PLATES Several ellipses of various colors put on a background can be manipulated like any image and some very extrodinary effects can happen. As Forrest says, "You never know what you're going to get". This time we'll use a fill color and stroke color. They can be the same or different, your choice. Put your URL of a 300x300 blank white gif in the slot. Here's one: § Click View When your image has fully loaded... Click on the Draw tab. Click the drop-down where it says line Scroll down to where it says "ellipse". Click on that. Erase what is in the box Put in +150+150  +120+5  +0+360 Scroll down...erase what is in the fill color slot and put your color In the stroke color slot put your color Set stroke width at 2 Scroll back up and click Draw Repeat with the following coordinates: +150+150  +5+120  +0+360 Results should look like fig. 1 Using the following coordinates; draw four more. +100+150  +5+120  +0+360 +150+100  +120+5  +0+360 +200+150  +5+120  +0+360 +150+200  +120+5  +0+360 Results should look like fig. 2 Using the following coordinates; draw more. Use all or just some of them. +30+150  +5+25  +0+360 +270+150  +5+25  +0+360 +125+125  +5+25  +0+360 +175+175  +5+25  +0+360 +175+125  +25+5  +0+360 +125+175  +25+5  +0+360 +100+30  +25+5  +0+360 +200+270  +25+5  +0+360 Results should look like fig. 3 Matte the white background. Click on FX tab...in the slot put 180...click swirl...click to effect. Output Results should look like fig. 4 Go back in IM till you get to what you output... Click on transform tab...flop...and transform Composite, center....Blend Results should look like fig. 5 Go back in IM till you get to the last composite.... Composite, center....Difference Results should look like fig. 6 The possibilities are endless.... Your own imagination and combinations will create something different every time. Using other draw features will give more effects. The only limits are the ones you set for yourself. Here are some more examples: 1 2 3 4 5 THIS PAGE IS PRINTER FRIENDLY. MagicK TooTs