Re: [Tuxpaint-devel] Template export from Open dialog

[Pere P. i C. <per...@gm...>]

Hi, works fine in my box, the only thing I've noticed is that 
one has to go to the filesystem to remove the no more needed templates.

Maybe add a way to remove added templates?

HTH
Pere


El dl. 29 de 05 de 2023 a les 11:11 -0700, en/na Bill Kendrick va escriure:
> For a while now we've had the ability to export drawings to a location
> 'outside' of Tux Paint, and easier to access (e.g., on Linux, under
> $HOME/Pictures/TuxPaint/) -- via the "Export" button in the "Open"
> dialog.  (There's also an animated GIF export feature, if you drill
> down into the "Slides" slideshow section, that arrived at the same time.)
> 
> I've now added the ability to export a saved image into the user's
> personal Templates directory (e.g., on Linux, $HOME/.tuxpaint/templates/)
> 
> This way, together with the Eraser tool (which now has a set of
> fuzzy-edged options), you can make a new picture in layers.
> It's obviously not as sophisticated as real Layers (capital-L) in apps
> like Photoshop & GIMP, but it will be helpful to some users.
> 
> I can also see it being utilized for animations.  Right now, you can
> create a background, and save it (let's call this picture #0).
> Then add your foreground options, and save out to a new drawing
> (picture #1; the first frame of the animation).  Then you need to
> reload picture #0, redraw EVERYTHING in its new place, and save out to
> another new drawing (picture #2).  Repeat.
> 
> With a template, you can create a new picture using the background,
> draw things, and save it (picture #1).  Then use the eraser, clone
> tool, etc. to make adjustments, and the save to a new drawing
> (picture #2).
> 
> Anyway, along with the new feature, I've updated the docs (README,
> EXTENDING, manpage, etc.).  This feature can be disabled with a new
> "notemplateexport" option.  I'm about to add that to Tux Paint Config.
> 
> Note - Tux Paint will do its best to avoid saving the same unmodified
> picture out to multiple new Templates.  Each template's filename uses
> the original drawing's filename (which was the timestamp of the moment
> it was _first_ saved) as a prefix.  For any image which matches that
> name, it will check if the files are an identical size (via stat()).
> If they happen to be, then it will check the image's dimensions
> (via libPNG).  In the likely event that they are identical, it will
> then calculate a CRC checksum (via zlib) of the images to see if the
> file contents are the same.  If they are, it will avoid exporting a
> new template, and state as much to the end user.
> 
> Please try it out (`git pull` master branch), and let me know if there
> are any issues!  Thanks!
>