Flying Colors (InDesign) - Magic Mouse Productions
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1. 4 In the tool selection click on the solid rectangle symbol to access the solid rectangular fill tool In the lower part of the screen above the selection bar click on the oval solid color symbol to access color selection and click on black color 255 Mac or color 0 Win In the same way you initially created the house face with the yellow siding pattern click the cursor on a point on the screen corresponding to the upper left hand corner of the window you are about to create hold and drag diagonally downwards to create a black rectangular background for your window 5 In the tool selection click on the stamp tool and in the lower screen click on the stamp symbol One by one click on position and click onto screen stamp series 748 757 white window frames including corners t piece and cross pieces Remember to reduce the scale of the images as you did with the door by clicking and sliding the scale modifier before positioning each stamp and retaining that scale setting throughout the sequence by continuing to hold down the key Mac or key Win 6 Create a smaller window in the upper story by copying the upper and lower sections of the window we have just created moving them and positioning them together In the tool selection click on the top center icon to access the mover tool In the tool modifier area click on the COPY option and then click on the CANVAS option Click on the upper left corner of the window and d2. Protected Colors Clear pattern e 4 Generate the stencil by clicking on the MAKE button The painting is Inver scanned and all areas of the painting that use the outlined colors in the palette will now be protected while the stencil is on MAKE 5 You can preview your stencil by pressing the PREVIEW button All t protected areas of the painting will appear as gray Click once to continue working 6 After making a stencil the stencil feature is automatically turned on The stencil can be turned on and off as needed retaining the last stencil you made Pressing the CLEAR button will unprotect all colors to begin a new l stencil While the stencil is on the protected areas of the painting cannot be modified The arrow cursor will flash the letter s to warn you the stencil is Preview on Add Subtract a 5 To only add colors hold a OF Click button below lock icon to turn To only subtract colors heat Mac or Win stencil on and off OFF ON 34 39 To print a document follow these steps 1 Select the Page Setup or Print Setup command under the File menu You will need to select a paper size and orientation There is an button labeled Caption which if clicked allows you to type in one or more lines of caption text The caption text will print at the bottom of the page centered At present there is no way to set the font size or position of the text There is also a button labeled Border which if clicked allo
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4. Description The symmetry tool creates multiple copies of a stamp brush oval or rectangle in a symmetrical arrangement around an origin point Operation Turn symmetry on and off by clicking on the button below the symmetry icon When symmetry is on symmetry guidelines appear These will disappear after symmetry tool is turned off and will not print Slider controls the number of copies made Type of Symmetry ee Number of Copies 1 30 Origin Point Click to change the origin point of symmetry Rotational Symmetry 2 Copies tl yr D s Ed A cy SNI 2 1 30 6 Copies p po i A gt 4 10 Copies p 32 Click button below icon to turn symmetry on and off Mirror Image Symmetry 1 Copy A Ed ta 2 Copies To move origin point 1 Click the set origin button 2 Click in the painting window where you wish the new origin center to be Symmetry Origin point Z7 a a Se o wk a gt gt 4 6 gt 33 The stencil feature allows you to paint behind and on top of specific color areas of your painting Drag the stencil cursor looks like an eyedropper Description The stencil tool allows you to modify selected parts of your painting while over painting area to be protecting other parts automatically For example you can work behind protected Holding SHIFT Pavone d Stenci images without affecting them selectively
5. Set page size and printer End Flying Colors session appears as Exit in Windows Undo redo last change Only show painting for exhibition Show how painting would appear if printed Turn on and off features Close Save Saue As Revert Page Setup Print Hide Everything Scroll Bars Coordinates Page Preview Crosshair Cursor Sound Effects Dual zoom Windows Color Cycling Open an existing painting Save your work Go back to last saved copy Print your painting To copy and move images use the mover tool These menu options are only used for editing text Turn on and off features Choose R or Tip See end of manual for keyboard shortcuts Flying Colors EXIT Small Kids Mode The only menu item available in small kids level oom In Zoom in steps oom Out zoom 1 4 room 1 2 room 1H Zoom 2H Magnification Zoom 3H levels coom 48 zoom 6H zoom 8 coom 12H Text entered letter at a time some tools hidden Level Small Kids Basic Advanced Most tools and features available Stencil opacity control and other advanced features available Stencil Enabled Swap protected with Create stencil mask Make unprotected areas without Reverse modifying the stencil Turn stencil feature on and off Show stencil area Preview on painting Description The pattern selector button above the selection bar is used to access patterns L
6. by the red highlighted selection which now appears Click on the third brush shape in the leftmost column The slider bar below controls the tightness of the dots comprising the brush line Make sure it is set all the way to the left Click on the solid color symbol above the selection bar and click on deep pink color 7 Mac color 16 Win Moving the cursor to the center intersection of the copy lines hold it down and begin to draw Alternate tight scribbles with open areas becoming looser and larger as you move outwards away from the center Watch as the pattern replicates itself six fold resembling a snowflake Pause occasionally for the computer to catch up with your drawing so that you can view your design before continuing When finished you will have created a lacy pink six sectioned symmetrical mandala design In the tool selection click on the symmetry ON button again to turn the symmetry tool off Al 48 6 In the tool selection click on the lock symbol to access the stencil tool In the status area click on CLEAR to eliminate any previous stencil protection When using the stencil tool the cursor will automatically read on the screen as an eyedropper Click the tip of the eyedropper on any portion of the pink mandala outline to create a stencil protecting only the pink mandala color In the tool modifiers click on the INVERT button and access the invert stencil modifier to reverse the pattern of protection compl
7. hold down the mouse button and drag to create the line Holding the key while drawing the line forces the line to be at multiples of 45 degree angles Thickness A AN a I Force 45 Angles SHIFT NI S while drawing 29 Description Operation Loose Spray Pattern The spray tool creates a random pattern of dots much like an airbrush or if used with a stamp draws a random rotated version of the stamp 1 Select one of the four spray patterns which range from uniform to concentrated 2 Set the spray size by adjusting the slider 3 Choose a color or a stamp to spray with 4 Hold down the mouse button and drag in the painting fee aM othe h TP ie viete oe Bre rant i a ir 2 Ay soggy ete ye al z res J nhs os Be e AN rams lt ss lee tte 7 T eek aes tn r e fo wal who ate ae ae tear ths ee ee rn ee Tie E es RRS tra caer ae Be pooR aN Tiun ayes A S Spig E S E E E r aa nae e EEE TE Ee ae aoa cdl Tee a i nE N yG el ar Mis 1 oh et neta m ee ngs wad a i n mike PER E graca PoS ne P he T Ta yiu K ra pa F 2 seemed hi Rei i P T ieee i ie to ly ih a a 2 ay T s aen Tai See ee aay alae te ae os ae uF Catan E Fan S ae Si ih no a sos is ee ne a ae 3 aoe S ios aa i at i oe ae oe pre Se ae a anette erie rae ee Tight Spray Pattern 26 ordag iy Ba amai a E a eae be te Prt ee ee ee Fe DR x S ae f 28 a e aay es oe payee TERG Spray Patter
8. magic wand and in the tool modifiers click on the rotational slider until you have achieved the correct angle for the wand to fit into the wizard s hand Position and click Rotate stamp 383 glowing bat to create three bats flying at different angles Scale down stamp 260 owl by going to the tool modifiers and clicking several times on the small s on the left side of the scale slider bar this will shrink the stamp in equal increments until you have the size desired Add stamp 246 mouse 386 blue fairy with 388 magical flame trail and 377 gremlin 5 On the left side of the table add the following bottles with magical ingredients 378 with green eyes 379 with spider 358 large crockery jug combined with 363 skull and crossbones label 357 round crockery jug and 361 with face Below strew magical plants and herbs on the floor with stamps 368 373 In the tool modifiers click on the third flip button to reverse some of these stamps for variety and naturalism click on the rotational arrows to rotate stamp 367 garlic bunch 90 degrees so that it appears to lie on its side 6 Create a treasure hoard on the right side of your composition with the following stamps 292 small pile of coins 288 large pile of coins using the flip modifier to vary appearance 295 jeweled goblet 296 jewel box 299 gold dish and 284 286 red green and blue jewel beads 39 1 In the menu bar
9. to access the ridges type of gradient fill In the tool selection click on the solid triangle symbol to access the irregular polygon fill tool To create the outline of mountains move the cursor to a point in approximately the middle of the horizon line hold the cursor and drag it to the right drawing jagged sloping outlines against the sky Continue the outline right off the screen bringing it back down and ending at a point the same height as the horizon line Let go of the cursor and press the space bar on the keyboard to return to the starting point enclosing the space and filling it 46 4 Now click on the gradient reverse button so that the dark colors are on the left Repeat the procedure in step 3 to create mountains on the left side of your composition 5 In the tool selection click on the windmill symbol to access the symmetry tool In the tool modifiers click on the right hand symbol to access the mirror image type of symmetry The slider bar directly below is for the number of image replications or copies which reads out in the help line in the lower screen above the selector bar It is automatically set at six copies which will create a 6 section mandala type pattern indicated on the screen by dotted lines which will not be visible in your finished composition In the tool selection click on the paintbrush symbol to access the brush tool In the tool modifiers the shape and thickness of the brush line is indicated
10. with lines Your roof outline will automatically fill with the tile pattern at this time To stop drawing lines with the cursor at any time you must press the SHIFT bar to indicate you are finished To eliminate your last line or to begin over after your tile pattern has filled in immediately press UNDO button 3 In the tool selection click on the stamp tool In the lower screen above the selection bar click on the stamp symbol the fish to access stamp selections Find stamps quickly by clicking on the INDEX button to view the pictorial stamp index Click on the theme of stamps desired and scan Clicking on a stamp will automatically return you to a single row of stamp selections in the selection bar with your stamp selection highlighted in the bar and simultaneously appearing in the preview window Click on stamp 721 white door In the tool modifiers reduce image to smaller scale by clicking on the scale modifier and sliding to the left Position door three slats above base of house and click to set To create porch stairs one at a time click on position and click onto screen stamp series 724 726 white staircase elements while simultaneously holding down the key Mac or key Win on keyboard to retain the same size setting as the previous door stamp You can always delete the last stamp placed with the UNDO button so feel free to experiment placing the stamps one by one and viewing each successive addition to your composition
11. 80 x 960 pixels Then when you print print at 50 or smaller magnification this is controlled in the Page Setup or Print Setup and you will get a better result The large grain size is most noticeable when you are printing large size text on a white background Using a colored background for text will help a great deal as the printer can blend the text with the background color to obtain a smoother edge when you print solid black text on a white background there is nothing to blend with and the jaggedness is quite noticeable Iam considering purchasing a color printer Which one do you recommend For low cost color printing inkjet printers are currently the best choice Both Canon and Hewlett Packard manufacture small inexpensive printers that work beautifully with Flying Colors 37 1 In the menu bar click on the File item drag and release on NeW and click on the dungeon canvas In the tool selection click on the first symbol to access the stamp tool In the lower left corner of the screen click on the INDEX button to access stamp selection categories Click on the architectural category Click on the right arrow twice to access the door stamps Click on the second stamp in the fourth row 710 left side broken door Position this stamp on screen and click In the stamp selector bar click on stamp 711 right side broken door position and click Click on INDEX and click on magical stamp category Click on tenth st
12. amp in bottom row 334 left dark elaborate hinge Position and click twice to create top and bottom hinges Repeat on right side with stamp 335 2 Repeatedly click on down arrow below INDEX to access rows of stamp selections One at a time click on stamps 535 537 wooden table sections position and click to assemble a table Assemble an alchemical apparatus with the following stamps added in this order 450 stand 481 purple vial 427 glow positioned above the purple vial 500 round blue glassware positioned above the purple vial in the lower part of the glow 503 blue condenser tube 485 yellow flask 440 glow positioned overtop of the contents of the yellow flask 452 stand 453 metal stand stem used twice to create tall stem 455 thick metal stand stem 509 red bottle 469 cork top for bottle positioned over top of the red flask 497 blue flask reversed using the third flip button in the tool modifiers 3 Create two flaming lights on the back walls with stamps 343 metal sconce and 351 large flame Add to your table a crystal ball magical goblet and candle with the following stamps 447 glowing ball 449 silver dish positioned slightly over the bottom of the crystal ball 401 magical goblet 403 magical elixir positioned inside the goblet 293 jeweled candlestick 339 tall candle 344 small flame and 465 smoke 4 Add stamp 271 wizard Click on stamp 445
13. ars type HAPPY then press the return key on your keyboard and type BIRTHDAY and click on OK Since the program is automatically set on centered as opposed to aligned your text will appear centered You have now created a custom text stamp which will appear floating on your screen In the selection bar click on the Zapf Chancery typeface or another choice if you don t have this one installed on your computer additional typefaces can be purchased and installed separately The first three letters of the alphabet will appear in the typeface selected in the preview area In the tool modifiers enlarge the size of the typeface by clicking on the right hand side of the size slider on top of the larger letter A symbol Bring the cursor back to the screen to view each modification to your stamp The size in points will read out in the help line in the lower area above the selection bar Additionally you can click on one or a combination of typeface modifiers example italics In the selection bar click on the blue oval color button and click on the color of your choice for the text Position your text stamp within the decorative border and click Aol FF jak k ERITA i 1 f h BIRTA i if i 4 In the tool selection click on the stamp tool Click on the INDEX button to access stamp selection categories Click on the last category of stamps special occasion stamps and click on stamp 1015 balloon Now move sta
14. aves over and above the branches Alternate with stamps 64 66 to achieve depth and realism You can always UNDO spraying 10 Create yellow road dividing lines using stamp 840 yellow dash Hold the SHIFT key as you drag the cursor to the right to extend a perfect horizontal line of stamps 11 Create a crosswalk by returning to the tool selection and clicking on the eyedropper tool Click the eyedropper on one of the yellow road lines in order to access that exact color In the tool selection click on the solid triangle to access the irregular polygon fill tool and use this in the same way as you created the outline of the roof to create two long thin outlines forming the painted crosswalk 12 Use any number of beautiful stamps to embellish your composition with gardens figures animals rainbows etc When repeating stamps as in flowers flying birds clouds etc you can achieve a more natural effect by using the flip function to reverse the images the rotational function to create a slightly different angle the scale modifier to vary the size of the images and the shade modifier to create depth and different light effects 49 1 In the menu bar click on the File item drag and release on NeW and click on the white canvas Specify the size of 640 by 480 pixels or 512 by 384 pixels if you are using a smaller monitor on the LC In the menu bar click on Level and drag cursor down to select the advanced level which
15. browse through all the stamps 14 Description The eraser tool erases part or all of the painting by restoring the background canvas or restores to white if the white canvas was selected Operation Choose the size of the eraser and use the tool just as you would a pencil eraser Alternatively you may delete a variable sized area by using the rectangular oval or polygon eraser selections This area was erased with Eraser the rectangle selection Selection Eraser Sizes Erase the whole painting in fun ways Note under Windows fewer choices are available Il 3 M Fast erase 15 Description The zoom tool allows you to magnify or shrink the display of the painting Description The mover tool is used to move or copy a portion of the painting Operation Choose the selection shape lasso oval or square The painting under the Operation With the zoom tool selected click to zoom in to increase magnification or selection may either be cut out or copied you also have the option to hold the key Mac or key Win and click to zoom out Your include the canvas background Your new selection becomes the first magnification level will be displayed under the pixel coordinates in the stamp called the custom stamp to be used with the stamp tool status area Alternately choose a magnification level from the choices in the tool modification area which will then appear highlighted in red When inc
16. click on the File item drag and release on NeW and click on the green meadow canvas In the menu bar click on Level drag and release on Advanced In the tool selection click on the lock symbol to access the stencil tool In the tool modifiers area click on CLEAR to eliminate any previous stencil Position the cursor in the lightest area of blue sky on the screen far left corner of horizon Click and hold down cursor as you drag straight up and off the screen to protect all the blue colors used in the sky while you stamp or draw on top of them The protected colors will now appear highlighted in the color palette below However in this instance we wish to protect all the remaining colors except the sky so we reverse the protection pattern just created by going to the tool modifier area and clicking on the INVERT button Click on the MAKE button to complete the stencil Stamps applied will now appear to float and vanish behind the protected portion of the composition the mountains 2 In the tool selection click on the stamp symbol to access the stamp tool In the stamp selection click on stamps 993 and 994 straight and curved cirrus clouds to create the illusion of windblown clouds coming from behind the mountain In the tool modifiers use the scale slider to scale each successive cloud stamp slightly differently for naturalism Create cloud masses using stamps 989 and 990 cumulus clouds You can also change the appearance of the cl
17. d be in 32 bit memory mode to take advantage of it otherwise it is wasted The memory mode is controlled by the Memory control panel in your system folder Flying Colors will work fine with virtual memory turned on which is another way to increase the effective memory on your computer Mac How can I paint on larger canvases If you have enough memory technically referred to as RAM in your computer you may be able to increase the memory available to the program Quit Flying Colors and in the Finder select the Flying Colors icon by clicking on it once Now go to the File menu and select the Get Info keyboard shortcut 61 Increase the number in the Preferred Size or Application Size box to as large a number as you can accommodate and then close the window by clicking in the upper left corner The larger the memory allocated to the program the larger the size painting that can be worked on The program will run slightly faster with more memory A rule of thumb is that you need to have 4 times the number of pixels allocated to edit a painting of that many pixels plus 1500k If you want to edit a painting of 1000 x 1000 pixels you should set the preferred size to at least 5500k 99 Bar shortcuts SHIFT Mac Win Feeleliale L fmlO EE O O0 BERE J r O zm O Bring up the stamp category index or browser if using patterns gradients or borders Bring up the browser While selecting a sta
18. e Tam s pom Pattern fill option not available in Windows version AUO 21 Description Create an oval or circle filled with a color pattern gradient or stamp Description Create an rectangle or square filled with a color pattern gradient or stamp Operation eo me ee N E ne pea nom BOOS Operation Click onacorner point of the rectangle hold the mouse button down and i i y 8 drag diagonally to the opposite corner To constrain to a square hold SHIFT as you drag SHIFT SHIFT while drawing while drawing Color Fill Color Fill Gradient Fill pma Gradient Fill Pattern Fill KGS Pattern Fill mi gt EET GAES al Meo nE ar Lt r 1 S cae SI 7 Tem Oly Stamp Fill lt 3 amp 2 lt M 4 gt a a Jw amp Stamp Fill se se N M AA FTT S a y y Y gt Ss re ry Y ea Sk BD a rry a a te gt se me 3g ML AR af uk t 2 t 22 23 Description The bucket fill affects all areas of the exact same color that are next to the starting point that you have indicated by clicking with the cursor Operation Click inside the area you wish to fill The selected fill will flow outward to all touching dots of exactly the same color The bucket fill tool cannot be used effectively on a colored background use the stencil tool instead Color Fill Gradient w Fit Pattern lt Fill Stamp Fill Before Description Draws a straight line filled with a solid color Operation lick
19. e key Mac or key Win After selecting a color with the eyedropper tool Flying i 3 Click on the starting point or press the space bar to indicate you are Colors will automatically revert to the previously selected tool 6P p p y done defining the shape Press to start over Color SPACEBAR p press drag Gradient Do ie New color selection SPACEBAR gt press drag ara Previously selected color Pattern An Stamp 18 19 Description Create an oval or circle outlined with a color or pattern Operation Click on the center point of oval hold down the mouse button and drag outward To constrain to a circle hold SHIFT as you drag SHIFT while drawing a ae D 4 y 2 OOQ w d pore Pattern fill option not available in Windows version Pattern Thickness OOOOOQ 20 Description Operation Thickness Create an rectangle or square outlined with a border color or pattern Click on a corner point of the rectangle and drag the mouse diagonally to opposite corner To constrain to a square press as you drag Borders jump from size to size as you draw them After releasing the mouse the border will be recentered automatically within the perimeter of the rectangle you dragged out SHIFT while drawing Border a Mee i goccoccofa ai ws T eae 3 3 a T gt as 4 zA So OR QLA of a ene A iS Rinne Cae ee OO o i a
20. e printed page Click on paper size US letter and click on the upright orientation symbol Click on OK The next screen gives you the size in pixels of the printable portion of your sheet of paper using your current printer selection printer selection is accessed by clicking on the colored Macintosh symbol in the menu bar Click on OK In the tool selection click on the magnifying glass symbol to access the magnifier tool Click on the 1 2 magnification tool modifier to achieve 50 magnification factor In the menu bar click on Options drag down and release on the Page Preview option This will display layout aids in the form of red dashed lines that will show the fold lines for birthday card and a pink hashed line filled border area where the printer cannot print this is where the printer grips the paper while printing These aids will not print onto your finished card Al Pee 2 In the tool selection click on the hollow rectangle symbol to access the hollow rectangle fill tool and in the selection bar click on border 152 Click on the center intersection of the fold lines hold down and drag to the lower right corner of the printable area and release The border will now be centered in the rectangle you have just described which will become the outside front cover of the card when folded Hateg 1 ERTH I T 3 In the tool selection click on the capital T symbol to access the text tool In the blank area which appe
21. e your scale setting as you change stamps Click on the 90 degree rotation modifier or the X or Y flip modifier to position all the frame elements such that light appears to emanate from the center of the mandala and strike the inside edges of the frame 9 Hold down the SHIFT key and drag the frame edge stamps to extend the stamps in a perfectly straight line 10 To change the color from green to golden white at the center of the mandala so that it stays bright when the gradient cycles create a stencil as in step 6 Click on the stencil tool and click CLEAR then click the eyedropper cursor on the colors you wish to change at the mandala s center to select them as protected colors Now click INVERT to reverse the stencil so that all colors except those at the mandala s center are protected Then click on the solid rectangular fill tool to access the color palette and select the golden white color 36 Mac or color 45 Win Now click on a point above and to the left of the area you want to change and hold down and drag the cursor to a point below and to the right of the area you wish to change AY h BaTHDA y T F HAPPY Aol PEP PRT i 1 In the menu bar click on the File item drag and release on New and click on the white canvas You will see a dialog box asking for the size of the canvas Click on the Full Printed Page button to automatically set the dimensions of the canvas in pixels so that it occupies an entir
22. ear type of gradient fill runs along parallel lines at the angle Radial Tbe radial type of gradient fill runs from the center point you specify evenly i specified Imagine a box surrounding shape to be filled at angle specified in all directions to the limit circle specified You may reverse the direction of by slider Fill the box with the gradient the shape then cuts the gradient the gradient by clicking on the reverse button out of the box 4 N N y oN N a l We lt Ea radius a 7 0 Angle g 2 oS gt Centerpoint gt Radius Sd RP A T 7 Large Angle radius Jr N s gt V N SS a a SS i control N 3 30 Angle e a L JA Pai gt D BE N A The ridges type of gradient fill runs along parallel lines at the angle Contour The contour type of gradient fill runs from the interior to the edge following specified also but starts and ends at the shape s edges the contour of the shape You may reverse the direction of the gradient to go from the edge to the interior by clicking on the reverse button vote DBD O p out BD D C 30 Angle gt NS gt Reverse Reverse p D gt gt Angle direction control option 10 11 Description Stamps are images that can be used to fill shapes or simply stamped on a Rotate 90 painting Operation Click ona stamp in the selection bar to select it R
23. eatarsacasancaseosaseeceenoscosewncas 42 Tutorial 4 A Surreal Landscape ccccccccccccecceecceceeeeeeeeeeees 46 Jan 2003 Tutorial 5 A Birthday Card ccccccceceeseesseeseesessssneanenees 50 Troubleshooting eesseessessssssssssssssseeerereeeeesessesssssssssssseseeeees 54 Keyboard Shortcuts ssesseseesessssesseereeeesesssesssssssssssssssesreeees 56 2003 Magic Mouse Productions Requirements Requirements 1 Acolor Macintosh or PowerPC computer 1 An IBM compatible computer with a 486 that can display at least 256 colors processor or better The currently selected 2 At least 4Mb of RAM inside your computer 2 32 MB RAM tool is highlighted in red Menu Bar een ye eae 3 Windows 95 98 NT4 ME 2000 XP QS application use See the troubleshooting File Edit Options Zoom Level Stencil section for tips on how to make more 4 Avideo card with the capability of memory available for applications displaying 256 colors with a resolution of 640x480 pixels or better 3 System 6 0 5 or later 4 Atleast 2 5 Mb 2500k bytes of available Installation procedure Tool Selection E Painting Area disk space 1 There is no installation necessary to run Flying Colors just insert the CD and wait Symmetry tool and stencil tool can be on Installation procedure five seconds for Windows to recognize E E ae Last change to painting undone _ Press again for r
24. ed highlight shows currently selected stamp Use arrow buttons to see another row of stamp choices in the selection bar Click on another stamp to change selection Vertical flip Holding down the mouse button and dragging with the stamp tool will draw multiple copies of the stamp Horizontal flip 3 T wee x gt g rE i Hold the key Mac Click index to see available The first stamp is stamp categories To skip connected to the system or key Win while the first level of the index clipboard and is called selecting a new stamp to nog we Mac or your custom stamp To preserve current settings In Win while clicking create a custom stamp the tool modifiers such as use the selection tool size angle of rotation etc Rotation EA Spacing s s o Brightness H y i Shortcuts 12 13 Description The index and browser allow you to find and view stamps easily Operation Click index to see the available stamp categories Click on a category to go into the browser which shows pages of stamps Stamps may be selected from the browser You may hold Mac or Win and click index to jump directly into the browser hold SM OPTION Mac Win Future stamp sets will appear here Choose one wa e a a OET z e Sh ah d we KK ee Mek FP GY amp D amp me Browser ineei ay t ivGse eee IY S Sta BR RO ABS kK MK ee ee wy Use arrows to
25. edo 1 There is no installation necessary to run the insertion of the CD and spin up the selected On Off buttons ae hl Flying Colors just insert the CD and ack will be highlighted in red FaFa feof DEEE i double click the program If you wish to POT e hs copy the program to your hard disk just a Each tool has its own set of nea drag the CD icon to your hard drive and it 2 If you wish to copy the program to your Tool Modifiers modifiers Modifiers change SE will copy all the files over hard disk just right click the the CD icon when you select another tool to your hard drive and drag to your hard disk and Windows will copy all the files over Coordinates shown here in the Status Area Preview Window of selection shows Stamp 239 modifications made above Help Line Identifies what is underneath cursor or shows file name My Painting eee 23 Previous row button ka Selection index button Next row button Other types of selections colors patterns and Current selection Shows painting size gradients is highlighted when cursor is here First time users start with the first 2 tutorial which begins on page 38 3 Main Window Description When you launch Flying Colors you are presented with the new ee document window below or you may get to this window by se
26. erase change color in one area adds the colors under the SREE re stencil tool to the protected only or switch one color to another throughout the painting The stencil is set constructed by selecting colors you wish to protect Operation 1 Select the stencil tool The stencil cursor looks like an eyedropper on the screen 2 Select a color in the painting you wish to protect Click the mouse on a pixel in the painting of that color or click directly on the color in the palette below As you protect each color it will be outlined in the palette Clicking again on the same color anywhere on the screen will undo or invert the stencil protection like a toggle switch Drag to include to include or exclude Click INVERT and the large areas in the stencil Clicking on a color to protect and holding down protected and unprotected the mouse button and dragging will protect all colors touched Clicking on a olore nile ncha Neves color to unprotect and holding down the mouse button and dragging will that the previewed mask is unprotect all colors touched Holding the key while working will inverted ensure that you only add protection and cannot unprotect any colors Holding the key Mac or key Win while working will ensure that you can only unprotect colors 3 It may be easier to specify which colors you do not wish to protect Specify Protected Colors Protected Calor these colors then press the INVERT button to invert the entire protection
27. ete the stencil by clicking on the MAKE button You have now created a stencil protecting the entire composition with the exception of the pink mandala As long as this stencil remains on only the unprotected area occupied by the pink mandala outline will be affected by the tool functions In the tool selection click on the solid oval symbol to access the solid oval fill tool In the gradient selection click on gradient 1 and in the gradient modifiers click on the lower left hand X to access the circular type of gradient fill Click the gradient reverse button so that green and yellow are at the center of the gradient With the cursor go to the center of the mandala Hold down the SHIFT key on the keyboard to constrain the oval shape of the tool to a circular shape Click on the center of the mandala to establish a center for the oval now circular tool drag to the outer edge of the mandala and release Return to the center of the mandala and click Move the cursor to the edge of the mandala and click again to specify how far out the gradient is to extend The mandala will now be filled with the gradient However the stencil will protect the background and only the outlines of the mandala will be replaced with rainbow colors graduating from yellow in the center to blue at the outer boundary of the gradient fill In the tool selection click on the ON button below the stencil to turn the stencil off 7 In the tool selection click on the windm
28. ill symbol to access the symmetry tool and in the tool modifiers click on the left hand symbol to access the rotational type of symmetry In the tool selection click on the solid oval symbol to access the solid oval fill tool In the selection bar click on gradient 81 and in the tool modifiers click on the upper right X to select the ridges type of gradient fill Create the appearance of floating spheres emanating from the center of the mandala by holding the SHIFT key down to constrain the oval tool to a circle and clicking and dragging the cursor at various points on the canvas beginning with the smallest spheres closest to the center As you place each sphere go to the tool modifiers and click on the rotational arrows to rotate the gradient fill within the spheres so that the lightest color faces the center of the mandala In the preview area watch the gradient selection sample rotate before you position it on your composition Press the UNDO button if you wish to delete your last addition to the composition Create perspective by selecting the slightly brighter gradient color 80 for the larger spheres closest to the outer edge of the picture 8 In the tool selection click on the stamp tool and create a floating picture frame using stamps 787 793 and 794 wood window frame elements Click on the right button on the scale modifier to enlarge elements 300 the scale factor will appear in help line Remember to hold key to preserv
29. ines hollow shapes and solid shapes can use patterns Operation Red highlight shows currently selected pattern Use arrows to see another row of pattern choices in the selection bar Click index button to see patterns a screenful at a time Currently selected pattern Click on another to change selection Description The color button above the selection bar is used to access colors All lines and fills as well as text can be colored Operation Click onacolor in the palette to select it The selected color will be highlighted in red The colors near the end of the palette continuously cycle Pressing the key will turn the color cycling on and off Red highlight shows currently Solid White Mac Blank colors reserved for selected color Click on another Solid Black Win future use Mac to change selection Solid Black Mac Solid White Win Cycling colors In addition to the over 1000 stamps built into Flying Colors there are more beautiful images available as accessory add on packs Each add on pack contains more background canvases and stamps Contact the sales department at 800 545 7677 for more information Tropical Fashion Faces Funny Faces 1 Funny Faces 2 Also available but not shown Description A gradient is a spread of colors The solid rectangle solid oval solid polygon and bucket tools can all use the gradient fill option as an alternative to a solid color fill Linear The lin
30. le to change the monitor on which the menu bar appears without rebooting If you wish to aim the program to a specific monitor make sure the target monitor has a 256 color setting Flying Colors will try to use that monitor first Mac I was working on a painting and the program abruptly said Out of Memory A Itis an intrinsic limitation of the current Macintosh system that applications may eventually run out of memory If possible increase the memory available to Flying Colors see earlier question Mac When I double click Flying Colors it says I don t have enough memory to run A On a machine with 4 Megabytes of memory running Apple s system 7 you 34 will probably have to quit all other applications before attempting to launch Flying Colors To determine how much memory is available to applications ZQ on your computer go into the Finder and on the menu bar under the apple icon select the About this Macintosh command which will present a graph showing how much is being used by various applications The memory available on your computer can be increased by removing large system extensions such as QuickTime from your system folder and restarting your computer A more convenient solution is to use a shareware utility called Extension Manager that allows you to control which extensions get loaded when you start up your computer If you have more than 8Mb of memory installed in your computer you shoul
31. lecting Eam New under the File menu Choosing a Flying Colors canvas takes you directly to the painting Sara eesti SEE tiii ANSEIER NETERA New Document Window Choosing a white canvas brings up iz Choose a canvas to draw on another window asking for a desired Open Existing Document Stamp 239 Pe S Instant Aart ll v canvas size gt lt gt Mauna Kapu My Painting DEH r g jii feet za ssib n a il Gai Vail ba gt ft 7 S Use these arrow buttons to see more canvases If you choose a blank canvas the painting area will be white Otherwise the painting area will show a Flying Colors canvas or a previously created painting Click open to review or add to an existing painting After selecting a paper size click ok You will Can Si then go back to the previous window with the VAS SIaE correct values entered automatically Paper Size and orientation Canvas size Width 4 vo r eS re ee Fair Printed Page OUS Legal B5 Letter Tabloid wv Full Printed Page fled pantere i i Enlarge ooj oni Subeiffation Gotions Enter the canvas size in pixels or click full page If Orientation Z Tent Smoothing 5 tii Xd Graphics Smoothing you choose full page you will then see a window W X Faster Bitmap Printing asking you to define a page size 4 3 Begin new painting Close painting without quitting Flying Colors Save with a different name
32. ls 1 15 Stamp tool Custom Brush Eraser Center painting on current mouse location Turn color cycling on off of Art by Mark Ferrari using Electronic Arts Deluxe Paint II enhanced Sound Effects by Joey Edelman using Sound Designer IT Alchemy Digital Performer Studio Vision Sound Edit Pro Sample Cell Hollywood Edge Sound Effects Library Design and Programming by Edward de Jong using the Modula 2 compiler by p1 GmbH from APDA Adobe Photoshop DeBabelizer by Equilibrium MPW Assembler and ResEdit from Apple Stony Brook Modula 2 for Windows and MASM 6 1 User manual by Chad Moore with tutorials by Jean Garrett using Aldus FreeHand Quark XPress and Photoshop with the Utopia Univers and DavysBigKeyCaps typefaces Testing by Donna Pierstorff Thanks to Apple and Microsoft Developer Support for answering or at least trying to answer my questions Johnny Wilson Michael Bremer to my Jean of many talents and of course to the users who provided so many suggestions and to the many other people who helped me along the way Dedicated to Grandma Edna Rose Alling 1890 1993 1993 2003 Edward de Jong Inverness CA PLEASE DO NOT MAKE ILLEGAL COPIES OF THIS SOFTWARE
33. mp preserves current settings While selecting a stamp preserves current settings Jump to Border bar Jump to Color palette bar Jump to Gradient bar Jump to Pattern bar Jump to Stamp bar Jump to Font bar Go to first row Go to last row Go to previous row Go to next row Temporary tool activation OPTION Mac Win Mac Right Mouse Button Win 96 Bring up the eyedropper tool to pick up a color Bring up the eyedropper tool to pick up a color Bring up the grabber tool to scroll the painting Hold right button and drag to reposition the painting Stamp modification shortcuts X COGN IE a SHIFT Scrolling shortcuts 9 bJ ae Slider shortcuts OPTION Mac Win Ta T TI 4 Other shortcuts RETURN or E J Olz TI l TI l lz gt O Flip stamp left to right Flip stamp top to bottom Rotate stamp ninety degrees Increase stamp size one step Decrease stamp size one step While drawing with a stamp aligns stamps in a straight line Scroll painting left right up or down a little bit Scroll painting left right up or down a screen full While clicking on a slider restores slider to default value While clicking on a slider restores slider to default value While clicking on side of angle slider forces 45 degree increments Shortcut for OK button in dialog boxes Shortcut for CANCEL button in dialog boxes or stop symmetry processing Select too
34. mp to desired position on card and click You may modify size if desired and create random or symmetrical effects by flipping stamp Click on stamp 1014 birthday cake Position on card and click 5 In the tool selection click on the hollow rectangle symbol to access the hollow rectangle fill tool and select border 196 confetti border Click on the upper left corner of the printable area hold down drag to the center and release 6 In the tool selection click on the solid oval symbol to access the solid oval fill tool Click on the oval gradient fill button above the index bar if necessary to access the gradient fill selection and click on gradient fill 17 graduated pink and blue In the tool modifiers click on the lower right X to access the contour type gradient fill Click on the gradient fill reverse button below to reverse the color pattern of the gradient Click in the middle of the upper left quadrant hold down and drag to create a large oval and release Dl AelPey k BATH i I T HAPY ARTI 1 r f 7 In the tool selection click on the text tool and type Best Wishes press return on the keyboard and type From Your Sister and then press OK In the tool modifiers click on outtlime Mac or bold Win and in the selection bar click on color 6 for the text The upper left quadrant created by the fold lines will be the inside of the card when it is finished The pattern of folding makes it necessa
35. n Spray Radius E j Small Radius Large Radius Spray Tool Using Stamps 20 Description The brush tool draws a free form line The line s thickness is controlled by Spacing the size of the brush shape selected and the spacing between each imprint of the brush is controlled by the slider A spacing of 1 results in a solid line and larger spacing values result in dotted lines Tight Medium Loose Operation 1 Select a brush shape es a n 2 Adjust the spacing slider to make the line solid or dotted n E o B 3 Hold the mouse button down and drag to create a free form line na a aia MRS Opacity control Mac only is available in mia most tools at the advanced level Decreasing Tan a a 8 Opacity the opacity slider to the left blends the E E brush color with the colors in the painting Opacity Mac only A 44 NM S 4L d Ta bu 4 7 Almost Completely 8 e ty 000 Transparent Opaque Brush Shape Brush Shape Spacing 28 29 BASIC AND ADVANCED LEVEL Description The text tool creates a stamp that is composed of letters The color Use arrow buttons to access Selected font is highlighted in red Additional typefaces may typeface size and typographical effects can be specified typeface selections be purchased and installed separately Operation 1 Click on the text tool icon to bring up a dialog box where you enter the text Ente
36. ool In the lower screen above the selector bar click on the oval pattern symbol to access pattern selections As you click on individual selections in the bar the selection sample will appear in the margin called the preview window and the number of that selection will appear directly above it in the status area Click on pattern 3 yellow siding Click the cursor on a point on the screen corresponding to the upper left hand corner of the front of the house you are about to create Without letting go of the cursor drag diagonally downwards to where the right bottom corner of the house will be Let go of the cursor to create a large rectangle of yellow siding forming the lower story front face of the house Press UNDO button if you wish to erase this last step and start over Repeat with a smaller rectangular area above to form the second story 2 In the tool selection click on the solid triangle symbol to select the irregular polygon fill tool In the lower screen above the selection bar click on the oval pattern selection and click on pattern 143 Victorian half moon tiles Begin to create the roof outline by clicking on one of the upper front house corners and releasing the cursor Move the cursor upwards to find the upper corner location of the roof line and click again The cursor will automatically draw a straight line between these two points Proceed until you have clicked on all four corners of your roof outline and enclosed them
37. ouds by using the horizontal flip button in the tool modifiers to reverse some of the stamps Plan ahead where your sun will be and watch your light and shadow effects Embellish using stamp series 983 988 smaller clouds 3 In the tool selection click on the stencil tool and click on the MAKE button to include the clouds in the protected area of the stencil you made in step 1 Click on the stamp tool and click on the stamp 991 sun Position as if breaking through the clouds In the tool selection click on the word ON below the lock symbol to turn the stencil off 4 Click on stamps 968 and 961 976 979 jagged rocks to create rock outcroppings Overlap slightly for realism Use the horizontal flip button and the scale slider for variety Create a tree beginning with stamp series 999 1010 trunks limbs and branches 5 Add foliage to your tree with stamps 105 and 106 leaf clusters In the tool modifiers use the darkness slider to create realistic light effects Create bushes using stamps 103 and 104 light and dark ivy clumps Modify scale darkness and flip the stamps for variety 6 Embellish your composition with additional plants animals birds insects and figures from the stamp selections 4l 42 1 In the menu bar click on the File item drag and release on NeW and click on the street canvas In the tool selection click on the solid rectangle symbol to access the solid rectangle fill t
38. r the lines of type separated by returns The text will automatically center itself or you can choose left or right alignment Click OK to create the _ s Chicago Geneva Monaco stamp containing the text 80 5ESOS Zant Chancery AG Old Pace Condi 2 Move the cursor into the painting area and view stamp against F Barmeno Extra bold CASTELLAR MT Colossalls Bold background Click on typeface from font selection below 3 Modify the style of the text by using one or a combination of typographical effects bold underline etc from the tool modifier area Adjust the line spacing and size with the sliders The four quick size buttons 10 12 18 24 allow you to access the most commonly used type sizes in points To choose a color for your text click on the blue color selector button above the typeface selections to access the color palette and click on the color desired 4 Once the text stamp is created it becomes your custom stamp and can abcdetg abcdefg Description When the level is set to Small Kids the text tool is simplified and text is entered a letter at a time abcdefg abcdefg albbcdefg abcdefg Note Outline and Shadow effects only available on Mac Plain EOLO y F y y y Guus shadow alpha 2 sa beta beta ao amma amma Line Spacing Quick Size AII 24 Style k dian laa gt Nin alpha alpha alpha alpha alpha Most commonly used type sizes in points 30 31
39. rag diagonally downwards to the right so that you are taking a little bit more than the two top panes You have now created a custom stamp of the top section of the window Position the top of the window stamp in the upper story and click Click on the mover tool again This time click below and left of the completed window and drag diagonally upwards to the right to select the bottom part of the window Position the bottom window section and click 43 7 Return to the stamp tool and stamp selection and create accent trim with stamps 759 and 765 766 white middle and end mouldings for the undersides of the window frames and stamp 744 white decorative cap moulding for both the windows and the door When using a stamp such as a moulding you can extend the stamp in a straight line by holding down the key on the keyboard holding down the cursor and dragging Remember you can always UNDO your last change to the painting Scale down the cap mouldings above the windows so as to be slightly smaller in proportion to the door 8 Create a tree using stamp 999 tree trunk scaling it down and use the sliding shade modifier in the same way as the scale modifier to darken the image Holding key Mac or key Win to preserve scale and shade settings add stamps 1000 1001 and 1003 branches 9 Click on stamp 65 leaf In the tool selection click on the spray can and by clicking and dragging the cursor in sweeping motions spray le
40. reasing the magnification factor Flying Colors will request that you specify the pixel in the painting you wish to keep as the center While Drag for SER click for magnified if Dual Zoom Windows is turned on in the Options menu a split Se nee screen will appear allowing you to view your work at the magnification level selected and the actual size simultaneously De rN cr oe y i Present magnification setting Magnification Chooser CUT copy I C0 Increase Magnification Decrease Magnification New selection becomes No canvas Canvas the first stamp 16 17 r Description The filled polygon tool creates an irregularly shaped area and fills it with Description The eyedropper tool allows you to select a color by picking up a color a color pattern gradient or stamps directly from the painting Operation 1 Select a color gradient pattern or stamp to fill with 2 Define the shape by clicking the mouse for each endpoint of a straight edge If the mouse is held down and moved the edge can become curved As you draw the boundary of the area will be shown with a black line Operation Click the tip of the eyedropper exactly over a pixel whose color you wish to pick up The eyedropper can also be accessed while working with most other tool selections by holding down th
41. ry to rotate elements for this section of the card upside down when positioning for the finished card to read correctly after folding Click on the stamp tool and click on the first of the three rotational buttons which shows the letter F being rotated 90 degrees into a horizontal position Click again to rotate an additional 90 degrees for a total of 180 degree rotation Your custom typeface stamp will now be upside down Position inside oval gradient and click 8 To create flower grouping click on the stamp tool and select stamp 31 digitalis flower Position near center in the upper right quadrant and click Position a second time overlapping slightly and click Click on stamp 104 dark ivy leaves position below the flowers and click 9 Click on stamp 33 profile of morning glory flower position and click Position and click again Rotate the stamp 40 degrees position and click The number of degrees will appear in the help line in the lower part of the screen above the selection bar Click on stamp 32 forward facing morning glory flower position and click 10 In the tool selection click on the top center symbol to access the mover tool Click at a point just above and to the left of the flowers hold down and drag an outline around the flower grouping to create a custom stamp Click on the rotation 90 degrees button twice to rotate upside down position at the bottom of oval in upper left quadrant and click 11 Af
42. s and printers are better than others at matching the vibrant colors used in Flying Colors It will take some experimentation to determine the best brightness and color matching settings If you are using an inkjet color printer coated paper will produce the best results Q I printed a painting on a black and white printer and it came out unrecognizable even though I had selected the color grayscale option box Why A Associated with each printer on your computer is a printer driver gt O gt O Unfortunately some printer drivers do not support a good quality conversion of color images into black and white The poorer drivers use a very crude thresholding technique where any pixels in the painting darker than a certain quantity print as black and all others print as white this results in a drastic loss of fidelity Contact your printer manufacturer to find out if you can obtain a more recent version of your printer driver Why does the painting look so grainy on my high resolution printer The painting you have made has a resolution of approximately 75 dots per inch which is similar to the resolution of your computer display When the painting is printed it is sent to the printer as a series of dots It is an inherent limitation of digital painting that the image cannot be magnified without either blurring it or having jagged edges If you have enough memory on your computer you can paint on an extra large canvas such as 12
43. ter printing your card fold it twice to finish it Pictured inside of card Pictured front cover of card 93 Email support magicmouse com Tel 415 669 7010 10 00 AM to 7 00 PM PST Mail Magic Mouse Productions 12615 Sir Francis Drake Blvd Inverness CA 94937 Commonly asked questions Q A Q A Either a bug in Flying Colors or a conflict with some other program Cursor What format are my paintings saved in On the Macintosh paintings are saved in PICT format and under Windows pictures are saved in BMP format These formats are usually readable by other programs such as word processors and page layout programs Flying Colors is crashing changing routines sound effect gizmos and other desktop enhancers are notoriously uncooperative and can cause Flying Colors problems If possible turn off other accessory programs temporarily to help isolate the problem If the problem only occurs during printing contact your printer manufacturer to see if there is a later version of the printer driver available When I import my painting into other graphics programs the color cycling no longer works A The color cycling feature of Flying Colors is not available in other graphics ZQ programs Mac I have two monitors and the menu bar is on a different monitor At program startup time Flying Colors determines the best monitor to run on Due to a limitation in the Apple software it is not possib
44. will permit use of the stencil In the tool selection click on the solid rectangle icon to access the solid rectangle fill tool Click on the gradient button above the selection bar if necessary to access gradient selections Click on gradient 73 graduated blue and in the tool modifier area click on the upper left X to access the linear type of gradient fill Click on the rotational arrows until the angle measurement reading in the help line in the lower screen above the selection bar reaches 90 degrees and the colors in the gradient sample in the preview window are oriented horizontally with the darker colors on the top Click on the top left corner of the screen and drag diagonally downwards in the top 3 5 of the screen to create a visionary sky 2 Create the ground in the remaining area on the screen by clicking on gradient 42 greenish blue You are still using the linear type of gradient fill rotate to 90 degrees to orient the pattern horizontally with light colors at top In the tool selection click on the pouring paint bucket symbol to access the bucket fill tool Move the cursor to the empty canvas area and click to fill 3 Return gradient 42 to 0 degrees rotation by holding down the key Mac key Win and clicking on the rotation slider In the tool selection above the rotation slider click on the gradient reverse button so that the darker color is on the right In the tool modifiers click on the upper right X symbol
45. ws you to specify the thickness of the border in points 1 72 of an inch The border will be printed in black around the entire rectangle of the painting A border thickness of 0 which is the default will result in no border After you are done specifying how the page is to be printed click the OK button On older Macintosh systems the caption and border feature are not available Select the Print command under the File menu Depending on your printer driver software the amount of memory and speed of your computer it may take anywhere from 5 seconds to 5 minutes to prepare the page before printing begins Commonly asked questions about printing Q A Q A Printing speed is mostly dependent on the efficiency of another program gt O 36 What will the cycling colors look like when they are printed The cycling colors will not cycle on the printed page If you stop the cycling of the colors with the AB key you will see exactly how the cycling colors on the page will print Printing is awfully slow called a printer driver The printer driver software was supplied with your printer and depending on the options you have selected may take several minutes to prepare the picture before printing the first dot Printing sideways is always much slower as the printer must rotate the page Adding memory to your computer may also speed up printing Why are the colors different when I print Some printer driver
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