[Gimp-user] Resize Tool Question

I'm trying to figure out IF and How the Gimp can perform a crop/ resize task which Photoshop can? This task is: in Photoshop, I can set Crop Tool dimensions, and when I drag in an image, the marquee will be that aspect ratio. When I finalize the crop, Photoshop will either crop down to

[Gimp-user] open PSD failure

I have a bunch of images in .psd format (native photoshop) but which GIMP won't open, giving me this message: Gimp Message Opening /[image path]/image.psd failed: Plug-in could not open image Plug in? I'm almost 100% sure I've used Gimp to both open and write psd files before..any

[Gimp-user] thumbnail layer in tiffs!

When I open tiff files (and perhaps other formats) I get the image, plus a tiny thumbnail of that image on its own layer, right up to the top left of the image! is this a feature? if so, how can it be de-activated? thanks! nk ___ Gimp-user

[Gimp-user] cache-font problems

I use Gimp on OS X (Tiger) in an X11 windowing environment. haven't used gimp in a few weeks, and today I get a dialogue box with a progress bar when I launch Gimp: The operation cannot be completed because the item cache-fonts is in use this thing never clears and gimp never becomes

[Gimp-user] Duotones in Gimp?

Does the Gimp enable one to create duotones? I searched and search and found nothing.. is it called a different name? I know that duotones are an old-school photography technique and one that did not originate on the computer. thanks! nk ___