Posting a new version of the gimp_tips file caused some quick replies with new tips. Thanks to Austin Donnelly, Andy Thomas and Garry Osgood who sent some proposals. Here is a short unidiff (diff -U 0) of the file, compared to the version posted yesterday. If there are no more comments on it until Monday, then I will submit a patch so that the translators can start working on it. -Raphael --- /home/quinet/gimp_tips.txt~ Thu May 4 18:22:59 2000 +++ /home/quinet/gimp_tips.txt Fri May 5 13:06:13 2000 @@ -50,4 +50,4 @@ -The layer named "Background" is special. You can't add -transparency or a layer mask to it. To add transparency, you -must first "add alpha" to the layer by right-clicking in the -layers dialog and selecting "Add Alpha Channel". +The layer named "Background" it special because it lacks transparency. +This prevents you from adding a layer mask or moving the layer up in +the stack. You may add transparency to it by right-clicking in the +"Layers, Channels and Paths" dialog and selecting "Add Alpha Channel". @@ -68 +68 @@ -a color from the toolbox or from a color selector and dropping it into +a color from the toolbox or from a color palette and dropping it into @@ -116,0 +117,4 @@ +If you stroke a path (Edit->Stroke), the current drawing tool and its +settings are used. You can use the Paintbrush in gradient mode, the +Clone tool with a pattern or even the Eraser or the Smudge tool. + @@ -129,0 +134,3 @@ +If your screen is too cluttered, you can press Tab multiple times +in an image window to hide or show the toolbox and other dialogs. + @@ -155 +162 @@ -Download and install them. Some font servers also allow you to use +Download and install them. Some font servers allow you to use @@ -166,0 +174,5 @@ + +If some of your scanned photos do not look colorful enough, you can +easily improve their tonal range with the "Auto" button in the Levels +tool (Image->Colors->Levels). If there are any color casts, you can +correct them with the Curves tool (Image->Colors->Curves).
