Programming Web Graphics with Perl and GNU Softwar

Painting, Drawing, and Transforms

In the Gimp, a Drawable is a layer, a channel, or an image. You can use the Gimp::Drawable object to simplify the use of most of these drawing procedures. Procedures to get information about drawables are listed later in this appendix, in Table 3.3.

For more information on operating directly on the raw pixels of an image, check out the Gimp::Pixel manpage that is distributed with the Gimp-Perl module.

Table C-3. Procedures for Drawing and Painting on Images, Controlling Brushes, and Performing Transformations

Name	Description	Arguments
gimp_airbrush	Paint in the current brush with varying pressure. Paint application is time-dependent	image (Image) The image drawable (Drawable) The drawable pressure (Float) The pressure of the airbrush strokes in the range 0 to 100 num_strokes (Integer) Number of stroke control points (count each coordinate as 2 pts) strokes (FloatArray) Array of stroke coordinates (strokex1, strokey1, ... strokexn, strokeyn)
gimp_blend	Blend between the starting and ending coordinates with the specified blend mode and gradient type	image (Image) The image drawable (Drawable) The affected drawable blend_mode (Integer) The type of blend (FG_BG_RGB, FG_BG_HSV, FG_TRANS, CUSTOM) paint_mode (Integer) The paint application mode (NORMAL_MODE, DISSOLVE_MODE, BEHIND_MODE, MULTIPLY_MODE, SCREEN_MODE, OVERLAY_MODE, DIFFERENCE_MODE, ADDITION_MODE, SUBTRACT_MODE, DARKEN_ONLY_MODE, LIGHTEN_ONLY_MODE, HUE_MODE, SATURATION_MODE, COLOR_MODE, ...