Commodore Amiga - Page 123

Changing an Icon's Colors
To change the color of an individual pixel in an icon, choose a color from
the Color menu, point to the pixel you want to change in the magnified
view,
then click the Selection button. By holding down the Selection button
while you slowly move the mouse, you can add color to larger areas.
Filling Areas
With the Icon Editor's Flood Fill feature, you can fill a contiguous area that
is all the same color with another color. To fill an area, choose the color
you want to fill with from the Color menu, then choose Flood Fill from the
Misc menu. Next, point to the area in the magnified view that you want to
fill, then click the Selection button.
Adding Text to an Icon
There are six steps to adding text to an icon:
1. Choose Write Into Frame from the Text menu.
2. In the requester that appears, select the gadget immediately below the
words "Icon Text," then enter up to eight characters that you want to
add to the icon. The characters you type appear to the left of the Text
Cursor (the marker that appears in the gadget when you select it). To
move the cursor, use the left and right cursor keys.
There may already be text in the gadget when you select it. You can
delete characters at and to the right of the cursor by pressing the DEL
key. Press the BACKSPACE key to delete characters to the left of the
cursor.
There are shortcuts you can use to change what appears in the gadget
and to move the Text Cursor:
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