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diff --git a/doc/chalk/tutorial-tablet.docbook b/doc/chalk/tutorial-tablet.docbook new file mode 100644 index 00000000..05a57504 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/chalk/tutorial-tablet.docbook @@ -0,0 +1,141 @@ +<sect1 id="tutorial-tablet"> +<title>Working with tablets</title> + +<para>This tutorial is intended to describe you the first steps with working +with a tablet with &chalk;. The tutorial assumes you are using &Linux;.</para> + +<sect2 id="tutorial-tablet-configuring"> +<title>Configuring it</title> + +<para> +As any hardware it nearly works out of the box. &Linux; should recognize it +fine, but you might have to configure the X11 server by hand. The best way to +do this is to follow the instruction on the Wacom &Linux; howto: <ulink +url="http://linuxwacom.sourceforge.net/index.php/howto/main" />. +</para><para> +Then, in &chalk;, you need to enable the various tools (in the +<guilabel>Tablet</guilabel> section of the +<menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem>Configure +&chalk;...</guimenuitem></menuchoice> dialog) — you can find more +information in the <link linkend="settings-preferences-tablet">tablet settings +section</link>. +</para> + +</sect2> + +<sect2 id="tutorial-tablet-firstcontact"> +<title>First contact with the tablet</title> + +<para> +There are three devices of your tablet that you can use with &chalk;: +</para> + +<itemizedlist> +<listitem><para>the cursor, the mouse that was shipped with the Wacom +tablet</para></listitem> +<listitem><para>the eraser, the round part on the top of the pen</para></listitem> +<listitem><para>the stylus, the thin point on the bottom of the pen</para></listitem> +</itemizedlist> + +<para> +By default, when you use the stylus or the cursor on the tablet, the Brush +tool and the pixel brush painting operation will get selected. The eraser +device is associated to the <quote>pixel eraser</quote> painting operation. +But if you select a different tool or a different painting operation with one +device, &chalk; will remember the association when you switch between devices. +</para> + +</sect2> + +<sect2 id="tutorial-tablet-outlines"> +<title>Outlines of a flower</title> + +<para> +Even if you knew how to draw before you started with a tablet, you will need +to adapt to the tablet. It doesn't feel the same. So I suggest to start with +something simple, like a flower, and to use a picture as a model: +</para> + +<para> +<screenshot> +<screeninfo>A flower</screeninfo> +<mediaobject> +<imageobject> +<imagedata fileref="tutorial-tablet-1.png" format="PNG" /> +</imageobject> +<textobject> +<phrase>A flower</phrase> +</textobject> +<caption><para>A flower</para></caption> +</mediaobject> +</screenshot> +</para> + +<para> +First, you will need to create a new layer for the outline. I advise you to +lock the layer with the picture, it will prevent you from making mistakes. +</para><para> +Drawing the outline of the flower seems pretty easy, but for your first +experience you will have a great difficulty to precisely follow the line on +the screen while your hand has to move on the tablet. Eventually you will get +something like this: +</para> + +<para> +<screenshot> +<screeninfo>The outline of the flower</screeninfo> +<mediaobject> +<imageobject> +<imagedata fileref="tutorial-tablet-2.png" format="PNG" /> +</imageobject> +<textobject> +<phrase>The outline of the flower</phrase> +</textobject> +<caption><para>The outline of the flower</para></caption> +</mediaobject> +</screenshot> +</para> + +</sect2> + +<sect2 id="tutorial-tablet-colorization"> +<title>Colorization</title> + +<para> +For the colorization, you will need to create a third layer. You will +have to move it below the layer with the outlines, and do not forget to lock +the outline layer. +</para><para> +It's mostly easier than the outline part, just select the color you want to +use (either with the color selector or with the color picker), then for most +of the work you can use the fill tool: with the mouse, click on the part you +want to fill, as by default the fill tool will take the outline into +consideration. On the following image, the different colors of the heart of +the flower are not seperated by outlines, to do them I just completed the +missing outline with a yellow or brown line to create the separation between +the different colors. +</para> + +<para> +<screenshot> +<screeninfo>The colored flower</screeninfo> +<mediaobject> +<imageobject> +<imagedata fileref="tutorial-tablet-3.png" format="PNG" /> +</imageobject> +<textobject> +<phrase>The colored flower</phrase> +</textobject> +<caption><para>The colored flower</para></caption> +</mediaobject> +</screenshot> +</para> + +<para> +The resulting image looks and feels like old fashion clipart, mostly because +it lacks shadows and illumination, which are not covered by this tutorial. +</para> + +</sect2> + +</sect1> |