graphics/kolourpaint/README.md

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0002 http://www.kolourpaint.org/
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0004 Copyright (c) 2003-2007 Clarence Dang <dang@kde.org>
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0006
0007 For licensing and warranty information, read COPYING.
0008 For known problems with this release of KolourPaint, read BUGS.
0009 For what changes have been made, read NEWS.
0010 For developer information, checkout branches/kolourpaint/control/.
0011 For general information, read this file (README):
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0014 What is KolourPaint?
0015 ====================
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0017 KolourPaint is a free, easy-to-use paint program by KDE.
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0019 It aims to be conceptually simple to understand; providing a level of
0020 functionality targeted towards the average user.  It's designed for daily
0021 tasks like:
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0023 * Painting - drawing diagrams and "finger painting"
0024 * Image Manipulation - editing screenshots and photos; applying effects
0025 * Icon Editing - drawing clipart and logos with transparency
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0027 It's not an unusable and monolithic program where simple tasks like drawing
0028 lines become near impossible.  Nor is it so simple that it lacks essential
0029 features like Undo/Redo.
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0031 KolourPaint is opensource software written in C++ using the Qt and KDE
0032 libraries.
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0035 Features
0036 ========
0037
0038 * Undo/Redo Support (10-500 levels of history depending on memory usage)
0039
0040 * Tools (single key shortcuts available for all tools)
0041   - Brush, Color Eraser, Color Picker, Connected Lines a.k.a. Polyline
0042   - Curve, Ellipse, Eraser, Flood Fill, Line, Pen, Polygon, Rectangle
0043   - Rounded Rectangle, Spraycan, Text, Zoom
0044
0045 * Selections (fully undo- and redo-able)
0046   - Rectangular, Elliptical, Free-Form shapes
0047   - Choice between Opaque and Transparent selections
0048   - Full Clipboard/Edit Menu support
0049   - Freehand resizeable
0050
0051 * Configurable Color Palette
0052
0053 * Color Similarity means that you can fill regions in dithered images and
0054   photos
0055
0056 * Transparency
0057   - Draw transparent icons and logos on a checkerboard background
0058   - All tools can draw in the "Transparent Color"
0059
0060 * Image Effects
0061   - Autocrop / Remove Internal Border
0062   - Balance (Brightness, Contrast, Gamma)
0063   - Clear, Emboss, Flatten, Flip, Histogram Equalizer
0064   - Hue, Saturation, Value
0065   - Invert (with choice of channels)
0066   - Reduce Colors, Reduce to Grayscale, Resize, Rotate
0067   - Scale, Set as Image (Crop), Skew, Smooth Scale, Soften & Sharpen
0068
0069 * Close-up Editing
0070   - Zoom (from 0.01x to 16x)
0071   - Grid
0072   - Thumbnail
0073
0074 * File Operations
0075   - Open/Save in all file formats provided by KImageIO
0076     (PNG, JPEG, BMP, ICO, PCX, TIFF,...) with preview
0077   - Print, Print Preview
0078   - Mail
0079   - Set as Wallpaper
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0082 Updates & More Information
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0085 Visit: http://www.kolourpaint.org/
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0088 Support
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0091 Visit: http://www.kolourpaint.org/
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0093 If you have any questions about compiling, installing or using KolourPaint,
0094 don't be afraid to contact us.  We try to support all versions of
0095 KolourPaint and even issues with 3rd party binary packages.
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0098 Feedback
0099 ========
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0101 Please send bug reports and feature requests to http://bugs.kde.org/.
0102 Don't hesitate to report bugs nor hesitate to send us your wishes -- it
0103 provides valuable feedback that will help to improve future versions of
0104 KolourPaint and you will not receive flames for reporting duplicates.