Here we introduce Magic Ink and show you how to use it.
You can use Magic Ink to make any 'top layer' object (or part of an object) invisible. Think of Magic Ink as a pen that can draw a 'see through' annotation on the top layer. Magic Ink allows you to punch holes through the objects on the top layer, so that you can see the objects on the layers beneath.
Example 1Add an image from the Resource Library. The image will be on the middle layer of the page. Then select the Pen Tool and set the width to wide, color over the image until it is completely obscured. This pen annotation will be on the top layer. Finally use Magic Ink to remove the pen annotation to reveal the image beneath. |
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Example 2Add two photographs of the same landscape scene, one taken in winter, one in summer. Place the winter photo on the top layer so that it is positioned exactly over the summer photo. Then use Magic Ink to gradually erase the winter image to reveal the summer image beneath. |
The annotations you create with Magic Ink are themselves objects. So you can use Magic Ink to conceal objects you want to reveal later.
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Layers and stacking are important when using Magic Ink:
For more information, see Using layers and stacking. |
In the Main Toolbox:
Click on one of the preset widths, or
Use the Pen width slider to choose any size between 1 and 100 pixels.
See through an annotationTo see through an annotation:
Find a Magic Ink annotationTo find out if a flipchart contains any items created with Magic Ink:
Now you can move the Magic Ink annotation, delete it, or change it in some other way.
Alternatively: Move the cursor over the Magic Ink annotation
(you can tell that you are in the right place when the cursor looks like
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Before and after...
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Delete Magic InkYou can delete Magic Ink annotations like any other objects:
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