Re: [Tuxpaint-users] How to make a Starter coloring book image

[Roberto N. <rn...@bl...>]

Hi Bill/tuxpaint users!

> Hi everyone!  Someone emailed me privately today, asking for help getting
> some JPEG images put into Tux Paint to use for coloring.  I replied with
> some instructions, and ended up focusing on preparing an image using
> The Gimp (since it's also Open Source and runs on Windows, Mac and Linux),
> and was planning on creating some "official documentation" based on my
> emailed instructions.
> 
> I thought I'd post the instructions here, first, to get feedbac from other
> Tux Paint users.  (Do the instructions make sense?  Easy to read?  Etc.)

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I had no idea TuxPaint could do this. Great feature! I am going to try
this out with my two little ones...

As for the documentation, I think it is fine. When providing
instructions on how to create a new transparent PNG, you have had to be
specific to one program (GIMP) of course, so many people will either
have to grab a program that is new to them or figure it out themselves.
But there is no way round that :-(

Regardless though, the first bit explains _what_ is needed and the last
bit _why_ it is needed, which provides as much general guidance as could
be expected.

Might it be that what most users would really want, is not instructions
on how to make their own pictures, but more examples to download? If so,
the users as group could step in I suppose!

Btw, thanks once again for the great program.

Regards
Roberto/.