In this short tutorial, you will learn how to create lines using advanced line techniques.
Which makes your sessions look really cool.
Creating a line with a shadow
1. Click the standard line tool
2. Select the end arrow and gradient fill
3. Click the colour you want the line to be
4. Draw the pen Thickness slider to 3 so the line will be created slightly thicker than normal.
5. Create the line where you want it to be shown on the canvas
6. Click the selector tool
7. Click the new line you created on the canvas to select the line (2 end point handles should now appear)
8. Right click the line and select "copy"
9. Now click the grey colour ink button (or black if you want a darker shadow)
10. Click the line again, because when you a colour of the line it gets de-selected.
11. Using your arrow keys on the keyboard, press the down arrow a few times.
This will drop the line slightly.
12. Now right click the canvas and select "paste"
13. The copied line should now appear on the canvas.
14. You should still have the grey line select, if not then click it.
15. Now move the line down slightly using the down arrow key on your keyboard.
16. Finally, right click the canvas while the grey line is selected, highlight layer and select "move to bottom"This will make the line appear under the pasted line.
16 This will move the shadow line below the newly pastes line.
That's it, you should now have a cool shadowed line created.
Creating a dashed line with a shadow that looks like it’s moving up
1. Select the dashed line tool
2. Click the "end Arrow" and Gradient Fill function buttons
3. Click the desired ink colour
4. Create a line, like we created previously
5. Click the selector tool, and click the dashed line to select it.
6. Adjust the end handle, where the arrow is and draw it up slightly.
7. Right click the canvas, and select copy.
8. Click the grey ink colour button to make the selected line grey.
9. Click the grey line to select the line
10. Right click the canvas, and select paste.
The new line will be pasted to the canvas, but it is underneath the current selected line.
11. Now press the down arrow key on your keyboard a few times.
12. Right click the canvas again, select layer and click "move to bottom"
The grey line should now appear below the pasted line
13. Use the arrow keys on the keyboard to move the shadow line into position.
14. Drag the end handle, where the arrow is and drag it down slightly, so it looks like it's on the floor.
One end of the grey line should be just below the pasted line, and the end with the arrow should be much lower than the line with the arrow end.
Creating a curved line with a shadow that looks like it’s moving upThat's it, you shadow line should now look like it’s on the ground, and the coloured line should look like its gradually moving up.
1. Click the standard line tool
2. Click the "end Arrow", "Curved Line" and "Gradient Fill" function buttons
3. Now click the colour you want the line to be
4. Then create a new curved line, similar to the one we created previously.
5. Now click the "Selector Tool" and click the newly added curved line.
6. You will now see 3 handles on the line. Adjust the end handle where the arrow is and move slightly up.
7. Now adjust the middle curve handle, so the line looks like it is drifting upwards.
8. Right click the canvas, and select "copy"
9. Now click the grey ink colour to make the line grey
10. Select the grey line
11. Right click the canvas and select paste.
Again, the coloured line will be on the canvas, but below the grey line.
12. Now press the down arrow key on your keyboard a few times.
13. Right click the canvas again, select layer and click "move to bottom"
The grey line should now appear below the coloured line.
14. Now use the arrow keys on your keyboard to move the grey line into position just below the coloured line.
15. Drag the end handle where the arrow is down, so it looks like the grey line is on the floor.
That's it, you should now have a cool curved line that looks like its gradually moving up.
Creating a transparent area with a shadow
1. Select the area tool
2. Click the filled patter function (so it turns the patter off)
3. Select the colour you want the area
4. Move your cursor to position 1, where you want the area to start.
5. Click the mouse button once to start creating the line.
6. Move the mouse cursor to position 2 and click the mouse button once again.
7. Move the cursor to position 3, and click your mouse button again
8. And finally move the cursor back to the position 1, but this time double click the mouse button to create the area.
9. Click the selector tool and click the newly added area.You should now see a transparent area in the colour you selected.
10. Draw the area into position, and tweak the end point handles by dragging them in the position you require.You should see 4 end point handles.
11. When you're happy with its position, right click the canvas and select "copy"
12. Now click the black ink colour to make the transparent area black. (or use grey to make it a lighter shadow)
13. Click the area you created again to highlight it.
14. Press the down arrow key a few times to drop the area slightly.
15. Right click the canvas and select paste.
16. Right click the canvas again, select layer and click "move to bottom"You should now see the copied layer appear below the shadow layer.
17. Now select the multi-line tool and select the colour you want to use. We use white for the end area line.The shadow layer should now appear below the coloured layer you just added.
18. Now change the line thickness to 2, so the tool creates a slightly thinner line.
19. Now move your cursor to point 1 on the coloured area we created.
20. Click the mouse button once, to start creating the outside line.
21. Drag your mouse cursor to the colours area position 2 and click your mouse button.
22. Again move your mouse to area position 3 and click again.
23. Finally, move your cursor to position 1 again, but this time double click the canvas to lay the line down.
You can adjust the colours, and move the shadow up or down to make the area look like its floating above the ground.You should have a cool looking transparent area on your canvas now.
As you use these techniques more and more, you will find that create lines is a very simple process.
To see these procedures in action, then check out the video.
