4.4. Dialogen “Biletmalar

Figur 14.67. The Templates dialog

The Templates dialog

Biletmalane er mønster for eit biletformat. GIMP inneheld ein god del ferdige malar for vanlege biletformat. Dessutan er det lett å lage sine eigne malar. Når du opprettar eit nytt bilete, har du tilgang på lista over eksisterande malar, men du kan bare laste ned frå denne lista. Skal du redigere lista, må du gå inn i dialogen “biletmalar”.

4.4.1. Activating the dialog

The “Templates” dialog is a dockable dialog; see the section Del 2.3, “Dialogar og samlevindauge” for help on manipulating it.

You can access it:

  • from the image menu: WindowsDockable DialogsTemplates.

  • from the Tab menu in any dockable dialog by clicking on and selecting Add TabTemplates.

4.4.2. Using the Templates dialog

Du vel ein mal ved å klikke på ikonet. Dersom du høgreklikkar på ikonet, kjem det opp ein meny med dei same funksjonane som for knappane nedst i dialogvindauget.

4.4.2.1. Grid/List modes

In the Tab menu for the “Templates” dialog, you can choose between View as Grid and View as List. In Grid mode, templates are laid out in a rectangular array of identical icons (unless you gave them a particular icon, as we will see later). Only the name of the selected template is displayed. In List mode, they are lined up vertically; icons are identical too; all names are displayed.

Frå fanemenyen kan du også bruke menyinnslaget Storleik på førehandsvisinga for å vise ikona i eit høveleg format.

[Tips] Tips

Ctrl+F in a list view opens a search field. See Vis som liste/tabell

4.4.2.2. Buttons at the bottom

Desse knappane gir deg høve til å utføre ein del operajonar på biletmalane:

Opprett eit nytt bilete frå den valde malen

Klikk på denne knappen for å opna dialogen opprett eit nytt bilete. Den valde malen blir brukt som mønster.

Opprett ein ny mal

Klikk på denne knappen for å opna dialogen ny mal. Dette er den same dialogen som blir brukt for å redigera malen, som er vist nedanfor.

Kopier den valde malen

Denne knappen opnar dialogvindauget for rediger mal. Denne gongen med data frå den valde malen.

Rediger den valde malen

Også denne knappen opnar dialogvindauget for rediger mal med data frå den valde malen.

Slett den valde malen

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4.4.3. Edit Template

Figur 14.68. The Edit Template dialog

The Edit Template dialog

The dialog allows you to set the specifications of the selected template.

You can access to this editor by clicking on the Edit Template button at the bottom of the dialog.

Options

Name

In this text box, you can modify the displayed template name.

Icon

By clicking on this icon, you open a list of icons. You can choose one of them to illustrate the selected template name.

Image size

Here you set the width and height of the new image. The default units are pixels, but you can switch to some other unit if you prefer, using the adjoining menu. If you do, note that the resulting pixel size will be determined by the X and Y resolution (which you can change in the Advanced Options), and by the setting of “Dot for Dot”, which you can change in the View menu.

[Notat] Notat

Please keep in mind, that every Pixel of an image is stored in the memory. If you're creating large files with a high density of pixels, GIMP will need some time for every function you're applying to the image.

Portrait/Landscape buttons

These buttons toggle between Portrait and Landscape mode. Concretely, their effect is to exchange the values for Width and Height. If the X and Y resolutions are different (in Advanced Options), then these values are exchanged also. On the right, image size, image resolution and color space are displayed.

Advanced Options

Figur 14.69. The “Advanced Options” dialog

The Advanced Options dialog


These are options that will mainly be of interest to more advanced users.

X and Y resolution

These values come into play mainly in relation to printing: they do not affect the size of the image in pixels, but they determine its size on paper when printed. They can also affect the way the image is displayed on the monitor: if “Dot for Dot” is switched off in the View menu, then at 100% zoom, GIMP attempts to display the image on the monitor at the correct physical size, as calculated from the pixel dimensions and the resolution. The display may not be accurate, however, unless the monitor has been calibrated. This can be done either when GIMP is installed, or from the Display tab of the Preferences dialog.

Colorspace

You can create the new image as either an RGB image or a grayscale image. You cannot create an indexed image directly in this way, but of course nothing prevents you from converting the image to indexed mode after it has been created.

Fill

You have four choices for the solid color that will fill the new image's background layer:

  • Foreground color, as shown in the Main Toolbox.

  • Background color, as shown in the Main Toolbox.

  • White, the more often used.

  • Transparent. If this option is chosen, then the Background layer in the new image will be created with an alpha channel; otherwise not.

Comment

You can write a descriptive comment here. The text will be attached to the image as a “parasite”, and will be saved along with the image by some file formats (but not all of them).