On Sun, 03 May 2009 22:44:23 -0400 Gene Heskett <[email protected]> wrote:
> Greetings; > > Latest gimp-2.6 from fedora installed, and once again I am attempting > to crop an image and cannot. Why is it so difficult to select a > rectangular area of the image, like the whole top 1/3 or the whole > bottom 1/3, and just plain crop it just as if I'd taken the paper > cutters to the print. But while I can make the 'canvas' white, I > cannot actually cut that part of the canvas and toss it in /dev/null, > which should be indicated by the checkerboard pattern replacing it. > > Really guys, I fail to see why such an operation requires I post to > the list each and every time I want to do it. So how DO it go about > getting rid of, totally and forever if I haven't saved a backup copy, > those parts of an image that should never ever see the light of day, > or worse yet, waste bandwidth when it has to be uploaded at a hair > over 50k/sec on my adsl circuit. Just turning it white doesn't cut > it, I want it gone. > > This, most simple of a photo manipulation has been hidden behind > portable menu mumbo jumbo for a decade now, is it not possible to fix > it for almost main menu access, just by drawing a box around what you > want, invert the selection and anything outside the box is gone > forever, or at least till its undone. > > Thanks guys, but please fix this most simple of photo editing > function there is. > > You can see my problem at > <http://gene.homelinux.net:85/gene/emc/probe-asmbled-1.jpg> I have trouble working out what your problem is. a. Select crop tool b. select area you want c. press enter d. save as Owen _______________________________________________ Gimp-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
