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@ -100,6 +100,10 @@ What's New in Tux Paint version 0.9.31?
New Magic tools
Loops, Ribbon, Smooth, and Squiggles
Create templates from Open dialog
Saved drawings can be turned into templates (used to make new
drawings) via a new option in the Open dialog
See CHANGES.txt for the complete list of changes.
Using Tux Paint
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⌨ Note: You can also press [Control / ⌘] + [N] on the keyboard to
start a new drawing.
Special Solid Background Color Choices
Special Solid Background Color Choices
Along with the preset solid colors, you can also
choose colors using a rainbow palette or a "color
mixer". These operate identically to the options
found in the color palette shown below the canvas
when drawing a picture. See Main Screen > Lower:
Colors > Special color options for details.
Along with the preset solid colors, you can also choose colors
using a rainbow palette or a "color mixer". These operate
identically to the options found in the color palette shown
below the canvas when drawing a picture. See Main Screen >
Lower: Colors > Special color options for details.
'Starter' & Template Images
* 'Starters' can behave like a page from a
coloring book — a black-and-white outline of a
picture, which you can then color in, and the
black outline remains intact — or like a 3D
photograph, where you draw in between a
foreground and background layer.
* 'Templates' are similar, but simply provide a
background drawing to work off of. Unlike
'Starters', there is no layer that remains in
the foreground of anything you draw in the
picture.
'Starter' & Template Images
When using the 'Eraser' tool, the original image from
the 'Starter' or 'Template' will reappear. The 'Flip'
and 'Mirror' Magic tools affect the orientation of
the 'Starter' or 'Template', as well.
'Starters' can behave like a page from a coloring book — a
black-and-white outline of a picture, which you can then color
in, and the black outline remains intact — or like a 3D
photograph, where you draw in between a foreground and
background layer.
When you load a 'Starter' or 'Template', draw on it,
and then click 'Save,' it creates a new picture file
— it doesn't overwrite the original, so you can use
it again later (by accessing it from the 'New'
dialog).
'Templates' are similar, but simply provide a background drawing
to work off of. Unlike 'Starters', there is no layer that
remains in the foreground of anything you draw in the picture.
⚙ You can create your own 'Starter' and Template
images. See the Extending Tux Paint documentation's
sections on 'Starters' and Templates.
When using the 'Eraser' tool, the original image from the
'Starter' or 'Template' will reappear. The 'Flip' and 'Mirror'
Magic tools affect the orientation of the 'Starter' or
'Template', as well.
When you load a 'Starter' or 'Template', draw on it, and then
click 'Save,' it creates a new picture file — it doesn't
overwrite the original, so you can use it again later (by
accessing it from the 'New' dialog).
💡 You can also convert your saved drawings into
Templates directly within Tux Paint, from the 'Open'
dialog. See "Open", below.
"Open" Command
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Click a picture to select it, and then...
* Click the green 'Open' button at the lower left of the list
to load the selected picture.
to load the selected picture. You will then be able to edit
it.
(Alternatively, you can double-click a picture's icon to load
it.)
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mind).
* Click the 'Export' button near the lower right to export the
image to your export folder. (e.g., "~/Pictures/TuxPaint/")
selected picture to your export folder. (e.g.,
"~/Pictures/TuxPaint/")
From the "Open" screen you can also:
* Click the blue 'Slides' (slide projector) button at the lower
left to go to slideshow mode. See "Slides", below, for
details.
* Click the blue 'Template' button at the lower left to go to
convert the selected picture into a new template, which can
be used as the basis for new drawings.
📜 Note: The Template creation feature was added to Tux Paint
in version 0.9.30.
* Click the red 'Back' arrow button at the lower right of the
list to cancel and return to the picture you were drawing.