Re: [Gimp-user] Stitching Photos

[Pat David <patdavid gmail com>]

Or maybe just use "Fit Canvas to Layers" every once in a while? :)

https://youtu.be/MYHZaFxor40

On Wed, Jul 10, 2019 at 9:54 PM Scott Jacobs via gimp-user-list <
gimp-user-list gnome org> wrote:

> > I can't seem to make this work; I don't see any option for enlarging the
> > workspace.  I can enlarge the canvas as much as I want, but this doesn't
> change
> > the size of the "window" through which my content is visible.  As I paste
> in the
> > second image and slide it over--in this case to the right, it
> disappears.  It's
> > almost like the second image is sliding under the blank background that
> was
> > created when I enlarged the canvas.
>
> I'm not sure what the official way to solve this is, but when I am putting
> several imagestogether, I look at each in an image viewer to see what the
> width and height are in pixels, add those figures together as is
> appropriate to how the images will be placed in the final image (if I am
> not sure, I just make it bigger than I think I will need - I can always
> crop it down later), and then open GIMP.I immediately do a File->New> and
> set the width and height to the figures I calculated,and under Advanced
> Options set the initial content to Fill With whatever color you want.I
> usually pick white, but you could use the fore- or background color, or
> transparency.(You may wish to set the x- and y- resolution, but I don't
> know if it is really necessary - mine is set to 300 ppi, but I don't know
> if that is default, or because I set it some time...)
> Now that I have a background layer that is (at least) large enough, I then
> File->Open as Layersall of the images that will be used to make the final
> image (remember, you can save time byCtrl-Clicking multiple individual
> files in the same directory, and shift-clicking the first and lastfile of
> multiple files that are located right next to each other in the same
> directory).
> Now, just move things around as you like, and/or cut/paste parts of one
> layer onto otherlayers, etc.
> Sometimes, when I know that I only want a little from each image, I will
> just cut/paste bitsof each layer onto the background, and play around with
> exact placement there, later...
> -----
> When I go on a trip, I will often use this technique to open pages of a
> downloaded .pdffile of a complete bus schedule, knowing that I only need a
> few lines on a few pages.I'll cut and paste those lines, and probably the
> page headings, on what will end up asonly one printed page, which I can
> then take with me.
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