Brother International PDP350CJ Owner's Manual - English - Page 257

"To draw a bitmap frame: 1. Select the Frame tool on the far left of the Bitmap tools. The pointer changes to crosshairs when you move it over the drawing area. 2. Move the pointer to where you want to anchor the first point of the frame, then click and drag the frame until it becomes the size you want. 3. Release the left mouse button. A frame with a white fill appears with selection handles: Drawing a bitmap frame creates the bitmap. You can now change pixels inside the bitmap frame. You can also draw other Drawing objects on top of the bitmap; however, they remain separate objects, distinct from the bitmap. You can also create a bitmap frame simply by drawing a bitmap shape (straight line, freehand symbol, rectangle, or ellipse) in a blank part of the drawing area. When you do this, Drawing creates a rectangular bitmap frame around the image along its outermost points; the boundaries of the frame become the boundaries of the bitmap. Drawing Bitmap Shapes Unlike other Drawing objects, a bitmap is always opaque and never transparent (unfilled). As a result, if you place a bitmap on top of other objects, you cannot see the underlying objects. You can use the Bitmap tools to draw the following bitmap shapes: S Straight lines S Rectangles S Ellipses S Freehand shapes Once you draw a bitmap shape, it becomes part of the bitmap frame. You cannot change a bitmap shape as you would a draw object. For example, you cannot move, resize a bitmap ellipse directly; you can only draw another ellipse in the new location or size you want. For this reason, it is helpful to choose Undo from the Edit menu to correct any mistakes you make. You normally select the attributes of a bitmap shape before you draw it, including the tone, shading, line weight, and so on. You can also change these attributes after you have drawn the shape. Drawing 242