Re: [Gimp-user] insert colored rectangle with text

2018-02-21 Thread Carol Spears
On Fri, Feb 16, 2018 at 5:18 PM, jphyde wrote: > insert colored rectangle with text > I need to insert a rectangle with text in an image. I have created the > rectangle, but when I paste it into the image it loses its color and > becomes > transparent. The text shows, but

Re: [Gimp-user] Frustrating path tool behaviour

2018-02-21 Thread Ofnuts
On 02/20/18 20:47, rogerhase wrote: Hello! New user here. I am trying to remove a background using the path tool. So I am following a video that shows how to use the tool. What I do is to select the path tool and drawi carefully the inner part of the drawing but halfway doing so, when I have

Re: [Gimp-user] Drawing tools stopped working all of a sudden

2018-02-21 Thread Ofnuts
On 02/12/18 06:29, FangoWolf wrote: In case this helps others, this happened to me. I had a rectangle selected on a different layer. Turn rectangle on and click a spot on the current layer and then back to pencil. You don't select "on another layer" since the selection is image-wide. When

Re: [Gimp-user] File/Create/Scanner ... on GIMP 2.9.8

2018-02-21 Thread Partha Bagchi
On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 3:47 AM, rich404 wrote: > >Tried Partha's Gimp installed on a straight Windows 10 machine (no VM) > >and it did add the Scanner/Camera entry to the File/Create menu but > >with no twain drivers listed. > > > >Not sure what else is needed? > > >

[Gimp-user] Blur/Smudge/Clone tool no longer working

2018-02-21 Thread rich404
>Hi there, > >I am having great difficulty with getting GIMP tools to work. ---snip-- > As soon as I switched to the Blur tool, the paint tools >stopped working. I can't even get Clone to work. > >Any assistance/guidance that anyone could provide me would be much >appreciated! Your image is

[Gimp-user] Blur/Smudge/Clone tool no longer working

2018-02-21 Thread rich404
Dear me, typo, hate this mailing list format. >Your image is in Indexed Colour Mode. Lots of tools do work in that That is of course, Lots of tools do not work in indexed mode. rich: www.gimp-forum.net -- rich404 (via www.gimpusers.com/forums) ___

[Gimp-user] Frustrating path tool behaviour

2018-02-21 Thread rich404
>Hello! > >New user here. I am trying to remove a background using the path tool. >So I am following a video that shows how to use the tool. >What I do is to select the path tool and drawi carefully the inner >part of the drawing but halfway doing so, when I have marked about 150 >points it

[Gimp-user] Frustrating path tool behaviour

2018-02-21 Thread rogerhase
Hello! New user here. I am trying to remove a background using the path tool. So I am following a video that shows how to use the tool. What I do is to select the path tool and drawi carefully the inner part of the drawing but halfway doing so, when I have marked about 150 points it randomly

[Gimp-user] Blur/Smudge/Clone tool no longer working

2018-02-21 Thread RunSebastian
Hi there, I am having great difficulty with getting GIMP tools to work. I am attempting to make a meme. I am trying to experiment with some tools (namely Smudge and Blur) to get the edge of someone's hair to look like it is naturally draping over the back of a jacket. I'd previously been using

[Gimp-user] File/Create/Scanner ... on GIMP 2.9.8

2018-02-21 Thread TomW
Tried Partha's Gimp installed on a straight Windows 10 machine (no VM) and it did add the Scanner/Camera entry to the File/Create menu but with no twain drivers listed. Not sure what else is needed? Thanks for pointing me in this direction. >For some reason the TWAIN plugin is not included in

[Gimp-user] File/Create/Scanner ... on GIMP 2.9.8

2018-02-21 Thread rich404
>Tried Partha's Gimp installed on a straight Windows 10 machine (no VM) >and it did add the Scanner/Camera entry to the File/Create menu but >with no twain drivers listed. > >Not sure what else is needed? > >Thanks for pointing me in this direction. Could be this problem

[Gimp-user] File/Create/Scanner ... on GIMP 2.9.8

2018-02-21 Thread rich404
>No problem getting to my scanner on current release of GIMP. > >Looking at the development version (GIMP 2.9.8) and the >File/Create/Scanner option is not listed. > >Is there something I need to do on the development version to see and >be able to select my TWAIN drivers? For some reason the

[Gimp-user] File/Create/Scanner ... on GIMP 2.9.8

2018-02-21 Thread TomW
No problem getting to my scanner on current release of GIMP. Looking at the development version (GIMP 2.9.8) and the File/Create/Scanner option is not listed. Is there something I need to do on the development version to see and be able to select my TWAIN drivers? -- TomW (via

[Gimp-user] Batch processing on an iMAC

2018-02-21 Thread rich404
>Thank you very much... >I may try your suggestion. I still advise ImageMagick for 700 files however as a demo two scripts *.scm which go in your Gimp profile scripts folder (no need to make these executable) sg-sequential-edit.scm and quick-export-jpeg.scm zipped them both up and attached.

[Gimp-user] Batch processing on an iMAC

2018-02-21 Thread GB13
>If I had to do this? Not Gimp, use ImageMagick. see >https://www.imagemagick.org/script/download.php > >Can be a simple as. > >magick mogrify -format jpg *.png > >will convert a folder full of png images to jpegs. > >On the other hand, if you want to see each image before exporting, the

[Gimp-user] Batch processing on an iMAC

2018-02-21 Thread GB13
Hi: I need to process upward of 700 pictures through GIMP with a simple workflow: - Open a picture file - Export it as a JPG file which enables these files to be uploaded in a custom database (programmed with Cold Fusion - not by me!) which only accepts the JPG format. Can anybody give me some

[Gimp-user] Batch processing on an iMAC

2018-02-21 Thread rich404
>Hi: > >I need to process upward of 700 pictures through GIMP with a simple >workflow: > >- Open a picture file >- Export it as a JPG file > >which enables these files to be uploaded in a custom database >(programmed with Cold Fusion - not by me!) which only accepts the JPG >format. > >Can anybody

[Gimp-user] Change the UI size?

2018-02-21 Thread L5eoneill
>Since you put the solution is "quotes", I assume somehow the solution >failed you? You provide no information on what failed for you. You >claim >that Linux has no issues and the issue persists on your other Windows >10 >machine. > >I have a 4k 17" laptop and the solution is just fine on my

[Gimp-user] insert colored rectangle with text

2018-02-21 Thread jphyde
insert colored rectangle with text I need to insert a rectangle with text in an image. I have created the rectangle, but when I paste it into the image it loses its color and becomes transparent. The text shows, but it is not black like it is in the image I have created. It is made up of little

[Gimp-user] Paintbrush Symmetry tool

2018-02-21 Thread rich404
>Just tried the latest partha version for someone and the symmetry drop >down options menu is missing. > >rich: www.gimp-forum.net oops.. my bad, the menu does show, needs an open canvas. Time to pack in for the day, I think. -- rich404 (via www.gimpusers.com/forums)

[Gimp-user] Paintbrush Symmetry tool

2018-02-21 Thread rich404
>It should be there: What operating system? and if Windows, version of >Gimp (gimp.org or partha or samj) > Just tried the latest partha version for someone and the symmetry drop down options menu is missing. rich: www.gimp-forum.net -- rich404 (via www.gimpusers.com/forums)

[Gimp-user] Paintbrush Symmetry tool

2018-02-21 Thread rich404
>I can not for the life of me seem to locate the dialog box for the >symmetry tool. I go to windows>dockable dialogs and it is not there as >an option. is these feature no longer part of the program? It should be there: What operating system? and if Windows, version of Gimp (gimp.org or partha or

[Gimp-user] Why is this color mapping not working?

2018-02-21 Thread rich404
>HI, > >I'm using Gimp 2.8.18 on Mac High Sierra. I want to do what I hope is >very simple -- switch out one color with another. I wanted to change >the white to a dark gray and teh black to a lighter gray. I first >changed the white color, which went ok. Then, I want to change all >the black

[Gimp-user] Paintbrush Symmetry tool

2018-02-21 Thread okur4
I can not for the life of me seem to locate the dialog box for the symmetry tool. I go to windows>dockable dialogs and it is not there as an option. is these feature no longer part of the program? -- okur4 (via www.gimpusers.com/forums) ___

[Gimp-user] Why is this color mapping not working?

2018-02-21 Thread laredotornado
HI, I'm using Gimp 2.8.18 on Mac High Sierra. I want to do what I hope is very simple -- switch out one color with another. I wanted to change the white to a dark gray and teh black to a lighter gray. I first changed the white color, which went ok. Then, I want to change all the black to a

[Gimp-user] Layer paintbrush randomly stopped working.

2018-02-21 Thread RunSebastian
Nevermind. Got it figured out. The eraser tool is a nice substitute for the paintbrush tool in this situation. ;) -- RunSebastian (via www.gimpusers.com/forums) ___ gimp-user-list mailing list List address:gimp-user-list@gnome.org List

[Gimp-user] Retaining Layers in EPS export

2018-02-21 Thread rich404
>I realize that GIMP is primarily raster, but is there any way to >export a high-resolution (300dpi or higher) image that will retain the Not primarily raster, is raster. A little search and not looking promising. This a bit old but probably correct https://forums.adobe.com/thread/485325 I can

[Gimp-user] Retaining Layers in EPS export

2018-02-21 Thread GoatFeathers
I realize that GIMP is primarily raster, but is there any way to export a high-resolution (300dpi or higher) image that will retain the layers (no automatic flattening) and resolution? EPS files are exported flat and the resolution is reduced dramatically in the exported image. The only 3rd party

[Gimp-user] Drawing tools stopped working all of a sudden

2018-02-21 Thread FangoWolf
>Oh, and the version of GIMP, of course. > >Alex In case this helps others, this happened to me. I had a rectangle selected on a different layer. Turn rectangle on and click a spot on the current layer and then back to pencil. -- FangoWolf (via www.gimpusers.com/forums)

[Gimp-user] Layer paintbrush randomly stopped working.

2018-02-21 Thread RunSebastian
Hi there, I am in the process of making an image grid for Valentine's Day. I have been using white layers to change the hue of my images' background. Top image - the original image, bottom image - the changed image. I have been using white layers to erase the background of the top image so you

[Gimp-user] Starting up GIMP in WIN 8.1

2018-02-21 Thread Ramon Jaime Conde Velez
Dear User; Using the Windows 8.1 after installation open your "This PC" aka "My Computer" & direct your attention to the following folders: "C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenOffice 4\program\soffice.exe" Right-click there & send it to the desktop, so that you may double-click & it opens. As well if