Gimp

[superstarman]

Seems like a great graphics tool for those who cant afford photoshop
free to download on the web.

cant see a lasoo tool in there though ! so vital for doing fakes !

[pigulici]

See "Scissors Select Tool" :
http://docs.gimp.org/en/gimp-tool-iscissors.html

[Lonewolf]

Quick question for whoever is well-steeped in GIMP features...

I need a WIndows 10, 64-bit photo editing program, which lets me crop a picture, AND, allows me to view the size in pixels as I'm cropping, so I can verify it size before saving the cropped photo (I'm creating wallpapers for my tablet from pictures, as well as for my laptop). Vista's resident photo software did that, but Win10 doesn't, Paint does everything but, and the Lenovo Photo Master ain't so masterful.

Does GIMP fit the bill for my needs? Thanks...

[pigulici]

It is not more easy to make a template, with the size of wallpaper for tablet, drop in that template the image, and move resize how yo want, then save as jpg?...

[Lonewolf]

Originally Posted by pigulici

It is not more easy to make a template, with the size of wallpaper for tablet, drop in that template the image, and move resize how yo want, then save as jpg?...

Looking to take jpgs of various sizes...

for tablet:
- if less than 1024x600 or 600x1024: cut out part of image to use as wallpaper with 1.7:1 res
- if greater than 1024x600 or 600x1024: cut off outer parts of image until res is 1.7:1

for laptop:
- crop any/all pics to 1.78:1 res (display is 1366x768; "fill" setting for desktop background blows up the pic to fit).

[Pad]

Originally Posted by superstarman

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cant see a lasoo tool in there though ! so vital for doing fakes !

This is the lassoo tool in Gimp 2

[pigulici]

You can do that with the crop tool in Gimp, after select the crop tool, see the tool box...

[superstarman]

THANKS, you re right, the lasso is there and prob the best option
I tried the scissors but could nt figure how to get hold of the image once Id
gone round it

with the lasso, I circle the image then cut and paste it into the
other gimp window.

Prob Im having though is I do some work, maybe 6 mins doing the lasso
etc, then suddenly a window comes up... gimp is having problems and will have to close..... so I lose everything.

this is on a laptop with windows 7

never had this prob with gimp on my desk top with xp ! gimp was solid as a rock !

[superstarman]

was using lasoo to go around a figure
got near the end and it messed up and had to start again.

decided to zoom in on the figure then I used the lassoo tool only to the waist
I saved that file then did the waist down so now have two files
for one figure but it works ok

so much easier to use the lasoo tool when the figure is zoomed in

[MasterBates]

sophisticated photo manipulation tool ive been grappling w/ for years now/learning 2 brighten dark pic sets/ make high quality pic sets even better and create wallpapers
my new concept is 2 take BW pics and 2 try to color them...this prog takes PRACTICE!!!