[Gimp-user] Certification plans

2017-06-18 Thread mikolaskova
Hello, I'm working on a project, where existing raster graphic software is being replaced by GIMP. There was a question about available certification. Are there any official plans? I found an old thread, where it does not sound too positive about this idea, but maybe things changed. (this one

Re: [Gimp-user] Certification plans

2017-06-18 Thread Steve Kinney
On 06/18/2017 03:30 PM, Ofnuts wrote: > IMHO a Gimp certification is pointless. People that pay you for graphics > work look at the result and don't really care how you obtained it. Depends the workplace environment. At a company big enough to have a dedicated HR department, ass covering is

[Gimp-user] New plugin for merging three raw exposures.

2017-06-18 Thread Ken Moffat
After getting my Scheme plugin to work (add overexposed and underexposed versions of a raw image, to recover some shadow and highlight detail) and working out the detail of how I then recover from the reduced-contrast result (well duh!, G'MIC for Local contrast enhancement), and then fine-tuning

[Gimp-user] Double mails from the list ?

2017-06-18 Thread Ken Moffat
On Sun, Jun 18, 2017 at 04:26:14PM -0700, Ken Moffat wrote: Or rather, I wrote it at 00:26:14 +0100 on Monday. That post appeared on the list, followed by a second version with West-Coast American time. I'd noticed one or two double-posts recently (I filter this list into a mailbox with a lot

Re: [Gimp-user] Certification plans

2017-06-18 Thread Rick Strong
The originator of this question might be better off to become certified by a professional graphic design/graphic communication organization such as the GDC in Canada, ARGD in Ontario, the SDGQ in Québec, the UCDA (colleges & universities), CAPIC for Illustrators, the AGDA in Australia, the AIGA

Re: [Gimp-user] Double mails from the list ?

2017-06-18 Thread Casey Connor
I'm also seeing a lot of double posts. The headers between the duplicates are kind of mess; e.g. of the message you just sent, the first has the ntlworld DKIM signature, the second doesn't. The Received route indicate by the first seems to imply that a virginmedia.net server is re-injecting

Re: [Gimp-user] Double mails from the list ?

2017-06-18 Thread Kevin Cozens
On 2017-06-18 08:00 PM, Ken Moffat wrote: On Sun, Jun 18, 2017 at 04:26:14PM -0700, Ken Moffat wrote: I'd noticed one or two double-posts recently [snip] Anyone know what is going on ? One thing I've noticed is that the second message of a double post mentions a newsgroup "local.gimp.user".

Re: [Gimp-user] Certification plans

2017-06-18 Thread Steve Kinney
On 06/18/2017 03:22 AM, mikolaskova wrote: > Hello, > > I'm working on a project, where existing raster graphic software is being > replaced by GIMP. > There was a question about available certification. Are there any official > plans? Certification of what, by who, and for what purpose?

Re: [Gimp-user] Certification plans

2017-06-18 Thread Steve Kinney
On 06/18/2017 03:30 PM, Ofnuts wrote: > On 06/18/17 21:09, Steve Kinney wrote: >> >> On 06/18/2017 03:22 AM, mikolaskova wrote: >>> Hello, >>> >>> I'm working on a project, where existing raster graphic software is >>> being >>> replaced by GIMP. >>> There was a question about available

Re: [Gimp-user] Certification plans

2017-06-18 Thread Ofnuts
On 06/18/17 21:09, Steve Kinney wrote: On 06/18/2017 03:22 AM, mikolaskova wrote: Hello, I'm working on a project, where existing raster graphic software is being replaced by GIMP. There was a question about available certification. Are there any official plans? Certification of what, by

[Gimp-user] finding and replacing all variants of one colour

2017-06-18 Thread pbw
>Would something like this help? > >https://patdavid.net/2010/09/quick-and-easy-visualization-of-paint.html Yes, that is helpful, thank you Pat. The hint about desaturating is one of those things that are obvious once someone points them out to you. There's a great site called Encycolorpedia

[Gimp-user] My Crop and Selection stuff isn't working

2017-06-18 Thread Joey
Okay, so my system specs are: OS: Linux Mint 17 Version: Gimp 2.8.16 GPU: EVGA GTX 770 4GB Classified CPU(s): (2x) Xeon 2.6 Ghz 8core Hyper Threaded (32 threads total) RAM: (1x) Adata 1600Mhz 8GB Stick So not sure if that matters. The issue is, that I can't crop, or use the selection tools... The