On Tue, 20 Feb 2007 13:46:48 +1300 Steve Holdoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On a similar theme... new release of blender. > > http://www.blender.org > > Steve Sorry, missed this off.... http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Blender_3D:_Noob_to_Pro > > 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. > > ======================================================================= > >
