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RE: clone - Krikor - 09-01-2023
(09-01-2023, 02:59 PM)silverbirch2003 Wrote: still cant find that drop down ....... tool options .......... to fix the clone alignment
That trick of dragging the tool box over..... once a 1 inch column on the right hand side...... gives me
a good view of tool settings so I prob dont need to have a seperate toolbox window
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RE: clone - silverbirch2003 - 09-01-2023
thanks again..... finally got there and set ....... fixed ........ for the alighnment for the clone tool ...
all these years Ive be struggling with the clone point moving up and down !!!!
RE: clone - silverbirch2003 - 09-08-2023
ALL THAT effort to make the clone selectin stay still
come back to gimp and its moving again !
RE: clone - rich2005 - 09-08-2023
(09-08-2023, 05:23 PM)silverbirch2003 Wrote: ALL THAT effort to make the clone selectin stay still
come back to gimp and its moving again !
Gimp does not have a mind of its own
Up to the user to set the options.
With the clone tool active, go down to the bottom of the tool options and set the alignment to Fixed
I do have a little sympathy with you, by default Gimp remembers the last settings used (that can be changed).
That property has not changed in twenty years. I do wish the GImp developers might make a "Simple Gimp" for new users, much as Photoshop has a cut down Photoshop Essentials.
RE: clone - silverbirch2003 - 09-12-2023
Seem to be ok now... the clone select area is fixed and steady
could it be I opened an old file and the settings became what they
were back then ?
suddenly I see a scissors tool... but no lasso.. select tool
is the scissors tool better to use than the select tool ?
or are they pretty similar... the scissors tool puts small white
circles on the object .
RE: clone - rich2005 - 09-12-2023
(09-12-2023, 02:24 PM)silverbirch2003 Wrote: Seem to be ok now...snip...I opened an old file and the settings became what they were back then ?
The Gimp settings are held in various files in your Gimp user profile, For Windows that is C:\Users\"yourname"\AppData\Roaming\GIMP\2.10\.....
When you Save as a Gimp .xcf certain Gimp properties are saved with the file. Grid settings / Guides / Active Selections / additional Channels are saved.
Export as a png / jpeg / etc and layers are flattened and you lose the above.
Quote:suddenly I see a scissors tool... but no lasso..
Gimp 2.10 keeps the tools in groups, click on a tool and select another from a drop down menu. Remember, everything is duplicated in the regular Tools menu.
this a 30 second demo: https://i.imgur.com/WGZ4mFf.mp4
Quote: select tool is the scissors tool better to use than the select tool ? or are they pretty similar... the scissors tool puts small white circles on the object .
It is a matter of personal preference. I never use the scissors tool even though it is deemed 'smart' usually opt for the free select tool. Small white circles, these are control points for the scissors tool see: https://docs.gimp.org/en/gimp-tool-iscissors.html You can click and drag them.
RE: clone - silverbirch2003 - 12-19-2023
iM back on this clone thread ... I wanted the clone select to stay
in same place to get the colour from one point
Now Im thinking that having the select spot move .. might be useful
say in copying hair ... so Im back to figure out how to do it
alignment is the key word.... got to change it from fixed !
RE: clone - rich2005 - 12-19-2023
(12-19-2023, 05:36 PM)silverbirch2003 Wrote: iM back on this clone thread ... I wanted the clone select to stayin same place to get the colour from one point
Now Im thinking that having the select spot move .. might be useful say in copying hair ... so Im back to figure out how to do it
alignment is the key word.... got to change it from fixed !
Well the Gimp docs are a starting place https://docs.gimp.org/en/gimp-tool-clone.html Although it is a bit verbose.
The best way is just try the options and see what they do.
Fixed uses the selected point just like a brush, it is not variable. Use it like a stamp or click and drag it is the selected pixels.
Aligned moves the origin as you move the cursor. That lets you paint in a section from one area to another.
None is a cross between Fixed and Aligned. Fix a source then click and drag to paint in an area but release the mouse button and the source returns to the original point.
for what it is worth a quick animation https://i.imgur.com/ROguPXS.mp4 I moved the tool options to show the clone alignment.