Technical data

Working with Paint and Text 47
q In the New Image dialog, set the image dimensions large enough to
give yourself plenty of white space. 500x500 should be about right.
Leave the resolution at 96 pixels per inch (that’s standard screen
resolution). The background type should be set to White.
q Click OK, and the new image window opens. The image initially
has a single Background layer.
q Choose New... from the Layers menu, then click OK in the dialog.
You’ve just created a new standard (transparent) layer named Layer 1.
You’ll see its name on the Layer Manager tab, above the Background
layer. As we move through the tools, you should try them out on both
the Background layer and the standard layer, to see the difference.
q To begin with, click “Background” on the Layer Manager tab, so it
becomes the active layer for painting on.
Painting and Drawing
PhotoPlus’s basic tools for painting and drawing are located, like the
selection tools, on the Tools toolbar (initially at the left of the main
window).
If you wish to display the related online help topic, choose the
Context Help button and then click the Tools toolbar. (The same goes
for any tab or toolbar.)
Note that if there is currently a selection, the brush tool will only work
inside the selected region. If you try to paint over the edge of a
selection, the cursor will continue moving but the line will come to an
abrupt halt at the edge of the selection. Or if you’ve forgotten that
there’s a selection (perhaps you hid the marquee) and the brush doesn’t
seem to work—you’re probably just painting outside a selected region.