Colour Magic Graphics
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The document describes the features and tools of the RM Colour Magic paint program designed for primary schools. It provides step-by-step instructions on how to use the various tools to create and edit pictures. Key tools include lines, shapes, stamps, text, fill, and special effects. Higher levels have additional options and complexity. The goal is to allow students to explore and experiment with color, line, shape, and pattern in an easy and fun way.
Colour Magic Graphics
- 1. Supporting Expressive Arts Art & Design using RM Colour Magic Malcolm Wilson ICT Curriculum Support Falkirk Council Education Services
- 2. What is RM Colour Magic? A powerful paint package specially designed for primary schools. Easy, fun and clean way to explore and experiment with colour, line, shape and pattern.
- 3. Key features Four levels suitable for all stages of primary school. Tools for drawing lines and shapes with variety of styles and fills. Ready-made pictures in in-built topic bank, with words and sounds. Easy to correct mistakes or re-do. Ability to create stamps. Effects such as watercolour, chalk, smudging, tiling, reflection, jigsaws, rotation and graduated colour. Import from scanner or digital camera / Export to Word-processor.
- 4. Example Pictures created using Colour Magic
- 5. Example Pictures created using Colour Magic
- 6. Example Pictures created using Colour Magic
- 7. Starting Colour Magic Open Creating and Presenting Folder. Double-click mouse on Colour Magic icon Choose level to open (yellow is simplest, Red is most complex). Click OK.
- 8. Toolbars overview Each level has similar but increasingly complex toolbar: Yellow level Green Level Blue Level Red Level
- 9. Toolbar details 1 Holding mouse over each icon describes each icon. New file. Opens a new file. Open. Opens an existing file. Save . Saves file. Print. Prints a file. An options window appears. Select on the appropriate box.
- 10. Toolbar details 2 Holding mouse over each icon describes each icon. Undo . Undo last action. Redo . Redo last action. Cut. Cut removes a selected are of a picture and places it on the clipboard. Copy. Copy a selected are of a picture and places it on the clipboard.
- 11. Toolbar details 3 Holding mouse over each icon describes each icon. Paste. Places a cut or copied item onto picture. Clear All. Clears the screen. Show or Hide Topic Bank . Click to view Topic Bank. Show or Hide Paint Box. Click to view Paint Box. (Colours)
- 12. Toolbar details 4 Holding mouse over each icon describes each icon. Actual size. Zoom in. Lets you see a close up of your picture. Use Zoom in when you want to add small details. Zoom out. Moves back out of the close up. Full screen view . Views the full screen. Click on the screen again to return to normal view.
- 13. Toolbar details 5 Holding mouse over each icon describes each icon. Vertical symmetry. Gives you a vertical line of symmetry. Horizontal symmetry. Gives you a horizontal line of symmetry. 4-way symmetry. Gives you both a horizontal and vertical line of symmetry. All the symmetry tools automatically produce a symmetrical pattern as you draw. Help. Select to view Help file. Exit. Select to leave Colour Magic.
- 14. The Paint Box The Paint Box is where you select the colours you are going to work with. To select a colour, simply click on the colour of your choice. The Foreground colour is the colour you will normally draw with. Click the left mouse button on a colour to select it. The Background colour is the colour that will fill your screen when you click clear screen. Click the right mouse button on a colour to select it. Â
- 15. The Paint Box There are more colours in the paint box within the higher levels. Red Level Paint Box:
- 16. The Colour Cauldron The Colour Cauldron is a set of colours that you can use together to create multi-coloured effects in your paintings. Select cauldron from Paint Box by clicking on the Cauldron box. Click here to view a variety of cauldron styles.To change the cauldron currently selected, double click on the Cauldron box. This opens the Cauldron dialog box. Click here to view cauldron styles Click OK when choice is made
- 17. The Toolbox - Overview Pencil  Brushes  Spray Can  Eraser  Lines  Shapes  Stamp Text  Fill  Colour Picker  Transformations  Special Tools  Selection
- 18. The Toolbox - choices When you click on an icon in the toolbar, an orange blob appears in the margin which indicates which tool has been selected. When you select some tools then further choices are presented at the higher levels.
- 19. The Toolbox – Brush Tools Smudge and scatter tools only work when colour already exists on the page.
- 20. The Toolbox – Brush Size On selecting Brush tool, Selector box appears in bottom left hand of screen. Click on choice of size.  Brush size and shape can be further altered using the Brush Designer tool.  Click on the Brush Designer icon in the Selector box.  Choose your options from the box.
- 21. The Toolbox – Spray Can Tool On selecting Spray can tool, Selector box appears in bottom left hand of screen. Click on choice of density. Â
- 22. The Toolbox – Eraser Tool On selecting Eraser tool, Selector box appears in bottom left hand of screen. Click on choice of size. Â
- 23. The Toolbox – Line Tool – straight line On selecting Line tool, Selector box appears in bottom left hand of screen. Click on choice of thickness. Click on the straight line icon. ·       Place the mouse pointer where the line is to begin and hold down the mouse button. ·       Drag the line to the point where the line is to end. A line is drawn as you drag the mouse. ·       Release the mouse button to complete the line.
- 24. The Toolbox – Line Tool – curved line On selecting Line tool, Selector box appears in bottom left hand of screen. Click on choice of thickness. Click on the curved line icon. ·       Place the mouse pointer where you want the line to begin and hold down the mouse button. ·       Drag the line to point where the line is to end- a straight line is drawn. ·       Release the mouse to complete the line. Drag the mouse to create the curve of the line. ·       Click to fix the curve in position.
- 25. The Toolbox – Line Tool – Multi-line On selecting Line tool, Selector box appears in bottom left hand of screen. Click on choice of thickness. Click on the multi-line icon. ·    Place the mouse pointer where you want the line to begin and hold down the mouse button. ·       Click and drag to place the first line. Click to end the line. ·       Continue to add the desired number of lines. ·       Right click the mouse to end.
- 26. The Toolbox – Line Tool – Zig-Zag On selecting Line tool, Selector box appears in bottom left hand of screen. Click on choice of thickness. Click on the zig-zag icon. ·    Place the mouse pointer where you want the line to begin and hold down the mouse button. ·       Click and drag to end of line. Click to end the line. ·      Â
- 27. The Toolbox – Line Tool – Polygon On selecting Line tool, Selector box appears in bottom left hand of screen. Click on choice of thickness. Click on the Polygon icon. ·   Polygon draws a series of lines drawn together.         Click and drag to place the first line. Click to end the line. ·       Continue to add the desired number of lines. ·       Right click the mouse to join the lines into one shape.
- 28. The Toolbox – Shape Tool – Rectangle, ellipse, hexagon and star On selecting shape tool, Selector box appears in bottom left hand of screen. Click on choice of outline thickness. The last option produces a Solid shape. Click and drag the mouse to draw a rectangle, ellipse, hexagon or star.
- 29. The Toolbox – Shape Tool – Square On selecting shape tool, Selector box appears in bottom left hand of screen. Click on choice of outline thickness. The last option produces a Solid shape. To draw a square choose the rectangle icon, hold down Ctrl key while you drag the mouse then release the mouse button before the Ctrl key.
- 30. The Toolbox – Shape Tool – Circle On selecting shape tool, Selector box appears in bottom left hand of screen. Click on choice of outline thickness. The last option produces a Solid shape. To draw a circle choose the ellipse icon, hold down Ctrl key while you drag the mouse then release the mouse button before the Ctrl key.
- 31. The Toolbox – Shape Tool – Parallelogram On selecting shape tool, Selector box appears in bottom left hand of screen. Click on choice of outline thickness. The last option produces a Solid shape. To draw a parallelogram choose the parallelogram icon, hold and drag to draw the base line and finally drag the remainder of the parallelogram.
- 32. The Toolbox – Shape Tool – Triangle On selecting shape tool, Selector box appears in bottom left hand of screen. Click on choice of outline thickness. The last option produces a Solid shape. To draw a triangle choose the triangle icon, hold and drag to draw the base line, release the mouse, and finally drag the mouse to complete the triangle.
- 33. The Toolbox – stamp tool When you select the Stamp Tool, further options are revealed. The Topic Bank replaces the Paint Box at the bottom of the Colour Magic window. There are 3 sizes of stamps: small, medium or large. Click on the size you want, before selecting the stamp you wish to use from the Topic Bank.  The next three stamp icons allow you to make a small, medium or large stamp from an area outlined with the Selection Tool. (See later)
- 34. The Toolbox – stamp from Topic Bank Topic Bank contains number of pictures and words, categorised into curricular areas and topics. To find a stamp to insert into your picture: ·  Click the Stamp tool icon to view the Topic Bank. ·  Any word with a red arrow is a menu that can reveal further sub topics. Clicking on the red arrow next to Index in the selector will reveal a list of the topics. · If there is a red downward arrow to the right of the topic bank, there are more topics hidden from view. · Click on this arrow until the other topics become visible. ·The back button will return you to previous level.
- 35. The Toolbox – stamp from Topic Bank To insert a stamp into your picture: ·Click on the picture of your choice from the Topic Bank. ·Move mouse pointer on to screen. Chosen stamp appears. ·Place stamp in desired location using mouse. Click to fix stamp in position. ·Click another tool to finish with stamp, otherwise the stamp will still be on view for use. Insert a word from under topic bank pictures into your picture ·Click mouse on chosen word. Word will appear in a text box in the middle of the screen. ·Drag red outline to place word in desired position. ·Click on another tool or press enter key to fix text to picture.
- 36. The Toolbox – Text Tool When the Text tool is selected, three font styles are available: Arial, Roman and Courier. ·Click on the font of your choice. ·Click on the screen to add a text box. Start typing your text. ·Use graphic handles to increase or decrease the size of the text box. Click on another tool or press enter key to fix text in position on your picture. You will no longer be able to edit it. Choosing the text size and more fonts When you select the Text tool, the Selector box appears in the bottom left hand of the screen. Click on the size of your choice. Text size, font style and colour can be further altered using the Choose a font tool.     Click on the Choose a font in the Selector box.         Choose your options from the box.
- 37. The Toolbox – Fill Tool When you select the Fill Tool, 3 further options are revealed. Use these tools to fill shapes, or background with colour or pattern. The solid fill tool uses one colour. The pattern fill tool fills shapes with patterns. Choose pattern style from selector.  The colour blend fill tool fills shapes with blend of 2 colours – foreground and background colour selected. Choose blend direction from selector.     Place mouse on part of picture to be filled. Choose colour / pattern to use. Click and area will be filled with colour. The Colour Picker Tool Helps you find a picture from your picture to use again. Click with the left mouse button to choose a colour for the foreground and the right button for the background.
- 38. The Toolbox – Transformation Tool These tools are used to rotate or flip pictures: Click on transformation choice. Click and drag over image to change. Release mouse button.
- 39. The Toolbox – Special Tools 1 These tools provide a range of additional, more specialised effects. When any of the tools are selected, the mouse pointer becomes a magic wand. Simply click on the screen to activate the changes.
- 40. The Toolbox – Special Tools – 2 Outline and Bleach tools Outline – this outlines all shapes with foreground colour. Click on the colour of your choice. Click anywhere on the page. Bleach – this changes everything (except areas of foreground colour) to background colour. Select the background colour of your choice. Click anywhere on the page.
- 41. The Toolbox – Special Tools – 3 replace colour and lighten/darken tools Replace colour – this replaces areas of a particular colour with a new colour. Click the colour to be changed from the image using the Colour picker. Select the new colour, using the right mouse button (background colour). Select the Replace colour tool, click anywhere on the screen. Lighten / Darken – this lightens / darkens the whole picture Click on whichever tool you wish to use. Click anywhere on the page.
- 42. The Toolbox – Special Tools – 4 Shadow and Tile tools Shadow – this gives shapes a 3-D effect. Choose the shadow direction from the Selector box. Click anywhere on the page. The shadow will appear in the foreground colour. Tile – this turns your picture into a repeating pattern. Click on the Tile icon. Click anywhere on the page. This will produce a pattern of 4 tiles. Subsequent clicks produce 16, 64, 256 tiles and so on.
- 43. The Toolbox – Special Tools – 5 Jigsaw tool Jigsaw – this turns your picture into a jigsaw. Click on the Jigsaw icon. Choose the size of jigsaw piece from the Selector box. Click anywhere on the page. A jigsaw overlay will appear on the screen.
- 44. The Toolbox – Selection Tools – 1 Rectangular Selection These tools let you choose an area for special treatment. e.g. to move/copy part of your picture or to make your own stamps. Rectangular selection – this draws a rectangular box around an area. Click on the rectangular selection tool. Click, hold and drag the mouse over the image to be selected. A red dashed line will appear over the image, ready for treatment (e.g. click on Edit then copy; or click on stamp tool).
- 45. The Toolbox – Selection Tools – 2 Irregular Selection These tools let you choose an area for special treatment. e.g. to move/copy part of your picture or to make your own stamps. Irregular selection – this draws straight lines around an area. Click on the irregular selection tool. Click, hold and drag the mouse to form lines over the image. Click to complete one line. Repeat until image has been selected.
- 46. The Toolbox – Selection Tools – 3 Freehand Selection These tools let you choose an area for special treatment. e.g. to move/copy part of your picture or to make your own stamps. Freehand selection – this allows you to draw freehand around an area. Click on the freehand selection tool. Click, hold and drag the mouse around the image. Click to complete the line at the starting place.
- 47. Image Menu - 1 These are the options available on the Image menu in Red level only: Each choice you make gives a further choice box with a preview of the changes – click OK to take effect.
- 48. Image Menu 2 – Colour Effects Click Image - Colour Effects – choose effect you want: Posterise – reduces the number of different colours used in your picture, whilst keeping them as close as possible to your original. Invert – changes each colour to its complementary colour. Brightness – adds/removes white from all the colours in your picture. Contrast – increases/decreases the contrast between all the colours in your picture. Hue – governs the actual colour. Use this control to add red, green or blue to all the colours in your picture. Saturation – increases/decreases the purity of all the colours in your picture. Saturation 100% is bright and vivid, saturation 0% is a shade of grey. Gamma Correct – makes a correction to all the colours in your picture to make up for the fact that your computer screen does not interpret stored colour values in a linear way.
- 49. Image Menu 3 – Image filters Click Image - Image Filters – choose the effect that you want: Mosaic – produces a tiled effect on your picture. You can specify the size of these tiles. Average – blurs your picture by ( for each pixel ) changing its colour to the average (mean) colour of it and its neighbouring pixels. The larger the filter, the wider the neighbourhood used to average the colour. Median – blurs your picture without blurring any edges too much. This works in a similar way to Average , but using the median instead of the mean means that areas on high contrast are not changed so much. This filter is good for removing graininess. Sharpen – sharpens your picture by boosting the contrast at edges. A dd Noise – produces a grainy effect on your picture. You can specify not only the level of noise, but also the colour of it. Emboss – gives a 3D effect to you picture. You can specify what direction the light is coming from and the depth of the 3D effect.
- 50. Image Menu 4 – Define line of Symmetry Click Image - Click Symmetry - Click Reflection . Click and drag on your canvas to create a line of symmetry. Wait for line of symmetry to calculates where the reflected image should be and previews it in a different colour. Note: You can pick up the black semi-circles at either end of your line of symmetry and move it by clicking and dragging. Decide the direction of reflection: 1.     Press the T key on your keyboard to toggle the direction of reflection. 2.     An arrow appears on your line of symmetry to indicate the current direction. Press the R key on your keyboard to preview the reflection in a different colour. 3.     Press the Enter key on your keyboard to fix the preview onto your canvas. Note: You can start again and draw a new reflection by clicking anywhere on the canvas.