Hello you all,
Thanks for your answers. Not being a native English speaker, I am not sure my description of what I want has been very clear. Here is an example of the work-flow I have with Photoshop and I'd like to have with the Gimp. I am NOT afraid of coding. Cursor: I move the cursor in the general area of where the click is needed without fussing and then, if a non-moving tool is selected (lasso, brush, stamp etc.), hitting the arrows moves the cursor 1 pixel (or 10 with a ctrl arrow, 50 with an alt arrow) allowing me to have the cursor exactly where I need it to be. In order to do that I have to write a script that will get the information about the tool that is selected. Then I have to access the part of the application that moves the cursor. If the Gimp doesn't allow me to move the cursor from inside, I'll have to build a tool working besides it to move the cursor when a non moving tool is selected. It is basically a listener and a Boolean so that is no big deal. What I need to know FOR CERTAIN before starting to learn the Gimp is “Can I do this with the Gimp?” Or “Am I able to ascertain which tool is selected and send the result elsewhere?” Layers: I have very often 500 layers (yeah, you read right, five hundred) in my images. Some of them have layer masks some don't. I activate a layer by right-clicking in the image and choose from a list. Then I want to add a mask if there is none or activate the layer mask if there is one just by pressing the f3 key. I can write the code to do this IF IT IS POSSIBLE, So my question is can I do things like that with the Gimp. So you see my problem is NOT to unlearn Photoshop as someone said. I have the time and capacities to adjust a program to my needs, provided the program can send me the right information. Can I get the information needed? I meant the program knows what tool is selected or if there is a layer mask, or what layer is below my cursor. Can I have access to that information? Cordialement, John <http://johnsmithimages.net> <http://johnsmithimages.net> http://johnsmithimages.net 2016-10-01 22:23 GMT+02:00 <[email protected]>: > Send gimp-user-list mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of gimp-user-list digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Scripting, toggles and accessing the application state > (Rick Strong) > 2. Re: Scripting, toggles and accessing the application state > (Rick Strong) > 3. Suddenly can't do anything (cut, paste, draw, clear, etc) > (nekomaster) > 4. Suddenly can't do anything (cut, paste, draw, clear, etc) > (nekomaster) > 5. Re: Suddenly can't do anything (cut, paste, draw, clear, > etc) (Partha Bagchi) > 6. Suddenly can't do anything (cut, paste, draw, clear, etc) > (nekomaster) > 7. GIMP Crashing (Jennings Almond) > 8. Re: GIMP Crashing ([email protected]) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 1 Oct 2016 08:51:38 -0400 > From: "Rick Strong" <[email protected]> > To: "John Smith" <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] Scripting, toggles and accessing the > application state > Message-ID: <C9F34DC3142546B2AD2456B9DC5931D6@RickPC> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > I understand the technique having used Photoshop for 27 years. I have > scripted Indesign, Pagemaker, Corel draw (made it draw pie charts with > callouts from a simple list of data), Word, Excel. It was fun but the time > I spent debugging was better put to use using the other side of my brain > and being creative. > > That?s just me. > > Sans souci, > Rick > > From: John Smith > Sent: Saturday, October 01, 2016 3:16 AM > To: Rick Strong > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] Scripting, toggles and accessing the application > state > > I answer on this thread, the other one (no subject) was another mistake of > my part. > > So as Jan said we aren't all that fluent in typing. > > My personnal reason is that I used Photoshop for 21 years now and I > consider that a program should yield to its users' needs and not the other > way round. > > For example I need a toggle when working on an image for which I have a > sketch. Sometimes I need to show the layer with the sketch, then hide it > then show it then hide it to see what is on the sketch that I lost on the > image I built. Pressing F8 repetitively in very rapid strokes generally do > the trick. Don' forget to half close your eyes as well? > > > > Cordialement, > > John > > > http://johnsmithimages.net > > > 2016-09-30 13:54 GMT+02:00 Rick Strong <[email protected]>: > > Ctrl + Z = Undo > Ctrl + Y = Redo > Hold down Ctrl and do a two-finger dance to toggle. > > Rick S. > > > Question 3) As far as I understand it, it is not possible to have toggles > at the moment. Ctrl z twice will cancel 2 actions instead of undoing and > redoing the last action. Am I right? > > Cordialement, > > John > <http://johnsmithimages.net> <http://johnsmithimages.net> > > http://johnsmithimages.net > _______________________________________________ > gimp-user-list mailing list > List address: [email protected] > List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list > List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sat, 1 Oct 2016 08:58:36 -0400 > From: "Rick Strong" <[email protected]> > To: "Simon Budig" <[email protected]>, <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] Scripting, toggles and accessing the > application state > Message-ID: <39131BE380B5450E9D7987A95624BEF0@RickPC> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > Another approach is to duplicate the layer you are working on and put it > above the original layer. Turning the dupe layer on/off will reveal the > changes. > > Rick > > -----Original Message----- > From: Simon Budig > Sent: Friday, September 30, 2016 7:24 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] Scripting, toggles and accessing the application > state > > Rick Strong ([email protected]) wrote: > > Ctrl + Z = Undo > > Ctrl + Y = Redo > > Hold down Ctrl and do a two-finger dance to toggle. > > This is unfortunately not true for german kezboards... > > Bye, > Simon > > -- > [email protected] http://simon.budig.de/ > _______________________________________________ > gimp-user-list mailing list > List address: [email protected] > List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list > List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Sat, 01 Oct 2016 20:11:27 +0200 > From: nekomaster <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: [Gimp-user] Suddenly can't do anything (cut, paste, draw, > clear, etc) > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > I've been using GIMP to do sprite work for Transport Tycoon, and > everything was > working fine last night when I finished up with a new sprite and exported > it to > PNG. > > Today I get on my computer and now I can't do much of anything with GIMP. > > I've tried everything I know on new images (made new in GIMP) or old > images I > previously worked on and nothing works. > > I tried drawing with the brush or pencil, nothing happens. > > I try to select an area and I can't cut or copy the area, and if I try to > paste > something it just pastes nothing/invisible things. > > I'f I select an area to delete/clear, when I hit "Clear selection" or the > DELETE > key, the whole layer gets deleted, even if I only selected a pixel. > > All this happens whether I'm in RGB or Indexed color mode, on a old layer > or a > new layer, and Reinstalling GIMP did nothing either. > > Just to make sure I'm not going crazy or my keyboard or mouse is being > weird, I > tried SAI, MS Paint and Paint.net to see if I can draw, cut, delete, etc > and > everything works in other image editing software, jut not in GIMP. > > I'm Running GIMP 2.8.18 x64 on Windows 10 Pro x64 (Build 14393) > > > -- > nekomaster (via www.gimpusers.com/forums) > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Sat, 01 Oct 2016 20:13:39 +0200 > From: nekomaster <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: [Gimp-user] Suddenly can't do anything (cut, paste, draw, > clear, etc) > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Oh and I should mention I already tried uninstalling and reinstalling > GIMP, that > didn't solve the issue. > > neither did restarting my computer help, After two restarts GIMP still > isn't > letting me do anything. > > -- > nekomaster (via www.gimpusers.com/forums) > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Sat, 1 Oct 2016 14:56:33 -0400 > From: Partha Bagchi <[email protected]> > To: nekomaster <[email protected]> > Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, > [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] Suddenly can't do anything (cut, paste, draw, > clear, etc) > Message-ID: > <CAOW9c=_t43P0xp=aRmNbAZvn0ntPibk5mApdXzB=6dxYX > [email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > If I have to guess, your personal GIMP folder is corrupt. Delete or move it > somewhere and restart GIMP. > > Your personal folder is located at > C:\Users\YourUserName\AppData\Roaming\GIMP\2.8 or it's > C:\Users\YourUserName\.gimp-2.8 > > > On Sat, Oct 1, 2016 at 2:13 PM, nekomaster <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Oh and I should mention I already tried uninstalling and reinstalling > > GIMP, that > > didn't solve the issue. > > > > neither did restarting my computer help, After two restarts GIMP still > > isn't > > letting me do anything. > > > > -- > > nekomaster (via www.gimpusers.com/forums) > > _______________________________________________ > > gimp-user-list mailing list > > List address: [email protected] > > List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list > > List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Sat, 01 Oct 2016 20:59:03 +0200 > From: nekomaster <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: [Gimp-user] Suddenly can't do anything (cut, paste, draw, > clear, etc) > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > >If I have to guess, your personal GIMP folder is corrupt. Delete or > >move it > >somewhere and restart GIMP. > > > >Your personal folder is located at > >C:\Users\YourUserName\AppData\Roaming\GIMP\2.8 or it's > >C:\Users\YourUserName\.gimp-2.8 > > I went and reset my tool preferances and that seems to have fixed my > problem. > Now I can draw, cut, paste, and delete again. > > -- > nekomaster (via www.gimpusers.com/forums) > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Sat, 1 Oct 2016 19:35:39 +0000 (UTC) > From: Jennings Almond <[email protected]> > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Subject: [Gimp-user] GIMP Crashing > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > I have GIMP 2.8 and windows 8.1. If I open more than one file and try to > move one with the left-right, up-down icon, GIMP crashes. ?I thought I > might "overload the 8.2 version with a more current version GIMP 8.2.16. > ?It did't work. ?So, I thought I would uninstall GIMP altogether and > reinstall the newer version.. ?To my unpleasant surprise, the directory > still calls it a 2.8 version and when I reloaded it anew, I still had the > same problems; it did not work.. I've had this problem with no other vision > of GIMP. > I realize that since GIMP is free, I should not complain. ?I still have > one question: When they have a program that works, why do their programmers > keep fiddling with it until it does'nt work? > Jennings Almond > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 8 > Date: Sat, 1 Oct 2016 20:23:39 +0000 (UTC) > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP Crashing > Message-ID: > <FD086A5B12C25B0F.6dff3c74-7f6e-43a8-9c29-96bc5d06df12@ > mail.outlook.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > > > It can happenned to all win app . you can try older version that working > stable. > > > > > > Dari: Jennings Almond > > Terkirim: Minggu, 2 Oktober 4.45 AM > > Subjek: [Gimp-user] GIMP Crashing > > Kepada: [email protected] > > > > I have GIMP 2.8 and windows 8.1. If I open more than one file and try to > move one with the left-right, up-down icon, GIMP crashes. ?I thought I > might "overload the 8.2 version with a more current version GIMP 8.2.16. > ?It did't work. ?So, I thought I would uninstall GIMP altogether and > reinstall the newer version.. ?To my unpleasant surprise, the directory > still calls it a 2.8 version and when I reloaded it anew, I still had the > same problems; it did not work.. I've had this problem with no other vision > of GIMP. I realize that since GIMP is free, I should not complain. ?I still > have one question: When they have a program that works, why do their > programmers keep fiddling with it until it does'nt work? 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