10 Paint

Objectives:

1. Define paint;
2. Appreciate the learning of exploring the Paint;
3. Show the procedure in activating paint, setting colors, and saving work.

Paint is a drawing tool which you can use to create simple or elaborate drawings. These
drawings can either be black-and-white or colored. You can print it, use it as your desktop
background, or paste it in another document.
Paint is a product of Microsoft Corporation.

STARTING UP PAINT
To activate Paint, click the Start button. On the Start menu, click All Programs. Click
Accessories. Click Paint. The Paint program will then appear in a new window with an empty
drawing area.

Another way to launch Paint is to find its shortcut on the desktop. If the shortcut is there,
double-click it.

Still another way to launch it is to find it on the Start menu. If you point to it, file names of
pictures that have been recently worked on will show up on the right pane. Click one of these to
launch Paint and to open your choice file right away. See the example below.
 At the top of the screen, you will see the title bar. The Title bar tells you that you are presently
running Paint. It also tells you the name of the file that is open and current.
The title bar also shows the following:
a. A Paint icon. When you click this icon, it opens a menu with options to Restore, Move, Size,
Minimize, Maximize, and Close the Paint window.
b. A Quick Access Toolbar. Click on an icon or command here to save a file, undo an action,
redo an action, customize itself, or apply other commands.
c. Minimize, Maximize, and Close buttons

Below the title bar is the ribbon of tools and commands, headed by tabs.

The first button on the left is the Paint button, followed by the Home and View tabs. On the far
right is the Help button.

Click the Paint button to open a drop-down menu

of options to open, save, and to see what else you can
do with Paint.

Under the tabs are the many tools and commands you may use for drawing or painting.

The Drawing Area is the empty space. It is similar to a drawing canvas. It makes up the
biggest part of the window. This is where you draw and paint.

Along the right and bottom edges of the Drawing Area are the scroll bars. These are used to
move the contents of the window up and down, left and right when the page size is larger than the
window size. Both scroll bars have corresponding arrows.

To move the page in small steps, click the appropriate arrow at the end of one of the scroll
bars. Each time you click the arrow, the page will scroll in the opposite direction.

To move the page in larger steps, click the appropriate scroll bar, hold it down (do not let go)
and drag it to the direction where you want to move the page.

The status bar sits at the bottom of the window. It gives you some information about the
current picture.
 Fill in the blanks with the correct answer.

1. _______________ is a drawing tool which you can use to create drawings or paint pictures.
2. At the very top of the Paint screen, you will see the _______________.
3. The first button on the left is the Paint button. On the far right is the _______________ button.
4. Below the title bar is the _______________, which has Home and View tabs.
5. The _______________ sits at the bottom of the window.
6. The _______________ is the large blank white area window where you can draw and paint.
7. _______________ are used to move the contents of the window up and down & left and right.
8. The _______________ tab shows all the tools and colors that you can use for drawing.
9. To quit the program, click the _______________ button.
10. Click the _______________ for a drop-down menu of options to open, save, print, and others.

THE PENCIL TOOL

Paint comes with a Pencil tool that allows you to draw freehand on your computer using your
mouse. Move your cursor into the drawing area. Then press and hold the left mouse button to mark
the location where you will begin to draw. Drag the cursor to whatever direction you want to start
drawing. Treat your mouse like a virtual pencil and get going!
Release the mouse button when you want to stop drawing. You can then go to another
location in the Drawing Area and start drawing from there. With the Pencil tool, you can draw all kinds
of shapes and sizes.

SETTING COLORS
When you start Paint, the background color (the drawing area) is automatically white and the
foreground is set to black. This is a practical color combination. However, as a beginning artist, you
may want to explore different colors.
To choose a new foreground color, click Color 1 and click a color from the Color Palette. To
choose a new background color, click Color 2 and click a color from the Color Palette. To create the
background color, cover the whole drawing area, click the Fill with Color icon in the tool box. Then
right-click your mouse in the drawing area which will serve as your background.
You can draw with the foreground color by left-clicking, and you can draw with the background
color by right-clicking.

HANDS-ON!
Do the following:
1. Activate Paint.
2. Choose blue as your background color. Fill the drawing area blue.
3. Choose yellow as your foreground color.
4. Draw the star in the drawing area by dragging from one point to another.
5. Close Paint. Choose "No" if the application asks you if you want to save your file.
SAVING YOUR DRAWING
After you have created a drawing, do the following:

1. Click the Paint button.

2. Click Save As. A dialog box shows up with kinds of files to choose from. Choose either PNG,
JPG, or BMP. In your exercises, choose JPG. What happens is that when you save a file with
a file name, the file name adopts an extension name that identifies it as a specific kind of file. A
Save As window turns up.
3. Navigate through the libraries in the computer and choose Pictures. The address bar should
look like this: . To organize your future
files, click New Folder to create a folder for all your work. Then name the new folder in a
unique way. Navigate to the new folder.
4. In the file name box, type a name for your file.
5. Afterwards, click the Save button. Your drawing is now saved on the disk. However, it remains
on the screen so you can continue working on it. At any time you want to make changes on
your drawing, you may save the changes by clicking File from the Paint button's drop-down
menu and choosing Save this time. After saving the program, you may now exit the Paint
application anytime.

OPENING YOUR DRAWING

After saving your file, you may open or retrieve it at a later time. Here is how to open your
drawings.

1. Click the Paint button.

2. Choose Open and click it. In the open window that turns up, navigate to the library and folder
where you saved the file you wish to open. Once found, double-click the file name in the file
list.
3. Your drawing will now appear in the Drawing Area. Make changes necessary to your drawing
or simply enjoy it or print it as it is.

HANDS-ON!

Do the following:
1. Activate Paint.
2. Choose blue as your background color. Fill the Drawing Area with this color.
3. Choose red as your foreground color.
4. Draw a house.
5. Save your work under the file name EXER1.