Features of Paint Program
Features of Paint Program
CLASS: JSS Two
What is Paint Program
Paint is a graphic software that allows one to create, customize and paint graphics or images.
Starting Paint Program
To start a paint program the following steps are to be followed:
1. Click on Start Menu
2. Navigate to all programs and click on it
3. Navigate to accessories or window accessories and click on it
4. move to the paint program and Click on it
Tools in the Toolbox
The paint toolbox has many tools that can be used to draw and modify objects. The names and functions of some of the tools in the toolbox of the paint program are examined below.
Functions of Toolbox Tools
1. Free-form select (Irregular select) Tool: The free-select tool is a tool used to select objects that have been drawn in the drawing area
2. Rectangle Select tool (Regular Select) Tool: The Rectangle select tool is also used to select objects in the drawing area.
3. The eraser tool: It is used to remove mistakes that have been made in a drawing. The size of the eraser can be adjusted to remove either big or small areas of a drawing
4. Fill colour tool: This is also known as the paint bucket tool. It is used to fill objects that have been drawn with any colour of your choice.
5. Pick colour tool: The pick colour is used to pick or select a colour from pictures.
6. Magnifier tool: The magnifier tool is used to make objects in the drawing area appear bigger.
7. Pencil tool: The pencil tool is known as the default tool in the paint program. You can use the pencil for drawing just like a real-life pencil. You must click and drag the mouse pointer to use the pencil tool.
8. Brush tool: The brush tool works like a real-life brush. You have different brush options to choose from in the toolbox.
9. Airbrush tool: The airbrush tool is used to spray colour over an object. The airbrush tool works like a spray can. The amount of colour spray over a particular area depends on how long you hold down the mouse button and keep it in the same area.
10. Text tool: the text tool is used for inserting text into the drawing.
11. Line tool: The line tool is used to draw horizontal, vertical and diagonal lines.
12. Rectangular tool: The rectangular tool is used to draw rectangles and squares of different sizes.
13. Curve tool: The curve tool is used for drawing curves from a line. To draw a curve line, you must first draw a line with the tool, and then click on any part of the line and drag the mouse pointer to create a curve on the line.
14. Polygon tool: The polygon tool is used to draw straight-line objects with different shapes and sizes. You can use the polygon tool to draw a triangle, star, rhombus and many other polygons.
15. Ellipse tool:The ellipse tool is used for drawing ovals and circles of different sizes.
16. Rounded rectangle tool: It is used for drawing rectangles and squares of different sizes with rounded edges.
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