Using Director

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Behaviours - Paint

Created and designed by Vivienne Trulock for ilikecake, 2005

The paint tutorial introduces the paint behaviour set. See completed movie.

Set the movie size to 400 * 450.

Use these images.

Layout the sprites on the stage as in the image.

image of the layout

Open the library palette on the paintbox section.

library, paintbox
Select the 'canvas' button and drag the behaviour onto the canvas sprite (large blue square) on the score or stage.

canvas button

Select the 'tool selector - brush' button and drag the behaviour onto one of the brush images on the score. Use the behaviour inspector to apply the behaviour individually to each of the other brushes.

brush selector button image of brush

Select the 'colour selector' button and drag the behaviour onto the rainbow coloured image on the score.

colour selector button colour palette

Select the 'tool selector - eraser' button and drag the behaviour onto the eraser image on the score.

eraser selector button eraser image

Select the 'erase all' button and drag the behaviour onto the 'new page' image on the score.

erase all selector button new page image

Select the 'undo paint' button and drag the behaviour onto the 'undo' image on the score.

undo selector button undo button

Use the paint window, or an external image manipulator to create an image to colour in. Put this image on the score in the 14th row.

Loop the movie on the final frame with this script.

on exitFrame me
go to the frame
end

The score should look like this.

image of score

Save, publish and create projector.

The final paint movie should look like this.