Adjusting the colour of entity

All manually added entities are drawn in a specific colour. There are two ways to specify the colour.

Colour of the corresponding layer

The colour of the entity is determined according to entity’s layer. The colour of layer can be specified in the Layers manager.

Explicitly defined colour

The colour of a particular entity is independent on the layer.

 

The colour is adjusted by means of buttons on toolbar Gallery editor picture toolbar.

The procedure to adjust the colour according to the layer

  1. Select the entities you want to modify.
  2. Click button [Colour by layers] (image\Gro_Pict_gal_Colour_to_layer.gif) so that it becomes "pressed down".
  3. The colour of the entities is taken from the corresponding layer.
  4. Clear the selection.
The procedure to adjust the colour independent on the layer
  1. Select the entities you want to modify.
  2. Click button [Colour by layers] (image\Gro_Pict_gal_Colour_to_layer.gif) so that it is not "pressed down".
  3. Button [Current colour] (image\Gro_Pict_gal_Current_colour.gif) located next to button [Colour by layers] becomes accessible.
  4. Press button [Current colour] (image\Gro_Pict_gal_Current_colour.gif) and select the required colour.
  5. The colour is adjusted.
  6. Clear the selection.