Re: [Gimp-user] Debian 11, updated, Gimp 2.10.22 - bad clone tool

[Liam R E Quin <liam holoweb net>]

On Sat, 2021-10-16 at 21:26 -0300, Dedeco Balaco via gimp-user-list
wrote:
> Em 16/10/2021 21:14, Liam R E Quin escreveu:
> > On Sat, 2021-10-16 at 20:45 -0300, Dedeco Balaco via gimp-user-list
> > wrote:
> > > What happened to gimp "clone" tool?? It stopped working for me.
> > Most likely is that you have a selection - almost all operations in
> > GIMP happen inside the selection, to give control. So, try,
> > edit/select
> > none, maybe?
>
> This is surely not the case. There is not selection there. The
> yellow+black image border that we see in the video, means it is not
> selected.

It does not mean that - it's showing the layer boundary, but there
might still be a selection.


> (ctrl+shift+a) and repeating again... nothing either.

OK

Check also in tool options you do't have Registered selected.

At the bottom right of  Tool Options for teh clone tool is a Reset icon
you can press, see if that helps.

You can also check you have not clicked on anything in Channels - all 3
(or 4) channels should be selected. Channels is under Windows/dockable
dialogues/channels

You can also right-click the layer and check its  properties.
Under Switches, only Visible should be checked, and the two Coomposite
items should both be set to Auto.

Mode should be Normal but i think you already showed that was the case.

Also, if the image is in Indexed mode, use Image/Mode to change it t
RGB.

Also make sure you do not have caps lock  pressed.

To compile gimp yourself you will need its dependencies - a recent
enough version of gtk+ in partcular, as well as gegl and babl  and
mypaint, the last 3 installed into a custom  prefix such as ~/opt/ to
avoid breakage with the system one.

https://wiki.gimp.org/wiki/Hacking:Building has an overview, you'll
need to check out the 2.10 branch though,
git checkout 2.10
after the git clone and before doing  anything else.
> >

Liam

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