Re: [Gimp-user] Changing the size of an oval?
On Wed, 2012-01-11 at 09:27 -0600, Keith Purtell wrote: > OK, I Googled and found the steps for creating a colored circle with the > border size I preferred. Cool. But when it came to something as simple as > copying that circle (it's in a new layer) and changing the size, You could use the gfig plugin to make circles, ellipses or ovals that can be resized. Or paths, but they're hard to work with in gimp compared to inkscape. > (Note that I've been using Photoshop in the past, and > it's driving me nuts that I don't know how to "see" each new layer in > GIMP.) control-L brings up the Layers dock (or windows->dockable dialogues->layers). The eye icon next to a layer means it's visible. Shift-click on the eye to make that layer the only one shown; repeat to show all layers. Liam -- Liam Quin - XML Activity Lead, W3C, http://www.w3.org/People/Quin/ Pictures from old books: http://fromoldbooks.org/ Ankh: irc.sorcery.net irc.gnome.org www.advogato.org ___ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list
Re: [Gimp-user] Changing the size of an oval?
Thanks for all the info. It's very useful. Keith ___ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list
Re: [Gimp-user] Changing the size of an oval?
On 01/11/2012 10:27 AM, Keith Purtell wrote: > OK, I Googled and found the steps for creating a colored circle > with the border size I preferred. Cool. But when it came to > something as simple as copying that circle (it's in a new layer) > and changing the size, Google was pulling up irrelevant sites. Yes > I've seen the official docs, but they're very detailed and I'm in > a "get it done now" environment. > > My base image is a screen capture of the most commonly-used screen > in our main software here. I want to create copies of my groovy > new circle and place it over the buttons employees will use each > day. Plus re-size the circles as needed. (Note that I've been > using Photoshop in the past, and it's driving me nuts that I don't > know how to "see" each new layer in GIMP.) Can someone point me to > a "layers/circles for dummies" tutorial? Thanks! When I need to do that kind of thing, I normally: 1. Create a new transparent layer. 2. Draw my circle with the Ellipse Select Tool 3. Do Selection > Border and make the value 1/2 the width I want my circle outline to be. 4. Drag and drop whatever color I want my circle to be from the color tool to the image. Note that control+shift will make the ellipse an actual circle, filling a square that grows from the corner of your starting point. Control+alt+shift will make the circle grow from a center of your starting point. If you need circles of the same size to be exactly so, just copy and paste the initial one. Also note that with two images open, dragging a layer thumbnail from the dock to an inactive or "unselected" image window will drop a copy into the target image as a new layer. For simple drop shadows, duplicate your circle layer, select the lower copy and lock its alpha channel, then drag and drop black (or other shadow color) to the image window. With the "move tool" active, use keyboard arrows to move the shadow layer until it looks right. To copy circle with shadow to other images, merge the layers then drag and drop as per above. For arrows, see http://shallowsky.com/software/gimp/arrowdesigner/ for a WAY cool tool. I can't say that this is the "one true" way to put circles in screenshots for manuals and tutorials, but I have been doing it for ages and nobody has complained yet. :o) Steve ___ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list
Re: [Gimp-user] Changing the size of an oval?
On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 7:27 PM, Keith Purtell wrote: > My base image is a screen capture of the most commonly-used screen in our > main software here. I want to create copies of my groovy new circle and > place it over the buttons employees will use each day. Plus re-size the > circles as needed. (Note that I've been using Photoshop in the past, and > it's driving me nuts that I don't know how to "see" each new layer in GIMP.) > Can someone point me to a "layers/circles for dummies" tutorial? Thanks! I wouldn't do it in GIMP for all the money in the world. Not until vector layers get a UI :) Personally I use Inkscape for that. Here is how I do it: 1. Create a really large canvas, e.g. A3. 2. Import all the (cropped) images, embedding them into SVG. 3. Make sure every picture has origin coordinate rounded to a value without decimal bit (e.g. X is strictly 200 px, not 200,45), so that it isn't blurred. 4. Create a new layer above. 5. Lock the layer with images below. 6. Draw all the circles. 7. Unlock the layer with images, select each pictures and export it to PNG. With Inkscape I can freely scale circles as they are vector objects, and I can easily tweak their opacity. If you can't trade speed over flexibility, try Shutter. Alexandre Prokoudine http://libregraphicsworld.org ___ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list
[Gimp-user] Changing the size of an oval?
OK, I Googled and found the steps for creating a colored circle with the border size I preferred. Cool. But when it came to something as simple as copying that circle (it's in a new layer) and changing the size, Google was pulling up irrelevant sites. Yes I've seen the official docs, but they're very detailed and I'm in a "get it done now" environment. My base image is a screen capture of the most commonly-used screen in our main software here. I want to create copies of my groovy new circle and place it over the buttons employees will use each day. Plus re-size the circles as needed. (Note that I've been using Photoshop in the past, and it's driving me nuts that I don't know how to "see" each new layer in GIMP.) Can someone point me to a "layers/circles for dummies" tutorial? Thanks! Keith ___ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list
