Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP Guide

[Marco Ciampa <ciampix posteo net>]

On Tue, Nov 16, 2021 at 02:35:00PM +0200, stern613 via gimp-user-list wrote:
> Hi,
> I just started using GIMP. Thanks a lot for this free program to the
> creators of it!
>
> The problem I encounter is, that in the GIMP Guide it does not say at the
> end of the article how to bring the action to its end. Here are examples:
>
> 1) Crop an Image
> file:///usr/share/gimp/2.0/help/en/gimp-tutorial-quickie-crop.html
>
> It does not say how to crop the image finally. I found out myself that I
> had to put the cursor over one of the corners of the selected area and then
> to press the left button of the mouse, and this crops the image actually.
> It does not say it in the guide, it took me quite a while to find it out by
> chance.


https://docs.gimp.org/2.10/en/gimp-tutorial-quickie-crop.html
[...]
"Double-click inside the rectangle or press Enter to complete cropping."
[...]

> 2) Color Picker
> file:///usr/share/gimp/2.0/help/en/gimp-tool-color-picker.html
>
> The black-and-white icon near the Colour Picker cursor did not change its
> color to the picked colour, so I thought it was not working, or I was doing
> something wrong. Then I took the Brush tool and it did work.

To me it works as described.

> I just think the articles need to be a bit worked on to explain things to
> their end.

... or as you said earlier, you did something wrong...

-- 

Saluton,
Marco Ciampa