[Gimp-user] Layers
I am running Ubuntu Linux 10.04. On my older linux pc GIMP included a menu option I think to access Layers, might have been Dialog -- Layers, I don't remember. This version of GIMP has Layer -- New Layer, but it's not immediately obvious in looking through all the menubar options where to get to a Layers dialog where I can move layers, rename them, etc. Advice please? -Bob ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Can't read file header
Tőkés Ábel wrote, Dear Folks! My problem is not strictly related to Gimp, but I hope that Gimp can help me solve it and I am sure that there are a lot of clever people on this list who can help me understand what is happening here. I have appr. 100 pictures selected from the thousands taken of my wedding. I would like to send them to a printer company, but the software they give cannot use them because of the failure that prevents IrfanView from opening them too. The funny is that all the other picture viewers can open these pictures, including Gimp. I tried to open a picture with gimp, then save it in different formats, but they behave the same: IrfanView cannot open them. I tried jpg with and without exif data, png, tif and xcf. The funny is that if I try to open it from inside gimp by fileopen or by drag-and-drop, it opens it without problem, but if I try to open it from the file manager, it gives an error message: Opening 'C:\Documents and Settings\Ábel\My Documents\My Pictures\2009-04-25 Esküvo\p0023.jpg' failed: Could not open 'C:\Documents and Settings\Ábel\My Documents\My Pictures\2009-04-25 Esküvo\p0023.jpg' for reading: No such file or directory One of the images is here: https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/QVOculUehRDqAywlBYIwwQ?feat=directlink What is the problem with these pics and how can I eliminate it? I had no problem with that image displaying in IrfanView, GIMP or Windows Picture Viewer. I suspect it may not be a problem with the image itself. What is the associated program that File Manager is trying to open it with? Is the file already open? Is it read-only? Are you able to copy the image to a directory other than C:\Documents and Settings\Ábel\My Documents\My Pictures\2009-04-25\Esküvo\ and open it from there? -- Bob Long ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] commercial use
Matthew Corrie Wade wrote, Hello. I would like to be able to use Gimp to alter designs for commercial use - is this allowed? Thanks for your time. Well, GIMP can be used to produce designs for commercial use; that is, GIMP can be used in a commercial environment. Whether you have the rights to modify someone else's existing design is another matter unrelated to GIMP itself. -- Bob Long ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Documentation 404s
Gary wrote, Your documentation is missing. Unfortunately, so is any useful information from you about the actual issue. Do you mean local documentation on your computer? If so, what operating system, version of GIMP etc.? Have you downloaded the documentation? Do you mean a Web site? If so, specifically what site/page are you trying to view? -- Bob Long ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] gimp.tutorials.net
gerard82 wrote, [..] When you go to Gimpusers.com you click useful links. In the Gimp links you'll find Gimp tutorials list: gimpology gimp-tutorials.net g...@pixel2life.com gimp wisdomplug Now when your mouse cursor hovers over gimp-tutorials.net you see gimp.tutorials.net at the bottom of FF. BUT THIS IS *NOT* THE RIGHT SITE!!! It should read gimp-tutorials.net. Either the gimp site was hacked or the web designer made a typo. I hope you all now see what I mean. Gerard. When I visit http://gimpusers.com/gimp/links there is that list you mention. In my case, Gimp-Tutorials.net does indeed go to http://gimp-tutorials.net/ So either that has very recently been fixed, or there is a problem elsewhere. -- Bob Long ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Rear page of scanned image visible when printing
On September 12, 2010 02:41:04 am Andreas Moroder wrote: Hello, I have scanned page from a book. On the screen all looks ok. Near the images I wanted to scan I see only light shades on the white background, but when I print the page this shades becomes much darker and visible and show the back side of the page. Can anyone please tell me a way to get rid of this shades without impact on the rest of the image. Andreas, I always keep a sheet of black paper handy when I'm scanning something from a two sided original that has text or images on the back side. I put the black sheet on top of the image to be scanned and then don't get that sort of bleedthrough of dark parts from the back page. It's easier than getting rid of them later. -- Robert Smits Email b...@rsmits.ca ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] How to edit text in both Gimp Photoshop
i have never used it, but when you save, click on Select File Type (by Extension). psd is in the list. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Importing EPS
JA wrote: I'm using GIMP 2.6.7 in Windows 7 64-bit. When I try to import an EPS, I get an error message telling me, Make sure that Ghostscript is installed and - if necessary - use the environment variable GS_PROG to tell GIMP abouit its location. I've downloaded and installed Ghostscript for 64-bit, but evidently GIMP doesn't know where it is. And I've been unable to find any explanation in the online documentation of where or how one would set environment variables. I tried adding the Ghostscript folder (in C:/Program Files) to GIMP's Preferences dialog in the Modules, Interpreters, and Environment Folders, and then restarted, but that didn't help. I get the same error message as before. What steps precisely do I need to take in order to get GIMP to see the Ghostscript installation? Thanks in advance for any assistance! A Google search for me for: +gimp +ghostscript gives this as the first response: http://community.contractwebdevelopment.com/install-ghostscript-windows-and-gimp -- Bob Long ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] logo manipulation
Leon wrote: Hello All, I am a complete beginner and I have to be honestI'm struggling. I created a logo for my new business, but when I try to place the logo in a box on indesign or such like, the logo comes out looking blurry or smudged. I think it's to do with it being resized. Can anyone please advise me (in very simple terms)how to manipulate the image without it ending up looking so poor? Many thanks Leon Adding to what Jay said... I don't know about indesign, but it's a good rule of thumb to design images to fit the size of the space rather than forcing the size using html or CSS. Depending on the size/dimensions, this can be drastically better for improving page load speed. Also, there is less guesswork in how the pixels will be forced, squeezed. 1. Look at the html page and find the size the image is being constrained to fit 2. Load the image in GIMP 3. Image -- Scale Image and adjust the dimensions 4. If it gets a little fuzzy as it is downsized, do Filters -- Enhance -- Sharpen and use somewhere around 40-50 to start 5. If it's a jpeg, when it asks for quality as you are saving, use somewhere around 75 is usually good enough for web site viewing. Also since jpegs are lossy (every time you resave you use quality) try to avoid doing repetitive work on the same image. If you are starting with an absolutely huge image know that it may not be reasonable to downsize to a diminutive space and retain the same clarity. -- Bob Meetin dotted i 303-926-0167 (home/business) www.dottedi.biz/blog.php ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Banding in gradient creation
Hi Miles. I'm afraid the technical details of bit-depths and monitor hardware are beyond me. However, when playing with inkscape I can create gradients that don't have bands. Also, when I'm viewing other peoples artwork online I don't get the bands. I'm guessing that this might mean that the problem might not be my monitor, but is more likely to be the technique that I'm using in gimp. Could this be the case? -- bob (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] Combine two images
Jim Hall wrote: Using Gimp 2.4.7 on Debian Lenny. I am not an artist, but I occasionally need the tool. What I need to do is stitch two or more images together to make a larger one. These are more like drawings than photos. Best analogy is: take 2 or 3 screenshots of an area of a city with google maps (map, not satellite view), put them together to make a single, larger one. I have looked at the manual, but since I don't know what this procedure is called (or even if it exists), I don't know what to look for. Same for Google. Hints of any kind appreciated. Jim I don't know if there is a simpler way to do this, but in GIMP I would open the first image, then use the canvas tool (Image -- Canvas Size) to double the canvas size, and move the original image to the left. Then copy in the second image and drag it to the right. This is essentially what I had to do with a batch of very old 4x5 negatives and transparencies with an epson scanner that could only do a max size of 2 1/4 by 2 3/4 at a time. I used GIMP to piece them together pixel to pixel and it worked marvelously. If you have command line access to ImageMagick/convert, this is easy: % convert image1.jpg image2.jpg +append -quality 85 combined_images.jpg i.e. if I understand the need -- Bob Meetin dotted i 303-926-0167 (home/business) www.dottedi.biz/blog.php ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Banding in gradient creation
Say you draw a monochrome gradient from back to white along 2560 pixels. You only have 256 different colors, thus you get bands 10 pixels wide. And dithering does not have a real effect in such a case. I'm in RGB mode. The image is 2480px wide and 2794px high. Is there a way that I can create a smooth gradient? Will switching to another colour mode help? How can I work this out for myself in the future? -- bob (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] Using channels to select pixels
Hello again guys. I'm working through a tutorial made by photoshop: http://colorburned.com/2010/07/create-a-refreshing-beer-themed-poster-design-in-photoshop.html?utm_source=feedburnerutm_medium=emailutm_campaign=Feed:+Colorburned+(Colorburned+|+Graphic+design+resources,+tutorials,+and+more!) Step 24 is interesting. Water spray is seperated from a background colour, using a manipulation of channels. I can't seem to figure out how to the same thing in gimp. Any idea how I can do it? -- bob (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] Using channels to select pixels
What are you describing goes beyond my comprehension of gimp. If you have the time, I'd love it if you could break that down for me. Decomposition was simple enough once I'd figured it out. After I read you email, I looked up the docs to discover what quickmask is, and I think I understand that. But I'm afraid that I couldn't figure out how to drag a channel of the newly decomposed image into the channels panel of the original image. -- bob (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] strange window behaviour
Thanks guys. It looks like I did deselect auto follow active image. With it reselected, everything is back to normal. :) -- bob (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] Copy trick ??? chocolate fountain
Harry Strunc wrote, Thank you soo much for writing ! Please reply only to the list, so others can help, too. I've sent this back to the list. The chocolate fountain pic is attached. I have pressed SELECT INVERT but nothing happens. The background remains selected via SELECT BY COLOR. It may not be obvious that the inversion has actually done anything. The marching ants will look very similar. One way to verify what has been selected is to hit the Delete key; that will delete what is selected. Then immediately do Edit|Undo (or Ctrl-Z) to undo that deletion. I must not know how to copy. Is there a trick to copying ? Just Edit|Copy, then, say, Edit|Paste as|New Image. That should give you the fountain on a transparent (chequered) background. Or, you can paste into another image as a new layer, for example. Thank you SO MUCH for writing! Harry -- Bob Long ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] strange window behaviour
Hi all. I'm used to a particular, useful behaviour. I'm working with Gimp 2.6.8 on ubuntu. When working with multiple image, I leave the 'layers, channels and paths' window open. When I switch between images, the lcp window automaticially empties itself of information pertaining to the old image, and populates itself with information pertaining to the new image. For the last couple of days, I've been getting a different, disruptive behaviour: The information in the lcp window remains pertainent to the old image. My current workaround is to do this after selecting a new image: I close the lcp window, and then open it again from the 'windows' menu. What could be going on here? Maybe I accidently switched a setting? Is there a way to switch back? -- bob (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] Copy and paste chocolate fountain
Harry Strunc wrote, I want to copy our chocolate fountain in one .jpg Then paste it into a different .jpg. I can't copy it smoothly using FREE SELECT. It is on a dark background and I get a great selection using SELECT BY COLOR. Then I am stumped. How do I change the selection to reverse and select the fountain instead of the dark background? If I understand you, you have the background selected (excluding the fountain), but you really want to simply invert that selection so the fountain is selected. If so: Select|Invert -- Bob Long ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Can't get Gimp to work
zootybubbles wrote, I just downloaded Gimp in hopes of being able to use it to edit my photos. However, when I opened it and clicked to add a picture, my entire screen turned grey and was unresponsive. I had to use the power button to get the option to restart. I tried Gimp three more times and each time it failed and I had to restart. Does anyone know what is wrong and how I can get Gimp to work. What is your operating system? What version of GIMP? From where did you download it? What exactly did you click to add a picture? -- Bob Long ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] how to create something like harvey balls
I took a look at inkscape and I did review the tutorial-shapes page, but not being familiar with the program, the learning curve is longer than the manual process I went through with GIMP. If there was a tutorial that walked me through step-by-step I could do that. What I did last night in GIMP, which resulted in much better quality images: 1) open a new round layer using Elipse tool 2) fill background with black 3) select shrink - by 2 pixels 4) edit - clear (you end up with a round image with a 2px border and clear background 5) click/select measure tool 6) in my case I want to divide the circle with each section growing by 36 degrees, so I insert the measure tool at the very center pixel and move it to an edge/border approximately 36 degrees from the top center border which shows as 90 degrees. I make a note of that location ( say 30,2 whatever it is ) 7) now switch to path tool 8) click once in the images dead center 9) click once at top dead center (in the border) 10) incrementally click along the border until you reach the 36 degree location you noted 11) double-click on the path tool to open tool options and click on selection from path 12) fill with background color 13) save this as the first image I tried simply adding a copy of the image as a 2nd layer and rotating 36 degrees but it seemed to not seat cleanly so I did the following instead: 1) I made a copy of the first image and opened it 2) with the first image open I totally cropped to the pie piece. 3) do Tools -- Transform Tools -- Rotate and rotate the pie section about 36 degrees 4) copy the section to the new image and move it into place; it becomes the 20% piece 5) repeat this process for each 10% increment Sometimes when the section rotates some pixels mess up - fix these up manually. I'm sure that inkscape is a better tool, but the learning curve of a new application works against me here. I'd also considered imagemagick which I'm much more familiar with as a command-line application, but sorting through the coordinates and all would also take substantial time/effort. If anyone wishes to see a tutorial with diagrams I could probably do that this weekend. Thx, Bob Chris Mohler wrote: On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 12:07 PM, Bob Meetin b...@dottedi.biz wrote: I gave it a try last night using the measure tool to mark up approximate angles then the path tool to actually create the slices. They look fair, will certainly need to be redone befor golive, but it seems like there should be a smarter way to do this. I would use Inkscape to draw them and then export PNG files. In Inkscape, after drawing an ellipse look at the start and end parameters: if you punch in 90 for the end (and leave start at 0), you'll have the 25% ball. See the section on ellipses: http://www.inkscape.org/doc/shapes/tutorial-shapes.html Another approach would be to use SVG directly on the page (either on the fly or saved from Inkscape) - but that is likely not supported well by older browsers. Chris ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] how to create something like harvey balls
Hi, For a client I am developing a rating system and it will incorporate ratings in 10% increments from 0% to 100%. Is there a smart way in GIMP to fairly precise images. I will probably start at about 30px square and downsize if necessary. I may wish to add some additional increments between 0-10 and 90-100 as eye food. To see what Harvey Balls look like visit: http://www.ambor.com/public/hb/harveyballs.html I gave it a try last night using the measure tool to mark up approximate angles then the path tool to actually create the slices. They look fair, will certainly need to be redone befor golive, but it seems like there should be a smarter way to do this. My first set of images: http://www.dottedi.biz/images/ratings Thx, Bob ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] smooth fine stroke
Is there a trick for getting a smooth, fine stroke? I'm trying to do this, but my experiments are getting me substandard results. The stroke always seems coarse. I'm experimenting with stroking both selections and paths. Here is an image showing the results that I'm getting: http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=34h8f9es=6 I'm setting the stroke width to 1px. But the lines still seem coarse to me. Is it just my eye? My monitor perhaps? Or can I get the stroke to appear to be finer? -- bob (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] removing layer area
Hi all. I'm trying to edit an jpg image I've downloaded from the net. This image: http://creativenerds.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/twitter-icos.jpg As you can see, the image has a white background. I want to isolate one of the illustrations and remove the white background. First I use the scalpal tool to isolate one of the illustrations. Then I use either the select tool or the erasor to remove the white. Instead of getting transparent area as a result, I get a grey. (What is happening here) To get around this, I first save the image as a png, then give the image a background layer with a random colour, save the image as an xcf and close the image. Then I open the xcf. Again, I try to erase the white in order to get a transparent area. Again, I get an grey as a result. Obviously, I'm running into the boundaries of my understanding of image formats here. I'd love to know why I'm getting these results. I'd also like to know how I can remove the white area and get transaparency without closing and re-opening the image. -- bob (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] diagonally striped background image tutorial
If someone can point me to a tutorial on how to do this it would be nice. See: http://www.dottedi.biz/images/diagnostics/bot_bg.png. I need to create something similar but in different colors. It is diagonally striped and the stripes seem to merge at the bottom. The finished size in 10x145 pixels. Thx, Bob ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] A question that has never been asked....
On April 1, 2010 02:34:37 pm Chris Mohler wrote: On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 4:08 PM, f...@gingerbreadday.com wrote: Who was the clever soul that came up with the name GIMP? Not this again :( This has been discussed to death already. Sure it has. But unless the developers stop getting defensive about this unfortunate choice, anyone coming afresh on the name will find it offensive on it's face. I know it's short for Gnu Image Manipulation Program, and that no one intended any offense, but until the name is changed this discussion will recur - at least once every several months. It's up to you. -- Robert Smits Email b...@rsmits.ca ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] pixellation of text.
Hi. I'm trying to follow this tutorial: http://sixrevisions.com/tutorials/photoshop-tutorials/how-to-create-inset-typography-in-photoshop/ This is my result: http://www.image-share.com/ipng-205-138.html As you can see, the edges of my text are pixellated. As if anti-aliasing is not working. This happens when I depart from the instructions at step 3 of the tutorial. I just can't seem to get the gradient effect properly when I use the layer effects gradient dialogue. So I right click the text layer in the layers pallette, and select text to selection. With the text selected, I add the gradient manually, with the gradient tool. From that point onwards, my text looks rough. Is there a way to apply a gradient to the text, while keeping the text smooth ? -- bob (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] pixellation of text.
That does the trick. Thank you. -- bob (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] How can I place a guide precisely
Hi. I'd like to place guides at exact positions. Is there a way to place the guides without doing it manually ? -- bob (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] How can I place a guide precisely
That does it. Thank you. -- bob (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] Removing a layer (part of jpg) from graphic.
I have a .jpg graphic that I want parts of it removed. I am new to Gimp, can anyone help/guide me how to do that. Thanks -- Bob (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] JPG file size increases with saving
Actually, you get almost no further degradation if you save the image again with the same settings that were used for the first save. The JPEG plug-in even stores information in the image when the image is opened and it will use that information to save it in the best possible way when you save it again. Just leave all controls at their default values. Note that I said almost. Of course the image will suffer a little. But you won't get significantly better results if you increase the JPEG quality or change other settings in the save dialog. You just get a larger file. Sven Quality is relative to what you need, how the image is used as well. If it's for internet use, 70% or so is reasonable quality. Image weight adds up fast if you have a lot of large images. I don't do print media so someone else would need to talk to it, but I commonly here that 300-600 dpi is requested whereas for the internet resolution is much less of a factor. If all I've been given is a .jpg I'll typically save it as a .png along the way. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] JPG file size increases with saving
Philip Rhoades wrote: I am trying to work out why there is such a large file increase when I edit a file and save it. The background info: Original file (from digital camera) - format, size, depth, geom: JPEG 680590 8 2048x1536 [..] After opening, cropping and saving original file as a PNG file with defaults (compression 9): PNG 4722953 8 2048x1536 There's something funny there. If the image has been cropped, how can it be the same dimensions as the original (2048x1536) (unless you have then done a resize you didn't mention)? -- Bob Long ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP and transparency
Rick Duley wrote: I've been poking around manuals and such in GIMP but I cannot find the magic word. I'm not a computer graphics geek - not by any standards - so I just refer to the functionality I need as transparency. I need a GIF file with a transparent background. I assume GIMP can handle it, but would someone please tell me where the necessary information to do so is cloistered, Thanks Layer|Transparency|Add Alpha Channel Delete areas you want to be transparent. -- Bob Long ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] how to reproduce the carved in text style as in Window title bar in Mac OS
I've been playing with this over the last few days. Here are my thoughts on the subject: I think some designers call this the letterpress effect. There are different ways to do it. It takes a while to find the right way. For the particular effect on the image you link to, I might try this: Create text, create drop shadow in contrasting colour. Blur radius set to zero, offsets set to 1px. Play with blending modes of text level. With the above process, I created this: http://www.filefactory.com/file/a103552/n/demo.xcf Here are things to consider when doing this: 1)Consider the colour contrasts of your text, surface and lighting. 2)The width of your font will effect how you will want to create the letterpress illusion. 3) You will have to experiment to get it right. Play with blending modes. 4) Look very closely at the examples you want to emulate. I don't know about anyone else, but I found that getting this effect right to be not as easy as I thought it would be. There are some good photoshop tutorials that can be followed with gimp: http://line25.com/articles/web-design-trend-showcase-letterpress-text-effect -- bob (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] How do I create a rough, noisy concrete texture
The background at http://data.markjardine.com/tumblr/img/bg_texture.png looks like it it could have been made following this tutorial http://gimp-tutorials.net/gimp-pattern#comment-4062 You can vary various things to get the effect you want, here is something that is perhaps a little coarse and dark compared to what you want http://members.pcug.org.au/~rcook/cf1.html Hi Owen. That tutorial creates a very regular and smooth looking pattern. Marks background image looks a lot less regular and less smooth. It looks more like an artifact from nature, like a sandy surface, where the tutorial pattern looks the opposite - the product of a mechanized process. Thanks for chipping in, but I'm after an effect that is quiet different. -- bob (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] How do I create a rough, noisy concrete texture
Hi all. I'd like to be able to create a rough, even texture. The perfect examples are these: http://data.markjardine.com/tumblr/img/bg_texture.png http://data.markjardine.com/tumblr/img/button_nav_right.png The texture dominates the design style at: http://markjardine.com/ I know that style is a little trendy and all. But I still think it's a nice effect. I've been able to achieve it before, but I can't figure out how to do it again. I can't quite get it with just HSV noise. I've been playing with the noise generator: http://registry.gimp.org/node/13016 I can get kind of close with just gaussian noise, stdev set to 2.5. But my result seems a little blurry. How would you guys create this effect ? -- bob (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] convert an image into an outline
I have an image roughly 600 px square which in which the picture was taken on a white-ish background. I managed to crop it well enough to now have a silhouette of the object, black object on white background. Is there a way to convert it to an outline, say with a 1-3 pixel border? It is currently a .png. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] How do I create smooth diagonal lines
Good question. Did you mean the paths tool? I don't think there is a pen tool. Anyways I don't think that the paths tool anti aliases. What I would do is make sure the Lock Alpha Channel checkbox on the right layers dialoge is marked. (located under Opacity) What this does is it keeps the ammount of transparency the same, however the color will still change to your gradient. This allows for the anti aliasing to maintain its integrity and not look jagged. If you need further help just email me back. I am too busy to do it right at this moment, but will have free time soon. On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 9:21 PM, bob for...@gimpusers.com wrote: Hi all. How do I create smooth diagonal lines ? I've been experimenting with creating various aesthetics for an online portfolio. Here is the result of one such experiment: http://imgur.com/e7iaj I created the shape of the navigation container image with the pen tool. I turned the resulting path into a selection, and then applied various fills, gradients and layer effects. From the outset of that process, the outline of the navigation bar has been somewhat jagged. Is there a way to create the diagonal edges for such an image smoothly? Thanks. -- bob (via www.gimpusers.com) Apologies. I did indeed mean the paths tool. I haven't been able to get results by locking the alpha channel. But this is most probably due to my failure to understand this function and it's purpose. Until you pointed it out, I hadn't even noticed it. Feel free to point me to information on what what locking alpha can do. Once I locked the alpha channel, I couldn't seem to do much with the layer. I couldn't fill it or anything. However, after playing around with the advice in this thread, I was able to get closer to the effect that I wanted. I got closer to smooth diagonals by stroking the path. Thank you. -- bob (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] Urgently need to adjust photograph size
Ruthy wrote: Hello I really need to adjust a photograph. It needs to be 600 by 600 pixels. When I change one value it seems to automatically adjust itself. I really need to get this done ASAP, so if you can help it would be graitely appreciated. A little more detail might help, but generally if you have loaded it with the GIMP, then first change mode to RGB if not. Image -- Mode -- RGB Now go to: Image -- Scale Image and do the small dimension first (probably) and select Scale. Then go to Image -- Canvas Size unlink the chain and adjust the other dimension so that it is 4:3 proportion, center as necessary and click to Resize. If you resize an image it tends to get a little soft, so now go to: Filters -- Enhance -- Sharpen -- about 50 -- and click OK Then save as new name... -- Bob Meetin www.dottedi.biz 303-926-0167 www.Twitter.com/bobmeetin Standards - you gotta love em with so many to choose from! Rocket Science - the Art of Managing Distractions ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Urgently need to adjust photograph size
Ruthy wrote: Ruthy wrote: Hello I really need to adjust a photograph. It needs to be 600 by 600 pixels. When I change one value it seems to automatically adjust itself. I really need to get this done ASAP, so if you can help it would be graitely appreciated. A little more detail might help, but generally if you have loaded it with the GIMP, then first change mode to RGB if not. Image -- Mode -- RGB Now go to: Image -- Scale Image and do the small dimension first (probably) == here you would probably set the small dimension to 600 - then if you hit tab to another field the big dimension will adjust accordingly - when its right select scale. An SLR is commonly 3:2 proportion and a common digital may already be 4:3 proportion. == Then go to Image -- Canvas Size unlink the chain and adjust the other dimension so that it is 4:3 proportion, center as necessary and click to Resize. When you hit Image -- Canvas Size you first break the chain. Then change the big dimension to 800. Move the cursor to the center function and drag the image around if necessary. Then click Resize. Also to note - if the original image is larger than than the final when you do the enhance you should end up with a decent picture. If much smaller and you area actually growing it to 800x600 then you will lose quality noticably. In the instructions I assumed that you are starting with a big pic. If you resize an image it tends to get a little soft, so now go to: Filters -- Enhance -- Sharpen -- about 50 -- and click OK Then save as new name... OK, i've got as far as this part:- adjust the other dimension so that it is 4:3 proportion but how do I do this please? -- Bob Meetin www.dottedi.biz 303-926-0167 www.Twitter.com/bobmeetin Standards - you gotta love em with so many to choose from! Rocket Science - the Art of Managing Distractions ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] How do I create smooth diagonal lines
Hi all. How do I create smooth diagonal lines ? I've been experimenting with creating various aesthetics for an online portfolio. Here is the result of one such experiment: http://imgur.com/e7iaj I created the shape of the navigation container image with the pen tool. I turned the resulting path into a selection, and then applied various fills, gradients and layer effects. From the outset of that process, the outline of the navigation bar has been somewhat jagged. Is there a way to create the diagonal edges for such an image smoothly? Thanks. -- bob (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] How do I create this effect?
Basically you use layers and your masks. You would for example have two layers, one with the green design, and one with the yellow design. Then switch on your quickmask (bottom left corner there is a box that turns the image redish), and using your favorite grunge brush and the brush tool, start painting the spots you want to delete on the top layer. After that click on the quickmask again, which will cause the area you painted to become selected - yes in the shape of your grunge. Now just delete that area from your top layer, and the bottom layer will show through. Alpha transparency also takes effect here so you end up with some areas that are kind of green and kind of yellow. I've been playing with this technique. I'm getting quiet excited about what I can achieve with it. I'm also wondering - is there a way to save the selections? Usually I save my selections by saving them to a path. Of course, I recognise that paths are solid, so they won't save the gradations in alpha values. So, is there a way to save my selections, maintaining the different alpha values in them? Thanks. -- bob (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] How do I create this effect?
Thanks. -- bob (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] Need new printer
I can't speak to the latest models, but I have an Epson Stylus Photo R-200 and for scanning an Epson Perfection 4490 Photo, also a lcd projector. The printer works with my linux pc which is one of the reasons for purchasing epson. I bought all as refurbished, through whatever is the refurbished link on the website. Zero problems with any. The scanner comes with rigs for scanning transparencies and negatives up to 6x7cm. I jerryrigged a system to scan my old 4x5 negatives and transparencies, then assembled in GIMP. -B Gene Heskett wrote: Greetings; My old and very faithful Epson C82 has apparently lost its printhead, it has plenty of ink according to mtink, but every time I clean the heads, fewer nozzles work, and the amanda backup report was printed without ink this morning. So, I brought up from its storage in the basement, a 5 year old C88 I had bought to use when I was on the road, but its out of yellow ink after about 10 passes at cleaning its well dried nozzles. So I'm going to town, ostensibly to get some ink, taking nearly a two pack of all 4 inks for the C82 with me to see if a tradein might be arraigned, either for some inks for the C88, or a whole new printer. I will not consider a lexmark due to their attitide vis-a-vis linux and their corporate structure being very top heavy with lawyers. I've always been fond of Epsons, so which of the current models on the shelf can do good photo quality work at a reasonable cost for expendables? By reasonable, that is in comparison to the about $80 USD for a full set of tanks for the old C82, and probably very similar pricing for the C88's inks. Is there some other favorite Golden Boy that also claims archival inks that I should also look at while I'm at Staples later this afternoon? -- Bob Meetin www.dottedi.biz 303-926-0167 www.Twitter.com/bobmeetin Standards - you gotta love em with so many to choose from! Rocket Science - the Art of Managing Distractions ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] How do I create this effect?
Basically you use layers and your masks. You would for example have two layers, one with the green design, and one with the yellow design. Then switch on your quickmask (bottom left corner there is a box that turns the image redish), and using your favorite grunge brush and the brush tool, start painting the spots you want to delete on the top layer. After that click on the quickmask again, which will cause the area you painted to become selected - yes in the shape of your grunge. Now just delete that area from your top layer, and the bottom layer will show through. Alpha transparency also takes effect here so you end up with some areas that are kind of green and kind of yellow. Thank you. I'll play around and see what results I can get. Cheers. -- bob (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] Banding in gradient creation
Hi guys. I often get bands when I create gradients. I'd like to know how this happends and how I can reduce or get rid of these artifacts entirely. Thanks. -- bob (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] How do I create this effect?
Hi guys. I've been staring at this image for ages, trying to figure out how to do this. Basically, its a splotchy streak of pain. But, where the paint is present, a pattern can also be seen. http://www.helikopterdesign.com/wp-content/themes/default/images/backgroundtop.png The image is a background png from the beautifully designed page at http://www.helikopterdesign.com. I'd like to know how how to make the pattern visible only where the brush-created pixels are. Any advice on this is appreciated. Thanks. -- bob (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] drop out background tutorial
Subject says it all. I have a large assortment of product pictures which I need to give uniform backgrounds, preferably white. Can someone point me to a tutorial that discusses how? You can see a representative sample image at: http://www.dottedi.biz/images/diagnostics/DSC_4355.JPG. They can probably live with the shadows if I can lose the bulk of the background. Thx, Bob ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] drop out background tutorial
Paul Hartman wrote: On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 4:32 PM, Bob Meetin b...@dottedi.biz wrote: Subject says it all. I have a large assortment of product pictures which I need to give uniform backgrounds, preferably white. Can someone point me to a tutorial that discusses how? You can see a representative sample image at: http://www.dottedi.biz/images/diagnostics/DSC_4355.JPG. They can probably live with the shadows if I can lose the bulk of the background. The documentation :) http://docs.gimp.org/en/gimp-tool-foreground-select.html (not sure which version of Gimp it was written for or which version you're using) I have seen this before but never used it for a project. Okay now I played with it for a few minutes. There must be some trick/finesse to getting it to zero in on the subject, really on the subject's edges. By following the instructions in* Figure 13.26 *and keep redrawing the line the border gets pretty mixed up in the shadow areas especially. Maybe it's my inexperience, but I can actually get a smoother edged selection by using the Paths tool. 2.4.5 on Ubuntu - Bob ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Modifying an image...
zed wrote: I am very new to The Gimp and, at the moment, floundering :-( I want to have some CDs printed with the LinuxMINT logo but the person printing the CDs for me wants the image modified to remove the 'hole' in the centre. I've copied part of the image in an ellipse to cover the 'hole' but am left with the edge of the circle, and have no idea how to blend this with the rest of the image. Any tips would be very welcome but not too technical, please. A non-GIMP solution: look at using the Draw component of the OpenOffice.org software. By manipulating circle shapes you can make the outside of the image circular, and also hide the centre hole. Still use GIMP for manipulating the image itself, but it can remain square, say. -- Bob Long ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] sharpening
Filters -- Enhance -- Sharpen Things break up after around 70% Any time I resize any image I need to resharpen it. If enhance/sharpen is grayed out make sure the image is RGB Image -- Mode -- RGB Norman Silverstone wrote: Quite some time ago a method for sharpening was given here and which I have enjoyed using. Unfortunately, I have lost my notes and I would be grateful if the method could be posted again, please. Norman ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user -- Bob Meetin www.dottedi.biz 303-926-0167 On www.Twitter.com/bobmeetin, Facebook, www.linkedin.com/in/bobmeetin, or catch my blog at www.dottedi.biz/blog.php Standards - you gotta love em - with so many to choose from! ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] batches for web
alec wrote: Akkana Peck wrote: [..] Resolution (as in dots-per-inch) is irrelevant for images used on web-pages. The only thing that counts is the number of pixels. Huh, I thought that lower resolution would make the file size smaller so web images would load faster. No? Depends what you are *really* referring to. See http://www.scantips.com/basics01.html -- Bob Long ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] -crop formula
I have a batch of images all the same size, 1488x2240 pixels. I could use a pointer for a formula that would crop each image to a specific size and keep the same proportion, roughly 2:3, or perhaps crop to a 3:4 proportion. For instance crop the center 744x1120 pixels (50% of height or width). I would like to be able to plug in a specific size either in % (50%, 33%, etc) or dimensions. Thx, Bob ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] -crop formula
Bob Meetin wrote: I have a batch of images all the same size, 1488x2240 pixels. I could use a pointer for a formula that would crop each image to a specific size and keep the same proportion, roughly 2:3, or perhaps crop to a 3:4 proportion. For instance crop the center 744x1120 pixels (50% of height or width). I would like to be able to plug in a specific size either in % (50%, 33%, etc) or dimensions. Thx, Bob I think never mind - found the -crop example: convert img1.jpg -crop 1120x744+560+372 img2.jpg formula: d1 = 50 %width d2 = 50 %height d3 = 25 %width d4 = 25 %height convert img1.jpg -crop $d1 x $d2 + $d3 + $d4 img2.jpg ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] How to slice the imgae for web
Michael Schumacher wrote: Bob Long wrote: To follow up, GIMP 2.6.6 for Windows does not include that (referring to Filters Web Slice) Please explain how you came to this conclusion, (not that I expect is should, as it relies on Python); especially as this is no reason for something to be missing on Microsoft Windows (Perl-based would be one, for example). Well, I'd been running 2.6.5 on Windows XP; open an image, add a couple of guides and Filters|Web shows only Image Map... (and Semi-Flatten, but greyed out). So I upgrade (I did not uninstall 2.6.5) to 2.6.6 today (http://downloads.sourceforge.net/gimp-win/gimp-2.6.6-i686-setup.exe via gimp.org links). Same results. I've never installed Python on this PC. So, am I missing something by looking in the wrong place? Are you saying you'd expect Slice to be there in a standard installation of GIMP on Windows, even without Python installed, and without installing additional plug-ins? -- Bob Long ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] How to slice the imgae for web
- Original Message - From: Nicholas I nicholas.domni...@gmail.com I am using gimp latest version and ubuntu os. It may help to specify the actual version numbers. i don't see the slicing tool is it not available in the gimp latest version. Image|Transform|Guillotine will make separate images based on guides you set. Is that what you mean? -- Bob Long ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] How to slice the imgae for web
DJ wrote: i don't see the slicing tool is it not available in the gimp latest version. What is the slicing tool? [..] There is also: Filters Web Slice http://docs.gimp.org/2.6/en/python-fu-slice.html To follow up, GIMP 2.6.6 for Windows does not include that (not that I expect is should, as it relies on Python); GIMP 2.6.6 included in Ubuntu 9.04 does include it. -- Bob Long ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] too complicated
From: Kent Perrins kp122...@gmail.com To: gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2009 6:11 AM Subject: [Gimp-user] too complicated I have no idea what I am supposed to do to just do a simple post. Too complicated. So forget it I guess. If you mean posting to the mailing list, then you have already succeeded! -- Bob Long ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] no figure in documentation
From: mover50 kp122...@gmail.com To: gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2009 6:22 AM Subject: [Gimp-user] no figure in documentation I am us Windows Vista and Mozilla Firefox for my browser. When looking at the documentation, figures do not show in the figure box, only the wording . http://www.nabble.com/file/p23380927/gimp%2Berror.jpg I noticed the same thing yesterday. I'm sure it was ok a few days ago. A randomly picked page: http://docs.gimp.org/en/gimp-concepts-usage.html Windows XP. Firefox displays the alt text; Internet Explorer also displays a broken image icon. -- Bob Long ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] pixels to dpi
norman wrote: In a book I am reading, under the heading of scanners, it says that the scanner resolution should be 600 pixels per inch. When I look at scanner specifications resolution is quoted as dpi. Please, are these the same? Useful information here regarding terminology: http://www.scantips.com/basics01.html -- Bob Long ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] how to clone a text layer (not how to do clone on a layer)
zhangwe...@realss.com wrote: Nope. I also have a second computer runs Ubuntu 8.04 (I didn't upgrade to 8.10 yet), that every time the system tell me to upgrade I would do it (last time was in last week). But it still uses Gimp 2.5.4 (sh?? an unstable version?). My standard Ubuntu 8.10 with all updates is running GIMP 2.4.5 (repeat: 2.4.5, not 2.5.4). -- Bob Long ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] how to clone a text layer (not how to do clone on a layer)
Chris Mohler wrote: On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 2:48 AM, Bob Long b...@oblong.com.au wrote: [..] My standard Ubuntu 8.10 with all updates is running GIMP 2.4.5 (repeat: 2.4.5, not 2.5.4). Well, we're getting pretty off-topic here, but maybe you meant 8.04? $ cat /etc/issue Ubuntu 8.10 $ aptitude show gimp Package: gimp State: installed Automatically installed: no Version: 2.6.1-1ubuntu3 Oops - you are right! I looked at the wrong machine, which still has 8.04. My 8.10 machine has 2.6.1-1ubuntu3. -- Bob Long ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] anyone use Epson Stylus Photo R2880 Ink Jet Printer
From: Gracia M. Littauer gra...@yadtel.net Sent: Friday, January 30, 2009 8:24 AM Subject: [Gimp-user] anyone use Epson Stylus Photo R2880 Ink Jet Printer if so comments; love it, hate it?? Pros, Cons? I provided one to someone who does professional printing and graphics. They use Windows, but had problems installing it. It turns out that there was something wrong with their Windows XP somehow. The printer works fine from another Windows XP computer. As an interesting sideline, in my attempts to find a solution as to why it would not install on their bad version of Windows, I ran the Ubuntu 8.10 live CD on that same PC, not expecting the printer to be recognised. Much to my surprise, it was, and it was operational in just a couple of minutes. It produced an excellent test print page. The owner's comment some weeks later is, it's a great printer. But I know no more details than that. -- Bob Long ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Fonts
Tagg wrote: How can I add more fonts to gimp? It will depend on your OS, Linux, MAC, Win, etc but if you follow the standard method of installing fonts for your computer, GIMP should recognize them. Might have to reboot, not sure. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] perfect circle
This seems simple, but I tried: convert -size 100x100 xc:none -fill red -draw 'circle 50,50 0,50' red-circle.png convert -size 100x100 xc:none -fill red -draw 'circle 50,50 0,49' red-circle.png And numerous other variations, it either pushes one side too much or seems to be one pixel too small. -- Bob ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] perfect circle
With both of your help I was able to get this working. Here is the end result: http://dottedi.biz/codesamples/convert/index.php It started with: http://dottedi.biz/codesamples/convert/test.jpg and is processed through php, convert, composite. To keep the image weight down I tested -dept 8, 6 4 with the .png files. I don't see much difference. Is there any reason why the png -depth 4 should not be used on a web page. I assume the IE pngfix will still work with it. -Bob Johan Vromans wrote: Bob Meetin b...@dottedi.biz writes: This seems simple, but I tried: convert -size 100x100 xc:none -fill red -draw 'circle 50,50 0,50' red-circle.png ... And numerous other variations, it either pushes one side too much or seems to be one pixel too small. convert -size 100x100 xc:none -fill red -draw 'circle 49.5,49.5 0,50' red-circle.png convert -size 101x101 xc:none -fill red -draw 'circle 50,50 0,50' red-circle.png -- Johan ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user -- Bob Meetin www.dottedi.biz 303-926-0167 Hook up with me on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Plaxo Pulse and Bebo or catch my blog at www.dottedi.biz/blog.php Standards - you gotta love em - there are so many to choose from! ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Trying to make a mirror image.(Shadow)
Martin Nordholts wrote: classiccars wrote: http://www.nabble.com/file/p20747921/29b6_3.jpg I'm trying to make an image that looks like this. How can I make a photo of a car look like it is sitting on a mirror? I didn't do this one, someone else did. I'm sure they flipped and added some shading for the bottom of the car. The think I don't understand is how they flipped the image on two different axis to getting the "Shadow" image to look like that. Any suggestions? Thanks for any help or ideas.. Ken Hi The reflection image is a separate image, it cannot be created by mere transformation of the source image. - Martin It really appears to be a single image with the object resting on a mirror or reflective surface. Now if you want to achieve a reverse image effect something like the letter A sitting atop an upside down A, you can easily do that in GIMP by combining two images. There are also some _javascript_, probably Mootools, library effects that you can use to achieve a similar effect. Squeeze my arm and I'll find a relevant page off list. -- Bob Meetin www.dottedi.biz 303-926-0167 Hook up with me on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Plaxo Pulse and Bebo or catch my blog at www.dottedi.biz/blog.php Standards - you gotta love em - there are so many to choose from! ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Search and replace text in text layer
Is there any way either by scripting or externally to search and replace a text string in GIMP. I have several images that have multiple text layers, I would like to have a template image that I can just do a search and replace of the text strings to create a new image. Thanks in advance -- Bob S. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] 300dpi image from 72dpi
see: www.dottedi.biz/images/danger.gif www.dottedi.biz/images/danger-300dpi.gif www.dottedi.biz/images/danger-300dpi.jpg The danger.gif image - I created it from a couple pieces of clipart, the doggie and triangle, then created the oval, text etc with gimp, all as the default resolution. It wasn't intended for print then but is now. Other than converting to 300dpi in GIMP, how do I ensure that it's good 300dpi, meaning that through the conversion wouldn't GIMP have had to guess and fill in the missing pixels. Do I need to go back to the drawing board and bring it all in as 300dpi? -- Bob Meetin www.dottedi.biz 303-926-0167 Hook up with me on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Plaxo Pulse and Bebo or catch my blog at www.dottedi.biz/blog.php Standards - you gotta love em - there are so many to choose from! ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Can gimp run on external hard drive?
see: http://portableapps.com/news/2008-06-04_-_gimp_portable_2.4.6 -- Bob Meetin www.dottedi.biz 303-926-0167 Hook up with me on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Plaxo Pulse and Bebo or catch my blog at www.dottedi.biz/blog.php Standards - you gotta love em - there are so many to choose from! ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Can gimp run on external hard drive?
Sarah Lee wrote: So that's my question in a nutshell. I will be getting a new external hard drive later this week. My father and some friends told me that some programs can run off of an external hard drive so that you can use the same program on multiple computers without having to install the program on all computers. Does anyone know if this is possible with gimp or does it use too many resources and memory? The hard drive will be 250 gb if that makes a difference. Thanks Sarah Lee For Windows, http://portableapps.com/ -- Bob Long ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] installation for the commoner
For the commoner running windows do you still need to first download and install GTK + 2.10.6-1 runtime environment before installing GIMP 2.4 or is there a bundle that only involves one download/install available? This is for clients who need it simple... -- Bob Meetin dotted i - Internet Strategies Solutions www.dottedi.biz 303-926-0167 ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] simple how to background image
See an example at: http://www.caps2point0.org/templates/yt_sunblogger/images/pink/page_bg.png Is there a way to create an image like this in GIMP (or other heaven forbid) without having to spend hours copying, pasting, lining up pixels? It could be circles, squares, diamonds, etc as the repeating pattern? -- Bob ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] How to open image in existing gimp instance
Sven Neumann wrote: On Tue, 2008-03-25 at 11:39 +0530, Tanveer Singh wrote: sometimes I open multiple images at once, right clicking multiple and then opening in gimp would mean so many gimps! I want one GIMP only please. This is supposed to happen (one GIMP instance only). What operating system are you using? Where did you get your GIMP binary from? I'll chime in here regarding my situation... Windows XP. GIMP 2.4.5. Binary is Jernej's http://downloads.sourceforge.net/gimp-win/gimp-2.4.5-i686-setup.exe Windows file association (for .bmp for my tests) is to gimp-2.4 (C:\Program Files\GIMP-2.0\bin\gimp-2.4.exe). Multiple instances of GIMP arise. If I associate to gimpwin-remote (C:\Program Files\GIMP-2.0\bin\gimp-win-remote.exe) then only one instance of GIMP appears. However, there also appears a message in its own window: GIMP Message Opening 'C:\Program Files\GIMP-2.0\bin\gimp-2.4.exe' failed: unknown file type (which can be closed without harm). I don't select multiple images to open at once, but open one image from the file manager, then click on another image to open it. Interestingly, the GIMP Message error appears only when the first image is opened. If I close the error window and open subsequent images, the error does not appear again (unless I close GIMP completely, and then it appears again for the first image opened). -- Bob Long ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] How to open image in existing gimp instance
Tanveer Singh wrote: On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 1:21 PM, Bob Long [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [..] If I associate to gimpwin-remote (C:\Program Files\GIMP-2.0\bin\gimp-win-remote.exe) then only one instance of GIMP appears. However, there also appears a message in its own window: GIMP Message Opening 'C:\Program Files\GIMP-2.0\bin\gimp-2.4.exe' failed: unknown file type (which can be closed without harm). [..] Thanks! I will associate gimpwin-remote instead of gimp.exe. But I guess that error message can be filed as a bug report. With the clue from Peter taylor's message, this fixed the error window for me: From the gimp-win-remote README file (which I don't think is included in the GIMP files): Save the following between the dashes to a gimp-win-remote.reg, and remember to change the gimp-2.4.exe to the version you wish to run. Please note that to execute the new gimp-win-remote.reg file will require administrative rights. -- REGEDIT4 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\GNU\gimp-win-remote] @=gimp-2.4.exe -- Then, in Windows Explorer|Tools|Folder Options|File Types edit the association you are using and change the command line in the field Application used to perform action: from C:\Program Files\GIMP-2.0\bin\gimp-win-remote.exe gimp-2.4.exe %1 to C:\Program Files\GIMP-2.0\bin\gimp-win-remote.exe %1 -- Bob Long ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] canvas size to add
Helen wrote: I wanted to put a mat/frame around a photo, so I went to canvas size and enlarged the canvas, thinking I could fill the extra space with color. Turns out I can't do anything with that extra space -- can't paint on it, can't even access it. I know Layer|Layer to Image size works. The current background colour is used. -- Bob Long ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] resize image, loss of quality / successive saves
if this question has been asked before please point me to the answer. whenever i open a vanilla image in gimp then resize to a smaller dimension it becomes fuzzy, soft focus. to get the sharpness back i select filters - sharpen - then about 50 sharpness and all is well again. is this a setting issue or common behavior? go down this path - after i have done this operation sometimes i have to resize the same image to a new dimension. same problem same solution. second question, jpgs are lossy. if i do this then save the jpg a second time at new dimension does this cause the same repetitive save, loss of quality problem as opening and resaving an image? i.e. qulity-wise am i better off going back to the vanilla image and saving once for each image size as opposed to repetitive saves during one open image session? -- Bob ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] slide copying
Years ago (decades really) Nikon used to sell a slide copying gadget that you mount in front of the lens, perhaps a couple hundred dollars. It was useful, but limiting. Last summer I bought a refurbished Epson 4490 scanner from the Epson clearance store. It came with attachments and software for copying 35 mm thru 6x7 cm transparencies (and negatives). It works wonderfully - might have cost a tad over $100 US. I made a custom template out of cardboard so that I could copy my 4x5 large format transparencies and negatives as well. This was time-consuming but worked. -Bob norman wrote: When I used to take colour slides many years ago I always regretted not having an easy way of improving the 'as taken' image. I was thinking the other day that if improvements could be made to the images using Gimp it could be a very interesting exercise. Dedicated slide copiers seem to be quite expensive and I wondered if anyone knew of any device which would enable me to use my camera to make copies? I realise this is not exactly about using Gimp but I cannot think of any better place to ask the question. Norman ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user -- Bob Meetin dotted i - Internet Strategies Solutions www.dottedi.biz 303-926-0167 ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Alt Key
Thomas Worthington wrote: On Sat, 29 Dec 2007 17:40:09 -, Sven Neumann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [..] Since I use the click-drag a lot when working on websites, an extra twiddle with an extra menu is a nuisance and 2.2 remains the better choice for me especially as I also do a lot of cropping and I need to see the ratio as I select the area to be cropped. I've just re-installed 2.4 and confirmed that this is simply impossible now, whereas it was part of the default display on 2.2's crop tool. That's a clear step backwards by any rational measure of usability, and if you can't see that then I'm at a loss as to what is going on in your mind. Excuse me for jumping in, but maybe I've missed something in the discussion; I'm not really sure I understand what you are trying to achieve. a) Do you know the ratio you want to end up with before you start cropping? b) Or, do you want to crop an area you like, and end up with whatever that ratio happens to be, and be able to see it and take note of it (and probably use that value later)? If a), then I don't follow why setting the exact ratio in the tool is difficult to do. It ensures the crop will be exactly what you want, without having to watch the current ratio and stop dragging at just the right spot. If b), then I agree that 2.4 does not show the ratio information, as far as I can see. -- Bob Long ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Alt Key
Thomas Worthington wrote: On Sat, 29 Dec 2007 21:42:54 -, Bob Long [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [..] a) Do you know the ratio you want to end up with before you start cropping? I usually have a target ratio and some leeway. So I might know that the ideal is, say, .618 but that .6 to .63 will look okay if that's what I have to use to clip out something that I don't want in the picture. I don't think this is an unusual situation to be in. I know the ratio of the target space or page but I also know that the user won't notice/care about a minor deviation in margin sizes. Ok - thanks for the explanation. That makes sense, and I can now understand what you require. On that basis, maybe it's something that the developers can consider to be added back to a future version. -- Bob Long ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Question about involuntary resizing
Simon, Maybe you can post a page for us to see the original, unedited, then the page where you see the resizing. I use ImageMagick and others use other programs to do auto-resizing (size, quality, etc) of uploaded images to ensure that they fit within the space intended. -Bob Simon Roberts wrote: Hi all, I created a headshot for a friend, but the website she's posted it on, which is essentially out of her control, does some automatic resizing. Actually, I'm not sure if the resizing occurs in the server, or on the client browser. Anyway, the original image has been offered at a variety of sizes, and every time it ends up looking granular and awful on the end user's browsers. The site admins don't know anything--they're just using a system that was written for them. I would provide a single small image resized to the final size, but I don't think that will work because a) I think the resizing is dynamic, and b) the user can click on the image to get a bigger (the unresized) image. I want the larger one to still exist and we'll lose that if we just go with a small image. Under these dreadfully sub-optimal conditions, what can I do, or what should I avoid doing, to try to ensure the resized image looks as good as it can? I should point out that other people's pictures all look better than my friend's. Not always great, to be sure, but clearly there's room to improve if I knew what to do. TIA, Simon __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user -- Bob Meetin dotted i - Internet Strategies Solutions www.dottedi.biz 303-926-0167 ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] some quary
- Original Message - From: jayesh thorve [EMAIL PROTECTED] I am Migrating From Photoshop to Gimp, In Photoshop there is move tool move any part of image so what is option in gimp The Move tool! It's the four headed arrow. Select part of the image; click the tool; select the option in the lower area to move the layer, or selection, etc. -- Bob long ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] photo resolution
From: David Heino [EMAIL PROTECTED] If I am producing images for the web, is 72 dpi still sufficient across all possible monitors--a little lap top screen to a large screen HDTV? Read here: http://scantips.com/no72dpi.html More information about resolution, DPI etc. from the main site: http://scantips.com/ -- Bob Long ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] curvy shape with separating bar
Hi, See 2 sample images at: www.dottedi.biz/codesamples/images/wave1.png www.dottedi.biz/codesamples/images/wave2.png To create base image #1 I dropped in the blue background color, then used the 'Create and edit paths' tool to add points then create the selection for the greenish shape. I did some elementary editing to make the curvy section curvy. Not perfect but ok. The next step is/was to add a border to the greenish area. This is where it all goes south. I tried various border widths, also a little blur effect, but still end up with jagged edges. The question how do you create a shape like this with smooth curves, not the jagged stuff? When I used the 'elliptical region tool' to create a circle it looks pretty good. -- Bob Meetin dotted i - Internet Strategies Solutions www.dottedi.biz 303-926-0167 ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] curvy shape with separating bar - another example
An example of what I would like to be able to create in gimp: http://www.bigstockphoto.com/images/bsp-headleft.gif -- the smooth horizontal curvy shape white/light green, with the separating green border that grows from left to right Is this reasonably doable in GIMP? Bob Meetin - www.dottedi.biz wrote: Hi, See 2 sample images at: www.dottedi.biz/codesamples/images/wave1.png www.dottedi.biz/codesamples/images/wave2.png To create base image #1 I dropped in the blue background color, then used the 'Create and edit paths' tool to add points then create the selection for the greenish shape. I did some elementary editing to make the curvy section curvy. Not perfect but ok. The next step is/was to add a border to the greenish area. This is where it all goes south. I tried various border widths, also a little blur effect, but still end up with jagged edges. The question how do you create a shape like this with smooth curves, not the jagged stuff? When I used the 'elliptical region tool' to create a circle it looks pretty good. -- Bob Meetin dotted i - Internet Strategies Solutions www.dottedi.biz 303-926-0167 ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Making a Stereoimage of Each Layer
If you are doing something like this repetitively you might want to consider using ImageMagick and its command-line tool, convert. It can be used to combine sequentially either horizontally or vertically multiple images. No more said as that is another user group. -Bob Sven Neumann wrote: Hi, On Thu, 2007-08-02 at 13:05 -0700, spammy wrote: I recently found myself needing to append a copy of an image right next to itself, essentially doubling the width of the canvas and ending up with a stereoimage more or less. Unfortunately, the image consisted of many layers, and I had to copy-n-paste the content of each layer and then move it to the side, layer by layer. Well, at least I had to in the sense that I didn't know any better. Do you actually still need the individual layers? Otherwise you could simply flatten the image or merge visible layers before you create the stereo image. I foresee myself having to do the same again, and was wondering if there was some fancy way to copy/paste/move all the layers at the same time, or if there might be an even better approach to this. You can link layers by toggling the chain icon in the layers dialog. Linked layers can be moved together. Sven ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] soft-edge effect with corner
I know how to create drop shadows and round corners, but I'm really foggy on how to combine the two and create a corner with a soft inner gradient type edge. To see an example visit: http://www.homestead.com/~site/hslo/website/gallery3.ffhtml select the fist template (pink with spa). it would be the corner plus the extension of the straight lines that is the goal. tutorial? ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] printing on DVD
- Original Message - From: norman [EMAIL PROTECTED] The printer I have is said to be capable of printing on a CD or DVD. I wondered if it were possible to prepare and print images using Gimp and, if so, how would one go about the task? I use OpenOffice.org Draw to do that (and GIMP for any actual image work). Draw lets you arrange shapes (circles, in this case) so that nothing prints outside the outer circle, and nothing prints in the inner circle. -- Bob Long ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] toolbox configuration
two questions: 1) can you configure GIMP (windows) so that it does not open up a new toolbox with each opened image? 2) how do you configure the toolbox so that when you open an image it activates a particular tool, such as 'select rectangular regions', rather than something that was selected in a previous session? -bob ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] baffling image resolution question
See example images at www.dottedi.biz/codesamples/broken The image (vanilla) was taken with an ordinary digital slr. I know it is large - if you check the other image, same problem. It is 300dpi. You can see this if checking with windows image properties or with photoshop. However, when I check in Gimp (2.2) using Image -- Scale Image both horizontal and vertical display as 72. When I load some stock images into Gimp they are correctly display the resolution, be it 150, 300, whatever. So the question, What is it about this image that is fooling gimp? Is it a setting in Gimp that I might have innocently messed up or other? -Bob ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] baffling image resolution question
And the really befuddling baffling part is that with some of the stock images I looked at Gimp seems to read their resolution fine. So I am guessing that with these stock images there is some image manipulation going on, then gimp is correctly reading for them? But on the pictures from my cameras (I just ran another test with a different camera) Gimp is bound and determined that the resolution is 72. If it helps anyone in troubleshooting, the 2 cameras are a Nikon D-70 and a FujiFilm Finepix S5000. Well I just checked with an old mini, an HP Photosmart 635 - same situation. Roel Schroeven wrote: Bob Meetin schreef: See example images at www.dottedi.biz/codesamples/broken The image (vanilla) was taken with an ordinary digital slr. I know it is large - if you check the other image, same problem. It is 300dpi. You can see this if checking with windows image properties or with photoshop. However, when I check in Gimp (2.2) using Image -- Scale Image both horizontal and vertical display as 72. When I load some stock images into Gimp they are correctly display the resolution, be it 150, 300, whatever. So the question, What is it about this image that is fooling gimp? Is it a setting in Gimp that I might have innocently messed up or other? Not only Gimp is confused. I've tried the images in IrfanView and XnView. There is a difference between the two images: - img1_resized.jpg: both XnView and IrfanView think it's 72x72. PIL, the Python Imaging Library, thinks it's 72x72 too. - img1_vanilla.jpg: XnView says ??? x ???, IrfanView leaves the boxes empty, PIL has no DPI information. That's without looking into the EXIF-data. When I look there, both XnView and IrfanView have XResolution = 300 and YResolution = 300 in both images. So the difference between Gimp on one hand and Windows image properties and PhotoShop on the other hand seems to be that the others extract the resolution-information from the EXIF-data while the Gimp doesn't. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] swapping color - resolved
Yes - Converting to RGB and resaving as .gifsolved the problem. Thanks to all. And yes, too - I understand the effects of the various common image types. In this case I need to stick with .gif unless the client says different (and I will offer some explanation). Too bad IE (6) does not offer better support for transparency with .pngs. The pngfix workarounds are fatiguing. happy to go, Bob Scott Bicknell wrote: 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. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] swapping color
I inherited an image, a logo, in which I need to swap out one color, solid region, for another. Seems simple. I open in gimp, select the region using, have tried both 'Select regions by color' and 'Select contiguous regions', then apply any new color and I end up with a mix of the original and replacement color. After befuddling myself for an hour (including using other image editing software) I copied the image from .gif to both .jpg and .png format. As a .png or .jpg the color replacement works fine. See the 3 'raw' images at www.dottedi.biz/codesamples/images/shape.gif www.dottedi.biz/codesamples/images/shape.jpg www.dottedi.biz/codesamples/images/shape.png I don't really want to be using .jpg or .png images unless I have to. So the question, what is causing the replacement to fail and is there a way to make or convet the .gif accept the color swap? -Bob ___ 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...
Durumdara wrote: I'm used Gimp in Windows XP. I have a problem with it that I don't found any option to disable multiple applications. 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 application, and every new file must be opened in this Gimp. 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. -- Bob Long ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Logo uses RoostHeavy Font.
If you are on a windows pc, all you should need to do is install the font via the windows control panel. To do this, go to Start -- Control Panel -- Fonts Drag/drop the font into this folder. You might have to restart gimp, but in my case it works fine and also with my other utilities that use custom fonts. If I only knew how to do this in linux the easy way... Scott Bicknell wrote: 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. ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] is it possible to create a fade transition .gif iwth GIMP
Subject says it all, mostly. I'd like to know if it is possible to create a fade-in, fade-out transitional effect with a single .gif image using GIMP? Preferaby where the image one fade out intersects with the image two fade in? -Bob ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] How to draw a line? :(
Did you read the actual straight line tutorial? It's here: http://www.gimp.org/tutorials/Straight_Line/ Simon Roberts wrote: Nutshell version: no, I'd not seen this, yes, so far as I can make out, I'm doing what the tutorial says, but no, I don't get any line. I get two crosshairs and a line joining the two as I move the mouse while holding shift (I can constrain the line to certain angles with control too) but when I release shift, the whole thing goes away. I'm using 2.3.8. I must admit I did not find that tutorial explicit enough, or perhaps the method has changed. I had to do this: 1. One left click and release of the mouse at the point you want the start of the line. 2. Hold shift down. Hold control down as well if you want constrained angles. 3. Move the mouse - a guide line will be drawn - without clicking, to where you want the end of the line. 4. Click and release the mouse button. The line will be drawn. 5. Release the shift key. -- Bob Long ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] color replacement
On Tuesday, March 28, 2006 10:25 AM [GMT+1=CET], cheap_sunglasses [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi, i'm editing a scanned picture, and was wondering if anyone could tell me how to replace all colors, except black, with whitei traced over the lines on the original with my mouse, but the original scan pixels are still there. any advice would be very much appreciated. Use the Select regions by color tool and click on one of the black areas. You may need to adjust the threshold setting. Then Select|Invert. Then use the Fill tool (the bucket) - selecting BG color fill so it will fill with white, so long as your foreground and background colours are the default black and white - by clicking the image. You should now have only black and white areas. Of course, this means *everything* that is not black will be wiped out and replaced with white. -- Bob Long ___ 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
On Monday, March 20, 2006 12:02 PM [GMT+1=CET], scott s. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [..] I have been trying to understand this better myself. I couldn't find any good help on it. Although it focuses on scanning, this has an explantion of pixels, dpi, images, printing, etc.: http://www.scantips.com/basics01.html -- Bob Long ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] working with scanned pics: how to individually chopup pics
On Sunday, January 29, 2006 2:05 AM [GMT+1=CET], Jeff C [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] crop - rotate - crop again Because the Rectangular Section won't give an exact crop. How can you get ONLY the picture cropped and NO white background space? I would like only the picture included in the image, and no white frame around it. above I think we have a misunderstanding. Let's say that the image is now made perfectly aligned... vertically and horizontally at 90 degrees. My question is how can we crop this now-perfectly-aligned picture so that we don't include any white space? As has been said, crop again to exclude any white area. However, I notice your original pictures that you have scanned have rounded corners. Are you wanting to retain that rounded corner effect? If not, then simply crop the image smaller so you have a rectangular area with no white. If you do want a rounded corner effect, then you'll have to have a background of some sort, be it white or some other colour. Or, you could make it transparent. You can do that by adding a transparent layer, and then using, say, the fuzzy select tool to select the unwanted background, then deleting that selection. But then you have to consider how you ultimately want to use the image, as not all file types handle transparency. Bob Long ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
