(10-24-2023, 09:00 AM)Phasmatrope Wrote: So all that said, what do YOU advise, for creating a large-size montage, where you're trying to import multiple images (like 28) and get them as close as possible to the same size to fit to something for print??
My very first advise would be: Instead of asking that question why you did not read my answer as it answers this very question.
We try to put ourselves in your shoes as a beginner, thus spending time trying to write detailed and step by step explanations, taking time to take and annotate screenshots, some time It can become tiring for us when the OP did not read our pamphlet and/or not even answering a question we asked to the people asking for help like I did to you.
(10-24-2023, 09:00 AM)Phasmatrope Wrote: Are you saying that I have to familiarize myself with Gimp's concept of layers, and open everything individually (instead of dragging them all to the same canvas/layer, as I have--seemingly mistakenly??-- been)? I'd like to think this is simpler than it sounds, like I could say, ok, all you vertically-oriented 8.5x11s, let's shrink you ALL at once, then see if I can EQUALLY shrink all the horizontal 8.5x11s, and keep reducing you so there's as little collage overlap as possible... you see what I'm getting at, my grasp of Gimp, layers, and math limits me here.
Call this a teach a man/gimp/noob to fish kinda deal I guess... :/
The very basic concept of layers is simple > pile up a bunch of photos in real life > you're done this pile of photos is composed of layers where each photo is a layer, and all of this is happening in the Layer's dialog AKA layer's stack in GIMP (see my screenshot above)
Now if you don't want to learn the very basic concept of layers, that's OKey, there are plenty online collage websites like this one https://www.photocollage.com/ > it has templates, "auto-collage" and not too much options for you to get lost.
When I was on macOS I did use Photoscape > http://x.photoscape.org/
It' extremely easy to make collage > https://photo-scape.org/faq/10-how-to-ma...scape.html
Patrice