I applied a filter to an image (perspective)—it did nothing. I then applied another filter to the same image and a warning msg came up saying I couldn’t run the second filter because the first one was still running.

How do I turn off the first filter?

Rick S.

Never mind. I found it.
A little blinking Wilber appears on my program bar at the bottom of my screen when I activate a filter. Clicking on *that* pops up the filter options dialogue with an option to cancel. Too bad the filter options dialogue doesn't open automatically beside where you are working.

RS

-----Original Message----- From: Rick Strong
Sent: Friday, October 21, 2016 2:38 PM To: GIMP User List
Subject: [Gimp-user] How to stop a filter from running

I applied a filter to an image (perspective)—it did nothing. I then applied another filter to the same image and a warning msg came up saying I couldn’t run the second filter because the first one was still running.

How do I turn off the first filter?

Rick S.

Win 7, SP1. GIMP 2.8.16. Same result in single- or multi-window; Perspective or Drop Shadow: Blinking Wilber icon comes up first down at the bottom of my screen, then the dialogue opens up after clicking on Blinking Wilber.

Not to worry. Now I know how it works on my system, I can use it productively. {8>)

Thanks,
Rick

-----Original Message----- From: Liam R. E. Quin
Sent: Monday, October 24, 2016 2:28 AM To: Rick Strong ; GIMP User List
Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] How to stop a filter from running

On Fri, 2016-10-21 at 17:23 -0400, Rick Strong wrote:

Too bad the filter
options
dialogue doesn't open automatically beside where you are working.

They do here. Is this under Linux? Which window manager / desktop environment? The GIMp that came with the distribution? Which version? Which distribution? Is this Ubuntu with Unity?

Most often when people forget to mention their operating system it's either Windows or Mac :) but GIMP is developed and tested primarily on Linux systems.

Also, you could try "single window mode" (from GIMp's Windows menu) and see if that helps. It may also depend on the specific filter you're running.

Liam