DEPARTMENT OF EDUCAT ION AND TRAINING
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Procedure – Using MS Paint
February 2007
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MS Paint How to use MS Paint
Internet Resources
http://cyber.lenoir.k12.nc.us/khs/croberts/roberts2.html http://www.lkwdpl.org/classes/MSPaint/paint.html http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/geparker/creating_tessellations_using_microsoft_paintbrush.htm http://www.lesley.edu/faculty/ahunt/MSPttutr.htm http://www.hhs.homewood.k12.al.us/edgewood/paint.html http://richtech.ca/resources/comp/mspaint/ http://www.packardbell-europe.com/library/paint/paint.html
Getting started
To open Paint enter the Start Menu, select the Accessories folder and then Paint.
Explore the Toolbar
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Paint Ideas
These assignments will demonstrate the use of all the tools and options of Windows Paint: 1. The Wild West You are assigned to design the storefronts for a new Clint Eastwood western. You must have 3 storefronts including a Saloon with curved swinging front doors, a General store and a Blacksmith's shop in a single image. The first two buildings have two stories with rooms on the second floor and include a balcony on one. Some windows will have curtains (i.e. arcs or parts of an ellipse or circle). Use the rectangle tool to create building outlines. You should use the select tool to copy windows, doors, and other shapes. The ellipse tool (along with the eraser) or the circle tool can be used to create arcs. 2. The Self Portrait You commission a portrait of yourself to be painted. It will be a picture of your head only. You will copy and flip both your eye and your ear to create copies for the other side of your face. You will use the curve tool to create your nose and mouth. Use the ellipse tool to create the outline of your head. Custom colours may be created to give good flesh tones, eye colour, etc. 3. The Scape Create a landscape or seascape (i.e. underwater) containing at least 15 different elements such as plant and animal life, human activity, and forces of nature (i.e. weather, etc.) Try to make use of as many different tools as possible. Don’t forget about the select and copy function to create "herds" of animals, etc. Try to create "vibrant" colours if possible. 4. The "Action" Choice Create an image suggesting "action" of various sorts such as a skier going over a jump, or a race car going around a corner or a sports action of some kind, etc. The type of "action" is entirely up to you, but marks will be given for creative choices and demonstrated use of several different tools.
Creating Student Photo Portraits
Directions:
1. Take digital photos or scan in images of your students. Open Microsoft Paint. 2. Locate and open photo from file or disk. Be sure you specify .jpg as file type to locate your photos. 3. Select the Freeform Select Tool from the drawing tools toolbar. 4. .Also select the transparency option at the bottom of the toolbar 5. When you mouse over to the photo the tool becomes a pencil. 6. Carefully draw a circle completely around the student’s face. 7. Select Edit from the menu bar and click copy or press ctrl + c. 8. Open a new paint canvas and paste the image by selecting paste from the edit menu. 9. Move the portrait to the middle of the canvas. 10. Save the new portrait file to a folder that students can access. Ideas are taken from: http://richtech.ca/resources/comp/mspaint/node17.html http://www.forsyth.k12.ga.us/kadkins/portrait.pdf
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Step 1
Open Microsoft Paint.
Step 2
Draw a regular shape which tessellates such as a square or rectangle.
Step 3
Choose and fill your shape with a colour. Check to make sure that only the rectangle is opaque!
Step 4
Select your shape then copy and paste it.
Step 5
Change your copied shape's colour.
Step 6
Move the copied shape so that it lines up with the original shape to form a tessellation.
Step 7
Repeat this procedure to create your tessellating pattern.
http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/geparker/creating_tessellations_using_microsoft_paintbrush.htm
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