Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
FIGURe 3.18
Bitmap image shown
with halftone screen
There are many ways of picking colors. In the following steps you will explore
some of the methods of selecting foreground and background colors.
1.
Choose File a New, select the Web preset and a size of 800 n 600 pixels.
Click OK to accept the default options.
2.
Press B to select the Brush tool (which you'll learn more about in
Chapter 4, “Painting”). On the Mac, hold down Cmd+Opt+Control
and drag using the left mouse button in the document window. On
Windows, hold down Shift+Alt and drag using the right mouse but-
ton in the document window. On either operating system, you can
release the modifier keys after the heads up display (HUD) color picker
appears but keep dragging the mouse button (see Figure 3.19). Drag
the hue slider up or down and then drag the target around the square
color ramp to select saturation (left to right) and brightness (top to
bottom) levels before finally releasing the mouse button. Make a brush
stroke in the document window by dragging, select another color in
the HUD picker, and make another brush stroke.
