Re: [Gimp-user] New User - adding snow to scene???

2018-11-11 Thread Rick Strong
It depends on the time of year. {8>) What kind of snow are you looking for? Rick S. -Original Message- From: Aswell Sent: Friday, November 09, 2018 5:13 AM To: gimp-user-list@gnome.org Cc: notificati...@gimpusers.com Subject: [Gimp-user] New User - adding snow to scene??? Hi, I

[Gimp-user] New User - adding snow to scene???

2018-11-11 Thread Aswell
Hi, I am a new user to Gimp because my wife spoke to someone in her art group who said Gom 2 could be used to add snow to a photo or scanned artwork. I have looked around Gimp (there's a lot in it!) and cannot find any suggestion to do what she suggests. I have done some tutorials, all very

Re: [Gimp-user] New User Need Help Enlarging/Enhancing Image

2018-08-16 Thread Matthew Woehlke via gimp-user-list
On 2018-08-15 15:14, nickib wrote: > Wow - the revision you created is beautiful! Honestly I don’t understand most > of your explanation but the end product would be perfect! Bottom line - how > large - realistically- could that be made and still look good? With my version, *as is*, I wouldn't

[Gimp-user] New User Need Help Enlarging/Enhancing Image

2018-08-16 Thread nickib
>The more I look at the "lightroom version", the less I like it. For >me, >the orange is oversaturated; I preferred the softer, more "pastel" >look >of the original. Also, the dock is so dark in the original that trying >to recover any detail there doesn't look particularly good to my eye,

Re: [Gimp-user] New User Need Help Enlarging/Enhancing Image

2018-08-15 Thread Matthew Woehlke via gimp-user-list
On 2018-08-13 15:01, nickib wrote: >> You might be going about this all wrong. If you really want to use >> this to produce a very large physical print, I would consider >> embracing that the original image is smudgy by upsampling it (maybe >> to 7200x3600 if not 14400x7200 after cropping it to

Re: [Gimp-user] New User Need Help Enlarging/Enhancing Image

2018-08-15 Thread Matthew Woehlke via gimp-user-list
On 2018-08-13 15:43, Ofnuts wrote: > On 08/13/18 20:31, Matthew Woehlke via gimp-user-list wrote: >> Also, make sure you save the result at least as a JPEG with 98% to 100% >> quality, if not PNG. > > I second the idea to hide the defects with some heavy "artistic" > filtering, but 98% quality?

[Gimp-user] New User Need Help Enlarging/Enhancing Image

2018-08-13 Thread nickib
>I'm not sure I'd go even that big. The original was twice that >resolution and had a lot less JPEG artifacting. > >Actually... you might be going about this all wrong. If you really >want >to use this to produce a very large physical print, I would consider >embracing that the original image is

[Gimp-user] New User Need Help Enlarging/Enhancing Image

2018-08-13 Thread gstalnaker
>I'm not sure I'd go even that big. The original was twice that >resolution and had a lot less JPEG artifacting. > >Actually... you might be going about this all wrong. If you really >want >to use this to produce a very large physical print, I would consider >embracing that the original image is

Re: [Gimp-user] New User Need Help Enlarging/Enhancing Image

2018-08-13 Thread Ken Moffat via gimp-user-list
On Mon, Aug 13, 2018 at 02:31:37PM -0400, Matthew Woehlke via gimp-user-list wrote: > On 2018-08-13 13:09, Partha Bagchi via gimp-user-list wrote: > > The image is 2048x1536 (3.1 MP). Best you can hope for is an 8 by 10. > > That's inches. If you are willing to sacrifice quality further you can

Re: [Gimp-user] New User Need Help Enlarging/Enhancing Image

2018-08-13 Thread Ofnuts
On 08/13/18 20:31, Matthew Woehlke via gimp-user-list wrote: On 2018-08-13 13:09, Partha Bagchi via gimp-user-list wrote: The image is 2048x1536 (3.1 MP). Best you can hope for is an 8 by 10. That's inches. If you are willing to sacrifice quality further you can try printing in 150dpi which

[Gimp-user] New User Need Help Enlarging/Enhancing Image

2018-08-13 Thread Matthew Woehlke via gimp-user-list
On 2018-08-13 13:09, Partha Bagchi via gimp-user-list wrote: > The image is 2048x1536 (3.1 MP). Best you can hope for is an 8 by 10. > That's inches. If you are willing to sacrifice quality further you can try > printing in 150dpi which would give you 14 by 10. I'm not sure I'd go even that big.

[Gimp-user] New User Need Help Enlarging/Enhancing Image

2018-08-13 Thread gstalnaker
>Here is one that was taken from my camera and edited in Lightroom. I >have no idea how large this would be able to be printed. Do you? Is >there anywhere online I can submit several pictures to see how large >they can be made without losing quality? I really want to use this >picture somehow!

Re: [Gimp-user] New User Need Help Enlarging/Enhancing Image

2018-08-13 Thread Ken Moffat via gimp-user-list
On Mon, Aug 13, 2018 at 06:39:15PM +0100, Ken Moffat via gimp-user-list wrote: > > As to Nick's question - the "things" in the middle of the pier > (bump-stops?) are probably the limiting factor, together with how > close you are when you view it. I forgot to say that I was looking at an

Re: [Gimp-user] New User Need Help Enlarging/Enhancing Image

2018-08-13 Thread Ken Moffat via gimp-user-list
On Mon, Aug 13, 2018 at 01:00:53PM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Sunday 12 August 2018 18:21:33 nickib wrote: > > > >I had a friend play with both the iPhone images and the camera images > > >using Lightroom. Would it be ok if I uploaded both the RAW (KDC) > > >images and the ones she edited to

Re: [Gimp-user] New User Need Help Enlarging/Enhancing Image

2018-08-13 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 12 August 2018 18:21:33 nickib wrote: > >I had a friend play with both the iPhone images and the camera images > >using Lightroom. Would it be ok if I uploaded both the RAW (KDC) > >images and the ones she edited to get a better idea of what > >enlargement IS possible? I’m at the point

Re: [Gimp-user] New User Need Help Enlarging/Enhancing Image

2018-08-13 Thread Partha Bagchi via gimp-user-list
The image is 2048x1536 (3.1 MP). Best you can hope for is an 8 by 10. That's inches. If you are willing to sacrifice quality further you can try printing in 150dpi which would give you 14 by 10. On Mon, Aug 13, 2018 at 12:42 PM nickib wrote: > >I had a friend play with both the iPhone images

[Gimp-user] New User Need Help Enlarging/Enhancing Image

2018-08-13 Thread nickib
>I had a friend play with both the iPhone images and the camera images >using Lightroom. Would it be ok if I uploaded both the RAW (KDC) >images and the ones she edited to get a better idea of what >enlargement IS possible? I’m at the point where even if I cannot use >it for the 48x24 size it’s

[Gimp-user] New User Need Help Enlarging/Enhancing Image

2018-08-10 Thread nickib
>Your camera likely does better pictures, but its default settings may >be >more neutral than those of your smartphone. > >Typically smartphones aim for flashy pictures, and their software will >go to great lengths to achieve this. But this also makes further >editing >of the picture very

Re: [Gimp-user] New User Need Help Enlarging/Enhancing Image

2018-08-10 Thread Ofnuts
On 08/09/18 03:17, nickib wrote: Sorry but no, or you have a very shitty camera. - Halos on the edges of the pillars and the bottom of the roofs of the pagodas, likely some kind of sharpening. - The roof slopes seem to be made of lace. - Railings and antennas are blurry (motion blur? the pic

[Gimp-user] New User Need Help Enlarging/Enhancing Image

2018-08-09 Thread nickib
>Sorry but no, or you have a very shitty camera. > >- Halos on the edges of the pillars and the bottom of the roofs of the >pagodas, likely some kind of sharpening. > >- The roof slopes seem to be made of lace. > >- Railings and antennas are blurry (motion blur? the pic was shot at >1/50s but the

[Gimp-user] New User Need Help Enlarging/Enhancing Image

2018-08-09 Thread nickib
>Print size? 48"x 24" is a bit of a funny size. My print co. uses 24"x >20" or 30" x 20" for laser colour printing which might be better size. > >However, back to the question. > >First thing, Gimp is a raster editor and works in pixels which have >little to do with physical size *until* you come

Re: [Gimp-user] New User Need Help Enlarging/Enhancing Image

2018-08-08 Thread Rick Strong
From: nickib Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2018 11:02 PM To: gimp-user-list@gnome.org Cc: notificati...@gimpusers.com Subject: [Gimp-user] New User Need Help Enlarging/Enhancing Image ... If 48x24 is not an option, I at least need to know realistically the largest I can go and keep the integrity

Re: [Gimp-user] New User Need Help Enlarging/Enhancing Image

2018-08-08 Thread Ofnuts
On 08/08/18 05:02, nickib wrote: only the picture on my iPhone is better than what I got on my camera Sorry but no, or you have a very shitty camera. - Halos on the edges  of the pillars and the bottom of the roofs of the  pagodas, likely some kind of sharpening. - The roof slopes seem to

[Gimp-user] New User Need Help Enlarging/Enhancing Image

2018-08-08 Thread nickib
So I took this fabulous picture of a sunrise - only the picture on my iPhone is better than what I got on my camera (which I REALLY need to learn how to use!) and I want to have it enlarged on canvas to 48" wide by 24" tall. The only problem is I can NOT get a good enough quality image to have a

[Gimp-user] New User Need Help Enlarging/Enhancing Image

2018-08-08 Thread rich404
>So I took this fabulous picture of a sunrise - only the picture on my >iPhone is better than what I got on my camera (which I REALLY need to >learn how to use!) and I want to have it enlarged on canvas to 48" >wide by 24" tall. The only problem is I can NOT get a good enough >quality image to

[Gimp-user] new user

2018-02-20 Thread Chris John
Thanks for including me in the user list. I'm currently using 2.9.8. My interest is post processing of multiple images stacked with Deep Sky Stacker. Chris John ___ gimp-user-list mailing list List address:gimp-user-list@gnome.org List

[Gimp-user] New User

2017-06-13 Thread PoPs
I got it at Gimp.org. I knew it was there, I just couldn't find it. Now with your very clear directions, I have found it. I wonder why they hide it? Anyway, I've copied it into the main Gimp menu, and set it on the taskbar. Thanks for your swift and precise instruction. I've had Gimp before but

[Gimp-user] New User

2017-06-13 Thread rich2005
>I have just downloaded Gimp on Windows 10, 64 bit, I then installed >it. >However, now I cannot find the link/button to start the program. There >is nothing on my desktop or in the taskbar. >I had even tried looking in the gimp folder on the C:\ drive, but to >no avail. Nothing there which looks

[Gimp-user] New User

2017-06-13 Thread PoPs
I have just downloaded Gimp on Windows 10, 64 bit, I then installed it. However, now I cannot find the link/button to start the program. There is nothing on my desktop or in the taskbar. I had even tried looking in the gimp folder on the C:\ drive, but to no avail. Nothing there which looks like

[Gimp-user] New User Q - Insert Image X as Layer; then Move Outside Image X Original Border

2017-03-24 Thread rich2005
Ahhtypo...hate this mailing list format > >Layer menu -> Layer to Boundary size. > Should be Layer menu -> Layer to Image Size rich: www.gimp-forum.net -- rich2005 (via www.gimpusers.com/forums) ___ gimp-user-list mailing list List address:

[Gimp-user] New User Q - Insert Image X as Layer; then Move Outside Image X Original Border

2017-03-24 Thread rminkov
Correction: Obviously, the images aren't below but to the right. First time on this forum. -- rminkov (via www.gimpusers.com/forums) ___ gimp-user-list mailing list List address:gimp-user-list@gnome.org List membership:

Re: [Gimp-user] New user question- fitting canvas to layers

2017-03-22 Thread Richard
Ofnuts <ofn...@gmx.com> Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2017 2:46 PM To: gimp-user-list@gnome.org Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] New user question- fitting canvas to layers If you have done this after "Layer>Layer to image size" then the layer has been cropped and "Image>Fit canvas t

Re: [Gimp-user] New user question- fitting canvas to layers

2017-03-18 Thread carla
Thanks Pat, I tried that a bunch of times but absolutely nothing happens. -- View this message in context: http://gimp.1065349.n5.nabble.com/New-user-question-fitting-canvas-to-layers-tp50332p50347.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

Re: [Gimp-user] New user question- fitting canvas to layers

2017-03-17 Thread Pat David
If the layer size is larger than the canvas (image) size, you'll need to increase the canvas size to fit your layers (hint: check the image menu - https://docs.gimp.org/2.8/en/gimp-image-resize-to-layers.html). It might help to be specific about what you've already tried. On Fri, Mar 17, 2017 at

[Gimp-user] New user question- fitting canvas to layers

2017-03-17 Thread carla
I added a new layer to my file and I tried to change the layer to image size to accommodate it but all I get is a transparent increase in the canvas size that only shows part of the image. How do i show the whole image? (please don't get technical on me- I have no idea what I'm doing!!) Also, I'm

Re: [Gimp-user] new user

2017-03-13 Thread Patrick Shanahan
* spy46 [03-13-17 16:53]: > Thank you. > I would not have thought it would be this . annoying and yet easy. probably a "Good Thing" but with the information provided, rather difficult to determine and my cyrstal ball is in the shop for repairs. -- (paka)Patrick

[Gimp-user] new user

2017-03-13 Thread spy46
Thank you. I would not have thought it would be this . annoying and yet easy. -- spy46 (via www.gimpusers.com/forums) ___ gimp-user-list mailing list List address:gimp-user-list@gnome.org List membership:

Re: [Gimp-user] new user

2017-03-10 Thread Steve Kinney
On 03/10/2017 11:41 AM, spy46 wrote: > I am having a hard time understanding something. > an area I have selected, will not move when i try to move it, I will either > move > the selection box or the layer. > how do i move the selection area. The usual method is to make your selection, adjust

[Gimp-user] new user

2017-03-10 Thread spy46
I am having a hard time understanding something. an area I have selected, will not move when i try to move it, I will either move the selection box or the layer. how do i move the selection area. -- spy46 (via www.gimpusers.com/forums) ___

[Gimp-user] New user needs help

2017-02-02 Thread BringOutThe_
Hi, i am completely new to any form of image editing software, including GIMP. Basically all i want to do for now is remove watermarks, Logos etc from pictures. I have downloaded version 2.8.16 and am having trouble with getting the correct plugin or whatever installed. What is the easiest way

Re: [Gimp-user] New User Questions

2015-03-12 Thread Pat David
Or even to HTML - I think there is an export option in powerpoint to generate an html page directly... On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 5:03 PM Ofnuts ofn...@gmx.com wrote: On 11/03/15 21:01, Jeanne Lucas wrote: I am a new user attempting to convert power points to gifs that can be played on our

Re: [Gimp-user] New User Questions

2015-03-11 Thread Alexandre Prokoudine
On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 11:01 PM, Jeanne Lucas wrote: I cannot find a delay time button What should it do? nor can I find a way to use the frames to get the slides to the different timings I need. Please follow http://www.gimp.org/tutorials/Simple_Animations/, especially Step 3. Alex

[Gimp-user] New User Questions

2015-03-11 Thread Jeanne Lucas
I am a new user attempting to convert power points to gifs that can be played on our company website. I save the power point presentation as a gif, then open it as layers in gimp. Once I save the presentation again, it works well, but the timings I had set in power point are gone. I cannot

Re: [Gimp-user] New User Questions

2015-03-11 Thread Ofnuts
On 11/03/15 21:01, Jeanne Lucas wrote: I am a new user attempting to convert power points to gifs that can be played on our company website. I save the power point presentation as a gif, then open it as layers in gimp. Once I save the presentation again, it works well, but the timings I

Re: [Gimp-user] New User Questions

2015-03-11 Thread Alexandre Prokoudine
Or just upload to Slideshare and embed it into the website. Alex On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 1:04 AM, Pat David patda...@gmail.com wrote: Or even to HTML - I think there is an export option in powerpoint to generate an html page directly... On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 5:03 PM Ofnuts ofn...@gmx.com

[Gimp-user] New User GIMP | Some Help Needed?

2013-05-28 Thread clippingpath01
Dear Forum Users, I am a graphic designer and have to operate so many design applications. But now in the time of changes. So I decide to use GIMP now. Using GIMP I faces so many problems with the GIMP tools. In graphical stuffing to made path into the files. Its so hard and difficult to create

Re: [Gimp-user] New User GIMP | Some Help Needed?

2013-05-28 Thread Owen
Dear Forum Users, I am a graphic designer and have to operate so many design applications. But now in the time of changes. So I decide to use GIMP now. Using GIMP I faces so many problems with the GIMP tools. In graphical stuffing to made path into the files. Its so hard and difficult to