Getting Started with VizPaint2D

What can VizPaint2D do?

Starting VizPaint2D

Keys to VizPaint2D

Exiting VizPaint2D

Where to go from here

Canvases and pictures

Color models

Transparency

Masking

Composition modes

Compositing pictures

Learning the basics

What you'll learn

Painting with the brush and palette tools

Creating shapes & using composition modes

Creating freehand shapes

Loading pictures

Cutting and pasting pictures

Working with the fill tool

Making a drop shadow

Creating a gradient background

Adding a logo

Creating a custom palette

Adding decorative elements

Saving your picture

Special start-up procedures

Approximating memory usage

Modifying and touching up your pictures

Working with gradients

Working with text

Creating textures

Customizing the tools

Adding special effects

VizPaint2D provides electronic versions of traditional art tools for creating and enhancing computer images. It features a complete set of brushes, gradations, shapes, and fills, including:

• tools for retouching existing images and enhancing them with backgrounds, text, and special effects
• a sequence tool for painting multiple images in a sequence
• a layer tool for viewing two image layers together and seeing background and alpha channel changes as you make them
• alpha channel (or "matte channel") access for controlling the transparency of your pictures
• a mask tool for creating masks to protect portions of your pictures as you paint

VizPaint2D is the perfect companion for any 3D or 2D software, including the Advanced Visualizer and Composer. Pictures are resolution-independent, so you can use them in video, film, HDTV, or high-resolution print.