User manual COREL GRAFIGO 2

[. . . ] Corel® GrafigoTM 2 User Guide The contents of this user guide and the associated Corel Grafigo software are the property of Corel Corporation and its respective licensors, and are protected by copyright. For more complete copyright information about Corel Grafigo, please refer to the end user license agreement. Corel, the Corel logo, Corel Grafigo, the "Ideas go here" byline, and CorelDRAW are trademarks or registered trademarks of Corel Corporation and/or its subsidiaries in Canada, the U. S. Microsoft, NetMeeting, and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. [. . . ] . Working with ink strokes 45 You can also Move an ink stroke to an area that falls outside the current workspace view Move an ink stroke from one onionskin to another Drag the ink stroke toward the edge of the current workspace view to enable autopanning. Make the onionskin that contains the ink stroke active. Drag the ink stroke to another onionskin. When you drag an ink stroke toward the edge of the current workspace view, you enable auto-panning. For more information about auto-panning, see "To view a document that falls outside the current workspace view" on page 25. For information about making onionskins active, see "To select an onionskin" on page 37. You can also move an ink stroke from an onionskin to the workspace by selecting the ink stroke and dragging it to the workspace. Rotating ink strokes You can rotate an ink stroke clockwise and counterclockwise. Rotating an ink stroke To rotate an ink stroke · Drag the rotation handle 46 clockwise or counterclockwise. Corel Grafigo User Guide The selected ink stroke rotates around the center of the selection. Erasing ink strokes You can erase an ink stroke or portions of it. For example, you can erase part of an ink stroke to change its shape or to reveal more of an underlying ink stroke or underlay. Original ink strokes (left). Local eraser is used to modify ink strokes (middle). Stroke eraser is used to delete entire ink strokes (right). To erase an ink stroke To Erase an ink stroke Do the following In the toolbox, open the Eraser flyout, and tap Stroke eraser. In the toolbox, open the Eraser flyout, and tap Local eraser. Drag across the area you want to erase. Erase an area of an ink stroke You can also erase an ink stroke by selecting it, and tapping Cut standard toolbar. on the You can also erase an ink stroke by using the scratch-out gesture. For more information about the scratch-out gesture, see "Erase" on page 85. Working with ink strokes 47 Using drawing assistance Corel Grafigo includes drawing assistance tools, which let you apply ink strokes with precision. You can enable or disable drawing assistance. You can also choose drawing assistance settings. Using drawing assistance, Corel Grafigo can recognize the shapes you draw and convert them into perfect forms. For example, you can draw an arrow that consists of two pen strokes: one for the body and one for the arrowhead. Whether you start with the arrowhead or the body, Corel Grafigo converts your hand-drawn arrow into a more symmetrical and straightened arrow. Corel Grafigo uses shape recognition to convert hand-drawn shapes (left) into perfect forms (right). Drawing assistance also allows line straightening and collinear alignment. For example, if you draw a staircase pattern that is not perfectly straight, the line segments that are arranged at approximately 90 degrees will be adjusted to be exactly horizontal or vertical and set at 90 degrees. 48 Corel Grafigo User Guide Line segments can be straightened and aligned to the vertical or horizontal axis. Line segments can also be aligned along a single line. You can also use drawing assistance to create symmetrical lines and shapes. For example, if you draw a star, Corel Grafigo will make all opposing sides symmetrical and of equal length. Symmetry affects only straight line segments and not curves. Corel Grafigo will make opposing sides of a shape symmetrical and of equal length. Corel Grafigo also lets you use drawing assistance to snap lines and curves to other lines, and to shapes. For example, if you draw a line close to an existing ink stroke or between two existing ink strokes, the new line is repositioned so that it snaps to the closest Working with ink strokes 49 hotspots of the existing ink strokes. [. . . ] 74, 80 font H handwriting recognition . . 35, 38 highlighter effect using Marker tool . 5 online collaboration (See NetMeeting) (See peer-to-peer collaboration) opacity onionskins . 80, 81 tools available during collaboration . [. . . ]