[gimp-help-2: 1/3] Revert "Completed Painting with a gradient"



commit dfd2ac8a14ee380a0011cd6b73cda55206c37bbf
Author: Sven Claussner <sclaussner src gnome org>
Date:   Sun Jun 23 18:34:36 2013 +0200

    Revert "Completed Painting with a gradient"
    
    This reverts commit a953db4ce47b416868ae7937f3053ac8c0d1c451.
    to update the documentation to the state of GIMP 2.8.6.
    Anyway thanks to Julien Hardelin to correct the docu for GIMP 2.8.4
    
        modified:   src/concepts/gradients.xml

 src/concepts/gradients.xml |   91 ++++++++++++++++++--------------------------
 1 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 54 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/src/concepts/gradients.xml b/src/concepts/gradients.xml
index 0d58360..b5da2fa 100644
--- a/src/concepts/gradients.xml
+++ b/src/concepts/gradients.xml
@@ -3,8 +3,13 @@
                        "http://www.docbook.org/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd";>
 <!-- section history:
   2009-02-19 j.h: revised for v2.6. No change
-  2006-03-04 made docbook compliant.
+  2008-04-04 Mr.Dust : reviewed and added 'ko'
+  2006-05-08 added Korean translation by Dust
+  2006-04-30 HdJ: added dutch translation.
+  2006-04-10 Ciampix: added italian translation.
+  2006-03-04 Lexa: added german translation and made docbook compliant.
   2005-11-28 Lexa: replaced informalfigures by figures.
+  2005-05-08 added french translation
 -->
 <sect1 id="gimp-concepts-gradients">
   <title>Gradients</title>
@@ -39,6 +44,17 @@
   </para>
   <variablelist>
     <varlistentry>
+      <term>Painting with a gradient</term>
+      <listitem>
+        <para>
+          Each of <acronym>GIMP</acronym>'s basic painting tools allows you
+          the option of using
+          colors from a gradient. This enables you to create brushstrokes that
+          change color from one end to the other.
+        </para>
+      </listitem>
+    </varlistentry>
+    <varlistentry>
       <term>The Gradient Map filter</term>
       <listitem>
         <para>
@@ -104,47 +120,16 @@
     <listitem>
       <para>Painting with a gradient:</para>
       <para>
-        In former versions of <acronym>GIMP</acronym>, you had  a
-        <guilabel>Color from Gradient</guilabel> option in tool options that
-        allowed you to paint with a gradient. This option no longer exists in
-        <acronym>GIMP-2.8</acronym>. But you can still paint with a gradient
-        by creating a custom new dynamics. Here is the trick:
-      </para>
-      <procedure>
-        <step>
-          <para>
-            Open the <emphasis>Windows/Dockable Dialogs/Paint
-            Dynamics</emphasis> dialog.
-          </para>
-        </step>
-        <step>
-          <para>
-            Right-click in this dialog and choose the <guilabel>New
-            Dynamics</guilabel> command, or click on the <guilabel>Create a new
-            dynamics</guilabel> button at the bottom of the dialog. This opens
-            the Paint Dynamics Editor.
-          </para>
-        </step>
-        <step>
-          <para>
-            In this editor, rename <quote>Untitled</quote> to <quote>Color from
-            Gradient</quote> and check the Color/Fade box. This new dynamics
-            appears at the top of the dynamics list.
-          </para>
-        </step>
-        <step>
-          <para>
-            Now choose the dynamics <guilabel>Color From Gradient</guilabel>
-            option. In the next step choose a suitable gradient from
-            <guilabel>Color options</guilabel> and in the
-            <guilabel>Fade options</guilabel> set the gradients length
-            and the style of the repeating. The chapter
-            <xref linkend="gimp-tool-dynamic-options"/> describes these
-            parameters in more detail.
-          </para>
-        </step>
-      </procedure>
-      <para>
+        You can also use a gradient with the Pencil, Paintbrush or Airbrush
+        tools if you choose the dynamics <guilabel>Color From Gradient</guilabel>.
+        In the next step choose a suitable gradient from
+        <guilabel>Color options</guilabel> and in the
+        <guilabel>Fade options</guilabel> set the gradients length
+        and the style of the repeating. The chapter
+        <xref linkend="gimp-tool-dynamic-options"/> describes these
+        parameters in more detail.
+        </para>
+        <para>
         The following example shows the impact on the Pencil tool.
         You see in the upper side of the figure the necessary settings
         and the lower side of the figure shows the resulting succession
@@ -160,15 +145,14 @@
         </mediaobject>
       </figure>
       <para>
-        To use the Paint tools with the same settings as they were known
-        as option <guilabel>Use color from gradient</guilabel> in GIMP
-        up to version 2.6 open the
-        <link linkend="gimp-presets-dialog">Tool Presets Dialog</link>.
-        Then choose one of the items <guilabel>Airbrush (Color From
-        Gradient)</guilabel>,
-        <guilabel>Paintbrush (Color From Gradient)</guilabel> or
-        <guilabel>Pencil (Color From Gradient)</guilabel> from it.
-      </para>
+               To use the Paint tools with the same settings as they were known
+               as option <guilabel>Use color from gradient</guilabel> in GIMP
+               up to version 2.6 open the
+               <link linkend="gimp-presets-dialog">Tool Presets Dialog</link>.
+               Then choose one of the items <guilabel>Airbrush (Color From Gradient)</guilabel>,
+               <guilabel>Paintbrush (Color From Gradient)</guilabel> or
+               <guilabel>Pencil (Color From Gradient)</guilabel> from it.
+               </para>
     </listitem>
     <listitem>
       <para>Different productions with the same gradient:</para>
@@ -182,9 +166,8 @@
             <para>
               Four ways of using the Tropical Colors gradient: a linear gradient
               fill, a shaped gradient fill, a stroke painted using colors from a
-              gradient, and a stroke painted with a fuzzy brush then colored
-              using the <link linkend="plug-in-gradmap">Gradient Map</link>
-              filter.
+              gradient, and a stroke painted with a fuzzy brush then colored using
+              the <link linkend="plug-in-gradmap">Gradient Map</link> filter.
             </para>
           </caption>
         </mediaobject>


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