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Back to FlySketch
Edited on 2008-01-24 20:02:58 by BradEllis
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The toolbar features many useful buttons designed to help you in highlighting, drawing, and modifying the image on the screen. Lets take a tour and see what each of them does.
The Selection Tool can be used to grab images and shapes for resizing or moving around the canvas. This is the basic tool you will use to get around the canvas. Using this tool to selecting a shape after you create it with one of the other tools will let you change its color, size, stroke width, drop shadow and composition mode. Check out the the palettes page to read more about those features.
Adding arrows is as simple as opening the inspector drawer in the box labeled “Arrow” use the drop down menus to mark which end(s) you want an arrow to appear. Check out the palettes page for more help with that.
Tip: Place arrows on the ends of your line with the arrow pallet to help with drawing diagrams. Also, if you want to make changes to your line later, use the Selection Tool to select the line, then change the stroke, arrows or color at any time.
The Freehand Tool allows you to sketch anywhere in the canvas with freeform lines. Once freehand objects are created, you can only move them around - resizing them is not possible after creation.
Tip: If you have a tablet to use with your computer, FlySketch will sense the pressure you are drawing with and adjust the width of your line.
The Highlighter Tool is useful when you have a screen capture on the canvas, and you would like to highlight certain pieces such as text or images. If you fancy a color other than yellow, you may change the color (and transparency) of the Highlighter Tool in the preferences.
The Transparency Slider is used when you want to make the canvas see-through, making it easier to see what you want to take a screen capture of. If you're having trouble with this slider, it only works if you haven't yet taken a screen shot. Try erasing the canvas to start with a clean slate and experiment with it.
Key Shortcuts: 1-9, 0 (zero) to make the canvas opaque.
Workflow Actions are used to perform actions with the images you create. Clicking on the scripts icon on the top left of the window will present you with a list of actions you can perform with the current image in the canvas. For more information about working with scripts and workflows, check out the scripts page.
The Clear Canvas tool does just what its name implies- it clears the canvas of any drawings, shapes or screenshots. Be careful with this button, but if you accidently hit it, be sure to quickly hit undo by going to the menu EDIT>UNDO DELETE
The Screen Shot tool takes a picture of whatever is currently behind the canvas, and adds it as the background of your canvas. This is perfect for taking little shots of webpages, and then marking them up with the highlighter.
Key Shortcuts: Command + K
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The toolbar is packed with a bunch of really useful buttons to press- and it's best to know what each one does first. Find out all about them below.
The Selection Tool can be used to grab images and shapes for resizing or moving around the canvas. This is the basic tool you will use to get around the canvas.
Adding arrows is as simple as opening the inspector drawer in the box labeled “Arrow” use the checkboxs to mark which end(s) you want an arrow to appear.
Tip: Place arrows on the ends of your line with the arrow pallet to help with drawing diagrams.
The Freehand Tool allows you to sketch anywhere in the canvas with freeform lines. Once freehand objects are created, you can only move them around- resizing them is not possible after creation.
Use this tool when you feel like being messy. Or, if you have a tablet attached, FlySketch will sense the pressure you are drawing with and adjust the width of your line.
The Highlighter Tool is useful when you have a screen capture on the canvas, and you would like to highlight certain pieces such as text, or maybe images. If you fancy a color other than yellow, you may change the color (and transparency) of the Highlighter Tool in the preferences.
The Transparency Slider is used when you want to make the canvas see-through, making it easier to see what you want to take a screen capture of. It’s also just neat to use- show it to your windows-using friends and make them jealous.
Key Shortcuts: 1–9, 0 (zero) to make the canvas opaque.
Workflow Actions are used to perform actions against the images you create. Click on the script icon and you will be presented with a list of actions to use against the graphics current canvas. You can create a new action by opening up the Workflow Scripts folder, and dragging an alias of an application or folder in. To open up the Workflow Scripts folder choose “Open Workflow Scripts folder” from the actions menu.
When an action is run against an application alias (Like Mail, Photoshop, or Microsoft Entourage), FlySketch will open the image up just like you were dragging it to the applications’ icon. When an action is run against a folder alias, FlySketch will copy in the image.
Tip: If you are up to the challenge, with a little bit of scripting know-how, you can create and add your own unix shell scripts as actions by placing them in your “~/Library/Application Support/FlySketch/Workflow Scripts” folder. FlySketch recognizes the following list as files that are meant to be run as shell scripts: “py", "pl", “sh", "rb", “as", and "applescript”.
The Clear Canvas tool does just what its name implies- it clears the canvas of any objects. Deleting them forever. Gone, poof, no more.
…
Ok, you can always choose undo if you did this by accident.
The Screen Shot tool takes a picture of whatever is currently behind the canvas, and adds it as an image object. This is perfect for taking little shots of webpages, and then marking them up with the highlighter.
Edited on 2008-01-21 18:08:04 by BradEllis
Additions:
The FlySketch Toolbar
The toolbar is packed with a bunch of really useful buttons to press- and it's best to know what each one does first. Find out all about them below.
The Selection Tool can be used to grab images and shapes for resizing or moving around the canvas. This is the basic tool you will use to get around the canvas.
Key Shortcut: V
The Oval Tool can be used to construct ovals or circles on the canvas. Simply select the tool and drag the mouse around to create your shape. Holding down the shift key while doing this will create a perfectly round circle for you.
Key Shortcut: C
Tip: Hold down the shift key to scale proportionally when resizing.
The Line Tool can be used to make straight lines on the canvas. You also have the option of placing arrows on either end of the line.
Adding arrows is as simple as opening the inspector drawer in the box labeled “Arrow” use the checkboxs to mark which end(s) you want an arrow to appear.
Key Shortcut: L
Tip: Place arrows on the ends of your line with the arrow pallet to help with drawing diagrams.
The Rectangle Tool can be used to make rectangles or squares. Holding down the shift key while drawing this shape conforms it to a square.
Key Shortcut: R
Tip: Hold down the shift key to make your rectangle scale proportionally when resizing.
The Round Rectangle Tool can be used to make rectangles or squares with rounded edges. Holding down the shift key while drawing this shape conforms it to a square.
Key Shortcut: E
The Text Tool is used to add text to the canvas. Choose the Text Tool and drag the mouse to create a rectangle where you want text to appear. Type away to add your text to the canvas. Change fonts using the font panel, which is brought up with the key combo Command-T.
Key Shortcut: T
The Freehand Tool allows you to sketch anywhere in the canvas with freeform lines. Once freehand objects are created, you can only move them around- resizing them is not possible after creation.
Use this tool when you feel like being messy. Or, if you have a tablet attached, FlySketch will sense the pressure you are drawing with and adjust the width of your line.
Key Shortcut: F
The Highlighter Tool is useful when you have a screen capture on the canvas, and you would like to highlight certain pieces such as text, or maybe images. If you fancy a color other than yellow, you may change the color (and transparency) of the Highlighter Tool in the preferences.
Key Shortcut: H
The Transparency Slider is used when you want to make the canvas see-through, making it easier to see what you want to take a screen capture of. It’s also just neat to use- show it to your windows-using friends and make them jealous.
Key Shortcuts: 1–9, 0 (zero) to make the canvas opaque.
Workflow Actions are used to perform actions against the images you create. Click on the script icon and you will be presented with a list of actions to use against the graphics current canvas. You can create a new action by opening up the Workflow Scripts folder, and dragging an alias of an application or folder in. To open up the Workflow Scripts folder choose “Open Workflow Scripts folder” from the actions menu.
When an action is run against an application alias (Like Mail, Photoshop, or Microsoft Entourage), FlySketch will open the image up just like you were dragging it to the applications’ icon. When an action is run against a folder alias, FlySketch will copy in the image.
Tip: If you are up to the challenge, with a little bit of scripting know-how, you can create and add your own unix shell scripts as actions by placing them in your “~/Library/Application Support/FlySketch/Workflow Scripts” folder. FlySketch recognizes the following list as files that are meant to be run as shell scripts: “py", "pl", “sh", "rb", “as", and "applescript”.
The Clear Canvas tool does just what its name implies- it clears the canvas of any objects. Deleting them forever. Gone, poof, no more.
…
Ok, you can always choose undo if you did this by accident.
The Screen Shot tool takes a picture of whatever is currently behind the canvas, and adds it as an image object. This is perfect for taking little shots of webpages, and then marking them up with the highlighter.
If you would like to have these images locked or unlocked, check out the option “Lock screen capture backgrounds” in the Preferences window.
Deletions:
FlySketch's Palettes
FlySketch 1.5 adds a new feature- side palettes. Using these palettes, you can perform various operations on your selected graphics, like apply drop shadows, align graphics, change color and <a href="/fs/flystashweb.cgi/0f3ae094-ef71-01d9-0d3c-c0cbe4c4c1ec">compositing modes</a>, and more.
The Color Palette can is used to change the fill and stroke colors of the selected graphic.
The filled in color well is used to control the fill color of the selected graphic. The stroked color well is used to control the stroke color of the selected graphic. Use the button with the arrows on either end to swap the fill and stroke colors.
The button with the slash is used to remove the selected graphics' stroke or fill value. When the fill color well is on top, pressing the slashed button will set the selected graphic to have no fill. Pressing it again will give the graphic back it's fill value. The same works for stroke values when the stroke color well is on top.
The Info Palette displays coordinate and size information about the selected graphic.
The Stroke / Line Arrow Palette allows you to change the stroke value for a selected graphic. In addition, if you have a line graphic selected, you can choose to have the lines capped with various shapes, and alter the sizes of those shapes.
The Align / Position Palette is used to align selected graphics, or to move a single graphic to the front or back of the canvas. Left, right, top, bottom, vertical and horizontal center align options are available.
The Shadow Palette is used to apply a drop shadow to a selected graphic. Use the widgets to vary the size of the shadow radius, and the offset of the shadow from the graphic.
The Compositing Mode Palette is used to alter the way the graphic is drawn on the canvas. (This option is available for 10.4+ only). Find out about the various options on the compositing modes page.
Oldest known version of this page was edited on 2008-01-21 18:04:53 by BradEllis []
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FlySketch's Palettes
FlySketch 1.5 adds a new feature- side palettes. Using these palettes, you can perform various operations on your selected graphics, like apply drop shadows, align graphics, change color and <a href="/fs/flystashweb.cgi/0f3ae094-ef71-01d9-0d3c-c0cbe4c4c1ec">compositing modes</a>, and more.
The Color Palette can is used to change the fill and stroke colors of the selected graphic.
The filled in color well is used to control the fill color of the selected graphic. The stroked color well is used to control the stroke color of the selected graphic. Use the button with the arrows on either end to swap the fill and stroke colors.
The button with the slash is used to remove the selected graphics' stroke or fill value. When the fill color well is on top, pressing the slashed button will set the selected graphic to have no fill. Pressing it again will give the graphic back it's fill value. The same works for stroke values when the stroke color well is on top.
The Info Palette displays coordinate and size information about the selected graphic.
The Stroke / Line Arrow Palette allows you to change the stroke value for a selected graphic. In addition, if you have a line graphic selected, you can choose to have the lines capped with various shapes, and alter the sizes of those shapes.
The Align / Position Palette is used to align selected graphics, or to move a single graphic to the front or back of the canvas. Left, right, top, bottom, vertical and horizontal center align options are available.
The Shadow Palette is used to apply a drop shadow to a selected graphic. Use the widgets to vary the size of the shadow radius, and the offset of the shadow from the graphic.
The Compositing Mode Palette is used to alter the way the graphic is drawn on the canvas. (This option is available for 10.4+ only). Find out about the various options on the compositing modes page.
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