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How to Grid a Picture

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nbd13

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Jul 12, 2010
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Hi,

I am looking for a FREE program that I can grid a few pictures with. I would love the grid to be 1 mm x 1 mm if possible? If not, then just a grid would be great.

Thanks in advance for your time.

Nick
 
Xavier said:
Gimp
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Thanks. How do I know what version of OS X I have? Tiger, leopard or snow leopard? Is there a way I can find out on my Macbook 4,1?

I think I figured out which version I have 10.5.6, so I downloaded GIMP 2.6.8 for Leopard. When I open it, or try to open I should say, it says, "The application gimp-2.6 quit unexpectedly. Mac OS X and other applications are not affected. Click Relaunch to launch the application again. Click report to see more details or send a report to Apple."

When I click on Report, this is what is says:

Dyld Error Message:
Library not loaded: /usr/X11/lib/libXdamage.1.dylib
Referenced from: /tmp/skl/Gimp.app/Contents/Resources/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.0.dylib
Reason: Incompatible library version: libgtk-x11-2.0.0.dylib requires version 3.0.0 or later, but libXdamage.1.dylib provides version 2.0.0

So what does this mean and how do I fix it?

Thanks,

Nick
 
You need to have X11 installed I believe.

It can be found on your Leopard install disc. Its probably on the net as well.
 
Xavier said:
You need to have X11 installed I believe.

It can be found on your Leopard install disc. Its probably on the net as well.
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Thanks, but I think I already have X11 installed, it comes with the Leopard system. I found it on my computer already. So, not sure what to do from here?

Nick
 
The requirements read that you need 10.5.7 to run GIMP.

You said you have 10.5.6. Try updating.
 
Xavier said:
The requirements read that you need 10.5.7 to run GIMP.

You said you have 10.5.6. Try updating.
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Perfect. It is working now. One more question while I have your attention. I have the grid set and can see the grid while I am using the GIMP program, but how to I keep the grid on the picture so I can see it if I open it in another program? I tried saving it while using GIMP with the grid on it and when I open it in another program the grid is gone?

Thanks again,

Nick
 
Gimp puts the grid on the picture, so it will only show in Gimp. Of course, you could always take a screen shot of the picture with the grid, and that would show in other programs, but then you wouldn't be able to get rid of it.
 
Dave Braine said:
Gimp puts the grid on the picture, so it will only show in Gimp. Of course, you could always take a screen shot of the picture with the grid, and that would show in other programs, but then you wouldn't be able to get rid of it.
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Thanks, is there another free program that puts a permanent grid on the pics?

Nick
 
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