Re: Pdf, eps, ps? (Was: xcf -- eps)
hi there don't know what kind of data you want to add to your pdf files, but what about Ghostscript? it hink it does a good job in converting *.ps into a lot of formats, includiding pdf. robert Ok, my point seemingly didn't make it through...when saying "portable documents", I was more aiming for the pdf graphically-, layout-portable than a multiplatform-, readable-on-all-platforms-portable. You get my point? How can I in a good way under linux (with gimp?) create portable text/graphical productions? /Carl-Johan
Failure to open non xcf files after upgrade to 1.1.14
I just upgraded from 1.1.11 to 1.1.14. I'm running SuSE 6.3. I have many images saved as BMP files from 1.1.11. The "Determine file type: 'automatic' " button doesn't seem to identify files. If I put in XCF and select that, they open just fine. Otherwise, the file open fails. Any suggestions? Thanks, Ken Fisher
Re: Pdf, eps, ps? (Was: xcf -- eps)
hi there Hello. don't know what kind of data you want to add to your pdf files, but Different stuff. Pixmap images, vectorized ones... One of the important things is that netscape does a crappy job in printing images, you can't have resolutions greater than 72 dpi, is it? Gimp in turn does a crappy job in setting text, if I want reasonably good resolution in the text too, the filesize will be totally unacceptable. what about Ghostscript? it hink it does a good job in converting *.ps into a lot of formats, includiding pdf. Maybe. I honestly don't know. All I've seen is that it seems to do roughly what it's supposed to do. Umm...or, ok, I haven't touched Ghostscript, I was talking about ps2pdf... ps2pdf converts raw ps to pdf, but for example, you get no proper a4-format or anything, the ps is usually stripped down without margins to the largest object to be printed. Also, I get the feeling that ps2pdf doesn't use _any_ of the extended features I believe are present in pdf, thus does a crappy job. I don't even know if it's possible to control resolution in ps-embedded pixmaps, but I suppose it is, since it is in LaTeX anyway... How does Ghostscript work? But still presents the problem of producing a nice ps then. Typesetting in LyX *shiver* or LaTeX _is_ possible. But it's not nice. Yes, what I'm looking for _is_ something like Illustrator/PageMaker/Distiller...It's aiming very high, but sad as it is, from your replies, nothing such seems to be present under linux (for free at least), only hard-to-use, crappy, half-way solutions are? I *can* live with that, don't misinterpret me, I was just pushing it to see if maybe someone maybe knew better than me and could give us all some hope. Thank you all. /Carl-Johan -- "...you look strong enough to pull the ears off a Gundark." ICQ# 2357535 http://come.to/woc/ http://wlug.westbo.se/ -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.12 GSS/CS/P d(++,--)--- s-: a--- C(,!) UL+++ P+++$ L++ E-$ W++(@) N? o? K? w-- !O M- V? PS++(@) PE- Y? PGP?++ t-++ 5?+++ X+ R- tv-! b DI++ D+ G e$ h--(+,) r(+++,---) y+** --END GEEK CODE BLOCK--
Re: Failure to open non xcf files after upgrade to 1.1.14
ken fisher wrote: I just upgraded from 1.1.11 to 1.1.14. I'm running SuSE 6.3. I have many images saved as BMP files from 1.1.11. The "Determine file type: 'automatic' " button doesn't seem to identify files. If I put in XCF and select that, they open just fine. Otherwise, the file open fails. Any suggestions? Latest version is 1.1.27. You should try this one first. Oliver
stamp text
Is there a script/plugin to make "stamps" ("eroded" text in circle, like a
stamp)
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Re: Pdf, eps, ps? (Was: xcf -- eps)
Carl-Johan Sveningsson wrote: Well, it may sound confused, and is only sligthly gimp-related (it's my favourite tool), but can someone inform me of the best way to create _good_ portable documents, preferrably under linux, preferrably without spending thousands of bucks on Adobe software? ASCII text. you wouldn't want to trade the box for what's in it, would you? Umm..."trade the box for..."? Ok, my point seemingly didn't make it through...when saying "portable documents", I was more aiming for the pdf graphically-, layout-portable than a multiplatform-, readable-on-all-platforms-portable. You get my point? How can I in a good way under linux (with gimp?) create portable text/graphical productions? I would say you will come closest to meeting both portability issues by using html. -- Until later: Geoffrey [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocre minds. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence." - Albert Einstein
Re: Pdf, eps, ps? (Was: xcf -- eps)
searching in the direction of illustrator i would like to promote "sketch" again. it's certainly not the perfect tool with all functions like some of the classic window/mac stuff, but it's quit promissing. it can combine pixel/vector graphics with simple text etc. it uses layers and it has an pdf export filter. perhaps that's what your looking for? http://sketch.sourceforge.net/ have fun with linux robert Carl-Johan Sveningsson wrote: I'm looking for _is_ something like Illustrator/PageMaker/Distiller...It's aiming very high, but sad as it is, from your replies, nothing such seems to be present under linux (for free at least), only hard-to-use, crappy, half-way solutions are? I *can* live with that, don't misinterpret me, I was just pushing it to see if maybe someone maybe knew better than me and could give us all some hope. Thank you all. /Carl-Johan
Re: Pdf, eps, ps? (Was: xcf -- eps)
Searching Freshmeat on "pdf" gives alot of different pdf things. There is a pdflib with lots of documentation (if you can code). I got this link from the front page of Freshmeat this weekend, the "Panda PDF Generator". I haven't compiled it yet, and there isn't much online documentation. But there you have it. http://www.stillhq.com/panda/index.htm -- __ __ __| \/ |___ If the facts don't fit the theory, / _| |\/| (_- change the facts. \__|_| |_/__/ -- Albert Einstein
GIMP.DE is up and running
hi folks, [some German text below, sorry for that; dieselbe Ankuendigung gibts unten auch auf deutsch] to all of you German-speaking GIMPsters. GIMP.DE (http://www.gimp.de) is finally up and running. It is thought to be a Slashdot-like news and discussion forum (or whatever you like it to be :-) around GIMP and OpenSource graphic design. It runs with Zope and its Slash-Implementation Squishdot (www.squishdot.org). Some more content such as a German FAQ, a hint of the month section is still missing and a few bugs (mostly localization ones) are also in there (English date, some english dialogs etc.). Also the link is stupid long, but you can bookmark www.gimp.de, as this will be the correct domain. At the moment, you will be redirected automatically. I will fix all that during this week. A lot of you waited a long time and I apologize for that. regards Juergen Endlich, lange versprochen: GIMP.DE (http://www.gimp.de) laeuft! GIMP.DE ist gedacht als Slashdot-ähnliches Nachrichten- und Diskussions-Forum (oder was immer ihr daraus macht :-) rund um GIMP und Grafikbearbeitung mit freier Software. GIMP.DE läuft unter ZOPE und verwendet die Slash-Implementierung Squishdot (www.squishdot.org). Weitere Inhalte wie z.B. eine deutsch-sprachige FAQ sowie eine "GIMP-Tipp des Monats"-Sektion fehlen noch und ein paar Fehler gibt es auch noch zu beheben (Datum im englisch-sprachigen Format, englische Dialogboxen usw.). Der Link ist noch fuerchterlich kompliziert, aber ihr koennt www.gimp.de bookmarken, denn das wird der korrekte Domain-Name sein. Zur Zeit wird man noch (automatisch) umgeleitet. All das werde ich diese Woche beheben. Ich weiss, dass viele von Euch lange auf die Site gewartet haben, hierfür möchte ich mich nochmal herzlichst entschuldigen. Viele Gruesse Juergen Juergen Osterberg Hegelstr. 19, 40789 Monheim T. (02173) 968693, F. (02173) 968692 E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] xx Mein GIMP-Buch ist da! Have a look at my new GIMP book http://www.dpunkt.de/buecher/3-932588-46-0.html xx
Re: Pdf, eps, ps? (Was: xcf -- eps)
uli wrote on Mon, 09 Okt 2000: Carl-Johan Sveningsson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: But still presents the problem of producing a nice ps then. Typesetting in LyX *shiver* or LaTeX _is_ possible. But it's not nice. Yes, what I'm looking for _is_ something like Illustrator/PageMaker/Distiller...It's aiming very high, but sad as it is, from your replies, nothing such seems to be present under linux (for free at least), only hard-to-use, crappy, half-way solutions are? pdftex? and to make it somewhat easier: pdflatex??? There is an interesting alternative to LaTeX called ConTeXt. Look at http://www.pragma-ade.nl for some examples what you can do with ConTeXt. It's very easy to produce good looking PDF documents with interactivity. So my proposed environment: gimp for pixel graphics sketch, (illustrator on mac) for vector graphics and mpost for scripted graphics in ConTeXt (look for metafun on pragma-ade) ConTeXt (with pdftex) for composing and setting text Hope this helps Uwe -- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://rcswww.urz.tu-dresden.de/~koloska/ ---- right now the web page is in german only but this will change as time goes by ;-)
True Space
** Reply Requested When Convenient ** Is there a program like true space for linux? Mike Hammonds, CNE5, MCP-NT Fellon-McCord Associates, Inc. Office: 502.426.4500 Ext. - 7389 Fax: 502.426.8800 [EMAIL PROTECTED] BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:2.1 X-GWTYPE:USER FN:Mike Hammonds TEL;WORK:x7389 ORG:;IS TEL;PREF;FAX:426-8800 EMAIL;WORK;PREF;NGW:[EMAIL PROTECTED] N:Hammonds;Mike TITLE:IS MAnager X-GWUSERID:mhammonds END:VCARD
Re: stamp text
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (2000-10-09 at 1147.41 +0200):
Is there a script/plugin to make "stamps" ("eroded" text in circle, like a
stamp)
Do you mean text along a circle? Xtns Script-fu Logos Text
circle.
If you mean rough shapes, try applying a spread and some blurs to the
text, and a displace with solid noise as map info, so you get a
deformed aproximation of the original text (the displace gives a "not
flat paper" look). You may need to play with levels to get the final
result.
GSR
Re: ANNOUNCE: GIMP 1.1.27
On Thu, 05 Oct 2000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (George Crary) wrote: 10/04/00 05:25PM528,778 patch-1.1.26-1.1.27.bz2 10/04/00 05:23PM989,685 patch-1.1.26-1.1.27.gz Has anyone a script to create new directories of the patch-file ? (the patch cmd AFAIK does not create new dirs) Thanks. --- Bye, Mirko [EMAIL PROTECTED] (NeXTmail, MIME) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Widget display problems and a question...
Also, this may sound like another obvious problem, but how do you draw a hollow or fill circle/box? It seems like you need two more buttons like the selection versions, except something that will draw a box. I know how to draw a line, but there is no meta key combination for the pencil tool that will produce a box (besides manually drawing the four sides, which is rather annoying). Select your circle or box using any of the selection options. "EditStroke" will use the current brush along the selections "ants". "EditFill" will fill everything within the selection with the foreground color.
inconsitent antialiasing
Hello, I am running gimp 1.0.4 on red hat 6.2 I am trying to make text gifs in gimp, and found a strang inconsitency. If you look at the attached gif, the "T" in "TE" "TA" "TH" "TQ" all look different. I need a context-independent antialiasing solution.
Re: inconsitent antialiasing
Hello, I am running gimp 1.0.4 on red hat 6.2 I am trying to make text gifs in gimp, and found a strang inconsitency. If you look at the attached gif, the "T" in "TE" "TA" "TH" "TQ" all look different. I need a context-independent antialiasing solution. It appears that you forgot the attachment but I bet this is what's going on: Antialiasing allows for ``sub-pixel'' rendering. a 50% grey pixel means that half of the area of the pixel has black pixels in it and half have white. Because most fonts dont have intigral pixel width characters, the T can start at pixel x=5 the first time, but then pixel x=18.342 the next time, etc. Imagine this: Draw a box from x=10 to x=20, then one from x=31 to x=41. Scale the image down by 1/3. The box from x=10 to x=20 maps to x=5 to x=10. The box from x=31 to x=41 maps to x=15.5 to x=20.5. Therefore the second box will have a grey pixel on each side whereas the first box will be only black/white. The same thign is happening to you with fonts. (This was discussed a few weeks ago I think) --Ben
Re: True Space
** Reply Requested When Convenient ** Is there a program like true space for linux? Have you tried blender? (You can find it on freshemat.net I think) --Ben
FW: inconsitent antialiasing
Sorry, i forgot the attachment. Here it is Hello, I am running gimp 1.0.4 on red hat 6.2 I am trying to make text gifs in gimp, and found a strang inconsitency. If you look at the attached gif, the "T" in "TE" "TA" "TH" "TQ" all look different. I need a context-independent antialiasing solution. ttest.gif
Re: Printing a full page/full image
when i do the print i get a dialog window. select print to lp or whatever it is instead of file. then set percentage etc and paper size in there. i have no problems switching to a4 and adjusting percentage and alignment how i want. what version gimp are you using? may be a problem in an older version.
xsane plug-in
Hi All ! I am having trouble to scan from GIMP. I setup sane and xsane and sane-umax-build as needed. So, I can launch "/usr/local/bin/xsane" and scan very well. But, when I trying to access xsane plug-in from within GIMP, as file-acquire, I didn't see "xsane" plug-in. Please, tell me how to access xsane from GIMP, or may be I am doing something wrong. Thanks, Alex
Re: Printing a full page/full image
On Mon, 9 Oct 2000, Rebecca J. Pedersen wrote: when i do the print i get a dialog window. select print to lp or whatever it is instead of file. then set percentage etc and paper size in there. i have no problems switching to a4 and adjusting percentage and alignment how i want. what version gimp are you using? may be a problem in an older version. Rebecca, I'm running 1.0.4. I do get the dialog box and I can specify printer (or file), orientation, and paper size. I have no choices for media type or media source, and I set scaling to 100% (the default). Now, when I try it again, I'm stymied by another problem. The printer tells me to load plain paper in tray 1 (for single-sheet feeding), so I do it. It then sits for a while and tells me to remove the media in tray 1! Something is really screwy here. Thanks, Rich Dr. Richard B. Shepard, President Applied Ecosystem Services, Inc. (TM) Making environmentally-responsible mining happen. (SM) 2404 SW 22nd Street | Troutdale, OR 97060-1247 | U.S.A. + 1 503-667-4517 (voice) | + 1 503-667-8863 (fax) | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
