On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 3:44 PM, wwp wrote:

Hello there,

using Gimp 2.6, I always use the Fixed aspect ratio thing to crop photos. I always have to manually edit the ratio value in the widget right below, to get 1:1, 3:2, 4:3, etc. (there are many common aspect rations that fit photo printing, see reference below).

GIMP already memorizes values that you used before. So when you start typing in, it tries to autocomplete.

Alexandre Prokoudine http://libregraphicsworld.org

On Thu, 2011-10-27 at 14:24 +0200, wwp wrote:

Hello Alexandre,

On Thu, 27 Oct 2011 16:11:25 +0400 Alexandre Prokoudine wrote:

On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 3:44 PM, wwp wrote:

Hello there,

using Gimp 2.6, I always use the Fixed aspect ratio thing to crop photos. I always have to manually edit the ratio value in the widget right below, to get 1:1, 3:2, 4:3, etc. (there are many common aspect rations that fit photo printing, see reference below).

GIMP already memorizes values that you used before. So when you start typing in, it tries to autocomplete.

Oh, you're right, type-ahead does auto-complete.. but it doesn't remember values across when I restart the application.

Anyway keeping a trace of all that is typed is not always good idea. It would remember typos and mistakes too. I could live with it, if the remembered values are stored (even if I have to purge the list manually by editing a config file).

That type-ahead concept is also is different from a combo list (no need for keystrokes to reuse a predefined value), and you can even get both.

See https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=156858

Regards, --Mitch

Hi all,

2.7 has brand new sparkling tool presets that fill this need :) They have been widely used exactly for this purpose by early testers.

Best, Alexia

2011/10/27 Alexia Death

Hi all,

2.7 has brand new sparkling tool presets that fill this need :) They have been widely used exactly for this purpose by early testers.

I don't understand how that can be used for saving the fixed aspect ratio for the crop tool. The only saved options see to deal with other tools?

On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 6:23 PM, Olivier wrote:

2.7 has brand new sparkling tool presets that fill this need :) They have been widely used exactly for this purpose by early testers.

I don't understand how that can be used for saving the fixed aspect ratio for the crop tool.

It can be used for that quite literally :) Just try it :)

Alexandre Prokoudine http://libregraphicsworld.org

2011/10/27 Alexandre Prokoudine

On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 6:23 PM, Olivier wrote:

2.7 has brand new sparkling tool presets that fill this need :) They have been widely used exactly for this purpose by early testers.

I don't understand how that can be used for saving the fixed aspect ratio for the crop tool.

It can be used for that quite literally :) Just try it :)

With your encouragements I tried further. I have the impression that in

order to use a specific tool preset, first I must choose a tool different from the one I'm using, otherwise selecting the tool preset I need has no effect. Is there something hidden that I don't understand?

In other words, I want to use the Crop tool with a specific set of options I saved before, and which by the way does not deal with the options that are shown in the Tool Preset Editor (none of them). If the Crop tool is currently selected, I must first select another tool, then select the tool preset I saved before.

Am I missing something obvious?

On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 6:42 PM, Olivier wrote:

I don't understand how that can be used for saving the fixed aspect ratio
for the crop tool.

It can be used for that quite literally :) Just try it :)

With your encouragements I tried further. I have the impression that in order to use a specific tool preset, first I must choose a tool different from the one I'm using, otherwise selecting the tool preset I need has no effect. Is there something hidden that I don't understand?

This is definitely not the case for me. Switching between 16:9 and 3:2 tool presets works like a charm here. Tools are also automatically switch, otherwise what's the point of presets in the first place? :)

Are we still talking about presets you can create and load from Windows/Dockable Dialogs/Tool presets?

Alexandre Prokoudine http://libregraphicsworld.org

On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 5:42 PM, Olivier wrote:

With your encouragements I tried further. I have the impression that in order to use a specific tool preset, first I must choose a tool different from the one I'm using, otherwise selecting the tool preset I need has no effect. Is there something hidden that I don't understand?

If you have the pereset you want to apply currently active you need to switch to a different preset for a moment. Its a minor annoyance that needs a fix. But tool gets changed automatically to the one in preset. If you have only one preset you will need to have one other to swap to...

In other words, I want to use the Crop tool with a specific set of options I saved before, and which by the way does not deal with the options that are shown in the Tool Preset Editor (none of them). If the Crop tool is currently selected, I must first select another tool, then select the tool preset I saved before.

Tool preset editor lets you control what aspects of the preset get applied, not the preset itself. Creating and updating the preset is perhaps clearer if done in the tool options menu.

On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 7:10 PM, Olivier wrote:

Are we still talking about presets you can create and load from Windows/Dockable Dialogs/Tool presets?

Yes we are. I pursued my tests, and I observed that if I there is only one tool preset for a given tool, selecting that one when the tool is already selected does not change anything.

Ah, that is a correct observation.

P.S. I'm ataking this back to the list as you replied personally. I'm assuming that you didn't mean it :)

Alexandre Prokoudine http://libregraphicsworld.org

wwp writes:

On Thu, 27 Oct 2011 15:54:27 +0300 Alexia Death wrote:

2.7 has brand new sparkling tool presets that fill this need :) They have been widely used exactly for this purpose by early testers.

Interesting! I'll give 2.7 a try and come back later if necessary.

Unsubscribing now, thanks to all!

You don't have to use 2.7 to get tool presets. I use tool presets all the time in 2.6 for crop and rect select aspect ratios. http://www.shallowsky.com/blog/gimp/gimp-tool-presets.html

...Akkana