Ulead MEDIASTUDIO PRO 7, User Manual

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MEDIASTUDIO PRO USER GUIDE 294
Filling an area with color
Apart from painting over an image with a paint tool, you can also fill a
selection or the entire image with a solid color. To do this, click Edit: Fill
[
CTRL
+
F
]
. This opens the Fill dialog box from which you can select the
color to use as the fill, the degree of transparency and the way the color is
applied, such as the hue only or just the difference. (For more on these,
see the description of the Options tab in the Brush panel, page 298). Once
you have applied the fill, you can perform many interesting effects, such
as filling an entire frame with white and then painting over it with a
paintbrush in the Erase mode. This removes the white from the paint
layer, revealing the underlying image. (This is a good technique for creat-
ing quick video mattes.)
Transforming selections
After you’ve made a selection area, you can change its shape, size and
orientation using the Transform tool. When you click the Transform tool
button on the Tool panel, the Attribute toolbar changes to show each of
the possible transformation options. The first, Resize, allows you to drag
control points on the bounding box to distort the selection in several
directions. To spin the selection, click the Rotate button or use one of the
other fixed rotation buttons. You can also flip the selection horizontally or
vertically using the Flip Horizontally and Flip Vertically buttons.
Original image Resizing Rotating Flipping horizontally
Flipping vertically Rotating left 90º Rotating right 90º Rotating 180º