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Draw Tab | How-to Guide

Making Shapes with Reduced Opacity

If a shape withg a reduced opacity looks gray in Preview or on the web, there is a work around to the problem. Since this problem does not exist with all computers, it may be a browser problem. This technique works with solid fill and graduated fill shapes.
Some things you

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Draw:Borders Group

The Borders group lets you control the border width and style of the vector shapes created in the Draw Tab. The video explains the functionality, and explains that two of the border styles have a 2-pixel minimum width, namely, the dashed and dash-dot

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Draw:Colors Group

The Colors group lets you control the border- and fill-colors of shapes created in the Draw Tab’s Shapes group. You can use a palette of default colors, a fine-tuned custom palette, or use the eyedropper to sample any pixel on the screen (even

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Draw:Shapes Group

The Shapes group creates different vector shapes such as a circle/ellipse, square/rectangle, or rounded rectangle. The video discusses how to use gradient fill colors, and how to manipulate the roundness of the rounded rectangles.