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KolourPaint Version 1.4.9_relight (KDE 3.5.9 Release Frozen ???)
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http://www.kolourpaint.org/
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Copyright (c) 2003,2004,2005,2006 Clarence Dang <dang@kde.org>
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For licensing and warranty information, read COPYING.
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For known problems with this release of KolourPaint, read BUGS.
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For what changes have been made, read NEWS.
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For developer information, checkout branches/kolourpaint/control/.
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For general information, read this file (README):
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1. What is KolourPaint?
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=======================
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KolourPaint is a free, easy-to-use paint program for KDE.
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It aims to be conceptually simple to understand; providing a level of
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functionality targeted towards the average user. It's designed for daily
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tasks like:
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* Painting - drawing diagrams and "finger painting"
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* Image Manipulation - editing screenshots and photos; applying effects
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* Icon Editing - drawing clipart and logos with transparency
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It's not an unusable and monolithic program where simple tasks like drawing
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lines become near impossible. Nor is it so simple that it lacks essential
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features like Undo/Redo.
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KolourPaint is opensource software written in C++ using the Qt and KDE
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libraries.
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2. Features
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* Undo/Redo Support (10-500 levels of history depending on memory usage)
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* Tools (single key shortcuts available for all tools)
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- Brush, Color Eraser, Color Picker, Connected Lines a.k.a. Polyline
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- Curve, Ellipse, Eraser, Flood Fill, Line, Pen, Polygon, Rectangle
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- Rounded Rectangle, Spraycan, Text
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* Selections (fully undo- and redo-able)
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- Rectangular, Elliptical, Free-Form shapes
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- Choice between Opaque and Transparent selections
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- Full Clipboard/Edit Menu support
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- Freehand resizeable
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* Colour Similarity means that you can fill regions in dithered images and
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photos
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* Transparency
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- Draw transparent icons and logos on a checkerboard background
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- All tools can draw in the "Transparent Colour"
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* Image Effects
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- Autocrop / Remove Internal Border
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- Balance (Brightness, Contrast, Gamma)
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- Clear, Emboss, Flatten, Flip, Invert (with choice of channels)
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- Reduce Colours, Reduce to Greyscale, Resize, Rotate
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- Scale, Set as Image (Crop), Skew, Smooth Scale, Soften & Sharpen
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* Close-up Editing
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- Zoom (from 0.01x to 16x)
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- Grid
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- Thumbnail
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* File Operations
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- Open/Save in all file formats provided by KImageIO
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(PNG, JPEG, BMP, ICO, PCX, TIFF,...) with preview
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- Print, Print Preview
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- Mail
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- Set as Wallpaper
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3. Updates & More Information
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=============================
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Visit: http://www.kolourpaint.org/
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4. Support
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Visit: http://www.kolourpaint.org/
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If you have any questions about compiling, installing or using KolourPaint,
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don't be afraid to contact us. We try to support all versions of
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KolourPaint and even issues with 3rd party binary packages.
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5. Feedback
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Please send bug reports and feature requests to http://bugs.trinitydesktop.org/.
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Don't hesitate to report bugs nor hesitate to send us your wishes - it
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provides valuable feedback that will help to improve future versions of
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KolourPaint and you will not receive flames for reporting duplicates.
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