SpinArt Menus

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The Spinart File menu contains 5 selections:


New
Resets the current art to a default size, shape, and color. You cannot undo this action. This does not open a second Spinart window.

Close
Closes the Spinart window and exits the application.

Save…
Exports the current image as a Portable Network Graphics (PNG) formatted file. The save box has a few options.


  • You can type a number between 16 and 5,000 to set the size of the picture in pixels. The number that appears by default is the current size of your art on screen. If you type/choose a number smaller than this starting value, your art is scaled down to fit.
  • If you type a number larger than the default value, the two buttons determine whether your art appears centered with empty space around it, or is enlarged. The pen thickness doesn't change when your art is enlarged this way and the lines will appear thinner; you can correct for this using the pen size slider in the main window.
  • The PNG file has a transparent background so you can layer Spinarts in your favorite graphics program.
  • Spinart will suggest a filename with information about your art; you can use this to recreate your image later:
Example file nameDiagram showing parts of the default filename



Page Setup…
Used in conjunction with Print.

Print…
Allows you to send the current art to a printer. If the art is large, it will be scaled down to fit within the narrowest printable area of the page.

PRO TIP!  The standard Mac OS X printer interface includes a PDF button in the lower-left corner. If you save a PDF (or PostScript) file, it will contain a vector-based version of your art which can be scaled up to very large sizes at high quality.



The Edit menu is only useful to cut, copy, and paste numbers into the size control boxes.