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  21.           <th colspan="3" align="center">11.10.¬†
  22.     <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Jigsaw</span>
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  27.           <th width="60%" align="center">11.¬†
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  39.             <h3 class="title"><a id="plug-in-jigsaw"></a>11.10.¬†
  40.     <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Jigsaw</span>
  41.   </h3>
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  46.                 <tr>
  47.                   <th align="left" valign="top" colspan="3">
  48.                     <b>Revision History</b>
  49.                   </th>
  50.                 </tr>
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  52.                   <td align="left">Revision $Revision: 2230 $</td>
  53.                   <td align="left">2006-12-16</td>
  54.                   <td align="left">j.h</td>
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  63.       <div class="sect3" lang="en" xml:lang="en">
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  65.           <div>
  66.             <div>
  67.               <h4 class="title"><a id="id2774032"></a>11.10.1.¬†
  68.       <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Overview</span>
  69.     </h4>
  70.             </div>
  71.           </div>
  72.         </div>
  73.         <p>
  74.       You can find this filter through
  75.       <span class="guimenu">Filte<span class="accel">r</span>s</span> ‚Üí <span class="guisubmenu"><span class="accel">R</span>ender</span> ‚Üí <span class="guisubmenu"><span class="accel">P</span>attern</span> ‚Üí <span class="guimenuitem"><span class="accel">J</span>igsaw</span>
  76.     </p>
  77.         <div class="figure">
  78.           <a id="id2774087"></a>
  79.           <p class="title">
  80.             <b>Figure¬†16.256.¬†
  81.         <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Jigsaw filter example</span>
  82.       </b>
  83.           </p>
  84.           <div class="figure-contents">
  85.             <div class="mediaobject">
  86.               <img src="../images/filters/examples/taj_orig.jpg" alt="Jigsaw filter example" />
  87.               <div class="caption">
  88.                 <p>Original image</p>
  89.               </div>
  90.             </div>
  91.             <div class="mediaobject">
  92.               <img src="../images/filters/examples/render-taj-jigsaw.jpg" alt="Jigsaw filter example" />
  93.               <div class="caption">
  94.                 <p>Filter ‚Äú<span class="quote">Jigsaw</span>‚Äù applied</p>
  95.               </div>
  96.             </div>
  97.           </div>
  98.         </div>
  99.         <br class="figure-break" />
  100.         <p>
  101.       This filter will turn your image into a jigsaw puzzle.
  102.       The edges are not anti-aliased, so a little bit of smoothing often
  103.       makes them look better (i. e., Gaussian blur with radius 1.0).
  104.     </p>
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  109.                 <img alt="[Tip]" src="../images/tip.png" />
  110.               </td>
  111.               <th align="left">Tip</th>
  112.             </tr>
  113.             <tr>
  114.               <td align="left" valign="top">
  115.                 <p>
  116.         If you want to be able to easily select individual puzzle-piece
  117.         areas,  render the jigsaw pattern on a
  118.         separate layer filled with solid white, and set the layer mode
  119.         to Multiply.  You can then select puzzle pieces using the <a class="link" href="gimp-tool-fuzzy-select.html" title="2.5.¬† Fuzzy selection (Magic wand)">magic wand</a> (fuzzy
  120.         select) tool on the new jigsaw layer.
  121.       </p>
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  129.           <div>
  130.             <div>
  131.               <h4 class="title"><a id="id2774186"></a>11.10.2.¬†
  132.       <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Options</span>
  133.     </h4>
  134.             </div>
  135.           </div>
  136.         </div>
  137.         <div class="figure">
  138.           <a id="id2774197"></a>
  139.           <p class="title">
  140.             <b>Figure¬†16.257.¬†
  141.         <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">
  142.           ‚Äú<span class="quote">Jigsaw</span>‚Äù filter options
  143.         </span>
  144.       </b>
  145.           </p>
  146.           <div class="figure-contents">
  147.             <div class="mediaobject">
  148.               <img src="../images/filters/filters-render-jigsaw.png" alt="Jigsaw filter options" />
  149.             </div>
  150.           </div>
  151.         </div>
  152.         <br class="figure-break" />
  153.         <div class="variablelist">
  154.           <dl>
  155.             <dt>
  156.               <span class="term">Number of Tiles</span>
  157.             </dt>
  158.             <dd>
  159.               <p>
  160.             How many tiles across the image is, horizontally and
  161.             vertically.
  162.           </p>
  163.             </dd>
  164.             <dt>
  165.               <span class="term">Bevel Width</span>
  166.             </dt>
  167.             <dd>
  168.               <p>
  169.             The Bevel width slider controls the slope of the edges of
  170.             the puzzle pieces (a hard wooden puzzle would require a low
  171.             Bevel width value, and a soft cardboard puzzle would require
  172.             a higher value).
  173.           </p>
  174.             </dd>
  175.             <dt>
  176.               <span class="term">Highlight</span>
  177.             </dt>
  178.             <dd>
  179.               <p>
  180.             The Highlight slider controls the strength of the
  181.             highlight that will appear on the edges of each piece. You
  182.             may compare it to the "glossiness" of the material the
  183.             puzzle is made of. Highlight width is relative to the
  184.             Bevel width. As a rule of thumb, the more pieces you add
  185.             to the puzzle, the lower Bevel and Highlight values you
  186.             should use, and vice versa. The default values are
  187.             suitable for a 500x500 pixel image.
  188.           </p>
  189.             </dd>
  190.             <dt>
  191.               <span class="term">Jigsaw Style</span>
  192.             </dt>
  193.             <dd>
  194.               <p>
  195.             You can choose between two types of puzzle,
  196.             <span class="guilabel">Square</span> then you get pieces made with
  197.             straight lines, or <span class="guilabel">Curved</span> then you get
  198.             pieces made with curves.
  199.           </p>
  200.             </dd>
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