Re: [Gimp-user] Modifying an image...

2009-08-28 Thread Greg Chapman
Hi Zed, On 28 Aug 09 02:28 zed z...@zed.net.nz said: I've copied part of the image in an ellipse to cover the 'hole' but am left with the edge of the circle, and have no idea how to blend this with the rest of the image. When you select the part of the image you want, before copying, apply

Re: [Gimp-user] Modifying an image...

2009-08-28 Thread zed
Greg Chapman gregtu...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Hi Zed, On 28 Aug 09 02:28 zed z...@zed.net.nz said: I've copied part of the image in an ellipse to cover the 'hole' but am left with the edge of the circle, and have no idea how to blend this with the rest of the image. When you select the

[Gimp-user] A non-tool selection...

2009-08-28 Thread zed
As a very new user of the Gimp, I find it annoying that there appears to be no selection tool that turns off all tools. I am thinking of a package like Inscape, where the default is that when loaded no tool is selected and one has to make a selection before anything happens. Is there such a tool

Re: [Gimp-user] Modifying an image...

2009-08-28 Thread Greg Chapman
Hi Zed, On 28 Aug 09 23:52 zed z...@zed.net.nz said: Although not perfect, the result I achieved with feathering is reasonably acceptable. What is better, is that I have learnt something. I confess that normally I'd use the clone stamp tool for covering some blemish in an image. Using a

Re: [Gimp-user] A non-tool selection...

2009-08-28 Thread Greg Chapman
Hi Zed, On 28 Aug 09 23:58 zed z...@zed.net.nz said: I find it annoying that there appears to be no selection tool that turns off all tools. I am confused by this feature request. The GIMP is an image editing package not an image display package. Therefore, by definition, you will always

Re: [Gimp-user] Modifying an image...

2009-08-28 Thread Bob Long
zed wrote: I am very new to The Gimp and, at the moment, floundering :-( I want to have some CDs printed with the LinuxMINT logo but the person printing the CDs for me wants the image modified to remove the 'hole' in the centre. I've copied part of the image in an ellipse to cover the

Re: [Gimp-user] Modifying an image...

2009-08-28 Thread zed
Bob Long b...@oblong.com.au wrote: zed wrote: I am very new to The Gimp and, at the moment, floundering :-( I want to have some CDs printed with the LinuxMINT logo but the person printing the CDs for me wants the image modified to remove the 'hole' in the centre. I've copied part

Re: [Gimp-user] A non-tool selection...

2009-08-28 Thread zed
Greg Chapman gregtu...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Hi Zed, On 28 Aug 09 23:58 zed z...@zed.net.nz said: I find it annoying that there appears to be no selection tool that turns off all tools. [snipped but read and absorbed] Effectively, this is the same question that new users often ask, How

Re: [Gimp-user] A non-tool selection...

2009-08-28 Thread phanisvara das
On Saturday 29 August 2009 08:15:11 zed wrote: That, together with the fact that at the start a tool is selected and I click on the image and wonder what has happened and how I change it.. i had the same problem when i started using gimp. not used to the shape and meaning of pointers, i was

Re: [Gimp-user] A non-tool selection...

2009-08-28 Thread Martin Nordholts
On 08/29/2009 12:58 AM, zed wrote: As a very new user of the Gimp, I find it annoying that there appears to be no selection tool that turns off all tools. I am thinking of a package like Inscape, where the default is that when loaded no tool is selected and one has to make a selection before