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Measurement tool - al.da.drone - 07-31-2018
Hi there I wonder if someone would be kind enough to answer this question for me as I am struggling to get the hang of Gimp.
I am sure there is another way of doing this, however I have just come across the measuring tool so I can measure things in order to get everything in proportion like text..So i am measuring a line with the measuring tool however it seems that I can only measure one line at a time rather than have multiple lines. You must be able to get multiple lines ?
Sorry for asking a silly question...
RE: Measurement tool - rich2005 - 07-31-2018
not a silly question
Not breaking the measure tool....
You can place a guide at the end of the measure tool. It is described in the docs
https://docs.gimp.org/en/gimp-tool-measure.html - see: 6.5.3. Key modifiers (Defaults)
examples:
[attachment=1982]
Guides can also be set by percentage or pixel location Image -> Guides Also plugins and scripts to add multiple guides are available.
Consider setting up a grid. Can be on a per-image basis Image -> Configure Grid and made visible in the View Menu.
Guides and Grids only exist inside Gimp. They are saved with a Gimp .xcf image for later use. Export to png, jpeg, etc - gone.
RE: Measurement tool - al.da.drone - 08-01-2018
Excellent thanks so much