mtPaint - Simple paint tutorial
mtPaint - Simple paint tutorial
Fine business on your "mtPaint - Simple paint tutorial"don570 ! ,which I use both mtpaint and Gimp in trying to make small pictorial "How to" files for doing
basic functions in Puppy. This to my way of thinking is the way to go to inform
those like myself who are less informed on the ins and outs of Puppy Linux.Keep up the good work ! cheers
basic functions in Puppy. This to my way of thinking is the way to go to inform
those like myself who are less informed on the ins and outs of Puppy Linux.Keep up the good work ! cheers
I'm working on a tutorial to show how to put the head in a polygon.
I'll make a video with this script.
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Here is my first try at a video. I'll try a second time with better
audio from http://www.fromtexttospeech.com/
http://www.datafilehost.com/d/189547fc
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I'll make a video with this script.
Let us make a polygon.
Open image file.
Show settings toolbar.
R G B image
Make a polygon shape with the polygon tool.
Copy shape to clipboard.
Create a new layer using the clipboard.
Choose Edit mask.
Make a rectangular selection around the head.
Choose Fill ellipse
Choose Gaussian blur two.
Choose edit selection.
Choose Gaussian blur one.
Choose edit image.
Right-click paint bucket.
Increase to Two hundred.
Paint with paint bucket tool.
Select all and copy to clipboard.
Paste into a new document.
The End.
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Here is my first try at a video. I'll try a second time with better
audio from http://www.fromtexttospeech.com/
http://www.datafilehost.com/d/189547fc
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A small change is all that is needed to make the star's color a color gradient.
Make sure that a radial gradient is chosen.
Color a red Color B yellow
To show the transparency as checkerboard pattern---> copy and
choose from the menu....
Edit > Paste in New Layer
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Make sure that a radial gradient is chosen.
Color a red Color B yellow
To show the transparency as checkerboard pattern---> copy and
choose from the menu....
Edit > Paste in New Layer
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To make a crude polygon border a scaling can be used rather than cutting
a selection. Here's how I did it...
- open an image document
-make a star pattern with polygon selection tool
-copy the clipboard (Ctrl-C)
-Make a new layer
Layers > New Layer (from Clipboard)
Channels > Edit Selection
To remove jagged edges do a gaussian blur of one or two
Return back to editing the image
Channels > Edit Image
Set all (Ctrl-A)
-copy the clipboard (Ctrl-C)
Edit > Save Clipboard > 1
Scale the image to be bigger by going to the menu...
Image > Scale
To remove jagged edges do a gaussian blur of one or two
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Return back to editing the image by going to the menu...
Channels > Edit Image
To make the polygon region bigger
Image > Scale Canvas
Right-click the paintbucket icon. Set tolerance to 200.
Using paintbucket tool fill document with a color (or gradient color)
by clicking with paintbucket tool in yellow area.
Load the previous smaller polygon by going to the menu...
Edit > Load Clipboard > 1
You may move the selection if desired.
Make sure that selection is dropped in document.
Select all (Ctrl-A)
-copy to the clipboard (Ctrl-C)
Make a new layer by going to the menu...
Edit > Paste to New Layer
Important note: Do not use the layers' menu
Save this layer to a file (PNG format with no transparency).
Now open the file in another paint program that supports PNG.
and transparency is shown by checkerboard pattern around the polygon region. Final result...
a selection. Here's how I did it...
- open an image document
-make a star pattern with polygon selection tool
-copy the clipboard (Ctrl-C)
-Make a new layer
Layers > New Layer (from Clipboard)
Channels > Edit Selection
To remove jagged edges do a gaussian blur of one or two
Return back to editing the image
Channels > Edit Image
Set all (Ctrl-A)
-copy the clipboard (Ctrl-C)
Edit > Save Clipboard > 1
Scale the image to be bigger by going to the menu...
Image > Scale
To remove jagged edges do a gaussian blur of one or two
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Return back to editing the image by going to the menu...
Channels > Edit Image
To make the polygon region bigger
Image > Scale Canvas
Right-click the paintbucket icon. Set tolerance to 200.
Using paintbucket tool fill document with a color (or gradient color)
by clicking with paintbucket tool in yellow area.
Load the previous smaller polygon by going to the menu...
Edit > Load Clipboard > 1
You may move the selection if desired.
Make sure that selection is dropped in document.
Select all (Ctrl-A)
-copy to the clipboard (Ctrl-C)
Make a new layer by going to the menu...
Edit > Paste to New Layer
Important note: Do not use the layers' menu
Save this layer to a file (PNG format with no transparency).
Now open the file in another paint program that supports PNG.
and transparency is shown by checkerboard pattern around the polygon region. Final result...
mtPaint - Simple paint tutorial
@don570 :don ,for some reason I can't load a clipboard ? Can you explain what my problem may be.Thanks
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I have just discovered the wonderful tracing feature. it has been in
mtpaint since at least 3.40 but I didn't know about it
To start the tracing , load a photo into mtpaint.
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Tip: create a new palette that will help reproduce the original flesh tones.
Palette > Create Quantized
This palette can be save to disk and used in other layers as well.
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Next go to menu...
View > Tracing Image ...
Settings should be
Image
Offset about negative 200 pixels (i.e. move copy to the left)
Scale one
Tick box to see the result
Click the apply button to see a second copy image appear to left of original
Adjust the offset values to show the second image properly.
Create a second layer by selecting from menu
Layers > New layer
Layers Settings: Make black the transparent color and click
'Show all layers' box so image underneath can be seen.
Start painting with paint brush. Dab on some flesh colors
and use smear brush ( see image)
Paint with the color black to make the lower photo poke through.
Here is the top layer that has been saved . The transparent region
will allow the man's suit to show.
For a more interesting background use the paint brush with the gradient
turned on.
Note : Gradient settings--->
Length = 50 Type = Linear Color A = blue Color B = white
Save composite file . Here is final image...
mtpaint since at least 3.40 but I didn't know about it
To start the tracing , load a photo into mtpaint.
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Tip: create a new palette that will help reproduce the original flesh tones.
Palette > Create Quantized
This palette can be save to disk and used in other layers as well.
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Next go to menu...
View > Tracing Image ...
Settings should be
Image
Offset about negative 200 pixels (i.e. move copy to the left)
Scale one
Tick box to see the result
Click the apply button to see a second copy image appear to left of original
Adjust the offset values to show the second image properly.
Create a second layer by selecting from menu
Layers > New layer
Layers Settings: Make black the transparent color and click
'Show all layers' box so image underneath can be seen.
Start painting with paint brush. Dab on some flesh colors
and use smear brush ( see image)
Paint with the color black to make the lower photo poke through.
Here is the top layer that has been saved . The transparent region
will allow the man's suit to show.
For a more interesting background use the paint brush with the gradient
turned on.
Note : Gradient settings--->
Length = 50 Type = Linear Color A = blue Color B = white
Save composite file . Here is final image...
Last edited by don570 on Sat 19 Jul 2014, 18:55, edited 1 time in total.
mtPaint - Simple paint tutorial
Thanks don570 for the info.I am still searching for the anomalies of the "clipboard" difficulties.After doing a fresh install of RSHs Lazy Puppy 202 ,and it's resident mtPaint 3.44.03 ,still no joy can I find I guess I will be required to continue using a combination of Gimp and mtPaint for "layering" as in simple tutorials like : [/url]http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... =94701[url] but no worries as there are many roads to a destination cheers
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=94701
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=94701
I'm running the latest mtpaint 3.44.78.
Questions:
1) does the "create arrow", as documented in the manual, still work? If yes, how to do it? I activated the ruler tool, click to start the line, and then what to do? I pressed "A" (or "a") and nothing seems to happen.
2) the manual also talks about a cool feature of using the undo-buffer to capture multiple screenshots and save them in one go. How exactly to use this feature (if it still works in the latest mtpaint)?
Thank you.
Questions:
1) does the "create arrow", as documented in the manual, still work? If yes, how to do it? I activated the ruler tool, click to start the line, and then what to do? I pressed "A" (or "a") and nothing seems to happen.
2) the manual also talks about a cool feature of using the undo-buffer to capture multiple screenshots and save them in one go. How exactly to use this feature (if it still works in the latest mtpaint)?
Thank you.
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Ah 007,I doubt if Ms.Moneypenny knows the ins and outs to your questions This does however validate my belief that "user friendly" tutorials could be a Godsend to Puppy users if we could solicit folks "in the know" to post some.This is no small task and since Puppy is totally about "choice" then ??
Look like we need to ping on these developers but whether or not they have the time or inclination to respond is the question? cheers
Look like we need to ping on these developers but whether or not they have the time or inclination to respond is the question? cheers
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Hi
@ jamesbond
The arrows do work (i never knew it existed until i saw your post)
You were doing it right, though i suspect with the default settings you couldn't see it.
Open View > Show the Settings Toolbar (or press F7) and play with the Size and Flow
Left click to start the line, then when you have the other end where you want it,
either press 'a' or 's' depending on which style of arrow you desire.
As to your second question,
it looks like it's done via File > Export Undo Images
or File > Export Undo Images (reversed)...
again depending on what you want.
Hope this helps
CatDude
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@ jamesbond
Just installed the same version in Slacko-5.7jamesbond wrote:I'm running the latest mtpaint 3.44.78.
Questions:
1) does the "create arrow", as documented in the manual, still work? If yes, how to do it? I activated the ruler tool, click to start the line, and then what to do? I pressed "A" (or "a") and nothing seems to happen.
2) the manual also talks about a cool feature of using the undo-buffer to capture multiple screenshots and save them in one go. How exactly to use this feature (if it still works in the latest mtpaint)?
The arrows do work (i never knew it existed until i saw your post)
You were doing it right, though i suspect with the default settings you couldn't see it.
Open View > Show the Settings Toolbar (or press F7) and play with the Size and Flow
Left click to start the line, then when you have the other end where you want it,
either press 'a' or 's' depending on which style of arrow you desire.
As to your second question,
it looks like it's done via File > Export Undo Images
or File > Export Undo Images (reversed)...
again depending on what you want.
Hope this helps
CatDude
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Re: mtPaint - Simple paint tutorial
If mtPaint says "Unable to load clipboard", the simplest reason might be that there really is no clipboard to load. You cannot load a clipboard which you hadn't first saved, and you cannot import a clipboard when there is no image copied onto it from some other program.bill wrote:I am still searching for the anomalies of the "clipboard" difficulties.
Barring that, another reason can be that PNG support is broken. Can your copy of mtPaint save/load PNGs at all?
Breakage happens when two different versions of libpng get loaded at once: mtPaint having been linked with one, and GTK+2 with another. Output from "ldd mtpaint" will show whether this is the case.
Yes, this is the part that I missed. Thank you!CatDude wrote:You were doing it right, though i suspect with the default settings you couldn't see it.
Open View > Show the Settings Toolbar (or press F7) and play with the Size and Flow
I understand this part, but the question is, how do I get the screenshot from within mtpaint? I am under the impression if I can take new screenshots from within mtpaint, it will cause the previous one to be shifted into "undo buffer" which can later be saved with the command you mention - but how do I get these subsequent screenshots? (the first screenshot is easy - just mtpaint -s). Unless I understood wrong?As to your second question,
it looks like it's done via File > Export Undo Images
or File > Export Undo Images (reversed)...
again depending on what you want.
@bill - the reason I posted here is because I know experts like CatDude and the mtpaint maintainer are reading this thread (wjaguar is Dmitry).
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Thanks wjaguar : Just for clarification this is Lazy Puppy K2.6.33.2 from a fresh
install.I haven't been able to save/load a clipboard.
install.I haven't been able to save/load a clipboard.
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Entering ldd mtpaint (or ldd mtPaint) into the terminal gives message (in Precise):Output from "ldd mtpaint" will show whether this is the case.
Code: Select all
# ldd mtpaint
ldd: ./mtpaint: Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden
#
Entering ldd /usr/bin/mtpaint will give result (in Precise):
Code: Select all
# ldd /usr/bin/mtpaint
linux-gate.so.1 => (0xffffe000)
libgif.so.4 => /usr/lib/libgif.so.4 (0xb7776000)
libjasper.so.1 => /usr/lib/libjasper.so.1 (0xb7721000)
libtiff.so.4 => /usr/lib/libtiff.so.4 (0xb76bd000)
libjpeg.so.8 => /usr/lib/libjpeg.so.8 (0xb7666000)
libfreetype.so.6 => /usr/lib/libfreetype.so.6 (0xb75cc000)
libz.so.1 => /lib/libz.so.1 (0xb75b6000)
liblcms.so.1 => /usr/lib/liblcms.so.1 (0xb757d000)
libpng12.so.0 => /lib/libpng12.so.0 (0xb7553000)
libm.so.6 => /lib/libm.so.6 (0xb7526000)
libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 (0xb70be000)
libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0 (0xb700f000)
libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0 (0xb6fee000)
libpango-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpango-1.0.so.0 (0xb6fa4000)
libgobject-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0 (0xb6f54000)
libgthread-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgthread-2.0.so.0 (0xb6f51000)
libglib-2.0.so.0 => /lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 (0xb6e58000)
libX11.so.6 => /usr/lib/libX11.so.6 (0xb6d24000)
libpthread.so.0 => /lib/libpthread.so.0 (0xb6d09000)
libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0xb6b60000)
/lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0xb7782000)
libpangocairo-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpangocairo-1.0.so.0 (0xb6b52000)
libXfixes.so.3 => /usr/lib/libXfixes.so.3 (0xb6b4c000)
libatk-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libatk-1.0.so.0 (0xb6b2c000)
libcairo.so.2 => /usr/lib/libcairo.so.2 (0xb6a87000)
libgio-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgio-2.0.so.0 (0xb6930000)
libpangoft2-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpangoft2-1.0.so.0 (0xb6903000)
libfontconfig.so.1 => /usr/lib/libfontconfig.so.1 (0xb68cf000)
libXext.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXext.so.6 (0xb68bd000)
libXrender.so.1 => /usr/lib/libXrender.so.1 (0xb68b3000)
libXinerama.so.1 => /usr/lib/libXinerama.so.1 (0xb68af000)
libXi.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXi.so.6 (0xb689e000)
libXrandr.so.2 => /usr/lib/libXrandr.so.2 (0xb6895000)
libXcursor.so.1 => /usr/lib/libXcursor.so.1 (0xb688a000)
libXcomposite.so.1 => /usr/lib/libXcomposite.so.1 (0xb6886000)
libXdamage.so.1 => /usr/lib/libXdamage.so.1 (0xb6882000)
libgmodule-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgmodule-2.0.so.0 (0xb687c000)
libffi.so.6 => /usr/lib/libffi.so.6 (0xb6875000)
libpcre.so.3 => /lib/libpcre.so.3 (0xb6839000)
librt.so.1 => /lib/librt.so.1 (0xb6830000)
libxcb.so.1 => /usr/lib/libxcb.so.1 (0xb680f000)
libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0xb6809000)
libpixman-1.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpixman-1.so.0 (0xb6771000)
libselinux.so.1 => /lib/libselinux.so.1 (0xb6752000)
libresolv.so.2 => /lib/libresolv.so.2 (0xb673a000)
libexpat.so.1 => /lib/libexpat.so.1 (0xb6710000)
libXau.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXau.so.6 (0xb670b000)
libXdmcp.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXdmcp.so.6 (0xb6704000)
#
Or just entering the directory first by: cd /usr/bin
and after this ldd mtpaint will work also.
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How can I miss that ... It working now Thank you wjaguar.wjaguar wrote:File->New->Grab screenshotjamesbond wrote:how do I get these subsequent screenshots?
@don570 your tutorial is excellent, thank you for that. I think you should convert them into a more portable format than just forum posts.
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@ wjaguar :Just in passing ,I have looked in /root/.clipboard and don't see .clipboard ? in any of the distros I have booted ie Lazy Puppy,Slacko 5.6,puppy 5.2.8 and several others.I thought at first my old AMD64 was knackered but after trying mtPaint in an intel box,I continue to get the dreaded "can't load clipboard".Unless there are commands other than ctrl +F1 and Shift+ F1 etc. I reckon I will call this a lost cause and slink away If someone can post the exact distro with a functional clipboard (proven to be functional) or an exact command sequence,I will give that a try.Thanks to ALL for your patience and counsel.Cheers
In L.A.S.S.I.E. and/or Precise Puppy under mtPaint 3.44.13 saving a clipboard and loading it into another image loaded seems to work.
File .clipboard1 remains existing in /root after exiting mtPaint and can be loaded again after restarting mtPaint.
Maybe mtPaint in LazY Puppy is just too old (wasn't it 3.44.03?)?
File .clipboard1 remains existing in /root after exiting mtPaint and can be loaded again after restarting mtPaint.
Maybe mtPaint in LazY Puppy is just too old (wasn't it 3.44.03?)?
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