<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META NAME="generator" CONTENT="http://txt2tags.sf.net"> <TITLE>The mtPaint Handbook - Contents</TITLE> </HEAD><BODY BGCOLOR="white" TEXT="black"> <P ALIGN="center"><CENTER><H1>The mtPaint Handbook</H1> <FONT SIZE="4"> </FONT></CENTER> <HR NOSHADE SIZE=1> <P></P> <UL> <LI><A HREF="chap_01.html">1. Legal</A> <P></P> <LI><A HREF="chap_02.html">2. Introduction</A> <UL> <LI><A HREF="chap_02.html#SEC1">2.1 Life Before mtPaint</A> <LI><A HREF="chap_02.html#SEC2">2.2 Project Genesis</A> <LI><A HREF="chap_02.html#SEC3">2.3 General Philosophy</A> <LI><A HREF="chap_02.html#SEC4">2.4 Development Timeline</A> <UL> <LI><A HREF="chap_02.html#SEC41">2.4.1 Version 0.23 - 0.37</A> <LI><A HREF="chap_02.html#SEC42">2.4.2 Version 0.40 - 0.97</A> <LI><A HREF="chap_02.html#SEC43">2.4.3 Version 2.00 - 2.30</A> <LI><A HREF="chap_02.html#SEC44">2.4.4 Version 3.00</A> <LI><A HREF="chap_02.html#SEC45">2.4.5 Version 3.10 - 3.40</A> <P></P> </UL> </UL> <LI><A HREF="chap_03.html">3. Pixel Art</A> <UL> <LI><A HREF="chap_03.html#SEC1">3.1 Creating a New Canvas</A> <LI><A HREF="chap_03.html#SEC2">3.2 Painting Tools</A> <UL> <LI><A HREF="chap_03.html#SEC21">3.2.1 Paint</A> <LI><A HREF="chap_03.html#SEC22">3.2.2 Shuffle</A> <LI><A HREF="chap_03.html#SEC23">3.2.3 Flood Fill</A> <LI><A HREF="chap_03.html#SEC24">3.2.4 Straight Line</A> <UL> <LI><A HREF="chap_03.html#SEC241">3.2.4.1 Drawing Arrows</A> </UL> <LI><A HREF="chap_03.html#SEC25">3.2.5 Smudge</A> <LI><A HREF="chap_03.html#SEC26">3.2.6 Clone</A> <LI><A HREF="chap_03.html#SEC27">3.2.7 Text</A> <UL> <LI><A HREF="chap_03.html#SEC271">3.2.7.1 Text (FreeType)</A> </UL> </UL> <LI><A HREF="chap_03.html#SEC3">3.3 The Palette</A> <UL> <LI><A HREF="chap_03.html#SEC31">3.3.1 Editing the Palette</A> <LI><A HREF="chap_03.html#SEC32">3.3.2 Loading and Saving the Palette</A> <LI><A HREF="chap_03.html#SEC33">3.3.3 Sorting and Adjusting the Palette</A> <LI><A HREF="chap_03.html#SEC34">3.3.4 Colour Protection</A> <LI><A HREF="chap_03.html#SEC35">3.3.5 The Transparent Colour</A> <LI><A HREF="chap_03.html#SEC36">3.3.6 Picking a Colour from the Canvas</A> <LI><A HREF="chap_03.html#SEC37">3.3.7 Copy to Palette</A> <LI><A HREF="chap_03.html#SEC38">3.3.8 Paste Palette</A> <LI><A HREF="chap_03.html#SEC39">3.3.9 Pick Gradient</A> <LI><A HREF="chap_03.html#SEC310">3.3.10 Colour Chooser</A> </UL> <LI><A HREF="chap_03.html#SEC4">3.4 Patterns</A> <LI><A HREF="chap_03.html#SEC5">3.5 Painting Modes</A> <UL> <LI><A HREF="chap_03.html#SEC51">3.5.1 Continuous</A> <LI><A HREF="chap_03.html#SEC52">3.5.2 Opacity</A> <LI><A HREF="chap_03.html#SEC53">3.5.3 Tint</A> <LI><A HREF="chap_03.html#SEC54">3.5.4 Colour Selection</A> <LI><A HREF="chap_03.html#SEC55">3.5.5 Mask</A> <LI><A HREF="chap_03.html#SEC56">3.5.6 Gradient</A> <UL> <LI><A HREF="chap_03.html#SEC561">3.5.6.1 Placed Gradients</A> <LI><A HREF="chap_03.html#SEC562">3.5.6.2 Stroke Gradients</A> <LI><A HREF="chap_03.html#SEC563">3.5.6.3 Custom Gradients</A> <LI><A HREF="chap_03.html#SEC564">3.5.6.4 Utility Channel Gradients</A> <LI><A HREF="chap_03.html#SEC565">3.5.6.5 Shapeburst Gradients</A> </UL> <LI><A HREF="chap_03.html#SEC57">3.5.7 Blend</A> <P></P> </UL> </UL> <LI><A HREF="chap_04.html">4. The Selection Tool</A> <UL> <LI><A HREF="chap_04.html#SEC1">4.1 Rectangle Selections</A> <LI><A HREF="chap_04.html#SEC2">4.2 Polygon Selections</A> <LI><A HREF="chap_04.html#SEC3">4.3 The Lasso</A> <LI><A HREF="chap_04.html#SEC4">4.4 Masking Colours</A> <LI><A HREF="chap_04.html#SEC5">4.5 Alpha Blending</A> <UL> <LI><A HREF="chap_04.html#SEC51">4.5.1 Single Colour Variation</A> </UL> <LI><A HREF="chap_04.html#SEC6">4.6 Multiple Clipboards</A> <LI><A HREF="chap_04.html#SEC7">4.7 Brush Pasting</A> <LI><A HREF="chap_04.html#SEC8">4.8 Ramps</A> <LI><A HREF="chap_04.html#SEC9">4.9 Paste Swap</A> <P></P> </UL> <LI><A HREF="chap_05.html">5. Image Viewing</A> <UL> <LI><A HREF="chap_05.html#SEC1">5.1 Zooming and Panning</A> <UL> <LI><A HREF="chap_05.html#SEC11">5.1.1 Zooming to a Particular Area</A> </UL> <LI><A HREF="chap_05.html#SEC2">5.2 Full View Mode</A> <LI><A HREF="chap_05.html#SEC3">5.3 Image File List</A> <LI><A HREF="chap_05.html#SEC4">5.4 The View Window</A> <LI><A HREF="chap_05.html#SEC5">5.5 Image Tracing</A> <LI><A HREF="chap_05.html#SEC6">5.6 Zoom Grid</A> <LI><A HREF="chap_05.html#SEC7">5.7 Dock Pane</A> <P></P> </UL> <LI><A HREF="chap_06.html">6. Image Manipulation</A> <UL> <LI><A HREF="chap_06.html#SEC1">6.1 Cropping</A> <LI><A HREF="chap_06.html#SEC2">6.2 Scaling</A> <UL> <LI><A HREF="chap_06.html#SEC21">6.2.1 Gamma Correction</A> </UL> <LI><A HREF="chap_06.html#SEC3">6.3 Rotating</A> <LI><A HREF="chap_06.html#SEC4">6.4 Resizing the Canvas</A> <UL> <LI><A HREF="chap_06.html#SEC41">6.4.1 Tile Effects</A> </UL> <LI><A HREF="chap_06.html#SEC5">6.5 Adjusting the Image Gamma, Brightness, Contrast, Saturation, Hue</A> <LI><A HREF="chap_06.html#SEC6">6.6 Applying Effects</A> <UL> <LI><A HREF="chap_06.html#SEC61">6.6.1 Bacteria</A> <LI><A HREF="chap_06.html#SEC62">6.6.2 Greyscale</A> <LI><A HREF="chap_06.html#SEC63">6.6.3 Unsharp Mask</A> <LI><A HREF="chap_06.html#SEC64">6.6.4 Gaussian Blur</A> <LI><A HREF="chap_06.html#SEC65">6.6.5 Kuwahara-Nagao Blur</A> <LI><A HREF="chap_06.html#SEC66">6.6.6 Edge Detection</A> </UL> <LI><A HREF="chap_06.html#SEC7">6.7 Isometric Transformations</A> <LI><A HREF="chap_06.html#SEC8">6.8 Converting an RGB Image to Indexed Palette</A> <UL> <LI><A HREF="chap_06.html#SEC81">6.8.1 The Palette</A> <LI><A HREF="chap_06.html#SEC82">6.8.2 The Pixels</A> <LI><A HREF="chap_06.html#SEC83">6.8.3 Examples</A> <LI><A HREF="chap_06.html#SEC84">6.8.4 Tricks and Tips</A> <UL> <LI><A HREF="chap_06.html#SEC841">6.8.4.1 Saturation</A> <LI><A HREF="chap_06.html#SEC842">6.8.4.2 Manually Selecting Colours</A> <LI><A HREF="chap_06.html#SEC843">6.8.4.3 Dithering Settings</A> </UL> </UL> <LI><A HREF="chap_06.html#SEC9">6.9 Skewing</A> <LI><A HREF="chap_06.html#SEC10">6.10 Segmentation</A> <UL> <LI><A HREF="chap_06.html#SEC101">6.10.1 Object extraction</A> <P></P> </UL> </UL> <LI><A HREF="chap_07.html">7. Channels</A> <UL> <LI><A HREF="chap_07.html#SEC1">7.1 Alpha</A> <UL> <LI><A HREF="chap_07.html#SEC11">7.1.1 Coupling RGBA Operations</A> <LI><A HREF="chap_07.html#SEC12">7.1.2 Unassociate Alpha</A> </UL> <LI><A HREF="chap_07.html#SEC2">7.2 Selection</A> <LI><A HREF="chap_07.html#SEC3">7.3 Mask</A> <LI><A HREF="chap_07.html#SEC4">7.4 File Handling</A> <LI><A HREF="chap_07.html#SEC5">7.5 Tricks and Tips</A> <UL> <LI><A HREF="chap_07.html#SEC51">7.5.1 Converting a Colour Transparency to an Alpha Transparency</A> <LI><A HREF="chap_07.html#SEC52">7.5.2 Converting an Alpha Transparency to a Colour Transparency</A> <LI><A HREF="chap_07.html#SEC53">7.5.3 Separating a Red, Green or Blue Channel</A> <LI><A HREF="chap_07.html#SEC54">7.5.4 Adding a Red, Green or Blue Channel</A> <LI><A HREF="chap_07.html#SEC55">7.5.5 Converting Red, Green or Blue into any Other Colour</A> <LI><A HREF="chap_07.html#SEC56">7.5.6 Adding or Subtracting Masks</A> <LI><A HREF="chap_07.html#SEC57">7.5.7 Creating a Mask from a Single Colour</A> <LI><A HREF="chap_07.html#SEC58">7.5.8 Cutting out Text Shapes from a Photo</A> <LI><A HREF="chap_07.html#SEC59">7.5.9 Creating Text Cut Outs for Web Pages</A> <LI><A HREF="chap_07.html#SEC510">7.5.10 Feathered Edges</A> <LI><A HREF="chap_07.html#SEC511">7.5.11 Outlined Edges</A> <LI><A HREF="chap_07.html#SEC512">7.5.12 Partial Masking</A> <LI><A HREF="chap_07.html#SEC513">7.5.13 Magic Wand Selections</A> <LI><A HREF="chap_07.html#SEC514">7.5.14 Colour Replacement</A> <P></P> </UL> </UL> <LI><A HREF="chap_08.html">8. Layers</A> <UL> <LI><A HREF="chap_08.html#SEC1">8.1 Creating</A> <UL> <LI><A HREF="chap_08.html#SEC11">8.1.1 Drag 'n' Drop</A> </UL> <LI><A HREF="chap_08.html#SEC2">8.2 Manipulating</A> <UL> <LI><A HREF="chap_08.html#SEC21">8.2.1 Communal undo space</A> </UL> <LI><A HREF="chap_08.html#SEC3">8.3 Examples</A> <LI><A HREF="chap_08.html#SEC4">8.4 Tricks and Tips</A> <UL> <LI><A HREF="chap_08.html#SEC41">8.4.1 Creating a Scrapbook using Layers</A> <LI><A HREF="chap_08.html#SEC42">8.4.2 Gradient Stencils</A> <P></P> </UL> </UL> <LI><A HREF="chap_09.html">9. Animation</A> <UL> <LI><A HREF="chap_09.html#SEC1">9.1 Loading Animated GIF Files</A> <LI><A HREF="chap_09.html#SEC2">9.2 Creating Animated GIF Files</A> <LI><A HREF="chap_09.html#SEC3">9.3 Animating Layers</A> <UL> <LI><A HREF="chap_09.html#SEC31">9.3.1 Preparation of Ideas</A> <LI><A HREF="chap_09.html#SEC32">9.3.2 Project Initializing</A> <LI><A HREF="chap_09.html#SEC33">9.3.3 Setting up Positions and Cycle Data</A> <LI><A HREF="chap_09.html#SEC34">9.3.4 Exporting Frames for GIF or MPEG Encoding</A> <LI><A HREF="chap_09.html#SEC35">9.3.5 Extra Notes</A> </UL> <LI><A HREF="chap_09.html#SEC4">9.4 Indexed Palette Animation Examples</A> <LI><A HREF="chap_09.html#SEC5">9.5 RGB Animation Examples</A> <LI><A HREF="chap_09.html#SEC6">9.6 Palette Shifting</A> <P></P> </UL> <LI><A HREF="chap_A.html">A. Miscellaneous</A> <UL> <LI><A HREF="chap_A.html#SEC1">A.1 Shortcuts</A> <LI><A HREF="chap_A.html#SEC2">A.2 Supported File Types</A> <UL> <LI><A HREF="chap_A.html#SEC21">A.2.1 PNG Files</A> <LI><A HREF="chap_A.html#SEC22">A.2.2 JPEG 2000 Files</A> <UL> <LI><A HREF="chap_A.html#SEC221">A.2.2.1 Lossy Image Comparison - JPEG vs JP2</A> <LI><A HREF="chap_A.html#SEC222">A.2.2.2 Lossless Image Comparison - PNG vs JP2</A> </UL> </UL> <LI><A HREF="chap_A.html#SEC3">A.3 Grabbing Screenshots</A> <LI><A HREF="chap_A.html#SEC4">A.4 Preferences</A> <UL> <LI><A HREF="chap_A.html#SEC41">A.4.1 Touch Sensitive Tablets</A> <LI><A HREF="chap_A.html#SEC42">A.4.2 Localized Translations</A> </UL> <LI><A HREF="chap_A.html#SEC5">A.5 Limitations</A> <LI><A HREF="chap_A.html#SEC6">A.6 Customizing mtPaint</A> <UL> <LI><A HREF="chap_A.html#SEC61">A.6.1 Creating Patterns</A> <LI><A HREF="chap_A.html#SEC62">A.6.2 Creating Brushes</A> <LI><A HREF="chap_A.html#SEC63">A.6.3 Custom Icons</A> <LI><A HREF="chap_A.html#SEC64">A.6.4 Default Settings</A> </UL> <LI><A HREF="chap_A.html#SEC7">A.7 File Actions</A> <UL> <LI><A HREF="chap_A.html#SEC71">A.7.1 GNU/Linux Systems</A> <LI><A HREF="chap_A.html#SEC72">A.7.2 Windows Systems</A> </UL> <LI><A HREF="chap_A.html#SEC8">A.8 Image Loading and Saving</A> <P></P> </UL> <LI><A HREF="chap_B.html">B. The History of this Document</A> <P></P> <LI><A HREF="chap_C.html">C. The NEWS file from mtPaint</A> <P></P> <LI><A HREF="chap_D.html">D. The README file from mtPaint</A> </UL> <HR NOSHADE SIZE=1> <!-- html code generated by txt2tags 2.5 (http://txt2tags.sf.net) --> <!-- cmdline: txt2tags -t html chap_00.t2t chap_01.t2t chap_02.t2t chap_03.t2t chap_04.t2t chap_05.t2t chap_06.t2t chap_07.t2t chap_08.t2t chap_09.t2t chap_A.t2t chap_B.t2t --> </BODY></HTML>