Ms Paint Tutorial

MS Paint Tutorial

1. By: Zaiba MustafaBy: Zaiba Mustafa
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2. Go to: Start – All Programs - Accessories - over to the Paint icon, and
click on it. Paint will then launch, opened to a new (blank) picture.

3. On the left of the Title Bar, you’ll see the name of the file currently open
in this program.

4. The Menu Bar is under the Title Bar in the window. There are six items in the menu
bar. (circled in red) File, Edit, View, Image, Colors, Help.

5. Use Free-Form Select to select any irregularly shaped part of the picture. Click Free-
Form Select, and then, in the options box just below the toolbar, click a background
style.
•Drag the pointer to select the
part of the picture you want to
work with.

6. Use Select to select any square or rectangular part of the picture. Click Select, and
then, in the options box just below the toolbar, click a background style.
•Drag the pointer to select the
part of the picture you want to
work with.

7. Use the Eraser to erase areas of your picture. Click Eraser, click an eraser size below the
toolbox, and then drag the Eraser over the area of the picture that you want to erase.
•Any areas that you erase will
be replaced by the background
color.

8. Use Fill With Color to fill the entire picture or an enclosed shape with color. Click Fill
With Color, click a color in the Color box, and then click inside the area you want to
fill.
•To remove the color and
replace it with the background
color, right-click the area
where you want to remove the
color.

9. Use Pick Color to set the current foreground or background color. Click Pick Color, and
then click the color in your picture that you want to set as the foreground color, or right-
click the color in your picture that you want to set as the background color.

10. Use the Magnifier to zoom in on a section of your picture. Click Magnifier, and then
click a zoom level just below the toolbar. Use the scroll bars to move around the
picture.
•To return to a normal view, click the
Magnifier again, and then click in the
picture.

11. Use the Pencil to draw thin, freeform lines or curves. Click Pencil, click a color in the
Color box, and then drag the pointer in the picture to draw.
•To draw using the
background color,
right-click while
you drag the
pointer.

12. Use the Brush to paint thick or shaped freeform lines and curves. Click Brush, click a
shape just below the toolbar, click a color in the Color box, and then drag the pointer
to paint.
•To paint using the
background color,
right-click while
you drag the
pointer.

13. Use the Brush to paint thick or shaped freeform lines and curves. Click Brush, click a
shape just below the toolbar, click a color in the Color box, and then drag the pointer
to paint.
•To paint using the background
color, right-click while you
drag the pointer.

14. Use the Airbrush to create an airbrush effect in the picture. Click Airbrush, click a
spray pattern just below the toolbar, click a color in the Color box, and then drag the
pointer to paint.
•To paint using the background
color, right-click while you
drag the pointer.

15. Use Text to enter text in the picture. Click Text, and then, in the options box just
below the toolbar, click a background style. Click a color in the Color box, and then
click in the picture and type your text.
•You can resize
and move the text
box, and change
the font, font size,
and text
formatting until
you click another
tool or click
outside the text
box within the
picture.

16. Use Line to draw a straight line. Click Line, click a line width in the options box just below
the toolbar, click a color in the Color box, and then drag the pointer in the picture to draw
the line.
•To draw a line
using the
background color,
right-click while
you drag the
pointer.

17. Use Line to draw a straight line. Click Line, click a line width in the options box just
below the toolbar, click a color in the Color box, and then drag the pointer in the
picture to draw the line. Click and pull the line twice to make a curve.
•To draw a line using the
background color, right-click
while you drag the pointer.

18. Use Rectangle to draw rectangular shapes. Click Rectangle, click a color in the Color
box, and then click a rectangle style in the options box just below the toolbar.

•To draw a rectangle, drag the
pointer diagonally in the
direction you want. To draw a
square, hold down SHIFT
while dragging.

19. Use Polygon to make a shape with any number of sides. Click Polygon, click a color in
the Color box, and then click a polygon style in the options box just below the toolbar.
To draw a polygon, drag the
pointer to draw a straight line.
Then, click each point where you
want additional sides to appear.
Double-click when you're done.
To create sides with 45- or 90-
degree angles, hold down SHIFT
while making sides.

20. Use Ellipse to make ellipses and circles. Click Ellipse, click a color in the Color
box, and then click a fill style in the options box just below the toolbar.

•To draw an ellipse, drag the
pointer. To draw a circle, hold
down SHIFT while dragging.

21. Use Rounded Rectangle to draw rectangular shapes with rounded edges. Click
Rectangle, click a color in the Color box, and then click a fill style in the options box
just below the toolbar.
•To draw a rounded rectangle,
drag the pointer diagonally in
the direction you want. To
draw a square with rounded
edges, hold down SHIFT while
dragging.

22. The Color box indicates the current foreground and background colors. To paint with the
selected foreground color, drag the pointer. To paint with the selected background color,
right-click while you drag the pointer. To change the current foreground color, click an
available color square. To change the background color, right-click an available color square.
•To mix a new
color, double-
click in any
color square,
and then click
Define Custom
Colors.

23. Choose Solid Background or Transparent Background when you copy and paste part of a picture
using the Free-Form Select or the Select tool. When you use the Solid Background option, the
background color is included in your selection when you paste it somewhere else in the picture.
When you use the Transparent Background option, the
background color is not included in the selection, so any
areas using that color are transparent and allow the rest
of the picture to appear in its place.

24. Select the paintbrush tool, hold Ctrl and hit the + button on the numpad. The brush
size will grow as big as you need.

25. Select any tool and draw a small textured brush in any color. Now, select that little
image, turn transparency on, hold shift, and drag it around.

26. Open paint and paste your image in. Hit Ctrl + Plus (Numpad) to make it larger or
Ctrl + Minus (Numpad) to make it smaller.

27. This is where you’d go to create a new file, open a file, save a file, or print a file.
•New: Opens a blank page.
•Open: Opens an existing
image from file.
•Save: Saves changes to current
image
•Save As: Allows you to pick a
file name and type.
•Print Preview: Shows the
preview of current image.
•Page Setup: Shows options for
setting up a page.

28. This is where you’d go to page setup or print preview.
•Print: Shows print dialogue
box to print the image.
•Send: To email the image.
•Set As Background: Shows
three options to set the image
as a desktop background.
•1,2,3,4: Opens the previous
files opened in Paint.
•Exit: Shuts down Paint.

29. The Edit Menu is where you’ll find commands that are most used such as Undo,
Redo, Cut, Copy and Paste.
•Undo: This will remove the last
change you made to the file.
•Redo: This is reverse of Undo.
•Cut: This command will remove
the selection from the image.
•Copy: It places the selected
portion of the image into the
Clipboard.
•Paste: This command pastes the
contents of the copy.

30. The Edit Menu is where you’ll find Selection commands such as Clear, Invert, Select
All, Copy to and Paste From.
•Clear Selection: This will
delete every thing in the
selection.
•Invert Selection: This inverts
the selected area.
•Select All: This selects the
entire image.
•Copy To: This copies the
selected area to the Clipboard.
•Paste From: This pastes an
image from any file to the
current image.

31. You can toggle whether the Tool Box, Color Box, or Status Bar will be displayed
here. You can also set the Zoom here.
•Tool Box: Displays or hides
the Tool Box.
•Color Box: Displays or hides
the Color Box.
•Status Bar: Displays or hides
the Status Bar.
•Text Toolbar: Displays or
hides the Text Toolbar.

32. You can toggle whether the Tool Box, Color Box, or Status Bar will be displayed
here. You can also set the Zoom here.
•Zoom: Displays image in the
selected size.
•View Bitmap: Displays image
in full screen.

33. You can use the image tools to alter your image or selection in a number of
interesting and useful ways.
•Flip / Rotate: Flips or rotates
the picture or selection.
•Resize / Skew: Resizes or
skews the picture or selection.
•Crop: Trims the current
image to contain only what is
currently selected.
•Invert Colors: Inverts the
colors of the picture or
selection.

34. You can use the image tools to alter your image or selection in a number of
interesting and useful ways.
•Attributes: Changes the
attributes of the picture.
•Clear Image: Clears the
picture or selection.
•Draw Opaque: Makes the
current selection either opaque
or transparent.

35. The color menu edits colors. You can choose a new color and add to custom colors.
•Edit Colors:
Creates a new
color.

36. This shows the Help topics and information about paint.

37. Even though MS Paint is a very limited graphics program, it is perhaps the most
useful tool for introducing new users to working with graphics programs. Much of
what we have learned in using Paint can be usefully applied to learning to use other,
more sophisticated graphics programs.
While older versions of MS Paint were capable of working only with the .bmp file
format, Paint currently handles a variety of image formats, including of the
commonly used formats such as JPEG and GIF. This makes Paint appreciably more
flexible for working with images and converting from one file type to another.
If all you need is a very basic image editor, Paint is a pretty good choice. Its greatest
feature, other than its simplicity, is the fact that Paint is distributed freely with the
Microsoft Windows operating system.
Now that you are familiar with paint, you can try making your images or art work.
Enjoy!
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