On a similar theme... new release of blender. http://www.blender.org
Steve On Tue, 20 Feb 2007 13:43:12 +1300 Stephen Irons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I second 'Beginning GIMP'. The library is it, but you will probably have > to reserve it: it has always been out when I have wanted it. > > You can get a taste for its style at > > http://linuxchix.org/content/courses/gimp/ > > which is an on-line course from which the book was derived. > > For your specific request, you might look at > > Lesson 1: cropping, zooming and rescaling > Lesson 3: introduction to layers > Lesson 10: stitching panoramic images > > > > Now, let's start commenting on your question: how to make a picture > consisting of two copies of the same image side-by-side. You can use the > gimp: > > * load the first image > * make the canvas twice as wide to leave a blank on the right-hand side > * copy the first image into a new layer > * move the new layer over to the right > > Is this more complicated than in paintbrush? More complicated than > photoshop? I don't know, but it does introduce an important concept in > manipulating pictures: layers. > > > However, to do something like this where you can DESCRIBE the operation, > rather than having judge it by eye, you might like to try a command-line > tool like imagemagick: > > http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/montage/ > > Stephen Irons > > > > Kerry Mayes wrote: > > Is there something more like "gimp for paintbrush users" around? > > (Preferably online) For example, I wanted to create a picture that was > > just two copies of the same picture side by side. Failed miserably. I > > don't want to use the fancy features yet, just the easy ones. > > > > So far I've found "gimp for vegetables" and "gimp for gurus" with > > nothing in between! > > > > On 20/02/07, Douglas Royds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I also recommend: > >> > >> Beginning GIMP: From Novice to Professional > >> > >> Also available in the public library. US$35 on Amazon, where GIMP 2 For > >> Photographers (below) is only US$20. Beginning GIMP is a seriously good > >> book, though. > >> > >> Warwick Hay wrote: > >> > Photographers on the list may be interested in this new library book:- > >> > GIMP 2 for photographers: image editing with open source software by > >> > Klaus Goelker 006.68 > >> > > >> > Regards, Warwick > >> > >> > > > >> > > > ======================================================================= > This email, including any attachments, is only for the intended > addressee. It is subject to copyright, is confidential and may be > the subject of legal or other privilege, none of which is waived or > lost by reason of this transmission. > If the receiver is not the intended addressee, please accept our > apologies, notify us by return, delete all copies and perform no > other act on the email. > Unfortunately, we cannot warrant that the email has not been > altered or corrupted during transmission. > ======================================================================= >
