Looking at the available script-fu and plug-ins available for drawing arrows, I found it difficult to find a compromise between very simple hands-on involving manually stroking paths and all-encompassing plugins with a myriad of options.
Decided on this one from http://www.programmer97.talktalk.net/Files/arrow.ziphttp://programmer97.byethost10.com/Files/arrow.zip which is kept very up-to-date, with a sensible set of options. Do download it, it comes with a useful PDF on use. Un-zip, put the script arrow.scm in your Gimp profile ./gimp-2.8/scripts folder or for Gimp 2.10 C:\Users\"yourname"\AppData\Roaming\GIMP\2.10\scripts
I personally like it as a script because;
- I can add it to ofnuts resources manager and load it for occasional use.
- By default the arrows go on their own layers, easy to delete or move
- By default it cleans up after use.
How to use it, make a path, invoke the script. Tools -> arrow..
What I do not like are the default settings for 'Length of Wings' and 'Brush Thickness Type', so I have adjusted them in the attached script arrow-set-size.scm
Un-zip, put arrow-set-size.scm in your Gimp profile scripts folder.
A comparison using the default values, of course you can adjust either from the script dialogue for any particular image. The script(s) show up in the Tools menu.
Depending on the type of images edited, very large or small, you might want to permanently change some of the sizes. Not difficult if you stick to the basics. Edit the end of the script. Remember to work on a copy, in case (when) you screw things up.
I am seeking advice for the best gimp tutorials on how to restore an old colour photo for a friend. There are quite a few for old black and white photos restoration tutorila but I have not found many for colour. Any assistance is greatly appreciated. I have left a link to a copy of the photo.
So im trying to make something and the image i am drawing is too close to the boundary line to draw. i have extended the boundary lines but i need the image centered inside the boundary. i hit the center button wen i went to change the boundary size, an nothing happened. i really want to finish my project, its my first one on gimp, andd its turning ot great so far. any help would be appreciated.
I have a circular image with the letter m in the middle. I would like to remove the letter m, make it smaller, and paste it back into the image. The whole image is one layer.
When I use the Rectangle Select tool it only allows square and uses the initial click as the centre of the square. I have searched for help, tutorials show it working as I expected, starting at a corner and drag to the other corner.
I am not aware that I have changed anything, how can I fix it?
Just started using GIMP, just found this forum, have a question I haven't been able to answer through my own research.
Let's say I use the Rectangle Select tool (in "Add to the current selection" mode) to select 10 different regions of my image. Then let's say I want to change the size or delete rectangle selection #7. How do I do this?
I know that I can use Select > None or do a Shift+Ctl+A to delete ALL of the rectangle selections, how do I edit or delete just ONE rectangle selection?
So, two questions:
How can I delete one of several selections without having to start over?
How can I edit a particular selection, such as changing its size?
I began using Krita some weeks ago, after seeing it mentioned on here, and for some time suspected I preferred it to GIMP, but then when I was unable to get a particular effect/look to my work I switched back to GIMP and now prefer it to Krita.
However, Krita does have a few brushes that GIMP doesn't and I'm trying to find out if I can get something similar.
Unfortunately I don't know what you would call them, or whether they're 'animated', but their icon is a pencil tip and they're used for creating what I think are fractals. As you draw with them, very fine fractals will branch off creating nice wispy patterns. The others just seem to be variations on this.
I browsed the GIMP brushes on deviant art and found a few Fractal Brushes packs, and the previews showed what seemed to be the exact same effect, but when I installed them and went to use them, they're simply pre-rendered stamps of a fractal pattern, rather than a free-hand brush.
This is the kind of thing, but I need the brush to be free-hand rather than pre-defined stamps as these are.
![[Image: 5jWADPP.jpg]](http://i.imgur.com/5jWADPP.jpg)
