[Gimp-user] Alt Key

[Bob Long]

Thomas Worthington wrote:
> On Sat, 29 Dec 2007 21:42:54 -0000, Bob Long <bob at oblong.com.au> wrote:
[..]

>> a) Do you know the ratio you want to end up with before you start
>> cropping?
>
> I usually have a target ratio and some leeway. So I might know that
> the ideal is, say, .618 but that .6 to .63 will look okay if that's
> what I have to use to clip out something that I don't want in the
> picture. I don't think this is an unusual situation to be in. I know
> the ratio of the target space or page but I also know that the user
> won't notice/care about a minor deviation in margin sizes.

Ok - thanks for the explanation. That makes sense, and I can now understand 
what you require. On that basis, maybe it's something that the developers 
can consider to be added back to a future version.

-- 
Bob Long