r17602 by gpittman - editing/adding/rearranging manual info about editing colors
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Fri Jun 22 00:10:05 UTC 2012
Author: gpittman
Date: Fri Jun 22 00:10:04 2012
New Revision: 17602
URL: http://scribus.net/websvn/listing.php?repname=Scribus&sc=1&rev=17602
Log:
editing/adding/rearranging manual info about editing colors
Added:
branches/Version14x/Scribus/scribus/doc/en/color_editing.html
branches/Version14x/Scribus/scribus/doc/en/images/add_colors4.png (with props)
branches/Version14x/Scribus/scribus/doc/en/images/add_colors6.png (with props)
branches/Version14x/Scribus/scribus/doc/en/images/add_colors7.png (with props)
Modified:
branches/Version14x/Scribus/scribus/doc/en/add_colors.html
branches/Version14x/Scribus/scribus/doc/en/color1.html
branches/Version14x/Scribus/scribus/doc/en/color2.html
branches/Version14x/Scribus/scribus/doc/en/menu.xml
Modified: branches/Version14x/Scribus/scribus/doc/en/add_colors.html
URL: http://scribus.net/websvn/diff.php?repname=Scribus&rev=17602&path=/branches/Version14x/Scribus/scribus/doc/en/add_colors.html
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--- branches/Version14x/Scribus/scribus/doc/en/add_colors.html (original)
+++ branches/Version14x/Scribus/scribus/doc/en/add_colors.html Fri Jun 22 00:10:04 2012
@@ -6,6 +6,31 @@
<body>
<h2>Adding and Editing Colors</h2>
If you are looking for instructions on how to change an entire color palette, <a href="color2.html">then go here</a>.
+<h3>Manual Methods</h3>
+<h4>From the Color Picker</h4>
+<p>The little eyedropper on the toolbar activates the color picker, after which clicking on some spot on the screen grabs its color. You can expect to be presented with a dialog asking for a name for this color. If you don't name it, the color will not be added, even if you click <strong>OK</strong></p>
+<p><img src="images/add_colors3.png"></p>
+<h4>New Color</h4>
+<p>Here again is our <i>Colors</i> dialog we saw in the last article (brought up with <i>Edit > Colors</i>). Click tne <strong>New</strong> button, and you then see the <i>Edit Color</i> dialog. Give it a unique name, then use the sliders to adjust the hue and saturation. You can also click somewhere in the rainbow area for a quick approximation of what you're looking to achieve. Click <strong>OK</strong> to add this new color to your palette. Keep in mind that using this method, your palette will only apply to this document – having said this, below we'll see how to import a palette from a saved file.</p>
+<p>You have 3 <i>Color Models</i> to choose from: <strong>RGB</strong>, <strong>CMYK</strong>, and <strong>Web Safe RGB</strong>. This last choice limits the values to those which will display the same on 8-bit and 16-bit color systems.</p>
+<table width="100%">
+<tr>
+<td>
+<img src="images/add_colors4.png"></td>
+<td><img src="images/add_colors6.png"></td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+<h4>Borrowing a Color from another Palette</h4>
+<table width="90%" cellpadding="5">
+<tr><td><p>If you click the button in the upper right of the <i>Edit Color</i> dialog, an extremely long list of choices appears, consisting of all the color sets available in Scribus. Now click one of these colors and its name and RGB/CMYK values are your new color. Many of the color sets contain proprietary spot colors.</p></td></tr>
+<tr><td>
+<img src="images/add_colors5.png">
+</p></td>
+</tr></table>
+<h4>Duplicate</h4>
+<p>In the <i>Colors</i> dialog above, click a color you wish to modify. This will of course bring up <i>Edit Color</i>, but click <strong>Cancel</strong>, so that you can go back and click <strong>Duplicate</strong>. Now your color name will show as <i>Copy of ...</i> and you can edit in the various ways we have shown and change the name.</p>
+<h4>Getting Rid of Colors</h4>
+<p>You can do this individually, by highlighting a color then clicking <strong>Delete</strong>, or you might consider reducing the number of colors on the list by clicking <strong>Remove Unused</strong>, which deletes any colors you have not actually used in your document.</p>
<h3>Automatic and Semi-automatic Methods</h3>
<h4>From another document</h4>
<p>If you begin with a previously saved document, you will use its color set. If you extrapolate from this fact, then you might choose to open a document, delete its content, and <i>File Save As</i> under a new name.</p>
@@ -19,10 +44,10 @@
<td><img src="images/add_colors1.png"></td>
<td><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In this example, following import of an SVG, we take a look at the Colors dialog (<i>Edit > Colors</i>), so that we can point out some particulars.</p>
<p>We started out with the Scribus Basic color set, then imported an SVG, which has added these colors which begin with <i>FromSVG</i>. Scribus does not ask you for your Ok to do this – for one thing, consider the job this would create for a many-colored graphic.</p>
-
+<p>In case you only want to import the colors from a vector file (EPS and variants, PS), or from suitable palette files [AI (Adobe Illustrator) GPL (Gimp color palettes), SOC (OpenDocument color palettes), or a suitably formatted Scribus XML description], this would also bean option by selecting <strong>Import</strong> in the <i>Colors</i> dialog.
</td></tr></table>
<p>Notice the many blacks we have here, yet each is unique. Our newly added black, <i>FromSVG#000000</i>, is an RGB black, all the others are CMYK blacks. If you hover your mouse cursor over each one, you will see the differences.</p>
-<table cellpadding="5" align="center">
+<table cellpadding="5">
<tr>
<td></td><td><b>C%</b></td><td><b>M%</b></td><td><b>Y%</b></td><td><b>K%</b></td></tr>
<tr>
@@ -36,28 +61,6 @@
<tr>
<td>Warm Black</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">60</td><td align="center">30</td><td align="center">100</td></tr>
</table>
-<table cellpadding="5">
-<tr><td><img src="images/add_colors2.png"></td><td><p> </p><p>Let's go a bit further here and edit a color. Either left-click or right-click on a color, and you bring up this dialog. In this particular case, you might just want to change the color name to something more meaningful. On the other hand, there is useful information in this name, considering that the hex value ‘80’ corresponds to decimal ‘128’.</p>
-<p>You have 3 color models to choose from: <strong>RGB</strong>, <strong>CMYK</strong>, and <strong>Web Safe RGB</strong>. This last choice limits the values to those which will display the same on 8-bit and 16-bit systems.</p>
-<p>The last thing we will mention here is the sliders to the right of the dialog for changing RGB or CMYK values. You can also click on the rainbow display, then make fine adjustments with the sliders. As you make changes, the color in the box labeled <strong>New</strong> adjusts. Click <strong>OK</strong> to switch, or <strong>Cancel</strong> to stay with the <strong>Old</strong></p>
-</td></tr></table>
-<h4>From the Color Picker</h4>
-<p>The little eyedropper on the toolbar activates the color picker, after which clicking on some spot on the screen grabs its color. You can expect to be presented with a dialog asking for a name for this color. If you don't name it, the color will not be added, even if you click <strong>OK</strong></p>
-<p><img src="images/add_colors3.png"></p>
-<h3>Manual Methods</h3>
-<h4>New Color</h4>
-<table width="90%" cellpadding="5">
-<tr>
-<td><p>Here again is our <i>Colors</i> dialog. This time, click tne <strong>New</strong> button. </p>
-<img src="images/add_colors1.png"></td></tr>
-<tr><td><p>Click the button in the upper right of the <i>Edit Color</i> dialog, and an extremely long list of choices appears, consisting of all the color sets available in Scribus. Now click one of these colors and its name and RGB/CMYK values are your new color. Many of the color sets contain proprietary spot colors.</p></td></tr>
-<tr><td>
-<img src="images/add_colors5.png">
-</p></td>
-</tr></table>
-<h4>Duplicate</h4>
-<p>In the <i>Colors</i> dialog above, click a color you wish to modify. This will of course bring up <i>Edit Color</i>, but click <strong>Cancel</strong>, so that you can go back and click <strong>Duplicate</strong>. Now your color name will show as <i>Copy of ...</i> and you can edit in the various ways we have shown and change the name.</p>
-<h4>Getting Rid of Colors</h4>
-<p>You can do this individually, by highlighting a color then clicking <strong>Delete</strong>, or you might consider reducing the number of colors on the list by clicking <strong>Remove Unused</strong>, which deletes any colors you have not actually used in your document.</p>
+
</body>
</html>
Modified: branches/Version14x/Scribus/scribus/doc/en/color1.html
URL: http://scribus.net/websvn/diff.php?repname=Scribus&rev=17602&path=/branches/Version14x/Scribus/scribus/doc/en/color1.html
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--- branches/Version14x/Scribus/scribus/doc/en/color1.html (original)
+++ branches/Version14x/Scribus/scribus/doc/en/color1.html Fri Jun 22 00:10:04 2012
@@ -1,17 +1,11 @@
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"/>
- <title>Editing and Managing Solid Colors</title>
+ <title>Color Palettes</title>
</head>
<body>
-<h3>Editing and Managing Solid Colors (1)</h3>
-<table border="1" align="center">
- <tbody>
- <tr>
- <td><i><b>Please note that this chapter is not about color management, but about the editing and managing of color <a href="WwFill.html">fills</a>. Color management is described in a <a href="cms.html">separate chapter</a>.</b></i></td>
- </tr>
- </tbody>
-</table>
+<h3>Color Palettes</h3>
+<h5>Please note that this chapter is not about color management, but about the editing and managing of color <a href="WwFill.html">fills</a>. Color management is described in a <a href="cms.html">separate chapter</a>.</b></i></h5>
<p>Within Scribus there are several methods to create, import and edit solid colors and color sets. Moreover, Scribus has a well developed tool, the <a href="colorwheel.html">Color Wheel plug-in</a>, which helps with creating color harmonies and even testing them for people with color blindness.</p>
<h3>Why Color Sets?</h3>
<p>The answer to the question in the headline is closely related to the answer to a more basic question, namely: “What is a color?” The truth is, there is no simple answer to that question, as a “color” can be described in hundreds of ways, for example as a combination of wavelengths, a combination of color values within a certain “color model”, as a category in a framework based on aesthetical rules etc. As a result, many different so-called “color models” have been developed over the course of time, many of which have become part of a discipline called “color science,” a science that is itself a “meta-science,” as it requires input from many different disciplines, including physics, neuro-science, biology, mathematics, engineering, and even art, artisanry or literature. “Color” is actually one of a few cases, in which artists like Johann Wolfgang von Goethe or Albert Henry Munsell contribu!
ted significantly to scientific progress.</p>
@@ -68,20 +62,6 @@
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
-<br>
-<h4>Editing Colors and Color Palettes</h4>
-<p>When you create and save a new document, all the colors that are availabe in the dialog <i>Edit > Colors</i> will be stored in that document. This is an important detail, because any changes to a color palette will only affect the current document. The selection or creation of a new default palette will be described in the <a href="color2.html">next section</a>.</p>
-<p>If you choose <i>Edit > Colors</i> from the menu bar for the first time and with a new document open, Scribus will bring up the following dialog:</p><br>
-<table width="100%"><tr><td align="center"><img src="images/editcols1.png"/></td></tr></table><br>
-<p>To the left you see the list of colors in the selected default color set, which is the palette “Scribus Basic”. The list view contains a preview of every color, a color model indicator, indicators for special colors (spot, registration), and finally the name of the color. If color management is active, you may also see a warning sign between the color preview and the color model icon, indicating that a color is out of gamut.</p>
-<p>To the right you see various editing options for your color palette, starting with the “Import” button at the top. Clicking on it brings up a file dialog, where you can select various sources for colors. These sources can either be existing Scribus files or color palettes in one of the following formats: <b>Encapsulated PostScript (EPS)</b>, <b>PostScript (PS)</b>, <b>Adobe Illustrator (AI)</b>, <b>OpenDocument Color Palettes (SOC)</b> or <b>GIMP Color Palettes (GPL)</b>. Note that importing a color palette does <i><b>not</b></i> replace the existing colors. Instead, the colors will be <i><b>added</b></i> to the existing palette:</p>
-<table width="100%"><tr><td align="center"><img src="images/editcols1a.png"/></td></tr></table><br>
-<p>You can also create a new color yourself and add it to the existing palette by clicking on the “New” button. This will bring up the color editor:</p>
-<table width="100%"><tr><td align="center"><img src="images/editcols2.png"/></td></tr></table><br>
-<p>Here you can insert a name for the new color and select a color model (CMYK, RGB and web-safe RGB, the latter being almost irrelevant today, even if you are creating a PDF for the world-wide web). In the lower right section you see three or four (depending on the selected color model) color sliders to modify the color values. Of course you can also insert numerical color values directly. At the top of the dialog you see a so-called “HSV Color Map,” which allows for creating a color by clicking somewhere on the colored field. “HSV” is an abbreviation for “Hue, Saturation, Value”, which is another way to describe colors in the RGB color model. If you click on the drop-down list, you will see that you can also select a color from one of the installed color palettes.</p>
-<p>To use the “Edit” and “Duplicate” options you have to select a color from the list. The dialog that will appear is identical to the one for new colors.</p>
-<p>Deleting a color from the list can be risky, since the color may have already been applied to an item or text in a document. Thus, Scribus will always ask for a replacement color, a mechanism that’s similar to <i>Edit > Replace Colors</i>, which is described in the section on <a href="importhints2.html">importing vector drawings</a>:</p><br>
-<table width="100%"><tr><td align="center"><img src="images/editcols3.png"/></td></tr></table><br>
-<p>The final editing option is called “Remove Unused,” which is also described in the vector import section.</p>
-<p>If you click “OK”, the changes to the color list will be saved in your Scribus document, while clicking “Cancel” will leave the list untouched.</p>
+</body>
+</html>
Modified: branches/Version14x/Scribus/scribus/doc/en/color2.html
URL: http://scribus.net/websvn/diff.php?repname=Scribus&rev=17602&path=/branches/Version14x/Scribus/scribus/doc/en/color2.html
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--- branches/Version14x/Scribus/scribus/doc/en/color2.html (original)
+++ branches/Version14x/Scribus/scribus/doc/en/color2.html Fri Jun 22 00:10:04 2012
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"/>
- <title>Editing and Managing Solid Colors (2)</title>
+ <title>Managing Color Sets</title>
</head>
<body>
-<h2>Editing and Managing Solid Colors (2)</h2>
+<h2>Managing Color Sets</h2>
<h3>Changing the Default Color Palette</h3>
<p>To change the default color palette, make sure that no Scribus document is open. Then open the Color Manager (<i>Edit > Colors</i>):</p>
@@ -38,4 +38,4 @@
C:\Users\username\.scribus\swatches\locked</code>.</p>
<p>If the folder <code>locked</code> doesn’t exist, you have to create it.</p>
</body>
-</html>
+</html>
Modified: branches/Version14x/Scribus/scribus/doc/en/menu.xml
URL: http://scribus.net/websvn/diff.php?repname=Scribus&rev=17602&path=/branches/Version14x/Scribus/scribus/doc/en/menu.xml
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--- branches/Version14x/Scribus/scribus/doc/en/menu.xml (original)
+++ branches/Version14x/Scribus/scribus/doc/en/menu.xml Fri Jun 22 00:10:04 2012
@@ -45,16 +45,18 @@
<submenuitem text="Page Numbering" file="pagenumber.html" />
<submenuitem text="The Short Words Plug-in" file="short-words.html" />
</submenuitem>
- <submenuitem text="Solid Colors" file="color1.html">
- <submenuitem text="Managing Colors" file="color2.html" />
+ <submenuitem text="Editing Colors" file="color_editing.html">
<submenuitem text="Adding and Editing Colors" file="add_colors.html" />
+ <submenuitem text="The Color Wheel" file="colorwheel.html" />
+ </submenuitem>
+ <submenuitem text="Color Palettes" file="color1.html">
+ <submenuitem text="Managing Color Sets" file="color2.html" />
<submenuitem text="Open Source Color Sets" file="color3.html" />
<submenuitem text="National Color Standards" file="color4.html" />
<submenuitem text="Resene Color Sets" file="color5.html" />
<submenuitem text="dtp studio Color Sets" file="color6.html" />
<submenuitem text="GiveLife Color System" file="color7.html" />
<submenuitem text="Special Purpose Colors" file="color8.html" />
- <submenuitem text="The Color Wheel" file="colorwheel.html" />
</submenuitem>
<submenuitem text="Importing" file="importhints.html">
<submenuitem text="Importing Bitmap Files" file="importbitmap1.html" />
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