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@ -20,89 +20,96 @@ Version 1.0 Fri Nov 7 1997 Adrian Likins <adrian@gimp.org>
All selections (rectangular, ellipse, fuzzy, magic wand) All selections (rectangular, ellipse, fuzzy, magic wand)
mb1 draw selection mb1 draw selection
mb1+mb3 (release mb1) cancel selection mb1+mb3 (release mb1) cancel selection
At inital click At inital click
shift+mb1 Add selection to existing selection shift+mb1 Add selection to existing selection
ctrl+mb1 subtract selection from existing selection ctrl+mb1 subtract selection from existing selection
shift+ctrl+mb1 keep part of selection in both selections (union) shift+ctrl+mb1 keep part of selection in both
selections (union)
on active selections on active selections
alt+mb1 move selection alt+mb1 move selection
ellipse and rectangular selection ellipse and rectangular selection
while making selection while making selection
shift+mb1 constrain selection to regular shape (square/circle) shift+mb1 constrain selection to regular shape
(square/circle)
ctrl+mb1 draw selection centered from click ctrl+mb1 draw selection centered from click
ctrl+shift+mb1 draw (square/circle) selection centered on click ctrl+shift+mb1 draw (square/circle) selection centered
on click
Tool Options Tool Options
Antialiasing ??? Antialiasing ???
Feather Turns on feathering (similar to blurring a selection mask) Feather Turns on feathering (similar to blurring a
Used to make a "smoother" selection selection mask)
Used to make a "smoother" selection
Feather Radius Determines the blur radius of the selection mask. Feather Radius Determines the blur radius of the selection mask.
How smooth the selection needs to be. How smooth the selection needs to be.
Magic Wand selection Magic Wand selection
(all the general selection addition rules apply) (all the general selection addition rules apply)
Tool Options Tool Options
Sample Merged If off, just use the contents of the current drawable Sample Merged If off, just use the contents of the
if on, use whats visible. current drawable
if on, use whats visible.
Antialiasing ???? Antialiasing ????
Feather Turns on feathering (similar to blurring a selection mask) Feather Turns on feathering (similar to blurring
Used to make a "smoother" selection a selection mask)
Used to make a "smoother" selection
Feather Radius Determines the blur radius of the selection mask. Feather Radius Determines the blur radius of the selection mask.
How smooth the selection needs to be. How smooth the selection needs to be.
Bezier Select Bezier Select
While making selection While making selection
mb1 sets the control points mb1 sets the control points
To make bezier into a selection To make bezier into a selection
close the selection (beziers have to be closed), then click close the selection (beziers have to be closed), then click
inside the selection. Zooming in sometimes helps. inside the selection. Zooming in sometimes helps.
After closing bezier (but before making a selection) After closing bezier (but before making a selection)
mb1 on control point adjust handles mb1 on control point adjust handles
shift+mb1 adjust one handle shift+mb1 adjust one handle
ctrl+mb1 move the point ctrl+mb1 move the point
Tool Options Tool Options
Antialiasing ???? Antialiasing ????
Feather Turns on feathering (similar to blurring a selection mask) Feather Turns on feathering (similar to
Used to make a "smoother" selection blurring a selection mask)
Used to make a "smoother" selection
Feather Radius Determines the blur radius of the selection mask. Feather Radius Determines the blur radius of the selection mask.
How smooth the selection needs to be. How smooth the selection needs to be.
Intelligent scissors Intelligent scissors
@ -126,65 +133,71 @@ Magnify (Zoom)
Tool Options Tool Options
Allow window resizing if on, window will resize when zooming in and out Allow window resizing if on, window will resize when
zooming in and out
if off, window will retain its current size if off, window will retain its current size
Crop Crop
Before making crop bounds Before making crop bounds
mb1 select bounds of crop
mb1+mb3(release mb1) cancel crop
After making crop bounds mb1 select bounds of crop
mb1(inside bounds) crop to are selected (same as pressing crop button) mb1+mb3(release mb1) cancel crop
After making crop bounds
mb1(inside bounds) crop to are selected (same as
pressing crop button)
Crop tool dialog options Crop tool dialog options
crop crop to area selected crop crop to area selected
selection use the bounds of the current selection to set bounds of crop selection use the bounds of the
close cancel the crop current selection to
set bounds of crop
close cancel the crop
Transform Transform
note: transform type is selected via the tool options dialog note: transform type is selected via the tool options dialog
Rotation Rotation
mb1 free rotation mb1 free rotation
ctrl+mb1 rotate in 15 degree increments ctrl+mb1 rotate in 15 degree increments
Scaling Scaling
mb1 free scaling mb1 free scaling
ctrl+mb1 scale in Y direction only ctrl+mb1 scale in Y direction only
shift+mb1 scale in X direction only shift+mb1 scale in X direction only
shift+ctrl+mb1 scale with constrained ratio shift+ctrl+mb1 scale with constrained ratio
Shearing Shearing
mb1 free shearing mb1 free shearing
Perspective Perspective
mb1 move the control points mb1 move the control points
Tool Options Tool Options
Smoothing determines if sub-pixel sampling is done Smoothing determines if sub-pixel sampling is done
Flip Flip
mb1 Flip in indicated direction mb1 Flip in indicated direction
Tool options Tool options
Horizontal Flip horizontally Horizontal Flip horizontally
Vertical Flip vertically Vertical Flip vertically
Text Tool Text Tool
@ -200,36 +213,37 @@ Color Picker
Bucket Fill Bucket Fill
(with no selection) (with no selection)
mb1 do a seeded fill from the pixel where the cursor is mb1 do a seeded fill from the pixel where the cursor is
filling with the foreground color filling with the foreground color
shift+mb1 do a seeded fill from the pixel where the cursor is shift+mb1 do a seeded fill from the pixel where the cursor is
filling with the background color filling with the background color
(with a selection active) (with a selection active)
mb1 fill the seelction with foreground color mb1 fill the seelction with foreground color
shift+mb2 fill the selection with the background color shift+mb2 fill the selection with the background color
Tool Options Tool Options
Fill Opacity opacity of the fill? Fill Opacity opacity of the fill?
Fill Threshold If the surroundings pixels are within this value Fill Threshold If the surroundings pixels are within this value
of the inital pixel, they are filled of the inital pixel, they are filled
Mode What paint mode to use Mode What paint mode to use
Fill Type Fill Type
Color Fill use foreground or background color to fill Color Fill use foreground or background color to fill
Pattern Fill use current active pattern to fill Pattern Fill use current active pattern to fill
Sample merged if on, use the visible compontents to determine Sample merged if on, use the visible compontents to determine
where to fill where to fill
if off, use the active drawable to determine where to fill if off, use the active drawable to determine
where to fill
Blend Tool Blend Tool
@ -237,103 +251,120 @@ Blend Tool
mb1 set start and endpoints of gradient mb1 set start and endpoints of gradient
mb1+mb2(release mb1) cancel blend mb1+mb2(release mb1) cancel blend
Tool Options Tool Options
Opacity How transparent the gradient should be Opacity How transparent the gradient should be
Offset at what percentage fo the gradient to start from (ie, 50 Offset at what percentage fo the gradient to
to start the blend at halfway through the gradient) start from (ie, 50 to start the blend at
halfway through the gradient)
Mode What paint mode to apply the blend with Mode What paint mode to apply the blend with
Blend Blend
FG to BG (rgb) Blend from the foreground color to background color FG to BG (rgb) Blend from the foreground color to
in rgb space background color in rgb space
FG to BG (hsv) Blend from the foreground color to the background color FG to BG (hsv) Blend from the foreground color
in hsv space to the background color in hsv space
FG to Transparent Blends the foreground color from 100% opacity to 0%
opacity
Gradient FG to Transparent Blends the foreground color from 100%
opacity to 0% opacity
Linear from point a to point b Gradient
bi-linear like linear but "mirrored" across the inital point Linear from point a to point b
Radial blends radial form point A being the center to point bi-linear like linear but "mirrored"
B being a point on the circumference. across the inital point
Square makes a sqaured shaped blend from a center at Point A Radial blends radial form point A
to point B on the perimeter being the center to point B
being a point on the circumference.
conical ???? Square makes a sqaured shaped blend
conical from a center at Point A
(asymeteric) ???? to point B on the perimeter
Shapeburst Fills selections based on the shape of the selections
Repeat conical ????
None just make one blend conical
Sawtooth repeat the blend (asymeteric) ????
triangle another way to repeat... ?? Shapeburst Fills selections based on
the shape of the selections
adaptive supersampling Repeat
if on, blend does supersampling resulting None just make one blend
in a much smoother blend Sawtooth repeat the blend
if off, blend does no supersampling resulting triangle another way to repeat... ??
in a much faster blend
Max Depth. ??? adaptive supersampling
Threshold ??? if on, blend does supersampling
resulting in a much smoother
blend if off, blend does no
supersampling resulting in a
much faster blend
Max Depth. ???
Threshold ???
Pencil Pencil
mb1(hold) draw with pencil tool mb1(hold) draw with pencil tool
alt+mb1(hold) draw with pencil tool, but store all of the cursor history alt+mb1(hold) draw with pencil tool, but store all
events (so you can draw fast and let it catch up with you of the cursor history events (so you
without losing info) can draw fast and let it catch up
with you without losing info)
shift+mb1 draw a straigtline from the last place the cursor was shift+mb1 draw a straigtline from the last place
the cursor was
Paintbrush Paintbrush
mb1(hold) draw with paintbrush tool mb1(hold) draw with paintbrush tool
alt+mb1(hold) draw with paintbrush tool, but store all of the cursor history alt+mb1(hold) draw with paintbrush tool, but store
events (so you can draw fast and let it catch up with you all of the cursor history events (so you
without losing info) can draw fast and let it catch up
with you without losing info)
shift+mb1 draw a straigtline from the last place the cursor was shift+mb1 draw a straigtline from the last place
the cursor was
Tool Options Tool Options
Fade Out distance you can paint before the paint "runs out" Fade Out distance you can paint before
set to 0 for unlimeted "paint" the paint "runs out"
set to 0 for unlimited "paint"
Eraser Eraser
mb1(hold) erase (set to transparent or background color) mb1(hold) erase (set to transparent or background
color)
alt+mb1(hold) erase but store all of the cursor history alt+mb1(hold) erase but store all of the cursor history
events (so you can erase fast and let it catch up with you events (so you can erase fast and let
without losing info) it catch up with you without losing info)
shift+mb1 erase a straightline from the last place the cursor was shift+mb1 erase a straightline from the
last place the cursor was
Airbrush Airbrush
mb1(hold) draw with airbrush tool mb1(hold) draw with airbrush tool
alt+mb1(hold) draw with airbrush tool, but store all of the cursor history alt+mb1(hold) draw with airbrush tool, but store all
events (so you can draw fast and let it catch up with you of the cursor history events (so you
without losing info) can draw fast and let it catch up with
you without losing info)
shift+mb1 draw a straigtline from the last place the cursor was shift+mb1 draw a straigtline from the last place
the cursor was
Tool Options Tool Options
Rate Controls how quickly the "paint flows". Higher values Rate Controls how quickly the "paint flows".
reach full value quicker Higher values reach full value quicker
Pressure the higher the value, the quicker the airbrush fills the brush Pressure the higher the value, the quicker the
airbrush fills the brush
Clone Tool Clone Tool
@ -341,25 +372,31 @@ Clone Tool
mb1(hold) draw with the clone tool mb1(hold) draw with the clone tool
ctrl+mb1 set the point from which the brush clones ctrl+mb1 set the point from which the brush clones
alt+mb1(hold) draw with clone tool, but store all of the cursor history
events (so you can draw fast and let it catch up with you
without losing info)
shift+mb1 draw a straigtline from the last place the cursor was alt+mb1(hold) draw with clone tool, but store all of
the cursor history events (so you can
draw fast and let it catch up with you
without losing info)
shift+mb1 draw a straigtline from the last place
the cursor was
Tool Options Tool Options
Source Source
Image source clone from somewhere within the image (set eith ctrl+mb1) Image source clone from somewhere within the
image (set with ctrl+mb1)
Pattern source clone from the current active pattern Pattern source clone from the current active pattern
Aligned Aligned
tries to keep the source point and the cloned point "in sync" YMMV tries to keep the source point and the cloned
if for pattern source, having alligned on means the clone tool point "in sync" YMMV if for pattern source,
reveals a consistent pattern. If off, the clone tool can start the cloning having alligned on means the clone tool reveals
from a new pointin the pattern each time. a consistent pattern. If off, the clone tool
can start the cloning from a new pointin the pattern
each time.
Convolver Convolver
@ -372,7 +409,8 @@ Convolver
Pressure used to control intensity of tool Pressure used to control intensity of tool
Blur blurs the are under the cursor Blur blurs the are under the cursor
Sharpen tries to sharpen the are under the cursor Sharpen tries to sharpen the are
under the cursor