PULLING MY HAIR OUT!

[Corry]

OK, so I don't have photoshop or anything at work, but I did d/l Gimp a while back. I HATE gimp. I can't figure anything out. It is a royal pain in the arse. I want to do a simple thing that I KNOW I can do in photoshop...but can't figure it out here (and the help topics won't work in Gimp for some reason)

Ok...I'm working with this logo that a previous employer of my stepdads made. I would much rather just totally re-do it so it looks a lot nicer, but I don't know how, so...what I"m trying to do is select and move the 'home improvement' part, because it is not centered (and it drives me BATTY!), but for the life of me I cannot get it to move. I use the rectangular selection tool and make a rectangle around it, and then I use the 'move layer or selection' tool, and it moves the entire canvas instead of the selection. Can anyone help me?

 

[ShutteredEye]

OK, so I don't have photoshop or anything at work, but I did d/l Gimp a while back. I HATE gimp. I can't figure anything out. It is a royal pain in the arse. I want to do a simple thing that I KNOW I can do in photoshop...but can't figure it out here (and the help topics won't work in Gimp for some reason)

Ok...I'm working with this logo that a previous employer of my stepdads made. I would much rather just totally re-do it so it looks a lot nicer, but I don't know how, so...what I"m trying to do is select and move the 'home improvement' part, because it is not centered (and it drives me BATTY!), but for the life of me I cannot get it to move. I use the rectangular selection tool and make a rectangle around it, and then I use the 'move layer or selection' tool, and it moves the entire canvas instead of the selection. Can anyone help me?

Try making your selection and promoting it to its own layer. Then use your move tool.

 

[Corry]

OK...and how would I do that?

 

[jeroen]

Select, cut and paste.

 

[Corry]

Dude! You totally rock! I had given up for the moment until someone responded, and now I'm trying (without a lot of luck) to totally recreate it without all the jagged edges. Grrrrr! I wish I was better at this stuff.

 

[jeroen]

Woops, you're using Gimp, I'm talking PS. Didn't read enough of your post. Don't know anything about the Gimp...

My apologies.

 

[Corry]

It worked though, so it's all good. If I had photoshop at work (I have it at home) I wouldn't have to be asking these questions.

 

[jeroen]

Ah, cool. Good luck :thumbup:

 

[will turner]

Just do it on paint if your using windows

 

[Meysha]

hehehehe I love this guy ^^^^^.

 

[Corry]

Just do it on paint if your using windows

That uses bitmap, which gives it the jagged edge look that I'm trying to get rid of. Thanks though.