Which layer is active?
Greetings to a recently quiet list. I have a 5-layer xcf template that I use regularly for making buttons. Every time it opens, the layer next to the bottom is the active layer by default. I do not know if this is true on all images, but it sure is here. Cleaarly it is not random. I want the layer 2 layers up (the text layer) to be the default. I saved it with that layer active but upon the next open the same next-to-the-bottom layer was the active one. Not a big deal, but there must be a way to specify which is the active layer on a frequently used image. I am still on 1.04 (being one of the RH 6.2 people who could never get a newer one to compile successfully), if that makes a difference. Any ideas? -- Thanks! Jim Clark
Getting Images Into GIMP
Howdy all-- I wonder if anyone knows how to copy an image out of Word doc into GIMP. We have some documentation images I need to work with, but the images are locked and I can't seem to see how to extract them. I do a control-C to copy a selected image, but there is nothing to paste. I would like to think it's something I can accomplish, despite Mr. Bill's well-known propensity for never letting go of anything. -- Thanks! Jim Clark
Extract--II
OOPS! Sorry, forgot to mention I'm using Star Office as my .doc reader. -- Jim Clark
Looking for an image
GIMP related in that I will work on the image in GIMP. I am seeking an image I can use freely on our company Intranet. I have scoured my CDs and the web for over an hour so far, but have been unable to find a good image of a red English phone box with no people in it. If someone has such an image, and could send it to me, or point me to where I can find it, I'd be very grateful. -- Thanks! Jim Clark
variety in letters
Well, I made my own bullet, one pixel at a time, but it looks really good. Now, here's another question. I am putting black text on white, and using the same font at the same size I get 3 very different letter e's. Take a look at : http://www.bsmanagement.com/llywelyn/images/e.gif Note how different each final e is. Is there a reason for this? This is at 8X display, but it is a little visible at 1X display too. I'm only using 20 pt font. However, reagardless, it does seem as if it should do the same thing every time. Or does it? -- Thanks! Jim Clark
A chance to demonstrate expertise
Hello all-- I am a fairly long term, but still mostly not-very-good, GIMP user. I received a roll of pictures back that are dreadful. I cannot imagine what happened--you know how these whiz-bang cameras do everything for you--but most of the pictures look like this: http://www.bsmanagement.com/llywelyn/images/cyruscyrusxcf.jpg I have placed an xcf version (whopper!) of this charming boy out there--and I would be eager to see how to improve it. I have struggled with it, playing with a number of settings, but cannot really improve it. The boy has rather pale skin, the tiles should be white. If anyone wanted to work on it and send me a description of the steps they took, I'd be more than happy to post them and let people evaluate different methods of repair. The tutorials I've read are useful, but this picture has so many things wrong that I just don't know what to do in what order. Any takers? -- Thanks! Jim Clark
Correction
Oops--noticed I did not include the URL of the xcf: it's http://www.bsmanagement.com/llywelyn/images/cyrus/cyrus.xcf Thanks! Jim Clark
No more corrections---this is it!
OK-- I put a jpg photo for a quick view and a now-compressed version of the photo I wonder if anyone wants to take a look at and play with at (how's that for a long-winded description?): http://www.bsmanagement.com/llywelyn/docs/cyrus.html And if you want me to eprform any particular steps in any order, I'll do my best to oblige. -- Thanks! Jim Clark
My Mac font question
Wow-- This turned into a lively discussion, including a couple of responses direct to me. Here's the situation. On: http://www.fontsite.com/Pages/FFDownloads.html There's a really neat font that gives a very clear display at 7 point. I'd like it very much. But here's what it says: Mini 7 was designed by Joe Gillespie. It's only a screen font, so it doesn't have a printer font as all Type 1 fonts do. It is specifically designed to be used at 7 points, or what we call "mouse type." Mini 7 is great for captions or buttons on web graphics. In fact, we've used it in several places throughout the FontSite. There are two versions--Mini and Mini Tight--with different metrics. Mini 7 is Freeware and is only available for the Macintosh I downloaded it, but it's in that .hqx format. I read at: http://www.calarts.edu/network/compress.html I should be able to open it, but I don't know how. I have installed plenty of PS fonts, do not use TT fonts, and would like to know if I can use this font (should I ever learn how to unstuff the file). -- Thanks! Jim Clark Informix Software, Inc. 913/599-8845
Distributions?
Slightly off topic, but still related. I use RH 6.0 on my work machine. I am going to install Linux on my home PC. I am eager to try a different distribution. I wonder if anyone has tried more than one distribution with GIMP? And has opinions (never seen a shortage of opinions on this list!) about whether one is better than another for using Linux primarily for the GIMP? -- Thanks! Jim Clark http://www.rma.usda.gov/
Re: mapping to a cylinder?
I replied to you individually--got bounced. Hi Zach--all I have is map to a sphere or a plane. There's no cylinder there I see. Is it my old GIMP? 1.0.4 -- Thanks! Jim Clark 816/926-7902 http://www.act.fcic.usda.gov/
