X-Git-Url: https://git.pterodactylus.net/?p=synfig.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=synfig-docs%2Ftrunk%2Fen%2Finterface%2Finterface.sgml;fp=synfig-docs%2Ftrunk%2Fen%2Finterface%2Finterface.sgml;h=0000000000000000000000000000000000000000;hp=dc661c7daf21a773f003816b4135a224dd146f9f;hb=a095981e18cc37a8ecc7cd237cc22b9c10329264;hpb=9459638ad6797b8139f1e9f0715c96076dbf0890 diff --git a/synfig-docs/trunk/en/interface/interface.sgml b/synfig-docs/trunk/en/interface/interface.sgml deleted file mode 100644 index dc661c7..0000000 --- a/synfig-docs/trunk/en/interface/interface.sgml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,76 +0,0 @@ - - - - -The user Interface -When you start Synfig Studio, it will display a splash graphic and boot -itself up. After it finishes loading, you should see three windows. The window -in the upper left is the toolbox. This is where you can open files, change tools, -etc. You'll notice that most of the buttons are greyed out--because there is no -file open yet. - -The other two windows (one on the bottom, and one to the right) are -customizable dock dialogs. You can rearrange the contents of these however -you wish by simply dragging the tab to where you want it. You can even create a -new dock dialog by dragging a tab out of the dock dialog it was inside of. - -If you ever accidently close a dock tabs (by dragging it out of the dock -dialog, and closing the new dock dialog that gets created), no worries. Simply -goto the toolbox and goto "File->Dialogs", and then click on the name of the -dialog you need. - -There are a lot of dock tabs. If you have no idea what a dock tab does, -simply hold your mouse over its icon and a tooltip will pop up describing the -name of the tab. - -Here are some of the more important ones: - - - Layers Dialog () - This tab shows you the layer - hierarchy for the currently selected canvas. It also allows you to manipulate - these layers. - - - Params Dialog ()- This tab will show you the - parameters of the currently selected layer, (OR, if multiple layers are - selected, it shows you only the parameters that the selected layers have - in common) - - - Tool Options Dialog () - Shows you any - options specific to the currently selected tool - - - Navigator () - Shows you a thumbnail of what the currently selected Canvas - looks like. You can also zoom in and move the focus around with this tab. - - - History Dialog (- Shows you the history stack for the current composition. - You can also edit the actions in history. - - - -If you click the "new composition" button in the toolbox, a new composition -will be opened and the canvas properties dialog will appear. - -The canvas properties dialog is a mess, I know. I'll have it re-designed into -something much more comprehendible in the next few days. For now, ignore the -"Image Area" and "Locks and Links" sections. - -If you click OK, the canvas properties dialog will disappear and you will see -the Canvas window. This window represents the Root Canvas, not that that means much -to you at the moment, but that's OK--I'm just trying to show you around. - -In the upper left corner of the Canvas Window, you'll see a button with a -caret If you click on this button, the canvas window menu will pop up. (As an aside, -if you right click in the canvas area and there is not a layer under the mouse -position, this menu will also appear) So now you know where the menu is in the Canvas -Window. Good. Everything else should be pretty self-explanatory in the Canvas Window. -(Explanations on the menu stuff is to come in a sec) -&toolbox.sgml; -&layers.sgml; -¶ms.sgml; -&tooloptions.sgml; -&navigator.sgml; -&history.sgml; -