[TriLUG] KSnapshot alternative?

[Brian Henning]

Ooh ooh!

Or the next option down in the R-click Layer Menu: Layer to Image Size.

Thank you!

Cheers,
~Brian

Aaron S. Joyner wrote:
> Brian Henning wrote:
> 
>> Okay, so gimp wins..  but now I'm experiencing a new problem (read: 
>> I'm doing something wrong, but don't know what the right way is):  The 
>> window I'm capturing is a scroll pane, so I've had to grab three 
>> images of it to get all of its content.  No problem.  The problem 
>> comes when I try to hook the three images to each other.  I've 
>> expanded the canvas size on the first image ("top"), but when I try to 
>> paste the second image in ("middle"), it goes *behind* the transparent 
>> empty part of the first, enlarged image.  So when I drag it downward 
>> to match up the ends, it vanishes (as if I were dragging it off any of 
>> the other edges).  But it's not being treated as a layer; i.e. I can't 
>> Image->Stack->Layer to Top or anything like that.
>>
>> I'm sure my explanation is lacking, but it's hard for me to explain 
>> any more clearly..  Any ideas/suggestions?
>>
>> Thanks eversomuch more so,
>> ~Brian
> 
> 
> This is a really common problem in the GIMP, because it's not quite the 
> same as Photoshop.  If I recall, you need to increase the Layer Boundary 
> Size, which you should be able to do by right-clicking on the Layer in 
> the Layers window, and select "Layer Boundary Size".  Adjust that 
> accordingly with your canvas resize, and then you should be in good shape.
> 
> Aaron S. Joyner