Graphics Software, ContinuedMovement orselect toolsMovement or select tools extract and move image segments into theelectronic clipboard or scrapboard for later recall and repositioning.Movement tool icons may resemble lassos (rope) or marquees (rectangle).Movement tools select pixilated images with some surrounding white spaceor white space enclosed within the pixilated image.Isolating toolsGROUP, UNGROUP, and ISOLATE are forms of movement or select toolsthat allow you to separate design elements for detailed alterations.GROUP: GROUP combines design elements from different layers onto onelayer. Reducing the number of layers in illustrations simplifies imageconstruction and occupies less memory space.UNGROUP or ISOLATE: UNGROUP or ISOLATE isolates designelements for further manipulation. At times, you may have to ungroupelements, edit, then regroup them to successfully modify illustrations.Auto-tracingtoolsAuto-tracing tools are quick ways to repeat images without redrawing them.Auto-trace tools automatically plot vectors of traced images and convert theminto drawn lines. You may have to refine and sharpen the traced lines beforeusing them in your artwork.Shape toolsShape tools easily create shapes on screens by clicking a shape icon. Youmay then click and drag the shape on the screen until the shape reaches thedesired size and form.Shape tools create circles, ovals or ellipses, squaresor rectangles, or trapezoids and polygons. Shape tools draw precise lines,Bézier curves, and freehand lines. Shape tools that push shape limitations areSKEW, REFLECT, and SPIN or FREE ROTATION tools. SKEW shapetools angularly distort images much the way italicizing distorts text.REFLECT creates mirror images. SPIN or FREE ROTATION rotatesdesign elements around a stationary point.Continued on next page8-40
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