configuring grid

[lemonphenomenon]

I usually want a grid that will divide the image into fixed proportions, horizontally and vertically: for instance, 7 equally spaced vertical and 7 horizontal lines, so the image is divided into 1/8ths. Is it possible to configure a grid that way, ie by proportion of the whole image rather than by pixels, inches or whatever?

[Blighty]

(07-30-2017, 10:36 PM)lemonphenomenon Wrote: I usually want a grid that will divide the image into fixed proportions, horizontally and vertically: for instance, 7 equally spaced vertical and 7 horizontal lines, so the image is divided into 1/8ths. Is it possible to configure a grid that way, ie by proportion of the whole image rather than by pixels, inches or whatever?

Rather than using a grid, use guides.

You can set up the guides manually, or use a utility to assist with the setup. I have this one:
http://registry.gimp.org/node/12003

Looks like this:

[Ofnuts]

I have an ofn-preset-guides script that lets you configure sets of guides, and adds them to the Image/Guides menu (where you can call them with a single keystroke if you define the keyboard shortcut). Guide positions can be absolute or relative. Download the zip and see the HTML for instructions.

[lemonphenomenon]

Thanks very much to Blighty and Ofnuts for your suggestions. I'm trying out both.