Oasis Radiant computer science Grade Two 51 Step 2: This will launch the Save As dialog box. Type the file name and Save it. Opening old file You can open the old file for further use and applications. Steps: Click on file menu Choose open
52 Oasis Radiant computer science Grade Two You will get the dialog box. Now select the required file name to open. Exit from Paint After completion of your drawing, you have to exit from the system. 1: In File menu, select Exit.
Oasis Radiant computer science Grade Two 53 Option 2: Click on the cross icon at the top right corner to close the file. Option 3: Use the keyboard shortcut Alt+ F4 or click on paint icon present at the top left corner and select Close. Selection of Drawing You have to select the part of image for copy, move, and change and fill color, etc. You have different types of selection tools to select the image. Rectangular Selection It is used to select the rectangular regions of an image. Option 1: In Home tab, under the Select option, choose Rectangular Selection.
54 Oasis Radiant computer science Grade Two Option 2: Select the portion of an image. The rectangular part of the image is selected. The selected portion of the image can be moved anywhere you want. Free-form Selection Tool Free-form selection is used to select any irregular shaped portion of the picture. Step 1: In Home tab, under the Select option, choose Free-form selection. Step 2: Select the portion of the image.
Oasis Radiant computer science Grade Two 55 A selected portion of the image has been moved from the image using the free-form selection, as given in the image below.
56 Oasis Radiant computer science Grade Two Select All Option Select All option is used to select the whole picture. Option 1: In Home tab, under the Select option, choose Select all Option 2: Right click on the image and select “Select all”.
Oasis Radiant computer science Grade Two 57 Option 3: Use the shortcut option Ctrl+ A to select the entire image. Delete Selected Region of Image Delete Selection is used to delete or remove the current selection. Option 1: In the Home tab, under the Select option →Choose “Delete”.
58 Oasis Radiant computer science Grade Two Option 2: Right click on the image → Click Delete Increase Line Thickness / Outline Using Size Option Increase the border thickness of an image using the size option. Option 1: In Home tab, select Size→ Choose the required border size. Option 2: Use the shortcut key, to increase the view size press Ctrl+ + + and to decrease the view size press Ctrl+ – –
Oasis Radiant computer science Grade Two 59 Cut an Image in MS Paint To cut the selection from an image, Step 1: First select the portion of the image to cut using the selection tools. Step 2: Use any one option to cut the portion, Option 1: In the Home tab, select Cut option. Option 2: Right click on the image and click “Cut”.
60 Oasis Radiant computer science Grade Two Option 3: Press Ctrl+ X. In the below given image, the triangle portion of the image is removed using the Cut option. Copy an Image in MS Paint To copy the selection from an image, Step 1: First select the portion of the image to copy using any of the selection tools. Step 2: Use any of the following two options to copy the region, Option 1: In the home tab, select Copy.
Oasis Radiant computer science Grade Two 61 Option 2: Right click on the image and click “Copy”. Option 3: Press shortcut key Ctrl+ C. Paste an Image in MS Paint To paste the copied image, follow the below steps. Step 1: Place the cursor in the desired region where you want to paste the image. Step 2: Choose anyone option to paste. Option 1: In Home tab, select Paste option.
62 Oasis Radiant computer science Grade Two Option 2: Right click on the location where you want to paste the image and click “Paste”. Option 3: The shortcut key is Ctrl+ V. The copied portion is pasted in the below given image.
Oasis Radiant computer science Grade Two 63 Paste an Image from Any File to Current Image in Paint Paste from option is used to paste the image from a different location. Option 1: In the Home tab→Click Paste→Select Paste from option. Option 2: From the Paste from dialog box, select the image from the required folder and click Open.
64 Oasis Radiant computer science Grade Two The selected image will be pasted over the current image. To resize the image, place the cursor over the edge in any four corners from the selection. Using the double-headed arrow, you can resize the image as shown below, Use Undo Option in MS Paint Undo is used to cancel the previous action Option 1: Use the shortcut key Ctrl+ Z. Option 2: Click the left arrow given above the Home tab.
Oasis Radiant computer science Grade Two 65 In the below image, you can view the previous action undone in the image. If you are not able to find the undo icon, then add that option to Quick access toolbar by the following step. Select Customize Quick Access Toolbar icon and select Undo. You can undo all the previous actions by continuously pressing the Undo icon/Ctrl+ Z to bring the original image.
66 Oasis Radiant computer science Grade Two Use Redo Option in MS Paint Redo option is used to repeat the last action done. Option 1: Use the shortcut key Ctrl+ Y. Option 2: Click the right arrow given above the home tab. In the image given below, you can view the redo action done in the image.
Oasis Radiant computer science Grade Two 67 If you are not able to find the redo icon above the Home tab, then add the icon to Quick access toolbar by the following step. Select Customise Quick Access Toolbar icon and click Redo. Zoom In Option in MS Paint Zoom in option is used to get a closer view of an image. Option 1: In the View tab, select Zoom in. Option 2: The shortcut key is Ctrl+PgUp.
68 Oasis Radiant computer science Grade Two In the image given below, you can get a closer view of the image. Zoom Out Option in MS Paint Zoom out is used to get a distant view of an image. Option 1: In the View tab, select Zoom Out. Option 2: The shortcut key is Ctrl+ PgDn.
Oasis Radiant computer science Grade Two 69 In the image given below, you can have the distant view of the image. View Image in Full Screen Mode Full screen option is used to view the image in full screen mode. Option 1: In the View tab, select Full screen. Option 2: The shortcut key is F11. In the given picture, you can view the image in full screen mode.
70 Oasis Radiant computer science Grade Two Show / Hide Ruler in MS Paint Rulers are used to measure the dimensions of the image. To add rulers in the paint window, Step 1: In the View tab → select Rulers or press the shortcut key Ctrl+ R. Step 2: Horizontal ruler will be displayed at the top and vertical ruler will be displayed at the left-hand side of the paint window. To hide the Rulers, just uncheck the Rulers option in the View tab.
Oasis Radiant computer science Grade Two 71 Show / Hide Grid Lines in Paint Gridlines are used to align the objects in an image. To insert gridline in the paint window, Step 1: Click on the View menu → select Gridlines Step 2: Gridlines will be added to the picture as shown. In the above picture, the image is aligned using the gridlines. To hide the gridlines, just uncheck the gridlines option in the View tab.
72 Oasis Radiant computer science Grade Two Show / Hide Status Bar in MS Paint Status bar provides details about the Cursor Position, Selection Size and Image Size. To use the status bar option, Step 1: In the View tab, select Status bar Step 2: Status bar will be added at the bottom portion of the paint window. In the given picture, you can view image details in the following order, Cursor Position | Selection Size | Image Size. To hide the Status Bar, just uncheck the Status Bar option in the Home tab.
Oasis Radiant computer science Grade Two 73 Chapter Review • Paint brush is a drawing program developed by Microsoft windows. • Title bar displays the Paint icon and the name of the file. • Menu bar is located below the title bar. File, Edit, View, Image, etc are called menu bar. • ToolBox islocated atthe left side ofthe paintscreen. • Color Box displays at the bottom of the paint windows. • Eraser tool erases any part of the drawing. • The eyedropper tool can be used to "pick up" colors that you’ve already used in an image. • Airbrush Tool is used to spray required colour anywhere on the drawing. • Text tool is used to type the text into your image..
74 Oasis Radiant computer science Grade Two Workshop 1. Who Am I? a. I am a graphic design program. ............................................................................................. b. I am a tool in Paint used to draw free hand pictures. ............................................................................................. c. I am a tool in Paint used to fill color in the closed drawing area. ............................................................................................. d. I am a tool in Paint used to draw straight line. ............................................................................................. e. I am a tool in Paint used to draw circles and oval shapes. ............................................................................................. 2. Answer the following: a. What is Microsoft Paint? b. Write the steps to open MsPaint. c. Why is MsPaint used? d. Name any six Paint tools. e. What is the use of paint brush tool? f. What is the use of rectangle tool? g. How do you save paint file? Write the steps.
Oasis Radiant computer science Grade Two 75 3. Label the following: 4. Complete the following: a. C __ N __ A __ b. R __ C __ A __ G __ E c. G __ O __ E __ R __ C d. R __ B __ ON e. S __ R __ __ N 5. Project Work 1. Draw a picture of computer system using MS Paint. 2. Draw all the geometric shapes using MS Paint and show to your computer teacher.