[mdlug] GIMP help needed

[Steve Litt]

On Tue, 12 Feb 2019 10:49:12 -0500 (EST)
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

Hi Jay,

I'll leave it to someone else to tell you how to do it in Gimp, but if
you're willing to do it in Inkscape, you just import the original
graphic image by running inkscape on it:

inkscape myimage

And then make a layer above it for balls, and put your balls on that
layer.

Added benefit of Inkscaping it: You can do automation such that when
your finished .svg is shown in a browser, hovering over a ball or
clicking on the ball can produce an action like moving the ball,
changing its color, making it bigger or smaller, etc.

SteveT

Steve Litt 
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