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Standard Mode vs Basic Mode
PhotoImpact 10 has two work modes, Basic and Standard.
Basic Mode features a simplified workspace with larger buttons
and the most common functions whereas the Standard Mode displays
all of the functions. We will be using the Standard Mode
in this tutorial.
To check your mode, click Workspace on the Menu
Bar. If the Standard Mode is greyed out, that means you are already
in the Standard Mode. If not, click Standard Mode now.
Warning: If
you switch from Standard to Basic Mode, and you have custom settings,
you will lose all your custom settings.
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Let's get started!
Click on File/New/New Image and open a new RGB White canvas with
a width of 500 pixels and a height of 300 pixels.
Use the Line and Arrow Tool to draw a straight line across the
width of your canvas in 2D mode, width 2 and with a colour of
your choosing....grey is a good colour to use.
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With the line you've just drawn still selected, click
on the Path Edit Tool and then on the Toggle button. Click on the
line (it will turn red at this stage) and then click on Convert
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Click on the Transform Perspective Tool and then pull one of
the bottom nodes inward to make your line even more arc shaped.
Phew, that's the hard bit over and done with :-) The arc you've
just created will be the guideline we'll use in the making of
your rainbow. If you've read this far but still don't have a decent
looking arc in front of you then you might like to try creating
it using the alternative method below.
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Alternative method.
Use the Line and Arrow/Spline Tool to draw an arc shape across
your canvas in 2D mode, width 2 and with a colour of your choosing....grey
is a good colour to use. Just click until you have achieved the
arc shape and then double click at the end. Heeheehee, now wasn't
that easy?
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The rainbow
Ok so here comes the easy part but you'll have to concentrate.
***Right click on your selected arc shape and then click on Shadow.
Use the settings as shown in the image on the left....An all round
shadow; Transparency 0; Shadow Size 100; Soft Edge 10. Change
the colour to pink hex code: #FFC8FF. Click on OK. Right click
and then click on Split Shadow. Click three times on the upward
arrow on your keyboard to move the arc shape upward to the next
position. Right click, click on Shadow and use the same settings
as before. Right click and then click on Split Shadow.
Click five times on the upward arrow on your keyboard to move
the arc shape upward to the next position which is just above
the last used colour***
Repeat from *** to *** but replacing the shadow colour with the
ones listed below:
Purple - #9797FF
Blue - #80FFFF
Green - #9CEBAE
Yellow - #E9F47B
Red - #FF3E3E
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Your rainbow is almost finished now and you won't
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Layer Manager Button
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Open the layer manager, select all objects other than
the base image by clicking on each of them whilst holding down the
Ctrl key on your keyboard.(this is the only way you'll be able to
select them at this stage), right click and merge as a single object.
You'll now be able to drag your rainbow object into your Easy Palette
for future use.
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Using your rainbow on an image.
A rainbow is usually seen in the sky, so you'll need an image
with a fair amount of sky in it. Drag your rainbow out of the
Easy Palette onto your image and resize/rotate it as necessary.
Right click and select Properties. Here you need to alter the
Merge setting to Colorize and the Transparency setting to suit
your needs.
That's all there is to it...you now have a beautiful looking
rainbow and know exactly how to use it on your images. I hope
you enjoyed this tutorial and find many uses for your newly created
rainbow :-)
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