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188 lines
4.2 KiB
Chalk documentation outline
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Last edited 2006-09-08 (Sander Koning)
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Changelog (of major updates)
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2006-09-08: ASK: add section separators, update for 1.6
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2006-05-28: ASK: split into 1.5 and 1.6 parts
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2006-01-31: ASK: elaborate on parts to be written; consistent spelling
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2006-01-26: ASK: split the "Using Chalk" chapter
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2006-01-21: ASK: update and make consistent
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2006-01-12: ASK: add status, and put in SVN for others to enjoy ;)
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2005-08-31: ASK: adhere to KDE style
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2005-08-30: ASK: initial version
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This document tries to give a suitable outline for Chalk's documentation. It
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is based on the Chalk manual in SVN (koffice/chalk/doc/manual/chalk.kwd) as of
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2005-07-08, the KDE documentation template, and furthermore contains my own
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thoughts about what the documentation for a graphics application such as this
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should look like. Comments, suggestions, ideas etc. are more than welcome.
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Especially the real content still needs a lot of polishing.
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The current outline (working towards 1.6):
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- Introduction
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- What is Chalk
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- Key features
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- Color management
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- File formats
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- About this manual
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- About the application author
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- Tutorial
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- Starting to know Chalk (up to a new document)
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- A small selections and layers tutorial
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- Quick start guides
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- Crop an area and save it as a new image
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- Draw a rectangle on your picture
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- Using tablets
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- [TODO] Fills (colors, patterns and gradients)
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- [TODO] Using tool options (the "Tool" palette)
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- [TODO] Editing image properties (resize, rotate, ...)
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- [TODO] Painting
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- [TODO] Introduction to Chalk's painting model
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- [TODO] Detailed description of tools and options, colors, ...
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- [TODO] Brushes, adding/customising, ...
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- [TODO] ...
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- Viewing
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- Zooming and full screen mode
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- Working with views (multiple and split views)
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- Miscellaneous view options (rulers and grid)
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- Layers
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- General information
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- Layer box
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- Working with layers ([TODO] expand)
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- Adjustment layers ([TODO] expand)
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- [TODO] Layer masks
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- Compositing modes ([TODO] expand)
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- [TODO] Create, transform, combine, histograms, ...
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- Selections
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- Making a selection
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- Painting your selection
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- Unselecting
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- Making a new selection
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- Selecting a contiguous area (magic wand)
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- Selecting similar colors
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- Inverting the selection
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- [TODO] elaborate and extend hugely
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- Filters
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- (all filters)
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- Colorspaces
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- Introduction to colorspaces
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- Available colorspaces
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- [TODO] properties, usage, converting, ...
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- Commands
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- General layout
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- Menus
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- Toolbars
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- Palettes
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- Dialogs
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- Settings
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- Developers' information
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- Scripting
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- Plugins
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- FAQ
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- Credits
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- Installation
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Outline for the 1.5 manual (final as of 2006-05-31):
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- Introduction
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- What is Chalk
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- Key features
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- Color management
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- File formats
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- About this manual
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- About the application author
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- Tutorial
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- Starting to know Chalk (up to a new document)
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- A small selections and layers tutorial
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- Quick start guides
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- Crop an area and save it as a new image
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- Draw a rectangle on you picture
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- Layers
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- General information
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- Adjustment layers ([TODO] elaborate)
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- Selections
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- Making a selection
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- Painting your selection
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- Unselecting
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- Making a new selection
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- Selecting a contiguous area (magic wand)
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- Selecting similar colors
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- Inverting the selection
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- Filters
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- Colorspaces
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- Introduction to colorspaces
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- Available colorspaces
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- Commands ([TODO] make up-to-date)
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- General layout
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- Menus
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- Toolbars
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- Palettes
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- Dialogs
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- Settings
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- Scripting
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- FAQ
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- Credits
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- Installation
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An outline of the manual content as in chalk.kwd:
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- Introduction
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- About the manual
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- About the author
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- Showing Off
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- Intro tutorial
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- On the face of it
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- Layout
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- Menus
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- Files
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- Serious about color
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- Colour theory
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- Selections
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- Creating selections (select, unselect, wand)
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- Messing with images
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- Painting
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- Layers
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- Filters
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- Hacking Chalk
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- Configuring Chalk
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- Help!
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- Help contact info
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