American Flag Tutorial
Step 1: New Image, 600X400, transparent background - foreground color-black, background color-white.
Step 2: Go to Layers, new vector layer.
Step 3: Using your Shapes tool, select the rectangle, starting at the left hand side at appx. 50, lay down a rectangle moving over to 250, as shown in example 1.
Example 1 Example 1
Step 4: Using your Object Selector tool (located right below the Shapes tool) right click on the rectangle, copy. Right click again, Paste as New Vector Selection. Move this new rectangle down below the white one, then double-click on it. This brings up the Vector Properties box. Double click on the Fill box (see example 2), change to a shade of red.
Example 2 Example 2
Example 3 Example 3
Continue right clicking, copying and pasting until you have 13 rectangles laid down on your canvas. You can either copy and paste each of the colors seperately or you can do this when you have finished laying down all 13 rectangles - 7 red and 6 white. Of course the red ones will need to be on the very top and the very bottom.
Example 4 Example 4
Step 5: Now to align them so that they are all even. Using your Object Selector tool, and starting in the upper left corner, move the crosshair across and down to the lower right corner. Make sure that your image is completely enclosed in the grey box. Now right click, go to Align Object, Left. This will make all of your rectangles align evenly on the left.
Step 6: Click anywhere on your canvas but not on the image itself. Using the Object Selector tool, while holding down the Shift key, select the upper 7 rectangles (as you click on each of them they will be enclosed in the selection box). After you have all of them selected, and using your right mouse button, select the left center Node and move them all toward the right (see examples 5 & 6). You must use the right mouse button to do this to retain the proper shape.
Example 5 Example 5
Example 6 Example 6
Step 7: Using your Shapes Tool, select the rectangle. Lay down a rectangle that starts at the 50 mark on the left and the top of the flag until the rectangle covers your red and white rectangles (example 7). Right click on this new rectangle and select Arrange, Send to bottom.
Example 7 Example 7
If it isn't aligned with the red & white rectangles, hold down the Shift key and select each of the longer rectangles and the blue rectangle and then right click, Align, Left.
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