Coloring of objects and frames

M-III offers several possibilities to color objects and frames.

To change colors at a selected object, click on any color at the color table. The color in the upper left corner is black, with which you can tint colored objects (or parts of it) black, which leads to blanked (faded out) lines. Double-click on one of the colors and you can change or exchange it within the color table. You can save or load color palettes, too. Click with right mouse key on the color palette and chose the desired function.

The selected color stays active. Recently drawn objects will be drawn in the same color chosen before.

If you only want to tint parts of the Frames, use the “Select rectangle“ tool in order to select a rectangular area within the frame. Click on the desired color afterwards.

An imported ILDA frame can only be recolored / tinted by the Region tool!

Recolor from Background

Another very powerful color tool is the “Recolor from background“ tool. It can be selected with the right mouse key at the frame editor. Here you have the option to tint objects from background images. In the directory “colors“ of the main menu of M-III you can find some examples for background images, which were created with CorelDraw. After a background images has been loaded, you can choose “Recolor from background“ from the menu, which you can open with your right mouse key at the frame editor. If you have not selected special objects, all objects in the frame after the background image will be tinted. All other objects will stay in its original color.

Example:

Draw a simple rectangle in white. Open a new background image via “Open Background“. Chose a background bitmap file from the directory “colors“ at the M-III main menu. Select your rectangle, click with right mouse key and chose “recolor from background“.

Tinted Bitmaps can be created and afterwards imported at any time with several graphic programs of other manufacturers. Please take note that you final bitmap file should have squared format.