# Bazaar merge directive format 2 (Bazaar 0.90) # revision_id: removemarenhachmannthis@yahoo.com-20160602181222-\ # 4brol4kib40hqm0g # target_branch: bzr+ssh://bazaar.launchpad.net/+branch/inkscape-docs/ # testament_sha1: 7a21f78a04bd86b40a52c8ec5b6dab4d78575681 # timestamp: 2016-06-02 20:12:50 +0200 # base_revision_id: nicoduf@yahoo.fr-20160602053828-o8efw7z3ss24volx # # Begin patch === modified file 'tutorials/tips/tutorial-tips.xml' --- tutorials/tips/tutorial-tips.xml 2014-05-14 14:27:02 +0000 +++ tutorials/tips/tutorial-tips.xml 2016-06-02 18:12:22 +0000 @@ -12,15 +12,15 @@ -Radial placement with Tile Clones +Radial placement with Tiled Clones -It's easy to see how to use the Create Tile Clones dialog for rectangular grids and +It's easy to see how to use the Create Tiled Clones dialog for rectangular grids and patterns. But what if you need radial placement, where objects share a common center of rotation? It's possible too! -If your radial pattern need only have 3, 4, 6, 8, or 12 elements, then you can try the -P3, P31M, P3M1, P4, P4M, P6, or P6M symmetries. These would work nicely for snowflakes +If your radial pattern only needs to have 3, 4, 6, 8, or 12 elements, then you can try the +P3, P31M, P3M1, P4, P4M, P6, or P6M symmetries. These will work nicely for snowflakes and the like. A more general method, however, is as follows. @@ -59,12 +59,12 @@ -In the above examples, the line was rotated around its center. But what if you want the -center to be outside of your shape? Just create an invisible (no fill, no stroke) -rectangle which would cover your shape and whose center is in the point you need, group -the shape and the rectangle together, and then use Create Tile Clones on -that group. This is how you can do nice “explosions” or “starbursts” by randomizing -scale, rotation, and possibly opacity: +In the above examples, the line was rotated around its center. But what if you want the +center to be outside of your shape? Just click on the object twice with the Selector tool +to enter rotation mode. Now move the object's rotation center (represented by a small cross-shaped handle) +to the point you would like to be the center of the rotation for the Tiled Clones operation. +Then use Create Tiled Clones on the object. This is how you can do nice “explosions” +or “starbursts” by randomizing scale, rotation, and possibly opacity:
@@ -105,11 +105,14 @@ non-linear translations between colors). You can, however, emulate them by multistop gradients. -Start with a simple two-stop gradient. Open the Gradient editor (e.g. by -double-clicking on any gradient handle in the Gradient tool). Add a new gradient stop in -the middle; drag it a bit. Then add more stops before and after the middle stop and drag -them too, so that the gradient is smooth. The more stops you add, the smoother you can -make the resulting gradient. Here's the initial black-white gradient with two stops: +Start with a simple two-stop gradient (you can assign that in the Fill and Stroke dialog +or use the gradient tool). Now, with the gradient tool, add a new gradient stop in +the middle; either by double-clicking on the gradient line, or by selecting the square-shaped +gradient stop and clicking on the button Insert new stop in the gradient +tool's tool bar at the top. Drag the new stop a bit. Then add more stops before and after the +middle stop and drag them too, so that the gradient looks smooth. The more stops you add, the +smoother you can make the resulting gradient. Here's the initial black-white gradient with two +stops:
@@ -182,11 +185,11 @@ Changing the rulers' unit of measure In the default template, the unit of measure used by the rulers is px (“SVG user unit”, -in Inkscape it's equal to 0.8pt or 1/90 of the inch). This is also the unit used in +in Inkscape it's equal to about 0.75pt or 1/96 of the inch). This is also the unit used in displaying coordinates at the lower-left corner and preselected in all units menus. (You can always hover your mouse over a ruler to see the tooltip with the units it uses.) To change this, open Document Properties -(Shift+Ctrl+D) and change the Default units on the +(Shift+Ctrl+D) and change the Display units on the Page tab. @@ -214,7 +217,7 @@ Double click with the left mouse button -Select the Pen tool from the toolbar +Click with the right mouse button Select another tool @@ -260,7 +263,7 @@ Document Preferences) and set the grid to 0.5 px (48x48 gridlines). Now, if you align filled objects to even gridlines, and stroked objects to odd gridlines with the stroke width in px being an even -number, and export it at the default 90dpi (so that 1 px becomes 1 bitmap pixel), you +number, and export it at the default 96dpi (so that 1 px becomes 1 bitmap pixel), you get a crisp bitmap image without unneeded antialiasing. @@ -268,8 +271,8 @@ Object rotation -When in the Select tool, click on an object to see the scaling arrows, -then click again on the object to see the rotation and shift arrows. If +When in the Selector tool, click on an object to see the scaling arrows, +then click again on the object to see the rotation and skew arrows. If the arrows at the corners are clicked and dragged, the object will rotate around the center (shown as a cross mark). If you hold down the Shift key while doing this, the rotation will occur around the opposite corner. You can also drag the @@ -339,12 +342,15 @@ PostScript or EPS formats do not support transparency, so you should never use it if you are going to export to PS/EPS. In the case of flat transparency which overlays flat color, it's easy to fix it: Select one of the -transparent objects; switch to the Dropper tool (F7); make sure it's in -the “pick visible color without alpha” mode; click on that same object. That will pick +transparent objects; switch to the Dropper tool (F7 or d); +make sure that the Opacity: Pick button in the dropper tool's tool bar +is deactivated; click on that same object. That will pick the visible color and assign it back to the object, but this time without transparency. Repeat for all transparent objects. If your transparent object overlays several flat color areas, you will need to break it correspondingly into pieces and -apply this procedure to each piece. +apply this procedure to each piece. Note that the dropper tool does not change the opacity +value of the object, but only the alpha value of its fill or stroke color, so make sure that +every object's opacity value is set to 100% before you start out. # Begin bundle IyBCYXphYXIgcmV2aXNpb24gYnVuZGxlIHY0CiMKQlpoOTFBWSZTWQodbJcAAvhf4QAQUu///99z 3IC////wQAAABhAAYAjH3acm3KQO84Kd61sU06qttvbbPd4NCaTU9NEaYU8SZiU0/SRvU1D1ADQe mhPUAaaIJghpNGhEn6aUeSep6jQMjIAAaA1PSYRNTCCelGQGm0magDIBoAAYSFJoj1Gk9KZDTTEG j1NAPUBkNAAGhxkyZMRiYATJgmQA0YRgCGASJBNEmaAaU8UzUwptRpgTQGgAZBo1Vnw7vcfHl8e6 nM/8X/QYXayQ77DS5E0yLRSRFUYBuNiMvwe6RVdnlwzRiEDDDERiu5Ceejlq5dS1f1K+Nj+bJo+L dv6b2Ngtk6C4silu2V+enOUWZycPhgRN5N3Q58qJrZyqHsnBYLQ7rdxGHfC6WRM8E7fCAWE0B8SS eQiviDmgkLibPA2auhr4Yu87bWnrNmyQPEWa/9MongM45y8327j35DmxtyHYBi+h8dxRbMguhc3Y aYrxzmrFF2RXaj5kZmT5XWW2K0KWGLhwVLc5SYpEyqLblvzZqY0dMxIED1ORxwOYKnCL5SLcIEat CeLh2blfpPjhUvkC8ktSmTrphGOlCzSEdtaMVUPI2+7ENbUKFXGtLOJu+suYLuEkUbbhXTAdkS4w VLUZIquu0CzMLsfzAcEMTF6zhRRtEOurVCgkG/bPBl0YXaK5VMItvXDLdSntJDIMjAfEMu0wPQt7 RYjmT5S7VZswai0b5WlYP7e6w4+FA0AOgTvTmEmMcdck7nzyr5p3UnTGzSmYy0Oco43vOka6rxeX G3uEe7Ttxn2crAGLwxggJBziAW/kglptRTQU83puwVxJklcZ+R8ditXyisLIInQ+kwTN69By9UPA s6jZvTIJhIZvT2DvwgPJDrSWefbjeV670Es79UChs73U56GbvZxW1XHO2UQZks+yJ+9cG2govKSu V80srClMWmDuTLUjMzjgrzs2Hy32A9DnyAotFk79OG9TuGfWEClgJneisRNNRwhXB+Ypol40oqyK gb/6CXaxTCHAjQuc8bNzcI8O0B9TQWqEXOATZNeWkguyjld+guyNEbCr0UXek9SXhxMmvNAKoA+O MttWjIEvvBJ2rgkajAGosj+EF7JIuzleNN+WSfhV4ePNLTLiMWogUJqNz0u6QOYOpdiQFywn161q nkj75hTgk47rDmOu7IUp6PjBq2iiy82jkU0tkoYBpyPBRHFQHqW36dt+47iE34fCG2SHlHtCSRvl 0Y2zFHxTsUWpttNNlJyteOmKWwJpaZ0aow2nvHCsgXDknDlwcXJVYYRKMYwjQPd3rI0e2RUIRy7D 0emVDuv/KyWSJziii37sRJj6oDwSPdxV/qX2P523Nl4z3LDbt/CyueeBF4jVJlZAS9cVBUWXpMe3 dhq9+CUxZ1Q6o39VWiTG4kd9dk4Rpv79F79mC3ieo1aCR61CM7PYgey1x5u4XjGq4DJJeHsy8+7k dZYOgiDuNJu17JbLGLjl0KTJgSYSG02LZcN+ugT1JaOuj2I3641EWa0NDOq4MGn1ygc8de7ymNyo n5TDXRTEdLsFNZ9FnPHfBIYixjg57XJ+RrNg8yI6I8z2NLgmdcoPa2ymUIrdA7M1AHUsLrvKJhUU BE6+MVs0LAxlI6YdHkvcRkxZVy69hS8FXZZjrDQ/KxBoplFaLnA6ZqkoExZ5x028wBCiLkoGIXjs 212cnpjyyidMhBcRmkb4bres8u9Rl/Aw1ZdaUbMkptg0uANhxcN31LMsq0CeVmHBLq2/sV/qqxan SvXje6occ4AzfgjvB4DOS/+nFHBBH9pQJEThWOo9+Ne4BbGGW4QHZTpL10oTwYy3gZu1jS7BRZsK NyTgaIqWDBixK5HmabY32cwmlWZJUMWj+6QhKGAYsj4uE+9kAVsBikWIxF44Z8RK81vI6JjOwWrR rJ39oS+EKcg9fyXcX0naAIMkoYMVdC4qwPskwjEUZUGBYdAEYU4mDBG9F312yvqjM2GMBab1JtLx D4S8j9GurFzpeUqS49gU38cd9b0Fy8jS3HBdz9qv96OCPWLoF5zwjWQYszRBUkHJhqciGD3AWAcE gwF76eN3Lu7mNIubeFkjCkV0r+mslQq2ueaRUKY2nwTrpcI6VXVu0u+Uxf4J5s727hHMDZZLJY4k jDptvfV1Sp9SYj7XPQMM6VrFo72O7W6Ohc2443j4KFTbIMK3kCjL4niwGyAYJkpo+mFJKaqlI8eo LVd8XmYDDGtLs6UYXtBik1GGuLj5N5K3HFBjdrmkYrOg13bo6wlNHM40LJDFXwTAuaRmLaFHEmLu WChS7spF0EaS0SvCBFEZDcNZWAlUcBphYklS0tkC+WpckGrCkjN16BwBbEc4iaDaqLEsEBT3zl48 e1xQ9shJBNJjTSIEojpFyyXrBZs/DXRv3jB9b01yFhqtMAkkjtSkhG20xtvgEBO7oI8ddwcKZ7Wo sE5S8CvzH6D15VEvRvi/oooKEeXnuzg9SkJMlwmDbtw+GQTL4ARvrVgVBqgQcNbBp/sIkmmUiab0 ghI5IpPiVZy1LI4zDsSMEorirymgG5BG7tlB59soLXuWAa6yotUGTOD6Vk0vWmK8M29kAMyBW4C8 YMyYGubKJqMcbaOFIjqqU4JssjIX5iYN0Mrkb2ccZWCimgHPVtwvcj04hX3JxWVzazM1Gs12FaSQ G1oBuUoqlaU9W0toqLv3zO/vreupGdob0JpQ1rQ2FBhuDSq1qxWKp8YWNJ4KTl0qVs75knJhOApI DeDuqIwMR5ltxyzV1ByewIlJ7invVvxXmAWSzJAc86xQCyc0H0oSjGslmI920MmKDLjt4YmlvaqI w3CvA24SFtytwz+pGAiuk77Ay+Kz4mUU2Z+jpDpCxpP+LuSKcKEgFDrZLg==