ArtRage*, part of Intel Education User Guide

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3 Contents Getting started with ArtRage... 4 Benefits in education... 4 Accessing the application... 5 Main Features... 6 Main Screen and Elements... 7 Menu Bar... 0 Create a new painting... Painting tools... Tool picker... 5 Adjust settings of the current tool... 6 Add presets... 7 Create presets... 8 Insert a sticker ()... 9 Draw with stencils ()... 9 Color controls... 0 Color picker... Select colors... Add a color sample... Create a new layer... 4 Change the visibility of a layer... 5 Change the opacity of a layer... 6 Access to the options menu in the layers panel... 7 Insert an image for reference... 8 Insert an image for tracing... 9

4 Getting started with ArtRage ArtRage provides intuitive tools that simulate the use of real materials to create digital art projects, encouraging the development of creativity, artistic appreciation, and visual communication. Through an intuitive interface ArtRage is designed to work as a real tool for drawing and painting. ArtRage provides a set of features that allow users to test a wide range of different artistic styles, colors and professional class textures. Benefits in education Encourages the development of art appreciation, imagination and visual communication. Helps students develop creative and motor skills enhancing the brain functions. Promotes self-esteem, motivation, emotional expression and esthetic appreciation.

5 Accessing the application. Press the ArtRage icon to bring up the canvas.. Select a tool from the tool picker to start drawing. Main Screen ( 8) Main Screen (Android)

6 Main Features Natural painting tools Provides natural finishes on the basis of thickness, wetness, or translucent paint. Sketching & Drawing Tools Draws freehand sketches. Stickers & Spray Adds pre-constructed elements to decorate a design. Canvas / Paper Defines the properties of the canvas such as texture and color. Special Effect Tools Creates decorated scenes or adds an unusual touch. Tracing images Places a background image as a tracing guide. Utility tools Transforms, rotates, resizes objects. References Places an image as a reference for the user while drawing. Presets & settings Allows the use of drawing tools with predefined characteristics. Layers & Blend Modes Places the design elements in different levels facilitating their handling. Colors Displays the color picker with the corresponding color model HLS or RGB. Stencils & Rulers Creates accurate designs using stencils or rulers, suitable to any drawing tool. User interface Provides a workspace that allows the user to focus on the design instead of software management. File Formats, Import & Export Provides support for the following image formats: PNG, JPG, TIFF, BMP.

7 Main Screen and Elements Android Android Menu Bar Contains basic functions for common operations such as undo, redo and quit. Tool picker Shows the tools available and allows user to set the tool size. Color picker Shows the color rainbow and allows user to select tone, hue, brightness and metallic finishes. Stickers Shows the sticker sheets available. Stencils Allows the use of stencils. Settings Shows options to adjust the settings of the current tool. Presets Allows the use of drawing tools with predefined characteristics. Samples Lists the customized colors saved as samples. Layers Simplifies object handling by managing them at independent levels. Tracing Places a background image as a tracing guide.

8 Android Android References Places an image as a reference for the user while drawing. Tool Size Allows user to set up the tool size. System Menu Contains options to save, create new paintings, and gallery access. Redo Repeats the last action. Undo Undoes the last action.

9 User Interface Details. Menu Bar. Stickers. Stencils 4. Settings 5. Tool picker 6. Presets Samples 8. Color picker 9. References 0. Tracing. Layer Android. Color Samples Tool Size. Tool Picker 4. Color Picker 5. References 6. Layers 7. Tracing 8. Undo 9. Redo 0. Menu. Tool Settings. Presets 4

10 Menu Bar The menu bar contains functions that allow the user to interact with the application and perform common operations such as new painting, import image file, and save painting. Although the menu bar is only available for in the 8 version, the System Menu in the top bar on Android contains similar functions. User interface details Android Collapse Panel Displays or collapses the menu bar. Menu Bar Shows the functions to interact with the application organized by category. File Contains commands related to the handling of files, such as open painting, save painting, print painting, among others. Edit Contains commands related to the manipulation of the images, such as copy, paste, select all, crop to selection, among others. Tools Contains the settings for all the tools. View Shows / hides the panels. Help Contains links to ArtRage support websites and help. Zoom canvas in / Zoom canvas out Zooms in or zooms out the canvas. Undo Undoes the last action. Redo Repeats the last action. Canvas positioner Rotates, zooms in or zooms out the canvas.

11 Hide ArtRage window Shrinks the applications to the task bar or dock. Toggle window full screen Maximizes the ArtRage window hiding the title bar. Quit application Closes the ArtRage window. Android System Menu Display options to save, create new paintings, and gallery access. Save Painting Saves an ArtRage file. Save Painting As Saves an ArtRage file with a new name. New Painting Creates a new ArtRage file. Gallery Opens the Gallery screen. Share Shares/Exports an image. Settings Opens the Settings screen. Help Opens the ArtRage help screen.

12 Collapse panel Menu Zoom out Zoom in Quit application Toggle window full screen Hide ArtRage window Canvas positioner Redo Undo Android System menu

13 Create a new painting. Press File menu.. Select New Painting.. Set up the canvas size using the options Screen Size and Print Size. 4. Set up additional options using the Canvas and Tracing menus. 5. Press OK. Image Creation of a new painting in ArtRage for. 4 5

14 Android. Press System Menu.. Press New Painting.. Enter a Name and Size for the new painting. 4. Set up the canvas settings using Presets, Roughness and Metallic. 5. Press OK. Image Creation of a new painting in ArtRage for Android. 4 5

15 Import images. Press File menu.. Select Import Image File.. In the Open dialog browse and choose the image file to be imported. 4. Press Open. Image Import of an image file in ArtRage for. 4

16 Android. Press System Menu.. Select Gallery.. Press Import button. 4. Choose an action: a. Take a photo. b. Import image. Image 4 Import of an image file in ArtRage for Android. 4

17 Export images. Press File menu.. Select Export Image File.. In the Save As dialog select a folder to store the painting. 4. In File Name type a name for the painting. 5. In Save as type choose a file format. 6. Press Save. Image 5 Export of an image file in ArtRage for

18 Android. Press System Menu.. Press Share.. Select Export Image. 4. Choose an action: a. Save JPG to Pictures. b. Save PNG to Pictures. Image 6 Export of an image file in ArtRage for Android. 4

19 Save a painting. Press File menu.. Select Save Painting As.. In the Save As dialog select a folder to store the painting. 4. In File Name type a name for the painting. 5. In Save as type choose a file format. 6. Press Save. Image 7 Saving of a painting file in ArtRage for

20 Android. Press System Menu.. Press Save Painting As.. In File Name type a name for the painting. 4. Press OK. Image 8 Saving of a painting file in ArtRage for Android. 4

21 Painting tools This category includes the tool picker and the panels: settings, presets, stickers, and stencils which are arranged to the left of the ArtRage window. User interface details Android Android Tool picker Shows the tools available and allows the user to set the tool size. Oil brush Paints like using a firmbristled brush with oil or acrylic finishes. Watercolor Paints like using a softbristled brush on wet or dry paper. Palette knife Mixes and spreads the paint on the canvas to produce a variety of effects. Air brush Spreads a fine spray of pigment on the painting. Ink pen Draws illustrations with precision without mixing the paint on canvas.

22 Android Android Pencil Draws illustrations with precision, offering a wide variety of soft and hard pencils. Paint roller Paints the canvas with solid strokes. Felt pen Draws with markers of different wetness and quality. Gloop pen Sprinkles drops of ink, spreading them on the canvas. Sticker spray Sprays adhesive sheets on the canvas. Crayon Produces strokes of varying boldness depending on the pressure of the stroke. Chalk Simulates a stick of chalk responding to the pressure applied. Eraser Removes paint from the surface of the canvas.

23 Android Android Paint tube Places lines of thick paint on the canvas for blending with other paint. Glitter tube Spreads brightly colored particles on the canvas. Selection Allows the marking of areas for other operations such as copy and paste or transformation. Transform Allows the adjustment of paint and other objects that have already been placed on the canvas. Color sampler Samples colors from the canvas. Fill tool Pours large areas of paint onto the canvas that expand until they find a border they cannot flow over. Text Places text that can be edited using standard fonts, color and metallic effects. Tool size % Sets the tool size % of the current tool. Stickers Shows the sticker sheets available. Stencils Allows the use of stencils. Settings Shows options to adjust the settings of the current tool.

24 Android Android Presets Allows the use of drawing tools with predefined characteristics.

25 Tool picker Oil brush Watercolor Pencil Paint roller Eraser Felt pen Palette knife Gloop pen Airbrush Crayon Chalk Selection Transform Color sampler Fill Paint tube Ink pen Tool size % Sticker spray Glitter tube Text Android Fill tool Color sampler Eraser Paint roller Glitter tube Paint tube Gloop pen Crayon Felt pen Ink pen Pencil Palette knife Airbrush Oil brush

26 Adjust settings of the current tool. Press Settings. The appearance of the settings panel changes depending on which tool is selected. Image 9 Adjustment of the current tool settings in ArtRage for. Android. Press Tool Settings. The appearance of the settings panel changes depending on which tool is selected. Image 0 Adjustment of the current tool settings in ArtRage for Android.

27 Add presets. Press Presets.. In the Presets panel, select a preset. The presets panel indicates how many presets are available for the current tool. Image Addition of presets in ArtRage for. Android. Press Presets.. In the Presets panel, select a preset. The presets panel indicates how many presets are available for the current tool. Image Addition of presets in ArtRage for Android.

28 Create presets. In the Presets panel press New Preset.. Select a Group to add the new preset.. Type a Preset Name. 4. Press OK. Image Creation of presets in ArtRage for. 4 Android. In the Presets panel, press New Preset.. Type a Name.. Press OK. Image 4 Creation of presets in ArtRage for Android.

29 Insert a sticker (). Press Stickers.. On the left side of the Stickers panel select a Group.. On the right side choose a Sticker sheet. 4. Select a Sticker. Image 5 Insertion of stickers in ArtRage for. 4 Draw with stencils (). Press Stencils.. On the left side of the Stencils panel select a Group.. Select a Stencil. 4. To move the stencils use the Transform tool. 5. In the Tool picker select a painting tool to paint over the stencil. 5 Image 6 Drawing with stencils in ArtRage for. 4

30 Color controls This category includes the color picker and the panels: samples, tracing, references and layers which are arranged to the right of the ArtRage window. User interface details Android Android Color picker Shows the color rainbow and allows user to select tone, hue, brightness and metallic finishes. Samples Lists the customized colors saved as samples. Layers Simplifies object handling by managing them at independent levels. Tracing Places a background image as a tracing guide. References Places an image as a reference for the user while drawing.

31 Color picker Small color arc Large color arc Metal slider Current color Collapse panel Android Small color arc Large color arc Metal slider Current color

32 Select colors. Select the tone and hue in the Small color arc.. Select the brightness in the Large color arc.. Verify the color in Current color sample. Image 7 Selection of colors in ArtRage for. Android. Press Color picker.. Select the tone and hue in the Small color arc.. Select the brightness in the Large color arc. Image 8 Selection of colors in ArtRage for Android.

33 Add a color sample. Press Samples.. In the Samples panel press Add Local Sample.. Enter a name for the new color sample. Image 9 Addition of a color sample in ArtRage for. Android. Press Color Samples.. Select Add Sample. Image 0 Addition of a color sample in ArtRage for Android.

34 Create a new layer. Press Layers.. In the Layers panel press New. The new layer will be created above the current one. Image Creation of a new layer in ArtRage for. Android. Press Layers.. In the Layers panel press New. The new layer will be created above the current one. Image Creation of a new layer in ArtRage for Android.

35 Change the visibility of a layer. Press Layers.. In the Layers panel, press Layer visibility. Image Change of the visibility of a layer in ArtRage for. Android. Press Layers.. In the Layers panel, press Layer visibility. Image 4 Change of the visibility of a layer in ArtRage for Android.

36 Change the opacity of a layer. Press Set Opacity %.. Enter the opacity %.. Press OK. Image 5 Change of the opacity of a layer in ArtRage for. Android. Press Set opacity %.. Enter the opacity %.. Press OK. Image 6 Change of the opacity of a layer in ArtRage for Android.

37 Access to the options menu in the layers panel. Press Menu. Image 7 Access to the options menu in the layers panel in ArtRage for. Android. Press Menu. Image 8 Access to the options menu in the layers panel in ArtRage for Android.

38 Insert an image for reference. Press References.. In the Open dialog browse and choose the image file to be imported.. Press Open. Image 9 Insertion of an image for reference in ArtRage for. Android. Press References.. Choose an action: Take a photo or Import Image. Image 0 Insertion of an image for reference in ArtRage for Android.

39 Insert an image for tracing. Press Tracing.. In the Open dialog browse and choose the image file to be imported.. Press Open. Image Insertion of an image for tracing in ArtRage for. Android. Press Tracing.. Choose an action: Take a photo or Import Image. Image Insertion of an image for tracing in ArtRage for Android.