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@xxxxxxx> 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. > > -- > -- > ---------------------------------- > Gustavo Seabra - Graduate Student > Chemistry Department > Kansas State University > ---------------------------------- > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >
