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ClipArt scans Sugar activities for artwork (png, svg, jpg, and gif). It presents these artworks in a viewer, allowing the user to select images that are then copied to the Sugar Journal. Once the artwork is in the Sugar Journal, it is available for use in other Sugar activities. | ClipArt scans Sugar activities for artwork (png, svg, jpg, and gif). It presents these artworks in a viewer, allowing the user to select images that are then copied to the Sugar Journal. Once the artwork is in the Sugar Journal, it is available for use in other Sugar activities. | ||
| − | For example, bundled with the Turtle Flags activity are images of national flags. Individual flags can be transferred to the Sugar Journal and used with Write, Fototoons, et al. | + | For example, bundled with the [[Activities/TurtleFlags|Turtle Flags]] activity are images of national flags. Individual flags can be transferred to the Sugar Journal and used with Write, Fototoons, et al. |
=== The Toolbars === | === The Toolbars === | ||
Revision as of 09:17, 25 July 2013
About ClipArt
ClipArt is a tool for moving artwork found in other Sugar activities into the Sugar Journal.
Where to get ClipArt
The ClipArt activity is available for download from the Sugar Activity Library: ClipArt
The source code is available on the Sugar Labs Gitorious server.
Using ClipArt
ClipArt scans Sugar activities for artwork (png, svg, jpg, and gif). It presents these artworks in a viewer, allowing the user to select images that are then copied to the Sugar Journal. Once the artwork is in the Sugar Journal, it is available for use in other Sugar activities.
For example, bundled with the Turtle Flags activity are images of national flags. Individual flags can be transferred to the Sugar Journal and used with Write, Fototoons, et al.
The Toolbars
- from left to right
- Activity-toolbar Button
- opens standard Sugar activity toolbar
- Save-image Button
- saves the selected image to the Journal
- Stop Button
- used to exit the activity
Learning with ClipArt
ClipArt is a utility for expanding the set of graphics resources available to other Sugar activities.
Modifying Story
- Add new images to ClipArt by putting them in the images folder of the activity.
Your suggestions for enhancements and/or use cases...
Where to report problems
You can soon report bugs and make feature requests on our bug-tracking system (You need to create an account first). To list all open tickets of Story you can use query component=Story. You are also welcome to leave comments/suggestions on the Talk:Activities/ClipArt page.
Credits
ClipArt was written and is maintained by User:Walter. He was inspired in part by Laura Ewing.