Gimp/help/C/dialogs/gradient_editor/gradient_editor.html
CET 1999 Olof S Kylande ac6a5dae50 Fix of KDE/Kwm selection add/sub/inter problem NOTE: This is a workaround,
Thu Dec 16 20:15:25 CET 1999  Olof S Kylande <olof@gimp.org>

        Fix of KDE/Kwm  selection add/sub/inter problem
        NOTE: This is a workaround, not a real fix.
        Many Thanks to Matthias Ettrich

        * app/disp_callbacks.c

        Updated unsharp-mask to version 0.10

        * plug-ins/unsharp/dialog_f.c
        * plug-ins/unsharp/dialog_f.h
        * plug-ins/unsharp/dialog_i.c
        * plug-ins/unsharp/dialog_i.h
        * plug-ins/unsharp/unsharp.c

        Updated print plug-in to version 3.0.1

        * plug-ins/print/README (new file)
        * plug-ins/print/print-escp2.c
        * plug-ins/print/print-pcl.c
        * plug-ins/print/print-ps.c
        * plug-ins/print/print-util.c
        * plug-ins/print/print.c
        * plug-ins/print/print.h

        Updated all files in the help/C/dialogs dir. This is
        a first alpha glimpse of the help system. Please give
        me feedback of the content. However since it's in alpha
        stage it means that there is spell, grammatical, etc errors.
        There is may also be pure errors which I hope "you" will
        report to either olof@gimp.org or karin@gimp.org. Please
        don't report spell, grammatical, etc error at this stage in dev.

        If you have any plans to commit to the help system please write
        to olof@gimp.org. (This is mandatory not a please ;-).

        * help/C/welcome.html
        * help/C/dialogs/about.html ..............
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<!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en">
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<TITLE>The Gradient Editor</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" link="#0000FF" vlink="#FF0000" alink="#000088">
<TABLE width="100%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1">
<TR bgcolor="black">
<TD width="100%" align="center"><FONT size="+2" color="white">The Gradient
Editor</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR bgcolor="white" >
<TD width="100%" align="left">
<P>
The Gradient Editor allows you to create or edit complex gradients that you
can use with e.g the blend tool.
<P>
You'll find a list of all available gradients under Gradients, and the currently
selected gradient can be seen in a preview window. &nbsp; The buttons to
the right let you create, copy, delete, save and refresh gradients and save
as POV-Ray format. You can also zoom the gradient with the zoom buttons present
in the main dialog.
<P>
The triangles at the bottom of the gradient preview window are color section
markings. Two kinds of marks exist: black endpoints and white midpoints.
The area between two black points is called a segment. You select a segment
by clicking on it. A selected segment turns a darker shade of gray. Most
work that you do in the gradient editor will be about changing and editing
those segments in one way or another.
<P>
&#176; You can move an entire selection by clicking in the darker gray field
and dragging.
<P>
&#176; If you move a white midpoint and affect the color transition by dragging
it.
<P>
&#176; Dragging a black endpoint &nbsp;will stretch the area between that
endpoint and the midpoint
<P>
&#176; If you click on an endpoint, then press Shift and drag, you will compress
or expand the entire selection.
<P>
&#176; You can extend or add to a selection by pressing the Shift key and
clicking on another segment.
<P>
Any of the described manipulations can be used on extended selections.
<H4>
The Popup Menu
</H4>
<P>
If you press the right mouse button in the gradient preview window, a menu
will appear for further editing of the selected segment.
<P>
You can edit the left or right color by invoking left or right endpoint color.
The Load from and Save to menu options allow you to load a color from an
RGBA channel to an endpoint,or to save a RGBA channel.
<P>
In the Blending function for segment submenu, you will find some functions
that control how the appearance of the gradient in your selection.
<P>
The coloring type for segment submenu lets you choose a color model for your
selection or segment. You can choose Plain RGB and two kinds of HSV.
<P>
The Segment commands will work on the selected segment. If you have selected
more than one segment, they will not be treated as a unit.
<P>
&#176; Split segment at midpoint: Puts an endpoint at the midpoint and then
divides the two new segments.
<P>
&#176; Split segment uniformly: Splits to a specified amount o f segments.
<P>
&#176; Delete segment: Deletes the entire selection.
<P>
&#176; Re-center segment's midpoint: Re-centers the midpoints
<P>
&#176; Re-distribute handles in segment: Evenly distributes all the points
in the segment.
<P>
The Selection operations submenu allows you to flip or replicate the segment
and also allows you to blend the endpoints' colors and/or opacity:
<P>
Please see page XXXX in the Gimp User's Manual. The help text presented her
is only a subset of what you are able to do in the Gradient Editor.
<H3>
Additional Information
</H3>
<P>
For further information see The Gimp User's Manual page XXXX and the Gimp
User's Tutorial page YYYY
<P>
Shortcut Key
<P>
Modifier
<P>
Drag and Drop
<P>
Xinput
<P>
----DEV----
<P>
<A href="index.html">Index</A>
<P>
(/dialogs/gradient_editor/gradient_editor.html)
<P>
Sorry but the help file for gradient_editor is not yet done.
<P>
/Karin &amp; Olof
<P>
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