{"id":3496,"date":"2011-07-19T05:00:52","date_gmt":"2011-07-19T09:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.georgetoon.com\/blog\/?p=3496"},"modified":"2011-07-17T15:19:19","modified_gmt":"2011-07-17T19:19:19","slug":"marks-quick-gimp-tip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.georgetoon.com\/blog\/marks-quick-gimp-tip\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark’s Quick Gimp Tip"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"stroke\"<\/a>When I’m drawing one of my cartoon features, there are times when I need to digitally create a specific shape. Well, The Gimp<\/a> can draw these different shapes. It only takes a couple of clicks. You use any of the selection tools and a command called Stroke Selection. You can use any color line or paintbrush in the toolbox and brush options. Step one is to make a selection. In the example at right, I used the circle selection tool. Then, right click on the selection’s marching ants outline and select Edit > Stroke Selection. When the dialog box pops up, you have options that allow you to draw a solid line or select a specific paintbrush (use the toolbox and brush options). Using paintbrush\/pencil line sizes, you can vary the thickness of the outline being painted. In this example, I’ve used the sunburst paintbrush to draw around the selection outline.<\/p>\n

Editor’s note:<\/strong> Mark Szorady is a Linux user and contributor to PCLinuxOS Magazine<\/em>.\u00a0 He writes a column called Mark’s Quick Gimp Tip<\/em> where he discusses various tools and tips when using the The Gimp<\/a> (the free Open Source graphics app).\u00a0 Mark also contributes his game panel Double Take<\/em> to the magazine.\u00a0 You can download a copy of\u00a0 PCLinuxOS Magazine at http:\/\/pclosmag.com\/.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When I’m drawing one of my cartoon features, there are times when I need to digitally create a specific shape. Well, The Gimp can draw these different shapes. It only takes a couple of clicks. You use any of the selection tools and a command called Stroke Selection. You can use any color line or […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[23,35,21,9,10],"class_list":["post-3496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-behind-the-scenes","tag-computer","tag-george-comic-strip","tag-linux","tag-pclinuxos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.georgetoon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3496","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.georgetoon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.georgetoon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgetoon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgetoon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3496"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgetoon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3496\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3503,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgetoon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3496\/revisions\/3503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.georgetoon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgetoon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgetoon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}