PaintShopPro is the one remaining program that makes me consider running MS Windows at all, anymore. I like and use GIMP but not everything is as slickly automated as in PSP. That said, GIMP is superior in many respects, so de gustibus... I use both. If only Corel would put out a Linux version my last MS shackle would fall away. grins
On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 2:36 PM, Steve Kinney <ad...@pilobilus.net> wrote: > On 12/16/2013 02:34 PM, SirCrow wrote: > > Hello. I've tried using GIMP many times, yet I've accomplished very > little, > > given all of GIMP's functionality. For example: > > > > If I want to select part of an image and copy it to another area or to a > new > > image/layer, and also FEATHER the edges, here's how I'd do it in an old > graphics > > app I often used years ago: > > > > 1. Select the area. > > 2. Hold Ctrl while moving selection with Move tool. > > 3. Use the slider to soften the edges to my liking. > > 4. Press Enter to anchor selection. Done. > > Hey SirCrow, > > I bet it would help if you were to name the old program you liked so > much. That would provide a point of reference for the editing > workflow that you're talking about. > > It's even possible that something like what you are describing is > possible in the GIMP. If enough people like the idea of "sliders > for everything" even that might eventually happen. > > :o) > > Steve > > > > > And there were sliders also for opacity and other things. So very SIMPLE > > because the prog. was designed very intuitively. How would I accomplish > the > > same in GIMP? Well, most of the time, I WOULD ACCOMPLISH NOTHING! At > best, I'd > > enter values into the box, not like the result, enter new values, > repeat. And > > that's on a good day. > > > > PLEASE, I beg you, somebody write a SCRIPT/PLUGIN that allows the use of > sliders > > exactly as described above! I desperately want to be a HAPPY GIMP user, > but I'm > > growing ever more hopeless. I don't want to turn on my older PC just to > use a > > graphics app that actually lets me get things done. Thank you. > > > > Joe > > > > _______________________________________________ > gimp-user-list mailing list > List address: gimp-user-list@gnome.org > List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list > _______________________________________________ gimp-user-list mailing list List address: gimp-user-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list