LESSON 9 TACCreate your Christmas card

Graphic editor (III) - Paint

Objectives • 1. To set up the page as wished.

• 2. To use the drawing tools to make pictures.

• 3. To colour the pictures with the painting tools.

• 4. To save the file as in the wished folder.

ACTIVITIES

1. OPEN THE PAINT PROGRAM IN ORDER TO CREATE A NEW FILE.

1.1. Go to the Menu Fitxer Configurar pàgina

1.2. In the second window (picture 2), choose an horizontal position (orientació) and undo the horizontal and vertical centred (centrat)

Picture 1

Picture 2

2. Set the attributes of your file.

• 2.1. Click on the menu Imatge --> Atributs

• 2.2. Choose the centimetres as the measure unit.

• 2.3. Introduce the next measures: Width (amplada) = 27 cm.» Height (alçada) = 19 cm.

3. Draw one straight line in the middle of the blank screen.

• 3.1. Choose the line tool and select the wished width.

• 3.2. Draw one straight line in the middle of the screen.

Line and line width

4. Create the interior of the Christmas card.

• 4.1. Draw your Christmas card with Christmas topics and elements.• 4.2. In the left side of the card, make your drawing by using, preferably, the geometric tools (rectangle, ellipse, rounded

rectangle and polygon).• 4.3. You can copy your geometric forms and paste them (copiar i enganxar), and modify their width.• 4.4. Complete your drawing with line, curves or other tools.• 4.5. Colour the pictures by using painting tools.• 4.6. Look at the trees samples.

5. Draw the lines to write the card text.

• 5.1. Choose the line tool and draw seven or eight straight and parallel lines.• 5.2. Introduce the text if you want.

Text tool

6. Save the file in your folder.

• 6.1. Click on the menu Fitxer --> Anomena i desa

• 6.2. Find your folder in the computer and save it as, for example: “Sonia Christmas card”.

• 6.3. Save your partner’s card, too.

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