Re: [Gimp-user] Next gotcha
Gene Heskett wrote:
> Greetings all
>
> I did, after 20 minutes of screwing around, finally get it to use a
> selected foreground color for the text.
>
> But when I hit the help menu, up pops the help for 2.6! So I fire up
> synaptic and check to see if I am out of date, because the "context
> help" doesn't work at all. Yup, I'm up to date allright, got gimp-2.8.2
> but the doc files are for 2.6.x. Debian wheezy at your service, NOT.
>
> Anyway, the next problem is that I can't find a tool that will let me
> draw freehand lines so I can make a few arrows that point from a line of
> text to a feature in the image. Or maybe even draw a balloon around the
> text pointing at the feature.
>
> Did this train lose its conductor a few stops back? Or how can I back it
> up to when it Just Worked(TM) quite a bit of the time?
>
> Cheers, Gene Heskett
Hi,
I'm not member of the gimp list and don't want to be, so I just removed
them.
About your query. I prefer using Xfig in cases (probably) like yours. As you
mentioned, you want something to point (arrow) to something. And knowing
from previous posts, you are not a Rembrand type, I can suggest using Xfig.
I am not a Rembrand type as well and I prefer importing images in Xfig,
making arrows, objects with text etc, drawing different types of charts. It
takes some time to learn (same for gimp or double for both), but I can say
that I enjoy it.
regards
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