Oops, looks like I sent this to 2geom-devel instead of inkscape-devel by mistake...

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: bulia byak <buliabyak@...400...> Date: Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 1:32 PM Subject: NEW: more modes in Tweak tool To: "lib2geom-devel@lists.sourceforge.net" lib2geom-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, Inkscape User Community inkscape-user@lists.sourceforge.net

Several new modes are added to the Tweak tool for transforming, duplicating, and deleting selected objects using the same "soft brush" metaphor that the path editing and coloring modes use. Using these new modes, it is easy to "sculpt" scatterings of small objects, such as clone tilings, into complex and naturalistic textures.

* Move mode moves those selected objects that are under the brush in the direction in which you move the brush. This is similar to the Push path mode, except that the Move mode affects entire objects and not parts of the paths under the brush.

* Move in/out mode moves those selected objects that are under the brush towards the cursor (default) or away from cursor (with Shift pressed). This is similar to the Attract/repel path mode, except that the Move in/out mode affects entire objects and not parts of the paths under cursor.

* Move jitter mode moves those selected objects that are under the brush in random directions and by random amounts, but the overall amount of movement depends on Force, pen pressure (if you're using a tablet pen), on the closeness of the object to the center of brush, and on how long you apply the brush.

* Scale mode scales those selected objects that are under the brush down (by default) or up (with Shift pressed). The speed of scaling depends on Force, pen pressure (if you're using a tablet pen), on the closeness of the object to the center of brush, and on how long you apply the brush.

* Rotate mode rotates those selected objects that are under the brush clockwise (by default) or counterclockwise (with Shift pressed). The speed of rotation depends on Force, pen pressure (if you're using a tablet pen), on the closeness of the object to the center of brush, and on how long you apply the brush.

* Duplicate/delete mode randomly duplicates those selected objects that are under the brush (by default) or deletes them (with Shift pressed). The chance of an object to be duplicated and deleted depends on Force, pen pressure (if you're using a tablet pen), on the closeness of the object to the center of brush, and on how long you apply the brush. As with regular Duplicate command, duplicating with Tweak tool places the copies right over the originals, and you may need to use the Move jitter mode to ruffle them apart.

Note that the duplicates created by the tool are not automatically added to selection and therefore are out of reach for further tweaking until you manually select them. To work around this, group all the objects you are working on and select the group. All Tweak modes will work with individual objects inside the group, and any objects created by the Duplicate mode will also be part of that selected group and therefore immediately tweakable.

Also, the existing path editing modes of the tool have been rearranged: now Shrink and Grow are one mode (shrinks by default, grows with Shift), and Attract and Repel are one mode (attracts by default, repels with Shift). Here is a complete list of modes and shortcuts of the Tweak tool:

Shift+m, Shift+0 move mode Shift+i, Shift+1 move in/out mode Shift+z, Shift+2 move jitter mode Shift+<, Shift+>, Shift+3 scale mode Shift+[, Shift+], Shift+4 rotate mode Shift+d, Shift+5 duplicate/delete mode Shift+p, Shift+6 push path mode Shift+s, Shift+7 shrink/grow path mode Shift+a, Shift+8 attract/repel path mode Shift+r, Shift+9 roughen mode Shift+c color paint mode Shift+j color jitter mode

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