Hi,

johnny writes:

1. Let's say I have this image I need to rotate precisely by 2.5 degrees CCW. How I am supposed to do this simple task in Gimp?

Choose the transform tool, make sure it has Rotation choosen, click into the image. You will get a dialog where you can enter the desired rotation angle.

2. I still didn't figure out how to quickly create my own patterns (this is a simple procedure in Photoshop).

Does this help? http://mmmaybe.gimp.org/tutorials/Tileable_Textures/

3. A Distort tool seems to be missing in Gimp. Correct me if I am wrong.

What exactly is a Distort tool? Using Photoshop terminology doesn't help, perhaps you could explain what such a tool would do?!

Sven

1. Let's say I have this image I need to rotate precisely by 2.5 degrees CCW. How I am supposed to do this simple task in Gimp?

Use the transform tool and set its options to rotation, traditional. Click on the image to initiate a transfrom then type -2.5 into the Angle field of the Rotation Information dialog before clicking Rotate.

2. I still didn't figure out how to quickly create my own patterns (this is a simple procedure in Photoshop).

Save any image you wish to use into your patterns folder with the extension .pat. Open the pattern chooser and click Refresh to load the pattern you have just saved.

3. A Distort tool seems to be missing in Gimp. Correct me if I am wrong. Running Gimp 1.2.3 on a Mandrake Linux box.

Take a look at the Filters|Distorts menu, perhaps it contains what you are looking for.
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Steve Crane
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On Tue, 2003-06-10 at 10:18, johnny wrote:

1. Let's say I have this image I need to rotate precisely by 2.5 degrees CCW. How I am supposed to do this simple task in Gimp?

The answer is simple. Use the Transform Tool from the toolbox.

2. I still didn't figure out how to quickly create my own patterns (this is a simple procedure in Photoshop).

It is a simple procedure in GIMP as well.

Patterns are saved with the .pat extension. To make the pattern available from within gimp-1.2 you should save it to one of the pattern directories (e.g. ~/.gimp-1.2/patterns/ on GNU/Linux)

3. A Distort tool seems to be missing in Gimp. Correct me if I am wrong.

Did you check the /Filters/Distorts/ menu? Not exactly a tool, but I am not sure what it is exactly you are looking for here...

Sincerely, ./Brix

On Tue, 2003-06-10 at 10:18, johnny wrote:

3. A Distort tool seems to be missing in Gimp. Correct me if I am wrong.

I did a quick browse of the Photoshop7tryout and didn't find any distort tool. If you're refering to the free transform functionality it's a perspective tool in Gimp. In 1.2 it's a 'perspective' mode of the transform tool. If you want to transform the paths along with pixels, you need to lock the apropriate path layer in the paths window.

The 1.4 version will be able to transform selections too.

cheers

On Tue, 10 Jun 2003, johnny wrote:

3. A Distort tool seems to be missing in Gimp. Correct me if I am wrong.

I think you might be looking for the Interactive Warp tool.

Filters > Distorts > IWarp

The interface is not what you are used to but you'll find it quite capable once you learn how it works.