[gimp-help-2] Minor wording changes regarding paths.
- From: Andrew Pitonyak <adpitonyak src gnome org>
- To: svn-commits-list gnome org
- Cc:
- Subject: [gimp-help-2] Minor wording changes regarding paths.
- Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2010 02:17:54 +0000 (UTC)
commit f66901c3bb4a31e531d1aba9c135e08ca4a2e7b6
Author: Andrew Pitonyak <andrew pitonyak org>
Date: Thu Jan 7 21:16:20 2010 -0500
Minor wording changes regarding paths.
src/using/paths.xml | 48 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------------
1 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/src/using/paths.xml b/src/using/paths.xml
index b5afa05..8e46faf 100644
--- a/src/using/paths.xml
+++ b/src/using/paths.xml
@@ -204,24 +204,24 @@
anchor point to the first anchor point with a straight line.
</para>
<para>
- Path segments can be either straight or curved. A path all of whose
- segments are straight is called <quote>polygonal</quote>.
- When you create a path segment, it starts out straight, because the
- handles for the anchor points are initially placed directly on top of
- the anchor points, yielding handles of zero length, which produce
- straight-line segments. You can make a segment curved by dragging a
- handle away from one of the anchor points.
+ Path segments can be either straight or curved. A path is called
+ <quote>polygonal</quote> if all of its segments are straight.
+ A new path segment is always created straight; the handles for the
+ anchor points are directly on top of the anchor points, yielding
+ handles of zero length, which produces straight-line segments.
+ Drag a handle handle away from an anchor point to cause a segment
+ to curve.
</para>
<para>
- One nice thing about paths is that they are very light in terms of
- resource consumption, especially in comparison with images. Representing
- a path in RAM only requires storing the coordinates of its anchors and
- handles: 1K of memory is enough to hold quite a complex path, but not
- enough to hold even a 20x20 pixel RGB layer. Therefore, it is quite
- possible to have literally hundreds of paths in an image without putting
- any significant stress of your system. (How much stress managing them
- would put on <emphasis>you</emphasis>
- is, of course, another question.) Even a path with thousands of segments
+ One nice thing about paths is that they use very few resources,
+ especially in comparison with images. Representing
+ a path in RAM requires storing only the coordinates of its anchors and
+ handles: 1K of memory is enough to hold a complex path, but not
+ enough to hold a small 20x20 pixel RGB layer. Therefore, it is
+ possible to have literally hundreds of paths in an image without causing
+ any significant stress to your system; the amount of stress that
+ hundreds of paths might cause <emphasis>you</emphasis>, however,
+ is another question. Even a path with thousands of segments
consumes minimal resources in comparison to a typical layer or channel.
</para>
<para>
@@ -244,10 +244,10 @@
Now, the selection is a two-dimensional entity, but a path is a
one-dimensional entity, so there is no way to transform the selection
into a path without losing information. In fact, any information about
- partially selected areas (i.e., feathering) will be lost when the
+ partially selected areas (i.e., feathering) are lost when a
selection is turned into a path. If the path is transformed back into a
- selection, the result is an all-or-none selection, similar to what would
- be obtained by executing "Sharpen" from the Select menu.
+ selection, the result is an all-or-none selection, similar to what is
+ obtained by executing "Sharpen" from the Select menu.
</para>
</sect2>
@@ -255,14 +255,16 @@
<title>Transforming Paths</title>
<para>
Each of the Transform tools (Rotate, Scale, Perspective, etc) can be set
- to act specifically on paths, using the <quote>Affect:</quote> option
- in the tool's Tool Options dialog. This gives you a powerful set of
+ to act on a layer, selection, or path. Select the transform tool in the
+ toolbox, then select layer, selection, or path for the
+ <quote>Transform:</quote> option in the tool's Tool Options
+ dialog. This gives you a powerful set of
methods for altering the shapes of paths without affecting other
elements of the image.
</para>
<para>
- By default a Transform tool, when it is set to affect paths, only acts
- on a single path: the <emphasis>active path</emphasis>
+ By default a Transform tool, when it is set to affect paths, acts on
+ only one path: the <emphasis>active path</emphasis>
for the image, which is shown highlighted in the Paths dialog. You can
make a transformation affect more than one path, and possibly other
things as well, using the <quote>transform lock</quote> buttons in the
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