On Sat, Jan 11, 2003 at 03:08:40PM -0500, Joel Hammer wrote: >I don't know where to start looking this up in the gimp manual. >Is there a way to select and resize part of an image? >The idea here is to insert a ruler into an image which could be scaled >to match the image. I would take the picture using some nasty, dirty, >foul looking ruler, made from brass which nobody has bothered to polish >for a while, likely covered with fresh blood and bile, next to the object >being photographed. Then, edit the image, replacing the real ruler with >a fancy one (an immaculate white on a pure black background with our >hospital logo, or some such). The only question is scaling the new ruler.
I'm not a gimp expert by any means, but I'll make a suggestion anyway. First create the new ruler either in a separate layer or gimp window. Size appropriately, then paste into the image. Bill -- INTERNET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC UUCP: camco!bill PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way FAX: (206) 232-9186 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820; (206) 236-1676 URL: http://www.celestial.com/ ``UNIX was not designed to stop you from doing stupid things, because that would also stop you from doing clever things.'' -- Doug Gwyn _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
