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Contents

About this Document

Contents of This Document
Document Style Conventions
Notes
Mouse and Keyboard Notation
Using the Tablet and Mouse

1 Overview

In this Chapter
Starting N-Paint
N-Paint Windows
Mode Menus
Using N-Paint
File Browsers
Buttons
Number Edit Boxes
Palettes
The Color Editor
Pop-up Menus
Sliders
Text Edit Boxes
Toggle
Hotkeys
Managing Images in N-Paint
Disk
Memory
Canvas
Image Processing Buffer
Backup Canvas
Backup Matte
Pasteup Overlay
Loading Elements into Memory
Images
Toolboxes and Palettes

2 Configuring N-Paint

In this Chapter
The Setup Menu
Setup Parameters
Startup Options
Color Reduction Parameters
VRAM Editor Parameters
Additional Setup Parameters
Display Channels
Tablet
Color Bars

3 The Tools Menu

In this Chapter
Entering Tools Mode
The Commands Section
Canvas Mode
Matte Commands
Matte Display and Use Modes
Canvas and Image Operations
Backup Canvas Commands
Palette Commands
Working with Palettes
History
Grid Commands

4 Managing Elements in N-Paint

In This Chapter
Working with N-Paint Elements
Image File Operations
Image Edit Operations
Working with Palettes and Toolboxes
Directory Operations
Choosing a Directory
Project Operations

5 Tools & Brushes

In this Chapter
Tools & Brushes
Using Brushes
Ink
Texture Options
Drawing Options
Channels
SubPixel
Pressure
Shadow
Accumulate
LoadBuf
SaveBuf
Brushes for Editing Images
Cutout Brush
Round Brush
Using Shape Tools
Ink
Texture
Drawing Options
Shape Tool Commands
Shape Tools For Editing Images
Quad Tool
Polygon Tool
Line Tool
Oval Tool
Text Tool
Fill Tool
Shape Tool Utilities
Pasteup Tool
Compositing in Pasteup Mode
The Color Picker Tool
The Pan/Zoom Tool
Creating Custom Tools

6 Inks

In this Chapter
Applying Inks in N-Paint
Color Inks
Color
Gradient 2
Gradient 4
Multi Grad
Recolor Inks
IHS Recolor
RGB Recolor
Equalize
Posterize
Colorize
Add Noise
Swap RGBA
Filter Inks
Blur
Sharpen
Despeckle
Mosaic
Fields
Scatter
Distort
Composite Inks
Reveal Image
Scale Image
Warp Image
Create Matte Inks
Chroma Key
Edge Key
Move Pixels Inks
Shift
Flip
Mirror
Magnify
Special Inks
Emboss
Brush Inks
Pattern
Smear
Vapor
Reveal

7 Color Reduction

In this Chapter
Color Reduction
How Color Reduction Works
The Reduced Palette
Using Color Reduction
File Operations
The Scratch Palette
Color Reduction Operations
Palette Operations

8 The VRAM Editor

In this Chapter
What is the VRAM Editor?
Sony PlayStation (PSX) VRAM
Workflow with the VRAM Editor
Using the VRAM Editor
Image Tile Parameters
Vram Editor File Operations
Specifying the TIM Directory
Managing Images, TIM Files, and layouts

9 3D Paint Mode

In this Chapter
Using 3D Paint
Using 3D Paint
Map Mode
3D Mode
The 3D Paint Canvas

A File Formats

Supported File Formats
Mapping Components

Index



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