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diff --git a/source/paint.markdown b/source/paint.markdown deleted file mode 100644 index 893dc06..0000000 --- a/source/paint.markdown +++ /dev/null @@ -1,198 +0,0 @@ -% Paint -% -% - -About -===== - -This Activity allows users to create paintings or drawings. It can also -be used to edit images created by other Activities and the images it -creates can be imported into some Activities. - -Using -===== - -Starting --------- - -You can start a new project or open an existing Paint project in the -Journal. You can also edit other images, in the Journal use the 'Start -with' menu item for images made with Record etc. - -Primary tool bar -================ - -1. secondary toolbar - display or change the name of the image that is - saved in the Journal - -2. secondary toolbar - edit - -3. tool properties - -4. brush tool - -5. erase tool - -6. flood-fill tool - fills an enclosed area with the color selected in - tool properties (if the shape you try to fill has gaps then the - whole screen may fill) - -7. color-picker tool - click on the screen to set the drawing color - -8. stamp tool - select an area with the select tool, then copy it with - the stamp tool - -9. select tool - drag to select a rectangular area of the screen, drag - again to move the selection. Also use with the edit toolbar (copy, - paste, clear), with the stamp tool or with the image toolbar - (rotate, mirror, scale, invert colors) - -10. secondary toolbar - shapes - -11. secondary toolbar - insert text, set bold, italic, size, and font - -12. secondary toolbar - image - -13. stop - quits the Activity - -Secondary tool bar - Edit -========================= - -1. undo - -2. redo - -3. copy area selected with the select tool to the clipboard (use this - to crop images, select the area you want, copy to the clipboard and - then select 'Keep' on the clip item on the left border of the - screen. The original image is unchanged and a new 'Image clipping' - item is saved in the Journal) - -4. paste from clipboard (the image is pasted in the top left, use the - select tool to drag to the desired place) - -5. clear the selected area - -Tool properties -=============== - -Changes the properties of the brush tool or the stamp tool - -When the brush tool is selected, changes the color, size and shape of -the brush tool. Also affects the shape and text tools. - -When the stamp tool is selected, changes the size of the stamp - -Secondary tool bar - Shapes -=========================== - -1. Shapes properties - set the fill color, aspect ratio, the number of - sides of stars and polygons (the border is set in brush properties) - -2. Ellipse (hold down shift for circle) - -3. Rectangle (hold down shift for squares) - -4. Line - -5. Free form - -6. Polygon (number of sides set in Shapes properties) - -7. Heart - -8. Parallelogram - -9. Arrow - -10. Star (number of points set in Shapes properties) - -11. Trapezoid - -12. Triangle - -Secondary tool bar - Images -=========================== - -1. Insert image from Journal - -2. Rotate selected area left - -3. Rotate selected area right - -4. Horizontal mirror selected area - -5. Vertical mirror selected area - -6. Scale selected area height - -7. Scale selected area width - -8. Convert selected area from color to gray - -9. Rainbow - -10. Invert colors in selected area (white -\> black, red -\> blue etc.) - -Applying -======== - -Paint is a versatile Activity with many uses such as: - -- creating drawings or paintings -- creating images for inserting into Write documents -- creating slides for a Portfolio Activity slide show -- creating images for using in other Activities including Turtle - Blocks and many more -- editing and cropping images made by other Activities including - Turtle Blocks and many more -- editing and cropping screen shots (take screen shots with Alt-1) -- editing and cropping photos taken with the Record Activity - -Sharing -======= - -Paint does not support sharing. You can use Turtle Blocks for -collaborative drawing. - -Extending -========= - -- take a photo of an animal with Record, crop the image with Paint, - use as a custom turtle in Turtle Blocks -- start a school newspaper, take photos with Record, crop with Paint, - import them into Write -- do a portfolio of your schoolwork, get screenshots (Alt-1) crop with - Paint and add explanatory labels then make a slideshow in Portfolio - Activity -- create a custom Memorize Activity Activity game, create the images - in Paint -- create custom cards for the Dimensions (Visual Match) Activity -- create custom foods for the Nutrition Activity -- create custom images for the Labrynth Activity (mind maps) -- create a web page with images from Paint -- take photos of plants or animals, crop the photos, label them -- take the output of SimpleGraph and use the flood-fill tool to make a - multicolored graph - -Developers' information -======================= - -**History** - -Oficina (the Paint Activity) was developed and adapted to the XO using -Python for the team NATE-LSI (Integrated Systems Laboratory), in the -Polytechnical School at University of São Paulo, Brazil. - -**Resources** - -[Sources](https://git.sugarlabs.org/projects/paint) - -[Sugar Activity Library -page](http://activities.sugarlabs.org/en-US/sugar/addon/4082) - -Where to report problems -======================== - -In [http://bugs.sugarlabs.org](http://bugs.sugarlabs.org), component -Paint. |