Drawing with CLIE Paint
Elements of the edit screen




[1] Menu Button
Displays the menu screen.

• Create new image:Displays a new white background to draw on.
• Load image:Imports a PGP format image stored on the CLIÉ handheld to the CLIE Paint application.
• Over write:Over-writes the former image with the edited one (the former image will not remain).
• PGPocket:Displays the edited image using the full screen of the PictureGear Pocket.
• Save As New:Saves the edited image under a new name (the image before editing will remain).
• Resize the canvas:Changes the canvas size of the selected image.
• CLIE Mail:Attaches the edited image to e-mail on the CLIE Mail application. You can use this menu only when the CLIE Mail application is installed on your CLIÉ handheld.
• Cancel:Returns to the edit screen.

[2] UNDO/REDO
Cancels the last operation (UNDO), or when tapped right after UNDO, recovers the canceled operation (REDO).

[3] Color palette
Shows the color or a grayscale shade for drawing letters or objects.
The screen is shown in two strata. Usually, a typical color is shown in the first stratum.
Tapping the big button located on the lower left part of the color palette shows the second stratum and calls up the color picker, so you have more colors to choose from. To adjust the color tone, slide the RGB color-level bars.



[4] Tool switch bar
Switches the displayed tool icons with the three boxes on the bar.

[5] Tool icons
Shows the tools to draw shapes, patterns, and letters. For details, see “Painting with the tools.”
Painting with the tools
1
On the edit screen, tap the box on the Tool switch bar until the tool of your choice is displayed.
2
Tap a palette tab to select a color/shape.
• Pen tool:Creates a free-hand line in the selected color/shade.
• Eraser tool:Erases an object drawn with a tool (pen, line, ellipse, rectangle, rounded rectangle, letter, stamp, spray, blur, mosaique).
Note
You cannot erase details of the original image file. You also cannot erase the performed edits once it is saved.
• Color sampler tool:Samples a color/shade from the original image file to the color palette.
• Scroll tool:Scrolls the image when you are editing a 320 x 320 image.
• Line tool:Creates straight lines in the selected color/shade.
• Ellipse tool (no fill/solid fill) :Creates ellipses in the selected color/shade.
• Rectangle tool (no fill/solid fill) :Creates rectangles in the selected color/shade.
• Rounded rectangle tool (no fill/solid fill) :Creates rectangles with round-corners in the selected color/shade.
• Letter tool:Selected to draw letters on the image using the onscreen keyboard or Graffiti writing.
After you enter the letters and tap OK, the entered letters are displayed with a dotted border around it. In this state, you can drag it with the stylus and change its location on the image.
Tap anywhere outside the dotted border to place it.
• Pattern stamp tool:Lets you stamp various patterns on the image.
After you tap to select the pattern, the selected pattern is displayed with a solid border around it. In this state, you can drag it with the stylus and change its location on the image.
Tap anywhere outside the solid border to place it.
• Spray tool:Gives a sprayed effect in the selected color/shade.
• Blur tool:Gives a blurred, soft-focus effect where you trace with the stylus.
• Mosaique tool:Gives a mosaique effect where you select with the stylus.
Changing the stroke size, letter size, or spray size
Tap to select one of the four stroke icons or spray size icons.
With the stroke icon, you can change the stroke width for the following tools: pen, eraser, line, ellipse (no fill), rectangle (no fill), rounded rectangle (no fill), and blur. You can also change the letter size for the letter tool with the stroke icons.
The spray size icon changes the spray size for the spray tool.



Changing the spray size
Tap , to select Splay,then tap on the spray size icons to change spray size.



Changing the stamp size
Tap to select Stamp, then tap on the stamp size icons to change stamp size.
Attaching files to e-mail using the CLIE Mail application
You can attach images to e-mail messages and send using the CLIE Mail application. This feature is available only when you have the CLIE Mail application installed on your CLIÉ handheld.
Note
Make sure to save the edited images in the CLIE Paint application before following the steps below.

1
Tap Menu button. Then, tap CLIE Mail..
When you save the edited image in DCF format, the image is attached directly.
When the selected image is in PGP format, confirmation dialog box appears. To send the image in DCF format, tap YES. To send if in PGP format, tap NO. The CLIE Mail application starts.
2
Follow steps 4 to 6 of Writing and sending e-mail to send the e-mail.
Note
When you select Send Now, Outbox screen of the CLIE Mail application will be displayed. When you select Send Later, the screen will go back to the Edit screen of the CLIE Paint application.