
KolourPaint Version 1.1 (unstable)
http://kolourpaint.sf.net/

Copyright (c) 2003-2004 Clarence Dang <dang@kde.org>


For licensing and warranty information, read COPYING.
For installation instructions, read INSTALL.
For known problems with this release of KolourPaint, read BUGS.
For information on what features are planned or unfinished, read TODO.
For general information, read this file (README):


1. What is KolourPaint?
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KolourPaint is a free, easy-to-use paint program for KDE.

It aims to be conceptually simple to understand; providing a level of
functionality targeted towards the average user.  It's designed for daily
tasks like:

* Painting - drawing diagrams and "finger painting"
* Image Manipulation - editing screenshots and photos; applying effects
* Icon Editing - drawing clipart and logos with transparency

It's not an unusable and monolithic program where simple tasks like drawing
lines become near impossible.  Nor is it so simple that it lacks essential
features like Undo/Redo.

KolourPaint is opensource software written in C++ using the Qt and KDE
libraries.


2. Features
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* Undo/Redo Support (10 levels of history)

* Tools
  - Brush, Color Eraser, Color Picker, Connected Lines a.k.a. Polyline
  - Curve, Ellipse, Eraser, Flood Fill, Line, Pen, Polygon, Rectangle
  - Rounded Rectangle, Spraycan, Text

* Selections (fully undo- and redo-able)
  - Rectangular, Elliptical, Free-Form shapes
  - Choice between Opaque and Transparent selections
  - Full Clipboard/Edit Menu support

* Colour Similarity means that you can fill regions in dithered images and
  photos

* Transparency
  - Draw transparent icons and logos on a checkerboard background
  - All tools can draw in the "Transparent Colour"

* Image Effects
  - Autocrop, Clear, Convert to Black & White
  - Convert to Greyscale, Crop, Flip, Invert Colours, Resize
  - Rotate (with preview), Scale, Skew (with preview)

* Close-up Editing
  - Zoom (from 0.01x to 16x)
  - Grid
  - Thumbnail

* File Operations
  - Open/Save in all file formats provided by KImageIO
    (PNG, JPEG, BMP, ICO, PCX, TIFF,...)
  - Print, Print Preview
  - Mail
  - Set as Wallpaper

