Re: [Gimp-user] Scale and rotate at same time

[Ofnuts <ofnuts gmx com>]

On 14/04/17 16:22, Gimpgreenhorn wrote:
> Good morning!
>
> I am working on a project where I have to bring in about 40 different layers
> into this project. As I bring them in, I need to put them into position, by
> rotating them at different  angles, while they are still in the scale mode.
> Apparently, such an action is not allowed. I'm finding one either rotates them
> before one scales, or one can't rotate after one scales. I could always rotate
> them before hand, but what good would that do. Due to the fact I don't know what
> correct angle there supposed to be at until they are shrunk.
>
> My question is, "can a person manipulate an object by rotating it, while in the
> "scale" mode. And if so "how"? If someone could get back ASAP, I would
> appreciate it, cause I'm currently working on the project now! Thanks!
If you are scaling and rotating to align two layers there is my 
ofn-layer-straightener script, where you indicate two points on the 
reference layer, two points on the adjusted layer, and then ask the 
script to move/scale/rotate the adjusted layer so that the two pairs of 
points overlap.

See https://sourceforge.net/projects/gimp-tools/files/scripts/