Tour of Acorn

Opening Acorn

When you first start up Acorn you'll see a window asking what you would like to do. This is a great way to set up a blank canvas, or continue working on a previous project.

Hitting New Image... will prompt you asking for what size you would like to make the new document.

If you're unsure how big to make it, try using the size thats already filled in, the canvas size is always adjustable later.

Pressing OK will create the new blank document or, if you have recently copied an image to your clipboard, you can also hit the From Clipboard button in the lower left to create a new document with that image.

Hitting Open Image... will open up the Open dialog box, and will ask you to find the image you want to open.

If you're running Mac OSX 10.5 or higher, there will be a list of favorite folders on the left side of the window. At the bottom of that list will be a heading titled MEDIA which will have in it all of your photos from iPhoto or Aperture.



Another great way to open images in Acorn is to simply drag the image on top of the Acorn icon down in the dock. This works with things inside iPhoto, Photo Booth, or anywhere else on your computer, try it out.




Opening Acorn
Tools Palette
Layers
Color and Fonts Palette
Menu Items
Taking Screen Shots with Acorn
Making Slideshows with Acorn


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