[Gimp-user] cropping respecting ratio
Hi group, I use GIMP working on digital images and I often need to crop images respecting the original ratio. Is there any easy way to do it? To perform this task I reduce the length for example, then I calculate how many pixels should be in height respecting the ratio with that length, then I crop again the height. This is rather boring so I am asking. Thanks in advance. Fabrizio ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] cropping respecting ratio
Hi Norman, How about setting the 'Select rectangular regions' to the dimensions you want, mark out the section you wqnt and then crop selecting 'From selection' button. I use this procedure when cropping photos to the print size to fit the paper. I don't know if this exactly what I need, I am talking about ratio, not dimensions. I mean dimensions change, but ratio (the rate between length and height) is the same. Best regards, Fabrizio ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] RAW format from digital camera.
Robin Laing ha scritto: I learned this lesson on a project that I was working on. About 700 pictures of an event all taken in RAW. Weeks of processing. Images are great but the time was costly to me. If you use UFRaw you have the option to process pictures by the command line (batch mode). dcraw also works from command line. This way you can create a .bat or a .sh depending on your platform to process all the files stored in a directory automatically. 700 pictures are converted in a few hours. In weeks of processing you have all the time to create batch files from scratch and process your pictures and still save a lot of time. This works if at least most of the photos are taken correctly, that means no further work on white balance and so on. On the other hand if you have to review every single photo to adjust some parameters it has no sense to process files in batch mode. Also, when taking RAW photo's, you need much more memory. True, but that's the price to pay for the best quality your photo equipment can afford. Fabrizio ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] going digital
Andrew ha scritto: I'm thinking of moving into the 21st century and getting a bottom-end digital reflex, preferably Pentax for the sake of nostalgia. Can anyone advise me from a technical point of view as to what I need in order to be able to get pictures into GIMP for editing? I use Slackware 11. I think in general you should check that your camera produces files that GIMP can open. If are considering something more than a point-and-shoot camera, for example a reflex, and you want the best quality and flexibility, sooner or later you will hear about RAW files. These are not standard files, every manufacturer produces its own format. You should check that a GIMP plugin like UFRaw can open RAW files created by your camera in order to convert to tiff or jpeg. I am using my Nikon D80 without problems with GIMP and UFRaw on Linux. Fabrizio ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] more than 8 bit/channel
Hi list, a basic and simple topic is not so clear to me. Will the next major version of Gimp support more than 8 bit per channel? Thank you. Fabrizio ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] plugins for photographers
Hi all, I would like to ask photographers which plugins you use and you think are most useful. Actually I use ufraw for RAW conversion and manipulation and resynthesizer for photo retouching. Thank you. Regards, Fabrizio ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
