On Sunday 03 May 2009, Alec Burgess wrote: >Owen (rc...@pcug.org.au) wrote (in part) (on 2009-05-03 at 23:13): >> On Sun, 03 May 2009 22:44:23 -0400 >> >> Gene Heskett <gene.hesk...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > > Greetings; >> > > >> > > Latest gimp-2.6 from fedora installed, and once again I am >> >> attempting >> >> > > to crop an image and cannot. Why is it so difficult to select a >> > > rectangular area of the image, like the whole top 1/3 or the whole >> > > bottom 1/3, and just plain crop it just as if I'd taken the paper >> > > cutters to the print. But while I can make the 'canvas' white, I >> > > cannot actually cut that part of the canvas and toss it in >> >> /dev/null, >> >> > > which should be indicated by the checkerboard pattern replacing >> >> it. > >To get "checkerboard pattern replacing " make sure the background layer >"has alpha channel" (right-click on layers menu and select [Add alpha >channel]. If a layer has NO alpha channel its name will appear in bold >in the layer menu and cutting or cropping will show the background color. > >To "just plain crop it just as if I'd taken the paper cutters to the >print" ... maybe you want Image-[Fit image to canvas]?
ISTR I tried that in some previous incarnation of gimp, but because it was just erased, the 'canvas' was still wasted. I did try to fiddle with canvas size this time, but that adjusted the whole image without changing the ratio of image vs canvas, so that was just another edit->undo to me. :) Thanks. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Let me do my TRIBUTE to FISHNET STOCKINGS ... _______________________________________________ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
