[Gimp-user] how to save TIFF file in multi-layer format?
Maybe this is an age old question: I used to store files in TIFF format as long as layer is the only information I wish to keep (80% of the times). I always think that is better then keeping PSD format which is a special format of special software (Photoshop) and may be unusable on computers without photoshop. Now I wish to do the same on GIMP, I saved in TIFF format, but the layers are merged. Is it possible to save as TIFF format while keeping layers (and its alpha channel)? If not, isn't it better to keep this feature as an option (e.g. ask user if they wish to save in multi-layer format) or preference (e.g. always save as multi-layer format, unless user set preference not to do so). I don't wish to keep a lot of GIMP format image in our company's document management system, because other colleagues cannot use it with their Photoshop. However they feel fine with multi-layer TIFF (even if they know text layers are converted to bitmap: that's not a big headache for them thanks to our entry level use of Photoshop/GIMP. They only want the layer information including alpha channel) ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Layers tree-view (or grouping layers)
Hello. I have just started making of the website (design) in gimp. Since it is important for me to have many things, effect, details etc. in separate layers, at this moment I have so much layers that I feel lost (and there will be even more layers). Despite of using logical names, sorting layers - there is a big mess. It would be ideal if there was a possibility to group layers, and collapse groups I am currently not working on (i.e. when I am working on content area I would like to collapse all footer, top, navigation layers, etc.) Is there such possibility in gimp ? It would be very useful. Regards, Michael ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Gimp Start Up Problem
For about six months I've been having a problem with the Start Up. It's fine until it gets to "Fonts" then all of the sudden it freezes up and usually causes my computer to freeze up too. I have gone through all of my fonts and none of them are giving me any trouble in Word or Paint. Does any one know what's going on?Thanks for any information. Get your email and more, right on the new Yahoo.com ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Picture File Association
On Thu, 17 Aug 2006, Brendan wrote: Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 16:59:55 -0400 From: Brendan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] Picture File Association On Thursday 17 August 2006 08:58, Joao S. O. Bueno Calligaris wrote: On Thursday 17 August 2006 08:15 am, vt wrote: 2006 m. rugpj??tis 17 d., ketvirtadienis 10:12, Famous Actor ra: I'm a first time Gimp user. During installation, I accidentally associated all possible picture files as Gimp files. Now on my hard drive, the picture files are no longer gifs or jpegs or bitmaps, they are all gimps. Does anyone know how to reverse the association? I want to use The Gimp, but I also want to know what files are gifs and jpegs. For answer we should at least know what is your operating system. more than 90 % of the time if they do not know then they are using Windows, most likely windows XP. depending on your mail program and their mail program you can often rummage through the headers and find out but I've deleted the original message so i cannot be sure it would have worked in this case. His operating system if it may be called so, is clearly enough windows. It is the only thing that first says it is not important to know the files extensions, then hide the proper parts of the filenames, and later wants people to know an image file type from another just by the icons. Famous Actor: You can associate the files back each to its own app, though I would not remember the way to do it under windos. But you can also set Ugh, this will take forever. If he can stand using something else, just go into Microsoft Picture viewer or install irfanview and let it take over all the picture assocs. Most programs are very aggressive about taking file associations, Microsoft programs are the worst of all screaming out to be set as the default. No matter what you do or how clearly you ask users will complain if the installer changes any file associations, just like how users will complain and ask to be unsubscribed from a list when it is what they deliberately signed up for. For peace and quiet it would be safest to only associate with .xcf files and leave the rest alone but it does feel like a bit of a cop out not to grab all the formats like everyone else. The fact is the gimp starts comparitivly slowly and is definately not an image viewer or browser so it doesn't make the best default for many file types such as Jpeg which users are more likely to want to view than edit. The installer has been improved for 2.3.x, no more popups for file associations, instead there is a checklist so I would expect after 2.4 we would be asked this kind of question even less often. Things are not so bad anymore when it comes to changing file assocations. In Windows XP you can right click a file to get the Open With option and in the submenu there is another option Choose Program... where you can choose the program you want and set it as the new default. If you are not using Windows XP I would simply advise you to lookup a reference on how to change file associations for whatever version you do have. -- Alan ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Layers tree-view (or grouping layers)
I don't think there is something like that in GIMP yet, but I remember that there has been a discussion about Layer-Sets in the past. It will be hopefully implemented in the future. best regards, bernhard -- www.gimpusers.de Bildbearbeitung mit freier Software signature.asc Description: Dies ist ein digital signierter Nachrichtenteil ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] rawphoto plugin not listed
On Fri, 18 Aug 2006, Gracia M. Littauer wrote: Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2006 19:37:40 -0400 From: Gracia M. Littauer [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] rawphoto plugin not listed Anyone else had this problem? I'm answering myself since I seem to be talking to myself. ;^).. Be patient. If people have no answers they may not say anything at all. doesn't anyone use suse linux gimp to read correct raw photo files?? I am not familiar with SuSe, you might be better to contact them directly. I finally got the rawphoto plugin to open, BUT it isn't the same as before my SuSE upgrade to 10.1...it now has almost no controls looks like a child's version of what used to be a fairly decent raw converter...not Bibble, Most people will not have any idea what you are talking about when you say Bibble. You should explain what you mean and preferably provide reference links. Be specific. if there is a feature you feel you need then say so. Comments you made might not be taken as encouragement by those you would need to convince to get things changed. Keep in mind that not everyone here has English as their first language so perhaps your comments seem harsher than actually intended. but faster to use decent controls. What controls there are now don't do much. I can't believe this is what is surposed to be there -- Alan ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Layers tree-view (or grouping layers)
On Sat, 19 Aug 2006, mfi3 wrote: [... Layer Groups ...] Is there such possibility in gimp ? It would be very useful. Not at the moment. There is a request in Bugzilla for Layer Groups http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=86337 -- Alan ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] rawphoto plugin not listed
* Gracia M. Littauer [EMAIL PROTECTED] [08-19-06 22:33]: I originally had 'rawphoto' in /opt/gnome/lib/gimp/2.0/plug-ins and 'dcraw' in /usr/bin I don't believe that it is necessary in 10.1 to have ufraw listed in either of the gimp plug-ins directories. I do not! I went back to that, with the older rawphoto at last got something to open, but not what I would call an improvement. UFraw seems to be either a rawphoto plugin (front end?) no, it's not. It uses dcraw, not rawphoto. Rawphoto also uses dcraw. You can also open ufraw from the cl: /usr/bin/ufraw maybe you can...I can't ;^) then your installation is bonkers, iiuc. As far as I know either rawphoto-gimp or ufraw (the front ends?) belong in /opt/gnome/lib/gimp/2.0/plug-ins and dcraw belongs in usr/bin note, from /usr/share/doc/packages/ufraw/README: Insatallation = ... You also need to make sure that rawphoto is not installed. But with that I still get that less then useful window You have not followed the installation instructions for UFRaw. pat Please, unless specifically requested otherwise, questions and/or answers posted to the list _should_ have their responses posted on the net. Others may have the same problem and benefit from the conversation. /pat ps. I saw your examples, but they do not appear on the list. If you want to display them for the list, you will have to provide urls. If you cannot, send me private mail and I will make them available. -- Patrick ShanahanRegistered Linux User #207535 http://wahoo.no-ip.org@ http://counter.li.org HOG # US1244711 Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Colour merging
Hi there, fairly new to GIMP and this list. I cant seem to find a way in GIMP to merge two colours in a smooth transition. For example, X = White Y = Black Z = GreyXXXYYYXXXYYYXXXYYYXXXYYYXXXYYYI want some way to produceXXZZYYXXZZYYXXZZYYXXZZYYXXZZYYBut not in a linear fashion, otherwise I could just use gradients. I need to be able to do this for odd shapes.I tried using the smudge tool but that will take a long time to get even a small area right. Hope there is an easy solution, thanks in advance!Ithil101Be one of the first to try Windows Live Mail. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Layers tree-view (or grouping layers)
On Saturday, August 19, 2006 6:52 am, mfi3 wrote: I have so much layers that I feel lost (and there will be even more layers). Despite of using logical names, sorting layers - there is a big mess. It would be ideal if there was a possibility to group layers, and collapse groups I am currently not working on (i.e. when I am working on content area I would like to collapse all footer, top, navigation layers, etc.) Is there such possibility in gimp ? It would be very useful. No, but you can link them together in the layers dialog and move them around as a group, so that if you need to do so, you won't mess up your carefull alignment. -- Scott ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
