From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Sep 2 00:33:40 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8D25916A4DA for ; Sat, 2 Sep 2006 00:33:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from micahjon@ywave.com) Received: from relay3.av-mx.com (relay3.av-mx.com [137.118.16.123]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4734343D53 for ; Sat, 2 Sep 2006 00:33:37 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from micahjon@ywave.com) X-Virus-Scan-Time: 0 Received: from [137.118.16.60] (HELO mx2.av-mx.com) by relay3.av-mx.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with SMTP id 386326685 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 01 Sep 2006 20:33:37 -0400 Received: (qmail 9844 invoked from network); 2 Sep 2006 00:33:36 -0000 Received: from dsl25232.ywave.com (HELO ?192.168.1.65?) (micahjon@ywave.com@216.227.113.232) by 0 with SMTP; 2 Sep 2006 00:33:36 -0000 X-CLIENT-IP: 216.227.113.232 X-CLIENT-HOST: dsl25232.ywave.com Message-ID: <44F8D15F.8070106@ywave.com> Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2006 17:33:35 -0700 From: Micah User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.5 (X11/20060730) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Gary Kline References: <20060901222002.GA77564@thought.org> In-Reply-To: <20060901222002.GA77564@thought.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: graphics programd like xpaint and gimp. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 02 Sep 2006 00:33:40 -0000 Gary Kline wrote: > I finally realized why I couldn't change the solid-color bg > with xpaint. The bucket [icon] is missing; the documentation > doesn't reflect this... But *anyway*, to other things-graphic. > > With gimp, is it possible to create polygons? How about a > 5-pointed star? Or 6- or 7-pointed star? I have found some > images of what I'm looking for thru Google/images, but the > bavkgrounf is not solid for some images, &c. Also, it is > possible to join two or three (already-drawn, on-disk) images > with gimp? I'm thinking of a circle surrounding a hexagon > surrounding a square, e.g. > > --Part of this is just-for-fun curiosity before > I get back to my studies; part of it is to try to create designs > for my jottings pages. > > thanks for any insights, > > gary Wondered this myself. The first Google result on 'polygons gimp' returned the GFig component accessed via filters->render->gfig. Made a 6 pointed star inside a circle inside a square in seconds. For joining images you may need to read up on the gimp. Specifically copy, paste, layers, transparency, masks, and canvas sizes are just some of the basics that you might have to deal with. HTH, Micah