Re: [Gimp-user] Resizing and Scaling imported/pasted pictures. . .?

2007-09-27 Thread Sven Neumann 
Hi,

On Thu, 2007-09-27 at 11:20 -0400, Michael Williams wrote:

> I'm having a problem here.  I don't understand why editing an
> imported/pasted picture isn't more straightforward. Why is it not as
> simple as selecting the area to edit and choosing the scale tool? I keep
> finding myself in some strange editing mode where I can't switch layers
> and I can't scale anything.

You are most probably trying to work with a floating selection. That is
something you pasted but haven't positioned yet. After positioning you
have the choice of anchoring it or making it a new layer. See
http://docs.gimp.org/2.2/en/gimp-getting-unstuck.html#gimp-using-getting-unstuck-common-causes

And yes, we discussed to completely eliminate floating selections. But
they are needed for some tasks and we haven't yet found a good solution
for this. Perhaps something to address for GIMP 2.6 ...


Sven


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[Gimp-user] Resizing and Scaling imported/pasted pictures. . .?

2007-09-27 Thread Michael Williams 
Hi All,

I'm having a problem here.  I don't understand why editing an
imported/pasted picture isn't more straightforward. Why is it not as
simple as selecting the area to edit and choosing the scale tool? I keep
finding myself in some strange editing mode where I can't switch layers
and I can't scale anything.


I simply want to do the following:


1) Import picture as layer
2) Crop that import
3) Scale that crop



. . .for whatever reason it always wants to scale the background or the
layer. I just want to edit the picture I have selected.



Regards,
Michael
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