On Fri, Jun 29, 2018 at 12:34 AM, atticus wrote:
> Hi. Is there a simple method (not using inversion, etc) by which I can create
> a
> floating image of a book. I know it can be done but for the life of me, I
> can't
> figure it out. I would be so grateful for some help. I've attached an image.
Hi Liam,
On 29/06/18 01:49, Liam R E Quin wrote:
On Thu, 2018-06-28 at 22:17 +0200, GerryPeters wrote:
The Aa is
really not enough
Windows->Dockable Dialogues->Fonts
or youcan get there with the aaa icon at the lower right of the "Aa"
font list.
I don't think that solves the OP's problem. That
I have 12 PDFs of pictures of a map. I want to use GIMP or any other program to
stitch the pictures together.
When I open the PDFs in GIMP, the pictures have bad enough clarity that I cannot
read the words in the pictures anymore. I need to be able to read the words in
the pictures so that the map
>Windows->Dockable Dialogues->Fonts
>or youcan get there with the aaa icon at the lower right of the "Aa"
>font list.
Thank you, that solves the problem. I love that I can select the text and use
the arrow key to very quickly audition fonts. - great tip!
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>Windows->Dockable Dialogues->Fonts
>or youcan get there with the aaa icon at the lower right of the "Aa"
>font list.
I just tried a bunch of different fonts using the arrow key to quickly scroll.
When I do this the orange selection tint covers the text, yet I can still get a
pretty good impressio
>I have 12 PDFs of pictures of a map. I want to use GIMP or any other program to
stitch the pictures together.
>
>When I open the PDFs in GIMP, the pictures have bad enough clarity that I
cannot read the words in the pictures anymore. I need to be able to read the
words in the pictures so that the
>I have 12 PDFs of pictures of a map. I want to use GIMP or any other
>program to stitch the pictures together.
>
>When I open the PDFs in GIMP, the pictures have bad enough clarity
>that I cannot read the words in the pictures anymore. I need to be
>able to read the words in the pictures so that t
>Thank you, that solves the problem. I love that I can select the text
>and use the arrow key to very quickly audition fonts. - great tip!
A font viewer / manager is the best way.
Just a reminder, it is possible to generate an image of all the installed fonts.
Right click in the Fonts dialogue.
Awesome! Thanks, guys
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Other Gimp users constantly post vids about how to use images to create
desktop icons using GIMP. I eventually realised that I had to rename the
file to .ico myself and then, contrary to the instructions I had to EXPORT
the photo and not simply SAVE it, things began to look rosy, until I viewed
th
> On Jun 29, 2018, at 4:47 AM, Pickles via gimp-user-list
> wrote:
>
> Other Gimp users constantly post vids about how to use images to create
> desktop icons using GIMP. I eventually realised that I had to rename the
> file to .ico myself and then, contrary to the instructions I had to EXPORT
On Fri, 2018-06-29 at 15:29 +0100, Greg Chapman via gimp-user-list
wrote:
> Hi Liam,
>
> On 29/06/18 01:49, Liam R E Quin wrote:
> > On Thu, 2018-06-28 at 22:17 +0200, GerryPeters wrote:
> > > The Aa is
> > > really not enough
> >
> > Windows->Dockable Dialogues->Fonts
> > or youcan get there wit
On Thu, 2018-06-28 at 23:34 +0200, atticus wrote:
> Hi. Is there a simple method (not using inversion, etc) by which I
> can create a
> floating image of a book.
I think what you are asking for is to make the background be plain
black (or plain white). For the image you have i'd select the red
reg
>A font viewer / manager is the best way.
>
>Just a reminder, it is possible to generate an image of all the
>installed fonts.
>
>Right click in the Fonts dialogue. Of course depending on the number
>of fonts installed, it might indeed be a very long image.
I love that, it's really helpful. I can
>Hi. Is there a simple method (not using inversion, etc) by which I can
>create a floating image of a book. I know it can be done but for the
>life of me, I can't figure it out. I would be so grateful for some
>help. I've attached an image. What I would like to be able to do is
>select the volume
>Do a search for Gimp + remove background or Gimp + extract foreground,
>the two are roughly the same, depending on the image.
>
>For a book with straight edges, use the free select tool clicking in
>the corners produces straight lines. as screenshot 1
>
>When complete, Invert the selection, Select
>Hi. Is there a simple method (not using inversion, etc) by which I can
>create a floating image of a book. I know it can be done but for the
>life of me, I can't figure it out. I would be so grateful for some
>help. I've attached an image. What I would like to be able to do is
>select the volume
>Personally, I have a hard time figuring out what "floating" here
>means.
>
>Alex
Hi Alex. Can't say I blame you there. I don't know the terms. I've attached
another image and a bit of additional text. I'm grateful!
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>Because when I use the fuzzy tool it invariably selects some of the
>book as well. I'm sorry to be dense, but none of the methods are
>working for me. Thank you for your kindness
Fuzzy select the background? Wrong tool to use for the type of image you posted.
You would use that with a plain colou
>Ok just re-read your post and you do not want to invert a selection
>(why??)
>
>Make the selection
>
>Copy it
>
>Paste it into a new canvas of suitable colour.
Because when I use the fuzzy tool it invariably selects some of the book as
well. I'm sorry to be dense, but none of the methods are wor
On 2018-06-29 12:38 PM, GerryPeters wrote:
A font viewer / manager is the best way.
There is also Font Manager and Fonty Python in Linux.
Just a reminder, it is possible to generate an image of all the
installed fonts.
IIRC, you can do that via a feature in Scribus.
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Cheers!
Kevin.
htt
Liam R E Quin writes:
> Greg Chapman via gimp-user-list wrote:
> > I think he's looking for a tool that allows him to enter a phrase
> > and then display that in all available fonts
>
> Yes, use a font manager for that. Fontmatrix is the most featureful on
> Linux probably (but has some extremely
On Fri, 2018-06-29 at 20:03 +0200, atticus wrote:
> Because when I use the fuzzy tool it invariably selects some of the
> book as well.
That's OK, it did when i reied too, and i went back and tidied it up by
subtracting from the selection with the freehand select tool.
slave ankh
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Liam Quin -
If you want to get it as exacting as possible, I'd recommend using the path
tool, then locking the alpha channel and cloning the edges. I did your book
from the first image real quick and made a 4 min video. I can explain more if
this is what you're after.
I didn't compress the video so hopeful
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