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Revision as of 14:42, 20 June 2011
Contents
Purpose of Kolourpaint4
Kolourpaint is a simple Graphic editor (similar to MS Paint)...
Kolourpaint is similar to MS Paint (as opposed to gpaint) and is recommended it for simple graphical creating and editing... The main use of GIMP is for image retouching and editing, but is difficult to create simple images (eg. drawing a box, etc)...
YouTube Video
- If you want to see the visual steps to "Grabbing Student Work", here is a link to a customized YouTube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNrU4gTWEo0
Written Instructions
- Below are the written instructions (in case you prefer to have a printout of these procedures):
Using KolourPaint Application
Launching KolourPaint
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Elements of KolourPaint Application
There are several important areas in Kolourpaint:
- File Menu
- Main Toolbar
- Painting Toolbar
- Colour Selector
The Kolourpaint4 painting toolbar has the following features:
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Depending on the paint tool selected, another tool-bar may appear that sets the thickness of the line, or select if the object draws:
- Outline (no-fill)
- Draw the outline, and colours (fills-in) background colour
- Fills the object without an outline.
Becoming Familiar with Tools
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Drawing with KolourPaint
Draw line (various line widths, shift drag works same as in MS Paint)
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Brush
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Draw (Pencil)
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Colour Fill (bucket)
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Eraser
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Colour Eraser
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Adding Text
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Rectangle (also rounded rectangle)
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Polygon
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Ellipse
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Connected Line
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Curve
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Additional Resources
Documentation
Kolourpaint Handbood: http://docs.kde.org/stable/en/kdegraphics/kolourpaint/index.html
Online Tutorials
Kolourpaint4 Tutorials (YouTube):
- Interesting Features of Kolourpaint: [ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCMhnivjWoQ ]
- How to Draw a Pear: [ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2giJyyGCBJs ]
- Reduce Picture Size: [ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Um_6tYOLYhQ ]
