On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 02:07:16PM -0800, Rich Shepard wrote:
> Some of you must know The GIMP well and I hope you have a quick answer for
> me.
>
> I'm trying to draw lines on a layer. According to my copy of Akkana Peck's
> GIMP book, to get a straight line, click at one point, move to the next
> point and press the shift key, when satisfied with the second end point,
> click the left button again.
>
> When I do this, I see the dotted line with the shift key held down, but no
> line is drawn when I click the button the second time. Brush size is not
> affecting the results.
Do you keep the shift held down until after the second click?
Double check:
The layer you're working on is currently visible
and not hidden by a higher layer
You've selected ALL or NONE or the area you're trying to draw in.
Re: the other thing you mentioned about text. AFAIK once you anchor text it
ceases
to be editable text and becomes a graphic entity. So if you want to correct
spelling
you'll need to redo the text.
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