[Courses] [gimp] Lesson 1: Cropping and Rescaling an Image

[Patricia Peck]

Akkana Peck wrote:
> If it wasn't working before, it's possible that the image window
> wasn't focused. 

Ah, I'll bet that was it.  I've tried it a few more times, making sure 
it was focused on the image windows, and it works fine.

> Not a typo, but maybe I wasn't clear.  - always zooms out.
> To zoom in, it's either + or =, depending on what version of
> gimp you're using.

Okay, got it, thanks.

> In gimp, if you pull up a menu for
> something you do often that doesn't have a key binding already,
> move the mouse over the menu item (but don't click), then hit
> the key you want to use (e.g. hit = or + or whatever), the
> binding for that function magically changes!  You can see
> it change in the menu as you type the key.
> 
> This works automatically in gimp 1.2.  Gimp 2 still has this,
> but it's harder to find: go into Preferences, click on Interface,
> and check "Use Dynamic Keyboard Shortcuts".  Now you can go
> back to the menu and assign keys to any function.


Oh, this is nifty!  Good tip!  Too bad they made it harder in v.2, though.

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	...Pat