[mdlug] GIMP help needed

Michael Rudas audiotech50 at gmail.com
Thu Feb 14 09:52:34 EST 2019


I have had no problem doing that with the current GIMP version. Have you
tried deleting the GIMP config file from your home directory? It might be
corrupt. It will be recrated the next time you run the program. It now
resides in the *.config* directory on my current system. Also, I find it
useful to use *XnView* as an adjunct to GIMP and as a pre-processor.

On Tue, Feb 12, 2019 at 4:37 PM Gib <gibmaxn at gmail.com> wrote:

> That sounds like it should be easy to do.  So, what you're saying is
> the paste doesn't provide a copy of the object in the screen?
> Are you using one layer?
>
> https://www.hscripts.com/tutorials/gimp/cut-paste-picture.html
>
> On Tue, Feb 12, 2019 at 10:49 AM Jay Nugent <jjn at nuge.com> wrote:
> >
> > Greetings,
> >     I am putting a presentation together for a presentation I am doing
> > next week, but I'm having trouble with GIMP.  This *should* be really
> > easy, and I've done it in years past, but the latest revisions of GIMP
> > have me symied.  It used to be SO simple....but now I can't seem to do
> > what should be simplest of tasks with GIMP any more.... :(
> >
> >
> >     I have a map of the State of Michigan with county lines on it.  All I
> > want to do is place small images of colored "balls" in various places to
> > indicate the locations of Packet Radio Nodes.  I have three different
> > colored balls already made up made up (Red, Green, and Orange) from a
> > decade ago when I used to be sucessful at using GIMP.
> >
> >     In the past I would have my Michigan map open in one window, then
> open
> > the colored ball image in another window.  In the ball image window I'd
> > "Select All", then do a "Copy Slected".  This got the ball image into the
> > paste buffer.
> >
> >     Then I'd go over to the Michigan map and do a "Paste".  The ball
> would
> > appear on the map.  I could then use the "Move" tool to move the ball to
> > precisely where I wanted it.
> >
> >
> >     PROBLEM NOW IS:  The ball never appears on the map!
> >
> >
> >     Can someone kindly give me a step-by-step how to perform this rather
> > *simple* task please?  This old dog apparently needs to be retrained (wry
> > grin)
> >
> >
> >     Thanks!
> >        --- Jay Nugent
> >
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