Adding decorative elements

To finish your camera picture, you are going to add some decorative lines to the logo and create a caption.

To add decorative lines:

Select paint(TM)line.
The line tool is displayed. You will be making a straight, airbrushed line, which is the default setting. All you need to do is choose the colors.
Click on the top color selector.
This color selector sets the starting color for your line.
Click on one of the blocks in your gradient palette to use it as a starting color.
Click on the bottom color selector. Click on a block in the palette to choose your ending color.
If you want the line to be a solid color instead of gradated, click on the same block you did for the starting color.
Set the size to 10.
Click in the canvas on the top-right corner of the logo. With the mouse button released, move the pointer straight across and click again to paint the line.
Repeat this step two more times to create three lines extending from the logo as shown in figure 90.

Figure 90 Adding lines to the logo
To restore the palette to its original state, click init at the top of the block palette tool.

To cut out the logo:

Select effects(TM)cut.
The cut tool is displayed.
In the cut tool:

select shape(TM)rectangle
click uniform off
click create

Starting in the upper-left corner of the logo, click and drag the pointer creating a rectangle surrounding the logo and the decorative lines. Click to finish the rectangle.

An outline tool appears on the canvas surrounding the logo. If necessary, adjust the position and size of the outline tool.

Click cut.

VizPaint2D creates a cutout of the logo and puts it in a file named cut_4. A swatch of the cutout appears in the cut tool.

To paste the logo:

Select effects(TM)select.
A list of available canvases and their corresponding swatches is displayed.
Click tutorial in the list or click in the center of the tutorial's swatch.
The tutorial canvas is displayed. This is the canvas with the intact camera.
Select paste-up(TM)paste.
A list shows the canvases available to paste.
Click cut_4 to select it for pasting.
The paste tool shows the cut_4 swatch. A shaded outline tool appears on the canvas.
Using the outline tool handles, position the cutout in the lower-left area of the canvas.
In the paste tool:

select mode(TM)over
click hard
click paste
The logo is pasted below the camera.

To create a caption:

Select text(TM)create.
The text tool is displayed.
Type your caption in the large text box.
Since the camera is modeled after a tractor, the caption "Snap while you plow!" might be appropriate.
In the text tool:

click Brush_Scr in the font list
in the size text box, enter 28
click accept
VizPaint2D creates your text and puts it in a file called text_2.

To paste the caption:

Select paste-up(TM)paste.
A list shows the canvases available to paste.
Click text_2 to select it for pasting.
The paste tool shows the text_2 swatch. An outline tool with your text appears in the lower-left corner of the canvas.
Use the fine adjustment tool to adjust the scale of the text as follows:

in the x scale text box, enter 1.5

Using the outline tool handles, position the caption in the center of the blank area above the camera.

Click in the palette tool to choose a color for your caption.

In the fill tool:

click on the color selector to activate it
click outline off
click paste
VizPaint2D draws your text with no outline, as shown in figure 91.

Figure 91 Camera with logo

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