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EmilianoZapata
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How to use Gimp?

#1 Post by EmilianoZapata »

https://external-content.duckduckgo.com ... ipo=images


0.In order to scale a image, right click on layer then click to "scale", input the size numbers then your image is resized.

1.In order to move a text file in Gimp, on the right side you need to unlock the
position and size button and then you need to lock alpha channel.
Build it simple\ keep it simple\ let it work simple even if it is a complex issue because everybody deserves to understand information.
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Re: How to use Gimp?

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MXPI = MX Package Installer
QSI = Quick System Info from menu
The MX Test repository is mostly backports; not the same as Debian testing

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Re: How to use Gimp?

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Image changed to link, please read the forum rules.
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Re: How to use Gimp?

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Stevo wrote: Wed Jan 15, 2025 3:04 am Tutorials: https://www.gimp.org/tutorials/
Same way you get to Carnegie Hall: practice, practice, practice.

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Re: How to use Gimp?

#5 Post by EmilianoZapata »

I understood to the practice part but not Carnegia part. I am not from American culture.
Build it simple\ keep it simple\ let it work simple even if it is a complex issue because everybody deserves to understand information.
Do not be a Karl Marx. He is a :lion: though.

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Re: How to use Gimp?

#6 Post by DukeComposed »

EmilianoZapata wrote: Wed Jan 15, 2025 4:30 am I understood to the practice part but not Carnegia part. I am not from American culture.
A man with tickets to a concert was looking for directions to Carnegie Hall to see the show. He stopped a woman and asked her, "Excuse me, ma'am, how do I get to Carnegie Hall?"

To which she confidently told him: "Practice, practice, practice."

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Re: How to use Gimp?

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EmilianoZapata wrote: Wed Jan 15, 2025 3:00 am https://external-content.duckduckgo.com ... ipo=images


0.In order to scale a image, right click on layer then click to "scale", input the size numbers then your image is resized.
Nope, not at all
Go to the top menu "Image > Scale Image..." a window opens, input the size you want, good to know, at "Interpolation" select "NoHalo" or "LoHalo", if it's a picture
ksnip_20250115-173108.jpg
1.In order to move a text file in Gimp, on the right side you need to unlock the
position and size button and then you need to lock alpha channel.
Nope not at all, you do not need to "unlock" anything in the layers' dialog on the right side, because by default it's not locked if "they" speak about layers, and the "Alpha channel" has nothing to do with moving a text, thus you do not lock the alpha channel, just use the move tool on an opaque part of the text and drag it to move it. :happy:
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Re: How to use Gimp?

#8 Post by EmilianoZapata »

DukeComposed wrote: Wed Jan 15, 2025 4:43 am
EmilianoZapata wrote: Wed Jan 15, 2025 4:30 am I understood to the practice part but not Carnegia part. I am not from American culture.
A man with tickets to a concert was looking for directions to Carnegie Hall to see the show. He stopped a woman and asked her, "Excuse me, ma'am, how do I get to Carnegie Hall?"

To which she confidently told him: "Practice, practice, practice."
Some people have different way of perceiving.I guess this is her issue.
Build it simple\ keep it simple\ let it work simple even if it is a complex issue because everybody deserves to understand information.
Do not be a Karl Marx. He is a :lion: though.

https://www.youtube.com/@msp5-010

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Re: How to use Gimp?

#9 Post by Eadwine Rose »

I am locking this topic now. We are not your Google, nor your teachers, we're not here to hold your hand to learn Gimp. We're a forum for MX Linux. I suggest visiting the Gimp forums for help with that.

Here is where you need to be: https://www.gimp-forum.net/

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