[Gimp-user] Default tool windows when launching
Hello, i'm using gimp 2.8.6 on unbuntu 13.10 each time i launch Gimp, there is absolutely NO visible tool and i have to open the toolbox window and open the (dockable ?) tabbed options window. is there an easy way to have these windows open at start ? JL ___ gimp-user-list mailing list List address:gimp-user-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list
Re: [Gimp-user] Old Digital Photo Frame
On 12.1.2014 at 4:29 AM Paul_Clarke wrote: I have been given a circa 2006 Photo frame that works very well except the system on it is set for DOS 16 bit and my more modern photos refuse to work. I can save the photos but is errors on them. How do I save the photos in a form that this device can use? Hi Paul, without an exact error message we can just guess. I think, following these steps will help you: 1. Look into the photo frame manual to see which image types it can handle. I guess JPEG/JPG will be among them. 2. If the images are not already in this format: open them in GIMP and export them to that format (if GIMP has it, but of course it can export to JPEG). If you have many photos to convert using GIMP will surely take a long time. You might have more luck then with image viewing or conversion programs, which can do this as batch job. 3. If that doesn't work then something else might be the cause. Try to find support from the photoframes manual, manufacturer or community. Greetings, Sven ___ gimp-user-list mailing list List address:gimp-user-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list
Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter
It is hard to tell, but this sounds like a work flow issue. -Original Message- From: roadie roa...@zenroadie.org To: gimp-user-list@gnome.org Sent: Sun, 12 Jan 2014 2:20 Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter And, Liam, I believe this is what you're asking. In 2.8, I save every few minutes with File Save. I see a brief less than a second progress bar but nothing changes. All is well. At some point later, the picture is (more or less, sort of) finished, and I want to send it somewhere. I go through four steps: File Save (just to be sure) and then File export. I confirm, a longer (10 seconds?) progress bar, and then the image is gone. No there. Yes, I can still open it with Digikam or Gimp's File Open Recent, or with Gimp's document history, and maybe I need to just accept that. My old ubuntu laptop with 2.6 is very old and not suitable for real work, and I think that my SuSE 12 probably would not support the 2.6 gtk Helen, this sounds as if you want to open the PNG or JPG file. If your open image window in Gimp has a button at the lower right that says: “GIMP XCF image (*.xcf)” then that file wont be listed. You could set the button to “All images”. But if I went into my studio to paint a canvas (painting.xcf) and later took a polaroid of my progress (Export painting.png) I would not continue my work by painting on the polaroid. But maybe I misunderstand and you have a bug in your GIMP or gtk. ___ gimp-user-list mailing list List address:gimp-user-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list ___ gimp-user-list mailing list List address:gimp-user-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list
Re: [Gimp-user] Default tool windows when launching
On 12.1.2014 at 10:47 AM JLuc wrote: each time i launch Gimp, there is absolutely NO visible tool and i have to open the toolbox window and open the (dockable ?) tabbed options window. is there an easy way to have these windows open at start ? Hi, yes, there is. 1. Press the TAB key to show toolbox and dockable dialogs. 2. In the Preferences dialog go to 'Window management' and either press 'Save window positions now' or check 'Save window positions on exit'. Kind regards, Sven ___ gimp-user-list mailing list List address:gimp-user-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list
Re: [Gimp-user] Old Digital Photo Frame
DOS 16 had file name length restrictions. Try shorter names on a few that don't work, see if that helps. Good Luck ___ gimp-user-list mailing list List address:gimp-user-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list
Re: [Gimp-user] Default tool windows when launching
Le 12/01/2014 14:00, scl a écrit : On 12.1.2014 at 10:47 AM JLuc wrote: each time i launch Gimp, there is absolutely NO visible tool and i have to open the toolbox window and open the (dockable ?) tabbed options window. is there an easy way to have these windows open at start ? Hi, yes, there is. 1. Press the TAB key to show toolbox and dockable dialogs. 2. In the Preferences dialog go to 'Window management' and either press 'Save window positions now' or check 'Save window positions on exit'. OK, thanks, i managed the thing ! Strangely, the Save window positions on exit was allready checked so i'm not sure it works... but i pressed the Save window positions now (with tool windows being open) and now they open when launching gimp. So its fine. JLuc ___ gimp-user-list mailing list List address:gimp-user-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list
Re: [Gimp-user] Old Digital Photo Frame
On 01/12/2014 04:29 AM, Paul_Clarke wrote: Hello I have been given a circa 2006 Photo frame that works very well except the system on it is set for DOS 16 bit and my more modern photos refuse to work. I can save the photos but is errors on them. How do I save the photos in a form that this device can use? Thank you for any assistance Regards Paul Old hardware (digital frames or DVD readers with a slide show function) doesn't support progressive JPEG while this has become a default setting in recent Gimp releases. This can be changed in the the JPEG save dialog settings (advanced options)(and save that as the new defaults...). ___ gimp-user-list mailing list List address:gimp-user-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list
[Gimp-user] Script-Fu Composer
Inspired by The MathMap Image Processing Application and NXT-G programming system. I have introduce to all of your own Rapid Application Development of Script-Fu. For those who do not know what will be. A Shot definition bellow: ** The Script-Fu is a Scheme based extension language implemented using TinyScheme in Gimp to automatize your work ** Get from Gimp Repository http://registry.gimp.org/node/28661 or Blog site http://scriptfu-composer.blogspot.com It is written in Python. So can be run as GIMP plug-in in Windows or Linux environment. Any clever suggestions are welcome. -- GandalfWhite (via www.gimpusers.com/forums) ___ gimp-user-list mailing list List address:gimp-user-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list
Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter
On 1/11/2014 3:54 PM, Helen wrote: Close. Not exactly but closer than anyone has understood so far. Mark said: Helen opens myfile.jpg with gimp. She saves myfile.jpg and it becomes myfile.xcf. She can't see myfile.jpg any more to see what it looks like I suppose that's true in some (trivial?) sense but doens't matter. I see the .xcf. She exports myfile.xcf to myfile.jpg and that's fine, the jpg is saved but it is not displayed. If the xcf had been saved, she is looking at the xcf. If the xcf had not been saved and she exported myfile.jpg to a jpg file, she is now looking at untitled.xcf. This is what the problem is. Well, I would never export a file that hasn't been first saved a xcf, but regardless of that, I don't see what I was working on.Mark I can't do what you said about windows, I have no computers that run windows but I assume what you are thinking is what i can do in digkam, and yes the file is there. But to continue working on it I have to open it again. She can't see it because the file name is no longer in the title bar of the window. She is apparently looking in the title bar of the image window--that off color strip that displays the file name of the image in the window. No, not looking at the title bar of the image window. Thre isn't one. It's gone. Although, yes, the file is on my computer. I posted a screenshot here http://helenofmarlowe.wordpress.com/2013/09/10/usinggimp/ yesterday showing what I see in gimp 2.6 after exporting. I'm looking at that page now and the only think that I can see that looks like it would be a screenshot would be a gimp screenshot of sky.jpg When I say Title Bar I'm talking about that area immediately above the menu bar, to the right of the close, minimize, and maximize buttons. Is this what you see after you export a file to jpg format? If it is, then you can add me to your confused list because I'm looking at your file--sky.jpg. It's a teal-green gradient. Running gimp 2.8 under fedora 20 I: 1. downloaded gwoodfarmfromback.png from the page you gave above (very nice by the way) 2. saved it (as .xcf) 3. exported it as .jpg (note, I had to change the default .png to .jpg after selecting jpg as the file type. 4. the file exports, the image is still visible on the screen and the filename is displayed as gwoodfarmfromback.xcf 5. if I browse to where I saved and exported the files, I now have three versions--all with the same file name with extensions .jpg, .png, and .xcf I'll post a screenshot of what I get in 2.8 after exporting. And, Liam, I believe this is what you're asking. In 2.8, I save every few minutes with File Save. I see a brief less than a second progress bar but nothing changes. All is well. At some point later, the picture is (more or less, sort of) finished, and I want to send it somewhere. I go through four steps: File Save (just to be sure) and then File export. I confirm, a longer (10 seconds?) progress bar, and then the image is gone. No there. Yes, I can still open it with Digikam or Gimp's File Open Recent, or with Gimp's document history, and maybe I need to just accept that. Could it be that the window containing your image is crashing while the rest of the UI is not crashing? Or is the window still there, with the proper file name and the image just gone? I do not know if 2.6 has single window mode (under the window menu) but if you were in that mode you might preserve your image (or crash the interface completely). Do you get the same results whether exporting to jpg, png, or other formats? If you are already working in single window mode try getting out of it and see if that makes a difference. ___ gimp-user-list mailing list List address:gimp-user-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list
Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter
Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2014 17:50:01 -0500 From: mdmp...@gmail.com To: gimp-user-list@gnome.org; etter...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter And, Liam, I believe this is what you're asking. In 2.8, I save every few minutes with File Save. I see a brief less than a second progress bar but nothing changes. All is well. At some point later, the picture is (more or less, sort of) finished, and I want to send it somewhere. I go through four steps: File Save (just to be sure) and then File export. I confirm, a longer (10 seconds?) progress bar, and then the image is gone. No there. Yes, I can still open it with Digikam or Gimp's File Open Recent, or with Gimp's document history, and maybe I need to just accept that. Could it be that the window containing your image is crashing while the rest of the UI is not crashing? Or is the window still there, with the proper file name and the image just gone? I do not know if 2.6 has single window mode (under the window menu) but if you were in that mode you might preserve your image (or crash the interface completely). Do you get the same results whether exporting to jpg, png, or other formats? If you are already working in single window mode try getting out of it and see if that makes a difference. If something is crashing internally then GIMP should quite visibly inform you about it. And (in my experience at least) GIMP is generally pretty hard to crash. Also, single-window mode was added in 2.8. GIMP 2.6 did not have it. -- Stratadrake strata_ran...@hotmail.com Numbers may not lie, but neither do they tell the whole truth. ___ gimp-user-list mailing list List address:gimp-user-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list
[Gimp-user] Scaling images
Is there any way I can scale images down in size, whilst keeping the quality of the image? I am a Media teacher having to use this software with the class and they must have high production values for their controlled assessment. However, I do not know how to get around the problem that all the work is predominantly blurred because students have scaled down the pictures resulting in horrendous blurring. Any advice would be greatly received. Thanks Sent from Windows Mail ___ gimp-user-list mailing list List address:gimp-user-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list
Re: [Gimp-user] Scaling images
A media teacher ought perhaps to know the answer. The short answer may be to increase the resolution (number of pixels per unit). This will down scale the image without removing any data. http://docs.gimp.org/en/gimp-image-scale.html -Original Message- From: Lauren McCarthy alittleange...@hotmail.com To: gimp-user-list@gnome.org gimp-user-list@gnome.org Sent: Sun, 12 Jan 2014 22:49 Subject: [Gimp-user] Scaling images Is there any way I can scale images down in size, whilst keeping the quality of the image? I am a Media teacher having to use this software with the class and they must have high production values for their controlled assessment. However, I do not know how to get around the problem that all the work is predominantly blurred because students have scaled down the pictures resulting in horrendous blurring. Any advice would be greatly received. Thanks Sent from Windows Mail ___ gimp-user-list mailing list List address:gimp-user-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list ___ gimp-user-list mailing list List address:gimp-user-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list
Re: [Gimp-user] Scaling images
On 12.01.2014 23:37, Lauren McCarthy wrote: Is there any way I can scale images down in size, whilst keeping the quality of the image? I am a Media teacher having to use this software with the class and they must have high production values for their controlled assessment. However, I do not know how to get around the problem that all the work is predominantly blurred because students have scaled down the pictures resulting in horrendous blurring. What was the original size, and what is the size after scaling down? And why did the students do that? -- Regards, Michael GPG: 96A8 B38A 728A 577D 724D 60E5 F855 53EC B36D 4CDD ___ gimp-user-list mailing list List address:gimp-user-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list
[Gimp-user] Old Digital Photo Frame
If that's the case, existing progressive JPEGs can also be losslessly transformed to standard ones by using jpegtran inputfile.jpg outputfile.jpg Hello and thank you for your reply. I'm confused. In my GIMP there is on JPG advanced save function . There is an export function but it gives you no advanced options Regards Paul Clarke Queanbeyan Australia -- Paul_Clarke (via www.gimpusers.com/forums) ___ gimp-user-list mailing list List address:gimp-user-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list
