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2000-12-19 Michael Natterer <mitch@gimp.org> * yes-i-patched-them-all-again ... Pre 1.2 Version 4
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NAME="MAIN-INTERFACE"
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>The Main Interface</A
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> When you first see <SPAN
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>GIMP</SPAN
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>'s interface,
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you may think it looks very strange because it consists of several
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windows and makes use of <SPAN
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>right</SPAN
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> click
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menus to access much of <SPAN
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>GIMP</SPAN
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>'s power.
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> The <SPAN
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CLASS="APPLICATION"
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>GIMP</SPAN
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> interface has two main windows
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— the <A
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>Toolbox</SPAN
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and the <A
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CLASS="INTERFACE"
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>Image
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Window</SPAN
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> as well as a myriad of other windows
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such as the <SPAN
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>Color Palette</SPAN
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<SPAN
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>Layers Dialog</SPAN
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><A
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>The <SPAN
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CLASS="INTERFACE"
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>ToolBox</SPAN
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> Probably the window that is most central to the use of
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<SPAN
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CLASS="APPLICATION"
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>GIMP</SPAN
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> is the <A
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><SPAN
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>ToolBox</SPAN
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>Figure 2-1. The ToolBox</B
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toolbox"
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> The <SPAN
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>toolbox</SPAN
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> consists of the menu bar with
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the entries <SPAN
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>File</SPAN
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>, <SPAN
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>Xtns</SPAN
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>Help</SPAN
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>, the tools buttons which are the set of
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square buttons in <A
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HREF="main_interface.html#MAIN-INTERFACE-TOOLBOX-PNG"
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>Figure 2-1</A
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the <SPAN
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>color selector</SPAN
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> which is at the bottom
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left, and the <SPAN
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>tools status</SPAN
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which are at the bottom right.
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> Almost all the tools in the <SPAN
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>toolbox</SPAN
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options which you can configure to define how the tool operates.
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You can access the options either by double clicking on the
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tool's icon, or by clicking <SPAN
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> Tool Options
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> on the submenu <SPAN
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>Dialogs</SPAN
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of the <SPAN
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>File</SPAN
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> menu.
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>Figure 2-2. Tool Options</B
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><A
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>The <SPAN
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>Image Window</SPAN
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> The other window which you will need to use all the time is
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the <A
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><SPAN
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>Image
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Window</SPAN
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>. This is where your drawing space
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is, and it also contains several additional features and the
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menu from which most of <SPAN
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functions can be accessed.
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>Figure 2-3. The <SPAN
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>Figure 2-3</A
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> shows the
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<SPAN
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>Image Window</SPAN
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> created by the default
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settings. When you first start, no image window will be open
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because no images are open. To create a new image, click
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>New...</SPAN
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> from the
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<SPAN
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>File</SPAN
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> menu.
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> The white section of <A
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>Figure 2-3</A
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> is the area in which
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you create your image. The image above is 256 x 256 pixels. If
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your image is larger, you may need to use the scrollbars at the
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right and bottom of the image area to view the whole image. At
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the top and left of the image there are rulers which allow you
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to see where the cursor is. Your location is also shown as
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coordinates in the bottom left corner.
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> Probably the most important feature of the <SPAN
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>Image
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Window</SPAN
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>Image Menu</SPAN
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HREF="main_interface.html#MAIN-INTERFACE-IMAGE-MENU-PNG"
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>Figure 2-4</A
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>). This menu can be
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accessed either by <SPAN
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>left</SPAN
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> -clicking the
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<SPAN
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>arrow</SPAN
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> at top left corner, or by
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>right</SPAN
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> -clicking anywhere in the
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drawing area. A menu will pop-up with various entries on it. If
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you don't want to keep clicking to bring up this (or any other)
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menu, you can click the <SPAN
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>dotted line</SPAN
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>
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at the top of the menu to activate the tear-off feature and it
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will gain its own window which you can leave open while you
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work.
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