the Fill context toolbar to change Fill Start Fill End colours or Rotate Left Rotate Right your fill in 90 degree increments T To constrain the fill path in 15 degree increments hold down the Shift key while dragging On Elliptical fills Ctrl constraining also forces the gradient s aspect ratio to match the object s bounding box Fill Lines Colours and Transparency 161 Each gradient fill type has a characteristic path For example Radial fills have single line paths with the gradient initially starting at the object s centre Elliptical fills likewise begin at the centr
195. re at a default size by simply clicking the mouse or e Set the size of the inserted picture by dragging out a region and releasing the mouse button By default the picture s aspect ratio is preserved To allow free dragging to any aspect ratio hold down the Shift key To constrain the aspect ratio while scaling from the picture s centre as you drag hold down the Ctrl key Notes e You can import Serif PhotoPlus spp files directly into DrawPlus The file is placed as a flattened bitmap e Youcan import photos directly from your camera s hard disk which shows as a removable drive in Windows However in advance of import you may wish to back your photos up to your computer s hard disk making them permanently available to your DrawPlus project e You can import scanner images via TWAIN Acquire see p 195 e For importing from an inserted Kodak PhotoCD choose Picture gt Photo CD from the Insert menu e Once placed you can swap the picture by clicking Replace Picture on the context toolbar Working with Pictures 177 e You can always resize a picture after it has been placed by dragging its handles For the finer points of resizing see Resizing objects on p 121 e The Picture context toolbar appears automatically when you select an image on the page Use the toolbar to quickly adjust contrast brightness Red Eye or apply Auto Level or Auto Contrast For more advanced image adjustment and effect filters c
196. re other 3D filter effects See DrawPlus Help for background and technical details on these effects 2D Pattern Map The 2D Pattern Map effect creates the impression of a textured surface by applying a greyscale bitmap you select to introduce colour variations You can use 2D Pattern Map in conjunction with one or more other 3D filter effects Transparency The uniform transparency of an object with 3D filter effects applied can be controlled via the Colour tab see first example below However for more sophisticated transparency control especially for simulating reflective lighting effects on glass objects transparency settings can instead be set within the 3D filter effects dialog check the Transparency option Applying Special Effects 215 Transparency can be adjusted independently for both non reflective surfaces typically an object s edge shadows shown when side lit and top lit surfaces see second example below 3D Reflection Map The 3D Reflection Map effect is used to simulate mirrored surfaces by selection of a pattern i e a bitmap which possesses a shiny surface which wraps around a selected object Patterns which simulate various realistic indoor and outdoor environments can be adopted with optional use of 3D lighting to further reflect off object edges 3D Lighting The 3D Lighting effect works in conjunction with other 3D effects to let you vary the surface illumination and reflective properties
197. recently Wallace amp Gromit films Aardman Wallace and Gromit Ltd e Keyframe animation performs movement of computer generated objects from basic shapes to cartoon characters used traditionally in Stopframe animation Using the power of computing smooth playback of animated objects is easily achieved between key moments in your animation defined by the user as Keyframes DrawPlus lets you export Stopframe or Keyframe animations to a variety of different formats For more details review Exporting animations see p 248 For now we ll look at how to set up both Stopframe or Keyframe animation within DrawPlus To begin a new Stopframe or Keyframe animation from Startup Wizard 1 Start DrawPlus or choose File gt New gt New from Startup Wizard if it s already running 2 Select Create gt Stopframe Animation or Create gt Keyframe Animation from the Startup Wizard 3 From Page Setup review document types in the left hand pane 4 Select a document type thumbnail from a category in the left hand pane 226 Creating Animations 5 Optional For custom settings from the right hand of the dialog click a Paper or Animation properties setting and either choose a different drop down list option or input new values to modify Typically you can change Width Height and Orientation settings in the Paper category 6 Click OK The new document opens To begin a new Stopframe or Keyframe animation from scratch Either
198. rop and duplicate multiple copies of any object For duplication a copy is displayed at the new location and the original object is still kept at the same position your new copy also possesses the formatting of the original copied object Making duplicates Select the object then press the Ctrl key Drag the object via the Ml Move button to a new location on the page then release the mouse button e x TE a P w a Ah E fr AA fm mr _ ri N Use duplication when rotating or shearing an object the result is a new copy at a new angle possibly overlapping the original object Making multiple copies in a grid If you need to clone single or multiple objects you can use the Replicate feature to avoid repetitive copy and paste operations For example you can specify three columns and three rows for nine identical copies opposite Working with Objects 119 To replicate an object l Select an object Remember to size the object to be cloned and place it in a convenient starting position usually the top left of the page Choose Replicate from the Tools menu In the dialog set the Grid size by choosing number of columns or rows Objects are cloned into this grid arrangement but can be moved subsequently into any position Set an X and Y spacing horizontal and vertical gap between objects if necessary The feature comes in handy for creating repetitive patterns or producing artwork f
199. rop Shape drop down Uncrop with the crop window With the crop window selected choose menu With the crop window selected 1 Choose the Arrange tab Convert to Curves on 2 Selectthe Node Tool then drag the window s nodes For details see Editing lines and shapes on p 68 188 Working with Pictures Applying PhotoLab filters PhotoLab is a dedicated studio environment that lets you apply adjustment and effect filters to photos individually or in combination PhotoLab offers the following key features Adjustment filters Apply White Balance Lighting Curves Unsharp Mask and an impressive selection of other corrective filters Effect filters Apply distortion blur stylistic noise render artistic and various other effects for photo enhancement Retouching filters Apply red eye and spot repair correction Non destructive operation All filters are applied without affecting the original photo and can be edited at any point in the future Powerful filter combinations Create combinations of mixed adjustment retouching and effect filters for savable workflows Selective masking Apply filters to selected regions using masks Save and manage favourites Save filter combinations to a handy Favourites tab Viewing controls Compare before and after previews with dual and split screen controls Use pan and zoom control for moving around your photo Locking controls Protect your applied filters
200. s the Pen Tool features Smart segments that use automatic curve fitting to connect each node e Brushes Unleash the painter within you with DrawPlus s powerful Paintbrush Tool and the supporting Brush tab s galleries Pick from natural media brush types such as acrylic charcoal dry paint pastel pen and watercolour or create your own Use brush specific pressure properties especially good for natural brush textures Recolour photo brushes in an instant Using a pressure sensitive pen tablet Pressure sensitivity is supported via a Pressure tab with preset or custom pressure profiles and control over the maximum and minimum pressure applied e QuickShapes QuickShapes work like intelligent clipart or the most powerful set of drawing tools you ve ever envisaged Even extremely complex shapes like spirals stars and webs are simple to draw and customize using QuickShapes Type text directly into any shape Text Pictures Effects Welcome 9 Working with Text Apply and edit artistic frame or shape text right on the page apply basic formatting from the always at hand Text context toolbar Control advanced properties like text flow wrap kerning leading paragraph indents above below spacing Need foreign language support Simply paste text in Unicode format as either formatted RTF or unformatted plain text Font substitutions during the opening of DrawPlus or PDF files offers an interactive means of managing missi
201. s are changed dynamically by synchronizing to the colour style Synchronize transparency or effect of the currently Defaults from oi selected item or tab setting For example out on 7 when painting you might want to reuse the Ga colour of a previously painted brush stroke u viou i u toolbar P YP This is the default mode of operation Getting Started 31 Synchronize Off Defaults are changed by manually updating Defaults to the current item selection and apply until they are manually updated again Normally fill and line colours line styles and line brush transparency will adopt the former approach Brush strokes take a line colour so they also synchronize to the currently set colour Text attributes and filter effect defaults adopt the latter approach To see what the current defaults are for a particular object type simply create a new object of that type Although you can switch Synchronize Defaults on or off globally it is also possible to independently switch on or off attributes which synchronize with or update to the currently selected object To change which attributes synchronize 1 Choose Synchronization Settings from the Defaults flyout Standard toolbar to optionally select attributes e g fill colour line colour transparency etc from which new defaults will be made synchronize Defaults Synchronize Defaults allows you to determine which attributes of selected objects wil
202. s cropping or clipping Crop and Clip flyout functions where you create a temporary composite object where two or more component objects used to overlap This combination like a group can be broken apart later with Crop gt Uncrop on the Arrange menu gt P 130 Working with Objects e Crop to Bottom Object The top object is cropped to the outline of the bottom object e Clip to Top Object The bottom object is clipped to the outline of the top object e Clip to Bottom Object The top object is clipped to the outline of the bottom object Joining objects Objects you create on the page can be just the starting point in your design For drawn shapes and ready to go QuickShapes it is possible to treat these objects as building blocks in the creation of more complex shapes The Shape Builder Tool can be used to join together any collection of shapes in a fun and intuitive way without the need for prior selection of shapes a You ll be able to e Add shapes together by dragging between shapes making them become one as above e Subtract intersecting areas with the Alt key a process which would otherwise be both difficult and time consuming e Create new shapes formed by object overlap with click and select of resulting new object areas Working with Objects 131 To add shapes together oo 1 Select the Shape Builder Tool on the Drawing toolbar 2 Hover over a shape that overlaps an
203. s effect 209 Envelope Tool 205 envelopes 205 in Keyframe animation 246 Erase Tool 128 estimating download time 265 Export Optimizer 263 exporting animations 248 drawings 263 objects 263 overlays 266 PDF files 262 via Dynamic Preview 267 feathering 209 211 features 3 new 12 fill path bitmap and plasma fills 162 gradient fills 160 Mesh fills 164 Fill Tool 159 162 163 Fill on Create 67 95 fills Bitmap and Plasma 162 changing 160 162 164 gradient 159 Mesh 163 setting defaults 30 solid 147 filter effects 208 212 filters 190 Flash Lite export 249 Flash SWF export 248 Flip Horizontal 134 Flip Vertical 135 focused design 54 folded documents 20 printing 260 fonts assigning 103 default text 103 embedding in PDF files 262 OpenType font features 104 Format Painter 120 formatting text 102 Forward One 139 four colour fills 159 four points transparency 171 frame text 100 Frame Text Tool 100 frames Stopframe animation 225227 Frames tab 227 Freeform Paint Tool 128 freezing layers 142 gallery 85 Gallery tab 85 GIF for animation 251 Glow effects 210 gradient fills 150 159 graphic styles 86 graphics tablet 94 279 greetings cards 20 printing 260 grid pixel 267 268 snapping 43 guides dynamic 44 ruler 38 snapping to 41 Guides Manager 39 hexadecimal code 147 Hintline toolbar 45 Image Cutout Studio 177 images see pictures 175 i Mode e
204. s on layers A useful feature of the Layers tab is that you can see objects or even groups of objects under the layer on which they were created This gives you the option of selecting an object or group from the tab as opposed to from the page itself Groups and individual objects can be named allowing you to more easily locate them in the Layers tab which in turn locates them in the workspace for you To add objects to a particular layer e When drawn objects are added to the selected layer automatically This is why it is a good idea to check which layer you are currently working on Working with Objects 143 To select objects on a particular layer fal e Inthe Layers tab ifthe Edit All Layers button is disabled click the chosen layer and either e Click the layer s object on the page or e Inthe Layers tab click the p Expand icon on the chosen layer entry to reveal all associated objects You ll see objects named automatically e g Curve 2 Nodes Closed Curve 5 Nodes Quick Rectangle etc each with their own preview The frontmost object in your drawing always appears at the top of the layer s listed objects the order reflects the Z order al Branches 4 Objects Curve 2 Nodes Curve amp Nodes Curve 9 Nodes Curve 13 Nodes This tree view greatly improves the ability to select and manage nested objects in more complex drawings It s also great for visualizing your o
205. s to which you want to apply the filter m or e To the areas you want to protect from the filter In the example below a mask has been used to protect the subject of the photo from a Stained Glass filter effect Working with Pictures 193 To apply a mask 1 From the g Mask drop down menu select New Mask 2 Inthe Tool Settings pane select the d Add Region tool Frotect or Select Mask a Brash Name Mask 1 Node Brush Sre m 49 Gow oo BI Feather mmm pix Conr Epand gamm e 0 pix Cpacity oo 100 3 Adjust the settings to suit your requirements For example adjust Brush Size to paint larger or more intricate regions 4 Inthe Mode drop down menu choose one of the following options e Select Choose this if you want to apply the filter only to the regions you paint This is the default setting e Protect Choose this if you want to apply the filter to all areas of the photo except for those that you paint 194 Working with Pictures 5 Using the circular cursor paint the regions to be masked selected areas are painted in green protected areas in red Remove Regions then paint over the unwanted painted regions If you ve not been as accurate as you d like while painting click 6 Click OG to save your mask changes or amp to cancel The mask button changes to yellow when a mask is applied i e g You can create additional masks for the same filter as above and then choose betw
206. s you can use to align one object with another Guides are sticky as long as you have Snap to Guides turned on via Tools gt Options Layout gt Snapping i e a moved object will behave as if it is attracted to a guide as you move it close to the line Guides also attract the object when you are changing its size 4 g ks 10 12 Mandle nalen LEP carat Pr tl ronal era tell erred La Guides can be created and positioned either by dragging from a ruler or via the Guides Manager Both methods let you add guides to the current page or if creating a folded document guides across a page spread To create a guide by dragging e Fora horizontal or vertical guide click on the horizontal or vertical ruler respectively and drag onto the page while fine tuning the guide into its position Hold down the Alt key before guide creation to produce a horizontal guide from a vertical ruler and vice versa To move a guide click and drag it into position with the Pointer Tool To remove a guide drag and drop it onto the respective ruler Working with Pages 39 Alternatively the Guides Manager lets you precisely create edit or delete ruler guides via a dialog G Guides Manager Placement Page 3 Orientation vertical x l Add h Position 1 0 in Change Sh a Position Orientation Placement LO in Vertical Page 3 2 0 in Vertical Page 3 3 0 in Vertical Page 3 4 0 in Vertical Page 3 0 5in Horizontal Page 3
207. s you store your own designs in a My Designs section if you would like to reuse them the design is made available in any DrawPlus document You can add and delete your items within each category with the option of naming elements to facilitate rapid retrieval You can create your own folders and categories from the Gallery tab s Tab Menu To view your Gallery e Click the Studio s Gallery tab e Select a folder or category from the drop down menu The items from the folder s first listed category are displayed by default To use a design from the Gallery e Drag any preset design directly onto the page You can modify then drag the design back into your own custom category 86 Lines Curves and Shapes To copy an object into the Gallery 1 Display the Gallery tab s My Designs or sub category of that where you want to store the object 2 Drag the object from the page and drop it onto the gallery 3 You ll be prompted to type a name for the design You can name or rename the design later if you wish By default designs are labelled as Untitled 4 A thumbnail of the design appears in the gallery labelled with its name To delete or rename a custom design e Right click its gallery thumbnail and choose Delete Design or Rename Design from the submenu Using graphic styles Styles The Styles tab contains multiple Shadows galleries of pre designed styles that you ai Drop Shadows c
208. seeessssssceessssseeeesssssceeosssseeeesssss 263 Sharing via DRAWPLUS COM s sssssseeessssssceessssseceesssssceeossssecresssseeeeosssseeeess 269 13 Pressure Sensitivity and Pen Tablets 273 Pressure SENSIUIVILY cet easier een ite eniedenanatnd 275 Using pern tablil anaa a T acansenoaoeacaesraeas 279 DEn O E A E erent E E E A T 283 2 Welcome Welcome 3 Welcome to DrawPlus X5 the design and illustration solution from Serif packed with all the features expected of award winning design software From decorative page elements and logos to full page illustrations scale drawings multi page folded publications and Stopframe or Keyframe animations DrawPlus X5 does it all With the power of scalable vector graphics at your command youll see the creative possibilities open up right before your eyes Whether you re a beginner or an expert you ll find easy to use tools you can use right away If you ve upgraded from a previous version this new edition of DrawPlus includes a host of exciting new features see p 12 which complement DrawPlus s existing features listed overleaf We hope you also enjoy the additional power and performance edge Don t forget to register your new copy using the Registration Wizard on the Help menu That way we can keep you informed of new developments and future upgrades Existing features As you might expect from powerful design software DrawPlus is packed with a comprehensive range of
209. shadows on p 206 To apply a preset effect 1 Select an object 2 From the Styles tab select a category from the drop down list 30 Bevels Blurs Edges Instant Effects Lines Patterns Presets Default 3 4 Applying Special Effects 209 Select a thumbnail in the chosen category You may need to expand a subcategory by clicking Expand a Drop Shadows a Inner Shadows b Perspective Shadows The effect is applied to the object Applying bevels and embossing effects You can apply some depth to your objects by applying an embossing effect e From the Styles tab adjust the Bevel amp Emboss setting on your selected object The greater the value the greater the embossed effect Applying feathered edges Feathering applies a softer edge to your objects such as embellishments or cut materials The effect is especially useful for presenting a photo on the page From the Styles tab pick a Feather Edge setting This is the distance inside the object s outline within which feathering will be applied 210 Applying Special Effects Advanced 2D filter effects For more advanced control of filter effects a Filter Effects dialog can be used to apply filter effects to an object The following filter effect examples are possible via the dialog Each effect is shown when applied to the letter A A A A A Drop Shadow Inner Shadow Outer Glow Inner Glow Colour Fill A AAA I
210. slider on the Colour tab Drawing without Result of objects Result of objects opacity selected individually grouped with 50 and assigned 50 composite opacity opacity applied to group Any opacity on objects prior to grouping will be honoured composite opacity when applied will further increase the transparency of that object amp Ifyou ungroup the opacity of the object before grouping is reverted to Knockout groups When working with grouped semi transparent objects you can use knockout groups to control how an object s colour and opacity interacts with an overlapping object s colour opacity in the same group When disabled default the combined colour opacity is a blend of both objects When enabled the lower colours opacity are knocked out i e replaced by the upper colours opacity avoiding potentially unwanted overlapping colour combinations For more information about grouping see Grouping objects on p 135 170 Fill Lines Colours and Transparency Grouped balloons with Grouped balloons with Knockout Group disabled Knockout Group enabled To create a knockout group 1 Select the group must contain overlapping objects 2 From the context toolbar check Knockout Group Ifyou ungroup the group you ll lose the knockout effect Using transparency effects While uniform opacity can be applied along with colour via the Colour tab see Setting opacity on p 166 it s possible to apply
211. sulting curved line Normally curve segments end in a smooth corner 4 6 Repeat for additional segments 3 7 To end the line press Esc or choose a different tool 1 2 3 A on curve node B off curve control handle 66 Lines Curves and Shapes Press the Alt key while drawing to define a cusp or sharp corner for the next segment This locks the control pe handle on the last created node Cr Press the Ctrl key while drawing to adjust the active off curve control ae An ea S k vA handle length independently of its oe partner control handle belonging to a oe separate segment g i For more on line corners see Changing nodes and line segments Drawing shapes When a line or series of line segments forms a complete enclosed outline it becomes a new closed object called a shape Because shapes have an interior region that can be filled for example with a solid colour or a bitmap they have fill properties as well as line properties You can make a shape by closing a curve extending a freeform line or a segmented straight line back to its starting point Shapes have an interior which is filled with the current default fill see Setting fill properties on p 147 when the shape is closed Lines Curves and Shapes 67 To close an existing curve with a straight line 1 Select the curve with the Node Tool Pencil or Pen Tool b 2 Click Close Curve on the context t
212. t 3 Position the cursor and drag over an object s edge You ll see the area to be erased area being drawn temporarily use the Ctrl key to redefine the erase area while drawing 4 Release the mouse button to erase the area drawn To add to a selected object E Select the Freeform Paint Tool on the Drawing toolbar s Vector Edit flyout 2 Optional From the context toolbar set a Width to define the nib width which will be drawn Working with Objects 129 Optional Disable Select on Create if you want to create new objects every time you use the tool you might want to create a series of shapes without switching tools Position the k cursor over the object and drag over an object boundary You ll see shading which represents the area to be added You can use the Ctrl key to redefine the painted area while holding down the mouse button Release the mouse button to reshape the object to include the newly drawn area If you add to or erase from a bitmap QuickShape or artistic text they will be converted to curves preventing further editing in their Original form For Stopframe animation consider using either tool as a quick way to modify object shapes frame by frame Cropping and clipping objects DrawPlus includes some powerful tools for cropping and clipping objects all hosted on the Arrange tab oP e Crop to Top Object The bottom object is cropped to the outline of the top object Provide
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214. tab sizes and show hide tab status You can adopt the default workspace profile lt Default Profile gt the last used profile lt Current Profile gt a range of profile presets or a workspace profile you ve previously saved Asyou click on different profiles from the menu your workspace will preview each tab layout in turn The Startup Wizard is displayed by default when you launch DrawPlus You can switch it off via the Don t show this wizard again check box on the Startup Wizard screen or on again via Startup Wizard in Tools gt Options use User Interface gt Ease of Use menu option You can also access the Startup Wizard at any time from New gt New from Startup Wizard on the File menu Starting with a new drawing The first time you launch DrawPlus you ll see the Startup Wizard with a menu of choices The Start New Drawing option offers an easy way to create your new drawing and lets you choose the initial setup for the particular type of document youll be producing During Page Setup DrawPlus offers a wide range of preset document types from several categories Portrait or landscape in all the commonly encountered page sizes Regular Greeting cards menus and tri or Z fold booklets Folded Getting Started 21 Banners posters Labels business cards tags ISO and ANSI layouts Technical Drawing For folded documents automatic imposition assures correct order and orientation of your
215. tain number of regions on the first sheet of paper Skipping regions is useful if for example you ve already peeled off several labels from a label sheet and don t want to print on the peeled off sections e Fill Last Page will populate the last page with your repeating region rather than just printing an almost blank page Step amp Select to paginate with multiple pages on the printer Repeat sheet with each sheet containing copies of the same page only e Across sets the number of copies across the page e Down sets the number of copies down the page Printing books and booklets To produce double sided sheets click Print and use the Print dialog s Double sided Printing or Manual Duplex options under More Options Ensure your printer is setup for double sided printing or run sheets through twice printing first the front and then the back of the sheet reverse top and bottom between runs The sheets can then be collated and bound at their centre to produce a booklet with all the pages in the correct sequence 262 Publishing and Sharing Publishing as PDF DrawPlus can output your drawings to PDF Portable Document Format a cross platform WYSIWYG file format developed by Adobe intended to handle documents in a device and platform independent manner PDF documents are ideal for both screen ready distribution and professional printing In DrawPlus ready to go PDF profiles are available for both uses making PD
216. td Marker not set Marker set Marker set with shown with blue line Stops playhead set shown with red line When used in conjunction with the Timeline Actions Goto marker X or Goto marker X and stop the exported animation can jump to different section according to a chosen object s event or the display of a keyframe Affecting change over time keyframe animation DrawPlus uses the term envelopes to describe editable motion paths or profiles intended to define the rate of change acceleration deceleration to an object s transformation or physical attributes colour or transparency in your animation run Envelopes are applied created modified and saved in the Easing tab A series of envelope types can be applied between key objects in your animation or throughout the entire animation run Typically a non linear Position envelope would alter how an object speeds up or slows down over the animation run Other envelope types can alter the rate of transformation such as Rotate Morph Scale and Skew You can manually edit any profile independently of each other such that you may have a mix of edited profiles and default linear ones The Easing tab s 246 Creating Animations Envelope type drop down menu lets you select your envelope type allowing you to then define a profile shape for that envelope in the pane In most instances an All Envelopes option can be used to affect a variable rate of change for all envelopes simultan
217. tems From the Properties section select the intended graphics file format from the Format drop down menu The remaining box area will display different options depending on your chosen graphics format Change settings as appropriate to the file format selected see DrawPlus Help for more information Optional From the Web Options section you can control web elements in your image e You can uncheck Image Slices or Hotspots if you ve create these elements but don t want them exported e Click the Estimate Download Time button to see how long the image will take to download using various connections Click Export If you click Close DrawPlus remembers your preferred format and settings particularly useful for adjusting the setting which are used if you preview the image in a browser using File gt Preview in Browser When exporting Stopframe animations an Animation tab is shown in the dialog for frame export control For converting DrawPlus objects into pictures on the page use Tools gt Convert to Bitmap For export as AutoCAD drawings use Export gt Export for CAD CAM on the File menu 266 Publishing and Sharing Defining a region for export DrawPlus lets you export a specific region in your design The region shown as a bounding box is actually a layer overlay which can be resized repositioned over the export area and shown hidden The Image Export dialog is used for the actual export pro
218. text toolbar click to expand the Preset Knife Paths flyout 2 Click a preset shape to apply it to your object as a cutout x ADVI MN DPO r TT i C g The first and second options offer an easy way to jump between freehand and straight line cutting 3 The shape is applied to the object Adjust the size and shape using the surrounding square handles and round nodes respectively 4 Click the Cut button in the lower right corner then click the unwanted area under the cursor to create your new cutout shape 128 Working with Objects Erasing and adding to objects Og a d DrawPlus lets you take a virtual eraser to your drawing letting you remove portions of your selected object s on an individual layer or across multiple layers The extent of erasing can be controlled depending on the tool s currently set erasing nib width and pressure setting if using a graphics tablet The flip side of erasing is adding to i e augmenting a technique to add or grow a vector object s boundaries great for reshaping an existing object or to growa vector shape from scratch This may be especially useful when creating an unusual filled shape To erase portions of a selected object T L a Select the Erase Tool on the Drawing toolbar s Vector Edit flyout 2 Optional From the context toolbar choose a Nib style circle square or diamond and or set a Width to define the erase width that will be cu
219. the Standard toolbar click Divine Proportions Overlays and choose Select Isolating an object For focused editing DrawPlus X5 provides the Solo mode This allows you to temporarily isolate selected object s on the page that you are currently designing all unselected objects disappear In doing so you avoid having to move objects to other layers or lock object unnecessarily DrawPlus supports multi level solo mode where you can further isolate sub areas of your design within solo mode allowing you to work in increasing levels of detail This is carried out using a pop up window which hosts a Solo button which acts on currently selected page objects The original drawing and each isolated level are shown as consecutive thumbnails Solo Mode Working with Pages 55 While in solo mode the Layers tab will show only the objects present at the current solo level This is ideal for managing objects at that level especially selecting and ordering To isolate an object 1 Select the object then click T Solo Mode on the Hintline toolbar 2 Once in Solo mode continue drawing in isolation The Solo Mode pop up window shows the original drawing If you want to optionally work on sub areas of your soloed drawing you can in work in multi level solo mode 3 Select object s a 4 Click ms Solo Mode Any edits you make are updated across all levels simultaneously 56 Working with Pages To un
220. the format to be exported See Exporting video Advanced in DrawPlus Help for more details Optional Set an export Quality Click the Export button Your project will then be composed and converted into the specified format and you will be shown a progress bar during this process Creating Animations 251 Image Within Stopframe animation this option lets you create an animated GIF by default which we ll focus on here For keyframe animation you can export a single keyframe as any type of image format The GIF format is ideal for web as it s universally supported by web browsers and as it s a multi part format it s capable of encoding not just one image but multiple images in the same file A GIF animation player or web browser can display these images in sequence in accordance with certain settings looping frame delay etc included in the file The result it moves As with single frame GIFs if you opt to export your animation with the Transparency setting turned on any unfilled regions of the graphic will become transparent in the GIF All other regions will become opaque For details on using transparency in GIFs see Using transparency effects on p 170 To export as an animated GIF 1 Choose EA Export from the Frames tab 2 The Animated GIF format is pre selected on the Format drop down menu by default if not select it If you choose another format only the current frame will be exported For full details on
221. the number of nodes To add or delete a node e To adda node click along a line segment with the Node Tool or Pen Tool to add a new node at that point The new node will be created and will be selected complete with attractor nodes as necessary e To delete a node select the line with the Node Tool then the node itself and click the Delete Node button on the context toolbar or press the Delete key The node will be deleted along with any associated attractor nodes and the line or shape will jump to its new shape With the Pen Tool selected you can also delete a node by clicking on it You can also use the Node Tool to reposition the nodes and reshape the line or shape by dragging on the new handles Changing nodes and line segments Each segment in a line has a control handle at either end so at each interior or corner node where two segments join you ll see a pair of handles The behaviour of these handles and thus the curvature of the segments to either side depends on whether the node is set to be sharp smooth symmetric or smart You can quickly identify a node s type by selecting it and seeing which button is selected in the displayed context toolbar Each type s control handles behave differently as illustrated below To change one or more nodes to a different type 1 Select the object with the Node Tool followed by the node s you want to change Lines Curves and Shapes 73 Click one of the node b
222. think of layers as transparent sheets of paper upon which you can draw your objects We Layers are useful when you re working on a complex design where it makes sense to separate one cluster of objects from another The whole drawing is produced by piling up the layers and viewing all of the objects on all of the layers you can choose which layer you are editing and thus make changes without fear of modifying anything on another layer In essence by building up your drawing from multiple layers you make it much easier to edit 140 Working with Objects Layers b Fach layer is situated along with gt Glyph 1 Object ry other layers if present within a b Branches 4 Objects a stack on the Layers tab the gt Spots 257 Objects a uppermost layer is applied over any b Rowers 312 Objects a lower layer on the page You can al dy 2 Objects also expand each layer entry for a tree view of objects associated with that layer see the Sky layer opposite Each object entry can be clicked to select the object in your workspace and you can name your objects at any time The tab allows layers to be created renamed deleted reordered frozen and merged Thumbnail previews of each layer or object show before each entry hover your cursor over the thumbnail for a larger preview In order to create a new object on a particular layer you ll first need to activate select that layer To se
223. this software are copyright 2008 The FreeType Project www freetype org All rights reserved Anti Grain Geometry Version 2 4 2002 2005 Maxim Shemanarev McSeem TrueType font samples from Serif FontPacks Serif Europe Ltd 2011 Serif Europe Ltd All rights reserved No part of this User Guide may be reproduced in any form without the express written permission of Serif Europe Ltd Serif DrawPlus X5 1991 2011 Serif Europe Ltd All rights reserved Companies and names used in samples are fictitious Contents Tice VN CG OUIN Ca atieta init ceisttes tenseniina E 1 EX ISTH feature Sannn A AAS 3 New feature Suess acs pacar es eae 12 Taksic Fondo a eeepeerametierrs oe eerimeen tne cer mreeser vray ner eteenrrn ertreennrTE armen ere 15 2 Getting STAM CO s4ahavicsctcseGeriette td deci eden sda tach ee 17 Star U WIZI senna EEA O 19 Starting with a new drawing ssssessssssseeeessssseceessssseeeosssseceesssssceeosssseeeeosssseee 20 Opening a SAVEM COCUMENL ssssssscssssssnsssssssssssessessessessessessesssssessessecsessess 24 Opening Other file tyPe S cessssssscssssssssscssssessssssecsecsssssssscsesssssssesscsesessesees 25 SVING OUI WV OK arean E A E A 29 Closing PAW PIAS sser 30 Updatingadefauls aprons na OAO 30 3 Working with Pages ccccccccsseeessseeeseeeeees 33 Using the page and pasteboard sssssseerssssssceessssseceessssscerssssseceessssseeeess 35 Setting measuremen
224. tings width colour etc 2 On the Colour tab choose a blend mode from the Blend Mode drop down list 3 Create your stroke line or shape on your page Composite blend modes When multiple objects are grouped see p 135 the group can be given a composite blend mode which complements any blend mode applied to objects prior to being grouped The composite blend is applied to the group after objects have been blended Composite blend modes are created by using the Blend Mode drop down list on the Colour tab Ifyou ungroup any blend modes set on any object before grouping will be reverted Using isolated blending Blend modes applied to overlapping objects may inadvertently produce unwanted blending on underlying objects This can be overcome by grouping blended objects then isolating the blend effect within the group To apply isolated blending 1 Select the grouped object containing blending 2 From the context toolbar check Isolated Blending 166 Fill Lines Colours and Transparency Blend modes The following table summarizes the blend modes available in DrawPlus e Top colour refers to the colour superimposed by an object s blend mode the object may be a brush stroke a shape a photo etc e Bottom colour refers to the colour of the object onto which the top colour is applied e g a background Setting opacity Key point In DrawPlus opacity is a property of colour and can be set direct
225. to edit its nodes You can use envelopes to bend text into a wave arch trapezoid or just about any other shape You can edit envelopes into custom shapes and apply them to other objects for corresponding effects With the Envelope Tool an objects nodes can be moved in order to create custom envelopes or to allow preset envelopes to be applied to the selected object The displayed context toolbar shown while the tool is active offers various options to customize the envelope envelope shape line colour width and style can all be altered It also lets you pick from a range of pre defined envelopes of various shapes remove the selected object s envelope or apply curve adjustments on the envelope s boundary To apply an envelope 1 Select the object s you want to be enveloped bi bd 2 Click Envelope Tool on the Drawing toolbar s Transform flyout 3 From the context toolbar select an envelope preset from the Preset Envelopes flyout The first item User Defined envelope retrieves the last drawn custom envelope shape used in your current DrawPlus session To remove an envelope e Select the envelope with the Envelope Tool then choose Remove Envelope from the Envelope context toolbar To create edit your own envelope e Select the object s with the Envelope Tool e Drag the nodes and handles accordingly 206 Applying Special Effects DrawPlus automatically selects the Node Tool when an envelope is applie
226. tomatically from the Colour tab or taken The palette also stores commonly used colours e g Red Green Blue Colours can be added edited deleted or renamed within the Document Palette as in any of the other Swatch tab s palettes Colours in the Document Palette are just saved locally along with the drawing s current defaults That is the colours don t automatically carry over to new drawings However changes to the other palettes are saved globally making them available to all drawings To add a colour to the Document Palette from Colour tab e Select a colour mixed from the Colour tab If the colour doesn t already exist in the Swatch tab s Document Palette a new thumbnail appears for it To add a new colour via dialog 1 Display the x Document Palette on the Swatch tab 2 Click Palette Menu and select Add New Colour or as right click any thumbnail and choose Add 3 Optional From the Colour Selector dialog s Model drop down list choose a different colour model e g CMYK sliders 4 Depending on the selected colour mode use the Colour Wheel or combination of slider and colour spectrum or use the input boxes to set your colour value When using the colour spectrum click anywhere in the window then drag the marker around to fine tune your colour selection 5 Click OK A new swatch is added to the palette Use the al Colour Picker in the Colour Selector dialog to sample colours fr
227. toolbar select a Target i e Draw in Front Draw Behind or Draw Inside 2 Draw over the selected object You ll see the new object ordered according to the Target chosen Working with Pages 51 Rotating your canvas Rotating your canvas helps you to maintain natural flow when drawing freeform lines curves or brush strokes where the artist uses the wrist as a pivot especially when using a pen tablet If you rotate the canvas by a chosen angle then the drawing becomes easier taking advantage of the natural arc of the drawing hand is The above example illustrates how grass like brush strokes can be added more easily to a canvas once it has been rotated 30 To rotate your canvas Either 1 Click ki v Rotate Canvas on the Hintline toolbar don t click the down arrow 2 Hover over your workspace until you see the cursor then drag to rotate the canvas clockwise or anti clockwise 3 Once you re happy with the degree of rotation release the mouse button to reposition the canvas Or e Click the down arrow on the ia Rotate Canvas button Hintline toolbar and choose a preset angle from the drop down list 52 Working with Pages You can also select an object and then choose To Object from the Rotate Canvas drop down list The canvas adjusts so that the object is positioned square to the X and Y axes To reset your canvas e With the button enabled double click anywhere on the canvas to
228. tric Corner or Smart Corner You can then adjust the curvature of the newly created curved segment To convert to straight lines 1 With the Node Tool select the curve A 2 From the context toolbar choose Convert to Straight Lines The curve segments are replaced by straight line segments throughout the line Adjusting a shape As described on p 67 you can easily turn a curve into a shape by connecting its end nodes You can go the other way too break open a shape in order to add one or more line segments To break open a line or shape 1 With the Node Tool select the node on the closed curve where you want the break to occur yt 2 Click Break Curve on the context toolbar so that the line will separate A shape will become a line with the selected node split into two nodes one at each end of the new line 3 You can now use the Node Tool to reposition the nodes and reshape the line by dragging on the handles Joining lines together You can connect any two straight or curved lines to form a new line To join two lines together 1 Select both lines by Shift clicking with any selection tool 2 Choose Join Curves from the Tools menu The end control node of one line is connected with the start control node of the other Lines Curves and Shapes 75 Using QuickShapes QuickShapes are pre designed objects that you can instantly add to your page then adjust and morph into a variety of further Qui
229. ts within groups can be selected with Ctrl click and edited without having to ungroup your grouped objects Groups can have composite opacity applied this property belongs to the group instead of its group objects Aligning and distributing objects Alignment involves taking a group of selected objects and aligning or distributing them or both the operation is applied to all of the objects selected To align two or more objects 1 Using the Pointer Tool Shift click on all the objects you want to align or draw a marquee box around them or use Edit gt Select All to create a multiple selection 2 From context toolbar Align tab or Arrange gt Align Objects select an option for vertical alignment Align Top Centre Vertically or Align Bottom or horizontal alignment Align Left Centre Horizontally Working with Objects 137 Align Right of an object Object means the last selected object for Shift click multiple selection or the farthest back in Z order for marquee multiple selection To align one or more objects with a page edge e Follow the steps above but check the Include Page option If selected the page is added to the set of objects included in the alignment e g selecting Align Top aligns all of the objects in the selection to the top of the page If only one object is selected page edge alignment is automatic You can distribute objects so that your objects as a multiple selection are spread e
230. ts you produce cutaways i e punching through a layer s to reveal underlying objects Add and manage sound and movies to enhance your animation Manage files from one central location with the Media tab which also allows viewing and direct replacement of media 232 Creating Animations Getting started Keyframe animations are created in a specific order 1 Create your DrawPlus Animation file 2 Create object s either static or for animation on the page 3 From the Storyboard tab insert the number of keyframes and their duration via a dialog 4 Reposition objects in subsequent keyframes to effect animation 5 Export your keyframe animation as Adobe Flash SWF To create a keyframe animation 1 Select Create gt Keyframe Animation on the Startup Wizard 2 From Page Setup review document types in the left hand pane 3 Select a document type thumbnail from a Web Screen or Mobile category in the left hand pane ideal for presentation via website banners adverts etc as a computer presentation or on a handheld device 4 Optional In the Paper section at the right hand of the dialog swap your measurement units e g to pixels and change page size and or orientation 5 Optional In the lower Animation section you can configure animation specific settings 6 Click OK You can convert your existing drawing to a keyframe animation by using File gt Convert to Keyframe Animation To view the Storyboard
231. uada et convallis quis augue Vestibulum ante ipsum primis in faucibus orci luctus et ultrices posuere cubilia Curae Proin Artistic Text Frame Text Shape Text It s easy to edit the text once it s created by retyping it or altering properties like font style and point size In general artistic text as an independent object is better suited to decorative or fancy typographic design frame text is intended for presenting text passages in more traditional square or rectangular shaped blocks shape text lends itself so well to blocks of body text where shape and flow contribute to the overall layout Artistic text behaves more independently than Shape and Frame Text and its individual letters can be stretched rotated sheared enveloped and combined with other objects Shape text lacks a line property but it conforms to the containing shape and you can achieve unique text flow effects by varying the container s properties For more details see Fitting text to frames and shapes on p 108 Default settings p 30 are stored separately for artistic text and frame text To enter new artistic text 1 Select Artistic Text Tool on the Drawing toolbar s A Text flyout 2 To create artistic text at the current default point size click where you want to start the text or 100 Working with Text For artistic text that will be automatically sized into an area click and drag out the area to the desired size 3 T
232. ur printer s currently set sheet orientation When you access the Print dialog if page and sheet sizes do not match youll be prompted to adjust your printer sheet orientation automatically or you can just ignore auto rotation 8 Click Print More print options Additional print options are available from the Print dialog if you re planning to use imposition at print time see p 259 print double sided control page marks and rasterization Interactive Print Preview The Print Preview mode changes the screen view to display your layout without frames guides rulers and other screen items Supporting toolbars allow for a comprehensive and interactive preview of your pages before printing i Dirue KS Pring Preasa hardener dpe sa fie Tew p mp Hep Sete Epid borkiet sl think to fit P Soule to Ba ee ik EL Eyi a D N Cine Pee 2 in Docume meun Prt flake Basket z Pank All ayirt gt Prnt he Drintey F Print Pubbish zl ira Lr Prim as Thermos tde Fald Bock Top Fold Book 3 Top Faid R okiat H Tran R p it i w f s d LOREN IPSUM ony n Panter Lai 0 0m Tap 00 in Right Diin Dette 0 0 in V Mi 1 t Lei b H Sel Lhe urmpedetrces made 258 Publishing and Sharing Print Preview is interactive because a main feature is to provide print time imposition Put simply this allows you to create folded books booklets and more at the printing st
233. ure profile e Click the tab s Tab Menu and select Add Pressure Profile Your new profile is automatically added to the bottom of the drop down list To delete a pressure profile 1 Click the tab s Tab Menu and select Manage Pressure Profiles 2 Inthe dialog select the pressure profile for deletion and click Delete Altering stroke width and opacity with pressure For subtle pressure control DrawPlus can vary the extent to which pen pressure can alter the width and opacity of a brush stroke or drawn line This is expressed as a percentage of the original stroke s Width and Opacity values shown in the Brushes context toolbar or equivalent for pen or pencil lines Imagine the end of your stroke tapering off or getting fainter as it lifts off the page The width and opacity setting can be set either e globally via the Pressure tab or e per brush via the Stroke Brush Edit or Spray Brush Edit dialogs You can set the degree to which width and opacity changes either independently or in combination Let s look at some examples based on drawn straight line for clarity We ll use a pressure profile below available from the preset drop down menu for all examples 278 Pressure Sensitivity and Pen Tablets Here s how the degree of width opacity changes the stroke s appearance 19 Width 100 100 Opacity 100 a k 0 Width 0 100 Opacity 100 BE a 100 Width 1
234. urves and Shapes 63 To draw a straight line l From the Drawing toolbar s Line Tools flyout click the Straight Line Tool 2 Click where you want the line to start and drag to another point while holding down the mouse button then release the mouse button The straight line appears immediately 15 646 10 619 af To constrain the angle of the straight line to 15 increments hold down the Shift key down as you drag This is an easy way to make exactly vertical or horizontal lines Any kind of open line that is one that hasn t been closed to create a shape can be extended and you can use any of the three line tools to do so Use the Pointer Tool and then the line s drawing tool to resize or reshape lines once you ve drawn them To extend a line 1 Move the cursor over either of the end nodes a small cursor will appear and click the node 2 The line that you drag out will be a continuation of the existing line as a new line segment To draw a curved line 1 Choose the a Pen Tool from the Drawing toolbar s Line Tools flyout i d your drawn segments in Smooth Smart or Line Segments creation Mode From the displayed context toolbar choose to create 64 Lines Curves and Shapes e Smooth Segments draws B zier curves smoothly segment by segment with manual on curve and off curve adjustment via nodes and control handles respectively e Smart Segments default automatically determines sl
235. urves you can position every character individually and even edit the character shapes exactly as if you had drawn the character shapes by hand using the line tools For details see Converting a shape to editable curves on p 77 Using fonts If you plan to use text in your drawing you can change the text s appearance dramatically by changing its font In doing so you can communicate very different messages to your target audience Font assignment is very simple in All Fonts A i Abadi MT Condensed Extra Bold DrawPlus and can be done from the Text Abadi MT Condensed Light context toolbar or in the Text Style dialog via right click Text gt Character A Heavy SF i rank 4 ae or from Character on the Format mi ceed ie menu r Adamsky SF APAR i A font belongs to one of the following Tr Adventurer Light SF types as indicated by the symbol before O Agency FB the font s name Aharoni ir TrueType O OpenType A Type 1 PostScript El Raster bitmap As you hover over a font in the drop down list you ll get an on the page live preview of that font on any currently selected artistic or frame text 104 Working with Text Fonts with OpenType features Microsoft Windows supplies OpenType and TrueType font types as standard To extend the capability of your installed OpenType font DrawPlus allows you to take advantage of additional font features built into your font s design These allow font characters to
236. ustration above 2 Drag across the object to create a drop shadow note additional nodes being created 3 Change blur opacity shear or scale accordingly by node adjustment or via the displayed context toolbar Ifyou want to create simple shadows without additional control of the above properties disable Advanced on the context toolbar then drag the shadow to a new position To change a shadow s colour e Selecta colour from the Studio s Colour tab To remove the shadow from an object e Double click the object while the Shadow Tool is selected For more advanced shadow control on your object click 7 Filter Effects on the Drawing toolbar This provides shadow blend modes intensity and the ability to lock the shadow to the left right top or bottom of the object See Applying 2D Filter Effects on p 208 208 Applying Special Effects Applying 2D filter effects Styles p The Styles tab also offers an Shadows kd impressive selection of preset 2D DE A filter effects stored in various d Inner Shadows gallery categories i e Shadows b Perspective Shadows Blurs Bevels Edges further separated into subcategories 2 L n i F Fg The tab also hosts some other styles unrelated to 2D filter effects DrawPlus additionally provides the Shadow Tool for applying a shadow to an object directly on your page Control handles let you adjust shadow blur opacity and colour See Adding drop
237. ut your 3D objects axes instead of your pages axes by holding the Ctrl key down as you transform You can also adjust the angle and elevation of each active light on the page by dragging the light pointer to a position which simulates a light source To add dimensionality A 1 Select an object and click Y Instant 3D on the Drawing toolbar The object immediately adopts 3D characteristics with an orbit circle displayed in the object s foreground You ll also notice a 3D specific context toolbar appear above your drawing 2 Click a 3D effect category from the first drop down menu on the 3D context toolbar from Bevel Lights Lathe Texture Viewport Material the other toolbars options change dynamically according to the category currently selected See DrawPlus Help for more details 3 Set each drop down menu or input box for each category in turn A little experimentation is advisable 4 Hover over the object s orbit circle and rotate about the X Y or Z axis or X and Y axes together by dragging about the circle s periphery depending on the currently displayed cursor To revert your Instant 3D transform e Click Reset Defaults on the context toolbar To switch off 3D effects e Click Remove Instant 3D on the context toolbar You can always select the object again then click the Drawing toolbar s Instant 3D button to reinstate the effect Applying Special Effects 219 The Bevel and Lathe categories offer
238. uttons described below on the displayed context toolbar R the node are completely independent so that the corner can be quite A Sharp Corner means that the line segments to either side of pointed Y A Smooth Corner uses B zier curves which means that the slope of the line is the same on both sides of the node but the depth of the two joined segments can be different a slope and depth on both sides of the node At a Symmetric Corner nodes join line segments with the same cn for a rounded best fitting curve If you attempt to adjust a smart Smart Corner nodes automatically determine slope and depth corner s handles it becomes a smooth corner You can always reset the node to smart but to maintain smart nodes be careful what you click on Note Normally custom segments you draw with the Pen Tool end in a smart corner You can also use the context toolbar to define a line segment as either straight or curved To change a line segment from straight to curved or vice versa l With the Node Tool select the leading node ofthe line segment the node nearer the start of the line Then either e To makea line segment straight click a Straighten Line on the context toolbar The selected segment immediately jumps to a straight line a or 74 Lines Curves and Shapes e To make a line segment curved click one of the node buttons on the context toolbar Sharp Corner Smooth Corner Symme
239. venly between the endmost objects on your page Alternatively check the Spaced option and corresponding measurement value to set a specific distance between each object To distribute two or more objects 1 Using the Pointer Tool Shift click on all the objects you want to distribute or draw a marquee box around them to create a multiple selection o 2 Inthe Align tab select Distribute Horizontally or Distribute Vertically to distribute objects vertically or horizontally respectively 3 Check the Spaced option to set a fixed distance between vertically or horizontally distributed objects otherwise the objects distribute evenly between endmost items Ordering objects Think of the objects on a page as being stacked or piled on top of each other The front most object is the one on top of the stack Each time you create a new object it goes in front of the objects already there But you can move any object to any depth in the ordering sequence and obtain sophisticated drawing effects by learning how to manipulate the front back relationship of objects 138 Working with Objects As an example we ve used a camera lens to illustrate ordering Notice how the lens possesses a realistic look by blending overlapped composite objects Gradient and solid fills combine to simulate three dimensional objects with reflections highlights and shading Don t confuse the concept of object ordering with that of layers in the
240. view As 2 From the dialog you ll be prompted for a file name to which you can save your graphic Choose a folder location and enter a file name To toggle between Normal and Preview Mode e Click EP a Dynamic Preview on the Hintline toolbar The button will be enabled when in Preview mode To revert to Normal mode click Dynamic Preview again While in this mode any object can be manipulated or modified as if you are working in normal drawing mode but what you re seeing is an accurate portrayal of your graphic to be exported TOS SAAAESEEE HHHH Dynamic Preview will also f automatically display a pixel grid at high levels of magnification This is especially useful to web developers who rely on pixel accuracy in their designs As well as a visual aid the grid can be used to accurately size objects when Snapping and Snap to Grid are enabled Publishing and Sharing 269 Sharing via DRAWPLUS COM You can share your design by print as a distributable electronic PDF or via the drawplus com website Publishing your design to the drawplus com website means you can share your design and ideas with a community of like minded designers DRAWPLUS COM a p Welcome bo DrawPiun ccr New Drawings b pe D els or pied per er ew aed Ann oueniearen te Monthly Competition Wir FIST Sect Moth LETAT at Pate Popular Tags The drawplus com website is designed specifically as a design community By uploading
241. when it is superimposed over a brush itself it represents one half of a brush stroke along its entire length exactly Of course the same profile shape will be mirrored on the lower half of the stroke SSS The same would apply to a pencil or pen stroke To apply a pressure profile 1 Expand the Pressure tab at the bottom right of your screen and choose a pressure profile from the drop down list The pressure chart updates to reflect the chosen profile 2 Apply a brush stroke or draw a line on the page This will adopt the chosen pressure profile The profile is maintained until you reset it or pick another profile from the preset list To create a new pressure profile 1 Click Reset Pressure Profile This sets the pressure chart back to default 2 A turquoise line runs along the maximum pressure line at the top of the chart Click on this line the cursor changes and drag downwards moving the displayed red node into your chosen position You now have a blue curve which represents the pressure profile 3 Repeat the process for the number of nodes that you want to add to make up the profile Pressure Sensitivityand PenTablets 277 Edit an existing pressure profile from the preset drop down menu to create profiles quickly You can then save the current pressure settings to your own saved pressure profile this allows you to store and reapply your settings at any point in the future To save a new press
242. xample you can use Colour Fill to force everything in a complex group to a single colour or recolour a bitmap in a solid colour effectively ignoring everything but the transparency Feathering Feathering is a filter effect that adds a soft or blurry edge to any object It s great for blending single objects into a composition vignetted borders on photos and much more You can apply feathering in conjunction with other filter effects Blur Various blur effects can be applied to DrawPlus objects The types of blur include e Gaussian the effect smooths by averaging pixels using a weighted curve e Zoom applies converging streaks to the image to simulate a zoom lens e Radial applies concentric streaks to the object to simulate a rotating camera or subject e Motion applies straight streaks to the object to simulate the effect of camera or subject movement 212 Applying Special Effects Using 3D filter effects 3D filter effects go beyond 2D filter effects shadows bevel emboss etc to create the impression of a textured surface on the object itself Keep in mind is that none of these 3D effects will do anything to an unfilled object you ll need to have a fill there to see the difference they make The Studio s Styles tab is a good place to begin experimenting with 3D filter effects Its multiple categories each offer a gallery full of predefined effects using various settings Youll see a variety of r
243. xport 249 importing Bitmap fills 162 PhotoCDs 176 pictures 175 digital camera 176 scanned images 195 imposition 255 259 in PDF publications 262 of folded documents 260 261 Inner Bevel effect 210 Index Inner Glow effect 210 Inner Shadow effect 210 installation 15 Instant 3D 217 interface changing views 45 guides 38 page and pasteboard 35 rulers 35 snapping grid 43 Intersect Join 134 Isolated blending 165 Join Curves 74 JPG CMYK 267 key objects Keyframe animation 225 230 Keyframe Animation mode 225 keyframes changing duration of 234 inserting 233 object control in 237 splitting 233 Knife Tool 125 knockout groups 169 labels 21 printing 260 large documents 21 printing 260 lasso selection 61 layers 139 adding 140 deleting 141 freezing 142 locking 142 managing objects on 142 merging 142 move objects 144 moving 141 Index paper textures on 142 216 properties of 142 renaming 140 selecting 140 Layers tab 140 layout tools guides 38 page and pasteboard 35 pixel grid 268 rulers 35 snapping grid 43 levels object order 137 lighting effects 3D 215 Line tab 152 linear fills 159 linear transparency 171 lines adding line styles 153 applying settings 152 closed shapes 67 connectors 79 curved 63 defining colours 156 dimension lines 82 drawing 61 editing 68 extending 63 filling unclosed 67 joining 74 reshaping 69 setting d
244. ystem where objects previously selected hovered over or newly created become the focus for snapping All other objects can t be snapped to until they are activated the last several activated objects are included in each snapping operation If snapping to vertices isn t needed perhaps during less technical design you can switch the option off Dynamic guides can also be switched off entirely if required To disable dynamic guides and snapping to vertices 1 Click the down arrow on the iis Snapping button Standard toolbar and select Options 2 From the dialog uncheck Dynamic guides or just Snap to Vertex To temporarily disable dynamic snapping hold down the Alt key while moving an object for alignment Viewing pages 44 Pagel tHL The HintLine toolbar at the bottom of the screen displays the current page number and provides a number of controls to let you navigate around your pages Pages As an alternative the Pages tab shows your ae pages as thumbnails JA ie i which when selected TEEDE will display that page in your workspace Once you ve got a page in view you can use the scrollbars at the right and bottom of the main window to move the page and pasteboard with respect to the main window As you drag objects to the edge of the screen the scroll bars adjust automatically as the object is kept in view 46 Working with Pages To go toa specific page 1 Click Add Delete Pages on the HintLine t

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