README.md
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2http://www.kolourpaint.org/
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4Copyright (c) 2003-2007 Clarence Dang <dang@kde.org>
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7For licensing and warranty information, read COPYING.
8For known problems with this release of KolourPaint, read BUGS.
9For what changes have been made, read NEWS.
10For developer information, checkout branches/kolourpaint/control/.
11For general information, read this file (README):
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14What is KolourPaint?
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17KolourPaint is a free, easy-to-use paint program by KDE.
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19It aims to be conceptually simple to understand; providing a level of
20functionality targeted towards the average user. It's designed for daily
21tasks like:
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23* Painting - drawing diagrams and "finger painting"
24* Image Manipulation - editing screenshots and photos; applying effects
25* Icon Editing - drawing clipart and logos with transparency
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27It's not an unusable and monolithic program where simple tasks like drawing
28lines become near impossible. Nor is it so simple that it lacks essential
29features like Undo/Redo.
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31KolourPaint is opensource software written in C++ using the Qt and KDE
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35Features
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38* Undo/Redo Support (10-500 levels of history depending on memory usage)
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40* Tools (single key shortcuts available for all tools)
41 - Brush, Color Eraser, Color Picker, Connected Lines a.k.a. Polyline
42 - Curve, Ellipse, Eraser, Flood Fill, Line, Pen, Polygon, Rectangle
43 - Rounded Rectangle, Spraycan, Text, Zoom
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45* Selections (fully undo- and redo-able)
46 - Rectangular, Elliptical, Free-Form shapes
47 - Choice between Opaque and Transparent selections
48 - Full Clipboard/Edit Menu support
49 - Freehand resizeable
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51* Configurable Color Palette
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53* Color Similarity means that you can fill regions in dithered images and
54 photos
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56* Transparency
57 - Draw transparent icons and logos on a checkerboard background
58 - All tools can draw in the "Transparent Color"
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60* Image Effects
61 - Autocrop / Remove Internal Border
62 - Balance (Brightness, Contrast, Gamma)
63 - Clear, Emboss, Flatten, Flip, Histogram Equalizer
64 - Hue, Saturation, Value
65 - Invert (with choice of channels)
66 - Reduce Colors, Reduce to Grayscale, Resize, Rotate
67 - Scale, Set as Image (Crop), Skew, Smooth Scale, Soften & Sharpen
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69* Close-up Editing
70 - Zoom (from 0.01x to 16x)
71 - Grid
72 - Thumbnail
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74* File Operations
75 - Open/Save in all file formats provided by KImageIO
76 (PNG, JPEG, BMP, ICO, PCX, TIFF,...) with preview
77 - Print, Print Preview
78 - Mail
79 - Set as Wallpaper
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82Updates & More Information
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85Visit: http://www.kolourpaint.org/
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88Support
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91Visit: http://www.kolourpaint.org/
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93If you have any questions about compiling, installing or using KolourPaint,
94don't be afraid to contact us. We try to support all versions of
95KolourPaint and even issues with 3rd party binary packages.
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98Feedback
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101Please send bug reports and feature requests to http://bugs.kde.org/.
102Don't hesitate to report bugs nor hesitate to send us your wishes -- it
103provides valuable feedback that will help to improve future versions of
104KolourPaint and you will not receive flames for reporting duplicates.
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