Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP 2.10 .xcf files can't open in GIMP 2.8

2020-12-03 Thread Liam R E Quin
On Wed, 2020-12-02 at 13:00 -0500, Techno wrote: > > Well, it's good that I can pass the version 2.8 files to 2.10. I just > have to plan which way something's going carefully. When you do Save As in 2.10, you'll see the bottom of the dialogue gives you the chance to save with "slower but better

Re: [Gimp-user] Image Compression

2020-12-03 Thread Rick Strong
You haven't said whether the resultant PDFs are for printing or for web viewing. And are you referring to a PDF of one page, letter size, or many pages of a larger size? Nor do you tell us what size you think a "normal" PDF is. For printing you can get away with 260 dpi images. For web

Re: [Gimp-user] Opening uncompressed NASA image files in GIMP

2020-12-03 Thread Cliff Pratt via gimp-user-list
Just out of curiosity, probably nothing to do with your problem, what do you mean by "my system didn't like $HOME/"? In Unix-like systems, the $HOME variable equates to /home/, usually. Cheers, Cliff On Thu, Dec 3, 2020 at 5:30 PM Rick Kline wrote: > I found where GIMP plug-ins are stored by

Re: [Gimp-user] Opening uncompressed NASA image files in GIMP

2020-12-03 Thread Rick Kline
Thanks Kevin, I’ll get the file and try to build, although that’s not my strong suit. Rick * * ** *** * * * It’s better to wave at a stranger than to ignore a friend * * ** *** * * * > On Dec 3,

Re: [Gimp-user] Opening uncompressed NASA image files in GIMP

2020-12-03 Thread Kevin Cozens
On 2020-12-03 7:22 p.m., Rick Kline wrote: The image is a closeup of a scorched portion of the Mars Rover Opportunity’s heat shield that was burned during its trip through the Martian atmosphere. ok, ty. That explains why I was seeing what looked like a honeycomb in part of the image.

Re: [Gimp-user] Opening uncompressed NASA image files in GIMP

2020-12-03 Thread Rick Kline
Perfect, thanks, Partha. I saw the cp command and thought, why can’t I just drag it there myself? Rick * * ** *** * * * It’s better to wave at a stranger than to ignore a friend * * ** *** * * * > On

Re: [Gimp-user] Opening uncompressed NASA image files in GIMP

2020-12-03 Thread Partha Bagchi via gimp-user-list
If you show the folder structure in Finder, you can use finder. Otherwise use the cp command. On Thu, Dec 3, 2020 at 7:22 PM Rick Kline wrote: > The image is a closeup of a scorched portion of the Mars Rover > Opportunity’s heat shield that was burned during its trip through the > Martian

Re: [Gimp-user] Opening uncompressed NASA image files in GIMP

2020-12-03 Thread Rick Kline
The image is a closeup of a scorched portion of the Mars Rover Opportunity’s heat shield that was burned during its trip through the Martian atmosphere. Thanks for the info. I’ll try to get a working plugin now that I’ve found the plugin directory at rickkline/Library/Application

Re: [Gimp-user] Opening uncompressed NASA image files in GIMP

2020-12-03 Thread Dave Stevens
On Thu, 03 Dec 2020 18:27:36 +0100 Pieter van Oostrum wrote: > Gimp > Preferences > Folders > Plug-ins on my 2.10.18 mint it's Edit > Preferences > Folders > Plug-ins Dave ___ gimp-user-list mailing list List address:gimp-user-list@gnome.org List

Re: [Gimp-user] Opening uncompressed NASA image files in GIMP

2020-12-03 Thread Kevin Cozens
On 2020-12-03 12:24 a.m., Rick Kline wrote: Like magic: changed file type to .data GIMP opens with width, height, offset (which I ignore, because I can’t find a proper header descriptor) and image type. Set height and width to 1024 and 1024, file type to Gray unsigned 16-bit Little Endian, and

Re: [Gimp-user] Image Compression

2020-12-03 Thread Dr. Jason L. Amerson
Thank you for the information. On December 2, 2020 17:47:44 Øyvind Kolås wrote: On Wed, Dec 2, 2020 at 4:59 PM Jason Amerson via gimp-user-list wrote: I scanned in a magazine as JPEGs, 300 dpi and high compression, but still each file is over a megabyte. When I create a PDF using these

Re: [Gimp-user] Image Compression

2020-12-03 Thread Dr. Jason L. Amerson
Thank you for your help. I will give that a try. I know about copyright issues but when I scan in books or magazines it is for my personal use. I never distribute them. On December 2, 2020 17:46:20 Liam R E Quin wrote: On Wed, 2020-12-02 at 10:59 -0500, Jason Amerson via gimp-user-list