[Gimp-user] Easily copying selections to a file?

[Alec Burgess]

Joshua McGee (joshua at mcgees.org) wrote (in part)  (on 2008-11-10 at
15:25):
>  I sell postage stamps.  For inventory photos, I scan whole
>  "stocksheets" (black backing, acetate strips to hold the stamps) with
>  the stamps in place, then use GIMP to cut out the individual stamps
>  for listing.
>
>  Right now, I draw a rectangular selection around each stamp, then
>  CTRL-C, CTRL-SHIFT-V, CTRL-SHIFT-S, type a name.  I can do this
>  pretty quickly, but my wrists would thank me if there were a way to
>  bind this series of keypresses to one keystroke, or to have a sort of
>  "Copy to" like the old Windows Paint program had.
>
>  Sorry if this is a ridiculously easy question.

see Guillotine - http://docs.gimp.org/en/plug-in-guillotine.html

draw guides to separate individual stamps as desired then use: 
<image>/Transform/Guillotine to create individual images

Having done that you will probably want to save all created images.

Saul Goode wrote "script-fu-save-all-images" see: 
http://www.nabble.com/Save-all-opened-files-with-ONE-click,-or-with-script...-td13893653.html
I don't think this has an official home anywhere?

-- 
Regards ... Alec   (buralex at gmail & WinLiveMess - alec.m.burgess at skype)


 create individual images<br>
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Having done that you will probably want to save all created images. <br>
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Saul Goode wrote "script-fu-save-all-images" see:
http://www.nabble.com/Save-all-opened-files-with-ONE-click,-or-with-script...-td13893653.html<br>
I don't think this has an official home anywhere?<br>
<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">-- 
Regards ... Alec   (buralex at gmail &amp; WinLiveMess - alec.m.burgess at skype)</pre>
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