Gimp/help/C/image/edit/clear.html
Michael Natterer 5bb20a62c6 Pre 1.2 Version 4 with some fixes for the path documentation from Andy
2000-12-24  Michael Natterer  <mitch@gimp.org>

	* Pre 1.2 Version 4 with some fixes for the path documentation
	from Andy Thomas.
2000-12-24 16:14:17 +00:00

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<HTML
><HEAD
><TITLE
>Clear</TITLE
><META
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TITLE="Fill"
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><BODY
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><TABLE
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><TR
><TH
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>GIMP User Manual</TH
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><TD
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><HR
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><DIV
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><H1
CLASS="SECT1"
><A
NAME="IMAGE-EDIT-CLEAR"
><SPAN
CLASS="GUIMENUITEM"
>Clear</SPAN
></A
></H1
><A
NAME="AEN910"
></A
><P
> The <SPAN
CLASS="GUIMENUITEM"
>Clear</SPAN
> function allows you to delete
everything contained in the current selection. If nothing is
selected, <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>GIMP</SPAN
> will clear everything in
the current layer. If the layer has an alpha channel
(transparency), the cleared area is made transparent
<A
NAME="AEN915"
HREF="#FTN.AEN915"
>[1]</A
> Without an alpha
channel, the cleared selection is filled with the current
background color. If you have made a selection, and click
<SPAN
CLASS="GUIMENUITEM"
>clear</SPAN
>, the selection will still remain
once the <SPAN
CLASS="GUIMENUITEM"
>clear</SPAN
> function is completed.
Unlike <SPAN
CLASS="GUIMENUITEM"
>Cut</SPAN
>,
<SPAN
CLASS="GUIMENUITEM"
>Clear</SPAN
> does not put the contents into
the <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>GIMP</SPAN
> clipboard. The current
contents of the <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>GIMP</SPAN
> clipboard are
unaffected.
</P
><DIV
CLASS="SECT2"
><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
NAME="AEN924"
>Additional Information</A
></H2
><P
> Default Keyboard Shortcut: <B
CLASS="KEYCAP"
>Ctrl</B
>-<B
CLASS="KEYCAP"
>K</B
>
</P
></DIV
></DIV
><H3
CLASS="FOOTNOTES"
>Notes</H3
><TABLE
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CLASS="FOOTNOTES"
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><TR
><TD
ALIGN="LEFT"
VALIGN="TOP"
WIDTH="5%"
><A
NAME="FTN.AEN915"
HREF="../../image/edit/clear.html#AEN915"
>[1]</A
></TD
><TD
ALIGN="LEFT"
VALIGN="TOP"
WIDTH="95%"
><P
>The color information of the selection is not
destroyed, just made transparent. The
<SPAN
CLASS="GUIBUTTON"
>anti-erase</SPAN
> function of the Eraser tool can
return the area to opaque.</P
></TD
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></TABLE
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><TD
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><A
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>Prev</A
></TD
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><A
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>Home</A
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><A
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>Next</A
></TD
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><TR
><TD
WIDTH="33%"
ALIGN="left"
VALIGN="top"
><SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
>Paste Named</SPAN
></TD
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ALIGN="center"
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><A
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>Up</A
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><TD
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