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  21.           <th colspan="3" align="center">3.3.¬†
  22.     <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Patterns Dialog</span>
  23.   </th>
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  27.           <th width="60%" align="center">3.¬†
  28.     <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Image-content Related Dialogs</span>
  29.   </th>
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  38.           <div>
  39.             <h3 class="title"><a id="gimp-pattern-dialog"></a>3.3.¬†
  40.     <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Patterns Dialog</span>
  41.   </h3>
  42.           </div>
  43.           <div>
  44.             <div class="revhistory">
  45.               <table border="1" width="100%" summary="Revision history">
  46.                 <tr>
  47.                   <th align="left" valign="top" colspan="3">
  48.                     <b>Revision History</b>
  49.                   </th>
  50.                 </tr>
  51.                 <tr>
  52.                   <td align="left">Revision $Revision: 2439 $</td>
  53.                   <td align="left">2007-08-11</td>
  54.                   <td align="left">j.h</td>
  55.                 </tr>
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  60.       </div>
  61.       <a id="id2662741" class="indexterm"></a>
  62.       <a id="id2662756" class="indexterm"></a>
  63.       <p>
  64.     In GIMP, a <span class="emphasis"><em>pattern</em></span>
  65.     is a small image used to fill areas by placing copies of side by side. See
  66.     the <a class="link" href="gimp-concepts-patterns.html" title="11.¬† Patterns">Patterns</a>
  67.     section for basic information on patterns and how they can be created and
  68.     used.
  69.   </p>
  70.       <p>
  71.     You can use them with the
  72.     <a class="link" href="gimp-tool-bucket-fill.html" title="3.3.¬† Bucket Fill">Bucket Fill</a>
  73.     and <a class="link" href="gimp-tool-clone.html" title="3.10.¬† Clone">Clone</a> tools and the
  74.     <a class="link" href="gimp-edit-fill-pattern.html" title="6.16.¬† Fill with Pattern">Fill with pattern</a> command.
  75.   </p>
  76.       <p>
  77.     The Patterns dialog is used to select a pattern, by clicking on it in a
  78.     list or grid view: the selected pattern will then be shown in the
  79.     Brush/Pattern/Gradient area of the Toolbox. A few dozen more or less
  80.     randomly chosen patterns are supplied with GIMP, and you can easily add
  81.     new patterns of your own.
  82.   </p>
  83.       <div class="sect3" lang="en" xml:lang="en">
  84.         <div class="titlepage">
  85.           <div>
  86.             <div>
  87.               <h4 class="title"><a id="gimp-pattern-dialog-activate"></a>3.3.1.¬†
  88.       <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Activate Dialog</span>
  89.     </h4>
  90.             </div>
  91.           </div>
  92.         </div>
  93.         <p>
  94.       The Patterns dialog is a dockable dialog; see the section on
  95.       <a class="link" href="gimp-concepts-docks.html" title="2.3.¬† Dialogs and Docking">Dialogs and Docking</a>
  96.       for help on manipulating it. It can be activated in several ways:
  97.     </p>
  98.         <div class="itemizedlist">
  99.           <ul type="disc">
  100.             <li>
  101.               <p>
  102.           From the Toolbox menu:
  103.           <span class="guimenu">File</span> ‚Üí <span class="guisubmenu">Dialogs</span> ‚Üí <span class="guimenuitem">P<span class="accel">a</span>tterns</span>.
  104.         </p>
  105.             </li>
  106.             <li>
  107.               <p>
  108.           From the Toolbox menu:
  109.           <span class="guimenu">File</span> ‚Üí <span class="guisubmenu">Dialogs</span> ‚Üí <span class="guisubmenu">Create New Dock</span> ‚Üí <span class="guimenuitem">Brushes, Patterns, and Gradients</span>.
  110.           This gives you a new window with several dialog docks, one of them
  111.           opens the Patterns dialog.
  112.         </p>
  113.             </li>
  114.             <li>
  115.               <p>
  116.           From the Toolbox, by clicking on the pattern symbol in the
  117.           Brush/Pattern/Gradient area.
  118.         </p>
  119.             </li>
  120.             <li>
  121.               <p>
  122.           From an image menu:
  123.           <span class="guimenu">Dialogs</span> ‚Üí <span class="guimenuitem">P<span class="accel">a</span>tterns</span>.
  124.         </p>
  125.             </li>
  126.             <li>
  127.               <p>
  128.           From the Tab menu in any dockable dialog, that you get by
  129.           clicking on
  130.           <span class="guiicon">
  131.             <img src="../images/dialogs/stock-menu-left-12.png" />
  132.           </span> :
  133.           <span class="guimenu">Add Tab</span> ‚Üí <span class="guimenuitem">P<span class="accel">a</span>tterns</span>.
  134.         </p>
  135.             </li>
  136.             <li>
  137.               <p>
  138.           From the Tool Options dialog of the
  139.           <a class="link" href="gimp-tool-clone.html" title="3.10.¬† Clone">Clone tool</a> and the
  140.           <a class="link" href="gimp-tool-bucket-fill.html" title="3.3.¬† Bucket Fill">Bucket Fill tool</a>, by
  141.           clicking on the pattern source button, you get a pop-up with
  142.           similar functionality that permits you to quickly choose a pattern
  143.           from the list; if you clic on the Bucket Fill button present on the
  144.           right bottom of the pop-up, you open the real pattern dialog. Note
  145.           that, depending on your Preferences, a pattern selected with the
  146.           pop-up may only apply to the currently active tool, not to other
  147.           paint tools. See the
  148.           <a class="link" href="gimp-pimping.html#gimp-prefs-tool-options" title="1.6.¬† Tool Options">
  149.             Tool Option Preferences
  150.           </a>
  151.           section for more information.
  152.         </p>
  153.             </li>
  154.           </ul>
  155.         </div>
  156.       </div>
  157.       <div class="sect3" lang="en" xml:lang="en">
  158.         <div class="titlepage">
  159.           <div>
  160.             <div>
  161.               <h4 class="title"><a id="gimp-pattern-dialog-using"></a>3.3.2.¬†
  162.       <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Using the pattern dialog</span>
  163.     </h4>
  164.             </div>
  165.           </div>
  166.         </div>
  167.         <div class="variablelist">
  168.           <dl>
  169.             <dt>
  170.               <span class="term">Grid/List modes</span>
  171.             </dt>
  172.             <dd>
  173.               <p>
  174.             In the Tab menu, you can choose between
  175.             <span class="guimenuitem">View as Grid</span>
  176.             and <span class="guimenuitem">View as List</span>.
  177.             In Grid mode, the patterns are laid out in a rectangular array,
  178.             making it easy to see many at once and find the one you are
  179.             looking for. In List mode, the patterns are lined up in a list,
  180.             with the names beside them.
  181.           </p>
  182.               <div class="tip" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;">
  183.                 <table border="0" summary="Tip">
  184.                   <tr>
  185.                     <td rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top" width="25">
  186.                       <img alt="[Tip]" src="../images/tip.png" />
  187.                     </td>
  188.                     <th align="left">Tip</th>
  189.                   </tr>
  190.                   <tr>
  191.                     <td align="left" valign="top">
  192.                       <p>
  193.               Independent of the real size of a pattern all patterns are shown
  194.               the same size in the dialog. So for larger patterns this means
  195.               that you see only a small portion of the pattern in the dialog
  196.               at all - no matter whether you view the dialog in the list or
  197.               the grid view. To see the full pattern you simply click on the
  198.               pattern <span class="emphasis"><em>and hold the mouse button</em></span>
  199.               for a second.
  200.             </p>
  201.                     </td>
  202.                   </tr>
  203.                 </table>
  204.               </div>
  205.               <div class="note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;">
  206.                 <table border="0" summary="Note">
  207.                   <tr>
  208.                     <td rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top" width="25">
  209.                       <img alt="[Note]" src="../images/note.png" />
  210.                     </td>
  211.                     <th align="left">Note</th>
  212.                   </tr>
  213.                   <tr>
  214.                     <td align="left" valign="top">
  215.                       <p>
  216.               In the Tab menu, the option <span class="guilabel">Preview Size</span>
  217.               allows you to adapt the size of pattern previews to your liking.
  218.             </p>
  219.                     </td>
  220.                   </tr>
  221.                 </table>
  222.               </div>
  223.               <div class="figure">
  224.                 <a id="id2663159"></a>
  225.                 <p class="title">
  226.                   <b>Figure¬†14.32.¬†
  227.               <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">The Patterns dialog</span>
  228.             </b>
  229.                 </p>
  230.                 <div class="figure-contents">
  231.                   <div class="mediaobject">
  232.                     <img src="../images/dialogs/patterns-dialog-list.png" alt="The Patterns dialog" />
  233.                     <div class="caption">
  234.                       <p>List view</p>
  235.                     </div>
  236.                   </div>
  237.                   <div class="mediaobject">
  238.                     <img src="../images/dialogs/patterns-dialog.png" alt="The Patterns dialog" />
  239.                     <div class="caption">
  240.                       <p>Grid mode</p>
  241.                     </div>
  242.                   </div>
  243.                 </div>
  244.               </div>
  245.               <br class="figure-break" />
  246.               <div class="variablelist">
  247.                 <dl>
  248.                   <dt>
  249.                     <span class="term">Using the Patterns dialog (Grid mode)</span>
  250.                   </dt>
  251.                   <dd>
  252.                     <p>
  253.                   At the top appears the name of the currently selected
  254.                   patterns, and its dimensions in pixels.
  255.                 </p>
  256.                     <p>
  257.                   In the center appears a grid view of all available patterns,
  258.                   with the currently selected one outlined. Clicking on one of
  259.                   them sets it as GIMP's current pattern, and causes it to
  260.                   appear in the Brush/Pattern/Gradient area of the Toolbox.
  261.                 </p>
  262.                   </dd>
  263.                   <dt>
  264.                     <span class="term">Using the Patterns dialog (List view)</span>
  265.                   </dt>
  266.                   <dd>
  267.                     <p>
  268.                   In this view, instead of a grid, you see a list of patterns,
  269.                   each labeled with its name and size. Clicking on a row in
  270.                   the list sets that pattern as GIMP's current pattern, just
  271.                   as it does in the grid view.
  272.                 </p>
  273.                     <p>
  274.                   If you <span class="emphasis"><em>double-click</em></span>
  275.                   on the name of a pattern, you will be able to edit the name.
  276.                   Note that you are only allowed to rename patterns that you
  277.                   have added yourself, not the ones that are supplied with
  278.                   GIMP. If you edit a name that you don't have permission to
  279.                   change, as soon as you hit return or move to a different
  280.                   control, the name will revert back to its previous value.
  281.                 </p>
  282.                     <p>
  283.                   Everything else in the List view works the same way as it
  284.                   does in the Grid view.
  285.                 </p>
  286.                   </dd>
  287.                 </dl>
  288.               </div>
  289.             </dd>
  290.             <dt>
  291.               <span class="term">Delete Pattern</span>
  292.             </dt>
  293.             <dd>
  294.               <a id="gimp-pattern-delete"></a>
  295.               <p>
  296.             Pressing this button removes the pattern from the list and causes
  297.             the file representing it to be deleted from disk. Note that you
  298.             cannot remove any of the patterns that are supplied with GIMP and
  299.             installed in the system <code class="filename">patterns</code>
  300.             directory; you can only remove patterns that you have added to
  301.             folders where you have write permission.
  302.           </p>
  303.             </dd>
  304.             <dt>
  305.               <span class="term">Refresh Patterns</span>
  306.             </dt>
  307.             <dd>
  308.               <a id="gimp-pattern-refresh"></a>
  309.               <p>
  310.             Pressing this button causes GIMP to rescan the folders in your
  311.             pattern search path, adding any newly discovered patterns to the
  312.             list. This button is useful if you add new patterns to a folder,
  313.             and want to make them available without having to restart GIMP.
  314.           </p>
  315.             </dd>
  316.             <dt>
  317.               <span class="term">Open pattern as image</span>
  318.             </dt>
  319.             <dd>
  320.               <a id="gimp-pattern-open-as-image"></a>
  321.               <p>
  322.             If you click on this button, the current pattern is opened in a
  323.             new image window. So, you can edit it. But if you try to save it
  324.             with the ‚Äú<span class="quote">.pat</span>‚Äù, even with a new name, you will bang
  325.             into a ‚Äú<span class="quote">Denied permission </span>‚Äù problem because this
  326.             image file is ‚Äú<span class="quote">root</span>‚Äù. But this is possible under
  327.             Windows, less protected.
  328.           </p>
  329.             </dd>
  330.           </dl>
  331.         </div>
  332.       </div>
  333.       <div class="sect3" lang="en" xml:lang="en">
  334.         <div class="titlepage">
  335.           <div>
  336.             <div>
  337.               <h4 class="title"><a id="id2663416"></a>3.3.3.¬†
  338.       <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">The Pattern context menu</span>
  339.     </h4>
  340.             </div>
  341.           </div>
  342.         </div>
  343.         <p>
  344.       You get it by right-clicking on the ‚Äú<span class="quote">Patterns</span>‚Äù
  345.       dialog. The commands of this menu are described with Buttons,
  346.       except for <span class="guilabel">Copy Location</span> which allows to
  347.       copy the path to pattern into clipboard.
  348.     </p>
  349.       </div>
  350.       <div class="sect3" lang="en" xml:lang="en">
  351.         <div class="titlepage">
  352.           <div>
  353.             <div>
  354.               <h4 class="title"><a id="clipboard-pattern"></a>3.3.4.¬†
  355.       <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">The Clipboard pattern</span>
  356.     </h4>
  357.             </div>
  358.           </div>
  359.         </div>
  360.         <a id="id2663465" class="indexterm"></a>
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  362.         <p>
  363.       This is a novelty in GIMP-2.4. When you use the Copy command, a copy
  364.       appears as a new pattern in the upper left corner of the Patterns
  365.       dialog. This brush will persist until you use the Copy command again.
  366.       It disapears when you close GIMP.
  367.     </p>
  368.         <div class="figure">
  369.           <a id="id2663497"></a>
  370.           <p class="title">
  371.             <b>Figure¬†14.33.¬†
  372.         <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">A new ‚Äú<span class="quote">Clipboard Pattern</span>‚Äù</span>
  373.       </b>
  374.           </p>
  375.           <div class="figure-contents">
  376.             <div class="mediaobject">
  377.               <img src="../images/dialogs/patterns-dialog-clipboard.png" alt="A new Clipboard Pattern" />
  378.             </div>
  379.           </div>
  380.         </div>
  381.         <br class="figure-break" />
  382.         <div class="note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;">
  383.           <table border="0" summary="Note">
  384.             <tr>
  385.               <td rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top" width="25">
  386.                 <img alt="[Note]" src="../images/note.png" />
  387.               </td>
  388.               <th align="left">Note</th>
  389.             </tr>
  390.             <tr>
  391.               <td align="left" valign="top">
  392.                 <p>
  393.         You can save this clipboard pattern by using the
  394.         <span class="guimenu">Edit</span> ‚Üí <span class="guisubmenu">Paste as</span> ‚Üí <span class="guimenuitem">New pattern</span>
  395.         as soon as it appears in the Patterns dialog.
  396.       </p>
  397.               </td>
  398.             </tr>
  399.           </table>
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  408.           <td width="20%" align="center">
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  416.           <td width="40%" align="left" valign="top"><a accesskey="p" href="gimp-brush-dialog.html">3.2.¬†
  417.     <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Brushes Dialog</span>
  418.   </a>¬†</td>
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  425.     <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Gradients Dialog</span>
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