[IAEP] Any ideas how to make an image with a transparent background inSugar?

[Caroline Meeks]

Thanks Alan and Bert!
I have made progress. My next problem is that my caterpillar is too big!
Even when I resize cartoon builder still wants to make it full sized.

http://screencast.com/t/MH1XZmd27s

On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 3:26 AM, Bert Freudenberg <bert at freudenbergs.de>wrote:

> About how to get the drawing out of Etoys:
>
> Drag-and-drop it into the Sugar Frame's clipboard, or just press Ctrl-C
> when its halo is showing.
>
> Then either insert into the activity you want directly by drag-and-drop or
> Ctrl-V (if the activity supports that), or store the clipping in the Journal
> via its Frame clipboard icon menu.
>
> - Bert -
> On 02.10.2009, at 04:30, Alan Kay wrote:
>
>  Hi Caroline
>
> I think what you want to do is to take that picture of the caterpillar and
> erase all but the caterpillar?
>
> To do that you want to "repaint" the picture (it is already an image).
>
> First get the "halos" (which every object in Etoys will show) by right
> clicking on the picture.
>
>                  There is balloon help on most things in Etoys, and each
> halo handle will say what it does.
>
>                        For example, to duplicate your picture, drag on the
> green button in the upper right corner. A duplicate copy will drag off.
>
>                        To put something in the trash, click on the "move to
> trash" handle in the upper left corner.
>
> --> To repaint, click on the "repaint" handle on the right side, mid
> height.
>
>                   There is help about most things in Etoys under the "?" on
> the Sugar menu bar.
>
> For doing your task, I like to choose "no color" in the paint palette (it's
> the bar over the color rainbow). Then I will choose various sizes of the
> circular brushes to do the work of removing the background. The "Undo" in
> the paint box will undo one whole stroke.
>
> When done, click on "Keep" in the paint box. If you want to start over,
> click on "Toss".
>
> You now have a picture of the caterpillar with transparent fill around it.
>
>
> The PNG format (a standard open source format) will allow the picture to be
> filed with the transparent fill preserved.
>
> I'm presuming that the reverse of the process you used to get the image
> into Etoys will get it back to where you want to use it.
>
> For a nice way to animate a wriggling caterpillar, you can also look at the
> example in Sdenka Salas' recent book of the XO in Peru.
>
> Don't hesitate to ask more questions.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Alan
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Caroline Meeks <caroline at solutiongrove.com>
> *To:* Alan Kay <alan.nemo at yahoo.com>
> *Cc:* iaep <iaep at lists.sugarlabs.org>
> *Sent:* Thursday, October 1, 2009 6:41:26 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [IAEP] Any ideas how to make an image with a transparent
> background inSugar?
>
> Thanks Alan,
> Where should I look to figure out Etoys paint. I'm stuck and there is no
> kid here to teach me!
>
> http://screencast.com/t/4lvde8qWV2pD
>
> On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 9:32 PM, Alan Kay <alan.nemo at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>  Paint it in Etoys, save as a .PNG picture
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Alan
>>
>> ------------------------------
>> *From:* Caroline Meeks <caroline at solutiongrove.com>
>> *To:* iaep <iaep at lists.sugarlabs.org>
>> *Sent:* Thursday, October 1, 2009 6:28:22 PM
>> *Subject:* [IAEP] Any ideas how to make an image with a transparent
>> background inSugar?
>>
>> http://screencast.com/t/K0lH5L7tsBU
>> I am trying to make a new character for cartoon builder. The video
>> explains my goals.
>> Basically I want to take a picture and cut out just the caterpillar and
>> have it be cropped/transparent background.
>>
>> thanks,
>> Caroline
>>
>> --
>> Caroline Meeks
>> Solution Grove
>> Caroline at SolutionGrove.com
>>
>> 617-500-3488 - Office
>> 505-213-3268 - Fax
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Caroline Meeks
> Solution Grove
> Caroline at SolutionGrove.com
>
> 617-500-3488 - Office
> 505-213-3268 - Fax
>
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Caroline Meeks
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Caroline at SolutionGrove.com

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