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greengeek · Posted: Mon 09 Dec 2013, 22:56 Post subject:

On previous versions of mtPaint I can use 'free rotate' if I want to rotate a whole image but do not have the same option with just a portion (selection) of the image. Do any of the recent versions have the ability to free rotate a selection?

don570 · Joined: 10 Mar 2010 Posts: 5524 Location: Ontario

Edit: both new and old versions of mtpaint support free rotate.
What is confusing is the menu that it is under. It is NOT under
'Selection' because it does not effect a selection. It is
under 'Image'

Unfortuately mtpaint rotates the entire document,
however mtpaint acts just on one layer. This has
the benefit of using less RAM but also some effects are
possible as well. For instance use the clipboard to place a
portion of your image in a layer above. (You can
save individual layers)

Now do the effect, like rotation, on the top layer.
Use the clipboard to tranfer a portion down to the original layer.
Delete the top layer if you wish.

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don570 · Joined: 10 Mar 2010 Posts: 5524 Location: Ontario

I made a tutorial on how to make graph paper

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=90727

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don570 · Joined: 10 Mar 2010 Posts: 5524 Location: Ontario

New version 3.44.41 posted

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wjaguar · Joined: 21 Jun 2006 Posts: 359

Puppus Dogfellow · Joined: 07 Jan 2013 Posts: 1669 Location: nyc

i have a set up (dell netbook running 5.7) i can't get any version of mt paint to run on. anyone have any idea what could cause this sort of problem?

wjaguar · Joined: 21 Jun 2006 Posts: 359

don570 · Joined: 10 Mar 2010 Posts: 5524 Location: Ontario

version 3.44.44 posted

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don570 · Joined: 10 Mar 2010 Posts: 5524 Location: Ontario

OOps

Previous version was 3.23.43. This is real version 3.44.44
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Graph paper application finished

http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=90843
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wjaguar · Joined: 21 Jun 2006 Posts: 359

don570 · Joined: 10 Mar 2010 Posts: 5524 Location: Ontario

-applied the patch and checked masking feature. Everything Okay.
Posted the application.

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technosaurus · Joined: 18 May 2008 Posts: 4878 Location: Blue Springs, MO

I just wanted to link back to wjaguars post on theming mtpaint:
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=341827#341827
ttuuxxx also posted some alternate icons for the toolbars. If anyone is interested I can make a tango themed version.

don570 · Joined: 10 Mar 2010 Posts: 5524 Location: Ontario

The one thing about mtpaint that I don't like about the interface is
the icon in the settings window for gradient ----> the wide thin icon

It doesn't show if it is activated very clearly in some themes.

This confuses new users.

Here's a picture of the windows version

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wjaguar · Joined: 21 Jun 2006 Posts: 359

New version 3.44.49 on Github
https://github.com/wjaguar/mtPaint/tree/master

I changed the manner of dock window creation. Seems to be working, but I have dim memory of some GTK+ glitches which were the main reason for choosing the original scheme.
So if someone tested if everything dock-related in this new implementation does indeed work as intended (or found something that does not Smile

) (especially on GTK+1), that would be much appreciated.

P.S.: 01.01.14 - a critical bug fixed, version reuploaded under the same name.

don570 · Joined: 10 Mar 2010 Posts: 5524 Location: Ontario

I've downloaded 3.44.51. I'll compile and report back next week.
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