Re: [Gimp-user] Smoothing inked lines?
This is something I've struggled with as well. I'm not sure if I've ever found a good solution, but Selective Gaussian blur comes to mind. It's in Filters Blur Selective Gaussian Blur. Just tinker with the settings and see what happens. Is there somewhere we can see one of the scans you're working with? On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 3:35 PM, Marc Carson m...@marccarson.com wrote: I've been scanning inks into GIMP, then moving them over to Inkscape for tracing to make the lines smoother. Is there a way to do this in GIMP alone? I don't mean vector tracing, just getting rid of the smaller abnormalities or fuzziness around my inked lines. I already scan at 600 dpi. Here's an example: http://www.friendlyskies.net/projects/comics/before-after.png Thanks! ___ 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
Re: [Gimp-user] Smoothing inked lines?
OK, try this: apply a Gaussian Blur to the image (I used it at 7 or 8 pixels) to smooth those lines up, and then apply a Unsharp Mask to sharpen it again. You should end up with fairly smooth lines. You can, of course, tinker with the settings of both filters to fine-tune the result. On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 4:09 PM, Marc Carson m...@marccarson.com wrote: Is there somewhere we can see one of the scans you're working with? Sure. Here's an original panel straight from the scanner: http://friendlyskies.net/projects/comics/originalpanel.png I tried unsharp mask and selective gaussian blur, but no luck either way (converted to RGB). ___ 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
Re: [Gimp-user] Listequette
Hi, Steve, Question on the subject of listequette: Gmail defaults to top-posting in replies. But I think I've heard that it's considered rude. On this list, is it preferred to ignore Gmail's default and put my reply after the previous person's message? Thanks On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 7:03 PM, Steve VanSlyck s.vansl...@spamcop.net wrote: May I offer a respectful and kind suggestion to all? When replying to a message, please cut as much of the original message is not relevant to your reply. This is especially true when saying thank you - so readers don't have to page down through several messages just to see a very brief message. Interweb Listequette suggest that quoted material shoule be no more than 20% of the new material. Like all rules there will be many good reasons for exceptions, but you get the idea. Thanks. ___ 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
Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP's gradients are not smooth?
On the contrary, applying a Gaussian blur will have no effect. The gradient is already as smooth as it will get. Anthony, is it absolutely necessary that you have a whitetransparency gradient layer over a background layer? I was able to eyedrop the center color and outer color and create a one-layer gradient that looks very smooth. I can't articulate why a one-layer gradient looks better than semi-transparent gradient over a background, but it certainly seems to be the case. http://mac9416.keryxproject.org/images/gimp-smooth-gradient.png http://mac9416.keryxproject.org/images/gimp-smooth-gradient.xcf.gz On Sun, Jan 10, 2010 at 8:54 AM, photocomix for...@gimpusers.com wrote: You already get a lot of good advices I will add that just apply a simplicistic but very effective trick may do marvels just some gaussian blur on your gradient may create all the smoothness you may desire ...more the range, more smoothness (you can't save as gradient a blurred gradient but you may well apply gaussian blur after applied the gradient) Hello, I'm trying to create a smooth radial gradient in GIMP. I'm doing what I guess is the obvious thing: use the Blend/Gradient tool, set the shape to Radial, and draw it. This gives me a decent gradient, but it's not actually smooth. And it's especially unsmooth when I set the gradient layer's opacity to ~25%, which is where I want it to be for the effect I'm trying to achieve. Here are my files: http://nodivisions.com/stuff/ext_posts/gimp-unsmooth-gradient.jpg http://nodivisions.com/stuff/ext_posts/gimp-unsmooth-gradient.xcf.gz As you can see, there are obvious striations there, rather than a smooth gradient. What am I doing wrong? I've tried it with and without dithering, adaptive supersampling, etc; none of that seems to improve it. I'm using GIMP 2.6.7 on Ubuntu, if that makes any difference. Thanks, -- photocomix (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 mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
