Re: [Gimp-user] Wacom weirdness
snip I Use Ubuntu 11.04 and Gimp 2.6.11 and I don't experience these problems with my Wacom Bamboo One, it works fine with pressure. That's good. Do the buttons work? Norman ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Gimp in Unity
snip You could also choose the old classic Ubuntu from the login screen without any removal/install actions. That's exactly what I did. Norman ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] astronomical use of GIMP
With last discover of a little jung black hole by NASA, I have found this project on the Chandra X-ray observatory site: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/openFITS/ IMHO it can be very effective to spread the use of GIMP having a page dedicated to the interesting / useful real case of GIMP use. Forgive my bad english... Thank you for a very interesting reference, I have posted it to the http://forum.meetthegimp.org/ Norman ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Wacom tablet
I want to buy a Wacom tablet for use in Gimp. I browsed the web and noticed they come in different sizes. Is size important and why? Also some come with touch is it of any use in Gimp? I use the Wacom Bamboo for editing photographic images and am very satisfied with what it does. To be able to have a variable touch is very useful especially for dodging and burning. Norman ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] GIMP 2.6.8
I am looking at GIMP 2.6.8 on Ubuntu 10.04 RC and notice that the usual display of the ruler units and zoom percentage, below the image, is missing. I have not been able to find this reported as a bug and I wonder if I am missing something. Norman ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Gimp and Turboprint
I run Ubuntu Studio 9.10 as my OS, have Gimp 2.6 installed and running perfectly, Gimp 2.7 installed and running fine. My problem: When I print from 2.6, I can choose to print or Turboprint (using that non-free application which gives me full functionality on my Canon i960 photo printer). If I print from 2.7, the Turboprint option is not available and, while I can get my i960 to work, full functionality is not available. I'm guessing that the problem stems from the way in which 2.7 was installed so that it coexists with 2.6 on my system, but I would like to get 2.7 to recognize and use Turboprint. Any advice? I suggest that you contact Turboprint, they are very helpful. Normamn ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] gimp
When I try to save a picture I have worked on it always tells me I'm not authorized to save it. How do I become authorized so I can save my edited photos? Some more information might be useful before your question can be answered. Norman ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Removing Matte Texture
On 03/10/2010 08:48 AM, Sandi P. wrote: I appreciate you having a look at these. They are unedited, right from the scanner. You can see them at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/37318...@n04/ snip Moreover, the samples here are so small that it is impossible to really appreciate the quality and do anything useful. You should scan at 300dpi at the very least. I agree with the comments and would add that if you really want to achieve the best possible than scan at 600dpi and take it from there. Norman ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Printing
snip I'm one of those people who's a hard core open source user and sniffs disdainfully at any proprietary solution to achieve my means :) But I try not to impose these irrational beliefs on anyone else, especially on mailing lists and forums. I'd much rather saddle myself with a crappy, generic photo printer of dubious quality than try out software that might function perfectly well :) I do under stand your point of view regarding software and Linux. But in all seriousness, there are other reasons to get a photo printer. My Color LaserJet might be great for documents and graphics, but it sucks horribly at printing photos. It can't do border-less printing, its colour rendering is inferior, and it costs a fortune in toner. A great HP photo printer is only $140 or so and would give me better print quality than commercial photo printing companies. I have had a perfectly good colour printer for some years but have concluded that, for good results and peace of mind at a reasonable cost, I send my photos to be commercially printed. I agree that there are reasonably priced printers readily available but the real cost of printing is in the ink and paper. For example, unless you leave your printer permanently switched, on every time you start the printer the procedure at start up uses ink. There are many other things that can happen such as clogged jets which are difficult to clean and also consume ink and, unless you buy really good quality inks which are expensive, you will probably never be really satisfied with the results. Norman ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Printing
Using GIMP 2.6, running on Ubuntu Linux, v9.10. The printer is an HP Photosmart C5180 on my home network. I have the hplip printing package installed. I've chosen Custom Sizes from the page setup options, choosing the C5180. The HPLIP is the latest version available. I've never been able to print custom sizes with my HP printer and HPLIP. Not with Gimp or anything else. Anything other than the printer's built-in formats results in either cups disabling the printer, or a messed-up output. My printer is not a photo printer, it's a business-class network laser printer, so I can't even print pictures because there are no built-in picture sizes available for me to choose from. This is despite the fact that my printer has a built-in card reader and a dedicated picture-printing function. I can't even select custom sizes on the printer itself, disregarding HPLIP altogether. I've been contemplating buying a picture printer specifically for making prints of my pictures without having to drive to the store all the time. Just a suggestion, have you tried using TurboPrint, a free trial is available? It may work and is much cheaper than a new printer. Norman ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] restoring faded transparencies
snip After a lot of too-ing and fro-ing, plus an element of magic, I actually found the Restore item in the menu! I then tried two scanned slides with Restore. The one I have described already (boy in Napoleon outfit in front of mountain) and another, a field of red poppies with fringing bushes. The former showed little change after trying all variations of Restore, notably that the blue tinge was not lightened and the yellow splashes in the sky stayed there. The poppies, however, did shown an improvement in that the fringing bushes certainly became more green than before. Having no instructions for using Restore, I assume I used in correctly - I suppose there's not much more to be done than ring the changes on the controls? Where does one find the file referred to earlier - photorestore.pdf? Before you can really start to get involved in the restoration of old transparencies I would suggest that you try to understand what has, in fact, happened to the dyes responsible for producing those colours. You can take it from me that there is no single, easy way to solve the problem without producing some degradation in quality and detail and I am of the opinion that each slide has to be treated on its own merits. I am sure a Google search could be most productive and, if you would like to make copies of your slides available I would be delighted to try to see what various methods could do. There are some interesting examples to found at :- http://www.23hq.com/photogroup/5034048/ Norman ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] changing colour
I have a test image which is monochromatic (black/white), is a grid pattern and shades from black on the left to white on the right which I have been using for some Unsharp Mask experiments. In order to extend these experiments I would like to change the test image to a coloured monochromatic image (red/white, green/white and blue/white). Is it possible to change this test image to a coloured image or will I have to hunt around to either find or make new images? Thank you for any useful advice. Norman ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Complaint
I'm sure you folks are all experts at GIMP but I've found it to be a very hard to learn how to use. But how many hundreds of hours did it take you to learn how to use it? For example- the tutorials are mostly out of date and they usually tell you to click something that isn't even present in the latest version. What a PAIN. There has to be an easier waythey has to be. I sympathise with you, GIMP is complicated but then, so are lots of applications. The darkness was lifted from my eyes when I discovered www.meetthegimp.org This is a series of video tutorials which is so helpful without being over complicated that even an oldie like me can understand. Give them a try, and tell me what you think. Norman ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Fwd: Re: Completely off every imaginable topic;)
I agree with you completely. It's amazing to me that anyone would even be concerned enough to have an opinion about the issue to make an unequivocal statement about it. Such is our age of hyper-outrage I use the list mostly to ask a question and, when I am able, to give an answer to someone else's question. So, for the first response, given the title of the thread a top posted comment is not a problem. The difficulty seems to arise if a discussion ensues. In that case I would suggest that to those whom it is important to follow the arguments that judicious use of snip and in between posting is probably the most useful otherwise I am beginning to think that top or bottom posting does not really matter. Consider how hard copy is retained in a file, that is top posted is it not? Norman ___ 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
snip But a much better and simpler idea is to just use a number range from 1..13, similar to photoshop. I'll take that over to the developer's list. Is this any help, I came across it a long time ago? Here is a table that provides an approximate mapping between Photoshop quality levels and GIMP (actually IJG JPEG library) quality levels: Adobe Photoshop quality 12 = GIMP quality 98, subsampling 1x1 Adobe Photoshop quality 11 = GIMP quality 95, subsampling 1x1 Adobe Photoshop quality 10 = GIMP quality 93, subsampling 1x1 Adobe Photoshop quality 9 = GIMP quality 91, subsampling 1x1 Adobe Photoshop quality 8 = GIMP quality 90, subsampling 1x1 Adobe Photoshop quality 7 = GIMP quality 89, subsampling 1x1 Adobe Photoshop quality 6 = GIMP quality 90, subsampling 2x2 Adobe Photoshop quality 5 = GIMP quality 89, subsampling 2x2 Adobe Photoshop quality 4 = GIMP quality 88, subsampling 2x2 Adobe Photoshop quality 3 = GIMP quality 88, subsampling 2x2 Adobe Photoshop quality 2 = GIMP quality 87, subsampling 2x2 Adobe Photoshop quality 1 = GIMP quality 86, subsampling 2x2 Adobe Photoshop quality 0 = GIMP quality 85, subsampling 2x2 Norman ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP vs Photoshop
There are a few things that GIMP needs to be competitive with PS. Just a few? :) Why is it necessary for GIMP to be competitive with PS? GIMP is an alternative to PS developed for free use by anyone who wishes to use it. As I understand it, it isn't users that GIMP wants, it is developers prepared to give freely of their time and expertise. If you need the advantages that PS has over GIMP then, by all means, buy and use PS but, if you want something that does what you want and is free, then use GIMP. If you can help to improve GIMP then good for you, if you can't then, as it is said, put up or shut up. Norman ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP vs Photoshop
The great thing about GIMP is that it is free so you can try it, at no cost to yourself, and see if it will do what you want it to do. Never mind what others will tell you about whether it should be 16 bit or 8 bit and is colour management essential or not. I suggest the thing to do is that you decide what you want to achieve and then see how this may be done. Norman ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP vs Photoshop
The great thing about GIMP is that it is free so you can try it, at no cost to yourself, and see if it will do what you want it to do. But so is Photoshop. 30 days trial :) The difficulty is that whilst GIMP will run on virtually any operating system Photoshop will not. Norman ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Removing unwanted objects in photos
I am new to gimp and am having trouble removing unwanted objects from digital photos. I have tried CLONE, Erasure etc, but to no avail. Where can I go to find information to remove unwanted objects from pictures. Hope someone can help. I am new at this also, been at it for about two years, and tried doing it without any help. What I do, is use cut and paste. I blow up the area and cut sections out around in and paste them into the unwanted object takes a while but it has worked for me. Especially with exwives in pictures.LOL An example of what you are trying to do would be useful to work out the best approach. Meanwhile, have you looked at Liquid Resacale, which is a GIMP plug in? Norman ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] python script for rectangle selection
I am new to gimp's scripting and would like to automate the rectangle selection tool by defining the position and size using a script. Afterwards, I would like to extract the selection, 'paste as new image' and save the image as a png file without compression. It would be nice, if you can give me some hints, how to achieve this. Maybe, something similar exists already!? I am sorry that I cannot produce a script but why not put the question to http://forum.meetthegimp.org/ there are some very knowledgeable and helpful script writers there. Norman ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Printing (was Re: running out of hair)
After lots and lots of trying to print I had to spend some cash and buy TurboPrint - problem solved. Norman ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Tip of the day
I read on the list the other day that there are some useful items in Tip of the day so I decided to activate things so that a new tip would appear each time GIMP was switched on. To my disappointment, the button to switch the tip on and off is no longer in the tip window. What do I need to do to get the tip to appear each time I activate GIMP, please. I am using GIMP 2.6.7 and Ubuntu 9.10. Norman ___ 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
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. I presume that you are using Scale Image. At the right hand side of the boxes where you enter the dimensions there are 2 chain links which are joined together, click on these and they will separate. Now you can enter your dimensions with out any problem. Norman ___ 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
snip I presume that you are using Scale Image. At the right hand side of the boxes where you enter the dimensions there are 2 chain links which are joined together, click on these and they will separate. Now you can enter your dimensions with out any problem. Its a passport photograph, so doing the little chain things doesn't really work, as it becomes distorted. Thats why I was trying to do what the previous poster suggested There is a plug-in called Liquid Rescale which would probably do exactly what you want. Norman ___ 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 am rapidly coming to the conclusion that it is cheaper to have my photos printed by one of the on-line organisations than to pay the exorbitant prices charged for inks. A set of inks for my Epson Stylus Photo R300 is over £50 which is a lot of commercially printed photos and that's without the cost of paper. Norman ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Another Gimp/UFRaw topic
Better use compressed 8-bit sRGB TIFF instead (all minilabs I know would reject TIFF with *any* compression, though...). Why is that? Why is WHAT??? You need to Trim the posting more precisely... I wonder if the questioner meant why do minilabs reject TIFF with *any* compression? Norman ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Another Gimp/UFRaw topic
I have been following this thread with interest so I decided to do some tests. The results may be relevant or not as the case may be but I think that they are interesting. My little camera gives a RAW image = 8.6 MB and a jpeg image = 2.6 MB. The developed RAW image from UFRaw saved at 98% jpeg = 17.2 MB What do you think are benefits of using jpegs with quality above 95%? I have absolutely no idea, it is just that I came across a reference somewhere which said I use 98% jpeg compression when archiving images. Better use compressed 8-bit sRGB TIFF instead (all minilabs I know would reject TIFF with *any* compression, though...). Why is that? Norman ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Another Gimp/UFRaw topic
Ok, I want to make sure that I've asked my question clear enough before I decide that you guys have blown me away with your technological knowledge. I'm shooting in RAW and so I'm opening up a RAW file with UFRaw because without opening the file first with UFRaw, I can't get it into into Gimp for Post Processing. I hope I'm right so far. Well, after opening the RAW file in UFRaw and whether I perforn any adjustments or not in UFRaw, if I hit OK to send it to Gimp isn't it still a RAW file when it's in GIMP or has UFRaw converted it to a jpg automatically and that is why the image looks crappy in GIMP, particulairly when zoomed in on? I have been following this thread with interest so I decided to do some tests. The results may be relevant or not as the case may be but I think that they are interesting. My little camera gives a RAW image = 8.6 MB and a jpeg image = 2.6 MB. The developed RAW image from UFRaw saved at 98% jpeg = 17.2 MB and then that image loaded into GIMP and saved as xcf = 17.0 MB. Norman ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] How do I increase the size of the little preview window ...
When I use filters like the unsharp mask or other plugins, a little preview window pops up and I can see the effect of the settings for that particular filter. Is there a way to make that preview window bigger? I have a very fast machine and it can handle it. Try clicking on a corner and dragging. Norman ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] sharpening
I'm trying to follow this smart sharpening tutorial from version 2.6.7. Several items in the early steps are slightly different - menu steps to decompose vary a bit, for example. But,everything seems to work for me up to step 7, at which I cannot complete steps beyond. There must be some slight differences between 2.6.7 and the version used in the tutorial, as I cannot seem to get the select-all to show up in the sharpening thumbnail in the layers-channels, etc. dialog. I had the same problem and, eventually, found just what I wanted at http://forum.meetthegimp.org/index.php/topic,480.0.html It works really well. Norman ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] saving layers
Suppose there are three different layers in a stack that need to be saved individually and then used as the input for a RPI plugin. What would be the best procedure to use, please? Make the layer you wish to save active by clicking on its thumbnail preview in the Layers Dialog, then from the File Menu select the Save As item. Give your filename a .png extension. Since the PNG format does not support multi-layer images, you will be presented with an Export Dialog which asks whether you want to Flatten your image or Merge its layers; you want to do neither so click on the Ignore button and just the active layer will be saved. Repeat the process for the other layers. Thank you for that way of dealing with the problem. I have found another way which is to drag the thumbnail up to the tool box when a new window opens and the image can be saved from there as '.xcf' or even worked on before saving. Norman ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] saving layers
Suppose there are three different layers in a stack that need to be saved individually and then used as the input for a RPI plugin. What would be the best procedure to use, please? Norman ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Measure tool (feature proposition)
snip Now i am doing it with calc. I am counting pixels at scale and then if i know how many px is for 200m then i can count how many meters i for 743px. If someone will have solution i am interested in! Just a suggestion why not go to http://forum.meetthegimp.org/ where there is a section for ideas for scripts and a programmer who can advise. Norman ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] how to use layers
I've read the documentation several times and every tutorial I could get my hands on, but I still can't make any sense out of how to properly use layers.. I felt like this not so long ago and then along came Rolf Steinort and www.meetthegimp.org and things started to fall into place. Norman ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Levels tool with Layers
Ok, but, when you merge, do you not lose the ability to go back and fix something that you might decide needs adjusting? Yes, which is why you don't merge until. you're absolutely sure that everything you're merging is to your satisfaction. And if there are a couple of layers which you're not quite certain about yet, one can merge the layers below those, and still reduce the file size. I haven't explored this yet, and may be wrong, but it might just be that if there is one small area that needs a fix, that one can make a layer just big enough to manage the fix, rather than making the layer the full size of the image. One thing that might reduce the size of the file a bit, is that if there is only a small bit of something that needs fixing, to make I would thing that layers in an xcf file would only represent references to adjustments and the underlying file I think a better visualization of layers is to consider them like an overlay on a projector, and that the layer containing the change is independent of the layer to which the change relates, until the two are merged together. I'm just a-wonderin' why the xcf files grow so large. I suspect that becuase you have a number of layers all the same size as the image. Also the size of the file will grow even larger when you start to use layer masks. Norman ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Logo Text Circle is not available in GIMP 2.6.6...
I wasn't clear in my first post -- Environment: GIMP 2.6.6; Windows 2000 After File - New to create an image, Filters - Alpha to Logo - (all grayed out) But File - Create - Logos - Text Circle works fine. So I raised a false alarm about Logos - Text Circle but Filters - Alpha to Logo are all grayed out. Sorry for the confusion. Try adding an Alpha channel then it should work. Norman ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Levels tool with Layers
I've learned the hard way to SAVE OFTEN!!! Or you can lose your work when GIMP freezes and dies. I don't suffer from Gimp freezing or dying but I have been known to press the wrong button and loose an hours careful cloning. Norman ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Gimp 2.6 download for Ubuntu
PS. I don't think these Emails are getting through to the Gimp mailing list because I never receive these myself. If someone does receive any of my list Emails please let me know. Arriving here. loud and clear. Noman ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Chalk Logo doesn't work.
I am making a chart of all the different logos under the FileCreateLogos submenu. The Chalk Logo doesn't seem to work. First it calls for Cooper which is not on my system. Second, even when I substitute an available font (e.g., Cooper Heavy) all I get is a black image. The layers dialog just shows a background layer and a completely empty text layer. Should I just give up on Chalk? I have Gimp 2.6.6 on Slackware 12.2. No, don't give up. I use Ubuntu 9.04 and my tries just produced a black image. Then I played around with the colours, got rid of the black and I got CHALK. Norman ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] sharpening
On Monday 27 July 2009 23:17:26 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. are you looking for this turorial: smart sharpening ? URL: http://gimp.org/tutorials/Smart_Sharpening/ It is very similar to this, thanks. it's found under the GIMP tutorial section, together with tons of other useful tips, at http://gimp.org/tutorials/ Very helpful,thanks. Norman ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Printing issue
I guess that it is possible your theory is correct and that this is the motivation. Since printing with Gimp on Vista does not work properly, it calls this theory into question, however. You have a point. However, my view has always been that, although it is great that the bulk of software I need to use is free, I am quite prepared to buy something, if necessary. Thus, I use TurboPrint for printing from Gimp and have done for several years. Norman ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] sharpening
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
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 Thanks Bob, but what I looking for is not part of the Gimp menu. Norman ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Printing issue
snip Just imagine a novice Linux user. Imagine your mother-in-law who wants to print a photo with Gimp. She will fail. That is my point. I think that you all are missing the point that I'm making. Your mother-in-law will be confused by Print and Print with Gutenprint. Nobody has to worry about this garbage with Photoshop -- the user does File-Print and it just works. Us open-source guys are smart talented people. Let's make software that actually works and is easy-to-use. I have tried to follow this discussion because I also have had printing problems over the years. Could part of the need for 2 possible 'print' selections be because of the need to please Windows as well as Linux users? Norman ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Are There Gimp Beginner Level Tutorials?
I'm a beginner and need to learn the basics. If there are tutorials where can I find them? If your interest is photography have a look at http://meetthegimp.org/ Norman ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Picking Gray Point in a Photograph and recalling pixel points
The original tutorial that I was following at http://digital-photography-school.com/precise-color-cast-correction-with-gray-fill-layers had the user add a temporary 50% Gray Layer (7f7f7f), Mode: Difference to find a gray point. I manually picked the point, wrote it down on a piece of paper, and then relocated that point in the Levels Dialog. I had asked the question, is there another way to remember this x/y location. This is where the Sample Points Dialog was suggested to record the location, I think, rather than writing it down on a piece of paper. It's a nice idea and Dialog. Probably the easiest way to mark a point is to use two rulers. But sure, the sample points can also be used for that. The grey-point picker in the GIMP levels tool doesn't require you to pick a perfectly gray point though. It is totally sufficient to pick a point that is supposed to be some shade of gray. Basically any surface that should be white will do it. The actual luminance is not relevant. That is very useful to know, thanks. Norman ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] clone heal
I am setting up to try to repair and restore some very old monochrome images for a relative of mine. I am fairly confident on how to proceed but, I have one main area of uncertainty, namely when to use the clone tool and when to use the heal tool. I have Googled until my eyes are monitor shaped and I am not really any the wiser. So, I would be most grateful if someone could point me towards some readily understandable tutorial material, preferably audio/visual, that I can study and emulate. Norman ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Batch tool suggestions?
On Thu, 2009-04-09 at 22:17 -0400, Evan Kroske wrote: Hello GIMP users, I'm going to be developing a batch image processor plugin for GIMP, and I'd like to know which functions should be the first on my list. Obviously, scaling is the first priority, because I use that to optimize pictures for my websites. However, past that, I'm not sure which functions are the most used. Should I add ... ... cropping? ... layer management? (eg. adding a layer with a signature to a whole bunch of pictures) ... filters? ... color management? ... or something else? I would like to add all of those functions, but I will probably only get two or three of these actions enabled. What are the most important functions for you? I have never done this sort of thing but, from what I have learned, the last thing I would do is sharpen the image and the step before that would be to size the image. What you do before that is up to you but you certainly should crop early in the process. Hope this helps. Norman ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Batch tool suggestions? (corr.)
4.) Perform 'Find Edges (Sobel)' on the mask
Value: 0.25
5.) Perform a 'Gaussian Blur' (value: 0.35 ... 0.50)
on the mask
This should actually read '0.2'. ('0.35 ... 0.50' are the
values I use for the final 'Unsharp Mask'.)
I would like to try this idea but I am not sure how to copy a layer into
a mask. I have tried various things and even referred to the help file
with no success. Could you please explain to ignorant old me what to do?
Thanks
Norman
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Re: [Gimp-user] Batch tool suggestions? (corr.)
I would like to try this idea but I am not sure how to copy a layer into a mask. I have tried various things and even referred to the help file with no success. Could you please explain to ignorant old me what to do? Forget the question, ignorant old me has sorted it out. Norman ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] adjust shados/highlights
Could someone please advise me if there is the GIMP equivalent of this Photoshop instruction:- Image - Adjustments - Shadow/Highlights. Thanks in advance Norman ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] scanning
I am about to put my hand in my pocket and buy a scanner for scanning photographs into GIMP. I am having great difficulty in finding whether or not the scanners I can afford work with XSane. I go to Google, find various lists but there is no indication how up to date they are.Please help a poor old man make a good purchase. I can go up to £100 sterling. Norman ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] UFRaw as Gimp Plug In blurry pics. . . why?
big snip When UFRaw opens on my machine towards the bottom of the panel, on the left hand side, there is 'Denoise' with a slider, isn't this to remove noise? I am using Ubuntu 8.10. Norman ___ 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
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? Yes, dpi = dots per inch = pixels per inch. Thank you. Could you please also clarify another thing. In the specification for a scanner it has Optical Resolution 4800 dpi X 9600 dpi. From this how should I calculate pixels per inch? Norman ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] pixels to dpi
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? Norman ___ 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
Could you please also clarify another thing. In the specification for a scanner it has Optical Resolution 4800 dpi X 9600 dpi. From this how should I calculate pixels per inch? Are you testing us here? You have given the dots per inch, dpi, resolution of the scanner and were just told that dots/pixels per inch measurements were the same. What is it that you want to know? There is no question of testing. As dpi = pixels per inch then I can see resolution is 4800 ppi by 9600 ppi. Firstly, why the two numbers, I would have thought resolution needed only one number and secondly, if this sort of resolution is readily available why does the author of the book take pains to imply that 600 ppi is something important? Norman ___ 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
snip As for your original question. if you have 4800x9600 ppi, and you scan an inch square of material, you will end up with 4800x9600 pixels. Thus the question if you are having a laugh, as your question seemed trivial. I am really sorry you see my questions as trivial, they are not meant to be. Much of my difficulty is one of understanding the terminology used. For example and, assuming I understand correctly, if I scan a photograph which is, say, 5 inches square and then display that scan on my monitor, it will measure 24,000 pixels X 48,000 pixels. To test this on my rather cheap Canon LIDE20 I scanned a picture which is 5 inches square saved the file, opened the file in GIMP, cropped so that only the picture was there and GIMP said it was 729 pixels X 729 pixels. Please explain and, just in case you think I am some youngster trying to get his homework done, I was 81 years old last birthday. Norman ___ 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
great big snip This topic has certainly brought lots of reaction and my thanks to all. My intention is to buy a new scanner which I want to use for scanning photographs prior to carrying out restoration work. I use Ubuntu 8.10, GIMP and XSane. The book I have says that I should look for a scanner that captures at least 10 bits of data and has an optical resolution of 600 pixels per inch. I don't have lots of money and this interest in restoration is just as a hobby and not a business. So, could some kind person guide me in the right direction, please. Norman ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] select shadows
I know how to select by colour but is it possible to select by tonality such as shadow area. Please help an ignorant Gimper. Norman ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] How do I change text color in existing object?
snip I hope that helps, May I take this opportunity to add another thing. When replying to an item always use 'Reply to list' or the equivalent and not 'Reply to all'. Because I have my client set to sort into various mail boxes and no doubt others also do, 'Replies to list' pops the mail into my GIMP box whereas 'Reply to all' pops the reply into my personal box. I know the reply also appears on the list but my response does not. Norman ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] How do I change text color in existing object?
snip The GIMP lists are the only ones from those where I am subscribed (~15) that behaves in this way. Perhaps because the Sender address includes something with bounces and not actually the list address ? I don't know, but it is annoying and annoys the receiver when I first relplay to him and then again to the list. I never have any problem with those who reply to list. I have the same with other Ubuntu lists, replies to list - no problem, replies to all - comes directly into my personal mail box because the reply to all puts my address first. Norman ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] color sampler
Is there an equivalent in GIMP to the Color Sampler tool in Photoshop, please? Norman ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] not to knock gimp...I love it, BUT I have never has decent prints from it
snip In Linux, the newest version of Turbo Print is working very well, and is the only means I have found by which to make full use of my i960's features. If you haven't tried the latest version of TP, you might want to download it for a 30-day spin. I agree with you about TP, I have used it for a number of years. I've tried developing in Linux using UFRaw. For normal exposures, its fine. For noisy ones, not so good. There seems to be a newer version for Windows that does ok. If I could get the latest versions of everything to all work in the same OS, I'd be in heaven. Sony's software works in Windows only. Gimp works fine in Windows, but can't print. UFRAW handles noise in Windows, but not in Linux. I find that odd but then I have not had to deal with noise in Linux. Windows, Gimp, Sony software, PS to print seems to be my solution for now. More integrated days will come, I'm sure. Norman ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] python plug-ins not getting loaded
On Fri, 2009-04-03 at 12:53 -0700, Steven Howe wrote: Hello, I'm trying to use a python plugin I downloaded from the plugin site. I copied it to $HOME/.gimp-2.6/plug-ins; restarted gimp. NO JOY The plug-in browser does not show the script available. Looked over the pluginrc. Register entry not there either. Nor can I find the plug-in in the procedure browser. Then perhaps just a clarification question. What's the difference between a procedure and a plug-in? I've noted that some (if not all) python scripts, in the /usr/lib/gimp/2.0/plug-ins can be found under procedure browser not the plug-in browser. Right click on the plug-in select properties, permissions and make sure that the box Execute is ticked. Norman ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] menu items
Is it possible to move menu items from one heading to another, please? If it is then could some kind person please explain to a non-techie how to do it? Norman ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] How to rotate part of an image without getting white triangles at the corners ?
Whilst yo are processing may I suggest that you save as .xcf and only save to .jpg when you have finished. Norman ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] How to rotate part of an image without getting white triangles at the corners ?
big snip I understand that I could draw selections around the various unwanted white parts and fill with black, but that is a big pain -- we scan thousands of such images and would thus have to do 4x thousands of fills. Is Gimp unable to auto-fill those background areas? Or do I not have something setup correctly? Is the problem related to the way in which we acquire the image in the first place? What am I missing This is automatic in Photoshop (as long as the background is set to black), so I assume that Gimp would do it even better. Just a thought. Suppose you open a new layer, fill it with black and place it below the layer with the stamp. Norman ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] bleached pics
I am a gimp newbie and I would like to know if what I am attempting is possible. I have scanned in a number of old slides that have faded over the years. Is it possible to blend the existing colours into the bleached sections of the pictures? Yes or no is all I'm asking for, but hints on how this could be done would be nice Without seeing examples it is difficult to say but, as a starter, I suggest you look at www.lionhouse.plus.com/photosoftware/restore. Norman ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] new user
hello, being new to Gimp I would like to ask how a few things work. I try to cut a picture in half and then mirror it. So far I had little luck with it, can anyone helP? The best advice I can give to a person who is new to GIMP is to read all you can available through Help, then try to do what you want to do. If then you are still stuck, tell us what you did and then we could have some basis on which to help you. Norman ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Options for Toolbox items
I have added two items to the toolbox: Hue and Saturation and Color Balance But when I click their icons in the toolbox, the message This tool has no options shows up under the toolbox. When I click on the arrow and go to Tool Options Menu and then to Restore Options From, it shows Empty. How do I get these missing options to show up? Having selected the tool just click in the image and a window with controls should appear. Norman ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] restoring faded transparencies
Looking through the examples I noticed that B and G had a colour cast similar to the colour produced by the filter on colour negatives. Some months ago I spent some time turning colour negatives into a digital form and then processing them in GIMP. Having got the original RAW images I had a look to see what Restore could do. The results are most encouraging and could lead to another use of the plug-in. It is really very simple. Take the image of the colour negative and apply Restore at the default settings. Then choose Colours - Invert and the positive image is there. I suppose there is no reason why the invert step could not be incorporated into the plug-in as another option. Norman ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] restoring faded transparencies
snip I owe Norman a sincere apology. At some time in the past a line of code got deleted from my plug-in. (It went through dozens of versions!) This has no effect on the restorations with default settings but the degree of restoration slider does not work properly, especially when the original is dark. Further tests showed that, even with the missing code, it did not work as planned. A setting of 0.0 was intended to leave the original unchanged and 1.0 is the theoretical correct value. I have corrected the plug-in and fixed several minor bugs in a new version. No apology needed but thanks all the same. The new version is indeed an improvement and I will start a new set of tests. When the restore is complete the new image appears behind the original. Is that always the case or is it due to the way I have things set up? So I am very sorry but some users may have been wasting their time. I suppose if the restorations look good it is not wasted. I did, of course, test the plug-in before release, I just did not test it on a wide enough range of images to detect the error. Time certainly has not been wasted, it is most interesting trying out different ideas. I have put a more detailed document update.pdf on the website and the results of some more tests. A most impressing collection of results. Norman ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Photo Toolkit
Allowing for the fact that only a relatively small %age of GIMP is useful for working with photographic images is there a place where these items are gathered together? If there were, it would save a lot of effort having to trawl through the many menu items to find the one required. Norman ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Diagonal Method
I am interested in portrait photography and I found very good results with the diagonal method crop. This method looks very easy to implement, but for some reason it is not available for Gimp. I can't even find any plugin which does it. snip Excuse my ignorance but what is meant by diagonal crop, please? Norman ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Is there a moustache distorion correction plugin for GIMP
I have a wide angle converter lens (Nikon WC63) that induces a mustache distortion. I googled for a GIMP plugin that might be able to correct this distortion but didn't find one. Usually when I don't find a necessary GIMP component with Google that means it doesn't exist. But I thought I'd try here. Anyone know of a mustache distortion correction for GIMP? Have you looked at Filters - Distorts - lens distortion? Norman ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] restoring faded transparencies
I am still interested in the use of this plug-in and have been trying out a variety of tests with a selection of my slide copies. This test may not be strictly valid but I have been measuring the colour value of a white item using different settings of Restore and assuming that the blue cast has been removed when the white item gives ff. Generally, I have found that a setting of 0.1 will not give this but a setting of 0.2 does. The resulting images look quite pleasant, not too contrasty and retaining a good level of detail. If any one else is trying Restore I would like to exchange views and images. Norman ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] How do I do this?
I was just wondering if there was a way I could unlock the Toolbox and the Docks from always being on top of the menu box, because I usually draw on the whole screen, and having the toolbox in my way is a hinderance. If anybody knows anything about this please tell me what I can do. I usually press the Tab key and the Toolbox goes away. Pressing the Tab key again, brings it back. Norman ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] remove object from the photo
Thank you. I have the books which you recommeded and I use them... I save my problem too. I downloaded resynthesizer plugin and it works (http://www.logarithmic.net/pfh/resynthesizer). This seems to be a tool which I could find useful, thanks for the reference. Are there instructions somewhere on how to use it, please, or did you work it out for yourself? Norman ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] remove object from the photo
Thank you. I have the books which you recommeded and I use them... I save my problem too. I downloaded resynthesizer plugin and it works (http://www.logarithmic.net/pfh/resynthesizer). This seems to be a tool which I could find useful, thanks for the reference. Are there instructions somewhere on how to use it, please, or did you work it out for yourself? Norman I did worjk by myself but I think that on the web page are instructions. On the http://starikarp.redbubble.com I have a picture Magnolia. It is not good but resynthesizer help me a lot. Thank you for your comment. I looked at your pictures and there are some I like very much. Norman ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] tips on enhancing text written in pencil
snip I'm not any kind of gimp power user or anything--I usually just feel my way around the program and usually get it to do the fairly simple graphic manipulations I want. So far, that method has not worked well for this project. So I'd like to ask some tips here on accomplishing the goal I'm after. Ideally, I'd like all the yellowed paper that forms the background of these images to turn as close to white as possible, while all the pencil text should be as close to black as possible. Can anyone point me to things I can try under gimp that will help me accomplish these aims? I think there was a video covering this sort of thing on www.meetthegimp.org some months ago, but I am not absolutely sure. Norman ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] restoring faded transparencies
It would be useful if the slider range could be altered, especially to be able to go below 0.7. I am not a programmer and, therefore, I do not know if this is possible or how complicated it is but, if it can be done, I would love to be able to try the effect. Norman ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] restoring faded transparencies
snip Thanks, I will try my hand at changing the slider and see what happens. The main reason I have in wanting to go lower than 0.7 is to see, if possible, where the loss of detail starts to occur. I changed the 0.7 setting to 0.2 and ran restore. Just had a quick look and report that the results are very interesting. What seems to be happening is that the amount of blue removed is about the same but the contrast is increasing as the slider setting is increased. I would be interested to know if anyone else has tried going to lower settings and with what results. I must spend a lot more time and follow this up. Norman ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] restoring faded transparencies
First, to put things into context. It was always a source of frustration that one was not able to manipulate colour transparancies in the same way that black and white negatives could be manipulated in the darkroom. (Amateur colour printing had not yet arrived). So, when I had set up my digital darkroom I decided to investigate copying and manipulating some of my old colour slides. After studying the literature, I decided to make copies using my Olympus SP-500 UZ with an adjustable close-up attachment with supplementary lenses attached to the front of the camera. Images were recorded in both RAW and JPEG. Images for this exercise were selected, more or less at random, from those which had been made from Kodachrome 25 colour transparencies which were about 30 years old. Only JPEG images as produced by the camera were used and no attempt has been made to produce the correct, restored image but rather to be able to compare the results obtained from the two extremes of the slider setting and the original copy. Also, as this was not a debuging exercise, no reference has been made to any images which caused error messages to be displayed. The settings were 'Make less blue' - Yes, 'Combine all layers' - Yes and 'Degree of Restoration' slider settings were either 1.2 or 0.7. The images are available at www.littletank.org/upload and are arranged in groups of 3. The left-hand image is the original slide copy, the centre image is with the slider set at 1.2 and the right-hand image is with the slider set to 0.7. You are free to use these images for any tests, measurements or observations you care to make and if you have any questions please do not hesitate to ask. All I ask is that if you want to use any of them in any publication, please let me know. So far, the process looks very encouraging but there must be many questions to be answered before it will be possible to comment with confidence on the use of the Restore plug-in. For example, what effect, if any, is there on the fine detail stored within the original transparency. I hope that these observations and the images will prove to be useful. Norman ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] using levels on layer
I haven't found a way to use the levels tool on one layer only. Is it possible to do this, to adjust the color of a layer rather than the image? Perhaps if you turned off the layers you do not want to change then used the levels tool on the layer left you would do want you want. Norman ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] [Fwd: Re: using levels on layer]
---BeginMessage--- Yes! Thank you! On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 11:41 AM, norman nor...@littletank.org wrote: I haven't found a way to use the levels tool on one layer only. Is it possible to do this, to adjust the color of a layer rather than the image? Perhaps if you turned off the layers you do not want to change then used the levels tool on the layer left you would do want you want. Norman ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user -- Helen Etters using Linux, SuSE11 ---End Message--- ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Scanning into GIMP
On Mon, 2009-02-23 at 11:31 -0600, Rodney Clay wrote: I am new to using GIMP. Can I import images into GIMP from a scanner. If so what do I need to do to set up to do this. I have looked in the online manual but did not find an answer to my question. Speaking from experience and running Ubuntu 8.10 and a compatible scanner, in Gimp File - Create - XSane - Device dialogue. Ubuntu has all the software you need already installed. Norman ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] restoring faded transparencies
I was scanning a lot of colour transparencies, some taken up to 40 years ago, and found that in some cases the colours had deteriorated badly. After a lot of experimenting I have developed an automatic way of improving the digital scans using gimp. I have put a technical article, the gimp plug-in, and a collection of the good and bad results at www.lionhouse.plus.com/photosoftware/restore. I would be interested in hearing from anyone who has worked on this problem and if you try the plug-in let me know how it works for your pictures. Although your maths is way above my head your results are most impressive. I have worked with old colour transparencies most of which are Kodak processed and have been stored in relatively good conditions. They were copied using an attachment to my digital camera and processed using UFRaw and Gimp. I will be happy to try your plug-in especially if it will work with RAW images. Please let me know which is the best to use JPEG or RAW. Norman ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] restoring faded transparencies
snip I have a large collection of old slides showing all the problems you describe in your article to greater or lesser degree, so I was extremely interested in your post. I've downloaded your plugins. Unfortunately I get a Forbidden error when I try to download the readme.txt; and it's not clear to me how to get the python plugins actually installed in Gimp 2.6 after copying them into the ~/.gimp-2.6/plugins directory. Can you help? I read the photorestore.pdf file. Norman ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] restoring faded transparencies
snip I have no experience of UFRaw. If you can get your images into gimp my plug-in should work. I have just changed it to remove the saving of debug data. I will be interested in your experience. Geoff I have tried with the plug-in but, unfortunately, I cannot detect anything happening. I use Gimp 2.6.X and Ubuntu 10.4 and I will try to explain what I did. I downloaded the file, installed it in the appropriate plug-ins folder and set the permissions to execute. The entry Batch Restore appeared in Gimp at the bottom of Filters. With a slide copy loaded in Gimp I selected Batch Restore and a window opened headed python-fu_batch_restore offering various options. I tried various Degree of Restoration settings with Make less blue and also tried turning Make less blue to No but in all cases on clicking OK the window immediately closed and nothing seems to happen. The image I am working with was prepared by photographing the slide using a close up attachment and is the JPG image straight from the camera. Am I doing something wrong or should I assume that the slide which is getting on for 30 years old and from which the copy was made has no deterioration in the colours? Norman ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] restoring faded transparencies
snip Sorry you are having problems. It sounds to me that you are confusing the batch_restore plug-in with the restore plug-in. The former is for doing a whole set of photographs. The latter is for a single one. Load the image into gimp and go to the restore menu at the top of the window. It should open a new window containing the restored image. My most sincere apologies. I must be getting too old for this game, this idiot loaded the wrong plug-in. Load the correct file and all is well and works like a charm. Now, perhaps when I have refreshed my brain, I will have a serious look at what can be done. Norman ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Fwd: Gimp start - empty window - old toolbar
am sorry for posting this, because the NEW feature to have an empty window is maybe very nice... But how can I get back the old layout?! So only the toolbox (with menu) without that anoying emtpy window... ;) Sri for that folks... but most times I have the toolbox on my screen, and just drag/drop some images into it to edit them. (so afterwards just close the window...) Actually I close that empty window and gimp will close also... ;( ps: hopefully there will be a way to bring that back via config, [ ] only open toolbar... or something There is a way to do this because I have done it. Unfortunately, I have forgotten how but I am sure that Rolf Steinort at www.meetthegimp.org would know the answer. Norman ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Fwd: Gimp start - empty window - old toolbar
snip That's right. I don't see the problem, though; you can still do just the same thing. open images, work, close images, open images, work, close images.. Are you sure that this is correct? I am convinced that I use the latest Gimp with Ubuntu 8.10 and that I do not have the window referred to. I do not wish to start an argument but I am almost certain that Rolf Steinort, in one of his videos, explained how to get rid of the window. I will try to find the time to search it out. Norman ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Fwd: Gimp start - empty window - old toolbar
snip
Are you talking about adding the line:
(toolbox-wilber no)
to gimprc, normally at (in Windows XP) C:\Documents and Settings
\{username}\.gimp-2.6\gimprc
This suppresses Wilbur drop-area at the top of the toolbox - not
needed because the entire icons area in the toolbox is a drop-area?
That is exactly what I meant, thanks.
However, this does not suppress the empty-image-window
That is true, but, if I recall correctly, there always was an
empty-image-window.
Norman
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Re: [Gimp-user] First mail to this list
Very new to GIMP. I am so frustrated to learn GIMP. Tonight, I simply want to create a text and then outline it as a text. Then I googled. But the thing is, I cannot follow any of the tutorials I dug out. Not because I didn't follow closely, but because not all of the menu items the tutorials talk about are available to me (and what can I do then?) and most of the tutorials don't tell us when it was written and what version of Gimp it was targeting. So frustrating. BTW, I am using Gimp 2.6.2 on Windows XP Professional SP2. A lot depends on what you want to do. If it is to do with photography then I can recommend www.meetthegimp.org and have a look at the early videos to start with. Best of luck Norman ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] gutenprint compatible printers?
snip Is there some way under gimp/Linux to print using the Epson 3800? My printer is only a modest Epson model but I must confess that I was always having problems. So, I decided that I would spend some money and buy some software called Turboprint and I have never regretted the expenditure. I believe there is a free download available to try. Norman ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Gimp 2.6.1 and 2.6.3 crash
I just upgraded to Ubuntu 8.10, but Gimp 2.6.1 included there closes abruptly when I open Colors Color Balance I removed 2.6.1 and got a .deb package of 2.6.3 (with libgimp and gimp-data), but here's exactly the same behavior. Does anyone know how to fix this? Is this a known issue? Under Ubuntu 8.04, I worked with Gimp 2.4.5 and never experienced anything like this. I realise it is no help to you but I have tried with Ubuntu 8.10 and Gimp 2.6.3 and there was no problem. Norman ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] from UFRaw to Gimp
A few days ago I explained a problem I was having in that when transferring an image from UFRaw to Gimp all I got was a thumbnail. Having taken into account many helpful suggestions I deleted from my Home directory every file and folder I could find which referred to ufraw. Then I re-installed gimp-ufraw 0.14.1 and the problem had disappeared. Why this should be I have no idea but it worked, so thanks to everyone who helped. Norman ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] from UFRaw to Gimp
the older version of ufraw, .13 used gimp-remote to send the image to gimp. v.14 doesn't use that. check optionssettings in ufraw, you should only need gimp in the gimp remote setting. I may have been slightly misleading in my earlier post. To be absolutely clear I am using gimp-ufraw 0.14.1 downloaded from www.getdeb.net/release/3287 and Gimp 2.4.1 in Ubuntu 8.04. I have checked and the setting in Options is 'Gimp' in the Remote setting. Norman ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] from UFRaw to Gimp
Having installed UFRaw attempts to get an image to process in Gimp have failed. I drag the RAW image into Gimp and UFRaw opens with the dragged image. After making adjustments I click on OK and a Gimp window opens containing a thumbnail of the processed image.Please, what have I missed? you don't say which distro, but in opensuse ufraw-gimp package is required to open a package in ufraw and export it to gimp, or open the raw file in gimp and automagically it appears in ufraw and back to gimp when converted/decoded. I did give the conditions but I will repeat them. UFRaw 0.14.1 Gimp 2.6.1 Ubuntu 8.04 The UFRaw package used is the ufraw-gimp. Norman ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] from UFRaw to Gimp
Having installed UFRaw attempts to get an image to process in Gimp have failed. I drag the RAW image into Gimp and UFRaw opens with the dragged image. After making adjustments I click on OK and a Gimp window opens containing a thumbnail of the processed image.Please, what have I missed? Conditions are UFRaw 0.14.1 Gimp 2.6.1 Ubuntu 8.04 I have checked with another machine running Ubuntu 8.10 and UFRaw-Gimp 0.14.1 works as it should but I still cannot get it to work with Ubuntu 8.04. Norman Norman ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
