Sign Making with a Computer Page 4

Updated 12/22/2003

Sorry to do this, but I am going to introduce a little bit of math.  For my sign, the dimensions are 5.5 inches wide by 2.86 inches in height.  But the attributes screen shows 5.5 inches wide by 4.16 inches high.  How much wider would the sign have to be for a 4.16 inch high sign to retain the 5.5 to 2.86 ratio.  To solve that...

4.16 / 2.86 * 5.5 = 8 So, update the width portion of the attributes screen to 8.

I didn't want the paint can to be the full height of the can.  So, I only highlighted the paint can.

Then, I move the cursor into one of the four corners to shrink the image of the paint can.  there are 8 points around the image to either expand or shrink an image.  The four points in the corners will expand the horizontal and vertical planes simultaneously.  if you use the four points that are either in the center of the horizontal or vertical plane, you will get distortion.  You can still get distortion using the 4 corner points, but as long as you move towards the center of the image, you minimize that risk.