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Image Drawing

 

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drawing_tools

 

Drawing allows users to add notes, lines, highlight, etc. to images, whether they were received as faxes, acquired through a scanner or digital camera, or some other method.

 

Objects

This toolbar option allows the user to select an object to be placed upon the image. There are several choices of objects.

 

HighLight

Allows the user to click and drag to create a transparent box with color specified in the Color combo box. Items below the highlighted section will be displayed with a transparent colored background.

 

Line

Allows the user to click and drag to create a thin, straight line with color specified in the Color combo box, with a filling specified in the Filling combo box and with a width specified in the Line Width combo box. The type of line can be specified in the Line Type combo box. The line is opaque and will cover objects beneath it.

CTRL key allows to draw horizontal or vertical lines.

 

Rectangle

Allows the user to click and drag to create a thin, filled or unfilled rectangle with color specified in the Color combo box, with a filling specified in the Filling combo box and with a width specified in the Line Width combo box. The rectangle borders are opaque and will cover objects beneath it.

CTRL key allows to draw a square.

 

Rounded Rectangle

Allows the user to click and drag to create a thin, filled or unfilled rounded rectangle with color specified in the Color combo box, with a filling specified in the Filling combo box and with a width specified in the Line Width combo box. The rectangle borders are opaque and will cover objects beneath it.

CTRL key allows to draw a square.

 

Ellipse

Allows the user to click and drag to create a thin, straight line with color specified in the Color combo box, with a filling specified in the Filling combo box and with a width specified in the Line Width combo box. The ellipse borders are opaque and will cover objects beneath it.

CTRL key allows to draw a circle.

 

Polyline

Allows the user to click and drag to create a sequence of lines. Use double click to finish.

The line will have the color specified in the Color combo box

 

Freehand

Allows the user to click and drag to create a freehand line. The line will have the color specified in the Color combo box

 

FloodFill

Use FloodFill to fill a possibly non-rectangular region of the image.

The boundaries of the region to be filled are determined by moving outward from the point (you picked) until a boundary (stop when another color is encountered).

 

Arc

Use Arc to draw an elliptically curved line.

Select First point, End point and Middle point.

 

Circle (center point and radius).

 

Rectangle (center point and size)

 

Triangle (center point and size)