Re: Trimming boundary of image in GIMP.
On Wed, 2020-10-07 at 10:49 -0700, peter@easthope.ca wrote:
> Until recently the routine for trimming the boundary of an image was,
> (1) Select > All,
> (2) grab a boundary with pointer and drag it toward the center,
> (3) drag other boundaries in a similar way until the desired
> boundary
> was indicated,
> (4) Image > Crop to Selection.
> Done.
>
> Appears that an update since the last time I used GIMP added a new
> feature. (?) Now left and right boundaries are linked with top and
> bottom boundaries. Dragging the top boundary pulls the sides in
> simultaneously. =8~(
I've always used the Rectangle Select tool by press the 'R' key (may be
different in no English locales?). That lets you select a rectangle by
clicking then dragging, and you can alter the selection by dragging he
sides and corners by putting the cursor inside the selection near the
edge.
I notice that Gimp remembers the last selection tool you used when
starting up, so maybe that's affecting the behaviour you see? E.g. for
me, after opening and image in Gimp, after Select All, trying to click
the selection border doesn't work, I just end up creating a new
selection because Rectangle Select is active as that was the last tool
I used before closing Gimp. In fact, I can't see how to select 'no
selection tool', I can just change it to the another type from the
menu, but there is no 'None'...
--
Tixy
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