Gimp's Standard Tools
When Gimp is first installed, it comes with several very useful tool windows activated:
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Tool options
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Layers, Channels, Paths, Undo History
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Foreground/ Background Color, Brush, Pattern, Gradient
Most of these tools are used in our sixth, seven, and eighth grade Gimp projects. It is frustrating to the students when a window disappears. Today I took the time to look at Preferences.
Gimp Versions
Depending on the age of the machine, I happen to have a few versions of Gimp running. In Gimp version 2.4.6, I found the option under File - Preferences. In version 2.6, preferences is on the Edit menu.
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I plan on spending more time looking through the preference settings, but the one I required to fix my disappearing tool windows is located in Window Management.
Window Management
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I'm really looking forward to starting Gimp with the sixth grade! All the headaches of disappearing and rearranged tool windows from previous years are behind me.
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