Brother International PDP350CJ Owner's Manual - English - Page 259

Pressing SHIFT while drawing an ellipse creates a circle. Pressing SHIFT while drawing freehand constrains the line to horizontal or vertical. "To draw an ellipse (circle): 1. Choose Area Attributes from the Attributes menu. 2. Select the area fill tone, shading, and pattern. 3. Select the Bitmap Ellipse tool from the Bitmap tools. Thepointerchanges to crosshairs when you move it over the drawing area. 4. Move the pointer to where you want to start the ellipse, and then click and drag until the ellipse is the shape and size you want. 5. Release the left mouse button. An ellipse appears with the attributes you selected. "To draw a freehand shape: 1. Select the line tone, shading, and width you want by selecting Line Attributes from the Attributes menu. 2. Select the Brush tool from the Bitmap tools. The pointer changes to crosshairs when you move it over the drawing area. 3. Click once to change one pixel. OR Move the pointer to where you want to start the freehand shape, press and drag the pointer to draw the shape you want, and then release the left mouse button. Editing Bitmap Images Once you have created a bitmap, you can use the Bitmap tools to change pixels in the object, erase portions of the image you do not want, and to select all or part of the image for cut, copy, and paste operations. Whenever you use a bitmap tool in a bitmap image, the bitmap image becomes the selected object. A frame appears around it to show you that it is the selected object: You can use the Selection tool to select a rectangular region within a bitmap so that you can perform copy, cut, and paste operations using the pixels in the region. You can select all or part of the object. You can cut or copy the selected region to the clipboard and paste it in a different location in the bitmap. "To select a region within a bitmap image: 1. Click on the Bitmap Selection tool. The pointer changes to crosshairs when you move it over the drawing area. 2. Move the pointer to where you want to anchor one corner of the selection, and then click and drag the mouse until the selection region is the size you want. 3. Release the left mouse button. A rectangular selection region appears. Drawing 244