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102 Painting and Drawing<br />
5. (Optional) From the Mode drop-down menu, pick a blend mode, which<br />
controls how the outline colour and underlying pixels blend to make a<br />
combined resulting colour. Select the percentage Opacity for the outline when<br />
blending, and check Preserve Transparency to make transparent areas resist<br />
the flood colour; otherwise, everything in the selection or layer will be equally<br />
washed with the fill.<br />
6. Click OK. The outline appears around the selection area.<br />
Once applied, selection outlines no longer remain editable, although if you're not<br />
happy with your outline you can still Undo.<br />
To create outlines on a layer:<br />
1. From the Layers tab, select a layer to which outlines will be applied. Note that<br />
all objects (Shapes, Text, or lines) on the layer will be affected.<br />
2. Click the Layer Effects button on the Layers tab (or choose<br />
Effects>Effects... from the Layers menu) and check Outline in the Layer<br />
Effects dialog.<br />
3. From the Blend Mode drop-down menu, pick a blend mode, which controls<br />
how the outline colour and underlying pixels blend to make a combined<br />
resulting colour. Select the percentage Opacity for the outline when blending.<br />
4. Choose a Width for the outline, and whether the outline Alignment is<br />
"Outside" or "Inside" the object's edge (or placed in the "Centre").<br />
5. To set a fill for your outline, pick from the Fill type drop-down menu, one of:<br />
Solid, Linear, Radial, Conical, Square, Contour, or Pattern. Choosing Solid<br />
will display a colour swatch which, when clicked, shows the Adjust Colour<br />
dialog. For other fills, click the gradient fill swatch and apply/edit your<br />
gradient fill accordingly (see Editing a gradient fill in <strong>PhotoPlus</strong> help for<br />
details). Pattern fills can be applied via a clickable Pattern swatch (see Using<br />
patterns on p. 82 for details).<br />
6. Click OK. The outline appears around any layer object.<br />
You may notice the icon appear next to the layer with your outline applied.<br />
Remember that you'll be able to apply a combination of 2D layer effects along with<br />
your outline, by checking other options in the Layer Effects dialog. See Overview:<br />
Applying special effects on p. 115 for more details.
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