Section 43. Paint and Draw on a Photo

43. Paint and Draw on a Photo

BEFORE YOU BEGIN	SEE ALSO
Open Photos in PhotoSuite	Add Edges, Mats, and Frames to a Photo Add Text to a Photo Add Clip Art to a Photo Create Cutouts and Masks

You can use several tools to paint or draw freely on your photo. As you paint, you do not see the results right away. PhotoSuite creates a new object out of your paint strokes, which means that you can resize, re-orient, or place it anywhere in the photo, just like any other object in the project.

Paint and Draw on a Photo

Select Photo from the Open Files Window

From within PhotoSuite, choose the photo from the Open Files window at the bottom of the screen that you would like to paint and draw on to bring it up in the Canvas window.

Select Paint Brush

Select the Paint Brush option from the Tools menu in the tasks pane. This brings up the Paint Brush window.

Choose Add a New Paint Stroke

From the Paint Brush window, select Add a new paint stroke. After you have painted on your photo, you can use the Edit an existing paint stroke option to edit it. You can add as many paint strokes to a photo as you want, but each stroke has only one set of properties. In other words, you have to create a second paint stroke to draw in a different color.

Choose Brush Shape

After you have selected Add a new paint stroke, choose the brush shape from the option shown in the Brush Shape menu.

Choose Color

After you have chosen a brush shape, select the color from the Color menu. You can choose any color or use the dropper tool to pick up a color from the photo.

Adjust Thickness and Softness

When you have chosen a paint color, move the Thickness and Softness slider bars to adjust the thickness and softness of the paint brush. The thickness increases or decreases the brush size. The softness determines the amount of transparency at the edges of the stroke.

Draw on the Photo

When you have chosen your options for the brush, draw on the photo by dragging the mouse over it while you hold down the left mouse key. The lines do not appear right away, but a dotted line indicates where you have drawn. When you are done drawing, the line appears. To create a new stroke, follow steps 37 again.

When you are finished drawing on your photo, close the Photo window.

Notes

When adding anything to a photo, you need to increase the canvas size if you would like it to go out of the bounds of the photo. Choose Edit Canvas in the Tools drop-down menu at the top of the screen.

You can use the Flood Fill option to fill any selected area with color or with several effects. Click on the All tab at the top of the tasks pane. The Flood Fill option is in the Tools menu.