On Wed, 2020-01-29 at 09:04 -0700, S.Bob wrote: > Hi All; > > > I wan to select a rectangle on an image, and do the following: > > - make the selection a new layer so I can easily move it around and > resize it if needed
copy (or copy visible if more than one layer is involved), then paste in place, then press the newlayer button in the layers dialogue. > - add a border to the selection select->border and fill wit pink :) > - blur / darken the background of the selection gaussian blur, and curves > - add text to the selection text will be a new layer over the rectangle group. > I know I can add the text as a new layer, not sure how to properly > do > the other items, thoughts? There isn't really a "properly" - it's what works for you. The best book of GIMP tutorials i've seen is "The Artist's Guide to GIMP" but i think that's for gimp 2.8, so might not work perfectly. slave liam [resending from the right address this time] _______________________________________________ gimp-user-list mailing list List address: gimp-user-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list