Dear All,

I am using GIMP 2.6.1 on Ubuntu 8.10

I wonder if there is a way to combine a few images in one file, so that
they will be placed side by side (something like tiles) in columns spanning across several rows? All images are of the same size which is predefined (7cm x 7cm). I want to print them as a single file.

It looks like a trivial problem, but I cannot find a solution.

Suggestions?

How many images?

Say there are 10 images and you want two rows.

File->New and set the size of the new image to 35cmx14cm and white background

Then add 10 layers, name the layers picture1-picture10

Go to your first image and copy it

Select the first layer and paste it

Then position it

The anchor it

Then do image 2 on layer 2 as the active layer etc until all is done

Owen

On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 10:36 AM, Owen wrote:

Dear All,

I am using GIMP 2.6.1 on Ubuntu 8.10

I wonder if there is a way to combine a few images in one file, so that
they will be placed side by side (something like tiles) in columns spanning across several rows? All images are of the same size which is predefined (7cm x 7cm). I want to print them as a single file.

It looks like a trivial problem, but I cannot find a solution.

Suggestions?

IMO this problem is better dealt with by ImageMagick, which has a 'montage' command for this purpose.

How many images?

Say there are 10 images and you want two rows.

File->New and set the size of the new image to 35cmx14cm and white background

Then add 10 layers, name the layers picture1-picture10

Go to your first image and copy it

Select the first layer and paste it

Then position it

The anchor it

Then do image 2 on layer 2 as the active layer etc until all is done

If you do it this way, I suggest setting up the grid and enabling 'snap to grid' first :)

David

Quoting Olga Lyashevska :

Dear All,

I am using GIMP 2.6.1 on Ubuntu 8.10

I wonder if there is a way to combine a few images in one file, so that they will be placed side by side (something like tiles) in columns spanning across several rows? All images are of the same size which is predefined (7cm x 7cm). I want to print them as a single file.

You can use the "File->Open As Layers" command to open multiple into one image as separate layers.

Second, I wrote a Script-fu a while back which adds a command ("Filters->Map->Mosaicize") which will arrange all of the layers in grid. The script automatically determines the number of rows and colors (attempting to keep the resulting image as square as possible) and will center each layer within a "cell" sized just large enough to ensure that no layers overlap.

None of the original layers are modified, they are just moved around. A background layer (filled with gray) is created which will provide "framing" around any layers which are smaller than the layer's cell.

The script can be downloaded from http://flashingtwelve.brickfilms.com/GIMP/Scripts/mosaicize.scm

On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 11:23:28PM -0500, saulgoode@flashingtwelve.brickfilms.com wrote: > Quoting Olga Lyashevska :
>
> > I am using GIMP 2.6.1 on Ubuntu 8.10 > >
> > I wonder if there is a way to combine a few images in one file, so that > > they will be placed side by side (something like tiles) in columns > > spanning across several rows? All images are of the same size which is > > predefined (7cm x 7cm). I want to print them as a single file. >
> You can use the "File->Open As Layers" command to open multiple into > one image as separate layers.
>
If the OP's intention is just to place images in a matrix, I would also suggest inkscape for the job. Placing and moving around is much easier in inkscape.

Regards,

Hi,

On Sun, 2008-12-21 at 23:57 +0000, Olga Lyashevska wrote:

I wonder if there is a way to combine a few images in one file, so that they will be placed side by side (something like tiles) in columns spanning across several rows? All images are of the same size which is predefined (7cm x 7cm). I want to print them as a single file.

What you are describing is the job of a page layout program. You might want to try Scribus.

Sven

On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 09:20:49PM +0000, Olga Lyashevska wrote: >
> On Mon, 2008-12-22 at 14:18 +0530, Sridhar M.A. wrote: > > If the OP's intention is just to place images in a matrix, I would > > also suggest inkscape for the job. Placing and moving around is much > > easier in inkscape.
>
> Just a quick try. I need more searching on how to do it. Do I have a > control over size as described above? >
It does have controls to resize and move objects, etc. Why don't you give it a try? Sorry, if I have missed it : What is the OS you are using? Inkscape is available for both GNU/Linux and MS Windows. Have a look at http://inkscape.org.

Regards,

On Tue, 23 Dec 2008 19:28:30 +0000 Olga Lyashevska wrote:

On Tue, 2008-12-23 at 07:08 +0530, Sridhar M.A. wrote:

It does have controls to resize and move objects, etc. Why don't you give it a try? Sorry, if I have missed it : What is the OS you are using? Inkscape is available for both GNU/Linux and MS Windows. Have a look at http://inkscape.org.

I am using Ubuntu 8.10
My problem is solved, I have done it manually using Inkscape. Still searching for more elegant solution though...

As Sven said, looks like you really should use Scribus. There are two available versions. 1.3.3.12 which is stable and 1.3.5-svn which is the development version

I suggest you try and get the 1.3.5 version as it will be ok for photo layouts, but more importantly, has inbuilt filters to touch up photos, (or you can still us the gimp)

Owen