GIMP

Mark Thomas wrote:
Floyd L. Davidson wrote:
Mark Thomas wrote:
Also, someone implied that Gimp toggled the preview on or off by simply
holding down the mouse or scroll bar..? not so in mine (2.4.6). You
need to check/uncheck the Preview box, and it only previews the effect
in the dialog box. In PS you merely have to hold the mouse button and
release it as you scroll around - nice.
Just move the mouse slightly (which will scroll the
preview within the
image). You are describing for PS exactly what GIMP does.


No, it isn't. Because AS SOON AS Gimp recalculates the image it
replaces it - you do NOT control the re-appearance of the sharpened
image. Maybe that gives you time on a slow machine, but on mine it
means I am continually clicking and re-moving - that is not the same at
all, and is annoying.

Why would you be "clicking" to re-move??? What you
describe for PS sounds like a PITA compared to GIMP.

Select Unsharp from the menu, then click on the little
cross in the lower right corner to position the preview
display within the image, then put the cursor on the
displayed preview image. You can hold down the left
mouse button and scroll the image. When the image is
moving it will be the non-edited version, and
immediately when you stop moving the unsharp version
will pop in. The only time "clicking" is necessary is
if you want to scroll the image a distance greater than
the limits of the preview width or height.

As far as a preview it is great. You can, for example,
scoot the center of the preview display around an object
and get a good look at the effects *without* having to
be clicking the mouse a dozen times.

Or, if you want the preview to stay in one place, you
just move the cursor ever so slightly downward, and
click in the preview on and off box, which really is
horribly difficult and distracting for PhotoShop users I
agree, but for *everyone* else seems to be very very easy.
(As in, what's your problem?)

You sound just like Alan "It isn't EXACTLY PhotoShop"
Browne.

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Floyd L. Davidson http://www.apaflo.com/floyd_davidson
Ukpeagvik (Barrow, Alaska)