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  Issue with cut selection
Posted by: kmll - Less than 1 minute ago - Forum: Installation and usage - No Replies

I am a beginner Gimp user and I have an issue cutting from a layer with filter.

1) I have two layers where the top layer had a filter

https://ibb.co/pjjbx6dF

2) I add an alpha channel to the top layer
3) I make a selection and cut
4) The result is not a hole showing the bottom layer but I get this.

https://ibb.co/mr22Fydr

What am I missing?

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Exclamation Text Editor hardly ever works!!
Posted by: Snacko - 11-08-2025, 09:53 PM - Forum: General questions - Replies (4)

I went from 2.10 to 3 this year, and have never had a good experience with the Text tool!!  I hate it!!  

When using the on-canvas text editor, I select my text and type in a new font at the top, and select it, the font does NOT change!
When selecting a font and size from the left side tool panel, with my text selected, it has no affect!
When using the big Text Editor, my text is microscopic no matter what size I set the font to..
'Use Selected font' may work, but I cannot tell, because I need a microscope to see my text.

When doing any of these actions, I always have my text selected.  This has pretty much been the same for me from v2 - v3 for the past years.

I remember years ago when it seemed to kind of work.  
Does it work this way for everyone?  Is there a fix for this??
Argg...    Angry

[Image: gimp-3-0283.jpg]

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  How to get G'MIC within GIMP?
Posted by: teapot - 11-08-2025, 07:48 PM - Forum: General questions - Replies (2)

Hi,

Using arm64 Raspbian based on Debian 13 (Trixie) how can I get G'MIC within GIMP?

I have the gmic package installed which gives me /usr/bin/gmic but that doesn't give G'MIC within GIMP.

None of Debian's G'MIC packages seem to do that,
https://packages.debian.org/search?keywo...ection=all

'apt-file find gmic-qt' doesn't find any package containing paths with that text.

https://gmic.eu/download.html seems to link to x86_64 binaries, under the amd64 name, and jumping to the full list of files doesn't show any other supported architectures: https://gmic.eu/files/linux/

Would appreciate help on what to do, do I have to compile it from source code?

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  Gimp 3.0 get Metadata with Python
Posted by: Volker - 11-08-2025, 05:41 PM - Forum: Scripting questions - Replies (3)

How do I retrieve jpg metadata from a Python plug-in in Gimp 3.0?

I open a jpg photo and need some metadata. With Gimp 2 and Python 2 I used the plug-in "gimp_image_get_metadata".
My code was (abridged): 

Code:
import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET

metadata = pdb.gimp_image_get_metadata(self.image)
dateTag  = "exif.photo.datetimeoriginal"
date = self.get_metadata_value(metadata, dateTag)

def get_metadata_value(self, metadata,
                            metadataName):
 ciName = metadataName.lower()
 value = ""
 rootNode = ET.XML(metadata)
 for tag in rootNode.findall('tag'):
   if tag.attrib['name'].lower() == ciName:
     value = tag.text
     break
 return value
The plug-in isn't there any more in Gimp 3. Instead I find the class Gimp.Metadata. This class provides some methods for restricted operations, but none for my needs. I try:
Code:
metadata = image.get_metadata()
I expect to get an xml document, but I don't know how to look for it.
Is there a different approach?

My system: Mac mini (Apple M2), macOS Tahoe (26.0.1)
My Gimp: 3.0.6
My Python: 3.10



 

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  Colorized Layer Reverts to Greyscale if I Add a Layer Above it
Posted by: TMORT - 11-08-2025, 02:08 AM - Forum: General questions - Replies (5)

I have some satellite imagery of the same area bur from different times. I want to show where development has occurred.

The satellite images are all the the same extent but come from different sources and look a lot different from one another. While the changes in developed areas is visible it gets lost in all the other differences in the images.


I thought it might be best to use edge detect with the magic wand to select the developed areas in another layer  and then turn it to just black and white, then change the colors of that area to some other color. I also thought because the satellite images were quite variable in how they looked, some were nice and full color others were more black and white and some it looks like some tiles were color and others more grayscale.

I could do that. I later thought I'd colorize the base grayscale layer to green. It sort of matches what I'm trying to show and gets lost even in the full color images when I go to grayscale. 

I find though that when I overlay the layer with just the developed areas with an alpha background that the bottom colorized layer loses it colorization. I read something about turning the alpha lock on so I did that for the base layer and also the top layer and that didn't change anything. It went from colorized back to grayscale.

Does anyone know why it is doing this and how to keep if from doing this.

For that matter, I described what I'm trying to do because I have to think this sort of thing has been done many times by others. Maybe there is another way that is easier or maybe that just works.

I have used GIMP on and off for quite a few years now, but never really for this sort of thing. I'm also using v3.06 for Linux. I think it is a flatpack build as well for what its worth.

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  How to make image and mask move together?
Posted by: ESH - 11-07-2025, 12:38 PM - Forum: Installation and usage - Replies (5)

I am a novice to Gimp 3.0.6. I used Photoshop for decades untill Adobe's policies made me leave.

My pc runs Win 11 with an AMD 64 processor.

In Photoshop a layer with a mask shows a locking-icon. "Locked" will lock the relative movements between image and mask - and "unlocked" will allowe them to be moved separately.

This has nothing to do with Gimp's options to protect the content of the layer against editing or movement (as far as can see).

One of my layers in Gimp shows an image icon and its mask icon - and apparently there's no option to lock their relative movement?

Example: 
With the Move tool active and the image at eg. 400% trying to move the image and the mask together within the borders of the screen results in two unexpected behaviors:
1. with the mask icon active a selection of the mask becomes visible and moves independently of the image.
2. with the image icon active the image moves relative to the mask.

How can I make them move together - like in PS when the small locking-icon shows "locked"?

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  Multi window mode mode faults in 3.0.4
Posted by: teapot - 11-06-2025, 12:53 AM - Forum: General questions - Replies (5)

Hi, Using gimp 3.0.4 and Debian.

Is anyone else having problems when two images are open in multi window mode?

It's causing extra behaviour when doing for example:
    Image -> Guides -> New Guide (by percent)
    Image -> Guides -> Remove all Guides
    File -> Export As

one or more of these occur as well:
    Lock a path
    Lock and unlock layers
    Make a layer visible

I cannot spot a pattern that triggers it apart from it's worse the more that's in the image e.g.  having paths and/or layer masks present.

It's fine in single window mode.
It's fine in both single window mode and multi window mode when only one image is open.
I have not tried it in other versions of gimp 3 as I only have 3.0.4 available.

   

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  Tutoriel installer Dream prompter dans Gimp
Posted by: meric57 - 11-03-2025, 07:45 AM - Forum: Tutorials and tips - No Replies

https://www.gimp-forum.net/misc.php?action=help&hid=9

With respect: See the above for the forum rules. In particular
This is an English speaking forum. Post in English. Every effort is made to assist users where English is not first language.

Thank you.

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  Nouveau Arrivant sur le forum meric57
Posted by: meric57 - 11-03-2025, 06:45 AM - Forum: Watercooler - No Replies

https://www.gimp-forum.net/misc.php?action=help&hid=9

With respect: see the above for the forum rules. In particular

This is an English speaking forum. Post in English. Every effort is made to assist users where English is not first language.

Thank you.

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  RapidRAW
Posted by: denzjos - 11-02-2025, 09:45 AM - Forum: Other graphics software - Replies (2)

RapidRAW for quick ajustments, a non-destructive, and GPU-accelerated RAW image editor built with performance in mind.
Just 20 MB - lighter than a RAW image.https://www.getrapidraw.com

https://github.com/CyberTimon/RapidRAW/r...tag/v1.4.3

   

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