0,Do not switch off the option to show this dialog at startup if you don't plan to read every page of the help file. I promise you will be given the most important tips that can speed up your daily work with UP.
1540,If you're an expert to paint programs, you can switch Options / Preferences / Interface / User Level to Expert. You will get some advanced parameters to work with.
1530,By default UP marks selections just all other paint programs do. However if you want to draw with the brush, like in Deluxe Paint, turn Options / Preferences / General / Instant Brush Creation on. After creating selections they will instantly be converted to brush which you can draw with.
1640,Change the appearance of the program by selecting a different skin on the Skin Panel of Options/Preferences.
0,Use Image/Stylize/Glow on selections to apply glow or drop soft shadows. Also utilize Glow to create maps for Image/Misc/Bumpmap.
0,If you want to change only the color or shade of an image area, select it, set the adequate drawing color and apply filter Image/Color/HSV Change.
2000,If you cut a brush and would like to get back your original 1x1 brush, click on the icon placed in the top left corner of the toolbar, or press the '.' key.
3100,After typing in a text click on the Ok button to merge it with the image beneath. To abandon the text select another icon from the toolbar.
3100,You may select the Shadow Color in several ways: instead of left clicking on the color, use the right mouse button to get a small list of options.
1170,You can Cut, Copy, Paste and Delete selections with the help of the Edit menu functions.
1140,In order to save an image as a transparent GIF, select the GIF format on the Save As dialog box and check the Transparent box. Title your image, and save it. The current background color will be set as transparent.
1140,You can save interlaced GIFs as well, just check the Interlaced option when saving the image.
1510,To speed up image browsing let UP store thumbnail images in separate files. This option can be enabled on the Preferences panel.
1900,Hold down the Shift key while you're on the image to move the cursor in one direction only.
1900,Move your cursor to the area you want to zoom in/out and use the gray +/- keys to increase/decrease zoom.
1900,Hold down the Shift key while zooming to increase / decrease the zoom value by two instead of only one.
1900,If you press key z you can switch back from a greater zoom to a smaller one. The program tries to display the whole picture if possible. By pressing key z again you'll get the previous zoom back.
900,Ctrl+Shift+D instantly brings up the drawing color selection dialog, while Ctrl+Shift+B brings up the background color selection dialog.
900,Shift+Up arrow swaps the current drawing and background color.
1140,Use the Progressive option when saving JPEG files to get better compression and quality. However make sure the program you want to open these images with can read progressive JPEGs.
1550,By default Ultimate Paint backs up all the files you save. The backups have the extension of ._ and the first two letters of the original extension. Simply change back this extension to get the previous image. This also works for the wallpaper and startup / shutdown screens.
3100,In the Write Text dialog click on the Shadow Color box with the right mouse button to get more options on its setting.
1030,If you have a favorite palette, enter the name of this palette file into Options / Preferences / Colors / Default palette to load it automatically when UP starts.
1410,To transfer colors of one image to another use function Limit Colors of the Palette Panel. Set the number of parameter 'Limit Colors to' to 256 and select option 'Create Fast Palette Only' to grab the colors of an image. Select 'Use Colors of Fast Palette' on another image to transfer the colors.
0,The parameter panel of different tools can be hidden by pressing button Hide (or ALT+F1). If you hide the panel it won't appear again until you press ALT+F1 once more. Hiding the parameters of a certain tool won't affect the visibility of the parameters of other tools.
0,This is the last tip. If you feel familiar with the functions of UP, you may switch off the showing of this dialog at startup now.
