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GIMP Chrome extension - dlnw52 - 04-01-2020
Has anyone used this extension on a Chromebook? I am now doing remote teaching and my students have Chromebooks at home. The app has a very narrow canvas window. If I make the toolbox and layers panel visible we don't see much of the canvas. Any solutions? Thanks.
RE: GIMP Chrome extension - rich2005 - 04-01-2020
(04-01-2020, 12:33 AM)dlnw52 Wrote: Has anyone used this extension on a Chromebook? I am now doing remote teaching and my students have Chromebooks at home. The app has a very narrow canvas window.
Which extension?
That did not come across but from what I see there are some to avoid, the online ones xgimp / rollapp / gimp-on-line either pestering with adverts or 'cost' for the full version. Like 'social-media' these things come with a price. If your students are using this type, very unlikely that anything is adjustable.
Years ago there was one for that came as a combined Gimp/Inkscape. Encapsulated in a 'virtual linux' Truly dreadful and difficult to use. I assume not that one.
Recent ChromeOS comes with a linux sub-system so you can install Gimp as a 'flatpak' https://www.androidpolice.com/2019/10/02/best-linux-apps-chrome-os/ If you can use that then it will be a stable & up-to-date, otherwise you need to install linux using applications such as crouton https://www.howtogeek.com/162120/how-to-install-ubuntu-linux-on-your-chromebook-with-crouton/
Quote: If I make the toolbox and layers panel visible we don't see much of the canvas. Any solutions? Thanks.
The current Gimp 2.10 fits best on a HD 1920x1080 px display, however still plenty of smaller 1366 x 768 px around. The Gimp interface is easy to customise. Dragging tabs around, resizing docks, a video here on this subject https://youtu.be/8M2P0N-qhm0
These examples limiting Gimp to a 1280x720 window, some of the possibilities.
screenshots: https://i.imgur.com/WvfsYBb.jpg
Moving the tool options away from the tools to a tab in another dock. The three items that a beginner absolutely needs are (1) the tools (which can be thinned down) (2) the tool options and (3) the layers so you know where you are.
A 950 x 550 canvas should be available at 100% zoom The docks can be toggled on and off which would allow all of a larger canvas temporarily visible at 100%
screenshots: https://i.imgur.com/6XI2AXk.jpg
Go out of multiple window mode, each open image will have its own window. the tools and docks can be moved/minimised as required.
A bit more advanced (not advisable), to get a little bit more screen, hide the menu bar and image tabs Use View menu and Windows menu. All the menus are still there with a right-click on the canvas.
Snags with a Chromebook. I have an old Acer C720 but replaced chromeOS with linux. The non-standard keyboard can required workarounds. No delete key, F11 (key position) is the on/off power key... Nothing insurmountable.
Apologies for long-winded reply