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5 <para>Now lets try linking. Lets say we always
6 want these two circles to be the same size. Select two circles, and then
7 select both of their Radius ducks(the cyan dot). Then right click on
8 either duck and a menu will pop up. Click on "Link". Boom. The parameters
9 are linked together. You can prove it to yourself by selecting just one
10 of the circles and changing its radius--the other one will change as
11 well. Neat stuff, eh?</para>
13 <para>Linking is a fundamental concept in Synfig. You can create links not only
14 between ducks, but also between parameters as well by selecting multiple
15 layers, right clicking on the parameter in the param tab, and selecting
18 <para>DIGRESSION: This is how outlines are attached to their regions-but
19 I'm getting ahead of myself. At the moment, the fundamental power and
20 flexibility of linking in Synfig Core is beyond what Synfig Studio
21 currently allows for. This will change in the future. Anyway, back
24 <para>Lets say you want one of the circles to be a different color. If you look
25 in the toolbox below the tools, you'll see the foreground/background
26 color selector, the outline width selector, and some other stuff like
27 the default blend method and gradient. The foreground/background color
28 widget works exactly as you might expect--you can click on the foreground
29 color, and a modest color chooser will appear. Now to can change the
30 color pretty easily.</para>
32 <para>But sometimes you just want to click on a color and go. This is where
33 the palette editor tab comes in. It's functionality isn't quite 100% yet
34 (ie: saving and loading custom palettes hasn't been implemented yet),
35 but the default palette is pretty decent. Click on the Palette editor tab
36 and have a look--it's the one with the palette-ish looking icon. Clicking
37 on colors in here will immediately change the default foreground color.</para>
39 <para>That's all great, but we still haven't changed the color of the
40 circle. There are two ways to do this. The first way is that you select
41 the circle layer you want to modify, goto the params tab and double click
42 on the color parameter--a color selector dialog shows up and you just
43 tweak away. But lets say you already got the color you wanted selected as
44 the default foreground color. Easy. Just click on the "Fill tool" from the
45 toolbox, and then click on the circle in the canvas window. Boom. Circle
46 changes color. This works with more than just circles, but we'll get to
49 <para>Try playing around with the circles for a bit. Muck around with the
50 parameters, and see what happens. To get you started, play around with