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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /> <title>4.4.  Templates Dialog</title> <link rel="stylesheet" href="gimp-help-plain.css" type="text/css" /> <link rel="stylesheet" href="gimp-help-screen.css" type="text/css" /> <link rel="stylesheet" href="gimp-help-custom.css" type="text/css" /> <link rel="alternate stylesheet" href="gimp22.css" type="text/css" title="gimp22" /> <meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.73.2" /> <link rel="start" href="index.html" title="GNU Image Manipulation Program" /> <link rel="up" href="gimp-dialogs-management.html" title="4.  Image Management Related Dialogs" /> <link rel="prev" href="gimp-document-dialog.html" title="4.3.  Document History Dialog" /> <link rel="next" href="gimp-dialogs-misc.html" title="5.  Misc. Dialogs" /> </head> <body> <div class="navheader"> <table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"> <tr> <th colspan="3" align="center">4.4.  <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Templates Dialog</span> </th> </tr> <tr> <td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="gimp-document-dialog.html"><img src="../images/prev.png" alt="Prev" /></a> </td> <th width="60%" align="center">4.  <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Image Management Related Dialogs</span> </th> <td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="gimp-dialogs-misc.html"><img src="../images/next.png" alt="Next" /></a></td> </tr> </table> <hr /> </div> <div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> <h3 class="title"><a id="gimp-template-dialog"></a>4.4.  <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Templates Dialog</span> </h3> </div> <div> <div class="revhistory"> <table border="1" width="100%" summary="Revision history"> <tr> <th align="left" valign="top" colspan="3"> <b>Revision History</b> </th> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">Revision $Revision: 2412 $</td> <td align="left">2007-10-07</td> <td align="left">j.h</td> </tr> </table> </div> </div> </div> </div> <a id="id2670333" class="indexterm"></a> <a id="id2670348" class="indexterm"></a> <div class="figure"> <a id="id2670357"></a> <p class="title"> <b>Figure 14.62.  <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">The Templates dialog</span> </b> </p> <div class="figure-contents"> <div class="mediaobject"> <img src="../images/dialogs/dialogs-templates.png" alt="The Templates dialog" /> </div> </div> </div> <br class="figure-break" /> <p> Templates are templates for an image format to be created. GIMP offers you a lot of templates and you can create your owns. When you create a New image, you can access to the list of existing templates but you can't manage them. The “<span class="quote">Templates</span>” dialog allows you to manage all these templates. </p> <div class="sect3" lang="en" xml:lang="en"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> <h4 class="title"><a id="id2670400"></a>4.4.1.  <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Activate Dialog</span> </h4> </div> </div> </div> <p> The Templates dialog is a dockable dialog; see the section on <a class="link" href="gimp-concepts-docks.html" title="2.3.  Dialogs and Docking">Dialogs and Docking</a> for help on manipulating it. It can be activated in two ways: </p> <div class="itemizedlist"> <ul type="disc"> <li> <p> From the Toolbox menu: <span class="guimenu">File</span> → <span class="guisubmenu">Dialogs</span> → <span class="guimenuitem"><span class="accel">T</span>emplates</span>. </p> </li> <li> <p> From an image menu: <span class="guimenu">Dialogs</span> → <span class="guimenuitem"><span class="accel">T</span>emplates</span>. </p> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="sect3" lang="en" xml:lang="en"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> <h4 class="title"><a id="id2670493"></a>4.4.2.  <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Using the Templates dialog</span> </h4> </div> </div> </div> <p> You select a template by clicking on its icon. Right clicking reveals a local menu that offers the same functions as buttons. </p> <div class="sect4" lang="en" xml:lang="en"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> <h5 class="title"><a id="id2670511"></a>4.4.2.1.  <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Grid/List modes</span> </h5> </div> </div> </div> <p> In the Tab menu for the Templates dialog, you can choose between <span class="guimenuitem">View as Grid</span> and <span class="guimenuitem">View as List</span>. In Grid mode, templates are laid out in a rectangular array of identical icons (unless you gave them a particular icon, as we will see later). Only the name of the selected template is displayed. In List mode, they are lined up vertically; icons are identical too; all names are displayed. </p> <p> In this Tab menu, the <span class="guilabel">Preview Size</span> option allows you to change the size of thumbnails. </p> </div> <div class="sect4" lang="en" xml:lang="en"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> <h5 class="title"><a id="id2670561"></a>4.4.2.2.  <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Buttons at the bottom</span> </h5> </div> </div> </div> <p> The buttons at the bottom of the dialog allow you to operate on templates in several ways: </p> <div class="variablelist"> <dl> <dt> <span class="term">Create a new image from the selected template</span> </dt> <dd> <p> Clicking on this button opens the <a class="link" href="gimp-file-new.html" title="5.2.  New">Create a new image</a> on the model of the selected template. </p> </dd> <dt> <span class="term">Create a new template</span> </dt> <dd> <p> Clicking on this button opens the <a class="link" href="gimp-template-dialog.html#edit-template-dialog" title="4.4.3.  Edit Template">New template</a> dialog, identical to the Edit Template dialog, that we will see below. </p> </dd> <dt> <span class="term">Duplicate the selected template</span> </dt> <dd> <p> Clicking on this button opens the Edit Template dialog that we are going to study now. </p> </dd> <dt> <span class="term">Edit the selected template</span> </dt> <dd> <p> Clicking on this button opens the <a class="link" href="gimp-template-dialog.html#edit-template-dialog" title="4.4.3.  Edit Template">Edit Template</a> dialog. </p> </dd> <dt> <span class="term">Delete the selected template</span> </dt> <dd> <p>No comment.</p> </dd> </dl> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sect3" lang="en" xml:lang="en"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> <h4 class="title"><a id="edit-template-dialog"></a>4.4.3.  <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Edit Template</span> </h4> </div> <div> <div class="revhistory"> <table border="1" width="100%" summary="Revision history"> <tr> <th align="left" valign="top" colspan="3"> <b>Revision History</b> </th> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">Revision $Revision: 2302 $</td> <td align="left">2007-09-03</td> <td align="left">j.h</td> </tr> </table> </div> </div> </div> </div> <a id="id2670752" class="indexterm"></a> <a id="id2670767" class="indexterm"></a> <div class="figure"> <a id="id2670778"></a> <p class="title"> <b>Figure 14.63.  <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">The Edit Template dialog</span> </b> </p> <div class="figure-contents"> <div class="mediaobject"> <img src="../images/dialogs/dialogs-templates-edit.png" alt="The Edit Template dialog" /> </div> </div> </div> <br class="figure-break" /> <p> The dialog allows you to set the specifications of the selected template. </p> <p> You can access to this editor by clicking on the <span class="guibutton">Edit Template</span> button in the <a class="link" href="gimp-template-dialog.html" title="4.4.  Templates Dialog">Templates</a> dialog. </p> <div class="variablelist"> <p class="title"> <b> <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Options</span> </b> </p> <dl> <dt> <span class="term">Name</span> </dt> <dd> <p> In this text box, you can modify the displayed template name. </p> </dd> <dt> <span class="term">Icon</span> </dt> <dd> <p> By clicking on this icon, you open a list of icons. You can choose one of them to illustrate the selected template name. </p> </dd> <dt> <span class="term">Image size</span> </dt> <dd> <p> Here you set the width and height of the new image. The default units are pixels, but you can switch to some other unit if you prefer, using the adjoining menu. If you do, note that the resulting pixel size will be determined by the X and Y resolution (which you can change in the Advanced Options), and by the setting of "Dot for Dot", which you can change in the <span class="guimenu">View</span> menu. </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 align="left" valign="top"> <p> 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, <acronym class="acronym">GIMP</acronym> will need some time for every function you're applying to the image. </p> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </dd> <dt> <span class="term">Portrait/Landscape buttons</span> </dt> <dd> <p> These buttons toggle between Portrait and Landscape mode. Concretely, their effect is to exchange the values for Width and Height. If the X and Y resolutions are different (in Advanced Options), then these values are exchanged also. On the right, image size, image resolution and color space are displayed. </p> </dd> </dl> </div> <div class="variablelist"> <p class="title"> <b> <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Advanced Options</span> </b> </p> <p> </p> <div class="figure"> <a id="id2670968"></a> <p class="title"> <b>Figure 14.64.  <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">The Advanced Options dialog</span> </b> </p> <div class="figure-contents"> <div class="mediaobject"> <img src="../images/dialogs/dialogs-templates-edit-advanced.png" alt="The Advanced Options dialog" /> </div> </div> </div> <p><br class="figure-break" /> </p> <p> These are options that will mainly be of interest to more advanced users. </p> <dl> <dt> <span class="term">X and Y resolution</span> </dt> <dd> <p> These values come into play mainly in relation to printing: they do not affect the size of the image in pixels, but they determine its size on paper when printed. They can also affect the way the image is displayed on the monitor: if “<span class="quote">Dot for Dot</span>” is switched off in the <span class="guimenu">View</span> menu, then at 100% zoom, GIMP attempts to display the image on the monitor at the correct physical size, as calculated from the pixel dimensions and the resolution. The display may not be accurate, however, unless the monitor has been calibrated. This can be done either when GIMP is installed, or from the <a class="link" href="gimp-pimping.html#gimp-prefs-display" title="1.13.  Display">Display tab</a> of the Preferences dialog. </p> </dd> <dt> <span class="term">Colorspace</span> </dt> <dd> <p> You can create the new image as either an RGB image or a grayscale image. You cannot create an indexed image directly in this way, but of course nothing prevents you from converting the image to indexed mode after it has been created. </p> </dd> <dt> <span class="term">Fill</span> </dt> <dd> <p> You have four choices for the solid color that will fill the new image's background layer: </p> <div class="itemizedlist"> <ul type="disc"> <li> <p> <span class="guilabel">Foreground color</span>, as shown in the Main Toolbox. </p> </li> <li> <p> <span class="guilabel">Background color</span>, as shown in the Main Toolbox. </p> </li> <li> <p> <span class="guilabel">White</span>, the more often used. </p> </li> <li> <p> <span class="guilabel">Transparent</span>. If this option is chosen, then the Background layer in the new image will be created with an alpha channel; otherwise not. </p> </li> </ul> </div> </dd> <dt> <span class="term">Comment</span> </dt> <dd> <p> You can write a descriptive comment here. 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