Exploring MacPaint 185
Movement with the selection rectangle
is
undo-able under
the Edit menu. Selecting
Undo will cause the rectangle to
return
to
its previous position.
THE
LASSO
For
our
purposes, it
is
often more convenient to move only
those portions
of
a specified area which have been drawn
rather than
an
entire rectangle.
The lasso
is
best used for this purpose. The lasso
is
located
in the
upper
left-hand corner
of
the Mac Paint window. After
lasso has been selected, the
arrow
will replicate the lasso
on
the
drawing surface.
The lasso's sense point is
the
bottom
tip
of
the rope. Place
and
drag
the lasso
around
the thermos.
It
is
not necessary to
completely surround the thermos since the Mac will complete
any unfinished circle with a straight line. Release the mouse
and the area becomes selected. The selected area
is
not the
outline created by the lasso,
but
the drawing within.
Place the lasso's sense point on the selection. As with the
selection rectangle, it
is
transfigured into
an
arrow. In the same
manner,
drag
the selected object across the surface. Notice in
this case,
that
the white area
around
the selection does not
supersede the surroundings.
The
lasso
option
is
ideal for merg-
ing two separate portions
of
a drawing.
Figure 6.18 shows the thermos after it has been moved.
This action
is
undo-able.
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