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Draw a freehand Shape
with the Lasso tool. (Use Ctrl/Command+1 to open or close
the Tools palette.)
2.
Go to the Select menu and choose
Convert to Shape.
3.
Go to the
Shapes menu and choose
Set Shape Attributes.
4.
Uncheck the Stroke box; check the
Fill box. To pick a color, either double-click the color box
to the right of the Fill box, or click once on the color box
then, in the Art Materials palette's Color section, choose a color
and hit the OK button.
Your Shape is now completed
and filled with color. In the Layers section list (Painter 5/5.5
Floaters section list), you can double-click the Shape to open
the Set Shape Attributes dialog box and type a new name that will
make sense to you when you continue to work on the image and add new Shapes
and Layers (Painter 5/5.5 Floaters).
To keep the Shape and Layer
(Painter 5/5.5 Floater) information, when you save the file, save
it in Painter's native RIFF format. Later, if you want to save a
JPG, GIF, or TIFF, your original
RIFF file
will still be intact and you can go back to it and continue working or
alter it to make a new image.
To add some Bevel World effects
to your Shape, see:
"Adding
a Balloon Effect to Shapes"
Have fun!
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