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>New Image</SPAN
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> <SPAN
CLASS="GUIMENUITEM"
>File New</SPAN
> will create a new image in
either <SPAN
CLASS="ACRONYM"
>RGB</SPAN
> (color) or grayscale mode. You can't
create an indexed image since <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>GIMP</SPAN
> will
not know which colors your palette should have. Working in indexed
mode is usually not a good choice. Instead work in
<SPAN
CLASS="ACRONYM"
>RGB</SPAN
> and convert to indexed just before saving
the image.
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><P
> How to create a new image:
<P
></P
><DL
><DT
>Set the resolution</DT
><DD
><P
> The resolution is how many pixels per unit you want for
your image. The default <TT
CLASS="PARAMETER"
><I
>72dpi</I
></TT
> (72
pixels/inch) is good if you want to create web graphics
(you can alter the default value in the
<SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
>preferences</SPAN
> dialog). However if
you are going to print your image, you will probably need
a lot more than <TT
CLASS="PARAMETER"
><I
>72dpi</I
></TT
>. You have
several choices about how you want to measure the
resolution &mdash; pixels per inch, mm, points or picas
(there is also an option which will bring up a dialog with
even more choices). We suggest that you stick to ppi since
that the most common format when you are dealing with
images. You can have different X and Y resolutions by
unlinking the <SPAN
CLASS="GUIBUTTON"
>chain</SPAN
>, but that is
not recommended.
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><DT
>Set the size</DT
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> You have two options. Either you can set it directly in
pixels in the top frame or in a real world unit in the
middle frame. If you are working with web graphics we
suggest that you deal with pixels directly. If you are
going to print your image, then setting in a real world
unit is the preferred.
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>Set the mode/type of image</DT
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> Set the mode to either <SPAN
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>RGB</SPAN
> or
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>Background</SPAN
> takes the current
background color from the <SPAN
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>toolbox</SPAN
>.
White sets the fill color to white no matter what the
toolbox colors are. Transparent prevents the image from
filling. Instead you will get a totally
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>"empty"</SPAN
> image to start.
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> The <SPAN
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>Reset</SPAN
> button resets all values to
their default values. <SPAN
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>OK</SPAN
> creates a new image.
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> Default Keyboard Shortcut: <B
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>Ctrl</B
>-<B
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