[Gimp-user] Move tool specifics and paste alignment
I'm getting used to the GIMP analogues to a few different operations I'm used to under Photoshop, and having some trouble. Two questions relating to the move tool: - I have read about the move tool modes and the ctrl-alt shortcut to move a portion of a layer. I would like to be able to do this and then use the keyboard to move the contents of the selection, just like I would by dragging the selection with the mouse. - Once moving a selection, is there a way to make it only move in cardinal directions? Also, if I do need to resort to cutting out a portion of an existing layer to reposition it, how do I paste it back in the same spot from which it came? When I cut out a selection and then immediately paste, I currently get the floating layer repositioned near the top left of my image. Thanks for your time and help. - Michael ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Move tool specifics and paste alignment
Hi Michael, On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 11:57 AM, Michael Armida [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm getting used to the GIMP analogues to a few different operations I'm used to under Photoshop, and having some trouble. Two questions relating to the move tool: - I have read about the move tool modes and the ctrl-alt shortcut to move a portion of a layer. I would like to be able to do this and then use the keyboard to move the contents of the selection, just like I would by dragging the selection with the mouse. Thanks for the easy question :) Use the cursor keys to move the layer. Hold Shift to move in larger steps. - Once moving a selection, is there a way to make it only move in cardinal directions? Use the keyboard controls only. Selections can also snap onto grid lines and guides, which may suit your needs. Also, if I do need to resort to cutting out a portion of an existing layer to reposition it, how do I paste it back in the same spot from which it came? When I cut out a selection and then immediately paste, I currently get the floating layer repositioned near the top left of my image. Use 'Select-Float' instead of (cut, then paste). Then you can move the floating layer as you desire. Thanks for your time and help. - Michael David ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] strange workaround for slow GIMP start (WinXP)
is normal for new gimp install hanging on when loading fonts the first time gimp you run gimp, after a new install is expected be very slow when loading fonts that because the first time it will create its own font cache, and that will allow other times to be much quicker to load So i doubt that gimp may load quicker thank to other gtk software installed, i believe that now load quicker because the first time had to slowly index all the fonts,and then the following times it load quicker because that long task is not more needed As side note inthe hipotetical case Gimp will froze again when loading fonts that may mean that font cache get somehow corrupted , to solve you should simply delete it and reload gimp again will be very slow because will recreate the cache, and again the following times will be much quicker After a system reinstall (HDD change) on my HP nc8230 notebook, GIMP was starting painfully slow, almost bloking itself at Fonts-something startup splash screen. This was something new for me, as in the previous WinXP system install GIMP started almost immediately. Searching a bit I noticed that this happens to be a common issue on many Windows systems, where some have mentioned something about GTK+. This pointed me to the question - what was different in my previous system install related to GTK+ ? Answer - two more GTK+ applications (except for Sylpheed, which does not matter for the subject), Pidgin and GPA. So I installed Pidgin (2.4.2), et voil?, GIMP now starts immediately ! So who knows, maybe this info can be of some help for others too ... (and perhaps for GIMP developers too :) Cristi -- Cristian Secar? http://www.secarica.ro/ -- ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user End of Gimp-user Digest, Vol 69, Issue 16 * Alchemie Foto\grafiche - Hai un indirizzo email difficile da ricordare? Scegli quello che hai sempre desiderato prima che lo faccia qualcun#39;altro!. Tantissimi nuovi indirizzi sono ora disponibili su Yahoo!___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] The Gimp won't launch.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, what OS X version are you on? If 10.5.x - did you read about the need to update X11? If the answers are yes and no, please go to http://darwingimp.sourceforge.net/download.html and read the system requirements and update hints. Greetings, lexA Am 23.06.2008 um 02:23 schrieb edward storm: I'm an innocent and naive iMac user who uses The Gimp only now and then for fairly simple things. Now, all of a sudden, I can't launch The Gimp. I click on its icon in the dock and the word Gimp appears in the tool bar alongside the Apple icon, but nothing else shows up in the tool bar, and the window for The Gimp doesn't appear. I just finished downloading Gimp 2.4.6 and it still behaves as just described. Gimp.app is in my Applications folder, all 111 megabytes, and X11 is in my Utilities folder. The Apple technical person I spoke with said it had to be a Gimp problem, after we tried several things, none of which I understood. (Create a new account and see if The Gimp launches in it. Shut down the computer and see if that helps. Download The Gimp again and see if it works. Etc.) Can anyone suggest some way I can understand this and try to restore The Gimp to functionality? Thanks. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user - --- Live is like a chocolate box, you never know what you wanna get... GPG Signatur auf http://wernicke-online.net/Impressum/ prüfen -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (Darwin) iD8DBQFIZWRJR9mXLVsAbiQRAtYOAKC0mGY2hK5N5JX3h6GQ8FO8tNTkrwCeNeMF NH/wDNAICjlFatDFYQDa/Yg= =SIJ0 -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Changing Print Size units
Hello list, I've encountered an issue but I'm not sure whether it's a user error, a bug, or just a feature of the way the program works. I'd be grateful for any insight that anyone could give. I'm running the Windows binary of GIMP 2.4.6 on Windows XP SP2. What I really want to get is the Print Size in Image Image Properties displayed in mm rather than inches, but in trying to find out how to do this, I discovered the following: in Image Print Size (the resulting dialog is titled Set Image Print Resolution), changing the units for Print Size width and height doesn't 'stick': if I change the units from inches to anything else, the width and height values change appropriately, but when I OK out of the dialog then come back in, the units have reverted to inches, and the numbers to their inch values. Changes made to the X and Y resolution in the same dialog do persist. It does not appear to be due to the units used for resolution - if I change this to pixels/mm the size units still refuse to be anything other than inches. The problem exists whether the image has been created with a size defined in pixels or millimeters, and with a resolution defined in pixels/mm or pixels/in. I've tried with the defaults in Preferences defined in mm and pixels/mm and using inches. The default paper size is A4, defined in mm. I have mm selected as the unit in the status bar, and all other sizes are in mm, including the grid and results from the measure tool, with one - presumably linked - exception: File Print Image Settings initially appears using inches. If I change this to mm and print the image (the apply button in this dialog remains unavailable, and cancel, unsurprisingly, discards the changes), the change to mm does persist into subsequent visits to the Print dialog - however the Print Size in Image Properties and Set Image Print Resolution remains in inches. Nothing appears in the error console. The only vaguely related bug that I can find listed is Bug 170200 from 2005 http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=170200 , which was fixed. I have not tried the development branch, but there seems to be nothing relevant in the changelist. I did find various references to printing being buggy, especially on Windows - could this be related? Can anyone confirm this problem, or point out where I'm going wrong? Thanks a lot. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Changing-Print-Size-units-tp18166217p18166217.html Sent from the Gimp User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
