Difference between revisions of "ArtLibreSet"

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The following icon set aims to fulfill the need of a typical graphic application. We have taken bitmap editor, vector editor and a non-linear video editing application as the target user.

Work in Progress

This document is a work in progress. The tables are not sorted in any way and you are welcome to add more icons to the list that you believe have the proposition of being more universably useful in graphic applications. Please try to avoid abbreviations as they are a little less predicatable, use full words instead like for example horizontal and vertical. Do your best to use terms consistently.

This also means that if you have decided to make use of this spec right now, you should consider postponing any planned changes.

Categories

The major structure of the set is divided into:

• Actions
• Devices
• Tools
• Effects
• Transformations
• Status
• Toggles
• Hints

Actions

Devices

	Icon name	Description
	input-tablet	A graphic tablet.
	input-scanner	An image scanner. A table version.

Tools

	Icon name	Description
	color-fill	Tool for filling the whole selected area with one color.
	color-gradient	Tool for creating a gradient from one color to another
	color-picker	Pick a color
	clip-splitter	To cut video clips in two
	draw-airbrush	Tool for drawing airbrush lines
	draw-brush	Tool for drawing brush lines (same as Paintbrush tool)
	draw-calligraphic	Tool for drawing calligraphic lines
	draw-clone	Tool for copying colors from one area to another
	draw-convolve	Tool for blurring or sharpening the image
	draw-dodge-burn	Tool for dodging or burning the image (brightening or darkening the image)
	draw-ellipse	Tool for drawing ellipse shapes
	draw-eraser	Tool for erasing stuff on the canvas
	draw-freehand	Tool for drawing freehand lines (same as Pencil tool)
	draw-ink	Tool for pressure/tilt sensitive drawing e.g. with a graphic tablet (Wacom etc.)
	draw-line	Tool for drawing straight lines
	draw-path	Tool for creating bezier paths/shapes
	draw-polygon	Tool for drawing polygon formed shapes
	draw-polyline	Tool for drawing polyline formed shapes
	draw-rectangle	Tool for drawing rectangle shapes
	draw-smudge	Tool for smudging an area
	draw-spiral	Tool for drawing spirals
	draw-star	Tool for drawing star formed shapes
	draw-text	Tool for writing text on the canvas
	draw-wave	Tool for drawing a wave (e.g. a sinusoid)
	edit-chain	To move/adjust boundries of a video clip chained to other clips (modifications alter more than one clip, ie. moving "out" point of video clip A moves "in" point of video clip B.
	edit-free	To freely move/adjust boundries of a single video clip
	extract-foreground-objects	Tool for selection of objects in foreground
	measure	Tool for measuring angles and distances
	page-magnifier	Zoom in our out depending on mnemonics
	select-by-color	For selecting areas of similar color
	select-continuous-area	"Magic Wand" for selecting continuous pixel regions
	select-ellipse	For selecting ellipse area
	select-invert	Inverts current selection
	select-lasso	For selecting hand-sketched regions
	select-rectangular	For selecting rectangular area
	select-by-replacing-selection	Select a region by replacing the previous selection
	select-by-adding-to-selection	Select a region by extending the previous selection
	select-by-difference	Select a region by removing part of the previous selection
	select-by-intersection	Select a region by leaving intersection of previous and new selections

Transformations

	Icon name	Description
	transform-crop-and-resize	Crop or resize image/layer or trim a video clip. A medical scalpel
	canvas-size	Open a dialog to change size of canvas
	color-management	An icon mostly for for Preferences dialog
	layer-to-image-size	Shrink layer to image's size
	print-size	Open a dialog to chinga print size of the image, i.e. amount of dpi
	scale-image	Resize current image
	transform-flip	Flip current item
	transform-flip-horizontal	Flip current item horizontally
	transform-flip-vertical	Flip current item vertically
	transform-layer	An option to affect layer in Move tool mode
	transform-move	Move current object
	transform-path	An option to affect path in Move tool mode
	transform-perspective	Arrange current item in perspective
	transform-rotate	Rotate current item
	transform-rotate-90	Rotate current item 90 degress clockwise
	transform-rotate-180	Rotate current item 180 degrees
	transform-rotate-270	Rotate current item 270 degrees
	transform-scale	Scale current item
	transform-selection	An option to affect selection in Move tool mode
	transform-shear	Shear current item

Status

Toggles

Hints

Hints are small "indicators" displayed over objects to inform the user what will happen as the result of the current operation (typically - user releases a mouse button during a D&D operation). They're displayed not on the object being manipulated, but over other objects that will be affected by the operation. This is primarely meant for video/timeline manipulating where moving one clip will adjust other clips.