Epson Photo Plus - PhotoPlus Color Photo Scanner User's Guide download pdf (Page 159)

Painting and Drawing 147

A single fill is shared by all the shapes on a particular layer. (Technically the

fill is a property of the layer, and the shape(s) act like a "window" that lets

you see the fill.) So if you want to draw a red box and a yellow box, for

example, you'll need two shape layers.

You can also alter a shape layer's Opacity using the Layers tab.

Creating and editing QuickShapes

QuickShapes in PhotoPlus are pre-designed, filled contours that let you instantly

add all kinds of shapes to your page, then adjust and vary them using control

handles—for innumerable possibilities!

The

QuickShape Tools

flyout lets you choose from a

wide variety of commonly used shapes, including boxes,

ovals, arrows, polygons, stars, and more. Each shape has

its own built-in "intelligent" properties, which you can

use to customize the basic shape.

QuickShapes can also be drawn as paths as described

elsewhere in Using paths (see p. 154).

To create a QuickShape :

1. Click the QuickShapes flyout on the Tools Toolbar and select a

shape from the flyout menu. (To choose the most recently used shape, just

click the toolbar button directly.)

2. Ensure the Shape Layers button is selected on the Context toolbar.

3. If creating the shape on a new layer, make sure the New button on the

Context toolbar is selected. If creating multiple shapes on the same layer,

select one of the other combination buttons on the Context Bar (see above)

to specify how the multiple shapes will interact (see above).

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