[Gimp-user] Advice

2011-09-02 Thread goy genius
Dear Gimp, Sorry if this is rude... I used GIMP 5 or 6 years ago and was unimpressed. I used it over the past few days and was unimpressed. I want to get away from windows but I can't because quite frankly GIMP is crap and I *need* photoshop. I could never use this buggy junk pile over

[Gimp-user] Advice

2011-09-02 Thread goy genius
Just do this: Ctrl+Space+Left Mouse = ZOOM IN Ctrl+Space+Alt+Left Mouse = ZOOM OUT IS IT HARD OR WHAT? The way panning works in Gimp is pure CRAP. Space+Hold Left Mouse+Drag = Pan TRY IT. If you changed those things you'd break down 99% of the initial annoyance of using the pile of crap you

Re: [Gimp-user] Advice

2011-09-02 Thread Patrick Shanahan
* goy genius goygen...@gmail.com [09-02-11 22:03]: Sorry if this is rude... you *are* sorry I used GIMP 5 or 6 years ago and was unimpressed. ? I used it over the past few days and was unimpressed. ? I want to get away from windows but I can't because quite frankly GIMP is crap and I

Re: [Gimp-user] Advice

2011-09-02 Thread Renan Birck Pinheiro
2011/9/2 goy genius goygen...@gmail.com I want to get away from windows but I can't because quite frankly GIMP is crap and I *need* photoshop. I could never use this buggy junk pile over photoshop... I can't even list the reasons. For f***s sake you could at least make some of the keyboard

Re: [Gimp-user] Advice

2011-09-02 Thread Frank Gore
On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 10:06 PM, goy genius goygen...@gmail.com wrote: Just do this: Ctrl+Space+Left Mouse = ZOOM IN Ctrl+Space+Alt+Left Mouse = ZOOM OUT IS IT HARD OR WHAT? Actually, I prefer this: + = zoom in - = zoom out (notice the complete lack of multiple keys/buttons involved, I

Re: [Gimp-user] Advice

2011-09-02 Thread Stefan Maerz
If you are trying to start a flame war, please just move along. TBH I don't understand this. I started using GIMP about 4 years ago. Since then I have used a variety of other image editors including Photo Shop - not for extended periods of time, mind you. I have found that once you learn one

[Gimp-user] how to change image background?

2011-09-02 Thread hadi motamedi
Dear All I have upgraded from centos 5.6 to centos 6.0 to have all of the features of GIMP. Can you please let me know how can I change my image background by using GIMP ? Thank you ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU

Re: [Gimp-user] how to change image background?

2011-09-02 Thread Owen
Dear All I have upgraded from centos 5.6 to centos 6.0 to have all of the features of GIMP. Can you please let me know how can I change my image background by using GIMP ? It all depends on the background. Color to alpha is ok if it is a uniform background. Other tools include the

Re: [Gimp-user] how to change image background?

2011-09-02 Thread hadi motamedi
On 9/3/11, Owen rc...@pcug.org.au wrote: Dear All I have upgraded from centos 5.6 to centos 6.0 to have all of the features of GIMP. Can you please let me know how can I change my image background by using GIMP ? It all depends on the background. Color to alpha is ok if it is a uniform