commands are also associated with keyboard shortcuts as shown in the menu. You can define your own custom shortcuts for menu actions, if you enable Use Dynamic Keyboard Shortcuts in the Preferences dialog Configure Input Controller. In the left column Event, click Scroll Up to get it highlighted. (e) Click the Edit button (at the bottom middle of the list). (f) You can see the window Select Controller Event Action will show through behind it. 92 CHAPTER 7. PAINTING WITH GIMP 7.11. PATTERNS • You can create new custom gradients, using the Gradient Editor. You cannot modify the gradients that are supplied with GIMP

using Alt plus an ‘accelerator’ key underlined in the menu emphasis. More: you can define your own custom shortcuts for menu actions, if you enable Use Dynamic Keyboard Shortcuts in the Preferences dialog palette" to best represent your image. Try it, you can undo it if you don’t like the results, or use a custom palette or more colours. Figure 3.28: Dialog ‘Change to Indexed Colors’ As you might expect, since a blue corner. 3. Now, go to File → Preferences → Input Controllers. • Check the Enable this controller box. • Scroll through the Events list and select Scroll up (Shift). Avoid Scroll up (Ctrl) because

using Alt plus an "accelerator" key underlined in the menu emphasis. More: you can define your own custom shortcuts for menu actions, if you enable Use Dynamic Keyboard Shortcuts in the Preferences dialog gradient, the existing contents of the layer will show through behind it. • You can create new custom gradients, using the Gradient Editor. You cannot modify the gradients that are supplied with GIMP executed and no new shortcut will be created. It is best to use the CtrlAltKey sequence for your custom shortcuts. You get to this Editor by clicking on Configure keyboard shortcuts in the "Interface"

The gold emblem was created by running the Gradient Map filter on the twisted figure (using the custom Golden gradient). The pale outline of the non-twisted parts was painted with a low opacity airbrush stylize and add some wetness to the image, I created a rain layer. This layer was filled with the custom rain pattern, dark- ened somewhat and set in Addition Mode. A text layer was also added. I then ran useful Repeat function that creates sine- or sawtooth gradient patterns. If you set Blend type to custom gradient, Gimp will use the currently active gradient, which is specified in the Gradient Editor

tablets. One fantastic feature is the ability to use plug-ins, which let users create their own custom features and special effects. Volunteers and the GIMP enthusiasts have written close to a hundred