Using Paint

Open Paint. Click on the Start button (bottom left corner of your screen), slide up to Programs, then slide up to Accessories, and finally slide over and down to Paint.


  Use the Paint Tools to Edit the Image. The buttons are identified below:

Freeform Select Color Picker Airbrush Rectangle
Select
Magnifier
Text
Freeform
Eraser
Pencil
Line
Ellipse
Fill with Color
Paint Brush
Curve
Rounded Rectangle

Some of the buttons have qualifiers which may be chosen after the tool button is selected

Use with Select, Freeform Select, and Text
When you select a part of an image to move to another location, or text to put on the image, the background of the selected image will be opaque
Use with Line and Curve
Change the thickness of the line
Use with Brush
Determine the shape and size of the paint brush
Use with Select, Freeform Select, and Text
When you select a part of an image to move to another location, or text to put on the image, the background of the selected image will be transparent
Use with Rectangle, Freeform, Ellipse and Rounded Rectangle
The top rectangle draws a shape whose inside will be transparent. The middle rectangle draws a shape whose inside will be opaque. The bottom rectangle draws a shape filled with the selected color
Use with Airbrush
Determine the size of the airbrush spray
Use with Eraser
Change the size of the eraser. If you need to erase a single pixel, use the pencil with background color
Use with Magnifier
Set the amount of magnification to be used

 
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