On Thu, Dec 29, 2005 at 08:17:31AM +1100, Owen wrote: > Carol Spears wrote: > > > it would be interesting to find out what resolutions and what catagories > > of patterns the users of gimp would find useful. > > > I don't have 7MP camera, but I assume if you want to fill a selection of > a 7MP image with a Gimp pattern it would come out all clunky? > well, larger resolution for larger images. i really do work at many different sizes. print needs a lot and web stuff needs a little. sometimes things scale nicely just by making them smaller, but sometimes it is not the case.
it might be good to discuss what a useful upper limit would be for image size. > What happens if I have a low res image and want to fill it with a hi-res > pattern, will it be obscured? > > Perhaps (as usual) I do not understand. > you will get a small portion of a pattern instead of a repeating image. > Anyway additions to the pattern collection would no doubt be welcome. > Perhaps an upload area on the Gimp site (like the GUG site) to allow > patterns to be contributed. > i have been thinking about this some. it seems like such a site would be very popular at first and then lose its appeal and interest. at least there is the threat of that. the gimp wiki has been suggested. i do not keep much of an eye on that. i wonder if there might not already be a pattern collection there even.... carol _______________________________________________ Gimp-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
