Greetings
I am a new user.  Used to use PS 7 or so, but with any changes in computer can no longer register my copy....

One thing I liked in PS was the scanner app.  The one in GIMP seems much more primitive.
Does this mean I don't know how to use it to the fullest, or it is more primitive?
I am no genius at this, but I could easily change some settings and dpi.  This one seems less detailed.

Is there something fancier available, or you reckon I should get "fancy" with the post-scan manipulation.

I do want to remark that the changes in nomenclature make it take some time to adjust from PS.  Yeah, yeah, yeah....read the manual.

denno

I took a picture of an antique radio dial and I want to clean it up to print a new face. I've got it cleaned up but I want to change the color of the text on the black background. Is there a way to change the color of the text only to another color in one action? I'm new to GIMP and the controls are a bit overwhelming. Thanks for any help.

Ken

I've tried using the resynth plugin and I have not succeeded. Maybe I'm doing it wrong. I don't know. I'm including a video of exactly what I wish to accomplish with Gimp. (In the video it was done with Photoshop) https://youtu.be/jO9EFFsWV3c

With the introduction of a more compact Tools Options Dock there are some changes. The sliders in particular are narrower than before and the way adjustments are made, slightly different.  

Example for the brush size slider, and apart from entering a value directly or using the little up/down arrows;

Old style: The slider is divided into top and bottom halves, Fast or slow increments depend on where the mouse cursor is positioned
New style: The default is fast, for slow use the right mouse button.

   

Keyboard input: 
The defaults are the square brackets ]  [ to increment the size in steps of  one and alt-]  alt-[ for increments in steps of 10.
A quick demo: https://i.imgur.com/BfBoIuF.mp4
These, same as most keyboard shortcuts can be changed in Edit -> Keyboard Shortcuts  if required.

edit: To revert to the old slider setup, use the Edit -> Preferences menu as this post https://www.gimp-forum.net/Thread-How-do...2#pid17282

When it wouldn't even display the brush size I wanted (despite listing the number I'd entered, 1) that was IT for me.

hi - 

I am having trouble using the selection I have made with the scissors.

I have tried "create alpha channel," "invert," and delete, but it simply does not delete anything. 

Any tips on how I can use the scissor tool successfully?

What I am trying to do is cut out the outline of a flower, then post it on another layer in which I will add text.

I had an old logo which I traced over (text and rectangles). I created a new layer for each rectangle as I wanted to align the shapes later. I've since found out that guides work on layers, not the shapes in them, and was hoping on some advice on what to do as a don't see a resize to contents option for layers or a way to get the shapes, not layers, to snap to guides.

Any help would be apreciated

Probably something very simple but I'm stuck. I have a png file of an arrow. I want the arrow a color and the bg transparent. Currently the arrow in transparent and the bg is color. It seems this should be a simple fix.

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I had Ps software but I switched to your Gimp but I don't see any magnetic laso tool anywhere. I tried to open PS image on your software but I don't see any images. Does gimp have any quick mask if so can I edit the image on quick mask? Thx

Hello!

I have been writing some plugins for Gimp. I plan to share them soon since I believe they will be useful. But I have a problem where I wish you can help me.

I explain the general situation first before making my question.

Python allows imports. I have the plugins in two Python files. (One file registrates one Gimp plugin and the other registrates two.) The files contain large common parts. The common parts are currently embedded in both files, but it would be much better if the common parts could be in separate files instead and the two plugin files would just import them.

Now you perhaps think that I might just combine everything in one big file containing three registrations. But I don't want to do that. For future development I would want to have the common parts each in its own file, and I don't like the idea of having to combine everything in one big file every time I make a new version of some part. Besides, it is likely that those common parts will find usage in some future plugins.

Now I pose my question (sorry about the lengthy explanations). Please note that I know very little about computers.

Can the following be realized somehow? Suppose we have a file A.py implementing a plugin. Another file B.py contains material that we want to be imported in A.py, for instance some object called NameDefinedInB. In file A.py we have written

# File A.py
# ---------
from gimpfu import *
import B as imported_B
...
NameInA = imported_B.NameDefinedInB
# Then NameInA is applied in A.py in some way
...


In Gimp's plug-ins folder we put A.py and B.py in the same subfolder A as follows:

plug-ins
   |
   +---A  (subfolder)
   |   |
   |   +----A.py  (file, the plugin)
   |   +----B.py  (file, to be imported in A.py)
   |
   +---some other plugin
   |
   +---some other plugin
   |
  ...
   

This is how I would like to arrange things, hoping that the stuff in B.py will be imported in A.py.

I made a little test plugin about this. I have tried it with the following three installations of Gimp (on Windows 10 64 bits):

1: Gimp 2.10.18 from gimp.org
2: Gimp 2.10.18 portable from Samj
3: Gimp 2.10.18 portable from Partha

and got the following results:

1: The test plugin does not appear in Gimp's menu.
2: The test plugin does not appear in Gimp's menu.
3: Works OK! (And a .pyc file is created.)

The test plugin is in the attached zip file in case you wish to try it. Put the whole folder import_test as a subfolder in Gimp's plug-ins folder and restart Gimp. The plugin should be found as Filters/ImportTest/Import test. If it is, click it and see if anything happens in the error console.

Any ideas? Is this supposed to work at all? Since I want to share the plugins, I need a solution that works for everybody as such. Thanks in advance!

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