Re: [Gimp-user] Problem with GIMP Tool

[Victor Cubelo via gimp-user-list]

Greetings again,

UPDATE: Seems GIMP just resumed functioning as if nothing happened. The 
'flickering' pointer is no longer.

Thanks for listening. Please disregard my need for support.

Cheers,

Victor.


From: Victor Cubelo 
Sent: Friday, 19 February 2021 3:06 PM
To: gimp-user-list@gnome.org 
Subject: Problem with GIMP Tool






Sent from Mail for Windows 10

Greetings,



Am using GIMP 2.10.22 and using a Desktop PC, Windows 10 Home, 64-bit OS.



Got this problem with a using the Clone Tool- the pointer started ‘flickering’.

And it only seems to do that when I move the pointer.



Selecting an area to Clone and applying this to your image is difficult to do 
now.



Other tools like the Eraser, Pencil, Paintbrush, Smudge, etc. are also affected.



It only started today and I’ve tried:

  1.  Resetting the tool settings to default
  2.  Restarting my PC
  3.  Uninstalling and re-installing GIMP



Nothing seems to work.



Attached a short video to show you the problem.



Hope you are able to fix this. Thank you.



Victor.
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Re: [Gimp-user] Problem with Gimp file search feature

[Steve Kinney]

On 04/25/2017 02:06 AM, Alec Burgess wrote:
> On 2017-04-24 Mon 23:04, Mark Morin wrote:
>> Using gimp 2.8 on the latest incarnation of Windows 10, I tried to use
>> the search feature in "File|Open."
>>
>> 1. I couldn't specify a path to search.
>>
>> 2. I got this error message: The program was not able to create a
>> connection to the indexer daemon.  Please make sure it is running.
>>
>> My Windows indexing service is running. Does the gimp have it's own
>> indexer daemon? Could the *.gif.lnk file point to an entry in the index?
>>
>> My_*preferred way to open a graphic is to use windows explorer to browse
>> to the file*_, right click and select "open with." gimp should be on the
>> list but if it isn't there are prompts to add it.
> A suggestion - use (free) Everything from www.voidtools.com - it will
> instantly locate any file anywhere on your file system. As you can in
> normal explorer you can right-click and get access to full explorer
> context menu. Note: the "beta" version on voidtools.com is (IMO)
> rock-solid and adds instant sorting (by column click) on any date column
> - sometimes very useful.

Years ago I used Irfanview as an image file manager on a Windows XP
system with waaay to many images to keep track of otherwise, and it
worked very well.  Set the GIMP as default "editor" in Irfanview and
viola, instant easy access for editing.  Irfanview most likely remains
far superior to Microsoft's default image viewer.

I have always found the default behavior of Windows Explorer -
displaying thumbnails of image files instead of file type icons - very
annoying.  Opening a directory with a few hundred image files is like
stepping in glue - sit and wait while all those previews render, then
you can open the subdirectory you were headed for, wait for previews to
render there, etc.  This may have improved in later versions, or maybe
not.

Windows Explorer used to save all those thumbnails as files, creating
massive clutter in the file system; I wonder if the mystery .lnk files
mentioned above may have something to do with that process.  I have
found the "windows classic" User Interface option with image previews
turned off wy cleaner, faster, and easier to use than the various
"latest and greatest" default User Experience configurations.


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Re: [Gimp-user] Problem with Gimp file search feature

[Mark Morin]

Using gimp 2.8 on the latest incarnation of Windows 10, I tried to use
the search feature in "File|Open."

1. I couldn't specify a path to search.

2. I got this error message: The program was not able to create a
connection to the indexer daemon.  Please make sure it is running.

My Windows indexing service is running. Does the gimp have it's own
indexer daemon? Could the *.gif.lnk file point to an entry in the index?

My preferred way to open a graphic is to use windows explorer to browse
to the file, right click and select "open with." gimp should be on the
list but if it isn't there are prompts to add it.


On 4/24/2017 10:31 PM, Steve Kinney wrote:
>
> On 04/24/2017 09:33 PM, Paula Koval wrote:
>> My partner is using the latest release of Gimp and Windows 10.  I have no
>> idea of why this problem is taking place and since I am not an expert in
>> W-10 or Gimp, I am asking for help.
>>
>> First, she finds a gif image that she wants to use with Gimp and she stores
>> in a file on the HDD of her system.  She then opens Gimp, goes to File,
>> clicks on Open, puts the name of the gif in Search, and has it search in
>> All Files, then tells it to Open.
>>
>> The Gimp search facility runs and comes back with a result that she cannot
>> use because of the file extension that is added to the file name.  The
>> result comes back asfilename.gif.lnk  instead of what had been the
>> result until 24 hours ago, which was two results that appeared to be
>> related   filename.lnk and filename.gif   It was easy enough for her to
>> pick the filename.gif   file because it was a result.  She is dyslexic
>> and has a difficult time looking at the listing of images in her images
>> file.
> Why the .lnk files exist at all is a mystery to me; these are created
> when one makes a "shortcut" pointing to a file that is (usually) located
> in another directory.  Apparently Windows 10 is doing this automatically
> for some reason?  If so there may be a way to disable it, then those
> .lnk files won't present any more problems - although the existing ones
> will remain.
>
> I had never used the GIMP's file search tool before, but when I just
> tried it out I noticed that the user selects which directory to search
> in; since there's no reason for those .lnk files to exist, maybe more
> than one of them is created in more than one directory, and maybe she is
> looking in the wrong directory.  If she could create a directory just
> for files she is working on, and search in only that directory, that
> might be a solution.
>
> I'm not sure about Windows 10, but "find as you type" has never worked
> in previous versions of Windows Explorer; from Windows 98 though Windows
> XP, it always searched only for the last letter typed, by looking at the
> first letters of the file names in the directories.  If that /has/ been
> fixed in Windows 10, she could open the directory where the file she
> wants to open lives, type its name until it is automagically selected,
> then drag and drop it to the GIMP canvas or toolbox to open it.  Or
> right click and "open with" the GIMP.
>
> The actual file search tool in Windows Explorer does work (as far as I
> know, at least it used to), so she could use that to find the files she
> wants, and drag and drop them to the GIMP.  Or, right-click the file
> icon or thumbnail, and select open with > GIMP from the drop down menu.
>
> Finding a file that has "gone missing" after being worked on the
> previous day might be solved by doing File > Open > Recent in the GIMP.
>
>
>
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Re: [Gimp-user] Problem with Gimp file search feature

[Steve Kinney]

On 04/24/2017 09:33 PM, Paula Koval wrote:
> My partner is using the latest release of Gimp and Windows 10.  I have no
> idea of why this problem is taking place and since I am not an expert in
> W-10 or Gimp, I am asking for help.
> 
> First, she finds a gif image that she wants to use with Gimp and she stores
> in a file on the HDD of her system.  She then opens Gimp, goes to File,
> clicks on Open, puts the name of the gif in Search, and has it search in
> All Files, then tells it to Open.
> 
> The Gimp search facility runs and comes back with a result that she cannot
> use because of the file extension that is added to the file name.  The
> result comes back asfilename.gif.lnk  instead of what had been the
> result until 24 hours ago, which was two results that appeared to be
> related   filename.lnk and filename.gif   It was easy enough for her to
> pick the filename.gif   file because it was a result.  She is dyslexic
> and has a difficult time looking at the listing of images in her images
> file.

Why the .lnk files exist at all is a mystery to me; these are created
when one makes a "shortcut" pointing to a file that is (usually) located
in another directory.  Apparently Windows 10 is doing this automatically
for some reason?  If so there may be a way to disable it, then those
.lnk files won't present any more problems - although the existing ones
will remain.

I had never used the GIMP's file search tool before, but when I just
tried it out I noticed that the user selects which directory to search
in; since there's no reason for those .lnk files to exist, maybe more
than one of them is created in more than one directory, and maybe she is
looking in the wrong directory.  If she could create a directory just
for files she is working on, and search in only that directory, that
might be a solution.

I'm not sure about Windows 10, but "find as you type" has never worked
in previous versions of Windows Explorer; from Windows 98 though Windows
XP, it always searched only for the last letter typed, by looking at the
first letters of the file names in the directories.  If that /has/ been
fixed in Windows 10, she could open the directory where the file she
wants to open lives, type its name until it is automagically selected,
then drag and drop it to the GIMP canvas or toolbox to open it.  Or
right click and "open with" the GIMP.

The actual file search tool in Windows Explorer does work (as far as I
know, at least it used to), so she could use that to find the files she
wants, and drag and drop them to the GIMP.  Or, right-click the file
icon or thumbnail, and select open with > GIMP from the drop down menu.

Finding a file that has "gone missing" after being worked on the
previous day might be solved by doing File > Open > Recent in the GIMP.



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Re: [Gimp-user] Problem in GIMP

[R Kimber]

On Wed, 29 Jan 2014 10:57:19 +0100
delos wrote:

 Hi,
 
 I'm running GIMP 2.8.0 with XQuartz 2.7.5 (xorg-server 1.14.4) on OSX
 10.9.1 Mavericks.
 
 Recently (last several months) I have noticed the program flicker every
 5-15 seconds (never done it before). If I am dragging an image, creating
 a rectangle selection, anything really - when the program flickers, it
 will interrupt whatever I'm doing, sort of as if I've clicked the mouse
 button. Another example, drawing a line on the page - when the flicker
 occurs, the line will stop drawing (even though I'm still holding down
 the mouse button) and I'll have to click again to resume.
 
 It's very frustrating as it interferes with pretty much everything I try
 to do.
 
 Has this happened to anyone else? Any suggestions would be greatly
 appreciated!

I had a problem with the mouse cursor flickering, although more rapidly
than you report. This has just been cured by an update to my graphics
driver. Maybe your problem is similar. You could try a different version of
your driver?

- Richard.
-- 
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Re: [Gimp-user] Problem in GIMP

[scl]

On  29.1.2014 at 10:57 AM delos wrote:

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!



Hi Dylan,

you could use GIMP 2.8.10. It's without the need of XQuartz,
so this could solve this problem.

Kind regards,

Sven

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Re: [Gimp-user] Problem with Gimp 2.7.4 'Text' facility

[Johan Vromans]

Maurice maur...@bcs.org.uk writes:

   For users of the Text facility, there is a handy tutorial:
   http://docs.gimp.org/2.8/en/gimp-image-text-management.html

Thanks! I needed some experimenting to get used to the new facility but
it sure looks handy and efficient. It still needs some work, though.

Since we now have three ways to control text properties there's a risk
of confusing descriptions. For example, the text options panel has
Adjust line spacing while the tool box overlay has Change baseline of
selected font. The options panel has Adjust letter spacing while the
tool box overlay has Change kerning of selected text. The text editor
seems to be consistent with the tool box overlay.

Several features do not seem to function properly. In particular, the
text editor seems to behave strange. See e.g.
http://www.squirrel.nl/pub/xfer/uploads/3CAk4t63w4ZFPF_047osONJA.png

In the text options, the kerning is adjusted with +10. This can be seen
on the canvas. The second word the has had the kerning changed back to
0.

In the text editor, the text is not shown with +10 kerning and,
surprise, the second word the is not unkerned, but lowered.

Changing the baseline using the semi-transparent tool box does not have
any effect, neither does changing the baseline in the text editor.
Changing it in the 'classical' tool options dialog does work.

When the text editor is shown, the on-cavas editing doesn't work
anymore.

In the text editor, when you want to change e.g. the font size of a
piece of text, strange things happen. For example, select the word
quick and then go to the font size field and use the mouse wheel. The
selection is lost and although the font size (number) changes, no text
is affected.

I consider these first release inconveniences that beyond doubt will
get fixed soon.

All by all the new text features are promising.

-- Johan
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Re: [Gimp-user] Problem with Gimp 2.7.4 'Text' facility

[Maurice]

On 2012-05-09 at 08:20 Johan said:

 it sure looks handy and efficient. It still needs some work, though.

  That sums it up nicely!

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Re: [Gimp-user] Problem with Gimp 2.7.4 'Text' facility

[Johan Vromans]

Liam R E Quin l...@holoweb.net writes:

 If that's not how the terms are used, please file a bug.

Done.

 Changing the baseline using the semi-transparent tool box does not have
 any effect, neither does changing the baseline in the text editor.

 They work fine here, but you have to have selected some text on the
 canvas.

I cannot select text when the editor is active. I have to close the
editor, select text on the canvas, and then [x] Use editor on the
options panel.

It is (still) not clear what change baseline is supposed to do.

 When the text editor is shown, the on-cavas editing doesn't work
 anymore.
 works here (but I have a pre-release of 2.8) although you can't select
 text.

Yes, not being able to select text is what I referred do.

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Re: [Gimp-user] Problem with Gimp 2.7.4 'Text' facility

[Maurice]

On 2012-05-07 at 16:14 Johan said:

 This is what I see:
 
 http://www.squirrel.nl/pub/xfer/uploads/3CNiW0hrN9QignV--SLV4-sQ.png

Ah, now that looks fine! Thanks, Johan.

Looks like 2.7.4's version is 'work in progress' between what 2.6 does 
and 2.8 does, so will hold on until Mageia updates to 2.8.

Thank you nce again ,

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Re: [Gimp-user] Problem with Gimp 2.7.4 'Text'

[Maurice]

On 2012-05-04 at 17:29 I said:

 with 2.7.4, the text-entry window is much smaller, with no 
 apparent adjustment control, and any text entered does not 
appear in 
 the white panel.
   (But I did discover that one could cut-paste from one to the
 other,  though the dynamic box seems more difficult to adjust.)
 
So the previously simple process has become a messy slog.
 
 Have I misssed some setting/adjustment in the new Text 
function?

What was the purpose of the 2.7.4 change to the Text function?
In what sense is it an improvement? Who is supposed to benefit?

I am willing to adapt to the new way if there is a way of adjusting 
it to perform as conveniently as in 2.6...

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Re: [Gimp-user] Problem with Gimp 2.7.4 'Text'

[Maurice]

On Thursday 03 May 2012 15:53:31 (in 'Hate the new...' thread) I wrote:

 I am  not repeatedly saving/exporting' to JPG, but only 
 once per image (to write annotation),

  Using Gimp 2.6 on a Mandriva system. I have happily been using a 
combination of Imagemagick's 'Convert' and Gimp to write annotation at 
the foot of certain directories of .jpg images:

(1) Place a white panel at the foot of each image:

   -
   for img in *.jpg
   do  convert $img -gravity South  -background White  -splice 0x50 $img
  done
   -

(2) Take each image into Gimp (2.6), select Text, click on the white 
panel, and write the annotation into the white panel, then save/export 
(or whatever).
   A very simple, smooth, and effective solution.

Now, however, I am working on Mageia-2 (Beta3), which provides Gimp 
2.7.4, and - guess what - the Text function now works differently and 
(for my purpose) more clumsily, tripling the effort needed to write the 
text.

With 2.6, selecting Text and clicking on the white panel brought up a 
text-entry window, such that any text entered also appeared in a dynamic 
window in the white panel.
   However, with 2.7.4, the text-entry window is much smaller, with no 
apparent adjustment control, and any text entered does *not* appear in 
the white panel.
  (But I did discover that one could cut-paste from one to the other, 
though the dynamic box seems more difficult to adjust.)

   So the previously simple process has become a messy slog.

Have I misssed some setting/adjustment in the new Text function?

(Alternatively, could anyone recommend a package that could perform the 
function of writing text into these image panels, please?)

Regards,
-- 
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