2.6. Open Location…

2.6. Open Location…
	2. Meniu „Failas“

This command opens the „Open Location“ dialog that lets you load an image from a network location, specified by a URI, in any of the formats that GIMP supports.

2.6.1. Komandos aktyvavimas

You can access this command from the Toolbox menubar or the image menubar through File → Open Location….

2.6.2. Dialogo lango aprašymas

Pav. 16.13. Dialogo langas „Atverti vietą“

The most typical schemes to open images with are:

file://

to open an image from a local drive

You can omit the „file://“ prefix and open images simply by putting an absolute or relative path and filename in here.

The default base directory for relative paths depends on your operating system. It is typically /home/<username>/ on Linux, C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\My Documents\My Images\ on Windows and /Users/<username>/ on Mac OS X.

ftp://

to open an image from a ftp server

http://

to load an image from a website

	Patarimas
When you are visiting an Internet site, you can right-click on an image and choose „Copy link address“ in the drop-down menu. Then paste it in the „Open Location“ dialog to open it in GIMP. Even if this command makes it very easy to grab images from web sites: Please respect the copyright! Images, even if published on the Internet are not always free to be used for you.

Patarimas

When you are visiting an Internet site, you can right-click on an image and choose „Copy link address“ in the drop-down menu. Then paste it in the „Open Location“ dialog to open it in GIMP.

Even if this command makes it very easy to grab images from web sites: Please respect the copyright! Images, even if published on the Internet are not always free to be used for you.