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D.j.a.y: change guide color

2015-04-17T11:21:15Z

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2013-05-20T08:12:10Z

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Genete: Updated Terminololgy

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Updated Terminololgy

DaveJ at 08:10, 17 February 2012

2012-02-17T08:10:12Z

DaveJ at 08:04, 17 February 2012

2012-02-17T08:04:27Z

DaveJ: /* Using the Canvas MetaData Panel */

2012-02-11T13:21:24Z

‎Using the Canvas MetaData Panel

DaveJ: /* Copying Guides from one canvas to another */

2012-02-11T13:17:57Z

‎Copying Guides from one canvas to another

DaveJ: /* Using the Canvas MetaData Panel */

2012-02-11T13:17:16Z

‎Using the Canvas MetaData Panel

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	{{Note\|Note\|As well as {{Literal\|0}} or {{Literal\|1}}, you can also enter {{Literal\|true}} or {{Literal\|false}} (without quotes) to enable or disable boolean values in the {{l\|Canvas MetaData Panel\|Canvas MetaData Panel}}.}}		{{Note\|Note\|As well as {{Literal\|0}} or {{Literal\|1}}, you can also enter {{Literal\|true}} or {{Literal\|false}} (without quotes) to enable or disable boolean values in the {{l\|Canvas MetaData Panel\|Canvas MetaData Panel}}.}}
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		+	==Changing the color of the guides==
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		+	The default guide color in Synfig Studio is blue. This may not be a useful color for your work, but fortunately you can change this color.
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		+	You can adjust the color of the guides on the current canvas using the {{l\|Canvas MetaData Panel}}.
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		+	To adjust the color of the guides on a canvas :
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		+	# Select the {{l\|Canvas MetaData Panel}}.
		+	# Double click on the Data column next to the {{Literal\|guides_color}} Key in the {{l\|Canvas MetaData Panel}}. This will allow you to enter values.
		+	# Enter the red channel guide color has float value between 0 and 1 included.
		+	# Add a space after this number
		+	# Enter the green channel guide color has float value between 0 and 1 included.
		+	# Add a space after this number
		+	# Enter the blue channel guide color has float value between 0 and 1 included.
		+	# Press {{Shortcut\|enter}}.

	==Snapping==		==Snapping==

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 {{Category|Glossary}}
 [[Category:Manual]]
-{{Category|NewTerminology}}
+{{NewTerminology}}
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 [[File:Guide-Three-guides-0.63.06.png|frame|center]]
 As you can see above, they appear as blue dashed lines that extend across your working area to the edges of the {{l|Doc:Interface#The_Canvas_window|canvas window}}. A guide that is being positioned on the {{l|Canvas|canvas}} will appear as a red dashed line instead of a blue dashed line.
 ==Adding guides to your canvases==

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 Guides look like this in the {{l|Doc:Interface#The_Canvas_window|canvas window}}:
-[[File:Two-guides.png]]
+[[File:Guide-Three-guides-0.63.06.png|frame|center]]
 As you can see above, they appear as blue dashed lines that extend across your working area to the edges of the {{l|Doc:Interface#The_Canvas_window|canvas window}}. A guide that is being positioned on the {{l|Canvas|canvas}} will appear as a red dashed line instead of a blue dashed line.
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 # Select {{c|File|New}} or press {{Shortcut|ctrl|N}} to open a new file.
 # Select the {{l|Canvas MetaData Panel}} in the Parameters, Library, Keyframes, Timetrack, Graphs, Canvas MetaData window.
-# Click the {{Literal|Add new MetaData entry}} icon (the one that looks like this [[File:Add_new_metadata_entry.png]]) at the bottom of the panel. A {{Literal|New MetaData Entry}} dialog box will appear.
+# Click the {{Literal|Add new MetaData entry}} icon (the one that looks like this [[File:Add new metadata entry-0.63.06.png]]) at the bottom of the panel. A {{Literal|New MetaData Entry}} dialog box will appear.
 # Type {{Literal|guide_x}} and click {{Literal|OK}} or press {{Shortcut|enter}}.
 # Double click on the Data column next to the {{Literal|guide_x}} Key in the {{l|Canvas MetaData Panel|Canvas MetaData Panel}}. This will allow you to enter a value.
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 # Select {{c|File|New}} or press {{Shortcut|ctrl|N}} to open a new file.
 # Select the {{l|Canvas MetaData Panel}} in the Parameters, Library, Keyframes, Timetrack, Graphs, Canvas MetaData window.
-# Click the {{Literal|Add new MetaData entry}} icon (the one that looks like this [[File:Add_new_metadata_entry.png]]) at the bottom of the panel. A {{Literal|New MetaData Entry}} dialog box will appear.
+# Click the {{Literal|Add new MetaData entry}} icon (the one that looks like this [[File:Add new metadata entry-0.63.06.png]]) at the bottom of the panel. A {{Literal|New MetaData Entry}} dialog box will appear.
 # Type {{Literal|guide_y}} and click {{Literal|OK}} or press {{Shortcut|enter}}.
 # Double click on the Data column next to the {{Literal|guide_y}} Key in the {{l|Canvas MetaData Panel|Canvas MetaData Panel}}. This will allow you to enter a value.
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 # Select the {{l|Canvas MetaData Panel}} in the Parameters, Library, Keyframes, Timetrack, Graphs, Canvas MetaData window.
 # Select the row with the {{Literal|guide_y}} Key.
-# Click on the {{Literal|Remove selected MetaData entry}} icon (it looks like this [[File:Remove_metadata_entry.png]]).
+# Click on the {{Literal|Remove selected MetaData entry}} icon (it looks like this [[File:Remove metadata entry-0.63.06.png]]).
 To remove a particular guide from the {{l|Canvas|canvas}} using the {{l|Canvas MetaData Panel|Canvas MetaData Panel}} you would:
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 # Open the canvas window of the canvas you want to copy the guides into.
 # Select the {{l|Canvas MetaData Panel}} in the Parameters, Library, Keyframes, Timetrack, Graphs, Canvas MetaData window.
-# Click the {{Literal|Add new MetaData entry}} icon (the one that looks like this [[File:Add_new_metadata_entry.png]]) at the bottom of the panel. A {{Literal|New MetaData Entry}} dialog box will appear.
+# Click the {{Literal|Add new MetaData entry}} icon (the one that looks like this [[File:Add new metadata entry-0.63.06.png]]) at the bottom of the panel. A {{Literal|New MetaData Entry}} dialog box will appear.
 # Type {{Literal|guide_x}} and click {{Literal|OK}} or press {{Shortcut|enter}}.
 # Double click on the Data column next to the {{Literal|guide_x}} Key in the {{l|Canvas MetaData Panel|Canvas MetaData Panel}}. This will allow you to enter a value.

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 {{Category|Glossary}}
 [[Category:Manual]]
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 Guides are horizontal or vertical lines that you can add to your {{l|Canvas|canvases}} to help you to position items precisely. Guides can be placed anywhere on your canvas – even outside of your working area. Guides won't appear in your finished animations, but they will be saved with your documents. Each {{l|Canvas|canvas}} has its own set of guides.
-If you imagine guides are made of metal, {{l|Duck|ducks}} act like magnets around guides, snapping onto them when they get close enough. This means that, using guides, it is easy to ensure {{l|Duck|ducks}} are in particular places.
+If you imagine guides are made of metal, {{l|Handle|handles}} act like magnets around guides, snapping onto them when they get close enough. This means that, using guides, it is easy to ensure {{l|Handle|handles}} are in particular places.
-Position ducks, vertex ducks, tangent ducks, radius ducks, width ducks and angle ducks can all snap onto guides. This means that you can use guides to accurately position anything and everything in Synfig Studio.
+Position handles, vertex handles, tangent handles, radius handles, width handles and angle handles can all snap onto guides. This means that you can use guides to accurately position anything and everything in Synfig Studio.
 ==Appearance==
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 # Select {{c|File|New}} or press {{Shortcut|ctrl|N}} to open a new file.
-# Select the {{l|Canvas MetaData Panel}} in the Params, Children, Keyframes, Timetrack, Curves, Canvas MetaData window.
+# Select the {{l|Canvas MetaData Panel}} in the Parameters, Library, Keyframes, Timetrack, Graphs, Canvas MetaData window.
 # Click the {{Literal|Add new MetaData entry}} icon (the one that looks like this [[File:Add_new_metadata_entry.png]]) at the bottom of the panel. A {{Literal|New MetaData Entry}} dialog box will appear.
 # Type {{Literal|guide_x}} and click {{Literal|OK}} or press {{Shortcut|enter}}.
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 # Select {{c|File|New}} or press {{Shortcut|ctrl|N}} to open a new file.
-# Select the {{l|Canvas MetaData Panel}} in the Params, Children, Keyframes, Timetrack, Curves, Canvas MetaData window.
+# Select the {{l|Canvas MetaData Panel}} in the Parameters, Library, Keyframes, Timetrack, Graphs, Canvas MetaData window.
 # Click the {{Literal|Add new MetaData entry}} icon (the one that looks like this [[File:Add_new_metadata_entry.png]]) at the bottom of the panel. A {{Literal|New MetaData Entry}} dialog box will appear.
 # Type {{Literal|guide_y}} and click {{Literal|OK}} or press {{Shortcut|enter}}.
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 For instance, to remove all horizontal guides from a {{l|Canvas|canvas}} using the {{l|Canvas MetaData Panel|Canvas MetaData Panel}} you would:
-# Select the {{l|Canvas MetaData Panel}} in the Params, Children, Keyframes, Timetrack, Curves, Canvas MetaData window.
+# Select the {{l|Canvas MetaData Panel}} in the Parameters, Library, Keyframes, Timetrack, Graphs, Canvas MetaData window.
 # Select the row with the {{Literal|guide_y}} Key.
 # Click on the {{Literal|Remove selected MetaData entry}} icon (it looks like this [[File:Remove_metadata_entry.png]]).
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 To remove a particular guide from the {{l|Canvas|canvas}} using the {{l|Canvas MetaData Panel|Canvas MetaData Panel}} you would:
-# Select the {{l|Canvas MetaData Panel}} in the Params, Children, Keyframes, Timetrack, Curves, Canvas MetaData window.
+# Select the {{l|Canvas MetaData Panel}} in the Parameters, Library, Keyframes, Timetrack, Graphs, Canvas MetaData window.
 # Double click on the Data column in the row for the {{Literal|guide_x}} or {{Literal|guide_y}} Key.
 # Select and delete the required value.
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 If you already have at least one guide on your {{l|Canvas|canvas}}, you can show or hide guides using the {{l|Canvas MetaData Panel|Canvas MetaData Panel}}.
-# Select the {{l|Canvas MetaData Panel}} in the Params, Children, Keyframes, Timetrack, Curves, Canvas MetaData window.
+# Select the {{l|Canvas MetaData Panel}} in the Parameters, Library, Keyframes, Timetrack, Graphs, Canvas MetaData window.
 # Double click on the Data column next to the {{Literal|guide_show}} Key in the {{l|Canvas MetaData Panel|Canvas MetaData Panel}}. This will allow you to enter a value.
 # Type {{Literal|0}} to hide guides or {{Literal|1}} to show guides and press {{Shortcut|enter}}.
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 Guides do not do anything until snapping to guides is enabled. There are two ways to enable snapping to guides. The first is using the {{l|Doc:Interface#The_Canvas_window|Canvas Window}} {{Literal|View}} menu. The second is using the {{l|Canvas MetaData Panel|Canvas MetaData Panel}}.
-Once snapping is enabled, when you move a duck close to a guide it will "snap" onto it, in much the same way as a magnet will snap onto a piece of metal. Once a duck has snapped to a guide you will find it takes a stronger than normal movement to detach it from the guide, again as if you were pulling a magnet off of something metallic.
+Once snapping is enabled, when you move a handle close to a guide it will "snap" onto it, in much the same way as a magnet will snap onto a piece of metal. Once a handle has snapped to a guide you will find it takes a stronger than normal movement to detach it from the guide, again as if you were pulling a magnet off of something metallic.
-Having {{l|Duck|ducks}} snapping to guides is usually very useful, but sometimes it can be '''very''' annoying! Fortunately you can easily turn snapping to guides off.
+Having {{l|Handle|handles}} snapping to guides is usually very useful, but sometimes it can be '''very''' annoying! Fortunately you can easily turn snapping to guides off.
-{{Note|Note|Although {{l|Duck|ducks}} snap to guides, in Synfig Studio guides '''will not''' snap to {{l|Duck|ducks}}.}}
+{{Note|Note|Although {{l|Handle|handles}} snap to guides, in Synfig Studio guides '''will not''' snap to {{l|Handle|handles}}.}}
 ===Using the Canvas Window View menu===
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 If you already have at least one guide on your {{l|Canvas|canvas}}, you can enable or disable snapping to guides using the {{l|Canvas MetaData Panel|Canvas MetaData Panel}}.
-# Select the {{l|Canvas MetaData Panel}} in the Params, Children, Keyframes, Timetrack, Curves, Canvas MetaData window.
+# Select the {{l|Canvas MetaData Panel}} in the Parameters, Library, Keyframes, Timetrack, Graphs, Canvas MetaData window.
 # Double click on the Data column next to the {{Literal|guide_snap}} Key in the {{l|Canvas MetaData Panel|Canvas MetaData Panel}}. This will allow you to enter a value.
 # Type {{Literal|1}} to enable snapping to guides or {{Literal|0}} to disable snapping to guides and press {{Shortcut|enter}}.
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 ==Copying Guides from one canvas to another==
-When you export an encapsulated "Inline canvas" layer you'll find the exported canvas has no guides – but sometimes you would like it to have the same guides as its parent canvas. Or you may want to use the guides you added to a canvas in another file. You can solve this kind of problem easily using the {{l|Canvas MetaData Panel|Canvas MetaData Panel}}.
+When you export the canvas parameter of a Group layer you'll find the exported canvas has no guides – but sometimes you would like it to have the same guides as its parent canvas. Or you may want to use the guides you added to a canvas in another file. You can solve this kind of problem easily using the {{l|Canvas MetaData Panel|Canvas MetaData Panel}}.
 As an example, here's how you would copy vertical guides to another canvas that has no guides:
 # Open the canvas window of the canvas that has the guides you want to copy.
-# Select the {{l|Canvas MetaData Panel}} in the Params, Children, Keyframes, Timetrack, Curves, Canvas MetaData window.
+# Select the {{l|Canvas MetaData Panel}} in the Parameters, Library, Keyframes, Timetrack, Graphs, Canvas MetaData window.
 # Select the {{Literal|guide_x}} row.
 # Click on the Data column next to the {{Literal|guide_x}} Key in the {{l|Canvas MetaData Panel|Canvas MetaData Panel}}.
 # Press {{Shortcut|ctrl|C}} or right-click on the highlighted numbers and select {{c|Copy}}.
 # Open the canvas window of the canvas you want to copy the guides into.
-# Select the {{l|Canvas MetaData Panel}} in the Params, Children, Keyframes, Timetrack, Curves, Canvas MetaData window.
+# Select the {{l|Canvas MetaData Panel}} in the Parameters, Library, Keyframes, Timetrack, Graphs, Canvas MetaData window.
 # Click the {{Literal|Add new MetaData entry}} icon (the one that looks like this [[File:Add_new_metadata_entry.png]]) at the bottom of the panel. A {{Literal|New MetaData Entry}} dialog box will appear.
 # Type {{Literal|guide_x}} and click {{Literal|OK}} or press {{Shortcut|enter}}.

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-{{Navigation|Category:Manual|Doc:Guides}}
+{{Navigation|Category:Manual|Doc:Grid}}
 {{Title|Guides}}
 {{Category|Canvas Window}}
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