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Create A Simple Background |
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Before you start,
click here to see this background on a web page |
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tuition and, then, clicked several times in each corner of the image and the second image above
is the result.
Click here to see it on a web page |
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A=Menu Bar B=Tool Bar C=Tool Palette
D=Color Palette |
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Click the bottom box of the two boxes - see
picture to the left and, then, find it on D (Color Palette) on the left |
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Click on White in the "Basic Colors"
square, click OK |
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Click "New"
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Enter Width=140 Height=140, click OK
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Click the top box of the two boxes |
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Click on a LIGHT color in the "Basic Colors"
square, click OK |
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Click "Air Brush"
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Click
"Toggle Control Palette" |
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Under the "Tools Control" tab, click the
down arrow beside the box under "Paper Texture" and select "Medium Bricks"
(you may need to scroll up or down) |
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Click the "Brush Tip" tab, click the
down arrow beside the box under the "Shape" box and select "Round"
(you may need to scroll up or down) |
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Click the picture of a pen next to
the "Shape" box and select "Paintbrush" |
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Enter "200" in the "Size" box |
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If the "Controls" box is in front of your
image, click the small "x" in the top right corner to close it
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Move the mouse over to the middle of the image and
click twice |
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| Voila, you have your new background, which you
now need to save to a folder (directory) on your computer |
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Click "Colors/Decrease Color Depth/256
Colors (8-bit)" and click OK
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Click "File/Save As"
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Note that the "File Name" box is blue and
flickering. This means that it is active and you can simply type over the existing text, so type a name
for your background, eg, "back"
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Click the down arrow beside the "Save as Type" box,
(a drop-down menu appears), scroll up and click on
"CompuServe Graphics Interchange (* .gif)
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Click the down arrow beside the "Save In" box
and click on your "C drive" |
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Double click the "Images" folder |
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Note your new name at the top of the image |
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Close your image by clicking the small
"x" in the top right corner |
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