MACROMEDIA DIRECTOR MX-USING DIRECTOR MX, Use Manual

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To draw a 1-pixel line in the current foreground:
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Click the Pencil tool, and drag it in the Paint window. To constrain the line to horizontal or
vertical, Shift-Click and drag.
If the foreground color is the same as the color underneath the pointer, the Pencil tool draws
with the background color.
To spray variable dots of the foreground color:
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Click the Airbrush tool, and drag it in the Paint window.
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Click the Airbrush tool, and hold down the mouse button to select a new brush type from the
pop-up menu. Select Settings to change the selected brush.
See “Using the Airbrush tool” on page 212.
To brush strokes of the foreground color:
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Click the Brush tool, and drag it in the Paint window. To constrain the stroke to horizontal or
vertical, Shift-click and drag.
To select a new brush type:
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Click the Brush tool, and hold down the mouse button to select a new brush type from the
pop-up menu. Select Settings to change the selected brush.
See “Using the Brush tool” on page 213.
To paint shapes or lines:
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Click and drag the shape tools. To constrain lines to horizontal or vertical, ovals to circles, and
rectangles to squares, Shift-click and drag.
The filled tools create shapes that are filled with the foreground color and the current pattern.
The thickness of lines is determined by the line-width selector.
Other line width
Shape tools