Creating large sketches?

Hello -- How do you create a sketch of a size larger than the default  
size? I want to create something like the "Seaside" pictures on the  
etoysillinois,org site (creating a big background picture that works  
like a stage set).

When I create a new sketch, it has particular dimensions. If I resize  
the drawing it stretches what I have drawn. When I go back to  
editing / repainting the sketch that I stretched, the sketch window is  
at it's original size/dimensions. (Well not exactly the original  
dimensions -- each time I go to repaint the sketch, it looks Etoys  
adds about 30 pixels on the left and right.)

If I change the height and width via the Viewer, it looks like that is  
the same as stretching the sketch (when I go back to repainting, the  
sketch is resized to its original dimensions).

I would like to do all of the drawing inside Etoys (instead of making  
a large bitmap with another tool and bringing it into EToys.

So... Is there a way to resize the initial drawing area for a sketch?

jd
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On 23.12.2009, at 00:26, James Davis wrote:
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> I want to create [...] a big background picture that works like a stage set

You bring up the world's halo and click its gray "paint background" handle.

- Bert -

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On Wednesday 23 December 2009 04:56:10 am James Davis wrote:
> Hello -- How do you create a sketch of a size larger than the default  
> size? I want to create something like the "Seaside" pictures on the  
> etoysillinois,org site (creating a big background picture that works  
> like a stage set).
Bert has already suggested the 'paint background' option. You may also use a
playfield morph of the required size and place individually painted objects in
it. This allows you to make minor adjustments and try out different options
without erasing. When the picture is complete, shift-click viewer buttont (or
use grab morph) to get a sketch.

HTH .. Subbu
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