In case the OP comes back. The OP's requirements from Gimpusers.com
The screenshots I made earlier did not seem to click so maybe this video.
A direct link https://youtu.be/9rEcBCZqrrQ - 5 minutes duration
What does it show?
Make a 2.42" x 1.30" @ 300 ppi label canvas
Take some other image, crop it down to 2 to 1.3 proportions.
Put that into the label and scale it to fit.
Export it to a png image
Put that image into an Avery template. (MS doc and a PDF examples)
Avery provide all sorts of formats, including a photoshop .psd CMYK colorspace so no good for Gimp.
edit: damn.. just had a look at earlier post and OP is actually using a 2"x 4" label template. I surrender.
It would be possible to set up that pdf in Gimp and do everything there. However with the Gimp printing in Windows being less than perfect, I think better using a Word processor. Scribus was suggested over at Gimpusers.com A bit of overkill IMHO.
Quote:I need to create an image that is 2.42 x 1.30 in size.
I know when I scale any image to 1.3 I end up with a 2.0 x 1.3 image.
I need to be able to take ANY image I want. scale it down to size - Fill in the buffer between 2.42 and 2.0 with the appropriate background color.
Paste it into "something" that will allow me to print it too a Avery label sheet.
The screenshots I made earlier did not seem to click so maybe this video.
A direct link https://youtu.be/9rEcBCZqrrQ - 5 minutes duration
What does it show?
Make a 2.42" x 1.30" @ 300 ppi label canvas
Take some other image, crop it down to 2 to 1.3 proportions.
Put that into the label and scale it to fit.
Export it to a png image
Put that image into an Avery template. (MS doc and a PDF examples)
Avery provide all sorts of formats, including a photoshop .psd CMYK colorspace so no good for Gimp.
edit: damn.. just had a look at earlier post and OP is actually using a 2"x 4" label template. I surrender.
It would be possible to set up that pdf in Gimp and do everything there. However with the Gimp printing in Windows being less than perfect, I think better using a Word processor. Scribus was suggested over at Gimpusers.com A bit of overkill IMHO.