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Positioning elements

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Positioning elements Michael Satterwhite 24 Feb 15:36
  Positioning elements Alan Horkan 24 Feb 22:52
Positioning elements Michael J. Hammel 26 Feb 00:29
Michael Satterwhite
2005-02-24 15:36:10 UTC (almost 20 years ago)

Positioning elements

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(In Linux) I'm having a problem positioning elements. When I select the move tool and try using the keyboard, it's not moving the element ... instead, it's zooming in and out. The mouse isn't precise enough to set element, and I don't see a way to specify the absolute position of an element.

Also, is there a tool / addin / ??? that will allow centering a layer (horizontally, vertically, or both) within an image?

tia - ---Michael
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Alan Horkan
2005-02-24 22:52:09 UTC (almost 20 years ago)

Positioning elements

On Thu, 24 Feb 2005, Michael Satterwhite wrote:

Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 08:36:10 -0600 From: Michael Satterwhite
To: gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu Subject: [Gimp-user] Positioning elements

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(In Linux) I'm having a problem positioning elements. When I select the move tool and try using the keyboard, it's not moving the element ... instead, it's zooming in and out. The mouse isn't precise enough to set element, and I don't see a way to specify the absolute position of an element.

Also, is there a tool / addin / ??? that will allow centering a layer (horizontally, vertically, or both) within an image?

You might try Layer, Align Visible Layers.

I also wrote a script to do this task in a way I liked better and found more user friendly which you might find useful but it doesn't really do anything new.

Align Layer Script http://matrix.netsoc.tcd.ie/~horkana/dev/gnome/gimp/script-fu/scripts/layer-align.scm (free for personal non-commercial use mostly because it is sort of incomplete and not well tested. if you want to do anything else with it just ask and I'm sure we can sort something out).

Sincerely

Alan Horkan http://matrix.netsoc.tcd.ie/~horkana/dev/gnome/gimp/script-fu/script-fu.html

Michael J. Hammel
2005-02-26 00:29:32 UTC (almost 20 years ago)

Positioning elements

On Thu, 24 Feb 2005, Michael Satterwhite wrote:

Also, is there a tool / addin / ??? that will allow centering a layer (horizontally, vertically, or both) within an image?

The Graphics Muse Tools includes a plugin called GFXLayers. It allows positioning a single layer or a set of layers based on an anchor layer you specify. Layers can be positioned interactively by dragging them around the preview or they can be positioned using a set of predefined toggles.

And yes, this will allow you to center a specific layer on the image. Just click on the layer name while you hold down the Ctrl key (to make it the anchor layer) and choose "Centered" from the Anchor Position toggles. Changes are immediate.

These plugins work either with GIMP 1.2/GTK+ 1.2 or with GIMP 2.2.3/GTK+ 2.6 (haven't tried them with GTK+ 2.4 yet). There is a different source package depending on which version you need.

http://www.ximba.org/gfxmuse/download.html

Hope that helps.