On Mon, 25 Oct 2004, Sven Neumann wrote: > Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 21:04:57 +0200 > From: Sven Neumann <sven@xxxxxxxx> > To: iriXx@xxxxxxxxx > Cc: gimp-developer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: [Gimp-developer] first impressions of GIMP 2.0 > > Hi, > > "miriam clinton (iriXx)" <iriXx@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > The Rect Select Options though is a feature that few designers need > > in a menu - it would be better to use a custom Color swatch tool - > > which is invaluable. > > I don't understand. Would you mind to elaborate on this? > > > The Colormap utterly baffles me. Do you mean the colour picker tool? There is lots of functionality there, I suppose I can see how it might be confusing. > Sorry? > > > Erm.... how do you add a layer mask? I usually add a layer mask > > simply by selecting Layer mask while i'm working with a layer - no > > need to select it with the Move tool or the Selector tool. This one > > baffles me > > Huh? Go to the Layers menu, choose "Add Layer Mask". Also available > from the right-click menu in the Layers dialog. Specifically: Layer, Mask, Add Layer Mask. (As Sven has pointed out) There is also a context menu hidden in the Layers dialog (if you right click on the Layer Preview part of the Layers dialog) although it is not something I'd expect a new user to find without being told it was there. Is this very different from how it is done in Adobe Photoshop? > > I'm actually (sadly) testing the ;atest Winblows version (Win ME) - at (Windows ME is possibley the worst version of Windows ever, windows 98 and Windows 2000 are far less unpleasant than that nasty hybrid.) > > the moment there's not enough room on my laptop to run both GNU/Linux > > and winblows - and I have to use Flash and Fireworks for my work. But If you have a CD Rom drive a bootable Live CD version of Linux might be a good choice for you. > > Default opening tool should be set to the 'move/select' tool - opening > > with the selector tool can often cause dangerous mistakes, moving > > sections when you dont want to! The mistakes are not dangerous as gimp has a working Undo system. I find "File, Revert" to be very useful too. > > One feature I'd love to see is drag and drop from one image to > > another. I use this frequently, rather than cutting and pasting > > layers. > > You can drag and drop from the layers dialog, even between two layer > dialogs. There's a lot to drag and drop in GIMP and also between GIMP > and other applications. GIMP 2.2 will also improve clipboard support. Gimp is definately very good when it comes to drag and drop. Sincerely Alan Horkan http://advogato.org/person/AlanHorkan/ Inkscape, Draw Freely http://inkscape.org Free SVG Clip Art http://OpenClipArt.org
