From 698569f8428ca088f764d704034a1330517b98c0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: tpearson Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2011 00:41:16 +0000 Subject: Finish rebranding of Krita as Chalk git-svn-id: svn://anonsvn.kde.org/home/kde/branches/trinity/applications/koffice@1238363 283d02a7-25f6-0310-bc7c-ecb5cbfe19da --- doc/chalk/tutorial-select-layer.docbook | 263 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 263 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/chalk/tutorial-select-layer.docbook (limited to 'doc/chalk/tutorial-select-layer.docbook') diff --git a/doc/chalk/tutorial-select-layer.docbook b/doc/chalk/tutorial-select-layer.docbook new file mode 100644 index 00000000..65a7b6ee --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/chalk/tutorial-select-layer.docbook @@ -0,0 +1,263 @@ + +A Small selections and layers tutorial + + + +The starting image + + + + + +The starting image + +The starting image + + + + +The image above is the image we will work with. Start chalk with this +image (in the documentation folder +$KDEDIR/share/doc/HTML/en/chalk/tutorial-select-layer-sample.png) +and save it to your Home folder (by choosing Save Image As...). + +Then open it in &chalk; — your screen will look a bit like this (we have +zoomed in): + + + +Chalk with the starting image + + + + + +The starting image + +The starting image + + + + +Now try to select the outline of the head with the Select Outline tool: + + + +The Select Outline tool + + + + + +The Select Outline tool + +The Select Outline tool + + + + +After you select it, it should look a bit like this picture: + + + +The picture after selecting the head + + + + + +The picture after selecting the head + +The picture after selecting the head + + + + +If you accidently select too much, you can cut that part easily off by switching the tool to Subtract mode: + + + +The Subtract mode + + + + + +The Subtract mode + +The Subtract mode + + + + +Now it's time to make the edges of the selection a bit fuzzy. This can be done by applying Feather to the selection. + + + +Feather selection + + + + + +Feather selection + +Feather selection + + + + +Now cut the selection, using +EditCut. +Delete the current layer with +LayerRemove +Layer. Paste your selection, with +EditPaste. +Now we give ourselves a bit more room to work in by resizing the image a bit. +Use the ImageChange Image +Size... dialog for this. + + + +The Image Size dialog + + + + + +The Image Size dialog + +The Image Size dialog + + + + +Add a new layer, and place it below the old layer. You do this by selecting +the new layer in the layerbox, and then pressing the little 'down' arrow at the bottom. +Now we are going to select the area around the head with a contiguous select +(the tool has a selection-with-bucketfill icon at the border). + + + +The Select Contiguous tool + + + + + +The Select Contiguous tool + +The Select Contiguous tool + + + + +Make sure to select Sample merged in the tool options: + + + +The Sample merged option + + + + + +The Sample merged option + +The Sample merged option + + + + +Feather the selection again, and invert it. +Select the Contiguous Fill tool (this is a different tool than +the Contiguous Select tool) and use it on the layer. + + + +The Contiguous Fill tool + + + + + +The Contiguous Fill tool + +The Contiguous Fill tool + + + + +Deselect with SelectDeselect. +You'll notice some artefacts of the feathering at the sides. You can select them easily with a rectangular selection and then cut them. + + + +The Select Rectangular tool + + + + + +The Select Rectangular tool + +The Select Rectangular tool + + + + +Move the shadow layer a bit down and to the right to make it look nice. + + + +Moving the shadow layer + + + + + +Moving the shadow layer + +Moving the shadow layer + + + + +Now you can use the Crop tool to make the image better fit around the head. + + + +The Crop tool + + + + + +The Crop tool + +The Crop tool + + + + +Save the image, and you're done :-) + + + +The resulting image + + + + + +The resulting image + +The resulting image + + + + +Thanks go to Bart Coppens for providing this tutorial. The original is available at http://www.bartcoppens.be/chalk/hackergotchi.html. + + + -- cgit v1.2.1