gimp help

[John Mahowald]

You can fill in a circle and then do a Select > Shrink on it, then
delete the center part, like this tutorial:
http://www.cubicdesign.com/gimp/1_3/.

I made a decent no sign with this once. The resolution isn't good
enough for a sign though.

John


On Sat, 15 Jan 2005 23:55:51 -0600, Gustavo Seabra <seabra at ksu.edu> wrote:
> Shawn wrote:
> 
> >Hello,
> >
> >I've only used gimp a little bit but need to teach an autistic child to
> >not run into the street and other things.
> >
> >To do that, I need to take pictures and then super-impose a basic no
> >sign (like you see for no-smoking) over it.
> >
> >Any suggestions for how to do that.  I am going through the gimp help
> >browser now but have basically no idea.  I _really_ appreciate it.
> >
> >
> >
> What i suggest is just to create the "no sign" in a new file, with
> transparent background. Then copy and paste it in a new layer on top of
> the other picture:
> 1. When viewing the picture, click Layer --> add new layer.
> 2. Open the "layers" dialog: Dialogs --> Layers
> 3. Select the new layer.
> 4. Paste the sign;
> 5. Resize it to what you need.
> 
> That should do it. However, I'm saying it from the top of my head, so
> you may have to go trough a couple more (or less) steps than this.
> 
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