08-19-2019, 07:57 PM
(This post was last modified: 08-19-2019, 08:03 PM by dlcooper52.)
I'm trying to learn Gimp as a tyro. I was perfectly satisfied with Microsoft Digital Image Suite, though it was soon discontinued and unsupported. Finally, it became non-functional with WIN 10, forcing me to find a new app.
Gimp looks good but all such powerful apps seem intimidating at first, with all that web of choices. Extended hands-on learning can't be averted.
You can't get more basic or naive than I in my struggles to yet perform some simple Gimp operations. For example, having made, say, a "rectangle select" area, how do I complete the operation and move on? The keyboard Enter key seems most intuitive but NO! Left mouse key, NO. Right mouse key, NO. There it sits, selected.....and essentially useless. How humbling! So please be kind in any instruction. I'm an 86-year-old retired engineer who is unused to accepting advice from young whippersnappers, regardless of how keen they may be. They need to pay their "dues".
--seeking info but moreover, wisdom
Gimp looks good but all such powerful apps seem intimidating at first, with all that web of choices. Extended hands-on learning can't be averted.
You can't get more basic or naive than I in my struggles to yet perform some simple Gimp operations. For example, having made, say, a "rectangle select" area, how do I complete the operation and move on? The keyboard Enter key seems most intuitive but NO! Left mouse key, NO. Right mouse key, NO. There it sits, selected.....and essentially useless. How humbling! So please be kind in any instruction. I'm an 86-year-old retired engineer who is unused to accepting advice from young whippersnappers, regardless of how keen they may be. They need to pay their "dues".
--seeking info but moreover, wisdom