On Tue, 5 Apr 2005, Sara Schein wrote: > Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2005 13:56:14 -0400 > From: Sara Schein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu > Subject: [Gimp-user] Newbie - looking for info on 'stencils' > > Hi there - I'm a newb to the linux/gimp world, and previously only > dwelt on Photoshop elements in WinXP.
> I've been lurking the typical web pages and reading up on the > tutorials, and was wondering if someone somewhere has a simple way to > make a 'stencil' image. (Think stencils like spray painting type, > though I use it for stamp carving.) In photoshop, all one really does > is make a greyscale (for which there is a good tute) and fiddle with > the contrast a bit. (Here's a sample tute for PS: > http://home.agalis.net/bcostley/Letterbox/PSinst.htm, though the ones > for stencils are generally better made) It should be possible to recreate that process and maybe use a Script-Fu to automate it a little. (Thanks for providing a relevant link to explain what you meant, it really helped.) Hopefully this sketch tutorial will be relevant. http://www.gimp.org/tutorials/Sketch_Effect/ > If someone could point me in the right direction, I'd surely appreciate it. > > Also - Again I'm new, but aside from the archives, is there an easy > way to read back on the list? I feel terrible, because I'm sure > something like this has been beaten to death already. I usually just use google and then restrict the search to just one site using the keyword site:mail.archive.website.com which works reasonably well and add a few well chosen simple keywords like "gimp" and whatever else I might be looking for. -- _______________________________________________ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
