Re: [Gimp-user] Image portion select and drag.

[Partha Bagchi <partha1b gmail com>]

These are basic Gimp functionality. I suggest the introductory manual
or any number of Youtube videos.

On Sat, Nov 8, 2014 at 4:49 PM, joe.noel <joe noel hotmail com> wrote:
> When one single image is open, how do I:
>
> 1. Select one small portion of the image and drag it? I tried using the select tool and can't make it work.
>
> 2. Negative or reverse color polarity. Ie: reverse color profile.  White to black. Black to white for 
> example.
>
> 3. Flip or mirror an image so that I can surround a center image with 2 mirror images of a second graphic 
> on each side?
>
> 4. Paste into one image a 2nd imahe and manipulate them. Some programs you have to flatten the images into 
> 1 image and then proceed to select a small portion of the greater image to drag, resize, etc to position 
> next to the other image.
>
> I have attached an image as an example. This was originally several images I had to drag and resize and 
> drop in and alphabetize, reverse color profile on the "equalizer" image portion then mirror image it to use 
> for left and right positioning. I had to resize the crown while it was inside the greater image. I found 
> all of this quite difficult to do with GIMP or not all able to be done per my knowledge of the product. It 
> was very frustrating.  I spent 2 hours trying it with GIMP, but gave up and used another program on a 
> friends laptop on 20 minutes.  I am very excited about gimp and want to learn more.
>
>
>
> Joseph L. Noel
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