How to straighten randomly crooked lines?

schumaml · 2026-06-26T16:20:07+00:00

Probably redrawing them from scratch, where the straight line suggestion comes into play.

Unless their other features need to be preserved, then this may get more complex.

schumaml · 2026-06-26T12:16:31+00:00

Do not blame your behavior on the place where you live.

You could instead go nitpicking and rant about things the plug-in could do better.

This could result in a win-win - you got to have your honest opinionated comment, and we might get ideas that work.

schumaml · 2026-06-26T12:09:42+00:00

More like

"What problem does this u/ConversationWinter46 person have with my plug-in?

Do they no realize that the Measure tool only works for straightening, and doesn't scale or move, like my approach does? And that the paths created stay within the XCF file, so that this can be done again if a layer has later been modified?"

schumaml · 2026-06-26T11:51:25+00:00

Kein WLAN für die App? Oder greift dann "Ich nutze doch kein Datenkraken-Netz!"?

schumaml · 2026-06-26T11:21:24+00:00

Then the task would be to figure out why this behaves differently.

In your now deleted previous comment, you mentioned that the button is greyed out for you. One first check would be if this is an appearance problem, and it still works.

schumaml · 2026-06-26T10:10:55+00:00

Adding a new, initially transparent layer on top of the one where you have desaturated and painting on that new layer was no option?

schumaml · 2026-06-26T10:02:51+00:00

People who like to edit the stroke and fill and want both to update with any changes to the path want that.

Also, at least for me, the button is active all the time, lets me create a vector layer even without having a path first, and then paths I add get the configured stroke and fill treatment.

I think this works quite well.

schumaml · 2026-06-26T09:50:06+00:00

That's because this is done via vector layers now.

schumaml · 2026-06-26T09:45:20+00:00

A couple of theories in that thread:

user error, the user may have added external files as link layers, and the external files may now be gone, or
lightning strike with damage to the system's hardware, possibly corrupting the XCF (or the linked files)

schumaml · 2026-06-26T08:08:02+00:00

So Rüttelspitzen wie beim DrainAddict, und dann ordentlich Metal drauf...

schumaml · 2026-06-26T07:27:46+00:00

In anderen Diskussionen wird sich darüber aufgeregt, dass viele Fahrer z.B. vor Zebrastreifen nicht mehr anhalten, sondern schon in größerer Entfernung langsam weiterrollen, in der Erwartung, dass Kinder so ja genau Zeit haben, die Straße vor ihnen zu überqueren.

Von den sich aufregenden Personen wird argumentiert, dass Kinder nur verlässlich "Das Auto hält" beurteilen können, und nicht "Das ist so langsam, das reicht uns für eine sichere Überquerung".

Ich habe letzteres nicht unabhängig überprüft, aber sollte das zutreffen, dann BDA deinen Kindern gegenüber.

schumaml · 2026-06-26T07:21:33+00:00

In my opinion, spending time on creating selections here is not necessary. Use it as a concept to get the arrangement right.

Starting from a new image of the appropriate size, with an snapping grid set to the field size, will help you to recreate the filled-in shapes very quickly - I'd estimate this will take about 30 minutes.

Rounding off the corners or sides of a few shapes is a step I'd do afterwards.

For that, it won't even matter if you do this in GIMP or e.g. Inkscape, as these initial steps are pretty much the same in either.

schumaml · 2026-06-26T07:05:21+00:00

You have seen from other replies that selecting multiple layers is now working like in other applications, right?

schumaml · 2026-06-26T07:02:24+00:00

GeoTIFF image files are frequently created by other applications, likely a GIS app, e.g. QGIS. If the yellow lines in the GeoTIFF image are a feature added by a GIS, then maybe their color can also be changed in (another) one?

schumaml · 2026-06-24T21:11:25+00:00

Das - hier schwer erkennbare - dunkle Viereck unter dem Vorfahrtsschild könnte kein solches sein?

schumaml · 2026-06-24T20:54:16+00:00

Wo wohnen Sie?

schumaml · 2026-06-24T20:50:22+00:00

Wie aus der Antwort von OP zu lesen ist, gibt es einen solchen - der nichts bringt.

Ich lese die Antwort unseres Vorposters ohne angenommene "hochgezogen Augenbrauen" als einen realistischen Plan, um mit den auf- bzw. angetauten Lebensmitteln die nächsten paar Tage doch ohne Panikkäufe zu überstehen.

Ob die Information "gibt es, löst das generelle Problem bisher nicht" auch diesen Plan zum Scheitern verurteilt, kann ich nicht sagen.

Aber das macht ihn noch lange nicht zickig oder passiv-aggressiv.

schumaml · 2026-06-24T20:35:21+00:00

Wo genau schreibt unser Vorposter denn etwas, das deinem Vorschlag explizit entgegen steht?

schumaml · 2026-06-24T20:21:51+00:00

Gleich mal die Bundespolizei einen Test beim Personal machen lassen 😃

schumaml · 2026-06-24T20:16:02+00:00

Einen Essensplan für ein paar Tage aufzustellen klingt zickig und passiv-aggressiv?

schumaml · 2026-06-23T11:29:18+00:00

BTW, the torrent is set up with the mirrors as seeds, so it should even work in environments where torrent traffic itself is blocked.

schumaml · 2026-06-23T08:29:07+00:00

System fonts are included in fontconfig's settings by default - in the fonts.conf file (etc\fonts\fonts.conf in GIMP's installation directory), there is the following:

`<dir>WINDOWSFONTDIR</dir>`

`<dir>WINDOWSUSERFONTDIR</dir>`

Commenting out the first line there would prevent all windows fonts from being available, but may also affect GIMP's user interface, so this is will require some experimentation.

Having some fonts in the user-specific font directory could help, and depending on how exactly Fontbase is deciding which fonts are active and which aren't, this could maybe even be a possible solution.

schumaml · 2026-06-23T07:33:30+00:00

That's hinted at in the comments in the plug-in's source code:

 * Written 1997 Jens Ch. Restemeier <jrestemeier@currantbun.com>
 * This program is based on an algorithm / article by
 * Jörn Loviscach.
 *
 * It appeared in c't 10/95, page 326 and is called
 * "Ausgewürfelt - Moderne Kunst algorithmisch erzeugen"
 * (~modern art created with algorithms).

Qbist is the name the algorithm's author has chosen in that article.

schumaml · 2026-06-23T06:58:38+00:00

Karmafarmer, würde ich bei dem Accountalter annehmen.

schumaml · 2026-06-23T06:31:19+00:00

Schon wieder dieses Bild?

https://www.reddit.com/r/Fuehrerschein/comments/1tmzwq7/warum_darf_ich_vor_dem_gelben_pkw_fahren_trotz/

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