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- <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Chalk</span>
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- <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Chalk</span>
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- <td align="left">Revision $Revision: 2286 $</td>
- <td align="left">2007-10-11</td>
- <td align="left">ude</td>
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- <h4 class="title"><a id="id2784501"></a>15.6.1. 
- <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Overview</span>
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- <b>Figure 16.302. 
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- Example for the “<span class="quote">Chalk</span>” filter
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- This filter creates a chalk drawing effect for the active layer.
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- It is derived from the “<span class="quote">Chalk</span>” script
- (<span class="guimenu"><span class="accel">X</span>tns</span> ‚Üí <span class="guisubmenu"><span class="accel">L</span>ogo</span> ‚Üí <span class="guimenuitem"><span class="accel">C</span>halk</span> in the toolbox),
- which creates a logo from a text of your choice, for instance:
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- <img src="../images/filters/examples/chalk-script-fu.png" />
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- <p>The “<span class="quote">Chalk</span>” Script-Fu script.</p>
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- The image will always be resized to the active layer's size.
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- applies a <a class="link" href="plug-in-gauss.html" title="2.3.  Gaussian Blur">Gaussian blur</a> to the
- layer, <a class="link" href="plug-in-spread.html" title="3.7.  Spread">spreads</a> the pixels, and
- <a class="link" href="plug-in-ripple.html" title="8.16.  Ripple">ripples</a> the layer
- horizontally and vertically,
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- extracts edges using the <a class="link" href="plug-in-sobel.html" title="4.6.  Sobel">Sobel</a>
- edge detect filter, and
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- Sometimes the sobel edge detect produces some garbage at the
- image sides.
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- increases the luminosity <a class="link" href="gimp-tool-levels.html" title="5.6.  Levels">level</a>.
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- Unfortunately you cannot change the tool and filter options. But you may
- reproduce the process step by step using the methods listed above,
- varying the respective options. Then you just have to add a background
- layer filled with any color. That's all.
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- <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Activate the filter</span>
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- You can find this filter in the image window menu under
- <span class="guimenu"><span class="accel">F</span>ilters</span> ‚Üí <span class="guisubmenu">Alpha to <span class="accel">L</span>ogo</span> ‚Üí <span class="guimenuitem"><span class="accel">C</span>halk</span>.
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- <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Options</span>
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- <b>Figure 16.303. 
- <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">“<span class="quote">Chalk</span>” option</span>
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- <span class="term">Background color</span>
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- The background color is the color of the
- “<span class="quote">blackboard</span>” you are drawing on with chalk, and of
- course it's black. When you click on the color button, the color
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