help with gfig fill option

[Mando8000]

Hello everyone I am new here.


I am having some issues with filling a Gfig shape I made. I'm not sure what happened I had filled the triangle before with a vertical gradient Red and white. Something happened that made it turn black and now it wont fill. The stroke is working just not the fill option any ideas?


                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Thank you.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 

[PixLab]

Try to change the gradient color > click on that gradient bar in gfig, a new window opens, change the gradient ➤ don't click OK yet ➤ click again on your favorite gradient, now Click OK, you go back to the main gfig and try again to draw you triangle.
This might happen after some Ctrl+Z (undo) inside gfig

On a side note, for everything equilateral, stars, polygons, I would recommend to draw them with the Symmetry Painting tool in "Mandala" mode, (if not showing in your docks go to Windows ➤ Dockable Dialogs ➤ Symmetry Painting), you will get the full canvas view and better controls on the thickness of your brushes.. (just don't forget to put it in None mode after drawing ) ➤ https://docs.gimp.org/2.10/en/gimp-symmetry-dialog.html

   

[rich2005]

The gfig plugin is well past its sell-by date. It was good in Gimp 1.2 twenty-something years ago but there are better tools these days. Learn to use the path tool.

AFAIK, once a color setting is set it is fixed in the gfig layer even if you want to change it. I might be wrong but looks that way to me.

If you want to change, make a new (empty) layer and restart gfig to make a new gfig layer.

Something like this 1 minute animation: https://i.imgur.com/nxH1bDM.mp4

[Mando8000]

[attachment=8582 Wrote:rich2005 pid='30902' dateline='1661710528']The gfig plugin is well past its sell-by date. It was good in Gimp 1.2 twenty-something years ago but there are better tools these days. Learn to use the path tool.

AFAIK, once a color setting is set it is fixed in the gfig layer even if you want to change it. I might be wrong but looks that way to me.

If you want to change, make a new (empty) layer and restart gfig to make a new gfig layer.

Something like this 1 minute animation: https://i.imgur.com/nxH1bDM.mp4

Hey Rich. 

Thank you for the reply. I didn't set the fill in color then decide to change it. Something happened that changed it and I just wanted to have it go back to what I had originally chosen. When it happened I immediately hit cntrl+z but nothing happened. If I remember correctly I had pulled up the Gfig again and accidently drawn a small line across the same layer. I suspect this is what caused the issue (maybe not?‍♂️). Anyways I ended up redoing it.  How can I make a mathematically correct triangle using the path tool?

[rich2005]

Quote:.. How can I make a mathematically correct triangle using the path tool?

Any three sides are mathematically correct    but for say an isosceles triangle.  Bring up the grid from the view menu and make a triangle using the grid and the paths tool. To join the start and end points hold the ctrl key (look for a double circle icon) and click on the first point. Turn the grid off from view menu.

I would get used to using the Unified transform tool in path mode to scale / move / rotate the path.

Then to color in the triangle Select -> Path to Selection and fill with solid / pattern / gradient.  Edit -> Stroke Path for an outline.

You might think is complicated compared with gfig but it easily editable and the path remains to re-use at a later date.

There are plugins to make path shapes, some simple, some complicated. I recommend, get used to the basics first.

example:  https://i.imgur.com/nV8Fq3J.mp4