[Gimp-user] How to draw a line? :(
I'm feeling particularly useless today, I'm pretty much a total beginner with GIMP, but I can't believe this is as hard as I seem to be making it. I want to draw a straight line. I'm using Gimp 2.2.4 I try the paintbrush, I have a color selected, and I can draw a squiggly line. The help says that holding shift down will make all these tools constrained to straight lines, but mine doensn't draw anything. It looks like it's trying to do measuement or something. I try the path tool (which I can't claim to understand) and then try to stroke the path. I get polygons while I'm messing about, I can also get curves, but I don't seem to be able to get an actual line that stays on the page. What I _want_ is a straight line, constrained to horizontal or vertical, drawn with the caligraphic brush (so it has a chiselled end) and using the fade out option, so it disappears smoothly over a distance. Anyone want to tell me what's so obvious that I've missed it? Thanks in advance, Simon __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] How to draw a line? :(
Did you read the actual straight line tutorial? It's here: http://www.gimp.org/tutorials/Straight_Line/ It details exactly what to do, step-by-step. Marco On May 12, 2006, at 9:02 PM, Simon Roberts wrote: I'm feeling particularly useless today, I'm pretty much a total beginner with GIMP, but I can't believe this is as hard as I seem to be making it. I want to draw a straight line. I'm using Gimp 2.2.4 I try the paintbrush, I have a color selected, and I can draw a squiggly line. The help says that holding shift down will make all these tools constrained to straight lines, but mine doensn't draw anything. It looks like it's trying to do measuement or something. I try the path tool (which I can't claim to understand) and then try to stroke the path. I get polygons while I'm messing about, I can also get curves, but I don't seem to be able to get an actual line that stays on the page. What I _want_ is a straight line, constrained to horizontal or vertical, drawn with the caligraphic brush (so it has a chiselled end) and using the fade out option, so it disappears smoothly over a distance. Anyone want to tell me what's so obvious that I've missed it? Thanks in advance, Simon __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] How to draw a line? :(
Gach, hit reply, instead of reply to all. Nutshell version: no, I'd not seen this, yes, so far as I can make out, I'm doing what the tutorial says, but no, I don't get any line. I get two crosshairs and a line joining the two as I move the mouse while holding shift (I can constrain the line to certain angles with control too) but when I release shift, the whole thing goes away. Foreground and background are both set to contrasting colors compared to the current image color. Any thoughts? TIA Simon --- Marco Wessel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Did you read the actual straight line tutorial? It's here: http://www.gimp.org/tutorials/Straight_Line/ It details exactly what to do, step-by-step. Marco On May 12, 2006, at 9:02 PM, Simon Roberts wrote: I'm feeling particularly useless today, I'm pretty much a total beginner with GIMP, but I can't believe this is as hard as I seem to be making it. I want to draw a straight line. I'm using Gimp 2.2.4 I try the paintbrush, I have a color selected, and I can draw a squiggly line. The help says that holding shift down will make all these tools constrained to straight lines, but mine doensn't draw anything. It looks like it's trying to do measuement or something. I try the path tool (which I can't claim to understand) and then try to stroke the path. I get polygons while I'm messing about, I can also get curves, but I don't seem to be able to get an actual line that stays on the page. What I _want_ is a straight line, constrained to horizontal or vertical, drawn with the caligraphic brush (so it has a chiselled end) and using the fade out option, so it disappears smoothly over a distance. Anyone want to tell me what's so obvious that I've missed it? Thanks in advance, Simon __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions. Naguib Mahfouz __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] How to draw a line? :(
Simon Roberts wrote: Gach, hit reply, instead of reply to all. Nutshell version: no, I'd not seen this, yes, so far as I can make out, I'm doing what the tutorial says, but no, I don't get any line. I get two crosshairs and a line joining the two as I move the mouse while holding shift (I can constrain the line to certain angles with control too) but when I release shift, the whole thing goes away. Did you press the left mouse button before releasing the shift-key, as the tutorial specifies? Foreground and background are both set to contrasting colors compared to the current image color. Any thoughts? TIA Simon ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] How to draw a line? :(
Did you read the actual straight line tutorial? It's here: http://www.gimp.org/tutorials/Straight_Line/ Simon Roberts wrote: Nutshell version: no, I'd not seen this, yes, so far as I can make out, I'm doing what the tutorial says, but no, I don't get any line. I get two crosshairs and a line joining the two as I move the mouse while holding shift (I can constrain the line to certain angles with control too) but when I release shift, the whole thing goes away. I'm using 2.3.8. I must admit I did not find that tutorial explicit enough, or perhaps the method has changed. I had to do this: 1. One left click and release of the mouse at the point you want the start of the line. 2. Hold shift down. Hold control down as well if you want constrained angles. 3. Move the mouse - a guide line will be drawn - without clicking, to where you want the end of the line. 4. Click and release the mouse button. The line will be drawn. 5. Release the shift key. -- Bob Long ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] How to draw a line? :(
Did you press the left mouse button before releasing the shift-key, as the tutorial specifies aside from the fact that I feel like I'm learning to use stardard car shifting...3 or 4 actions to coodinate ;^).;if you hold the shift button down TOO long you get the slow curser dog pony show, plus NO line!! -- Gracia...Cooleemee, NC Registered Linux user #263390 - SuSE 10 Pro My country, right or wrong. If right, to be kept right, if wrong, to be put right. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Solved Re: [Gimp-user] How to draw a line? :(
thanks, yes, It's behaving now. It takes a mouse click to indicate the starting point, and a shift-click to indicate the end. Holding shift in advance of the final click shows you where it will draw. Makes perfect sense now, but I was so expecting it to be a drag operation to draw the line (like it is when it's a freehand line) that I couldn't see the wood for the trees. Thanks all, especially Marco for such prompt and persistent help. Now I can just quietly put it behind me and slowly stop feeling really dumb! Cheers, Simon --- Bob Long [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Did you read the actual straight line tutorial? It's here: http://www.gimp.org/tutorials/Straight_Line/ Simon Roberts wrote: Nutshell version: no, I'd not seen this, yes, so far as I can make out, I'm doing what the tutorial says, but no, I don't get any line. I get two crosshairs and a line joining the two as I move the mouse while holding shift (I can constrain the line to certain angles with control too) but when I release shift, the whole thing goes away. I'm using 2.3.8. I must admit I did not find that tutorial explicit enough, or perhaps the method has changed. I had to do this: 1. One left click and release of the mouse at the point you want the start of the line. 2. Hold shift down. Hold control down as well if you want constrained angles. 3. Move the mouse - a guide line will be drawn - without clicking, to where you want the end of the line. 4. Click and release the mouse button. The line will be drawn. 5. Release the shift key. -- Bob Long ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions. Naguib Mahfouz __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
