![]() ![]() An even number of repeats in height will produce a correct brick punchcard configuration. In Arah, a personal brush library of pngs may be saved in a personal folder for repeated use.ĭrawing in repeat makes for easy creation of a filled canvas including pattern shifts, for example, the punchcard repeats are a fixed 24 stitches wide and a minimum of 32 rows for the card to rotate continuously. Using the rectangle tool, and a variety of other means, patterns are saved for future use or from the clipboard (until one quits the program), or in the preferences pattern folder, becoming a handy feature for filling in backgrounds or pattern segments for specialty fabrics.īoth programs share chain links that may be kept closed to preserve aspect ratio in the designs, or broken to allow for disparate pixel settings. The built-in circle brush may be used, with the following results for values entered from one to eight Other small shapes can be drawn by filling in individual pixels. Gimp still fails to create square pencil brushes accurately in consistent increments in size, leaving the only option for using the desired shapes to be saved in preference folders for repeated use or to work temporarily from the clipboard. If you break the chain’s link by clicking on the chain icon, you can set the width in the x and y direction independently, C. The options appear when a number greater than one is entered. ![]() Line width sets the width of lines, rectangles/squares, ellipses/circles, arcs, polygons, and brushes, B. If you set the width of a line to be more than 1 pixel, then you can choose the shape of the pen, which influences the look of the starting and ending points of the line and the shape of a single-click drawn object. Clicking on it with the size set to one pixel brings up options shown in A. In the drawing mode, the default for standard drawing is indicated by a pencil. Moving the pointer to a corner using the left mouse button on the dotted lines of the dashed rectangle will resize it.Ĭlicking on the merge down/drop selection tool will remove the dashed outline. Placing the pointer inside the area will move the selection. Rectangle select in Arah will have a moving dashed colored lines bounding box formed around the selected area. Options for tools appear below the toolbox once a specific tool is chosen, they may apply to only one tool or to several. There are some third-party downloads available for anyone wishing to restore it. In the magic mouse, Apple has eliminated it. There are other operations in the manual where the use of middle mouse clicks is suggested. In Arah, the foreground color (black) is drawn with the left mouse button, and the background color is drawn with the right mouse button (white), making it possible to work with any chosen pair of colors without the need to constantly change the drawing color positions. Double-clicking on the shape drawing tools will fill shapes with color, enabling drawing each of them with color or fill The foreground color in both programs determines the color used to draw. Selecting the tool changes the color of the box containing it to a darker grey as seen here for the draw circle tool on the left The “empty” shapes may also be used to highlight specific spots in pre-drawn charts or images while controlling the size of the line, seen here over the square tool. The name of the tool appears below its pointer, its keyboard shortcut is also displayed to its right. The present menu options in Arah: Examining the toolbox: When positioning the mouse pointer over any tool and a brief period of hovering over it, the information on the tool becomes visible as a brightly colored rectangle. The company provides a thorough manual that has been amended with the addition of 14 pages to include recently added features/ changes ![]() The updated program may be downloaded from Returning to the topic now, I am including more information on designing repeats for knits that are by necessity limited in size and resolution, and am exploring some of the new features. ![]() The information included some points on the following topics: At the time I had planned on expanding it. My previous post, ArahPaint meets Gimp in knit design 1, provided some information based on the assumption the reader had previous experience with a paint program, more specifically, Gimp, and an understanding of the development of knit repeats for various stitch types and techniques. ![]()
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