Note: Be careful when erasing because you only have one Undo. Lots of times it pays to make a duplicate sprite. (Click on the sprite and then click Ctrl D). If not you have to start over. Been thar, done that thar too!

1. Stubby wanted an alligator somewhere in his header as well. After viewing several alligator pictures from my clip art collection he chose one. He also wanted part of the image removed. Below is the image Stubby chose but wanted changed. The original image was included with the Image Composer clip art. Feel free to save the alligator_1.jpg picture (below) to a specified location.

2. Insert the alligator_1.jpg onto your work area by clicking Insert, From File. The Inserts an image file dialog box appears. In this case the alligator_1.jpg file was saved to a folder called IC_tuts, (Image Composer tutorials for short).

3. If the alligator_1.jpg file doesn't appear, choose All Files (*.*) from the Files of type drop down box. If the file has indeed been saved in that folder then it should appear.

4. With the alligator_1.jpg inserted on your work area, next we want to make the image larger so it is easier to erase. Click the workspace Enlarge/Reduce drop down menu, pictured below left, and choose 300%. For this purpose that should be fine. You can always push the 100% button at any time to bring the workspace back to it's original size.

5. With the alligator_1.jpg enabled and your workspace set to 300%, click the paint brush in your tool bar, (see below). The Paint dialog box opens. Click the eraser icon as indicated below.

6. Next we need to set the nib size, in other words the size of the eraser stroke. Click the square of the second to the smallest nib size shown as indicated in the picture displayed on the left below. Then set the nib size to 7 by highlighting it and typing in the number 7, or by clicking and while holding down on the mouse button move the slide to 7.

7. We want to remove everything but the alligator from our image. Move your cursor over the enabled image. You will notice the cursor turn into a paint brush with an eraser immediately beside it. Pick a spot that you're sure you want to erase and click. Notice a small spot erased. Erase some more space to get a feel for how much you're erasing at once. If you're having problems controlling the amount you're erasing, then either make your nib size smaller, and/or your workspace larger.

Another Tip: Increasing workspace size also increases pixel size, just as decreasing workspace diminishes pixel size.