. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 10 Pimp my GIMP 129 10.1 Grids and Guides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . New Plug-ins for help.) GNU Image Manipulation Program 129 / 653 Chapter 10 Pimp my GIMP 10.1 Grids and Guides You will probably have it happen many times that you need to place something in an image hold down the Shift key), but GIMP also provides you with two other aids to make positioning easier: grids and guides. Figure 10.1: Image used for examples below GNU Image Manipulation Program 130 / 653

this unless you have accidentally done something whose consequences are going to be very harmful. Grids and Guides You will probably have it happen many times that you need to place something in an image down the Shift key), but GIMP also provides you with two other aids to make positioning easier: grids and guides. GNU Image Manipulation Program Generated by docbook2odf Page 28 of 421 G e n e it is not visible until you activate it by toggling View Show Grid in the image menu. If you want grids to be present more often than not, you can change the default behavior by checking "Show grid" in

Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 12.2 Grids and Guides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 folder there. The directory must exist and be writable by you. 168 CHAPTER 12. ENRICH MY GIMP 12.2. GRIDS AND GUIDES 12.1.23 Data Folders Figure 12.31 Preferences: Brush Folders GIMP uses several types Deleting the system folder is probably a bad idea, but nothing prevents you from doing it. 12.2 Grids and Guides You will probably have it happen many times that you need to place something in an image

area and user tools, a Settings area with object manipulation options, Grid settings to con- trol grids and a few tabs to control paint options. PREVIEW AREA In Ops you’ll find all the drawing tools. operation. Cancel lets you exit Gfig, and drop all that you have done. Grid Grid controls the support grids in the Gfig drawing. If you have selected Grid Type: Rectangle in the Options tab, you can set the