Step by step
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Plan
First plan your steps.
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Always make decisions first
about
what to do before:
- playing,
- drawing,
- putting a picture together
- ...Perform your steps according to your decisions.
Follow step by step instructions and explore the
secrets of Imagine.
Let's start now. |
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1 Starting Imagine programs on Internet web pages
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| You can find Imagine programs in many
places on the Internet with which you can play immediately. To be
more exact: if the Imagine plug-in has been installed on
your computer. You will know if it is not installed, if you see an
empty frame instead of the picture of the program. Under the frame
you can see the following text:
If you do not see a Logo project in
the rectangle above then you need to download the
Imagine Logo plugin
You have to follow the instructions: click on the plug-in link
and installation happens automatically if your computer is
connected to the Internet.
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2 Starting Imagine
programs on your machine
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| If you find with your Explorer a file with
extension: .IMP, then most probably it is an Imagine project
file. If (within the Explorer) the files with such extension have
already been paired with Imagine using the Open with
function (this needs to be done only the very first time), then you
have nothing else to do but click twice with left mouse button on
the program file and it shall immediately start itself. |
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| Look for the Imagine icon on your
desktop and click on it twice with the left mouse button to start
Imagine. |
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4 Starting Imagine demo programs
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| If Imagine is already started, then open
the
Demo projects window by clicking on its icon. If you would
like to learn a bit more about the Main Bar icons within
Imagine, click here
to find a summary. |
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| In the Demo projects window
you will find pre-prepared Imagine programs that can be started by
double
clicking on their individual icon.
Note: The type of clicks (left or right button) and their number
(once or twice) is always indicated in the rightmost part of the
screen by the corresponding image of a mouse. You should click
accordingly, whenever text indicates "click with mouse". |
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| If you have played enough, then it is time
to start drawing. Click on the Show/Hide Paint Bar on the
Main Bar with the left mouse button. |
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| Now the Paint bar in shown, which contains
very straightforward icons that provide you with tools for drawing. Go
ahead and explore it yourself! If you would like to learn a
bit more about the Paint Bar icons within Imagine, click
here to find a
summary. |
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6 Putting pictures together in Imagine
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| You can construct your background using
pre-prepared images. Right click on the background and you
will get the menu for changing the actual page: |
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Left click on Load background...
sub-menu: |
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You will get an Open Picture
window showing the Image directory,
where you can search for the picture you wish to use.
First select Manual: |
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Then choose a suitable picture to use and
double click on it: |
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The picture will appear on your
background. You can drag (moving the mouse over the picture -
the cursor turns into a hand - now the picture can be dragged) to
any other place if you wish to. You can also change the size of the
picture by dragging the small black rectangular signs (now the cursor
has the form of a two directional arrow). If you have finished
adjusting the picture and wish it to stay as it is, press the Esc
button on the upper left side of your keyboard. |
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7 LogoMotion the picture and animation editor
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| If you wish to draw for yourself, then use the LogoMotion picture editor instead.
Left
click on the Background icon on the Paint Bar: |
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| Choose Edit Background by left
clicking in the sub-menu item: |
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The LogoMotion editor opens with the
background picture in the editor. Here you can do several things. It is more sophisticated than just using the Paint Bar of
Imagine, you will have to explore the tools for a longer period, but
it is worth the effort.
If you would like to learn a bit more about the icons within
LogoMotion, click here
to find a summary.
If you would like to learn a bit more about the menu within
LogoMotion, click here
to find a summary. |
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Is everything going to plan?
- If so, well done - you can proceed further;
- If not, then you should double-check where it
went wrong. |
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