Drawing Normal Lines and Bezier Lines to Create Shapes in Paint Shop Pro 7 Learn How to Use Paint Shop Pro's Drawing Tool pp. 89-103 Paint Shop Pro's Draw Tool offers four (4) options of drawing styles: Single Lines Creation of one straight line from one point to another Bezier Curves A vector line which can be manipulated (bent) Freehand Lines (Curves) Unchangeable curves Point to Point Lines The most flexible lines

There are other settings that you can make when you use the Draw Tool:

• width
• aliased or antialiased
• tracking (the degree to which the curve follows the mouse)
• cap (the appearance of the line's endpoint)
• miter (how lines are joined)
• miter limit (length of the miter)
• whether the line is stroked (outlined), filled, or both
• whether the line has a gradient, pattern, or texture

Creating a Bull's Eye Using Paint Shop Pro pp. 93-96

• Open a new file, 500 px x 500 px x 72 dpi, White background, 16.7 Million Colors
• Set the background color (fill) to Black
• Set the foreground color (stroke) to Red
• Set the Foreground and Background Styles to Solid
• Select the Preset Shapes Tool
• Set the shape to Ellipse
• Choose Antialias
• Do NOT choose As Vector
• Click View/Grid
• Click File/Preferences/General Program Preferences/Ruler & Units Tab
• Possible Better Alternative: Click View/Change Grid And Guide Properties
• Set Vertical and Horizontal Spacing to 50 px each
• Add a Layer
• Move the Mouse Pointer to 100, 100
• Shift-drag to create a 300 px diameter circle
• Switch the foreground and background colors
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• Move the Mouse Pointer to 124, 124
• Shift-drag to create a 250 px diameter circle
• Switch the foreground and background colors
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• Move the Mouse Pointer to 150, 150
• Shift-drag to create a 200 px diameter circle
• Switch the foreground and background colors
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• Move the Mouse Pointer to 174, 174
• Shift-drag to create a 150 px diameter circle
• Switch the foreground and background colors
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• Move the Mouse Pointer to 200, 200
• Shift-drag to create a 100 px diameter circle
• Switch the foreground and background colors
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• Move the Mouse Pointer to 224, 224
• Shift-drag to create a 50 px diameter circle
• There's a Bull's Eye!
• Save as bullseye.psp

Creating an Arrow for Your Bull's Eye pp. 97-100

1. Resave bullseye.psp as bullseye2.psp (now you'll have a backup)
2. Create a new layer for an arrow
3. Set the forecolor (stroke) to blue
4. Select the Draw Tool
5. Set the Line Type to Single Line
6. Set the Width to 12
7. Choose Antialias
8. Do NOT choose Create as Vector
9. Move the mouse pointer close to the bull's eye's center
10. Draw a line to the upper right outside the outermost ring
11. Set the Width to 2
12. Draw a perpendicular line as shown
13. Consider using the Zoom Tool
14. Draw 2 more line segments as shown

15. Select the Flood Fill Tool
16. Set the background color to blue also
17. Set Fill Style to Solid
18. Set Match Mode to RGB
19. Set the Tolerance to 10 and Opacity to 100
20. Click inside the arrowhead to finish it
21. Antialias may prevent some pixels from changing color
22. You may need to magnify to color some of the pixels with the Flood Fill Tool
23. T. Michael Clark suggests using a brush to fill in the remaining pixels - whatever method you prefer, go ahead!

Learn How to Use Bezier Curves pp. 100-103

Bezier curves are tricky to learn at first, but the time spent now may pay off later. Many other graphics programs also use them.

• Open a new file, 500 px x 500 px x 72 dpi, White background, 16.7 Million Colors
• Select the Draw Tool
• Set the Line Type to Bezier Curve
• Set the Width to 10
• Choose Antialias
• Do not choose Create As Vector or Close Path
• Set the Stroke style to Solid
• Set the Fill style to None
• Decide whether or not to display the grid
• Create a horizontal line with the mouse pointer by dragging
• Click below or above the segment; perhaps drag some
• Again click below or above the segment; perhaps drag some
• Practice making a series of Bezier curves

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