Bitmap menu
Bitmap > Paint
Bitmap > Paint Use this menu option to paint on the active bitmap layer using the primary and secondary colours. You can use the Paint tool to modify any image on a bitmap layer you have created or imported into Carveco. The Paint button on the ...
Bitmap > Draw Bitmap Line
Bitmap > Draw Bitmap Line Use this menu option to draw a line on a bitmap layer using the primary or secondary colour. The Draw Bitmap Line button on the Design Tools toolbar is a shortcut for this menu option. The accessibility of this button ...
Bitmap > Erase
Bitmap > Erase Use this menu option to remove all or part of your last painting or drawing action on the active bitmap layer. The Erase Bitmap button on the Design Tools toolbar is a shortcut for this menu option. The accessibility of this ...
Bitmap > Draw
Bitmap > Draw Use this menu option to draw a one-pixel-thick line using the primary and secondary colours. You can use the Draw tool to modify an image on an existing bitmap layer or create an image on a new bitmap layer. The Draw button on ...
Bitmap > Colour > Load Palette
Bitmap > Colour > Load Palette Use this menu option to load colours to the Palette from a Carveco Palette (.pal) file. To load colours to the Palette from a .pal file: Use one of the following methods to display the Open dialog: Select Bitmaps > ...
Bitmap > Colour > Save Palette
Bitmap > Colour > Save Palette Use this menu option to save the colours in the Palette to a Carveco Palette (.pal) file. To save the colours in the Palette to file: Use one of the following methods to display the Save As dialog: Select Bitmaps > ...
Bitmap > Colour > Mark Edge
Bitmap > Colour > Mark Edge Use this menu option to paint a line around the edge of any colour on a bitmap layer. Marking the outline of a colour on a bitmap layer in this way means that its shape is preserved when converted into vector artwork or ...
Bitmap > Colour > Thicken
Bitmap > Colour > Thicken Use this menu option to increase the width of a colour area, expanding the borders with the secondary colour. Rather than manually changing an area of colour pixel by pixel, you can instantly thicken areas of a bitmap layer ...
Bitmap > Colour > Thin
Bitmap > Colour > Thin Use this menu option to reduce the width of a primary colour area on the selected bitmap layer. Carveco achieves this either by replacing the edges of the primary colour with the secondary colour, or by immediately reducing the ...
Bitmap > Colour > Reduce Number
Bitmap > Colour > Reduce Number Use this menu option to reduce the number of colours in the artwork on a selected bitmap layer. Carveco takes colours of a similar shade in the artwork and produces an averaged colour from them. The averaged colour ...
Bitmap > Colour > Merge
Bitmap > Colour > Merge Use this menu option to merge all pixels within a bitmap layer in the secondary colour with those in the primary colour. The secondary colour is then removed from the Palette. Alternatively, right-click the Palette and ...
Bitmap > Colour > Reset All Links
Bitmap > Colour > Reset All Links Use this menu option to unlink all colours in the Palette which are currently linked. The keyboard shortcut is Ctrl+R.
Bitmap > Colour > Link All Colours
Bitmap > Colour > Link All Colours Use this menu option to link all colours in the Palette to the primary colour, except the secondary colour. The keyboard shortcut is Ctrl+K. See also Selecting the primary and secondary colours Bitmap > ...
Bitmap > Colour > Link / Unlink
Bitmap > Colour > Link / Unlink Use this menu option to link and unlink the primary and secondary colours within the Palette. The keyboard shortcut is Ctrl+L. When colours are linked to the primary colour, they are treated as the primary ...
Selecting the primary and secondary colours
Selecting the primary and secondary colours There are two colours to consider when working with bitmap artwork: the primary colour and the secondary colour. The primary colour influences how vectors and reliefs are created from bitmap artwork. ...
Bitmap > Colour > Add Colours
Bitmap > Colour > Add Colours Use this menu option to increase the range of colours within the Palette. You can add basic colours and create your own custom colours in which to paint. The Add Colour button on the Bitmap Tools toolbar is a ...
Bitmap > Colour
Bitmap > Colour Use the options on the Bitmaps > Colour submenu to manage the colours that make up your bitmap artwork, and control how they are used in the model. These options are also available from the context menu that is displayed when you ...
Bitmap menu
Bitmap menu Use the options on the Bitmap menu to create and manage bitmaps and to control the colour Palette.
Bitmap > Clear
Bitmap > Clear Use this menu option to clear bitmap artwork from the selected layer. See also Clearing a bitmap layer
Bitmap > Deskew
Use this menu option to adjust the selected bitmap layer to compensate for justification errors that may have occurred when scanning the original bitmap image shown on that layer. This operation is called de-skewing. To deskew a bitmap layer: In the ...