[Gimp-user] black canvas extension

2013-12-29 Thread EGoldman 
I am applying on  Zapplication for juried shows for my jewelry . I am a newbie
to Gimp but have mastered most thru trial and error. I really need help at this
point . Pics must be 1920 x1440. I have resized but they also require the canvas
size to be 1920x1920 with black borders. The end result would be that there is
black extension borders filling in the shorter sides. All I keep getting is the
little squares. I have a deadline for this application and I'm hoping someone
could give me some clues on this issue. A BIG Thanks for any suggestions or help
:)

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[Gimp-user] black canvas extension

2013-12-29 Thread EGoldman 
You probably already did Image/Canvas Size with width and height
equal
to 1920, and clicking Center, which produces the litte squares on 
either side of the original image. The next step is to create a new 
layer filled with black, and move the new layer below the original 
layer. Then flatten the image (Image/Flatten Image).

I think I answered your question, but my apologies if I'm answering
the
wrong question!

Elle

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[Gimp-user] black canvas extension

2013-12-29 Thread EGoldman 

Thank you so very much for responding. It isn't working for me. I am still
looking at my image and the canvas with squares. Should I be opening new layer
and if so how do I get it black? I'm so close yet so far ...lol

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Re: [Gimp-user] black canvas extension

2013-12-29 Thread Alexandre Prokoudine 
On Sun, Dec 29, 2013 at 10:22 PM, EGoldman for...@gimpusers.com wrote:

 Thank you so very much for responding. It isn't working for me. I am still
 looking at my image and the canvas with squares. Should I be opening new 
 layer
 and if so how do I get it black? I'm so close yet so far ...lol

When you create a new layer, you can choose what color fill its has :)

Alexandre
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Re: [Gimp-user] black canvas extension

2013-12-29 Thread Elle Stone 

On 12/29/2013 01:22 PM, EGoldman wrote:


Thank you so very much for responding. It isn't working for me. I am still
looking at my image and the canvas with squares. Should I be opening new layer
and if so how do I get it black? I'm so close yet so far ...lol

It's Layer/New Layer from the menu. It doesn't matter what color you 
make the new layer because you can use the paint bucket to change the 
color to black. But if you change the Foreground/Background colors to 
black and white, then you can choose one to be the color of the new layer.

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Re: [Gimp-user] black canvas extension

2013-12-29 Thread scl 

On 29.12.2013 at 7:32 PM EGoldman wrote:

Thank you so very much for responding. It isn't working for me. I am still
looking at my image and the canvas with squares. Should I be opening new layer
and if so how do I get it black? I'm so close yet so far ...lol



Hi,

to get a black layer:
1. Set the foreground color to black by pressing the 'd' key (not
Shift+d, but only the lowercase 'd').
2. Add a new layer: in the layers dialog press the left most button
('New layer') and choose 'Layer fill type: Foreground color'. Instead
of the layers dialog you can also use the Layers menu, item 'New layer...'.
3. In the layers dialog drag the new layer and drop it below the
layer with your original image.

Greetings,

Sven




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[Gimp-user] black canvas extension

2013-12-29 Thread EGoldman 
On 29.12.2013 at 7:32 PM EGoldman wrote:
Hi,

to get a black layer:
1. Set the foreground color to black by pressing the 'd' key (not
Shift+d, but only the lowercase 'd').
2. Add a new layer: in the layers dialog press the left most button
('New layer') and choose 'Layer fill type: Foreground color'. Instead
of the layers dialog you can also use the Layers menu, item 'New
layer...'.
3. In the layers dialog drag the new layer and drop it below the
layer with your original image.

Greetings,

Sven

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[Gimp-user] black canvas extension

2013-12-29 Thread EGoldman 

It Worked!!! A BIG Thanks to Elle, Alexandre, and Sven..You are all
FANTASTIC!!

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