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<chapter id="images">
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<title>Images</title>
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<para>
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Creating and modifying images is one of &chalk;'s core functionalities. While
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most of the other chapters in this manual focus on the things you can do when
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painting or editing, this chapter shows you what you can do with respect to
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the images themselves.
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</para>
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<sect1 id="images-files">
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<title>Working with files</title>
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<para>
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Unless you are doing some quick sketching, working with &chalk; will most
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likely involve files. You can open existing images — &chalk; can work
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with a large number of file formats, see <link
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linkend="introduction-keyfeatures-imageformats">Image formats</link> —
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or start &chalk; to create a new one. When you are done or if you want to
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continue at a later time, you can easily save your work.
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</para>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry><term>Opening existing files</term>
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<listitem><para>When you start &chalk;, you can open an existing image with
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the <guibutton>Open Existing Document</guibutton> button at the lower left of
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the opening dialog. You can also use the
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<menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Open</guimenuitem></menuchoice>
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menu option (<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>O</keycap></keycombo>).
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This will bring up the <guilabel>Open Document</guilabel> dialog in which you
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can choose an image to open. The opening dialog and the
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<guimenu>File</guimenu> menu also contain a list of the most recently used
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files for quick access.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term>Saving your work in progress</term>
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<listitem><para>With the
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<menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Save</guimenuitem></menuchoice>
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and <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Save As...</guimenuitem></menuchoice>
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menu options (or their respective shortcuts <keycombo
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action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>S</keycap></keycombo> and <keycombo
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action="simul">&Ctrl;&Shift;<keycap>S</keycap></keycombo>), you can save your
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work. The former option will save the modifications to the current image, the
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latter option will show the <guilabel>Save Document</guilabel> dialog in which
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you can give a new file name for the image. If this is the first time you save
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the image, <guimenuitem>Save</guimenuitem> will ask for a file name as well.
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</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term>Creating a new image</term>
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<listitem><para>From the opening dialog (available via the
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<menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>New</guimenuitem></menuchoice>
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menu option or the <keycombo
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action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>N</keycap></keycombo> keys), you can create a
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fully custom document or choose one of the image templates. These templates
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offer a quick way of creating a new image. See the <link
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linkend="tutorial-starting">Starting to know &chalk;</link> tutorial.
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</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</sect1>
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</chapter>
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