[Gimp-docs] Tutorials for people that cannot turn on the computer

[Andrew Douglas Pitonyak]

On 07/22/2009 04:40 AM, Alec Burgess wrote:
>
> Andrew Douglas Pitonyak (apitonya at columbus.rr.com) wrote (in part)  (on
> 2009-07-21 at 22:43):
>  ....
>> http://docs.gimp.org/2.6/en/gimp-tutorial-straight-lines.html
> ...
>
> > > It is actually a good
> tutorial, and introduces paint tools and
>
> > brushes
>
> > > as well the nitty gritty of starting things off.
>
> > >
>
> > > Too easy for you? great, go on and do other things
>
> > I agree that it is a very good tutorial. I learned a lot (now that
> I
>
> > have finished it). I was just surprised because it is not easy to
>
> > even start GIMP if you cannot find the mouse.
>
> >
>
> > I am just finishing bringing it, and the screen shots, up to the
>
> > latest version of GIMP.
>
> >
>
> > The tutorial begins with an entire paragraph and pictures to show
> the
>
> > SHIFT key and the mouse. At the end, it skips over the details on
> how
>
> > to create the example images. Well, it did, anyway. It took me a
> bit
>
> > to figure out some of them, but after I validated, built, visually
>
>
> > verified, and spell checked, I create and submitted a patch.
>
> I thought the description of the shift-key and mouse had a nice tongue 
> in cheek feel to it.
>
> Since you've been working on it and this seems to be an introductory 
> tutorial - one point - where the tutorial says:
>> After you click the paintbrush tool, you can click the image. A 
>> single dot will appear on the screen. The size of this dot represents 
>> the current brush size, which you can change in the Brush Dialog (see 
>> Section 3.2, ""Brushes" Dialog" 
>> <http://docs.gimp.org/2.6/en/gimp-brush-dialog.html>). Now, lets 
>> start drawing a line. Hold down the *Shift* button, and keep it down.
> maybe you could add "Hitting the "[" or "]" key will increase or 
> decrease the size of the dot (and the line we are going to draw).
>
> I've just looked at section 3.3 and it doesn't actually show you how 
> to increase/decrease size. In fact you have to "see the Brushes 
> <http://docs.gimp.org/2.6/en/gimp-concepts-brushes.html> section for 
> basic information" to find:
>> Now, all brushes have a variable size. In fact, in the option box of 
>> all painting tools there is a slider to enlarge or reduce the size of 
>> the active brush. You can do this directly in the image window if you 
>> have set correctly your mouse wheel; see Varying brush size 
>> <http://docs.gimp.org/2.6/en/gimp-using-variable-size-brush.html>. 
> And on that link it *still* doesn't tell you those two handy 
> short-cuts ... after Googling and looking through Preferences and 
> Keyboard Shortcuts I *STILL* can't find anywhere that tells me that 
> they exist and/or how to change them.
>
> Googling: [site:docs.gimp.org "square bracket"] gets no hits though 
> [gimp "square bracket"] *DOES* find a couple but only if you already 
> know what keystroke you are looking for.
>
> Hmmm ... how many other keystrokes are there that I don't know about - 
> and where do I find them?
>
Good tips.... I will see if I can easily integrate them. I have already 
submitted my patch to Roman Joost. I will wait until it is integrated 
before I revisit that specific file. If I do not, I am more likely to 
have merge conflicts.

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Andrew Pitonyak
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