Epson Photo Plus - PhotoPlus Color Photo Scanner User's Guide download pdf (Page 161)

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2. Use either:

The Node Edit Tool (Tools toolbar) to click on the shape and

readjust any of the shape's handles.

The Shape Edit Tool to select, move, resize, and deform

individual shapes.

(If you only have one shape on a layer, you can use the Move Tool and

Deform Tool.) To resize without constraint, you can drag any shape's

handle; to constrain the shape's proportions, hold down the Shift key

while dragging. To deform the shape, drag a node while the Ctrl key is

pressed.

Creating and editing lines

Lines can be drawn by using dedicated tools from the Tools toolbar's Line Tools

flyout.

The Line Tool produces an antialiased straight line in

PhotoPlus, which is just a very thin shape. The line can be of

varying Weight (thickness) and can be constrained to 15-degree

increments, by holding down the Shift key as you drag.

The Freehand Pen Tool, as its name implies, lets you draw a

squiggly line made up of consecutive line segments and nodes

(each new segment starting from another’s end node), which

can be attached back to itself to create a closed shape. Use the

Smoothness setting on the Context toolbar to even out ragged

contours automatically.

The Pen Tool can produce complex combination curves (and

shapes) in a highly controlled way.

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