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PCLinuxOS Magazine ☛ How To Draw Arrows In GIMP 3.0
I am a basic user of GIMP and know enough about its features to edit the screenshots that I include in my articles. One function, however, has always frustrated me: the ability to add arrows. The procedure seemed to be needlessly difficult, so I have preferred using Shutter when I need to add an arrow.
Shutter has multiple dependencies relying on perl and perl-gtk2; a recent issue with outdated perl and/or perl-gtk packages in PCLinuxOS caused Shutter to be removed/uninstalled. (Texstar wrote in the forum that perl and perl-gtk are broken at the moment and “may be for a while.” Updating the perl-related packages is a daunting task, as more than 3,000 packages would need to be rebuilt.) I realized that it was time for me to learn how to draw arrows in GIMP.
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PCLinuxOS Magazine ☛ GIMP Tutorial: Create Transparent Cutout Text
I saw another tutorial by Davies Media Design that you might enjoy. This could be useful in photo editing to add a title to a photo for an album. It’s a nice effect because it makes part of the photo visible through the text.
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PCLinuxOS Magazine ☛ Tip Top Tips: How To Use Joe's Own Editor (JOE)
Tip Top Tips is a semi-monthly column in The PCLinuxOS Magazine. Periodically, we will feature – and possibly even expand upon – one tip from the PCLinuxOS forum. The magazine will not accept independent tip submissions specifically intended for inclusion in the Tip Top Tips column. Rather, if you have a tip, share it in the PCLinuxOS forum’s “Tips & Tricks” section. Occasionally, we may run a “tip” posted elsewhere in the PCLinuxOS forum. Either way, share your tip in the forum, and it just may be selected for publication in The PCLinuxOS Magazine.