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- <h3 class="title"><a id="gimp-using-imagewindow-menus-file"></a>8.1. File</h3>
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- </div>
- <a id="id2963767" class="indexterm"></a>
- <div class="sect3" lang="en" xml:lang="en">
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- <div>
- <div>
- <h4 class="title"><a id="gimp-file-new"></a>8.1.1. New</h4>
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- </div>
- <div></div>
- </div>
- <a id="id2963788" class="indexterm"></a>
- <div class="mediaobject">
- <img src="../images/dialogs/dialogs-menus-imagewindow-file-new.png" />
- </div>
- <p>
- The dialog allows you to create a new image window and to set its
- specifications. You may have more than one image on your
- screen.
- </p>
- <div class="simplesect" lang="en" xml:lang="en">
- <div class="titlepage">
- <div>
- <div>
- <h5 class="title"><a id="id2963817"></a>Activate Dialog</h5>
- </div>
- </div>
- <div></div>
- </div>
- <div class="itemizedlist">
- <ul type="disc">
- <li>
- <p>
- The Dialog for creating a new image can be called in the following
- order, from the toolbox and image-menu:
- <span class="guimenuitem"><span class="accel">F</span>ile</span>/
- <span class="guimenuitem"><span class="accel">N</span>ew</span>.
- </p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p>
- You can open the Dialog by using a keyboard shortcut:
- <span><b class="keycap">Ctrl</b></span>+<span><b class="keycap">N</b></span>
- </p>
- </li>
- </ul>
- </div>
- </div>
- <div class="simplesect" lang="en" xml:lang="en">
- <div class="titlepage">
- <div>
- <div>
- <h5 class="title"><a id="id2963871"></a>Options</h5>
- </div>
- </div>
- <div></div>
- </div>
- <div class="variablelist">
- <dl>
- <dt>
- <span class="term">From Template</span>
- </dt>
- <dd>
- <p>
- The scrolling list allows you to select a template, mainly page
- or resolution format.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt>
- <span class="term">Image Size</span>
- </dt>
- <dd>
- <div class="itemizedlist">
- <ul type="disc">
- <li>
- <p>
- <span class="guilabel">Width</span> and <span class="guilabel">Heigth</span>
- can be set using input boxes, in pixels or in the unit you
- can select.
- </p>
- <p>
- On the right, two buttons allow to select either
- <span class="emphasis"><em>Portrait</em></span> or
- <span class="emphasis"><em>Landscape</em></span> mode. Under buttons, file size
- in MegaBytes is displayed.
- </p>
- <p>
- <span class="guilabel">Resolution</span> in width (X) and heigth (Y)
- can be set in the unit you can select. Default value is 72
- ppi (72 pixels/inch), which is enough for Web images, you can
- set this value in <a href="ch04s07.html#gimp-prefs-new-image" title="7.1. New Image">Preferences dialog</a>.
- But if you want to print your image, more than 72 ppi will be
- necessary. Several measure units are available: pixels/inch,
- /mm, /point,/pica and you have also a
- <span class="guibutton">More...</span> button which offers more
- choice. I would advise you to use ppi (pixels per inch) as
- it is the usual norm for images. You may have a different
- resolution for X and Y axis by "breaking" the
- <span class="emphasis"><em>chain</em></span>, but this is not recommended.
- </p>
- <div class="note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;">
- <table border="0" summary="Note">
- <tr>
- <td rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top" width="25">
- <img alt="[Note]" src="../images/note.png" />
- </td>
- <th align="left">Note</th>
- </tr>
- <tr>
- <td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top">
- Please keep in mind, that every Pixel of an image is stored
- in the memory. If you're creating large files with a high
- density of pixels, <span class="acronym">Gimp</span> will need some
- time for every function you're applying to the image.
- </td>
- </tr>
- </table>
- </div>
- </li>
- </ul>
- </div>
- </dd>
- <dt>
- <span class="term">Image Type</span>
- </dt>
- <dd>
- <div class="itemizedlist">
- <ul type="opencircle">
- <li style="list-style-type: circle">
- <p>
- <span class="guilabel">RGB</span>: The image will be in Red, Green,
- Blue color system, that of your screen.
- </p>
- </li>
- <li style="list-style-type: circle">
- <p>
- <span class="guilabel">Grayscale</span>: The image will be in black
- and white, with many gray shades. Besides its artistic
- interest, this image type may be necessary for some plug-ins.
- Nevertheless, Gimp offers you the possibility to change a RGB
- image into grayscale.
- </p>
- </li>
- </ul>
- </div>
- </dd>
- <dt>
- <span class="term">Fill Type</span>
- </dt>
- <dd>
- <div class="itemizedlist">
- <ul type="opencircle">
- <li style="list-style-type: circle">
- <p>
- <span class="guilabel">ForeGround</span> and
- <span class="guilabel">BackGround</span> are colors you can find in
- the Toolbox color selector.
- </p>
- </li>
- <li style="list-style-type: circle">
- <p>
- <span class="guilabel">White</span> is the color the more used.
- </p>
- </li>
- <li style="list-style-type: circle">
- <p>
- <span class="guilabel">Transparent</span> gives a transparent
- background to your image. It appears as a black and white
- checkerboard. An Alpha channel is created.
- </p>
- </li>
- </ul>
- </div>
- </dd>
- <dt>
- <span class="term">Image Comment</span>
- </dt>
- <dd>
- <p>
- You can add there some comment about the image.
- </p>
- <div class="note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;">
- <table border="0" summary="Note">
- <tr>
- <td rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top" width="25">
- <img alt="[Note]" src="../images/note.png" />
- </td>
- <th align="left">Note</th>
- </tr>
- <tr>
- <td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top">
- Please keep in mind, that not every image format saves the image
- comment.
- </td>
- </tr>
- </table>
- </div>
- </dd>
- </dl>
- </div>
- </div>
- </div>
- <div class="sect3" lang="en" xml:lang="en">
- <div class="titlepage">
- <div>
- <div>
- <h4 class="title"><a id="gimp-file-open"></a>8.1.2. Open</h4>
- </div>
- </div>
- <div></div>
- </div>
- <a id="id2964145" class="indexterm"></a>
- <div class="mediaobjectco">
- <img src="../images/dialogs/dialogs-file-open.png" />
- </div>
- <p>
- The dialog allows you to load an existing image from your harddrive or
- an external medium.
- </p>
- <div class="simplesect" lang="en" xml:lang="en">
- <div class="titlepage">
- <div>
- <div>
- <h5 class="title"><a id="id2964219"></a>Activate Dialog</h5>
- </div>
- </div>
- <div></div>
- </div>
- <div class="itemizedlist">
- <ul type="disc">
- <li>
- <p>
- The dialog for open an image can be called in the following
- order, from the toolbox and image-menu:
- <span class="guimenuitem"><span class="accel">F</span>ile</span>/
- <span class="guimenuitem"><span class="accel">O</span>pen</span>.
- </p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p>
- You can open the Dialog by using a keyboard shortcut:
- <span><b class="keycap">Ctrl</b></span>+<span><b class="keycap">O</b></span>
- </p>
- </li>
- </ul>
- </div>
- </div>
- <div class="simplesect" lang="en" xml:lang="en">
- <div class="titlepage">
- <div>
- <div>
- <h5 class="title"><a id="id2964273"></a>File browsing</h5>
- </div>
- </div>
- <div></div>
- </div>
- <div class="variablelist">
- <dl>
- <dt>
- <span class="term">Folders, Files, Preview</span>
- </dt>
- <dd>
- <p>
- Three windows are displayed. In the
- <span class="emphasis"><em>Folders</em></span> window, you can select the folder
- (the directory) to be explored. You can go back up the folder
- hierarchy by using "../". If you want to refresh the current
- directory, clicK on "./". In the <span class="emphasis"><em>Files</em></span>
- window, the selected folder files are displayed. You select a
- file by a single left click (a double left click opens the
- image directly). The selected file is displayed in the
- <span class="emphasis"><em>Preview</em></span> if it is an image recognized by
- Gimp. Clic in the preview to generate or update the preview.
- </p>
- <p>
- With Ctrl+click you can select more than one file and so, you
- can open several images at the same time.
- </p>
- <p>
- File size, resolution and composition are displayed under
- Preview.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt>
- <span class="term">Selection</span>
- </dt>
- <dd>
- <p>
- After clicking on this text box, you can input a file name. You
- enjoy autocompletion: you enter first letters of the file and
- press TAB key. Only files beginning by these letters will be
- displayed in Files window, and if only one file has these
- letters, its name will automatically be displayed in text box.
- It's a handy way to find a file out of a large list.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt>
- <span class="term">Determine File Type</span>
- </dt>
- <dd>
- <p>
- <span class="emphasis"><em>Automatic</em></span> option allows file type to be
- determined automatically. With Linux, file extensions (.bmp,
- .png...) is not priority. File type is determined according to
- proper file characteristics. In some exceptionnal cases, when
- Gimp doesn't recognize file type, you can set it by selecting
- it in the dropping list. Only files with this type can then be
- openned.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt>
- <span class="term">Three buttons at top</span>
- </dt>
- <dd>
- <p>
- Three buttons at top of window: <span class="emphasis"><em>Create a
- file</em></span>, <span class="emphasis"><em>Delete File</em></span> and
- <span class="emphasis"><em>Rename File</em></span> are self-explanatory.
- </p>
- </dd>
- </dl>
- </div>
- </div>
- </div>
- <div class="sect3" lang="en" xml:lang="en">
- <div class="titlepage">
- <div>
- <div>
- <h4 class="title"><a id="gimp-file-open-recent"></a>8.1.3. Open Recent</h4>
- </div>
- </div>
- <div></div>
- </div>
- <a id="id2964410" class="indexterm"></a>
- <div class="simplesect" lang="en" xml:lang="en">
- <div class="titlepage">
- <div>
- <div>
- <h5 class="title"><a id="id2964419"></a>Accessing Menuitem</h5>
- </div>
- </div>
- <div></div>
- </div>
- <div class="itemizedlist">
- <ul type="disc">
- <li>
- <p>
- The menu item can be reached from the toolbox and image-menu:
- <span class="guimenuitem"><span class="accel">F</span>ile</span>/
- <span class="guimenuitem">Open <span class="accel">R</span>cent</span>.
- </p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p>
- You can open the Dialog by using a keyboard shortcut:
- <span><b class="keycap">Ctrl</b></span>+<span><b class="keycap">O</b></span>
- </p>
- </li>
- </ul>
- </div>
- </div>
- <div class="simplesect" lang="en" xml:lang="en">
- <div class="titlepage">
- <div>
- <div>
- <h5 class="title"><a id="id2964473"></a>Description</h5>
- </div>
- </div>
- <div></div>
- </div>
- <p>
- The menu shows files, which have been opened in the past by you.
- Instead of using the <a href="ch04s08.html#gimp-file-open" title="8.1.2. Open">open
- dialog</a>, you can reach your recent files as fast as possible.
- </p>
- </div>
- <div class="simplesect" lang="en" xml:lang="en">
- <div class="titlepage">
- <div>
- <div>
- <h5 class="title"><a id="id2964494"></a>Preferences affect this menu</h5>
- </div>
- </div>
- <div></div>
- </div>
- <div class="variablelist">
- <dl>
- <dt>
- <span class="term">Interface</span>
- </dt>
- <dd>
- <p>
- You can controll how many items this menu contains, by
- changing the <a href="">Open
- <span class="accel">R</span>ecent Menu Size</a>
- </p>
- </dd>
- </dl>
- </div>
- </div>
- <div class="simplesect" lang="en" xml:lang="en">
- <div class="titlepage">
- <div>
- <div>
- <h5 class="title"><a id="id2964528"></a>Additional information</h5>
- </div>
- </div>
- <div></div>
- </div>
- <p>
- See the <a href="ch04s06.html" title="6. Document History dialog">Document History
- dialog</a> chapter
- </p>
- </div>
- </div>
- <div class="sect3" lang="en" xml:lang="en">
- <div class="titlepage">
- <div>
- <div>
- <h4 class="title"><a id="gimp-file-save"></a>8.1.4. Save</h4>
- </div>
- </div>
- <div></div>
- </div>
- <a id="id2964560" class="indexterm"></a>
- <div class="mediaobjectco">
- <img src="../images/dialogs/dialogs-file-save.png" />
- </div>
- <div class="simplesect" lang="en" xml:lang="en">
- <div class="titlepage">
- <div>
- <div>
- <h5 class="title"><a id="id2964644"></a>Activate Dialog</h5>
- </div>
- </div>
- <div></div>
- </div>
- <div class="itemizedlist">
- <ul type="disc">
- <li>
- <p>
- The dialog for save an image can be called in the following
- order, from the toolbox and image-menu:
- <span class="guimenuitem"><span class="accel">F</span>ile</span>/
- <span class="guimenuitem"><span class="accel">S</span>ave</span>.
- </p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p>
- You can open the Dialog by using a keyboard shortcut:
- <span><b class="keycap">Ctrl</b></span>+<span><b class="keycap">S</b></span>
- </p>
- </li>
- </ul>
- </div>
- </div>
- <div class="simplesect" lang="en" xml:lang="en">
- <div class="titlepage">
- <div>
- <div>
- <h5 class="title"><a id="id2964698"></a>The Save Dialog</h5>
- </div>
- </div>
- <div></div>
- </div>
- <div class="variablelist">
- <dl>
- <dt>
- <span class="term">Folders, Files</span>
- </dt>
- <dd>
- <p>
- Two windows are displayed. In the <span class="emphasis"><em>Folders</em></span>
- window, you can select the folder (the directory) to be
- explored. You can go back up the folder hierarchy by using
- "../". If you want to refresh the current directory,
- clicK on "./". In the <span class="emphasis"><em>Files</em></span>
- window, the files already saved in this directory are
- displayed.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt>
- <span class="term">Determine File Type</span>
- </dt>
- <dd>
- <p>
- With the <span class="emphasis"><em>Determine File Type</em></span> option, file
- type will be that you will write following your file name, for
- instance myfile.bmp. If you forget this extension, an error
- message will call you to order.
- </p>
- <p>
- You can also scroll the <span class="emphasis"><em>extension list</em></span> and
- select the one you like. Consult the <a href="">file formats</a> chapter
- for more informations.
- </p>
- <div class="note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;">
- <table border="0" summary="Note">
- <tr>
- <td rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top" width="25">
- <img alt="[Note]" src="../images/note.png" />
- </td>
- <th align="left">Note</th>
- </tr>
- <tr>
- <td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top">
- The nativ format of Gimp is XCF. To keep all your datas in the
- source files always choose the .xcf format
- </td>
- </tr>
- </table>
- </div>
- </dd>
- <dt>
- <span class="term">Selection</span>
- </dt>
- <dd>
- <p>
- After clicking on this text box, you can input a file name. You
- enjoy autocompletion: you enter the first letters of the file
- and press TAB key. Only files beginning by these letters will
- be displayed in Files window, and if only one file has these
- letters, its name will automatically be displayed in the text
- box. It's a handy way if you have to save many files whose
- names are slightly different.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt>
- <span class="term">Three buttons at top</span>
- </dt>
- <dd>
- <p>
- Three buttons at top of window: <span class="emphasis"><em>Create a
- file</em></span>, <span class="emphasis"><em>Delete File</em></span> and
- <span class="emphasis"><em>Rename File</em></span> have an evident meaning and
- need no explanation.
- </p>
- </dd>
- </dl>
- </div>
- </div>
- <div class="simplesect" lang="en" xml:lang="en">
- <div class="titlepage">
- <div>
- <div>
- <h5 class="title"><a id="id2964824"></a>Preferences affect this menu</h5>
- </div>
- </div>
- <div></div>
- </div>
- <div class="variablelist">
- <dl>
- <dt>
- <span class="term">Environment</span>
- </dt>
- <dd>
- <p>
- You can customize the file save behavior in <a href="">File Saving</a> view.
- </p>
- </dd>
- </dl>
- </div>
- </div>
- <div class="simplesect" lang="en" xml:lang="en">
- <div class="titlepage">
- <div>
- <div>
- <h5 class="title"><a id="id2964857"></a>Additional information</h5>
- </div>
- </div>
- <div></div>
- </div>
- <div class="variablelist">
- <dl>
- <dt></dt>
- <dd>
- <p>
- If your image is named already, this function saves your image
- without asking you any question. In the <a href="ch04s07s07.html" title="7.7. Environment">Environment</a>
- dialog, you can decide whether the image must be saved
- systematically or only if it has been changed.
- </p>
- <p>
- If your image is new, "untitled", the Save dialog
- will be displayed.
- </p>
- <p>
- You may want not to save your image. In that case click on the
- exit cross, or <span class="guimenuitem">File/Exit</span>, or
- <span><b class="keycap">Ctrl-Q</b></span>. If your image has a name and has been
- changed, a message will ask you for confirmation.
- </p>
- </dd>
- </dl>
- </div>
- </div>
- </div>
- <div class="sect3" lang="en" xml:lang="en">
- <div class="titlepage">
- <div>
- <div>
- <h4 class="title"><a id="gimp-file-save-as"></a>8.1.5. Save as</h4>
- </div>
- </div>
- <div></div>
- </div>
- <a id="id2964920" class="indexterm"></a>
- <div class="simplesect" lang="en" xml:lang="en">
- <div class="titlepage">
- <div>
- <div>
- <h5 class="title"><a id="id2964929"></a>Overview</h5>
- </div>
- </div>
- <div></div>
- </div>
- <div class="variablelist">
- <dl>
- <dt></dt>
- <dd>
- <p>
- This function is found in <span class="guimenuitem">Image>File/Save
- <span class="accel">a</span>s</span> and also in
- <span class="guimenuitem">Toolbox>File/Save
- <span class="accel">a</span>s</span>.
- </p>
- <p>
- It is identical to <a href="ch04s08.html#gimp-file-save" title="8.1.4. Save">Save</a>,
- but a file name is systematically requested, even if the file
- is named yet, so that you can change it, may be with a new
- extension.
- </p>
- </dd>
- </dl>
- </div>
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