Comments on: Graphics programs

By: Bob Mike

Bob Mike — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 21:59:47 +0000

Don’t feel bad, Josh. I keep reading NSEW as “Not Safe For Work”. Combined with all this talk about “The GIMP”, this post takes on a very different feeling.

By: Joshua (Site Owner)

Wed, 30 Jan 2008 20:44:00 +0000

Wow, Petra. Thanks for the lesson, and the bizarre flashback to acetate frogs that's apparently in our shared memory.

I thought that NSEW tool was a stretching thingy.

By: Petra

Petra — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 20:23:21 +0000

In Gimp, use the lasso tool to outline, then move the cursor the center of the selected area, then the tool will change function (and icon)–it will look like a mouse cursor with a diamond NSEW arrow thing. (That N-S-E-W Arrow thing is on the toolbar, by the way, instead of the hand). Click and drag.

It is best to do this stuff on duplicate layers though, or better yet, copy (instead of moving) the selection to a new transparent layer. Then you can move that layer all over the place, and not damage the original. Think of layers as that acetate dissect-a-frog in the back of the “F” World Book.

By: Jordon

Jordon — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 16:22:30 +0000

I was going to explain it because I thought I knew how, but apparently I don’t. I thought you could just move a selection with the Move Tool, but it only moves the selection boundary, not what you’ve actually selected.