[Gimp-user] Gimp rebuilding user files?
I started up GIMP today (2.6.11 on Win 7 x64), and got an extended pause and the startup windows showed "reading patterns" as best I remember. I do recall in the past fooling around some trying to add a pattern file, but can't remember exactly what I had done. At any rate after an extended period GIMP started, but configured a bit differently. Looking around my system I see that the C:\Users\\.gimp-2.6\ folder hierarchy seems to have been completely rebuilt. Per the help that appears to be normal if local GIMP settings are missing or damaged. But doing some mucking around, I found another copy from earlier in C:\Users\\Appdata\Local\.gimp=2.6\ I did a compare of the two folder hierarchies, and did find a reference to pattern-path and pattern-path-writable in the older gimprc. So I backed up the new .gimp-2.6 and copied over the older one to C:\Users\\, except I kept the new gimprc, and now GIMP is loading OK (AFAICT) with my original .gimp=2.6. So I guess I'm wondering what happened, and where is .gimp-2.6 supposed to be located in a Win 7 x64 system? scott s. . ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Moving images from point a to b animated
>Scott wrote: > >> Hey thanks for the information. That was the problem was the image was in >> index mode. Changed it over to RGB and got things to work. I am sitll having >> problems but making progress. >> >> Hey Olivier I could definatly use some help here. If you would like to >> contact me at scottpersona...@gmail.com I would appreciate it. > >I'll do it today. > >> Here is what I have got so far and you can see the problem. I also would like >> the train to go a lot slower and also stop at the end. The train is only 2 >> cars long. Tried it like a dozen times and did get it to slow up once but >> still get the other effects. >> >> http://newbiescentralexch.com/00images/splash/animtrain.gif > >To slow up the movement, you need to set the delay in each frame to more >than the default. To make each new frame hide the preceding one, you >need to set it in (replace) mode. Thus the name of a given frame would >be > >frame#xx (replace) (200ms) > >for example. Then the train would simply move on the Web page. To stop >it at the end, you need to replace the image itself by another one, or >at least put a very very long delay in the last frame, say 10ms. > >However, when you will use GAP's Move Path tool, it will be much easier, >and above all you will be able to have a stable landscape behind the >train, without being obliged to copy and merge the corresponding layer >with all frames of the animation. > I am using the Gap move path tool to do this. I couldn't find replace mode in the gap move path tool so I tried frame once mode and it seemed to work. I got it to slow down by changing the (ms) in the frames but now it is kind of jerky. I know I must be missing something Example here: http://newbiescentralexch.com/00images/temp/train2.gif -- Scott (via www.gimpusers.com) ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Moving images from point a to b animated
Hey thanks for the information. That was the problem was the image was in index mode. Changed it over to RGB and got things to work. I am sitll having problems but making progress. Hey Olivier I could definatly use some help here. If you would like to contact me at scottpersona...@gmail.com I would appreciate it. Here is what I have got so far and you can see the problem. I also would like the train to go a lot slower and also stop at the end. The train is only 2 cars long. Tried it like a dozen times and did get it to slow up once but still get the other effects. http://newbiescentralexch.com/00images/splash/animtrain.gif Thanks, Scott -- Scott (via www.gimpusers.com) ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Moving images from point a to b animated
Yes I have read that one as well as a dozen others. I found a realy good one for beginers. http://www.gimptalk.com/forum/gap-beginner-tutorial-set-t9266.html The problem I am having now is that when I go to video/move path and then try and edit the source image layer it is empty. How do I get the image in it. -- Scott (via www.gimpusers.com) ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Moving images from point a to b animated
Hi all and thanks for oall the comments. I finally figured out how to install the gap into my gimp. Now that I look at the settings I am more confused as ever. Can someone help me get started on this. Just need the image to move in a strait line. Here is what I am trying to get to move across the page. I imagine it is very basic for this type of work. http://newbiescentral.com/0sqzpgcamp/images/test.html -- Scott (via www.gimpusers.com) ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] installing gap plugin
Hey all this may sound stupid but I can not figure out how to install the Gap plugin to Gimp 2.6 on windows vista. I am kind of a newbie on this. Can someone help me with this? Thanks -- Scott (via www.gimpusers.com) ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Moving images from point a to b animated
>Quoting Scott : > >> hey thanks all for the information. I just noticed that the link in the >> original post is bad. It is supposed to be images/ - not image/s/. I think >> that will make things a lot easier. > >So do you mean you just want a train moving across the bottom of the >banner? -- for example, something similar to: > >http://www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/eb521b8ef6.gif > > Thats what I wanted but without the jerkey start. Might have been my browser as well. Also want it to stop at the end. It actually isn't going on this baner. I am making a splash page for it to go across the bottom and stop at a train station where there will be a link to go to site. -- Scott (via www.gimpusers.com) ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] What is the best way to fade an edge
Hi all I was wondering what would be the best way to fade the edge of a pic so that it fades into nothing. -- Scott (via www.gimpusers.com) ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Moving images from point a to b animated
hey thanks all for the information. I just noticed that the link in the original post is bad. It is supposed to be images/ - not image/s/. I think that will make things a lot easier. -- Scott (via www.gimpusers.com) ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Moving images from point a to b animated
>> >I don't see animation. Seems like the animation you've attempted >should appear in the header1 image; but that's a jpg but not a gif. > Well it is my first atempt and I just did what the forum post that I was going off of in a search said to do. Looked for a good tutorial for it but couldn't find one. Yes the train now that I think about it was a jpg. I just took one layer out of an exsisting animation and made my own and saved as a gif. Any links to a good tutorials for this? -- Scott (via www.gimpusers.com) ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Moving images from point a to b animated
I'm not even sure what it is called or how to go about a search for it. I would like to have a train go accross the bottom of the picture and stop at the far end. I did my first animated last night with the searches and I would like this train to go accross the bottom. This is not a link add just a pic. http://newbiescentralexch.com/00image/s/exchbann2.gif I know it needs to be cleaned up. -- Scott (via www.gimpusers.com) ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] GIMP crashing on memory allocation (WinXP)
I'm trying to edit some large tiffs (620 Mb) and while slow it was going OK. Then suddenly (nothing changed AFAIK) I start getting errors GLib-ERROR* gmem.c:130 failed to allocate 16384 bytes aborting. This was initially on GIMP 2.4.7 but I bit the bullet and installed 2.6.8 to see if that changed anything (it didn't). I take it that the faulting module is libglib.dll which seems to have a version of 2.16.37 (I believe I had an older GTK+ but the GIMP 2.6 windows installer updated it.) This is on the Windows binary distribution. I am running on Win XP sp3 32 bit (x86) with 3 gb switch and USERVA switch set to 2540.. Looking at my system when the crash occurs I see my physical memory (2gb) is maxed out and also GIMP VM is 2 gb. I guess one question is does the windows build of GIMP compile with LargeAddressSpcaeAware set, though I suspect even if that was set in the binary it would still max out. That doesn't explain why it seemed to be working and just now I have problems. I tried playing with the tile cache size option, but that just seems to change how fast the error occurs. It seems that the tiff file open plugin is completing and GIMP is either starting to render or at times render is complete and I try to use a selection tool and then the crash occurs. scott s. . ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] cutting objects out of gif
I would like to know if it is possible to take an ordinary gif pic like a cartoon and cut the cartoon figure out of it? Then I could place it on a transparent layer. If so can someone tell me how? Thanks, Scott -- Scott (via www.gimpusers.com) ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Gimp-user Digest, Vol 69, Issue 4
Jan Snyder wrote: > is it possible that we are still in need of the "save-layers.py" bin-plugin? > > http://fforw.megameta.net/code > > http://fforw.megameta.net/files/save-layer.py > > Just make sure to save as a .py and not a .scm file. And if you are on > linux, the command line, as if anybody on Linux wouldn't know: > > $gimptool --install-bin save-layers.py > Thanks. I was turned onto that script and after some digging around figured out how to get Python scripting into Gimp on the Win XP platform. scott s. . ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Saving individual layers
Nathan Lane wrote: > You could make each layer the only visible layer then save the file out > and only one layer will be saved out to a file. Thanks , that's a good work around. Separately, I've been informed of a Python script that can split out layers. The only catch is that the file name must be part of the layer name. I suspect it would be possible to edit the script to change that behavior. scott s. . ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Saving individual layers
I've been using the Microsoft Office scanning software. It has the capability of saving scans in tiff format. There must be some provision in tiff that allows multiple images (pages) to be saved in a single tiff format file. Gimp 2.4 (Win XP) tiff reader understands this format, opens the file and asks if it should open each page as image or as layers. Opening as layers allows single operations to apply on all pages, making work easier. The problem is there doesn't seem to be any way to print without flattening (all you get is the top layer of course) or to save the result, keeping the layers, in some format that another program can read. What I would like is something that could convert layers to images at least. scott s. . ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Creating Youtube slideshow using Gimp
On Thursday 24 April 2008 1:39:34 pm John Culleton wrote: > I am just getting started on this. I know that Gimp can create > individual jpegs to be combined using other software into an > animated slideshow. But does it offer assistance beyond that? > Any of you who have traveled this road please chime in. Don't know specifically about Youtube and what they require for formatting of uploads, but there is animation software for the Gimp (Gimp Animation Package) and several tutorials for it at the Gimp Talk Forum. The one I wrote is at http://www.gimptalk.com/forum/topic/Gap-For-Animated-Gif-9937-1.html, if you don't mind following along with a guided tutorial. Others may have better suggestions for something Youtube-specific. -- Scott Linux user #: 246504 ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] animation
On Sunday 27 January 2008 10:15:11 am norman wrote: > I have a small, mushroom shaped object that I would like to > display as if it were rotating. This is because the colouring > and patterning changes around the object. Is this possible > and, if so, please suggest where I might read up on how to do > it. You might start with a tutorial for GIMP animation: http://www.gimptalk.com/forum/topic/Gap-For-Animated-Gif-9937-1.html -- Scott Linux user #: 246504 ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Alt Key
On Friday 21 December 2007 1:12:41 am JC Dill wrote: > Scott wrote: > > I didn't attack you... yet. You, on the other hand, ARE > > attacking others here: "And why on Earth would you not at > > least display the actual ratio as the user works? Changing > > that (as compared to 2.2 which DOES display the current > > ratio) was just nuts, frankly. > > > > "What should the fact that you thought that was a sensible > > way of doing it make me think about you?" > > I didn't write either of those quotes. > > You are now attacking me based on what others wrote. You're right... I did mistake you for Thomas... sorry. But Thomas is attacking others and does deserve to be called a jerk. -- Scott Linux user #: 246504 ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Alt Key
; least two professional photographers (they make their living > > doing photography) who use GIMP for all their digital image > > processing who are not programmers, either. I had a > > conversation with one of them less than a month ago. He said > > that GIMP provides all the necessary tools a professional > > photographer needs. > > I don't know of any professional photographer who doesn't use > Actions. You can't "record an action" in Gimp - you have to > program it. This makes it much harder to use for > non-programmers, and makes it impossible to use Photoshop > Actions recorded by others. I don't find it hard to use. And GIMP script-fu's are just as impossible for PS users to use. So what? > I do know some photographers who use Gimp - they are all > programmers, all happy to spend their time fiddling with the > programming aspects rather than having the tool do the hard > work (actions) while they do the creative work (creative > edits). Maybe the ones you know are all programmers; the ones I know are not. And they apparently still get their work done. Hmmm... how DO they do it? > > You say: > >> it's not suitable for a non-programmer... > > > > And then: > >> Try taking any > >> PS tutorial (especially one about programming an action) > >> and applying to to Gimp. This is impossible for most > >> users! So those resources aren't available to Gimp users. > > > > Without dwelling on the obvious contradiction in your > > remarks, > > There is no contradiction. No, not if you ignore "[GIMP is] not suitable for a non-programmer" and then use the example of programming Photoshop to support your point. > > GIMP does not attempt to clone Photoshop. I would not expect > > macros written for any program to work in any other that was > > not intended to clone that product. > > I'm talking about following the concept of creating an action, > following the ideas in the tutorial. The concept of "here is > a way to do a thing" and "here is a way to program your > software to do this thing over and over automagically" is not > new in image editing software. Many methods of how to "do a > thing" in PS and Gimp are similar (e.g. how to use a given > editing tool such as a paintbrush or eraser), but the method > for doing something over and over is fast and easy in PS > (record an action) and laborious and complicated in Gimp > (script-fu). And again: > > But if you insist, your argument > > could as easily be turned around and applied to making PS do > > what a tutorial or macro does in GIMP. Would it be easy to > > achieve the same results in PS without significantly > > reworking the examples? Probably not. Should we heap shame > > on PS for its poor compatibility with GIMP solutions? I > > don't think so. > > I was speaking about the volume of support - there are many > tutorials for PS users - there are few equivalent tutorials > for Gimp users. You haven't looked in the right places. There are many available... too many to have time to read them all. > >> You can learn from my feedback, or you can attack the > >> messenger again, as you wish. > > > > Or, we can also point out the flaws in your argument. > > Which you failed to do. So are you going to learn from my > feedback, or continue to attack the messenger? I didn't attack you... yet. You, on the other hand, ARE attacking others here: "And why on Earth would you not at least display the actual ratio as the user works? Changing that (as compared to 2.2 which DOES display the current ratio) was just nuts, frankly. "What should the fact that you thought that was a sensible way of doing it make me think about you?" You don't use the GIMP. You attack the developers and attempt to shame anyone here who might attack you, "the messenger". You waste other's time. What should all of that make us think about you? It leads me to conclude you are a troll with nothing better to do. It leads me to think of you as a jerk. > > What tools > > does Photoshop provide to professional photographers that is > > not only lacking in GIMP, but that have escaped the notice > > of my professional photographer acquaintances? > > Perhaps you haven't been reading very carefully as I've > already told you the #1 stopper - Gimp has no way to "record" > a series of edits and then apply that same series of edits to > other images. In Photoshop, this is an Action. In Gimp you > can't "record" while doing the edits, you have to program what > you want in script-fu and the methods for doing this are not > nearly as simple, obvious, intuitive as recording an action. > This is a UI design flaw. That's your killer feature? Then, by all means, stick with Photoshop. It obviously so outshines anything as pitiful as the GIMP that deigning to spend your time here instead of creating wonderful images in the only program that matters is unworthy of your effort. -- Scott Linux user #: 246504 ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Alt Key
On Thursday 20 December 2007 2:34:56 pm Thomas Worthington wrote: > What should the fact that you thought that was a sensible way > of doing it make me think about you? This from the guy who criticizes others for attacking the messenger. Thomas, you're a jerk. -- Scott Linux user #: 246504 ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Alt Key
On Thursday 20 December 2007 11:17:17 am JC Dill wrote: > > Is there any way to restore the Alt key to its old usage in > > 2.4? I can't drag selections anymore because it requires Alt > > and mouse at the same time, which is a problem on Linux. How > > do I tell Gimp to use another shift-type key for that > > action? > > The behavior and use of the Alt key changed between 2.2 and > 2.4, without providing any way for users to select or > configure the older behavior in Gimp. That is showing > disregard for your established user base. You already said you are not among that user base, "I'm a typical 'potential Gimp user'". Why are you acting all hurt over this change; it doesn't affect you? > you should provide a way (within the software itself) for the > user to configure the older behavior... This is basic backwards > compatibility. Backward compatibility is not the holy grail of interface design. If it were, we would all still be using the command-line... or punch cards for that matter. > The fact that few outside the programmer community > use Gimp I don't think this is a given. I, for one, am not a programmer. There is a thriving non-programmer GIMP user community forum at http://gimptalk.com/. GIMP's user base may not be as large as Photoshop's, but it is not a given that it is largely programmers using it. I also personally know at least two professional photographers (they make their living doing photography) who use GIMP for all their digital image processing who are not programmers, either. I had a conversation with one of them less than a month ago. He said that GIMP provides all the necessary tools a professional photographer needs. You say: > it's not suitable for a non-programmer... And then: > Try taking any > PS tutorial (especially one about programming an action) and > applying to to Gimp. This is impossible for most users! So > those resources aren't available to Gimp users. Without dwelling on the obvious contradiction in your remarks, GIMP does not attempt to clone Photoshop. I would not expect macros written for any program to work in any other that was not intended to clone that product. But if you insist, your argument could as easily be turned around and applied to making PS do what a tutorial or macro does in GIMP. Would it be easy to achieve the same results in PS without significantly reworking the examples? Probably not. Should we heap shame on PS for its poor compatibility with GIMP solutions? I don't think so. > You can learn from my feedback, or you can attack the > messenger again, as you wish. Or, we can also point out the flaws in your argument. What tools does Photoshop provide to professional photographers that is not only lacking in GIMP, but that have escaped the notice of my professional photographer acquaintances? -- Scott Linux user #: 246504 ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Alt Key
On Thursday 20 December 2007 11:30:40 am Daniel Hornung wrote: > > Actually, moving a selection in Gimp 2.4 is easier than it > > was in 2.2. Simply left click within the selected region and > > drag... no modifier keys needed and no need to grab the edge > > of the selection when doing so. I just did this in 2.4.1 in > > KDE 3.5.8 on Kubuntu 7.10. The new selection tool features > > are much easier to use if you haven't already been trained > > to use the old methods from previous releases. > > Are we talking about the same thing? This thread's issue is > (or so it seems to me) about moving the _content_ of a > selection, as described in > http://docs.gimp.org/en/gimp-using-selections.html#gimp-using- >selections-moving > > Yes, to simply move the border, you can also use the move tool > in selection mode, without needing any modifer key. Actually, the documentation you cite states: "If you only want to move the selection border and not its contents, then press the Alt key and click-and-drag the selection." That is the old behavior from 2.2 and required changing the behavior of the same key combination in Window environments such as KDE. The new behavior does not require this. In fact, trying to use the old behavior in the new version does not work. This is the issue the op is having: "I can't drag selections anymore because it requires Alt and mouse at the same time, which is a problem on Linux." He just needs to leave Alt alone and drag the selection (not its contents) by clicking in within the borders of the selection. -- Scott Linux user #: 246504 ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Alt Key
On Thursday 20 December 2007 10:26:12 am Thomas Worthington wrote: > Moving a selected region is a very common action and > now seems impossible under normal Linux user interfaces. I can > see the application of "capricious" to that situation. What > was the benefit of changing the default drag action? Actually, moving a selection in Gimp 2.4 is easier than it was in 2.2. Simply left click within the selected region and drag... no modifier keys needed and no need to grab the edge of the selection when doing so. I just did this in 2.4.1 in KDE 3.5.8 on Kubuntu 7.10. The new selection tool features are much easier to use if you haven't already been trained to use the old methods from previous releases. > Suggesting that a system-wide setting should be changed to > accomodate one application's arbitary decision that all users > must use Alt instead of any number of other spare keys that > keyboards have (AltGr, Windows, Menus, Meta, whatever) when it > is well known that Alt-drag is used by desktops is perverse > and lazy. > > The problem seems to be with GTK rather than Gimp, to be fair. > But it would have been nice if Gimp allowed it to be worked > around. If it was the only problem with 2.4 I would do > something about it myself by way of a patch, but it isn't and > I've just personally had enough with 2.4. It offers very > little new for a lot of hassle with functions that used to > work fine. Seems to me that with the new way of moving a selection in 2.4 that modifying a system-wide setting (Alt+Left-Click to move a window in KDE) is no longer necessary. That is a good thing. But if you want to go back to 2.2 and deal with its more familiar, but also less compatible, way of working, I understand... I guess... I think... maybe not. -- Scott Linux user #: 246504 ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Paintbrushes
On Wednesday 19 December 2007 8:14:38 am Ivan Sanchez wrote: > Can someone please give me some good GIMP brushes. I cant find > any over the internet. http://search.deviantart.com/?section=browse&qh=boost%3Apopular+age_sigma%3A24h+age_scale%3A5&q=gimp+brushes Deviant Art has a nice collection of contributed brushes. -- Scott Linux user #: 246504 ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Top Plug Ins
On Tuesday 18 December 2007 5:04:42 pm The HarinskiS wrote: > My name is Vicky and looking enjoying playing with Gimp. I > like to know what are the best plug ins to install to really > utilize the tool as a beginner A good tutorial... http://gimp-savvy.com/BOOK/ (Grokking the GIMP) Old but still relevant. Will teach you the basics of graphics editing with the GIMP as the learning tool. -- Scott Linux user #: 246504 ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] only one gimp
On Tuesday 18 December 2007 9:22:07 am norman wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > Each time I open a file (double-click over the image), a new > > GIMP application opens even if there was already one. > > Is there a way of opening files in the same GIMP > > application? > > > Perhaps I have totally misunderstood the question but why > > > not simply drag the image in question and drop it on the > > > toolbox? Gimp's toolbox might be open on a different desktop or otherwise buried beneath other windows. -- Scott Linux user #: 246504 ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] only one gimp
On Tuesday 18 December 2007 8:33:57 am Lionel Tarazon Alcocer wrote: > Hi all, > > Each time I open a file (double-click over the image), a new > GIMP application opens even if there was already one... > Is there a way of opening files in the same GIMP application? Associate image mime types with gimp-remote instead of gimp. -- Scott Linux user #: 246504 ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Rotate tool and layers
On Thursday 13 December 2007 9:17:05 am Rolf Steinort wrote: > Hi, > > is it possible to rotate a stack of layers with the rotate > tool? Yes. In the layers dialog you can link together layers by clicking to the right of the eye icon to enable this linking. Then, you can rotate one of the layers and all of the linked layers will rotate with it. -- Scott Linux user #: 246504 ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] PSD or XCF?
On Saturday 08 December 2007 8:08:58 am Tom Purl wrote: > I've recently started manipulating layers with Gimp 2.4, (on > Windows) and it order to be more standards-compliant, I have > been saving my images as PSD files . In general, this has > worked pretty well for me, except that the Gimp crashes a > couple of times an hour. The operations that cause the Gimp > to crash are pretty simple, and usually cannot be reproduced. > > Is this flakiness the result of using the Gimp on Windows or > the result of using PSD files instead of XCF files? > > Thanks in advance! I wonder which ISO , or other, standard you think PSD files conform to... They are simply the native file format of Adobe Photoshop. You should not be using them as the "standard" format for GIMP, since it has its own native format, XCF. Try using it instead of PSD and see if GIMP's stability issues disappear. -- Scott Linux user #: 246504 ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP 2.4.0; available for Mac also?
On Monday 29 October 2007 8:26:29 am John Culleton wrote: > I use 2.4rc3 on my slackware Linux system. Is this the same as > the final release? It seems to work fine. Not sure. The developers lurking here can answer that better than I can. -- Scott Linux user #: 246504 ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP 2.4.0; available for Mac also?
On Wednesday 24 October 2007 10:45:26 am carol irvin wrote: > i'm using GIMP on a Mac. Is this new version ready for the > Mac yet or still in the wings? > thanks, All that was released today was the source code. Binaries for various platforms will come later. -- Scott Linux user #: 246504 ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Animated .gif's
On Thursday, September 13, 2007 7:00:16 pm Robert Keane wrote: > I was given a .gif that I would like to use on a web site... The problem I have with it is that > it repeats ad nauseum where once would be just fine. My > question is can I stop the animation after 1 time? Yes. One of the options when saving as GIF animation is to loop forever... or not. Do a save as and give it a new name with a .gif extension. Follow the prompts to save it as an animation and in the Save and GIF dialog uncheck the Loop forever checkbox. > If so, can > I then substitute a folded envelope for the previously > animated .gif. That should be possible by adding the desired image as the last frame of the animation, i.e. the top layer of the image. -- Scott ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] [Gimp-docs] [Gimp-developer] I would like to write a GAP user manual
On Saturday, September 01, 2007 2:02:42 pm Patrick wrote: > Hi There > > I was hoping to write the Gimp GAP manual. Unfortunately I > have found myself in a bit of a "catch-22". > > I do not know the GAP side that well. I was hoping the > developers would tutor me and I could write everything in a > manual. I have volunteered hosting space for the project too. > I have used Gimp for about 3 years now. I have spent many > hours learning it, yet I am still consistently finding new > features and new things that can be done with those features. I published a tutorial for GAP at http://www.gimptalk.com/forum/topic/Gap-For-Animated-Gif-9937-1.html There are other tutorials for the GAP there also, and mine lists several other resources for the GAP on the web. Feel free to contact me directly for any questions you may have. -- Scott ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Create layered animation from a tiled animation.
On Thursday, August 30, 2007 11:06:21 am Brian Vanderburg II wrote: > Out of need I created a script and finally got it working even > on 2.3.18. ... > I don't know where to send this script or if it would be > useful to anyone else, so it is included in this email as an > attachment. http://registry.gimp.org/ -- Scott ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] missing task bar
On Monday, August 27, 2007 8:33:27 am Judy Stone wrote: > when i open gimp, nothing appears on the task bar, the bar is > empty...help? Might not be a Gimp problem. Could be a problem with KDE or GNOME or Windows or...? -- Scott ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Does GIMP support GEOTIFF files?
Jeffrey Brent McBeth wrote: > > > It has been almost ten years since I worked with GEOTIFF files, but IIRC > they are just TIFF files with a couple extra tags telling you where the > image is geospatially located. That should mean that GIMP can open a > GEOTIFF fine, but there are no guarantees that it can keep the tags if you > then save it. Note, I haven't checked this in a long long time, but it did > work then. GIMP kills the GeoTiff tags. In earlier versions it would produce a huge stack of error message windows when loading, complaining about unknown tags, but now in ver 2.2.15 it just gives 3 errors per GeoTiff which is manageable. I load my GeoTiffs in GIS software first to save the geo data before editing in GIMP, so I can then reload it using the data and have my GIS restore the GeoTiff tags. scott s. . ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Does GIMP support GEOTIFF files?
Kevin Cozens wrote: > Maverick Merritt wrote: >> Does the GIMP support GEOTIFF files? If not, are there any plans to do so? > > The answer to both questions is no. It is unlikely that the file format would > be supported in GIMP unless there is a publically available document which > describes the file format. If there is such a document, it just takes an > interested party to create a plug-in for the format. > Of course, such a document does exist at remotesensing.org, and it would be nice if the tiff plugin for GIMP simply kept the geotiff tags in the file, but I guess it is one of the features of this style of open source software development that you can have GIMP and GDAL developed on the same model, but they can't interoperate. scott s. . ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Blur and Transparency
On Monday, August 13, 2007 10:32:54 pm Jürgen Hubert wrote: > A minor annoyance I had to deal with is when I am attempting > to use blur effects on layers with transparent areas - instead > of assuming that the transparent areas have no color worth > blurring at all, GIMP seems to assume that they are black for > the purpose of the blurring algorithm - which can cause some > rather ugly side effects. > > To see what I am talking about, start with a new image with a > white background. Create a new, transparent layer, and place a > pure white object on it (such as a white circle). Now apply > any blur function to it. > > What you will see are some gray boundary areas around your > white object, depending on what parameters you used for the > blur effect. That's not what I see. I started with a white background layer, added a transparent layer, created a circular selection, filled it with white, deselected the area, and used Gaussian blurring with a radius of 20. It behaved as it should, spreading out the pixels and gradually blending them to the transparent areas of the layer without affecting the color. The only way it becomes visible is if I toggle the visibility of the background layer. > Now in _my_ opinion, what ideally _should_ happen is that you > see nothing at all in this case - the white of the object > should be a bit more spread out with a greater graduation of > the object's transparency in the boundary areas, but there > shouldn't be any discolorations. > > Is there some way to achieve this with GIMP? -- Scott ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] GAP help, combining animations
On Thursday, August 09, 2007 7:20:52 pm Patrick wrote: > What I am still confused about is how to append one animation > to another. I tried the "map to" option with different frame > settings but the second animation just seems to get imaged > over the first rather then appended after it. > > Could anyone tell me how to append? Thanks for your "Video/Frames Renumber..." brings up a dialog allowing you to renumber the frames by setting the first frame number and the number of digits used for each frame number. If you give the same name to each animation's frame files, for instance "banner_" for the part before the serial number, you can renumber the frames for the animation you want to append to the end starting with the frame number after the last frame of the first animation and copy those frames to the first animation's folder. -- Scott ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] 16 Bit files
Brian Vanderburg II wrote: > I frequently use the GIMP for patterns/fractals that are to be used as > height fields. For this, it would be nice if 16bit gray scale was > available. I figure GIMP will eventually have 16bit support. > Same here. there are instances when it would be nice to use graphics tools on 16 bit height fields. scott s. . ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] How to tile pictures without gap?
On Tuesday 26 June 2007 10:16 pm, Suin Edit wrote: > Dear GIMP users: > > I have a 1000*1000 picture, for example. I need to tile it (copy and > paste) into a 2000*3000 bigger pictures. > But I found it's hard for me to exactly tile the bigger files. How > can I set to make sure there are no gaps. You can add guides to the image at the boundary between tiles. Place vertical guides at 0 and 1000 and horizontal guides at 0, 1000, and 2000. >From the image window, open the Image menu. Select the Guides submenu. And choose the New Guide... item. This dialog lets you precisely position your guides. Then drag your pasted layer tiles into position. They will snap into place. -- Scott ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] GIMP help (webrowser) CTD
Ever since the May updates to Win XP SP2 (not that is the cause but that is all I can think of that changed) the Help function no longer works. It seems to start a plugin webrowser.exe and this CTDs. I uninstalled Gimp, GTK+, and the help and installed the compiled versions using the windows installers: GIMP 2.2.15 GTK+ 2.10.11 gimp-Help 2-0.11 into Win XP SP2 with all updates. Still is crashing. Any ideas? scott s. . ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Multiple gifs into animation
On Thu May 31 2007 8:05 pm, Frank McCormick wrote: > I am definitely a GIMP amateur - my wife wants to to take 3 or 4 > gifs...put them together so each displays for about 1 or 2 seconds > and repeats forever. If possible a nice fade between them would be > nice, but a simple switch to the next GIF would be OK. I think she > wants to use them for a sig on some system she posts on. ( She always > gives me the simple stuff :)) There are tutorials for the GAP (GIMP Animation Package) at the GIMP Talk Forum. I wrote one of them. http://www.gimptalk.com/forum/topic/Gap-For-Animated-Gif-9937-1.html I suggest the GAP because you want to have transitions between the images, which is more complex than simply changing frames. It takes some time to learn, but with some guidance, it should be fairly simple to get the results you are after. -- Scott ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Iwarp on windows
On Sunday, May 20, 2007 1:07 pm, simon wrote: > The problem is that you were trying to open an image in GIF format, > which uses an indexed mode, meaning all colours used in the image are > defined in an index of 255 colours, and any colours not defined in > the index cannot be used in the image. This means that images can't > be blended, for example using iWarp. The solution is to convert the image to rgb mode, apply the iWarp filter, and reconvert it to indexed, if desired. -- 73, AC7ZZ http://counter.li.org/ Linux User #246504 ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] hi, merge two jpg together, the 2nd one does not display
On Monday, May 7, 2007 10:59 pm, Suin Edit wrote: > I just installed the GIMP on my windows box. My task is simple, > merging two jpg files together. > > When I increase the canvas size and copy and paste the second jpg > into the first one, there is only a dashed outline of the second > picture. I have no idea what's wrong. When you paste the second image, you have to do one of two things as your next action before anything else. You must either click the New Layer button or the Anchor button in the layers dialog. The first will create a new layer from the pasted image. The second will merge the pasted image into the top-most visible layer of the target image. Once you do one of those two things your pasted image will show. But increasing the canvas size may not be enough if you have an existing layer you want to paste the image into. The canvas is one thing. Layers are another. And they are not necessarily the same size. Increasing the canvas size just gives your layers, whatever size they happen to be, more room to be arranged in. If you want to paste a large image into a small layer, only part of the pasted image will show. If you make it a separate layer, you will avoid that trouble, as long as your canvas is large enough to accommodate the size of the pasted image. -- 73, AC7ZZ http://counter.li.org/ Linux User #246504 ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] general, basic image properties
On Monday, May 7, 2007 11:39 am, Seb wrote: > Hi, > > How does one learn about basic image file properties like size and > resolution in general. I found an old thread here where the exif > filter was mentioned, but I don't see this among the options in my > Debian unstable gimp package. In any case, IIUC, this would only > work for jpeg, not for other formats. Any pointers appreciated. View/Info Window -- 73, AC7ZZ http://counter.li.org/ Linux User #246504 ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] batch script for record covers
On Sunday, April 29, 2007 7:03 pm, David Hodson wrote: > > Have you considered adding this to the GIMP Plug-in repository? > > Yes, I have tried many times. I have created an account there, but > for some reason, I cannot log in, and it gives me no indication why > not. That's not good. I wonder if anyone else has had the same problem. I downloaded and installed your plugin. Nice addition to the GIMP's functionality. -- 73, AC7ZZ http://counter.li.org/ Linux User #246504 ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] batch script for record covers
On Sunday, April 29, 2007 4:25 pm, David Hodson wrote: > > I guess that such a job could most probably be performed over > > hundreds of images by running a single batch script at the command > > line. > > > > Am I wrong? > > Is Gimp the right tool at all, or other tools would better fit? > > Yes, Gimp is a good tool for this, and no, you don't need to write > a script - there is a Gimp plugin that lets you do it all using a > graphical interface. Try David's Batch Processor at: > > http://members.ozemail.com.au/~hodsond/dbp.html Have you considered adding this to the GIMP Plug-in repository? This seems like a very versatile and basic tool and should be made more generally available to GIMP users. -- 73, AC7ZZ http://counter.li.org/ Linux User #246504 ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] batch script for record covers
On Sunday, April 29, 2007 2:35 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'm in the process of digitizing some hundreds record covers (either > from old vinyl and/or from cd) by rigging my camera and flash on a > tripod and shooting all the images one after the other. > The tough task, though, is prepare them for my site:... > ... I guess that such a job could most probably be performed over > hundreds of images by running a single batch script at the command > line. > > Am I wrong? No, you are right. > Is Gimp the right tool at all, or other tools would better fit? Gimp is not the best tool for this. > Where could I start to build such a thing? > Is there anything the like already made? ImageMagick + bash/perl/etc. would be a better choice. If you are already using a *nix system, you probably already have it. If not, you can get it at http://www.imagemagick.org/script/download.php and you can use it with cmd.exe if you must. -- 73, AC7ZZ http://counter.li.org/ Linux User #246504 ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] swapping color
On Sunday, April 29, 2007 9:42 am, Scott Bicknell wrote: > I created a test image 400x300 pixels and filled it with a gradient > from upper left to lower right (white to black). Then saved it as a > gif. It was 58.5 KB. After re-saving it as a grayscale png and > optimizing it using optipng, it was 18.5 KB. Doing the same with your example images resulted in a png that was 379 bytes, where your gif is 482 bytes and your jpg is 1,309 bytes. -- 73, AC7ZZ http://counter.li.org/ Linux User #246504 ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] swapping color
On Sunday, April 29, 2007 8:48 am, Chris Mohler wrote: > Personally I'd use PNG, as GIF has almost outlived its usefulness. Chris has a point, especially when your gifs don't use transparency. If you save your png as an indexed, rather than rgb, color image, or grayscale, if that is appropriate, you will achieve smaller file sizes than gif can. And if you run a png optimizer afterward, you will get better results, still. I created a test image 400x300 pixels and filled it with a gradient from upper left to lower right (white to black). Then saved it as a gif. It was 58.5 KB. After re-saving it as a grayscale png and optimizing it using optipng, it was 18.5 KB. -- 73, AC7ZZ http://counter.li.org/ Linux User #246504 ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Gimp for astrophoto....
On Sunday, April 22, 2007 10:30 pm, Tommy Lim wrote: > Hi, > > I am looking for tutorials that teach me how to use > Gimp for astronomy > photos processing? > > Any idea? >From Astroblog http://astroblogger.blogspot.com/2006/03/yet-another-venus-animation.html "Coming soon, Ian's guide to using The Gimp for astrophotography." -- 73, AC7ZZ http://counter.li.org/ Linux User #246504 ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] No multiple GIMP instances...
On Friday, April 20, 2007 1:52 am, Bob Long wrote: > >> The Gimp is my default picture editor, but when I try to open more > >> than one image file (or open a new image file) - I get multiple > >> instances of the Gimp. > >> I want to use one ... > >> Can I set this option in anywhere? > > Not in the GIMP itself. > > Associate the image files with gimp-win-remote.exe instead of > gimp-x.x.exe, or whatever version you are using. Good information to have... also, images can be dragged to the GIMP toolbox to open them, instead of clicking on their icons. -- 73, AC7ZZ http://counter.li.org/ Linux User #246504 ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Adjusting frame brightness and contrast using GIMP-GAP
On Tuesday, April 17, 2007 8:38 pm, Marcel wrote: > I'm using the GIMP with the GAP plugin, and I've been using it to > edit frames from a movie. (Fantastic tool btw) > > I would like to adjust the contrast and brightness of all the frames. > Can this be done with GAP? I've looked but I can't find an option for > it :( (Adjusting the frames one by one is not an option, there are > too many frames for that) Not directly. What you will need to do is use the Frames to image... Video menu item to get a multilayered image. Then open the Filters menu and select the Filter all layers... item. From there you will have to find plug-ins that affect contrast and brightness. -- 73, AC7ZZ http://counter.li.org/ Linux User #246504 ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] using a mask to help blend exposures
On Saturday, April 14, 2007 8:35 am, Joshua Simons wrote:
> I am trying to blend two exposures using the 2nd technique ("Layer
> Mask")
> described at this URL:
>
> http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/digital-blending.shtml
>
> To use this given two exposures, E1 and E2, I need to find a way to
> use E1
> as a layer mask for E2. Is that possible using GIMP?
What you need to do is create the layer mask on the target layer where
you want to paste E2 . Then copy E2. Be sure no layers above your
target layer are visible. Make sure the mask is active by clicking on
it in the layers dialog. Then paste the copied image. It will become a
floating selection. Then anchor the floating selection. That will
merge it into the layer mask.
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Re: [Gimp-user] Logo uses RoostHeavy Font.
On Thursday, April 12, 2007 10:48 am, John R. Culleton wrote: > I have downloaded a TTF version of Roost Heavy. Where should I put > it so that Gimp can find it? In amongst my X11 fonts? Try looking in the GIMP's preferences dialog under Folders/Fonts. There should be a list of directories there that it uses to find font files. That should give you a clue about where to put it. -- 73, AC7ZZ http://counter.li.org/ Linux User #246504 ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] gimp or inkscape?
Alex Feldman wrote: > Hi, > > I have limited experience with Gimp, almost all of it with photographs, > and essentially none with Inkscape. I want to make some simple maps of > trails in the area, and mark them with mileages and a few comments. My > plan was to download the photographs of the area from Google Earth, put > a layer over it, and trace out the trails. Then I can stretch or shrink > the image and add the decorations and commentary. > > My question is, which is the best tool for this? Or is there a better > way to do it than what I am describing? Thanks for the help. > > Wouldn't it be better to build your overlays in Google Earth? Then you could save the kml data for later use or uploading to the web. What you are suggesting would work, but the "best" solution would be to use GIS software for this task. There are a number of open source and freeware GIS tools, the biggest problem is that in general they are not designed to directly access the Google data. That can be worked around, but probably is more work than you are interested in, unless you expect to do more mapping applications. When you say you want to "download the photographs" do you mean using the Google map api, or taking screenshots of a Google Earth view? Or are you using one of the pay versions of GE (I think these offer more options, but haven't investigated). scott s. . ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Vertical gradients
Hello, I am new to the list and would consider myself a rank beginner. I am using GIMP 2.2.11 on Linux, Ubuntu Dapper 6.06. The photo I am procesing has rather bright sky / highlights towards the top, and I would like to de-emphasise them. Question: how do I apply a grey or neutral filter with a vertical gradient to the photograph? And how can this gradient be adjusted to suit? I checked the web site and documentation, but my time-limited search did not come up with anything. Many thanks in advance, Andrew ___ New Yahoo! Mail is the ultimate force in competitive emailing. Find out more at the Yahoo! Mail Championships. Plus: play games and win prizes. http://uk.rd.yahoo.com/evt=44106/*http://mail.yahoo.net/uk ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Opaque to transparent gradient on layer
On Tuesday, March 6, 2007 6:32 am, Paulo J. Matos wrote: > Hi all, > > How can I create an opaque to transparent horizontal gradient > on a layer? Add a layer mask, make it active, and draw your gradient with black and white as the active colors. -- 73, AC7ZZ http://counter.li.org/ Linux User #246504 ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Select tool locked at fixed size
On Monday, February 19, 2007 2:35 pm, Thomas H. George wrote: > As a new user I somehow pulled up a box that allowed me to fix > the size of the select rectangle. Now I can't undo it. Make sure the options for the select tool show Free Select rather than Fixed Size. -- 73, AC7ZZ http://counter.li.org/ Linux User #246504 ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] The gimp character ?
On Saturday, February 17, 2007 11:11 am, Jerry Baker wrote: > I've been curious... What is the gimp character ? > > Is it based off of some kind of animal, or did someone just > come up with him/her... Some of the splash screens have shown > a full body, but mostly I just see the image of the icon... "Wilber, the GIMP mascot... was created by Tuomas Kuosmanen (tigert)" http://www.gimp.org/about/linking.html That's all it says there about it. Others may know more. -- 73, AC7ZZ http://counter.li.org/ Linux User #246504 ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] gimp2.2.10 thumbnails folder location
On Thursday, February 15, 2007 11:32 pm, Sven Neumann wrote: > Hi, > > On Fri, 2007-02-16 at 01:11 -0500, adly mabro wrote: > > How can I get the gimp2.2.10 to change the location of where > > it saves thumbnails? > > You can't. Thumbnails are handled according to the Thumbnail > Managing Standard (http://jens.triq.net/thumbnail-spec/). If > there's a good reason to allow changing the location of the > thumbnail folder, you might want to get in contact with the > authors of the spec and suggest a change. He could make .thumbnails a symlink to a different location. -- 73, AC7ZZ http://counter.li.org/ Linux User #246504 ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP throwing away TIFF tags
Paul Surgeon wrote: > Ok so let's throw the tags away. > Is there anyway to get GIMP to use libgeotiff instead of libtiff? > libgeotiff is built on top of libtiff. > I have to touch up hundreds of aerial photos and it's a PITA to have to save > and then reapply the projection every time I save an image in GIMP. > > Avenza Systems sell a Photoshop CS plugin called "Geographic Imager" that > handles GIS formats but it also does far more than what I need and am willing > to pay for ($600). > > I also wish there was an option to keep Geotiff tags in images. At least the current version of GIMP I use only raises 3 errors, vs the many errors I got in the past. IIRC the last time I asked about it I was told to write my own plugin. scott s. . ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] copy text layer across images
On Sunday, February 11, 2007 4:02 am, Sven Neumann wrote: > Hi, > > On Sun, 2007-02-11 at 12:53 +0100, Bram Kuijper wrote: > > I want to copy a text layer across different images opened > > in Gimp. However, when I paste a text layer in another > > image, Gimp transforms the text layer into a rasterized > > layer; resulting in that the text is not editable anymore. > > Does anyone know how to preserve text layers across images? > > When copied through the clipboard, the text layer information > ist lost, as you noticed. You can work around this by dragging > the text layer from the layers dialog to the target image. That's good to know, now, isn't it! -- 73, AC7ZZ http://counter.li.org/ Linux User #246504 ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Three questions about gap
On Friday, February 2, 2007 12:56 pm, John R. Culleton wrote: > 1. Does it produce formats like those used on e.g., uTube? It creates Gimp files as a rule. It can be used to output mpeg and avi (I think) with the right additional software. > 2. What is the best introductory document/tutorial for gap? Try this one: http://www.gimptalk.com/forum/topic/Gap-For-Animated-Gif-9937-1.html > 3. Do I need to retrofit to Gimp 2.2.x to use gap? Yes. Instructions for installing it are at the same place as mentioned above. -- 73, AC7ZZ http://counter.li.org/ Linux User #246504 ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] acting on several layers
On Friday 26 January 2007 11:45 am, Geoffrey wrote: > What if you created a separate transparent layer on top of the > layers you want to paint. Paint on this layer then merge it > with the layers you want to have it applied? You can do that if you do all the painting on the transparent layer and then duplicate it for each layer you want to merge it with. -- 73, AC7ZZ http://counter.li.org/ Linux User #246504 ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] transparent objects on and gif
On Wednesday 24 January 2007 12:01 pm, Alex Moreno wrote: > im trying to export this image from png to gif because of the > IE problems: > > http://bodaestilo.com/templates/bodaestilo/images/content-top. >png > > to get the effect that you can see on http://bodaestilo.com of > transparent shadow bellow the text. > > The question is that when i try to export to gif the > transparency dissepears. I´ve been trying different things > with no luck. Can anyone help me please? As was pointed out by Dan, gif transparency is an all or nothing deal and only works with one color. One way to simulate it with gifs is to create a checkerboard pattern of 2 by 2 pixels, alternating black and white. Then add a layer mask to your image and bucket fill the mask using the checkerboard pattern. It will render every other pixel in your image transparent and allow content beneath to show through. It isn't nearly as smooth as png alpha transparency, but it works. -- 73, AC7ZZ http://counter.li.org/ Linux User #246504 ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] problem saving as png
On Tuesday 23 January 2007 12:10 pm, Jeffrey Brent McBeth wrote: > As he has repeatedly stated, the problem is under FF/Linux. > There are many things in which FF/Win FF/Max and FF/Linux are > different. It looks like FF/Linux isn't up to date with Gamma > correction for some reason Still, it seems to be specific to your setup. Mine, as I said in an earlier post, shows no color differences using FF 2.0 and SUSE 10.1. -- 73, AC7ZZ http://counter.li.org/ Linux User #246504 ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Replace Color Tool
On Monday 22 January 2007 9:57 pm, Christopher Burkhart wrote: > I am trying to replace one hue with another, I have found some > things online that elude to this using the color selection > tool but I have no idea what to do after the color is > selected. There is a filter accessible from the image window's Filters/Color/Map menu called Color Exchange. You can use the Gimp's color picker to select a color. Leave the color pallete open after picking a color from your image. Then open the Color Exchange filter dialog and drag the color you picked from the Gimp's color selector to the Color Exchange's From color selector. Then set the To color selector in the same dialog to whatever you want to map your first color to in the image. -- 73, AC7ZZ http://counter.li.org/ Linux User #246504 ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] problem saving as png
On Monday 22 January 2007 11:58 am, Anthony Ettinger wrote: > > Looks like an IE6 bug. Firefox and Opera both show it as > > the same color. > > Not on linux, FF is doing the same thing. Opera and Konq look > ok. I'm using FF 2.0 on SUSE 10.1 and see no difference in the color between the image and the background. -- 73, AC7ZZ http://counter.li.org/ Linux User #246504 ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] problem saving as png
On Monday 22 January 2007 4:46 am, Anthony Ettinger wrote: > I've been through this before, I usually just change the bg of > the image to the one i'm using, but with #99cc00; as my body > bg, I cannot for the life of me, save that same color. I'm trying to figure out what you are talking about. I created an image and filled it with the color you specified, then saved it as a png. No problem. I opened it in Gimp to see if there is some problem with that color in png's and Gimp. Again, no problem. Can you describe exactly what you are doing and point to an example? -- 73, AC7ZZ http://counter.li.org/ Linux User #246504 ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Where to put help files?
On Wednesday 17 January 2007 1:23 pm, John R. Culleton wrote: > Assuming that there is a directory /usr/local/gimp-23.13 where > should I unpack the help files so that Gimp can find them? > Slackware Linux 11. In my installation (SUSE), the Gimp help files are in /opt/gnome/share/gimp/2.0/help. Look for where gnome is installed and look for a gimp folder. I have 2.2.13 installed and the help files are placed in gimp/2.0/help. -- 73, AC7ZZ http://counter.li.org/ Linux User #246504 ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Knockout layers
On Monday 08 January 2007 1:40 am, Jorge Antunes wrote: > Hi, > I'm new to Gimp and i'm trying to find a way to duplicate in > gimp a procedure that I've used in Photoshop. > In photoshop I use extensively the layer grouping because > layer's advanced blending knockout options. > I know that layer grouping is not possible in Gimp, but I also > can´t find similar options to knockout blending. > How can I, using Gimp, set a knockout layer? > Best Regards, > Jorge Antunes You can achieve the same result using layer masks. Unfortunately, there is not a simple built-in way of copying a layer mask to multiple layers or of applying a layer mask to multiple layers. There is a script-fu plugin that will do that. I don't know where I got it. It doesn't seem to be in the Gimp's plugin repository. So here it is: ; This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify ; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by ; the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or ; (at your option) any later version. ; ; This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, ; but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of ; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the ; GNU General Public License for more details. (define (script-fu-copy-mask-to-layers image drawable) (define (visible-layers img) (let* ( (all-layers (gimp-image-get-layers img)) (i (car all-layers)) (viewable ()) (tmp FALSE)) (set! all-layers (cadr all-layers)) (while (> i 0) (set! tmp (car (gimp-drawable-get-visible (aref all-layers (- i 1) (if (= tmp TRUE) (set! viewable (append viewable (cons (aref all-layers (- i 1)) (set! i (- i 1))) viewable)) (let* ( (active-layer (car (gimp-image-get-active-layer image))) (source-layer) (source-mask) (layers) (mask)) (set! layers (visible-layers image)) (gimp-image-undo-group-start image) (set! source-layer (car (gimp-layer-new-from-drawable active-layer image))) (gimp-image-add-layer image source-layer -1) (set! source-mask (car (gimp-layer-get-mask source-layer))) (if (= source-mask -1) (begin (set! source-mask (car (gimp-layer-create-mask source-layer ADD-COPY-MASK))) (gimp-layer-add-mask source-layer source-mask))) (while (car layers) (if (= (car (gimp-layer-get-mask (car layers))) -1) (if (= (car (gimp-drawable-has-alpha (car layers))) 1) (set! mask (car (gimp-layer-add-mask (car layers) source-mask) (set! layers (cdr layers))) (gimp-image-remove-layer image source-layer) (gimp-image-undo-group-end image) (gimp-displays-flush))) (script-fu-register "script-fu-copy-mask-to-layers" "/Script-Fu/_Copy mask" "Copy the mask from the current layer to all visible layers" "Saul Goode" "Saul Goode" "6/14/2006" "" SF-IMAGE"Image"0 SF-DRAWABLE "Drawable" 0 ) Just copy that to a separate file, name it with a .scm extension and place it in your Gimp script-fu directory. You can find it on your image Window's Script-fu menu at the bottom. It will copy a layer mask to all visible layers, replacing any masks that already exist, so be careful. You can create a mask that punches a hole in one layer and use this plugin to apply the same mask to all the other layers of an image. -- 73, AC7ZZ http://counter.li.org/ Linux User #246504 ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Trouble resizing images
On Friday 05 January 2007 12:28 pm, Boho Fashion Jewellery wrote: > Hi > > I'm a complete newbie when it comes to using Gimp, having been > used to Photoshop. The one key feature I always used on > Photoshop was the ability to resize images to the exact > dimension required and overide the automatic resized > dimensions, however I can't find a way of overiding the image > size in Gimp - is this possible? It sounds like you want to resize your images without using proportional scaling. Is that correct? If it is, go to the image window's Image/Scale Image... dialog and click the chain link to the right of the width and height spin boxes. It should now be a broken chain, and will allow you to resize the image without proportional scaling. -- 73, AC7ZZ http://counter.li.org/ Linux User #246504 ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Help !!!
On Wednesday 03 January 2007 12:39 pm, Alf Strandgard wrote: > Hello: > > I am a novice with GIMP. At work I am doing a variety of > small office tasks, including creating pictures and creating > labels on the screen. > > When I create text and place it on the screen > (transparency).no problem. Once I come back to the same > screen and want to move the text.or edit the > text..I have trouble. I can't easily locate (click > on) the original text I entered. I think it has to do with > layers. > > I have read the users manual.no help. > > Does anyone have an easy fix or advice on layers and text for When you want to move a text layer you either must place the cursor directly over the text, or select the Move the current layer radio button in the move tool's options dialog. -- 73, AC7ZZ http://counter.li.org/ Linux User #246504 ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] psd files
On Sunday 17 December 2006 1:12 pm, ChadDavis wrote: > Hello. I've got a bunch of psd files that I need to convert > to a useable format; I don't have a photoshop application. > Gimp can't open them, though it can save to the psd format and > then reopen those files that it has saved to the format. I > read that there a two different types of psd formats, and that > the newest one is a closed standard. Perhaps the files I need > to open are those newer formats. > > What are my options? Is their an extension to gimp that can > open these files? Or is there some other tool that can > convert them to a standard image format. They are just > pictures. I have no reason to preserve layering and such. Try ImageMagick. -- Scott ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Color temperature modification plugin available!
On Thursday 14 December 2006 11:36 am, norman wrote: > I would be glad to give it a try if you could please explain > to this, somewhat ignorant linux user, what to do to obtain > the plugin. http://registry.gimp.org/file/colortemp.scm?action=download&id=8738 Follow that link. Then save the file to your /home/$USER/.gimp*/scripts directory. -- Scott ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Stacking for star trails
On Wednesday 06 December 2006 11:42 pm, Tanveer Singh wrote: > I found a lot of tutorials etc, for photoshop as well as some > actions which allow you to stack images to get star trails. > But nothing for gimp. > Is there some script available? > Or some other easy way wherein I can select multiple images, > open them as layers and then blend. > What blend mode I should use? > > Manually its going to be a pain with 100 or so images! If you have the Gimp Animation Package installed you can use the Tweensteps feature in the Move Path dialog to create the effect you are after. Then create an "animation" file, which is just a single Gimp xcf with layers and merge the layers however you like. You can set the blending mode in the Move Path dialog once for all your layers so you don't have to go back and do it manually for each layer afterward. -- Scott ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] "reverse loop" question
On Monday 13 November 2006 2:41 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Yes, I basically want Gimp-Gap ping-pong. I was unclear in > that three frames was only an example. My animation uses 17 > frames. I use the replace option and pause 1 second between > frames. Both are fine for my animation but I want > "ping-pong." > > If I understand your post correctly, the simple answer is that > it can't be done with Gimp-Gap. If that's correct, what does > the "reverse loop" option do? It CAN be done with GAP. One of the options in the Step mode drop-down box of the Move Path dialog is Ping Pong. It does exactly what you want. The reverse loop option plays an animation sequence in reverse and loops over the sequence repeatedly. -- Scott ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] "reverse loop" question
On Monday 13 November 2006 12:00 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I've created an animated gif which I want to perform what I > think is a reverse loop. In explanation, I'll use a > three-layer example. I want the animation to proceed from > frame 1 to frame 2 to frame 3, then back to frame 2 to frame 1 > and repeat. An analogy would be a ball continually rolling > between two hills. > > I see only the "loop forever" option when saving the gif. > I've gotten around that problem by saving as layers frame 1, > frame 2, frame 3, frame 2, and frame 1. Savings those frames > with the loop forever option does what I want but is a larger > file than I think necessary. > > I've done some research and see the "reverse loop" option with > gimp-gap. I compiled gimp-gap and used frames 1-3 only once. > I used the "move path" option and tried reverse loop and > reverse frame loop. However, neither option seems to take. It > loops only, no reverse. > > Animated gifs and The Gimp are quite new to me. Can the > gimp-gap reverse loop do what I want with just three frames? What you want in Gimp-GAP is ping-pong, but it will still take more than three frames. If you are using animated GIFs you can only give each frame timing information. Each frame will be shown in sequence for the specified time alloted to that frame. After the last frame the sequence will begin again with the first frame. There is some optimization of frames in that redundant information contained in previous frames is not saved in each one if you specify (combine) in the Gimp layer comment. Only the information necessary to show the changes between frames is saved. The default mode is (replace), which completely replaces the content of the previous frame with the content of the frame that follows it. It sounds like this is what you would want for your animation. But you won't get the effect you are after with only three frames. The logic used for displaying gif animations does not allow that kind of optimization. -- Scott ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Not able to edit path points in Gimp 2.2.11 Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
On Wednesday 08 November 2006 12:23 pm, Carlos Ruiz Mora wrote: > Hello, > > I'm new to Linux and to Gimp. I'm using Gimp 2.2.11 that > comes with Ubuntu 6.06 LTS. My problem is that I'm unable to > use the handles to edit the bezier paths. I've read the book > called "groking the gimp" and I have also read the gimp manual > but nothing works. > 1. click on the point you want to edit to activate it > 2. hold the ctrl key and click and drag outside the point to > drag the handles out. > 3. release the ctrl key and start > editing your point. > > In the gimp manual I only read that at any given moment you > should see the tool pointer changing to the edit mode. I don't > see that neither. In the toolbox you should see three radio buttons in the options for the path tool: Edit Mode * Design * Edit * Move Be sure you have * Edit selected. -- Scott ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Best online guide for photographers
On Wednesday 01 November 2006 3:28 am, Tanveer Singh wrote: > I use GIMP for image manipulation. > though lots of resources are availalbe for photoshop, gimp > docs are hard to come by(from a photography point of view). > Can somebody link me to a good online guide. > I am looking for things like > 1. Working with levels and curves, not just how to, but the > technique too http://www.gimpguru.org/ has lots of articles detailing advanced photo editing techniques with a gimp specific slant. http://gimp-savvy.com/BOOK/ Old, but free, and still relevant. > 2. Bulk watermarking, resizing This is easier with ImageMagick http://www.imagemagick.org/script/index.php I do something similar with that package myself. > 3. Using RAW under windows > 4. Psuedo HDR by superimposing 2-3 images I can't offer much help with the rest of this. You might try http://ufraw.sourceforge.net/ and http://cinepaint.sourceforge.net/ CinePaint is a fork of the Gimp for film editing. UFraw is a Gimp plugin for RAW images. I don't know anything about either one, frankly. -- Scott ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Gimp-python on windows
On Thursday, August 24, 2006 1:57 pm, cedric GEMY wrote: > Many windows user i have introduce to Gimp complain about the > difficulties they feel in using python script. I've to tell > i've no particular knowledge on this OS. Does anybody know a > good ressource to describe howto use python script with > Windows ? Google search terms: gimp-python windows xp which results in: http://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial_s&hl=en&q=gimp-python+windows+xp&btnG=Google+Search which leads to: https://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/lists/gimp-user/2006-February/007492.html -- Scott ___ 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
Re: [Gimp-user] Animated GIFs
On Tuesday, August 01, 2006 7:21 pm, John Meyer wrote: > BTW, I stumbled across a problem on how to dial down the speed > of an animated GIF. How do you do this using Gimp (Windows)? That depends on whether you are using GAP or manually adjusting the timing. If you are using GAP, open the VCR Navigator and use the Framerate spin box to change the speed. If you are making manual adjustments, use the layers dialog and modify the layer comment to add or modify the timing information, e.g. "layer 1 (125ms)". When you optimize your animation for GIF, if there are several identical frames, they will be combined into one frame and their timing information will be added together, so that when you play back the animation, there will be a pause at the frame where several were combined. GIMP works the same way in this regard whether you are using it on Windows or any other system. -- scott ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Any PDFs or Tutorials ??
On Tuesday, August 01, 2006 6:03 am, Hiran Venugopalan wrote: > Hi, > > I am a GIMP user and wish to learn scripting in GIMP.Can you > please give me details on those PDFs or such items conating > tutorial of script-fu,perl-fu and phython-fu?? > > Waiting for reply How about trying this: http://www.google.com/search?num=30&hl=en&lr=&safe=off&as_qdr=all&q=gimp+tutorial+script-fu+OR+python-fu+OR+perl-fu&btnG=Search -- scott ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Editing the alpha channel
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Perform a "Layers->Mask->Add Layer Mask" and select "Transfer layer's alpha channel" as the initialize option. You can then edit the "alpha channel" by editing the layer mask. When you wish to transfer your edited layer mask back to the alpha channel, perform a "Layers->Mask->Apply Layer Mask". ___ Thanks to Raymon and "saulgoode" for clarifying the alpha channel <> layer mask, though I still don't grasp the concept. I found I could create a duplicate of the alpha channel, and directly edit that, but I couldn't figure out any way to make use of my edits except for channel to selection, which didn't really get me anywhere. The advantage to editing the channel mask is that you can set a color for the mask, which makes it easier to see just what you are doing. When I edit the layer mask, other than modulating the transparency of the connected layer, I can't precisely see the effect. there is one other thing: In the add layer mask there is an option Layer's alpha channel but also Transfer layer's alpha channel What is the difference? scott s. . ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Editing the alpha channel
I seem to be missing a basic concept. If I open an image with alpha channel, I can't find any way to edit the alpha channel. I end up using other software to save the alpha as a grayscale and editing that. That requires converting my 24 bit image to grayscale too so I can load the alpha as a layer for editing. What I want is to keep the 24 bit rgb image and edit the alpha as an 8 bit layer. FWIW, I generally use 32 bit targa format for editing image with alpha., because I don't have any filter for directX compressed formats (DXT1, DXT3). scott s. . ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] GAP opacity transitions not working
I have GIMP 2.2.8 and GAP 2.0.2.whatever running on SUSE 10.0 (32 bit). I have tried GIMP 2.2.11 on SUSE 10.1 (32 and AMD64) with GAP 2.0.2... and have gotten the same results. The problem is that when creating animations that transition either from full opacity to full transparency or vice versa, everything seems fine while creating the animation, but my transitions disappear in the final product (animated GIF). If going from full opacity to transparent, the layer remains fully opaque until the last frame and then disappears. Similarly, it remains hidden until it reaches full opacity. I'm using xcf source images in rgb mode and xcf frames in rgb mode. This is maddening, as I have spent several hours creating what I thought was a working image, only to have my animation transformed into a mess after performing a frames to image, optimize for GIF, and saving as animation. What am I missing? -- scott ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] centering layers(newbie)
On Thursday May 18, 2006 12:00 pm, "John Minson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is there a bult in function to center layes ? A simple method is to cut the layer, make the background layer active, and paste the layer back in. It should be centered in the image. You'll have to move it back to its original position in the layer stack after that. -- Scott ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] layers
"adly mabro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have small animated gifs of about 30 to 90 frames. I need to > make identical changes to some or all of the layers, such as > delete,change the timing attribute, adding and applying the > same mask to each layer, etc. Until now I have been doing the > repetitive tasks manually one layer at a time not having found > any other way. > Could someone please help. > Very appreciative, > Adbeik You might also want to read the book "Grokking the GIMP" which is available online at http://gimp-savvy.com/BOOK/. There is also a tutorial for the GIMP Animation Package (GAP) at http://wiki.gimp.org/gimp/AnimatedGif with a list of GAP tutorials at the end of the article. Carol's tutorials are also excellent. -- Scott ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Gimp won't start without warnings
Jennifer Chase wrote: I downloaded the latest versions of Gimp and it's GTK, but everytime I open it, it stops halfway through loading the program and tells me that it can't find a file called 'libgimp-2.0-0.dll' and that re-installing might fix it. I tried re-installing like the rest of the message said, but the problem persists. Also; I can keep clicking until it loads Gimp, but I think something's missing: I can't open bitmaps or jpegs or any other picture format I confirmed on in the installation. I have that problem if I try to launch Gimp from within another application, but not from a shortcut (WinXPsp2). I don't see why this dll is not getting picked up; it seems to be in the same location as all other files for Gimp. scott s. . ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Re: the difference between resoloution and size
GSR - FR wrote: Hi, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (2006-03-19 at 2339.24 +0100): Hi! ... and is there any difference in picture if I set: 100x100 in 400dpi or 200x200 in 100dpi and make a print from it (in same size - 10cm x 10cm for example)? Then it is not 400 or 100 DPI, but (rounding to 1 inch = 2.5 cm) a 4 inch print, so you have printed 100 pixels to 4 inches and 200 to 4 inches too, so that was 25 and 50 DPI. Maybe you are confused with the printer's DPI (300, 720, 1440...) but those are not pixels, but ink dots. The print system has to convert the file/screen pixels (think about them like squares or rectangles with different levels of intensity) to ink dots which are on or off (one level of intensity, so the printer creates patterns of dots to simulate the intensity levels when looked from "far away"). I have been trying to understand this better myself. I couldn't find any good help on it. My goal was to determine the maximum size image in pixels that would print exactly on a letter-size paper with no scaling. I built a resolution test image and found that the highest resolution that I could see a 1 pixel line on my printer was about 150 pixel/inch. This is on windows xp. I see that in at least some file formats, the resolution setting is saved in the metadata as dpi. But when I print the image using different applications, I get different results. The apps seem to use or package the data differently for the driver. For example, one app has options in the print dialog for "fit pixels" "fit resolution" and "fit to page". I haven't figured out yet exactly what this does (other than fit to page obviously scales the data up or down as required. My printer also has a poster mode (2x2, 3x3,4x4). As best I can determine all this does is first scale the image to a single page in the app and then the printer just zooms it (I don't know if it does any sort ot interpolation but I doubt it). scott s. . ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] ECW file support.
Alan Horkan wrote: From what I can tell ECW (Enhanced Compression Wavelet) is a lossey wavelet compression scheme (either that or Extreme Championship Wrestling, I hate acronyms). Due to the high compression rates it seems to have gained some suppport in fields such as GIS (mapping) where images can be extremely large. I managed to find a similar questions in the list archives: http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/lists/gimp-developer/2001-May/014762.html There does seem to be a library for ECW support but a bit of searching suggests it may not be GPL compatible, but maybe proprietary plugins are possible with the GNU Image Manipulation Program? (Since photoshop filters are supported using PSPI I guess they must be possible but I imagine the gimp developers would not want to encourage more proprietary software.) You might want to check out Quantum GIS which uses GDAL support for ECW and JP2 (but I guess not SID) and export an image to another format such as TIF. scott s. . ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Just Plain ole text
JIM NEELY <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > text in my image is ugly... what can i do to make a plain ole text image and have it look as good on my web site as it does in GIMP. I am typing plain ole text, saving as jpg but its comming out blured in some areas and stripped in others... > What am i doing wrong or just not doing... is there a tutorial out there for just plain text to image file... Try using gif instead of jpeg. -- Scott ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Composing Images
Joao S. O. Bueno Calligaris wrote: On Tuesday 28 February 2006 10:24 pm, scott s. wrote: I have some raster images that I need to combine. Each raster is in tiff format grayscale. [snip] In image->mode menu , you will find the "compose" plug-in. Use that. The only catch is that all three images must be the same size bedfore combining, so you may have to crop/scale before doing that. JS Thanks Joao -- I was having trouble getting the "compose" to work (no matter what I did it was "grayed out"). Then I realized in manipulating the data in another program, the images were being saved as "indexed" not "grayscale". Once I changed that I could load 3 different bands (tiffs) and assign them as RGB channels in the compose filter and it worked out great. Just for info, the data is satellite Landsat 7 enhanced thematic mapper, which is a multisensor imaging device that produces data in about 9 different spectral bands + one panchromatic grayscale. GIMP is working very nicely in combining the band data to create false-color images. scott s. . ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Composing Images
I have some raster images that I need to combine. Each raster is in tiff format grayscale. What I want to do is load each file into a channel to create a color image. The problem is, I can't figure out how to get an image, or layer, into a channel. I can load a single image, and convert it into RGB which copies the data into all 3 channels, but then I can't figure out how to edit the 2 channels I don't want into black. I'm assuming if I could do this on all 3 images, I could then load them as layers and then compose them somehow. It seems like there should be an easier way. This is gimp 2.2.10. scott s. . ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Problems compiling GIMP
> On Sun, Feb 12, 2006 at 06:05:14PM -0500, Scott wrote: >> > ..on Sat, Feb 11, 2006 at 05:27:36PM -0500, Scott wrote: >> > >> > >> >> >> >> Actually the Intel version are faster IF your application is not >> running >> >> in emulation mode. That being said, there are not a lot of >> applications >> >> that are nativly supporting the Intel chip. Which is the primary >> reason >> >> I >> >> want to compile GIMP. >> >> >> >> I will say this IMac is faster then my P4 3ghz Suse Linux box at work >> >> when >> >> I am using applications that are native. >> >> >> >> 4x faster is unrealistic, I would say maybe 1.5 - 2x's faster then >> the >> >> G5. >> >> >> > >> > i guess i'm getting off topic here, but out of interest which >> > (native) applications do you have on both SuSE and the IntelMac to >> compare >> > their respective performance? very few of us have played with the >> IntelMac >> > so >> > i'm sure there'd be a few interested to know which applications are >> > faster on which platform. >> > >> At present GIMP 2.3.5, as anything newer will not compile due to rpath. >> OpenOffice, Firefox, and Thunderbird. Sadly the GIMP 2.2.10 package, >> which >> I think is PPC (gimp.org) performs better then my GIMP on my Suse box. >> And >> that is using Rosetta, or whatever the hell they call it. >> >> There are various other small OSS installed, but mostly in support of >> the >> above applications. On most things my compile times are shorter, however >> on the Mac I do make -j3 and my Linux box a -j2. > > Considering that you're not comparing it on the same hardware, this > isn't at all valid. > > Linux is quite a bit faster given the same hardware than OS X. That's > the original point: if you're running OS X, you're not really caring > about raw speed. Well, I am sure this is more of a religious argument then anything else. Perhaps one day, if I am bored, I will dual boot this Mac with some form of Linux and do some bench marks. Until then, it is not worth discussing any further as I am sure the Mac people would tend to argue. Like I said it is about the GUI for me, as the Linux GUI is far from the sophistication and supportabilty then OS X. I do like Linux, and use it daily.. But, I am not sure I can agree that OS X is as slow as the Linux fans would believe it to be... Scott ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Problems compiling GIMP
> ..on Sat, Feb 11, 2006 at 05:27:36PM -0500, Scott wrote: > > >> >> Actually the Intel version are faster IF your application is not running >> in emulation mode. That being said, there are not a lot of applications >> that are nativly supporting the Intel chip. Which is the primary reason >> I >> want to compile GIMP. >> >> I will say this IMac is faster then my P4 3ghz Suse Linux box at work >> when >> I am using applications that are native. >> >> 4x faster is unrealistic, I would say maybe 1.5 - 2x's faster then the >> G5. >> > > i guess i'm getting off topic here, but out of interest which > (native) applications do you have on both SuSE and the IntelMac to compare > their respective performance? very few of us have played with the IntelMac > so > i'm sure there'd be a few interested to know which applications are > faster on which platform. > At present GIMP 2.3.5, as anything newer will not compile due to rpath. OpenOffice, Firefox, and Thunderbird. Sadly the GIMP 2.2.10 package, which I think is PPC (gimp.org) performs better then my GIMP on my Suse box. And that is using Rosetta, or whatever the hell they call it. There are various other small OSS installed, but mostly in support of the above applications. On most things my compile times are shorter, however on the Mac I do make -j3 and my Linux box a -j2. But, to me it is not so much the speed as the interface, it is very friendly for my Wife and Kids. And most importantly editing my kids video's is a cake verses anything I have ever used in Windows or Linux, although video editing under Linux is limited in available applications. I am not by any means dumping Linux, Solaris, or Irix over OS X. This will be the only Mac I own. Out of all the above stated the Mac has the nicest GUI, and is also widely supported by commercial applications. Scott ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
