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Tux Paint
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version 0.9.26
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A simple drawing program for children
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Copyright © 2002-2021 by divers contributeurs; cf AUTHORS.
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http://www.tuxpaint.org/
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mars 9, 2021
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|Table of Contents |
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| * About Tux Paint |
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| * Using Tux Paint |
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| * Launching Tux Paint |
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| * Title Screen |
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| * Main Screen |
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| * Available Tools |
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| * Drawing Tools |
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| * Other Controls |
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| * Loading Other Pictures into Tux Paint |
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| * Further Reading |
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| * How to Get Help |
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| * How to Participate |
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About Tux Paint
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Qu'est-ce que "Tux Paint" ?
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Tux Paint est un programme de dessin gratuit conçu pour les jeunes
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enfants (enfants de 3 ans et plus). Il possède une interface simple et
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facile à utiliser, des effets sonores amusants et une mascotte de
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dessin animé pour encourager et guider les enfants lorsqu'ils
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utilisent le programme. Sont fournis une toile vierge et un ensemble
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d'outils de dessin pour aider votre enfant à être créatif.
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Licence :
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Tux Paint est un projet Open Source, un logiciel libre publié sous la
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licence publique générale GNU (GPL). Il est gratuit et le «code
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source» du programme est disponible. (Cela permet à d'autres d'ajouter
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des fonctionnalités, de corriger des bogues et d'utiliser des parties
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du programme dans leur propre logiciel sous GPL.)
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See COPYING.txt for the full text of the GPL license.
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Objectifs :
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Facile et amusant
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Tux Paint se veut un simple programme de dessin pour les
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jeunes enfants. Il ne s'agit pas d'un programme de dessin à
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usage général. Il se veut amusant et facile à utiliser. Les
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effets sonores et un personnage de dessin animé permettent à
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l'utilisateur de savoir ce qui se passe tout en le
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divertissant. Il existe également des pointeurs de souris, de
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style dessin animé, extra-larges.
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Flexibilité
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Tux Paint est extensible. Les brosses et les formes de "tampon
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en caoutchouc" peuvent être déposées et retirées. Par exemple,
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un enseignant peut apporter une collection de formes animales
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et demander à ses élèves de dessiner un écosystème. Chaque
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forme peut avoir un son qui l'accompagne et un texte est
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affiché lorsque l'enfant sélectionne la forme.
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Portabilité
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Tux Paint est portable sur diverses plates-formes
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informatiques: Windows, Macintosh, Linux, etc. L'interface est
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la même sur toutes. Tux Paint fonctionne correctement sur les
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systèmes plus anciens (comme un Pentium 133), et peut être
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modifié pour mieux fonctionner sur des systèmes lents.
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Simplicité
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Il n'y a pas d'accès direct à la complexité sous-jacente de
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l'ordinateur. L'image en cours est conservée lorsque le
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programme se ferme et réapparaît au redémarrage.
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L'enregistrement d'images ne nécessite pas la création de noms
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de fichiers ou l'utilisation du clavier. L'ouverture d'une
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image se fait en la sélectionnant dans une collection de
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vignettes. L'accès à d'autres fichiers sur l'ordinateur est
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restreint.
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Using Tux Paint
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Launching Tux Paint
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Linux/Unix Users
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Tux Paint devrait avoir mis une icône de lanceur dans vos menus KDE
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et / ou GNOME, sous «Graphiques».
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Autrement, vous pouvez exécuter la commande suivante à une invite du
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shell (par exemple, "$") :
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$ tuxpaint
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Si des erreurs se produisent, elles seront affichées sur le terminal
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("stderr").
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Windows Users
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[Icône pour Tux Paint]
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Tux Paint
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Si vous avez installé Tux Paint sur votre ordinateur en utilisant le
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'Tux Paint Installer', il vous aura demandé si vous vouliez un
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raccourci de menu 'Démarrer' et / ou un raccourci sur le bureau. Si
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vous avez accepté, vous pouvez simplement exécuter Tux Paint à
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partir de la section 'Tux Paint' de votre menu 'Démarrer' (par
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exemple, sous «Tous les programmes» sous Windows XP), ou en
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double-cliquant sur l'icône «Tux Paint» sur votre bureau .
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Si vous avez installé Tux Paint en utilisant le téléchargement
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'ZIP-file', ou si vous avez utilisé 'Tux Paint Installer', mais que
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vous avez choisi de ne pas installer de raccourcis, vous devrez
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double-cliquer sur l'icône "tuxpaint.exe" dans le dossier "Tux
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Paint" de votre ordinateur.
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Par défaut, le 'Tux Paint Installer' mettra le dossier de Tux Paint
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dans "C:\Program Files\",ou bien vous avez pu changer cela lors de
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l'exécution du programme d'installation.
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Si vous avez utilisé le téléchargement de 'ZIP-file', le dossier de
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Tux Paint sera là où vous l'avez placé lorsque vous avez décompressé
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le fichier ZIP.
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macOS Users
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Double-cliquez simplement sur l'icône "Tux Paint".
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Title Screen
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Lors du premier chargement de Tux Paint, un écran avec titre et
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crédits apparaîtra.
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[Écran-titre]
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Une fois le chargement terminé, appuyez sur une touche ou cliquez sur
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la souris pour continuer. (Ou, après environ 30 secondes,
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l'écran-titre disparaîtra automatiquement.)
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Main Screen
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L'écran principal est divisé en plusieurs sections :
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Côté gauche : la barre d'outils
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La barre d'outils contient les commandes pour dessiner et
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éditer.
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[Outils : Peindre, Tampon, Lignes, Formes, Texte, Magie, Étiquette, Défaire,
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Refaire, Gomme, Nouveau, Ouvrir, Sauvegarder, Imprimer, Quitter]
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Milieu : Toile pour Dessiner
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La plus grande partie de l'écran, au centre, est la toile de
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dessin. C'est évidemment là que vous dessinerez !
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[Toile]
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Remarque: la taille de la toile de dessin dépend de la taille
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de Tux Paint. Vous pouvez modifier la taille de Tux Paint à
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l'aide de l'outil de configuration tuxpaint-config, ou par
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d’autres moyens. Consultez la documentation OPTIONS pour plus
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de détails.
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Côté droit : sélecteur
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En fonction de l'outil en cours d'utilisation, le sélecteur
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affiche différentes choses. Par exemple, lorsque l'outil
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Pinceau est sélectionné, il affiche les différents pinceaux
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disponibles. Lorsque l'outil Tampon en caoutchouc est
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sélectionné, il affiche les différentes formes que vous pouvez
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utiliser.
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[Selectors - Brushes, Letters, Shapes, Stamps]
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En bas : couleurs
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Une palette de couleurs disponibles s'affiche en bas de
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l'écran.
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[Colors - Black, White, Red, Pink, Orange, Yellow, Green, Cyan, Blue, Purple,
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Brown, Grey]
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À l'extrême droite se trouvent deux options de choix de
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couleur, le "sélecteur de couleurs", qui a le contour d'un
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compte-gouttes, et vous permet de choisir une couleur trouvée
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dans votre dessin, et la palette arc-en-ciel, qui vous permet
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de choisir une couleur dans une boîte contenant des milliers
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de couleurs.
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(REMARQUE: vous pouvez définir vos propres couleurs. Voir la
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documentation " Options ".)
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En bas : zone d'aide
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Tout en bas de l'écran, Tux, le pingouin Linux, fournit des
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conseils et d'autres informations pendant que vous dessinez.
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(Par exemple : Choisis une forme. Clique pour démarrer le dessin , fais glisser
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et continue jusqu'à la taille désirée. Déplace-toi pour la faire tourner, et
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clique pour dessiner.)
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Available Tools
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Drawing Tools
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"Paint" Tool (Brush)
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The Paint Brush tool lets you draw freehand, using various
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brushes (chosen in the Selector on the right) and colors
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(chosen in the Color palette towards the bottom).
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If you hold the mouse button down, and move the mouse, it
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will draw as you move.
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As you draw, a sound is played. The bigger the brush, the
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lower the pitch.
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"Stamp" Tool (Rubber Stamps)
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The Stamp tool is like a set of rubber stamps or stickers.
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It lets you paste pre-drawn or photographic images (like a
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picture of a horse, or a tree, or the moon) in your picture.
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As you move the mouse around the canvas, an outline follows
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the mouse, showing where the stamp will be placed, and how
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big it will be. Click to place the stamp.
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There can be numerous categories of stamps (e.g., animals,
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plants, outer space, vehicles, people, etc.). Use the Left
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and Right arrows near the bottom of the Selector to cycle
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through the collections.
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Prior to 'stamping' an image onto your drawing, various
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effects can sometimes be applied (depending on the stamp):
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* Some stamps can be colored or tinted. If the color
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palette below the canvas is activated, you can click
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the colors to change the tint or color of the stamp
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before placing it in the picture.
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* Stamps can be shrunk and expanded, by clicking within
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the triangular-shaped series of bars at the bottom
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right; the larger the bar, the larger the stamp will
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appear in your picture.
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* Many stamps may be flipped vertically, or displayed as
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a mirror-image, using the control buttons at the bottom
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right.
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Different stamps can have different sound effects and/or
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descriptive (spoken) sounds. Buttons in the Help Area at the
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lower left (near Tux, the Linux penguin) allow you to
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re-play the sound effects and descriptive sounds for the
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currently-selected stamp.
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(Note: If the "nostampcontrols" option is set, Tux Paint
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won't display the Mirror, Flip, Shrink and Grow controls for
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stamps. See the "Options" documentation.)
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"Lines" Tool
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This tool lets you draw straight lines using the various
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brushes and colors you normally use with the Paint Brush.
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Click the mouse and hold it to choose the starting point of
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the line. As you move the mouse around, a thin 'rubber-band'
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line will show where the line will be drawn.
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Let go of the mouse to complete the line. A "sproing!" sound
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will play.
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"Shapes" Tool
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This tool lets you draw some simple filled, and un-filled
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shapes.
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Select a shape from the selector on the right (circle,
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square, oval, etc.).
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Use the options at the bottom right to choose the shape
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tool's behavior:
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Shapes from center
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The shape will expand from where you initially
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clicked, and will be centered around that
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position. (This was Tux Paint's only behavior
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through version 0.9.24.)
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Shapes from corner
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The shape will extend with one corner starting
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from where you initially clicked. This is the
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default method of most other traditional
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drawing software. (This option was added
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starting with Tux Paint version 0.9.25.)
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Note: If shape controls are disabled (e.g., with the
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"noshapecontrols" option), the controls will not be
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presented, and the "shapes from center" method will be used.
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In the canvas, click the mouse and hold it to stretch the
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shape out from where you clicked. Some shapes can change
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proportion (e.g., rectangle and oval may be wider than tall,
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or taller than wide), others cannot (e.g., square and
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circle).
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Let go of the mouse when you're done stretching.
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Normal Shapes Mode
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Now you can move the mouse around the canvas to
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rotate the shape.
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Click the mouse button again and the shape will
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be drawn in the current color.
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Simple Shapes Mode
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If simple shapes are enabled (e.g., with the
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"simpleshapes" option), the shape will be drawn
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on the canvas when you let go of the mouse
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button. (There's no rotation step.)
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"Text" and "Label" Tools
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Choose a font (from the 'Letters' available on the right)
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and a color (from the color palette near the bottom). Click
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on the screen and a cursor will appear. Type text and it
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will show up on the screen.
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Press [Enter] or [Return] and the text will be drawn onto
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the picture and the cursor will move down one line.
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Alternatively, press [Tab] and the text will be drawn onto
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the picture, but the cursor will move to the right of the
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text, rather than down a line, and to the left. (This can be
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useful to create a line of text with mixed colors, fonts,
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styles and sizes.)
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Clicking elsewhere in the picture while the text entry is
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still active causes the current line of text to move to that
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location (where you can continue editing it).
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"Text" versus "Label"
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The Text tool is the original text-entry tool
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in Tux Paint. Text entered using this tool
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can't be modified or moved later, since it
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becomes part of the drawing. However, because
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the text becomes part of the picture, it can be
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drawn over or modified using Magic tool effects
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(e.g., smudged, tinted, embossed, etc.)
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When using the Label tool (which was added to
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Tux Paint in version 0.9.22), the text 'floats'
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over the image, and the details of the label
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(the text, the position of the label, the font
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choice and the color) get stored separately.
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This allows the label to be repositioned or
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edited later.
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The Label tool can be disabled (e.g., by
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selecting "Disable 'Label' Tool" in Tux Paint
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Config. or running Tux Paint with the "nolabel"
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option).
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International Character Input
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Tux Paint allows inputting characters in
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different languages. Most Latin characters
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(A-Z, ñ, è, etc.) can by entered directly. Some
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languages require that Tux Paint be switched
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into an alternate input mode before entering,
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and some characters must be composed using
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numerous keypresses.
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When Tux Paint's locale is set to one of the
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languages that provide alternate input modes, a
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key is used to cycle through normal (Latin
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character) and locale-specific mode or modes.
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Currently supported locales, the input methods
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available, and the key to toggle or cycle
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modes, are listed below. Note: Many fonts do
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not include all characters for all languages,
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so sometimes you'll need to change fonts to see
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the characters you're trying to type.
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* Japanese — Romanized Hiragana and
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Romanized Katakana — right [Alt] key
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* Korean — Hangul 2-Bul — right [Alt] key or
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left [Alt] key
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* Traditional Chinese — right [Alt] key or
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left [Alt] key
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* Thai — right [Alt] key
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On-screen Keyboard
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An optional on-screen keyboard is available for
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the Text and Label tools, which can provide a
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variety of layouts and character composition
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(e.g., composing "a" and "e" into "æ"). See the
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"Options" and "Extending Tux Paint"
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documentation for more information.
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"Fill" Tool
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The 'Fill' tool 'flood-fills' a contiguous area of your
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drawing with a color of your choice. Three fill options are
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offered:
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* Solid — click once to fill an area with a solid color.
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* Linear — click and then drag to fill the area with
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color that fades away (a gradient) towards where you
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drag the mouse.
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* Radial — click once to fill an area with a color that
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fades away (a gradient) radially, centered on where you
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clicked.
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Note: Prior to Tux Paint 0.9.24, this was a Magic tool (see
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below). Note: Prior to Tux Paint 0.9.26, this tool only
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offered the 'Solid' method of filling.
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"Magic" Tool (Special Effects)
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The Magic tool is actually a set of special tools. Select
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one of the 'magic' effects from the selector on the right.
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Then, depending on the tool, you can either click and drag
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around the picture, and/or simply click the picture once, to
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apply the effect.
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If the tool can be used by clicking and dragging, a
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'painting' button will be available on the left, below the
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list of Magic tools on the right side of the screen. If the
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tool can affect the entire picture at once, an 'entire
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picture' button will be available on the right.
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See the instructions for each Magic tool (in the
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'magic-docs' folder).
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"Eraser" Tool
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This tool is similar to the Paint Brush. Wherever you click
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(or click and drag), the picture will be erased. (This may
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be white, some other color, or to a background picture,
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depending on the picture.)
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A number of eraser sizes are available, both round and
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square.
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As you move the mouse around, a square outline follows the
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pointer, showing what part of the picture will be erased to
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white.
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As you erase, a 'squeaky clean' eraser wiping sound is
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played.
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Other Controls
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"Undo" Command
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Clicking this tool will undo the last drawing action. You
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can even undo more than once!
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Note: You can also press [Control] + [Z] on the keyboard to
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Undo.
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"Redo" Command
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Clicking this tool will redo the drawing action you just
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un-did with the 'Undo' button.
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As long as you don't draw again, you can redo as many times
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as you had undone!
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Note: You can also press [Control] + [R] on the keyboard to
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Redo.
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"New" Command
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Clicking the 'New' button will start a new drawing. A dialog
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will appear where you may choose to start a new picture
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using a solid background color, or using a 'Starter' or
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'Template' image (see below). You will first be asked
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whether you really want to do this.
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Note: You can also press [Control] + [N] on the keyboard to
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start a new drawing.
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'Starter' & Template Images
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'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.
|
||
|
||
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).
|
||
|
||
----------------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
|
||
"Open" Command
|
||
|
||
This shows you a list of all of the pictures you've saved.
|
||
If there are more than can fit on the screen, use the up and
|
||
down arrows at the top and bottom of the list to scroll
|
||
through the list of pictures.
|
||
|
||
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.
|
||
|
||
(Alternatively, you can double-click a picture's icon
|
||
to load it.)
|
||
|
||
* Click the brown 'Erase' (trash can) button at the
|
||
lower right of the list to erase the selected
|
||
picture. (You will be asked to confirm.)
|
||
|
||
Note: As of version 0.9.22, the picture will be
|
||
placed in your desktop's trash can, on Linux only.
|
||
|
||
* Click the 'Export' button near the lower right to
|
||
export the image to your export folder. (e.g.,
|
||
"~/Pictures/TuxPaint/")
|
||
|
||
* Click the blue 'Slides' (slide projector) button at
|
||
the lower left to go to slideshow mode. See "Slides",
|
||
below, for details.
|
||
|
||
* Click the red 'Back' arrow button at the lower right
|
||
of the list to cancel and return to the picture you
|
||
were drawing.
|
||
|
||
If choose to open a picture, and your current drawing hasn't
|
||
been saved, you will be prompted as to whether you want to
|
||
save it or not. (See "Save," below.)
|
||
|
||
Note: You can also press [Control] + [O] on the keyboard to
|
||
bring up the 'Open' dialog.
|
||
|
||
----------------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
|
||
"Save" Command
|
||
|
||
This saves your current picture.
|
||
|
||
If you haven't saved it before, it will create a new entry
|
||
in the list of saved images. (i.e., it will create a new
|
||
file)
|
||
|
||
Note: It won't ask you anything (e.g., for a filename). It
|
||
will simply save the picture, and play a "camera shutter"
|
||
sound effect.
|
||
|
||
If you have saved the picture before, or this is a picture
|
||
you just loaded using the "Open" command, you will first be
|
||
asked whether you want to save over the old version, or
|
||
create a new entry (a new file).
|
||
|
||
Note: If either the "saveover" or "saveovernew" options are
|
||
set, it won't ask before saving over. See the "Options"
|
||
documentation.
|
||
|
||
Note: You can also press [Control] + [S] on the keyboard to
|
||
save.
|
||
|
||
----------------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
|
||
"Print" Command
|
||
|
||
Click this button and your picture will be printed!
|
||
|
||
On most platforms, you can also hold the [Alt] key (called
|
||
[Option] on Macs) while clicking the 'Print' button to get a
|
||
printer dialog. Note that this may not work if you're
|
||
running Tux Paint in fullscreen mode. See below.
|
||
|
||
Disabling Printing
|
||
|
||
The "noprint" option can be set, which will
|
||
disable Tux Paint's 'Print' button.
|
||
|
||
See the "Options" documentation.
|
||
|
||
Restricting Printing
|
||
|
||
The "printdelay" option can be set, which will
|
||
only allow occasional printing — once every so
|
||
many seconds, as configured by you.
|
||
|
||
For example, with "printdelay=60" in Tux
|
||
Paint's configuration file, printing can only
|
||
occur once per minute (60 seconds).
|
||
|
||
See the "Options" documentation.
|
||
|
||
Printing Commands
|
||
|
||
(Linux and Unix only)
|
||
|
||
Tux Paint prints by generating a PostScript
|
||
representation of the drawing and sending it to
|
||
an external program. By default, the program
|
||
is:
|
||
|
||
lpr
|
||
|
||
This command can be changed by setting a
|
||
"printcommand" option in Tux Paint's
|
||
configuration file.
|
||
|
||
An alternative print command can be invoked by
|
||
holding the "[Alt]" key on the keyboard while
|
||
clicking clicking the 'Print' button, as long
|
||
as you're not in fullscreen mode, an
|
||
alternative program is run. By default, the
|
||
program is KDE's graphical print dialog:
|
||
|
||
kprinter
|
||
|
||
This command can be changed by setting a
|
||
"altprintcommand" option in Tux Paint's
|
||
configuration file.
|
||
|
||
See the "Options" documentation.
|
||
|
||
Printer Settings
|
||
|
||
(Windows and macOS)
|
||
|
||
By default, Tux Paint simply prints to the
|
||
default printer with default settings when the
|
||
'Print' button is pushed.
|
||
|
||
However, if you hold the [Alt] (or [Option])
|
||
key on the keyboard while clicking the 'Print'
|
||
button, as long as you're not in fullscreen
|
||
mode, your operating system's printer dialog
|
||
will appear, where you can change the settings.
|
||
|
||
You can have the printer configuration changes
|
||
stored between Tux Paint sessions by setting
|
||
the "printcfg" option.
|
||
|
||
If the "printcfg" option is used, printer
|
||
settings will be loaded from the file
|
||
"printcfg.cfg" in your personal folder (see
|
||
below). Any changes will be saved there as
|
||
well.
|
||
|
||
See the "Options" documentation.
|
||
|
||
Printer Dialog Options
|
||
|
||
By default, Tux Paint only shows the printer
|
||
dialog (or, on Linux/Unix, runs the
|
||
"altprintcommand"; e.g., "kprinter" instead of
|
||
"lpr") if the [Alt] (or [Option]) key is held
|
||
while clicking the 'Print' button.
|
||
|
||
However, this behavior can be changed. You can
|
||
have the printer dialog always appear by using
|
||
"--altprintalways" on the command-line, or
|
||
"altprint=always" in Tux Paint's configuration
|
||
file. Conversely, you can prevent the
|
||
[Alt]/[Option] key from having any effect by
|
||
using "--altprintnever", or "altprint=never".
|
||
|
||
See the "Options" documentation.
|
||
|
||
----------------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
|
||
"Slides" Command (under "Open")
|
||
|
||
The 'Slides' button is available in the 'Open' dialog. It
|
||
can be used to play a simple animation within Tux Paint, or
|
||
a slideshow of pictures. It can also export an animated GIF
|
||
based on the chosen images.
|
||
|
||
Chosing pictures
|
||
|
||
When you enter the 'Slides' section of Tux
|
||
Paint, it displays a list of your saved files,
|
||
just like the 'Open' dialog.
|
||
|
||
Click each of the images you wish to display in
|
||
a slideshow-style presentation, one by one. A
|
||
digit will appear over each image, letting you
|
||
know in which order they will be displayed.
|
||
|
||
You can click a selected image to unselect it
|
||
(take it out of your slideshow). Click it again
|
||
if you wish to add it to the end of the list.
|
||
|
||
Set playback speed
|
||
|
||
A sliding scale at the lower left of the screen
|
||
(next to the 'Play' button) can be used to
|
||
adjust the speed of the slideshow or animated
|
||
GIF, from slowest to fastest. Choose the
|
||
leftmost setting to disable automatic
|
||
advancement during playback within Tux Paint —
|
||
you will need to press a key or click to go to
|
||
the next slide (see below).
|
||
|
||
Note: The slowest setting does not
|
||
automatically advance through the slides. Use
|
||
it for when you want to step through them
|
||
manually. (This does not apply to an exported
|
||
animated GIF.)
|
||
|
||
Playback in Tux Paint
|
||
|
||
To play a slideshow within Tux Paint, click the
|
||
'Play' button. (Note: If you hadn't selected
|
||
ANY images, then ALL of your saved images will
|
||
be played in the slideshow!)
|
||
|
||
During the slideshow, press [Space], [Enter] or
|
||
[Return], or the [Right arrow] — or click the
|
||
'Next' button at the lower left — to manually
|
||
advance to the next slide. Press [Left arrow]
|
||
to go back to the previous slide.
|
||
|
||
Press [Escape], or click the 'Back' button at
|
||
the lower right, to exit the slideshow and
|
||
return to the slideshow image selection screen.
|
||
|
||
Exporting an animated GIF
|
||
|
||
Click the 'GIF Export' button near the lower
|
||
right to have Tux Paint generate an animated
|
||
GIF file based on the selected images.
|
||
|
||
Note: At least two images must be selected. (To
|
||
export a single image, use the 'Export' option
|
||
from the main 'Open' dialog.) If no images are
|
||
selected, Tux Paint will NOT attempt to
|
||
generate a GIF based on all saved images.
|
||
|
||
Pressing [Escape] during the export process
|
||
will abort the process, and return you to the
|
||
'Slideshow' dialog.
|
||
|
||
Click 'Back' in the slideshow image selection screen to
|
||
return to the 'Open' dialog.
|
||
|
||
----------------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
|
||
"Quit" Command
|
||
|
||
Clicking the 'Quit' button, closing the Tux Paint window, or
|
||
pushing the [Escape] key will quit Tux Paint.
|
||
|
||
You will first be prompted as to whether you really want to
|
||
quit.
|
||
|
||
If you choose to quit, and you haven't saved the current
|
||
picture, you will first be asked if wish to save it. If it's
|
||
not a new image, you will then be asked if you want to save
|
||
over the old version, or create a new entry. (See "Save"
|
||
above.)
|
||
|
||
Note: If the image is saved, it will be reloaded
|
||
automatically the next time you run Tux Paint -- unless the
|
||
"startblank" option is set.
|
||
|
||
Note: The 'Quit' button within Tux Paint, and quitting via
|
||
the [Escape] key, may be disabled, via the "noquit" option.
|
||
|
||
In that case, the "window close" button on Tux Paint's title
|
||
bar (if not in fullscreen mode) or the [Alt] + [F4] key
|
||
sequence may be used to quit.
|
||
|
||
If neither of those are possible, the key sequence of
|
||
[Shift] + [Control] + [Escape] may be used to quit.
|
||
|
||
See the "Options" documentation.
|
||
|
||
----------------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
|
||
Sound Muting
|
||
|
||
There is no on-screen control button at this time, but by
|
||
using the [Alt] + [S] keyboard sequence, sound effects can
|
||
be disabled and re-enabled (muted and unmuted) while the
|
||
program is running.
|
||
|
||
Note that if sounds are completely disabled via the
|
||
"nosound" option, the [Alt] + [S] key combination has no
|
||
effect. (i.e., it cannot be used to turn on sounds when the
|
||
parent/teacher wants them disabled.)
|
||
|
||
----------------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
|
||
Loading Other Pictures into Tux Paint
|
||
|
||
Tux Paint's 'Open' dialog only displays pictures you created with Tux
|
||
Paint. So what do you do if you want to load some other drawinng or even
|
||
a photograph into Tux Paint, so you can edit or draw on it?
|
||
|
||
You can simply convert the picture to the format Tux Paint uses — PNG
|
||
(Portable Network Graphic) — and place it in Tux Paint's "saved"
|
||
directory/folder. Here is where to find it (by default):
|
||
|
||
Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista
|
||
Inside the user's "AppData" folder, e.g.:
|
||
"C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\TuxPaint\saved\".
|
||
|
||
Windows 2000, XP
|
||
Inside the user's "Application Data" folder, e.g.: "C:\Documents
|
||
and Settings\username\Application Data\TuxPaint\saved\".
|
||
|
||
macOS
|
||
Inside the user's "Library" folder, e.g.:
|
||
"/Users/username/Library/Application Support/Tux Paint/saved/".
|
||
|
||
Linux/Unix
|
||
Inside a hidden ".tuxpaint" directory, in the user's home
|
||
directory ("$HOME"), e.g. "/home/username/.tuxpaint/saved/".
|
||
|
||
Note: It is also from this folder that you can copy or open pictures
|
||
drawn in Tux Paint using other applications, though the 'Export' option
|
||
from Tux Paint's 'Open' dialog can be used to copy them to a location
|
||
that's easier and safer to access.
|
||
|
||
Using the import script, "tuxpaint-import"
|
||
|
||
Linux and Unix users can use the "tuxpaint-import" shell script which
|
||
gets installed when you install Tux Paint. It uses some NetPBM tools
|
||
to convert the image ("anytopnm"), resize it so that it will fit in
|
||
Tux Paint's canvas ("pnmscale"), and convert it to a PNG ("pnmtopng").
|
||
|
||
It also uses the "date" command to get the current time and date,
|
||
which is the file-naming convention Tux Paint uses for saved files.
|
||
(Remember, you are never asked for a 'filename' when you go to save or
|
||
open pictures!)
|
||
|
||
To use this script, simply run it from a command-line prompt, and
|
||
provide it the name(s) of the file(s) you wish to convert.
|
||
|
||
They will be converted and placed in your Tux Paint "saved" directory.
|
||
(Note: If you're doing this for a different user (e.g., your child)
|
||
you'll need to make sure to run the command under their account.)
|
||
|
||
Example:
|
||
|
||
$ tuxpaint-import grandma.jpg
|
||
grandma.jpg -> /home/username/.tuxpaint/saved/20211231012359.png
|
||
jpegtopnm: WRITING A PPM FILE
|
||
|
||
The first line ("tuxpaint-import grandma.jpg") is the command to run.
|
||
The following two lines are output from the program while it's
|
||
working.
|
||
|
||
Now you can load Tux Paint, and a version of that original picture
|
||
will be available under the 'Open' dialog. Just double-click its icon!
|
||
|
||
Importing Pictures Manually
|
||
|
||
Windows, macOS, and Haiku users who wish to import arbitrary images
|
||
into Tux Paint must do so via a manual process.
|
||
|
||
Load a graphics program that is capable of both loading your picture
|
||
and saving a PNG format file. (See the documentation file "PNG.html"
|
||
for a list of suggested software, and other references.)
|
||
|
||
When Tux Paint loads an image that's not the same size as its drawing
|
||
canvas, it scales (and sometimes smears the edges of) the image so
|
||
that it fits within the canvas.
|
||
|
||
To avoid having the image stretched or smeared, you can resize it to
|
||
Tux Paint's canvas size. This size depends on the size of the Tux
|
||
Paint window, or resolution at which Tux Paint is run, if in
|
||
fullscreen. (Note: The default resolution is 800x600.) See
|
||
"Calculating Image Dimensions", below.
|
||
|
||
Save the picture in PNG format. It is highly recommended that you name
|
||
the filename using the current date and time, since that's the
|
||
convention Tux Paint uses:
|
||
|
||
YYYYMMDDhhmmss.png
|
||
|
||
* YYYY = Year
|
||
* MM = Month (two digits, "01"-"12")
|
||
* DD = Day of month (two digits, "01"-"31")
|
||
* HH = Hour (two digits, in 24-hour format, "00"-"23")
|
||
* mm = Minute (two digits, "00"-"59")
|
||
* ss = Seconds (two digits, "00"-"59")
|
||
|
||
Example: "20210731110500.png", for July 31, 2021 at 11:05am.
|
||
|
||
Place this PNG file in your Tux Paint "saved" directory/folder. (See
|
||
above.)
|
||
|
||
Calculating Image Dimensions
|
||
|
||
This part of the documentation needs to be rewritten, since the new
|
||
"buttonsize" option was added. For now, try drawing and saving an
|
||
image within Tux Paint, then determine what size (pixel width and
|
||
height) it came out to, and try to match that when scaling the
|
||
picture(s) you're importing into Tux Paint.
|
||
|
||
----------------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
|
||
Further Reading
|
||
|
||
Other documentation included with Tux Paint (found in the "docs"
|
||
folder/directory) includes:
|
||
* Documentation sur l'outil 'Magie' ("magic-docs")
|
||
Documentation for each of the currently-installed 'Magic' tools.
|
||
* AUTHORS.txt
|
||
List of authors and contributors.
|
||
* CHANGES.txt
|
||
Summary of what has changed between releases of Tux Paint.
|
||
* COPYING.txt
|
||
Tux Paint's software license, the GNU General Public License (GPL)
|
||
* INSTALL.html
|
||
Instructions for compiling and installing Tux Paint, when
|
||
applicable.
|
||
* EXTENDING.html
|
||
Detailed instructions on extending Tux Paint: creating brushes,
|
||
stamps, starters, and templates; adding fonts; and creating new
|
||
on-screen keyboard layouts and input methods.
|
||
* OPTIONS.html
|
||
Detailed instructions on command-line and configuration-file
|
||
options, for those who don't want to use the Tux Paint Config. tool
|
||
to manage Tux Paint's configuration.
|
||
* PNG.html
|
||
Notes on creating PNG format bitmapped (raster) images for use in
|
||
Tux Paint.
|
||
* SVG.html
|
||
Notes on creating SVG format vector images for use in Tux Paint.
|
||
* SIGNALS.html
|
||
Information about the POSIX signals that Tux Paint responds to.
|
||
|
||
----------------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
|
||
How to Get Help
|
||
|
||
If you need help, there are numerous ways to interact with Tux Paint
|
||
developers and other users.
|
||
|
||
* Report bugs or request new features via the project's bug-tracking
|
||
system
|
||
* Participate in the various project mailing lists
|
||
* Chat with developers and other users over IRC
|
||
* Contact the developers directly
|
||
|
||
To learn more, visit the "Contact" page of the official Tux Paint
|
||
website: http://tuxpaint.org/contact/
|
||
|
||
----------------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
|
||
How to Participate
|
||
|
||
Tux Paint is a volunteer-driven project, and we're happy to accept your
|
||
help in a variety of ways.
|
||
|
||
* Translate Tux Paint to another language
|
||
* Improve existing translations
|
||
* Create artwork (stamps, starters, templates, brushes)
|
||
* Add or improve features or magic tools
|
||
* Create classroom curriculum
|
||
* Promote or help support others using Tux Paint
|
||
|
||
To learn more, visit the "Help Us" page of the official Tux Paint
|
||
website: http://tuxpaint.org/help/
|