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<p dir="ltr">On Sunday 06 August 2006 22:15, Dik Takken wrote:</p>
<p dir="ltr">> Hi,</p>
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<p dir="ltr">> When I checked out the new Krita a few months ago, I was completely</p>
<p dir="ltr">> astonished by its feature set. I am currently considering a switch from</p>
<p dir="ltr">> CinePaint to Krita for preparing slide scans for printing. Krita is much</p>
<p dir="ltr">> more stable and has more features than CinePaint does.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">Thanks!</p>
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<p dir="ltr">> Unfortunately, I fail to find out how to use the dodge or burn tools, two</p>
<p dir="ltr">> of the most important tools for working on slide scans. In CinePaint or</p>
<p dir="ltr">> GIMP, you can simply select the burn/dodge tool from the tool palette,</p>
<p dir="ltr">> choose which you want to use (burn or dodge) and what you want to</p>
<p dir="ltr">> burn/dodge (highlights/midtones/shadows). Then, just use the mouse and it</p>
<p dir="ltr">> does what you expect.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">Well, we simply don't really have a burn/dodge tool yet. I'm not sure where to fit it in Krita's current design: it could be a separate tool, or it could be a paintop, similar to the brush, pencil and so on. In the first case, it would be possible to burn & dodge with a soft brush or a hard pencil, or with</p>
<p dir="ltr">the airbrush. In the second case, it would be possible to burn & dodge in straight lines or across a vector path.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">> In Krita, there is no burn/dodge tool. There is only a 'Paint with</p>
<p dir="ltr">> Filters' tool, which seems to be a complex unification of multiple</p>
<p dir="ltr">> tools. In order to get what you need, you need to choose a mode, a</p>
<p dir="ltr">> filter, a color, opacity and you need to configure something that</p>
<p dir="ltr">> looks like an 'Adjust Curves' kind of thing.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">> The dodge and burn tools seem to be implemented as a 'Mode'. I select</p>
<p dir="ltr">> the 'Burn' mode and leave everything else at their default values,</p>
<p dir="ltr">> because I don't know their function. When painting on the canvas, the</p>
<p dir="ltr">> effect looks like color inversion. When I change to the 'Dodge' mode, it</p>
<p dir="ltr">> seems to do what I expect. Except for the fact that you can't continue</p>
<p dir="ltr">> dodging until the image is completely white. The dodge tool seems to be</p>
<p dir="ltr">> limited somehow. Also, it seems to dodge midtones/highlights only.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">Yes, painting with filters is cool -- but it's not what you want. You can use this tool to add extra redness, for instance, or paint sharpness onto the image.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">> I tried looking in the Krita manual, but I can't find any information</p>
<p dir="ltr">> about how the whole 'Paint with Filters' system works. Can anyone explain</p>
<p dir="ltr">> please?</p>
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<p dir="ltr">Well, we need still to write that section, I suppose. I'd need to dive back into the code for that, though. But it's basically just applying the chosen filter onto the area covered by the brush -- that's all. As if your brush area is a temporary selection.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">-- </p>
<p dir="ltr">Boudewijn Rempt </p>
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