The edit
menu
Cut, Copy, Paste
If the CUT or COPY options are selected then the user should then
drag the mouse across the grid to define the area to be copied or
cut. In the case of CUT the area is removed from the image and the
area underneath redrawn with the background color. The image section
is kept in the IconPainter clipboard but this is not transferrable to
the system clipboard. The IconPainter clipboard contents are only then
lost if the IconPainter session is terminated.
When PASTE is selected there are two options:
- Click on the grid to indicate the top left hand corner of the
area to be pasted. There will be no rescaling of the pasted image.
- Drag out an area on the grid into which the image will be
rescaled and pasted.
Clipping
There are two options for clipping. One for setting a clip
area and the other for removing the clip area.
If you choose to set a clip area then you should drag the mouse
across the image grid to define a box which is to be the clip box.
All subsequent draw and image effect operations will then only
be painted withing the clip area.
When the clip area is defined you should note that the area is exclusive
of the pixels over which the defining rectangle is drawn. You should also
note that when using the image effect option the clipping only takes place
when you choose to close the image effects dialog box.
Cropping
When cropping the area outside of the rectangle you draw on the image will
be shaded with the background color.
Mirror and create tile
The mirror options cut the current image in half and mirror
one side in the other. The "create tile" option will take the
top-left quarter of the image and reflect it into the other four
quarters to create a tile.
Repeat image section
Like cutting and copying, when this option is selected you can then
mark out an area of the current image by dragging the mouse. On releasing the
mouse the selected area is repeated as a tile across the original image. This
can be a surprisingly powerful function for producing interesting patterns. A section
as small as four pixels in a square can be repeated.