Re: [Tuxpaint-users] creating png file for starter

[Bill K. <nb...@so...>]

On Sun, Nov 18, 2007 at 09:33:41PM +0100, Rob Drullman wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> My daughter lovers to work with tuxpaint (latest version 0.9.17) on  
> our Mac (OXS 10.4.10)
> She wants to draw on a photo of herself and I put her photo in de  
> starters map. I converted a JPG-file into PNG, but it is impossible  
> to draw on it. What should I do to make this work? Any special  
> requirements for the PNG? I used Photoshop Elements 2.0 to convert  
> from JPG to PNG.

Hi Rob, I think you just want to put the PNG in her 'saved images'
folder.  'Starters' are assumed to have at least some transparent parts,
which is how they work as coloring book pictures, for example.

This page explains briefly where saved pictures go:

  http://www.tuxpaint.org/gallery/submit/

Of course, she'll want to save it as a new picture after drawing on it,
otherwise you'll have to make another PNG if she wants to start fresh.

In the future, I'm planning on adding 'Templates,' as well as 'Starters.'
They'd be pictures you could open and draw on like any other image, but
wouldn't act the same as the coloring-book-style 'Starters'.

Good luck,

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