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Posted by: bearcat22  - 01-08-2020, 04:16 PM - Forum: General questions 
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				Thank you for your constructive advice. 
 
I have pasted an image into GIMP and now would like to superimpose a TEMPORARY grid of lines 
to assist me in positioning shapes over that image. 
 
It isn't clear how to do this.
			 
			
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Posted by: bearcat22  - 01-08-2020, 03:31 PM - Forum: General questions 
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Ok, I'm trying to do a simple project, not get 
a college degree in how to use GIMP. 
 
I have ZERO knowledge of computers or 
software. 
 
After this, I might never use GIMP again. 
 
If this forum allows it, I will upload the image 
in question. 
 
What I am making is an image that I will then 
pay Office Depot to print out as a poster. 
I will then cut it up and construct a game board to give as a gift. 
 
This link below shows what I want the finished game board to look like. 
 
https://boardgamegeek.com/image/20548/troke 
 
So, I began by hunting on google for a nice crisp image of the texture and shade of the background, sort of a woodgrain. 
I could not find what I really wanted, and settled on an image of corkboard. 
 
I pasted this into GIMP.  The board has got to 
be 16 inches by 16 inches total.   
 
I begin by changing the ruler in GIMP to inches, and it shows that my pasted image is too small. 
 
This is where I'm running into trouble. 
I have "re scaled" it, but then two things become problems. 
 
Number one, the ruler stays exactly the same. 
This is confusing, so please be patient with me. What I mean is that the ruler does not fit the enlarged image.  Even though the image is larger, the ruler isn't changing. 
 
Another problem is that now the cork board image I got off Google is so blurry that it looks awful, it is worthless. 
 
After I get the background, I have to understand how to draw the colored rings and circles and lines and dots and the corner decorations.  I will probably have to find some clipart for the corners, and have to learn how to insert that clipart. 
 
Kind of desperate here.  I have only a month to finish this birthday gift. 
 
I hope you can see my screen shot.  The ruler says the image is only a tiny bit more than 4 inches by 4 inches. 
The Scale dialog box says that it is 40 inches by 22 and a half inches! 
 
I mean...does it HAVE to be hard, confusing, frustrating, punishing? It can't be intuitive, friendly, easy, nice, useful, pleasant?
			 
			
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