Getting started with paint
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Paint is a program included in Windows that allows users to create and edit pictures. It includes various drawing tools located in the ribbon, such as pencils, brushes, shapes, and text tools. The document provides step-by-step instructions for how to use these tools to draw lines, shapes, add text, erase parts of pictures, crop images, and save work. It also describes how to customize colors and shortcuts to work more efficiently in Paint.
Getting started with paint
- 1. Getting started with Paint Paint in Window Seven
- 3. Getting started with Paint Paint is a feature in Windows that you can use to draw, color, and edit pictures. You can use Paint like a digital sketchpad to make simple pictures, creative projects, or to add text and designs to other pictures, such as those taken with your digital camera.
- 4. The parts of Paint When you start Paint, you'll see an empty window; drawing and painting tools are located in the Ribbon at the top of the window. The following illustration shows the different parts of the Paint window:
- 5. Working with tools The Ribbon in Paint includes a handy collection of drawing tools. You can use these tools to create freehand drawings and add a variety of shapes to your pictures. This section describes some common tasks. For more detailed information on how to use the different tools in Paint
- 6. Draw a line Some tools and shapes, such as the Pencil, Brush, Line, and Curve, let you make a variety of straight, curved, and squiggly lines. What you draw is determined by how you move the mouse as you draw. You can use the Line to draw a straight line, for example. 1. On the Home tab, in the Shapes group, click the Line . 2. In the Colors group, click Color 1, and then click the color you want to use. 3. To draw, drag the pointer across the drawing area.
- 7. Draw a squiggly line Your drawings don't have to be composed of only straight lines. The Pencil and Brushes can be used to make completely random, free-form shapes. 1. On the Home tab, in the Tools group, click the Pencil tool . 2. In the Colors group, click Color 1, and then click the color you want to use. 3. To draw, drag the pointer across the drawing area and make a squiggly line.
- 8. Draw a shape Paint lets you draw many different shapes. For example, you can draw ready-made, defined shapes such as rectangles, circles, squares, triangles, and arrows . You can also make your own custom shape by using the Polygon shape . On the Home tab, in the Shapes group, click a ready-made shape, such as the Rectangle . To add a ready-made shape, drag the pointer across the drawing area to make the shape. To change the outline style, in the Shapes group, click Outline, and then click an outline style. In the Colors group, click Color 1, and then click a color for the outline. In the Colors group, click Color 2, and then click a color to use to fill the shape. To change the fill style, in the Shapes group, click Fill, and then click a fill style.
- 9. Draw a shape
- 10. Add text You can also add text to your picture. The Text tool lets you add a simple message or title. On the Home tab, in the Tools group, click the Text tool . Drag the pointer in the drawing area where you want to add text. Under Text Tools, on the Text tab, click the font face, size, and style in the Font group. In the Colors group, click Color 1, and then click a color. This is the text color. Type the text that you want to add
- 11. Add text
- 12. Erase part of your picture If you make a mistake or need to change part of a picture, use the eraser. By default, the eraser changes any area you erase to white, but you can change the eraser color. For example, if you set the background color to yellow, anything you erase turns to yellow. On the Home tab, in the Tools group, click the Eraser tool . In the Colors group, click Color 2, and then click the color that you want to erase with. If you want to erase with white, you don't have to select a color. Drag the pointer over the area you want to erase.
- 13. Erase part of your picture
- 14. Drawing different shapes in Paint You can use Paint to add different shapes in a picture. The ready- made shapes range from traditional shapes—rectangles, ellipses, triangles, and arrows—to fun and unusual shapes, such as a heart, lightning bolt, or callouts (to name a few). If you want to make your own custom shape, you can use to the Polygon tool to do this.
- 15. Work faster in Paint There's a fast way to put the commands you use most often in Paint in easy reach—put them on the Quick Access Toolbar above the Ribbon. To add a Paint command to the Quick Access Toolbar, right-click a button or command, and then click Add to Quick Access Toolbar
- 17. Crop a picture by using Paint If you're not satisfied with the way a picture was composed with the camera, you can use Paint to crop the photo to improve its composition or to focus on certain elements in it. On the Home tab, in the Image group, click Select. Click and drag to select the element you want to keep in the picture, and then click Crop. Click the Paint button , point to Save as, and then click the picture file type for the cropped picture.
- 18. Crop a picture by using Paint
- 19. Working with color There are a number of tools to help you work specifically with color in Paint. They let you use the colors you want when you're drawing and editing in Paint. Color boxes The Color boxes indicate the current Color 1 (foreground color) and Color 2 (background color) colors. How they're used depends on what you're doing in Paint.
- 20. Color boxes
- 21. Saving a picture Save your picture frequently so you don't accidentally lose your work. To save, click the Paint button , and then click Save. This saves all of the changes made to the picture since the last time you saved. 1. Click the Paint button , and then click Save. 2. In the Save as type box, select the file format you want. 3. In the File name box, type a name, and then click Save.
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