Does anyone have Gimp that wouldnt mind helping me..I would like to know how to scan my bottle artwork that is too large for the scanner and then splice them together, I know this magic can be done, I just dont know if Gimp does it, or how that is done exactly.
Advice appreciated
thanks in advance

Hi Kay,

I would do it by pasting the images into individual GIMP layers, and then line them up by moving and rotating each layer to line up with the others. Writing out a full set of instructions would take more time than I have, I'm afraid, but I'd be happy to offer advice.

Let's see... OK, here you go. Here is an excellent online book about the GIMP. It's been published in paper too, so if you like the online version you can help the author by buying a copy (I have one.) In any case, section 7.5 is called "Panoramas", and it's a tutorial example of creating a panoramic image from many photos -- a similar but much harder problem than the combining-scans one. Nevertheless, many of the principles are the same.

thank you very much, i shall give it a go..

Well that was easy...thanks Mr. Hill lately it seems like every stinking thing I want to do I have to first "learn' how.. I have been on a MAJOR learning curve this week..it has been awesome

Learning is good. Monday I did something I haven't done in years: I left my desk at work, found a quiet corner away from email and phones, and read a book. Now, granted, it was a technical book, and the purpose was to learn something relevant to work. But what a luxury, to sit still and read a book straight through, really learning a topic, rather then just quickly looking up some random fact and moving on to the next thing. It seems like I used to have much more time to do that in the past than I do these days.

that must have been a nice treat for you..I am reading all the time, usually something on art, our library consist of art/politics on my side and guns, navy stuff and politics on his side..lol, my side is far more interesting.

Anyhoot, here is what I have learned today with your help thank you so much, it doesnt say anywhere how to get rid of the unsightly merge areas.
but I am thrilled to be able to do this now anyway, the scanner is much more accurate on my colors than that darn ol camera, well its not the camera really, but the weather and well, probably me too..I prefer to blame the weather

I have learned so much here over the past year it is really nutz..this place is a wealth of information and people willing to help.

many thanks to you guys for that

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I tried using Gimp once for coloring some line drawings but I couldn't for the life of me figure out how to use it.

Hi Kay. The merge lines are usually due to light seeping in under the cover of the scanner. To alleviate this problem, try placing a heavy black cloth over the lid to obscure the light.

ah...thank you steve, I shall do that next try.

That online book I pointed to above is not a bad introduction. It's a little more slanted toward photo processing than creating original work, but I think everything you need is in there.

Thanks about the info on the hardcopy book Ernest.........I downloaded GIMP last week (I know ....a bit slow) and am having fun working things out and using the online resource as a last resort being on dial up. But its nice to know that I can have it in my hot little hands to refer to any time I want.

But playing is fun too!!

Bravo, you learn quickly! I am much lower ... and lazy!!

Photo processing would be all I would be interested in such as adding color to some of my black and white line drawings. I wouldn't use it to create original works.