BUT when I use i3lock/swaylock, it's off-center which is frustrating in a very #ADHD way (see screenshot)
How would I go about cropping the image to make it centered? I mean, so that the little circular login indicator thingie is centered right on the innermost triangle?
Ah, well, I'm not if this method is the simplest / best but it's how I would go about it:
Add a new layer, click on rectangular select tool and set size to screen size
Click on image ensuring entire rectangle fits on screen then fill with white (or w/e) then crop the layer to selection; set layer opacity to 50% so you can see image below
Add another layer and use pencil tool to draw a small mark then crop the layer to content
Using #Gimp on a Mac and ... it won't edit photos any more. I tried resetting, reinstalling, searching the web like mad. Can open photos and do almost anything I want, including adjusting levels, but literally nothing using the edit buttons works, so no image editing 😢
(Exception: bucket fill works if I'm not in gradient mode, but it fills with the background color, not the foregound).
@ovid there's a setting to make it do that, but by default BG color fill is what happens when you press alt while using the tool (you can see it while pressing alt on the "tool options" dialog.) Maybe something thinks alt is pressed and that also borks the edit menu? I once had a right mouse button on a trackpad that would get stuck if I wasn't careful, made everything weird.
I mean, how was the Blender community able to create an industry-level software beloved by both enthusiasts and professionals and supported by the big players? Meanwhile the #Photoshop users, despite being ripped-off and spat on daily by #Adobe, won't touch GIMP with a ten meter pole and it squarely remains the weapon of choice only for occasional users?
@FifiSch The major reason I've heard why Photoshop users don't want to use GIMP is that the interface is too different — they've invested lots of time learning how to use Photoshop and don't want to throw away that knowledge.
I could speculate about why similar concerns are not an impediment for Blender, but I haven't used it or similar software, and don't even know anyone who has.
Whoa, the Government of Canada has an incredibly detailed page on the dark art of scanning photographs with a flatbed scanner. It is full of practical & theoretical info, incl. color theory (color space, models, gamuts, accuracy, distance, illuminance, bit depth, dynamic range, etc.), common scanning issues… and you can even the #Coloraid (Wolf Faust) "IT 8.7/2" color calibration target referenced, plus #GIMP screenshots 🤯