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Window Menu:

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The Window menu commands display tool windows for defining brushes and painting images, creating, editing, and filling shapes and text, and selecting and mixing colors and vignettes. The menu also has commands for probing, panning, and rendering images.


Like many Alias Eclipse commands, the tool windows can remain open as you work, so you can use combinations of tools. For example, you can use the Color and Brushes windows to switch colors as you paint.


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Brushes Tool Window:

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You use the Brushes command to select brush attributes and actions to paint images and masks, and to apply corrections and effects. The sections below describe how to select brush attributes and how to use the brushes.


To use the Brushes window:


1. Select Brushes from the Window menu.


Alias Eclipse displays the Brushes window.


2. Select the brush characteristics and the brush action you want.


3. Move the cursor to the image area and use MB1 to paint your image.


4. You can change the brush characteristic and action as you work by selecting options from the Brushes window.



Selecting Brush Options:

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Brush Shape and Type:

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Use the four push buttons at the top of the Brush window to choose the basic brush types: Opaque / Air and Round / Square. To select the brush shape and type, simply click on the appropriate button. You can select only one button from each pair.


Opaque brush applies a consistent, hard-edged paint stamp to the image or mask. If you Restore with the Opaque brush, the restoration or unpainting also has this hard-edged characteristic.


Air brush applies a combination of paint and air to the image or mask. If you Restore with the Air brush, the paint restoration has the Air brush characteristic. To adjust the air-to-paint ratio, use the Density slider or text box in the lower portion of the window.


Round gives you a brush with a round tip.


Square gives you a brush with a square tip.


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Brush Characteristics:

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Profile


The Profile command button displays a window with a graph line that represents a cross section of the current brush tip. You use the graph line to reshape the brush's profile and change the shape of the tip.


To use the Profile option, follow these steps:


1. Select the Profile option from the Brushes window.


Alias Eclipse displays the Profile dialog box.


2.  Click and drag the graph points to distort the line and adjust the profile of the brush tip. The graph points operate symmetrically; if you move a point, the corresponding point on the other side of the line moves with it.


3. To return to the original brush profile, select the Reset button.


4. To close the window, open the control menu and select Close.


Max/Size


The Max and Size options specify a maximum size for all brushes and the size of the current brush. To set the maximum brush size, type a value in the Max text box. To set the current brush size, drag the Size slider left or right, or type a values in the text box at the right of the slider.


Using Max./Size with a Wacom Tablet


If you installed a Wacom tablet, the Size option has two sliders and text boxes. This is because you can change the brush size by applying more or less pressure on the tablet.


The top slider and text box represent the maximum brush size; the bottom pair represent the minimum size for the brush. To set the maximum size, type a value in the Max text box. To adjust the minimum brush size, drag the lower Size slider left or right, or type a values in the text box at the right of the slider. If you drag the bottom slider to the right past the top slider, they move in tandem because the minimum size can't be greater than the maximum size.


Density


Density controls the ratio of air to paint for air brushes. The Density option displays two sliders and text boxes. The top slider and text box represent the maximum density for all brushes; the bottom slider and text box is the current density. 
Air brush density is specified in percentages. A high density value gives the brush more paint, a lower value gives the brush less paint. Type percentage values in the text boxes, or click and drag the sliders to set the values.


Using Density with a Wacom Tablet


If you installed a Wacom tablet, the Density option has two sliders and text boxes. This is because you can change the density by applying more or less pressure on the tablet.


The top slider and text box represent the maximum density; the bottom pair represent the minimum size for the brush. To set the maximum density, type a value in the Max text box. To adjust the minimum density, drag the lower Density slider left or right, or type a values in the text box at the right of the slider. If you drag the bottom slider to the right past the top slider, they move in tandem because the minimum density can't be greater than the maximum size. 


Transparency


Transparency sets the transparency value for a brush. You use Transparency for both image and mask painting. Transparency can apply to both paint and brush action. For example, if you set a low transparency value and use a Clone brush, the original image is still visible beneath the cloned image. To turn transparency on or off, select the Transparency push button. To set the transparency value, click and drag the slider or type a value in the text box. A Transparency setting of 100 is completely opaque; 0 is completely clear.


Continuous/Gap


The Continuous push button and the Gap text box controls the flow of paint along the brush stroke. The Gap value represents the amount of space between paint drops as a percentage of the current brush size. The lower the Gap value, the "smoother" the brush stroke. Click on the Continuous push button to turn it on. To set the Gap, type a value in the text box.


Iterative


The Iterative push button is used to build up and overlay paint strokes. When you click on Iterative, you can build up paint layers with your brush. When you turn Iterative off, you cannot build up paint, and you actually create a paint mask instead.


Iterative affects how MB2 operates when you use it to undo paint strokes. With the Iterative button on, you can undo only your most recent paint stroke (the last time you pressed and then released MB1 while painting), even if you haven't change the brush color or action. This is because you build up paint when iterative is on.


With the Iterative button off, you can undo all your paint strokes unless you've changed the brush color or action. If you do change the color or action, you can undo only the most recent color or action strokes.


If you want to undo all your paint strokes (no matter whether Iterative was on or off), use the Restore brush action. This brush action restores the image to its state when you last saved it.


Commit


Select the Commit button to commit your brush strokes to the PaintMask. Again, Iterative affects how the Commit button functions.With the Iterative button on, you can Commit only your most recent paint stroke (the last time you pressed and then released MB1 while painting), even if you haven't change the brush color or action. This is because you build up paint when iterative is on.


With the Iterative button off, you can commit all your paint strokes unless you've changed the brush color or action. If you do change the color or action, you can commit only the most recent color or action strokes.


Use the PaintMask command in the View menu to see how Commit and Iterative work.


Brush Color


Use the Brush Color window to select or mix the current color. You can select a color from the Brush Color window, or pick a color from your image.


1. If the Brush Color window is not yet open, click MB1 inside the brush icon (the large rectangle in the middle) in the Brushes window. 


Alias Eclipse displays the Brush Color window. The window contains a color swatch showing the current color. There are sliders and text boxes to specify colors numerically. The number of sliders and boxes depends on whether you are working with an RGB or CMYK image. (For example, the RGB Brush Color window also displays HSL sliders and boxes) The window has a color ramp at the bottom that you use to select or mix colors. 


2. To choose a color from your image, click on the Pick button. 
Alias Eclipse prompts you to pick a color from the image.


3. Use MB1 to drag the cursor over the image. 


The color swatch, sliders, text boxes and brush icon reflect the color values at the cursor position. 


4. Release MB1 to select a color a the cursor position.


5. To choose a color from the window, drag the sliders left or right, or type a value in one of the text boxes and press Enter. 


The color swatch, sliders, and boxes adjust automatically as you change values. 


6. To choose a color from the color ramp, use MB1 and drag the cursor around in the ramp. 


7. Release MB1 to select a color at the cursor position. 


8. You can also add the current color (as shown in the swatch) into the ramp. Click MB1 on one of the four small squares at the corners of the ramp. 


Alias Eclipse mixes the current color with the existing colors. You can continue mixing to get the color you want. 


9. When you are done, select the control menu in the upper left corner of the window and then select Close.


Alias Eclipse closes the window. The color you selected remains the current color until you change it again. 


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Brush Actions:

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Use the Brush Action push buttons to choose how the brush operates when you paint an image or mask. You can use a brush to paint, to restore areas of an image, or to smear, pattern or clone areas of an image. You can also apply corrections or effects. You can select only one Brush Action at a time, and the action remains in effect until you select another action.


Before you select a Brush Action and begin painting in your image, remember to select the appropriate Apply button in the status area to select the separation or layer on which you want to paint.


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Color:

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Select Color to apply the current paint color to an image.


1. Select the Brush Type, Shape, and Size, and any other characteristics you want.


2. Select the Color Brush Action.


3. Move to the image area. The brush appears as a circle or square.


4. Use MB1 to paint the image or mask. Release MB1 to stop the flow of paint. To undo painting, use MB2 and move the brush over the areas you want to unpaint.


To use MB2 to unpaint, be sure to select the Undo Layer option in the Controls Preferences window. See the File Menu section for instructions for selecting preferences.


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Restore:

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Select Restore to use the brush to unpaint areas of an image. Although you can unpaint your current brush strokes using MB2, yiou can also unpaint by selecting the Restore brush action. If you select Restore, use MB1 to unpaint. The brush continues to unpaint until you turn off Restore or select a different brush action. You can also use Restore to unpaint a brush stroke around a shape. 


To use the Restore brush, be sure to select the Restore Layer option in the Controls Preferences window. See the File Menu section for instructions for selecting preferences. 


1. Select the Brush Type, Shape, and Size, and any other characteristics you want.


2. Select the Restore Brush Action.


3. Move to the image area. The brush appears as a circle or square.


4. Use MB1 to restore the image or mask. Alias Eclipse restores the areas beneath the brush. Release MB1 to stop. The Restore brush cancels any changes you made to the image since you last saved or retained it.


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Render:

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You use a Render brush to render portions of a shape, or a whole shape, to the canvas. This is similar to using the Render button in the Shapes window to have Alias Eclipse render the shape to the canvas. The difference is that you can use the brush to selectively render portions of the shape instead of the entire shape.


You can also use the Render brush to "un-render" portions of a rendered shape by using MB2 instead of MB1 when you brush. For example, suppose you create a shape and use the Render button in the Shapes window to render the whole shape to the canvas. You could then select the Render brush action and use MB2 to undo parts of the shape that have already been rendered. You would actually be "undoing the render" with the brush.


1. Select the Brush Type, Shape, and Size, and any other characteristics you want.


2. Select the Render Brush Action.


3. Move to the image area. The brush appears as a circle or square.


4. Use MB1 and brush over the areas of the shape (or shapes) that you want to render to the canvas. To undo, or "un-render" any parts of the shape, press MB2 as you brush instead of MB1. 


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Clone:

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Select Clone to copy paint and color from one area of an image to another, or from one image to another. To clone from one image to another, be sure to pop the destination image to the front of the screen cloning to it.


1. Select the Brush Type, Shape, and Size, and any other characteristics you want.


2. Select the Clone Brush Action.


Alias Eclipse prompts you to select the cloning source.


3. Move to the image area, and click MB1 in the area that you want to clone from.


Alias Eclipse prompts you to paint the image.


4. Move to the area you want to clone to, and use MB1. Release MB1 to stop cloning.


Alias Eclipse displays a source brush and a destination brush and draws a straight line between the brushes. The two brushes move in parallel; the source brush is not anchored at the original point you selected.


5. Use MB2 to undo cloned areas.


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Correct:

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Select Correct to use a brush to apply a correction to an image. As you paint with the brush, Alias Eclipse applies the last correction used to the areas you paint. You can also open a Correct tool window, set up the correction, and then apply it through the brush.


For example, to correct the contrast in portions of an image, first select Contrast from the Correct menu and set the amount of contrast you want. Then select Correct from the Brushes window, and use the brush to add contrast to specific areas of the image.


1. Use the Correct menu to choose the correction you want to apply. See the Correct Menu section for more information.

If you have already applied the correction to the image during your current session, you don't have to set it up again. Alias Eclipse remembers the last applied correction.


2. Select the Brush Type, Shape, and Size, and any other characteristics you want.


3. Select the Correct Brush Action.


4. Move to the area of the image that you want to correct, and use MB1 to apply the correction. Use MB2 to undo the correction. 


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Effects:

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Select Effects to use a brush to apply an effect to an image. As you paint with the brush, Alias Eclipse applies the last effect you used to the areas you paint. You can also open a Effects tool window, set up the Effect, and then apply it through the brush.


For example, to blend portions of an image, first select Smooth from the Effects menu, and set the smoothing you want. Then select Effects from the Brushes window, and use the brush to smooth specific areas of the image.


1. Use the Effects menu to choose the effect you want to apply. See the Effects Menu section for more information. If you have already applied the effect to the image during your current session, you don't have to set it up again. Alias Eclipse remembers the last applied effect.


2. Select the Brush Type, Shape, and Size, and any other characteristics you want.


3. Select the Effects Brush Action.


4. Move to the area of the image that you want to correct, and use MB1 to apply the correction. Use MB2 to undo the correction. 


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Smear:

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Select Smear to smear or smudge paint or a mask. Smearing is like making multiple copies of whatever is under the brush and dragging them around on the image. To use the Smear brush, follow these steps:


1. Select the Brush Type, Shape, and Size, and any other characteristics you want.


2. Select the Smear Brush Action.


3. Move the brush to the image, and click and drag MB1. To undo the smear, use MB2.


Alias Eclipse takes whatever is under the brush and smears it in the direction you drag.


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Pattern:

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Select Pattern to use the brush to make a copy of a portion of the image, and then rubber stamp the copied portion to other areas. The copied portion, or pattern, is the same size and shape as the brush. To use the Pattern brush, follow these steps:


1. Select the Brush Type, Shape, and Size, and any other characteristics you want.


2. Select the Pattern Brush Action.


3. Move the brush to the image, and click MB1 to pick up whatever is under the brush and copy it.


4. Move the brush to where you want to rubber stamp the pattern, and click MB1.


Alias Eclipse puts a single copy of the pattern at the point you selected.


5. To rubber stamp multiple copies of the pattern and give them a smeared effect, click and drag MB1.


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Color Tool Window:

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Use the Color command to select or mix the current color. Alias Eclipse uses the current color for brushes, shape fills, and vignettes. You can select a color from the Color window, or pick a color from you image.


1. Select Color from the Window menu.


Alias Eclipse displays the Color window. The window contains a color swatch showing the current color. There are sliders and text boxes to specify color numerically. The number of sliders and boxes depends on whether you're working with an RGB or CMYK image. (For example, the RGB Color window also displays HSL sliders and boxes.) The window also has a color ramp at the bottom that you use to select or mix colors.


2. To choose a color from your image, select the Pick button.


Alias Eclipse prompts you to pick a color from the image.


3. Use MB1 to drag the cursor over the image.


The color swatch, sliders, and text boxes reflect the color values at the cursor position.


4. Release MB1 to select a color at the cursor position.


5. To choose a color from the window, drag the sliders left or right, or type a value in one of the text boxes and press Enter.


The color swatch, sliders, and boxes adjust simultaneously as you change values.


6. To choose a color from the color ramp, use MB1 and drag the cursor around in the ramp. Again, the swatch, sliders and text boxes reflect the color values at the cursor position.


7. Release MB1 to select a color at the cursor position.


8. You can also add the current color (as shown in the swatch) into the ramp. Click MB1 on one of the four small squares at the corners of the ramp.


Alias Eclipse mixes the current color with the other three. You can continue mixing to get the color you want.


9. When you done, select the control menu in the upper left corner of the window, and then select Close.


Alias Eclipse close the window. The color you selected remains the current color until you change it again.


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Shapes Tool Window:

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The Shapes window contains six tools that you use to create shapes and text, three tools for selecting, editing, and rotating shapes, and one tool for painting. The window also contains two command buttons and a push button.


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Creating Shapes:

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Rectangle (or Square):

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1. Select the Rectangle tool in the Shapes window.


2. Move the cursor to a point in the image area where you want to anchor one corner of the rectangle.


3. Press and hold MB1, and drag the cursor. To create a square, press the Shift key before you press the mouse button.


Alias Eclipse displays the rectangle; its opposite corner follows the cursor.


4. When the rectangle is the size you want, release MB1.


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Ellipse (or Circle):

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1. Select the Ellipse tool in the Shapes menu.


2. Move the cursor to the image area, press and hold MB1, and drag the cursor. To create a square, press the Shift key before you press the mouse button.


Alias Eclipse displays the ellipse, which shrinks and grows as you move the cursor.


3. When the ellipse is the size you want, release MB1.


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Polygon:

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Use the Polygon tool to create a polygon. To create a polygon, you use the cursor to place points in the image area; Alias Eclipse draws connecting lines between the points. Polygons can be open or closed; use the Close push button in the Shapes window. Alias Eclipse closes a shape by drawing a line segment between the first and last points you place.


1. Select the Polygon tool in the Shapes window.


2. Move the cursor to the image area and click MB1 to place the first point of the polygon.


Alias Eclipse marks the point with a small square and extends a rubber band line from the point to the cursor. The line follows the cursor.


3. Move the cursor and click MB1 to place additional points and create more line segments.


4. After you've placed all the points you want, select the Close push button in the Shapes window. Alias Eclipse draws a line segment from the first point to the last.


5. To create an open polygon or to stop drawing, press the F3 key or select the Mr. Point tool in the Shapes window.


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Spline:

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Use the Spline tool to create curved lines or curved closed shapes. To create a spline, you use the cursor to place points in the image area. Alias Eclipse draws curved lines through the points. Use the Close push button to create a closed curved shape; Alias Eclipses closes the spline by drawing a curve between the first and last points you place.


1. Select the Spline tool in the Shapes window.


2. Move the cursor to the image area and click MB1 to place the first point of the spline.


Alias Eclipse marks the point with a small square.


3. Move the cursor and click MB1 to place a second point.


Alias Eclipse draws a curved line between the two points.


4. Use MB1 to place additional points.


Alias Eclipse draws another curved line for each new point. The placement of each new point determines the direction of the curve.


5. To create a closed spline shape, select the Close push button in the Shapes window to close. Alias Eclipse draws a segment between the first point you placed to the last to close the shape.


6. After you've placed all the points you want, press the F3 key or select the Mr. Point tool in the Shapes window to create stop drawing.


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CurveStraight:

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Use the CurveStraight tool to draw shapes that are a combination of curved and straight lines. You use the cursor to place points in the image area. Alias Eclipse draws curved or straight lines through the points. Use the Close push button to create a closed CurveStraight shape: Alias Eclipses closes the shape by drawing a segment between the first and last points you place.


1. Select the CurveStraight tool in the Shapes window.


2. Move the cursor to the image area and click MB1 to place the first point.


Alias Eclipse marks the point with a small square.


3. Move the cursor and click MB1 to place a second point.


Alias Eclipse draws a curved line between the two points.


4. Use MB1 to place additional points.


Alias Eclipse draws another curved line for each new point. The placement of each new point determines the direction of the curve.


5. To draw a straight segment, press and hold the Shift key as you place a point.


Alias Eclipse draws a straight line from the last point to the current point. Alias Eclipse marks the points on straight segments with small triangles.


6. To create a closed curve/straight shape, select the Close push button in the Shapes window. Alias Eclipse draws a final line segment between the first point you placed to the last point to close the shape.


7. After you've placed all the points you want, press the F3 key or select the Mr. Point  tool in the Shapes window to stop drawing.


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Text:

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You use the Text tool to add text to an image. Alias Eclipse treats text like a shape, and you can edit text as you do other shapes. You can move and size text, and fill it with color, an image, or a mask. 


1. Select the Text tool in the Shapes window.


2. Move the cursor to the position the image area where you want Alias Eclipse to place the text, and click MB1.


Alias Eclipse displays the text dialog box that contains a list of available fonts, pop-up menus for selecting font size, leading, tracking, and alignment, a text box for horizontal scaling, and several command buttons. You type your text in the large box at the bottom of the dialog box.


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Choosing Text Attributes:

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1. Select the name of the font you want to use from the Font list. Use the scroll arrows to see additional font names.


2. To select text attributes, use the pop-up menus and text boxes:


Size - Select the font Size (in points) you want from the pop-up menu, or type a font size in the text box.


Leading - Select the Leading (in points) you want from the pop-up menu, or type a value in the text box. Leading is amount of space between lines, measured from base line to base line.


Track - Tracking is the amount of space between letters. The tighter the tracking, the less space between letters. There are six choices: Tighter, Tight, None, Normal, Loose, Looser.


Align - Use the Align menu to select left, right, or center-justified text.


Scale X - The Scale X test box increases or decreases the horizontal size of both letters and the spaces between letters. Type a positive or negative percentage value in the text box.


Kern - Use the Kern function button to adjust the spacing between specific pairs of letters. Kerning affects all occurrences of the specified letters in the same font. If the same letter pair occurs in a different font, you have to kern the pair in that font separately. To use Kern:


a. Select the Kern button.


Alias Eclipse displays the Kern dialog box.


b. Select the Pair text box, type the letters to kern and press Enter.


 Alias Eclipses displays the letters in the current font.


c. Select the Kern text box, type a positive or negative percentage value and press Enter. A positive value increase the space between the letters.


Alias Eclipse shows you the result in the dialog box.


d. Select the Okay button when you're finished. Select Cancel to cancel kerning.


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Typing and Applying Text:

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1. Select the Enter Text box to display the text cursor, and begin typing your text. If you type to the end of a line, the text scrolls to the left.


2. To create a line break, press the Enter key.


3. To select text to cut, hold down the Shift key and use the Arrow keys, or hold down MB1 and drag the mouse cursor over the text.


4. Select the Apply button to have Alias Eclipse preview the text on the screen. You can continue typing or editing after selecting Apply.


5. When you're done creating your text, select the Okay button.


Alias Eclipse closes the dialog box, draws the text, and selects it. You can manipulate text as you do any other shape.


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Filling Shapes:

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You can fill any closed shape (including text) with color, an image, or a mask, or any combination of these elements. You use the Fill Attribute dialog box to select the color, image, or mask and to choose fill options such as transparency and blending.


Alias Eclipse treats shapes and their fills as distinct entities, and you can edit a shape and its fill independently. You can move, size, and rotate a shape, and you can also move size, and rotate its fill without affecting the shape itself.


To choose between editing a shape and filling it (or editing a shape's fill), you use different tools to select the shape:


You use the  Mr. Point tool to select and edit a shape.


You use the Hand tool to select and fill a shape or to edit a shape's fill.


To fill a shape, follow these steps:


1. Select the Hand tool in the Shapes window.


2. Select a shape shape.


3. Move the cursor inside the selected shape and double click MB1 or select ShapeFill from the Window menu.


Alias Eclipse displays the Fill Attributes dialog box.


The Fill Attributes box affects the currently-selected shape. If you double click a different shape with the Hand pointer, the Fill Attributes box displays that shape's fill or applies the current fill to the shape if it is empty. You can leave the dialog box open and fill multiple shapes in the same session.


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Filling a Shape with Color:

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You use the Fill Attributes dialog box to fill a shape with color. 


1. Select the Color push button in the Fill Attributes dialog box.


Alias Eclipse fills the shape and the sample box with the current color. Alias Eclipse also displays the Fill Color dialog box. You can use this box to change the fill color.


See Color later in this Window Menu section for instructions on changing the current color.


2. Select the Solid or Vignette push button to choose solid color or a vignette.


If you select Vignette, Alias Eclipse displays the Vignette dialog box, You use this box to choose and blend the colors to create a vignette.


See Filling a Shape with a Vignette below for instruction on creating a vignette.


3. To blend, or soften, the edges of the fill, select the Blend Edge push button.


4. To adjust blending, select the pixels text box, type a value, and press Enter.


Alias Eclipse blends the fill from the edge of the shape towards the middle. For example, if you type 10, Alias Eclipse softens the fill starting at the edge of the shape and moving in 10 pixels.


5. Select the Transparency push button to turn fill transparency on. Be sure that the Solid push button below Transparency is on.


6. To adjust the transparency, drag the slider left or right, or type a percentage value in the text box next to the slider. A value or 0 is completely opaque; 100 is completely transparent.


This slider affects only Solid Transparency. Vignette transparencies have a separate dialog box and slider.


7. When you're done, select the control menu at the upper left corner of the dialog box, and then select Close.


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Filling a Shape with a Color Vignette:

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Select the Vignette push button in the Fill Attributes dialog box when you fill a shape with Color to fill a shape with vignette colors.


1. Select the Color push button in the Fill Attributes dialog box.


Alias Eclipse fills the shape and the sample box with the current color. Alias Eclipse also displays the Fill Color dialog box. You can use this box to change the fill color.


See Color later in this Window Menu section for instructions on changing the current color.


2. Select the Vignette push button to create a vignette.


Alias Eclipse displays the Vignette window.  If the shape has a vignette, the window shows you the current settings.  Otherwise, you see a default read and blue vignette.


The Vignette window has a horizontal color swatch you use to blend the vignette colors and push buttons and a text box for selecting vignette options.


3. Move the cursor to the color swatch and click MB1.


Alias Eclipse inserts a red vertical bar in the color swatch and fills the swatch with the current color.


If necessary, select the Color command from the Window menu to display the Color window and choose the vignette colors.


4. Now click MB1 somewhere else in the color swatch to place another vertical bar.


Alias Eclipse displays a second bar and highlights it in red; this is now the current bar (the first bar changes to an outline).


5. Move the cursor to the Color window and use MB1 select a different color.


Alias Eclipse creates a vignette in the color swatch (and the shape, if you selected one) using the original color and the color you just selected.  Each vertical bar in the color swatch represents one color used in the vignette.


6. Move the cursor to the red vertical bar and use MB1 to drag it left or right.


Alias Eclipse adjusts the vignette colors in the direction you drag.


7. Now try dragging the other vertical bar.


Alias Eclipse adjusts the color in the vignette.  You can then drag any of the bars to adjust individual colors.


You can select the bar you want to move by clicking on the Arrow buttons at either side of the swatch. Alias Eclipse selects and highlights the bar to the left or right of the prevoiusly-selected bar.


8. To add another color to the vignette, first add another vertical bar to the swatch, and then select a color from the Color window.


9. To change an existing color, select its vertical bar and then use the Color window to mix or select a different color.


10. To remove a color from the vignette, move the cursor to its vertical bar and click MB2. 


Alias Eclipse removes the bar and the color.


11. Select the Transparency push button in the Fill Attributes window to turn fill transparency on. Be sure that the Solid push button below Transparency is on.


12. To adjust the transparency of the vignette, drag the slider left or right, or type a percentage value in the text box next to the slider. A value or 0 is completely opaque; 100 is completely transparent. This slider affects only Solid Vignettes; Transparency Vignettes have a separate dialog box and slider.


13. Select the Noise text box in the middle of the window, type a pixel value, and press Enter to have Alias Eclipse "blend" the pixels along the "edges" between colors in a vignette.  This can help smooth the transitions between colors.


14. To choose how Alias Eclipse produces the vignette effect, select the two small rectangles at the bottom of the dialog box.  The options are described below:


Horizontal / Vertical / Radial - A horizontal vignette displays its colors in blended bands "side by side".  A Vertical vignette displays its colors in blended bands "on top of each other".  Radial produces a circular vignette; the colors radiate from the from the center in concentric circles.


Smooth / Straight - This option affects the transition between colors or transparency.  Smooth produces more blending between colors or transparency level.  Straight produces a more abrupt transition.  Image that the vignette is represented by a graph.  Smooth would show a curved graph line, while Straight would show a series of straight lines.


15. When you're done with the Vignette window, select the control menu in the upper left corner and then select Close.


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Filling a Shape with an Image:

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You use the Fill Attributes dialog box to fill a shape with an image.


1. Select the Image push button in the Fill Attributes dialog box.


2. Move the cursor to the Image sample box below the push button, and click MB1.


Alias Eclipse displays an Open Image dialog box. (This is the same type of box you see when you select Open from the File menu.)


3.  Select the name of the image you want from the scrolling list, and then select the Okay button.


When you fill  shapes, you can use only images that use the same color model as the background image.  For example, if the background image is RGB, you can fill shapes only with other RGB images.

Alias Eclipse fills the shape and the sample box with the image you selected.


4. To blend, or soften, the edges of the fill, select the Blend Edge push button.


5. To adjust blending, select the pixels text box, type a value, and press Enter.


Alias Eclipse blends the fill from the edge of the shape towards the middle. For example, if you type 10, Alias Eclipse softens the fill starting at the edge of the shape and moving in 10 pixels.


6. Select the Transparency push button to turn fill transparency on. Be sure that the Solid push button below Transparency is on.


This slider affects only Solid Transparency. Vignette transparencies have a separate dialog box and slider.


7. To adjust the transparency, drag the slider left or right, or type a percentage value in the text box next to the slider. A value or 0 is completely opaque; 100 is completely transparent.


8. To fit the image to the shape, use Mr. Point to double click MB1 on the magic handle (the handle at the lower left corner of the shape's bounding box).


Alias Eclipse fits the image inside the shape.


9. If the shape is larger than the fill image, use Mr. Hand to double click on the magic handle to fit the shape to the image.


10. When you're done, select the control menu at the upper left corner of the dialog box, and then select Close.


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Filling a Shape with a Mask:

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You use the Fill Attributes dialog box to fill a shape with a mask. Follow the instructions in the Filling Shapes section above to display this dialog box. To fill a shape with a mask, follow these steps:


1. Select the Mask push button in the Fill Attributes dialog box.


2. Move the cursor to the Mask sample box below the push button, and click MB1.


Alias Eclipse displays an Open Mask dialog box. (This is the same type of box you see when you select Open from the File menu.)


3. Select the name of the mask you want from the scrolling list, and then select the Okay button.


Alias Eclipse fills the shape and the sample box with the mask you selected.


4. To blend, or soften, the edges of the fill, select the Blend Edge push button.


5. To adjust blending, select the pixels text box, type a value, and press Enter.


Alias Eclipse blends the fill from the edge of the shape towards the middle. For example, if you type 10, Alias Eclipse softens the fill starting at the edge of the shape and moving in 10 pixels.


6. Select the Transparency push button to turn fill transparency on. Be sure that the Solid push button below Transparency is on.


7. To adjust the transparency, drag the slider left or right, or type a percentage value in the text box next to the slider. A value or 0 is completely opaque; 100 is completely transparent.


This slider affects only Solid Transparency. Vignette transparencies have a separate dialog box and slider.


8. To invert the mask, select the Invert push button. Using this button is the same as using the Invert command in the Mask menu. All opaque portions of the mask become transparent, and all the transparent portions become opaque.


9. When you're done, select the control menu at the upper left corner of the dialog box, and then select Close.


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Filling a Shape with a Transparency Vignette:

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You can use the Fill Attributes dialog box to create a transparency vignette for a shape. You can move and scale a transparency vignette just as you can a color vignette. A transparency vignette is not visible unless you fill the shape with either color or an image. 


1. Select the Transparency push button in the Fill Attributes dialog box.  


2. Select the Vignette diamond buttons.


Alias Eclipse displays a dialog box with a transparency swatch for adjusting the transparency for the vignette. The swatch displays levels of grey that represent different levels of transparency in the vignette. This dialog box functions in much the same way as the box you use to create a color vignette.


3. Move the cursor to the transparency swatch and click MB1.


Alias Eclipse inserts a vertical bar in the swatch. 


4.  Now click MB1 somewhere else in the swatch to place another vertical bar.


Alias Eclipse displays second vertical bar and adjusts the grey. You can add as many vertical bars as you want. 


5. Use MB1 to drag the bars left or right. 


Alias Eclipse moves the bar and adjusts the grays (transparency levels) in the vignette.


6. To adjust the transparency level for each bar, select the bar and then move the slider below the right end of the swatch. You can also type a value from 0 to 100 in the text box to the right of the swatch.


Alias Eclipse adjusts the transparency of the selected bar in the swatch.


7. To remove a bar from the swatch, move the cursor to it and click MB2.


8. To choose how Alias Eclipse produces the vignette effect, select the pop-up menus at the bottom of the dialog box:


Horizontal/Vertical/Radial - A Horizontal vignette produces differing levels of transparency "side to side." A Vertical vignette produces a "top to bottom" effect. A Radial vignette produces a circular effect with transparency radiating out from the center in concentric circles.


Smooth/Straight - This option affects the transition between transparency levels. Smooth produces more blending between transparency levels in contrast to Straight which produces a more abrupt change between transparency levels. 


9. When you're done, select the control menu at the upper left corner of the dialog box, then select Close.
