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Title: Thrilling Question Post by: snoopy1239 on July 27, 2007, 04:57:17 PM Does anyone have the picture editor Gimp. If so, how do you set it so that when you use the box icon to select a certain area of your picture, it forms a perfect square?
Title: Re: Thrilling Question Post by: Djinn on July 27, 2007, 05:25:48 PM Mine is a perfect square. But that is because someone else did it for me, who's not a, er, big poster - but if no white knight has come to your rescue by 7:30 tonight I can tell you without a doubt how to set it up. And I might even pretend that I just 'remembered' how to do it.
Title: Re: Thrilling Question Post by: NoflopsHomer on July 27, 2007, 05:39:23 PM But that is because someone else did it for me, who's not a, er, big poster. :D Title: Re: Thrilling Question Post by: Ginger on July 27, 2007, 06:32:45 PM If I'm understanding correctly what you want...
once you have selected the 'box tool', change the drop down menu to 'fixed aspect ratio' and set the height and width to the same value. Perfect squares from then on. Title: Re: Thrilling Question Post by: snoopy1239 on July 27, 2007, 06:35:53 PM If I'm understanding correctly what you want... once you have selected the 'box tool', change the drop down menu to 'fixed aspect ratio' and set the height and width to the same value. Perfect squares from then on. The problem there is that I don't want a set size as the pictures I am using are different sizes themselves. What I want is for when you drag the corner of the box across your picture, for the box to remain a square as you move it. Then, after I have selected my area, I will scale down to the size I want. Unfortunately, if it's not an exact square, it distorts, which is a pain in the arse. Does that make sense? Title: Re: Thrilling Question Post by: Ginger on July 27, 2007, 06:52:44 PM Hmmm, with mine if I set it to 100 x 100 (make sure it's in px not % also) I am able to adjust the size of the box, tiny to huge.
Title: Re: Thrilling Question Post by: RichEO on July 27, 2007, 06:59:02 PM Hold SHIFT while dragging your box. Same as most programs, not just GIMP.
Title: Re: Thrilling Question Post by: Ginger on July 27, 2007, 07:00:26 PM Good point, forgot about that ::)
Title: Re: Thrilling Question Post by: snoopy1239 on July 27, 2007, 07:02:03 PM Thanks, will give it a crack.
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