my GIMP woes

[doomgiver]

i have these problems with gimp (using 2.6)
1. when i resize an image, it loses its details, even for minor adjustments.

2. all the panels are floating
when i maximize the main area, it goes behind the toolbars/panels (the gimp panels, not the os panels). is there any way to fix this, like photoshop has fixed panels, and maximizing the main area maximizes only till the boundary.

3. i cannot edit the brushes

4. there are "marching ants" on the layer borders. its quite good in some cases, but i find them irritating. how do i turn them off?


now for the good stuff
1. move tool moves the layer its placed on. great for me coz i dont like goint to the layers pane every time i want to change layers or move them.

2. the layer styles(hard mix, dissolve, overlay, etc) options are much better than photoshop

3. great plugins!!!!

 

[Rahim]

Use Gimpshop.

 

[doomgiver]

ok, i'll give it a try.
but anything i can do about my current problems?

 

[NucleusKore]

Hi

The problem you have when resizing is loss of resolution. To resize an image, use the scale image function, except this time, note the resolution of the scanned image in that dialog box before you hit scale. After the image has been resized, again open scale image and check the resolution X and Y; if it is altered correct it and scale. Should solve your problem.

2. all the panels are floating
when i maximize the main area, it goes behind the toolbars/panels (the gimp panels, not the os panels). is there any way to fix this, like photoshop has fixed panels, and maximizing the main area maximizes only till the boundary.

Click on edit->preferences->window management

Hint for the toolbox: Normal Window
Hint for other docks: Normal Window

Click Ok

3. i cannot edit the brushes

Top right hand corner of brushes-> Click Arrow and follow on as shown below

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4. there are "marching ants" on the layer borders. its quite good in some cases, but i find them irritating. how do i turn them off?

Marching ants. Well I can think of two things

1. You new layer is a floating layer pasted from somewhere else. Check in the layers dialog. If yes, right click on the floating selection in the layers dialog and select new layer.

2. You selected the part or complete layer using the rectangle tool. Solution: press the escape key

 

[Rahim]

^Welcome back!!

 

[skeletor]

Great to see NucleusKore back.

 

[doomgiver]

thanks Nucleus!!! now just the marching ants remain (gotta buy some bug spray)