GRAFFITI WALL HELP

Free hand drawing

Click the pencil icon. (This icon is selected by default each time you visit graffiti wall)
Move the mouse pointer into the drawing area, also knows as the canvas.
Press and hold down the left mouse button, and move the mouse around to draw.

Line drawing

Click on the line icon.
Move the mouse pointer into the drawing area, to the point where you'd like your line to start from.
Press and release the left mouse button.
Move the mouse pointer to a new location where you'd like the line to end.
Press and release the left mouse button.
To continue drawing lines connected to where the previous line ended, keep clicking in different locations of the canvas. (Remember, press, and release the button, do not try to do a drag.)
To start a new line, press the space bar, and left click the position you'd like to start drawing a new line from.

Circle drawing

Click on the circle icon.
Move the mouse pointer into the drawing area, to the point where you'd like your circle's bounding rectangle's top left edge to be.
Press and release the left mouse button. (You'll notice a small point appearing where you clicked.)
Move the mouse pointer to a new location where you'd like the bottom right edge of the circle's bounding rectangle to be.
Press and release the left mouse button.
To cancel a circle drawing operation after the top left edge of the bounding rectangle has been picked, press the space bar.

Rectangle drawing

Click on the rectangle icon.
Move the mouse pointer in to the drawing area, to the point where you would like the rectangle's top left edge to be located at.
Press and release the left mouse button.
Move the mouse pointer to a new location where you'd like the bottom right edge of the rectangle to be located.
Press and release the left mouse button.
To cancel a rectangle drawing operation after the top left edge has been picked, press the space bar.

Drawing Text

Click on the icon with the letter ‘A’ in it.
Select the size of the text at any time by clicking the up and down arrow next to the icon. Notice the number next to the ‘A’ will change to indicate the size of the text that will be drawn.
Pick a color for the text by changing the PEN color.
While the icon with the letter ‘A’ is selected, you can type, your text, and it will show up in the status bar.
Once you have typed the message you want to print on the wall, click once in the top left corner of where you want the text to start, and then click on the right edge of where you want your text to reside.
If you do not like the results, you can hit the ‘undo’ button, and try again.

Changing the line width of the free hand drawing, line drawing, circle drawing, and rectangle drawing opearions

Click the circular '+' button to increase the thickness of the lines used for drawing circles, rectangles, lines, and free hand scribbles.
Click the circular '-' button to decrease the thickness of the lines used for drawing circles, rectangles, lines, and free hand scribbles.

Picking a color for drawing circles, rectangles, lines, text and free hand scribles

Click the color box next to the text 'PEN' to select the pen color.
To change the pen color, click any color in the color pallet on the bottom left side of the screen. You'll notice the pen color will change to the color you click on.

Picking a color to fill the circles and rectangles drawn

Click the color box next to the text 'FILL' to select the fill color box.
To change the fill color, click any color in the color pallet on the bottom left side of the screen. You'll notice the fill color will change to the color you click on.
If you don't want your circles and rectangles to be filled with any color, select the 'DO NOT FILL WITH ANY COLOR' selection.

Setting the X and Y grid

Setting the grid field to 1 is the same as not having a grid active. Any other value will cause most of the drawing functions to line up to the grid size picked. This allows for more precise geometric drawings, and patterns that line up.
To adjust the X and Y grid spacing, click the up and down arrows next to the number in the ‘grid’ field.
Note that both X and Y grid settings are set to the same number (shown in the grid field) at all times.

UNDO and REDO functions

There are 6 levels of UNDO/REDO in graffiti wall. This means you can undo the last 6 actions taken. Also you can redo them should you change your mind. Note, however, that once you post your work on the web, you can no longer undo the actions you took before you posted your image.
To UNDO you last action, press the UNDO button. To UNDO the action you took before, press UNDO again.
To REDO (effectively UNDO you last UNDO) click the REDO button.
Note that the UNDO and REDO buttons will turn gray when they are not useable. For example if there is nothing to undo the UNDO button text will be grayed out.

Load the image from the web onto your canvas

Click the 'Refresh from Web' button.
Wait until the status display indicates that the operation is complete. The rate at which this operation completes depends on your internet connection speed. It may take several seconds on dialup connections, and will be instantaneous on many broad band connections.
This operation will load the contents of the web. If no one else is using the Wall you're using, then the results will be predictable. However if someone else is drawing their own creation, or modifying yours, you may see their handy work if they have posted their work to the web.

Post your image from the canvas to the WEB!

Click the 'Post to Web' button.
Wait until the status display indicates that the operation is complete. The rate at which this operation completes depends on your internet connection speed. It may take several seconds on dialup connections, and will be near instantaneous on many broad band connections.
This operation will not only save your creation to the web, but will also blend it with what's already there! This means that if someone else posted something a couple of minutes ago while you were hard at work on your creation, their creation will get blended with yours. When the 'Post to Web' operation completes, the result of this blending will appear on your drawing area! This opens up possibilities to write a message, and have someone else cross out part of it, and change the meaning, or even add a little message of their own... Potentially dozens of people can modify a message.