Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
Division of Camarines Sur
Lagonoy, Camarines Sur
2020-2021
Name : ___________________________ Section ______________
LEARNING MODULE IN
COMPUTER 8
4th Quarter – Module 2-3
Lesson Microsoft Paint
Paint is a drawing tool you can use to create simple or elaborate drawings. These
drawings can be either black-and-white or colour. Drawings can be printed, used as
desktop background or pasted it into another document.
The Paint working area, Menu & Tool Bars
First define the image area by clicking on
Image > Attributes. Set the image widthand
height using inches, centimetres or pixels.
You can also choose to produce a colour or
black and white image.
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Foreground and Background colour
To select the foreground colour click the left mouse button on the desired colour from
the colour bar. For the background colour click the right mouse button.
To draw a straight line
Click on the Line tool then select the line width from the box below. Move the cursor,
which will have changed to crosshairs, onto the image area. Hold down the left button
and drag the cursor to the required place then release the button.
To draw true horizontal, vertical or 450 lines hold down the Shift key at the same time. To
draw the line in the foreground colour use the left mouse button; to draw the line in the
background colour use the right mouse button.
To draw a curved line
Click on the Curve tool and select line width. Draw a straight line as
previously described. Click where you want one
arc of the curve to be, and then drag the
pointer to adjust the curve. Repeat this step for a
second arc.
You can only create two curves for each line. To draw the
line in the foreground colour use the left mouse button; to draw
the line in the background colour use the right mouse button.
To draw a shape
Select whichever shape tool you wish to draw. From the option box below select outline
(foreground colour), outline and fill (foreground and background colour respectively) or
just fill colour (foreground colour).
Starting at the top left hand corner click on the image area where you wish to start
drawing the shape and drag the shape to the required size. If you want an exact square
hold down the Shift key as you draw a Rectangle/Rounded Rectangle shape. For a perfect
circle hold down the Shift key as you use the Ellipse tool.
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Drawing a polygon is slightly different. Select the Polygon tool and
the outline and fill option box as described above. Click at the
starting point of the polygon, and holding down the left button
draw the first side of the shape. Thereafter you need to click
at the end of each line that makes up the polygon, the
programme will fill in the lines as you draw, finishing at the
start point.
Pencil, Brush & Airbrush
The Pencil and Brush tools allow for freehand drawing. The Pencil tool doesn’t have any
options; it just draws a thin line in either the foreground colour (left mouse button) or
background colour (right mouse button).
The Brush tool has the option of a range of brush strokes, available from
the option box that appears when the Brush tool is selected. The choice
is that of a round, square, left or right angled brush in three different
sizes. As with the Pencil tool the colours are chosen by using the left or
right mouse button for fore or background colours.
Similar to the Brush is the Airbrush tool. Again available in three sizes
the Airbrush paints a spray effect which increases in density
depending upon the speed at which the tool is moved across the
image; just like an airbrush really! Colour is chosen by using the
left or right mouse button for fore or background colours.
Fill With Colour
A shape can be filled with colour by using the Fill With Colour tool. Click on the Fill With
Colour tool, place it over the shape (object or area) to be filled and left or right click
depending upon whether the fore or background colour is required.
If the shape you want to fill has any breaks in its border, the fill colour spreads to the
rest of the drawing area.
Eraser
The Eraser tool, available in four sizes, rubs out whatever it passes over while the left
mouse button is held down. The background colour will therefore show through.
Text
Text can be added to the image by first selecting the Text tool and then drawing a box on
the image area. When the box is complete the Text Toolbar will appear.
Choosing font, size, etc. is the same as in other Microsoft programmes.
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The text colour will be that of the foreground colour, to change the colour of the text,
click a colour in the colour box.
Note: you can enter text in a text box only once. When you click outside the box, the text is converted to a
graphic image and you cannot make it active again.
Putting it all together
Although a limited programme it is useful for
designs such as banners or logos for newsletters.
Now that you know how to use all the tools
available in Paint it’s just a case of using your
design skills.
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Name : _____________________________ Section ______________
ASSEESSMENT IN
COMPUTER 8
4th Quarter – Module 2-3
Microsoft Paint
TRUE OR FALSE
DIRECTION: Give the names of the paint toolbar icons below.
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