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In Colorspace, select whether the image should be in color (RGB) or Grayscale. For
detailed information about image types, see
Section 14.5.7, "Image Modes"
(page 253).
In Fill With select the color the image is filled with. You can choose between Foreground
Color and Background Color set in the toolbox, White or Transparency for a transparent
image. Transparency is represented by a gray checkerboard pattern. Enter a comment
for the new image in Comment.
When the settings meet your needs, press OK. To restore the default settings, press
Reset. Pressing Cancel aborts creation of a new image.
14.3.2 Opening an Existing Image
To open an existing image, select File > Open or press Ctrl + O . In the dialog that opens,
select the desired file. You can also press Ctrl + L and type directly the path to the desired
image. Then click Open to open the selected image or press Cancel to skip opening an
image.
14.3.3 Scanning an Image
Instead of opening an existing image or creating a new one, you can scan one. To scan
directly from The GIMP, make sure that the package xsane is installed. To open the
scanning dialog, select File > Acquire > XSane: Device dialog.
Create a preview when the object to scan is smaller than the total scanning area. Press
Acquire preview in the Preview dialog to create a preview. If you want to scan only
part of the area, select the desired rectangular part with the mouse.
In the xsane dialog, select whether to scan a binary (black and white without shades of
gray), grayscale, or color image and the required scan resolution. The higher the reso-
lution you choose, the better the quality of the scanned image. However, this also results
in a correspondingly larger file and longer scanning process, due to a higher resolution.
The size of the final image (both in pixels and bytes) is shown in the lower part of the
dialog.
In the xsane dialog, use the sliders to set desired gamma, brightness, and contrast values.
These sliders are not available in binary mode. Changes are visible in the preview im-
mediately. Once all settings have been made, click Scan to scan the image.
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