Operation Manual

Figure 137: Picture toolbar
Figure 138: Color toolbar
• Color – opens the Color toolbar (Figure 138) to adjust the values of the RGB colors,
brightness, contrast, and Gamma. These adjustments do not affect the original picture, but
the values are stored in Draw as a separate formatting set.
– Red, Green, Blue – select values between –100% (no color) to +100% (full intensity);
0% represents the original color value of the graphic.
– Brightness – select a value between –100% (totally black) and +100% (totally white).
– Contrast – select a value between –100% (minimum) and +100% (maximum).
– Gamma – this affects the brightness of the middle color tones. Select a value between
0.10 (minimum) to 10 (maximum) Try adjusting this value if changing brightness or
contrast does not give you the required result.
• Transparency – adjust the degree of transparency of the picture between 0% (opaque)
and 100% (fully transparent).
• Line – opens the Line dialog. In this context, line refers to the outline of the border. See
Chapter 4 Changing Object Attributes for more information.
• Area – opens the Area dialog, where you can edit color, gradient, hatching and fills of the
background area that contains the picture — not the picture itself. To see the background,
you must set the transparency of the picture to a suitably high value.
• Shadow – sets the default shadow effect around the picture.
• Crop Image – crops (trims) a picture. When you click on this tool, crop marks appear
around the picture. Drag one or more of these marks to crop the picture to your desired
size. For more accurate cropping, see “Cropping” on page 123.
• Effects – opens the Mode toolbar. See Chapter 4 Changing Object Attributes for more
information.
• Flip – flips the selected object either horizontally or vertically. See Chapter 4 Changing
Object Attributes for more information.
• Position and Size – opens the Position and Size dialog. See Chapter 3 Working with
Objects and Object Points for more information.
• Alignment – opens the Alignment toolbar where you align an object in relation to other
objects in the drawing. See Chapter 5 Combining Multiple Objects for more information.
• Arrange – opens the Arrange toolbar where you move a selected object either forward or
backward in relation to other objects in the drawing. See Chapter 5 Combining Multiple
Objects for more information.
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