Re: [Gimp-user] How to shrink photo, retain quality?? Business card design
I checked the Gotprint site. PDF is an acceptable format to send to them. When I design magazines I send out PDFs to the printers. Photos should be 300 dpi, CMYK tiffs if you can, not jpegs. "RGB must be converted to CMYK for print." Artwork CMYK, 600 dpi or better. Output all to PDF if you can. No compression, i.e. highest resolution. Rick -Original Message- From: JoeyF Sent: Friday, February 12, 2016 1:59 PM To: gimp-user-list@gnome.org Cc: notificati...@gimpusers.com Subject: [Gimp-user] How to shrink photo,retain quality?? Business card design Hi guys! I'm an amateur photo-editor, and have a decent understanding of Gimp basics. I am designing a business card for myself to be uploaded to gotprint.com I am using a 2.5inx3.5in. vertical layout. In the past I have used the basic online editor provided by gotprint to design a logo, this time I wanted to do it on Gimp to leave myself more options for editing. I need to include a photo of myself on the card. I have a hq photo taken by a Canon DSLR, and it looks great. When I create a new project on Gimp to the specific size of 2.5"x3.5" I have to shrink the image down, as it is around 2800x4200 pixels. Whenever I do this I lose A LOT of quality. etc. ___ 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] Hello
On 02/13/2016 09:58 AM, Ross Martinek wrote: > As a long time Photoshop user, I have to agree. One thing you'll > discover fairly quickly, I think, is the way GIMP handles brushes. > I've been using GIMP for over a year, and the brushes palette still > causes occasional consternation. > > But it's absolutely worth it. I liked PS, thought it a good program, > but I wouldn't have it back if it was free. > > I also recommend /The Book of Gimp/ by Lecarme and Delvare. Saved me > a lot of pulled hair—and I'm bald. =^D I found a copy of Akkana Peck's book, Beginning GIMP: From Novice to Professional, in my local library. I was already a "professional" of sorts, but I spent the afternoon reading it and picked up a few really neat tricks. http://gimpbook.com/ :o) ___ 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] Hello
As a long time Photoshop user, I have to agree. One thing you'll discover fairly quickly, I think, is the way GIMP handles brushes. I've been using GIMP for over a year, and the brushes palette still causes occasional consternation. But it's absolutely worth it. I liked PS, thought it a good program, but I wouldn't have it back if it was free. I also recommend The Book of Gimp by Lecarme and Delvare. Saved me a lot of pulled hair—and I'm bald. =^D Ross On Feb 13, 2016, at 3:55 AM, Steve Kinney wrote: > On 02/12/2016 09:32 PM, Robin Reed wrote: > >> I joined this list because my Mac wouldn't open Gimp because it wasn't from >> the Apple Store. I figured it out, though, and I have Gimp working. Now I >> just need to learn it. It doesn't look too different than Photoshop. >> >> Sent from my brain. > > Beware: The tool set and workflow in GIMP and Photoshop are > different enough to make the transition from one to the other a > major challenge, at least in my experience. > > A few years ago somebody gave me a copy of Photoshop. Initially I > discovered that I could not get it to do several very basic and > necessary things, so I resolved to try harder: I found tutorials > and manuals and resolved to use nothing else to edit photos for one > month, as a real test drive. Two weeks later, I uninstalled > Photoshop - not because "it sucks," obviously it does not if one is > used to it. But I found that it just wasn't worth the effort of > retraining to use it. > > If you are at a 'beginner' skill level in Photoshop, getting used to > the GIMP probably won't be very hard. But if you have been using > Photoshop long enough for its tools and workflow to have become > ingrained habits, expect non-stop annoyance, at best, when starting > out with the GIMP: "It should do this, but it does that instead, > argh!" I think it would be worth the effort, your mileage may vary. > > Some basic educational resources for new GIMP users: > > https://docs.gimp.org/2.8/en/gimp-tutorial-quickies.html > > Lots of tutorials and general inspiration, issue 1 has a very > excellent list of online resources for GIMP students: > > http://gimpmagazine.org/category/magazines/ > > My own tutorial, which presents some basic information and shows the > configuration tweaks I use to set up the GIMP for daily use: > > http://pilobilus.net/gimp_tutorial.html > > You already found the tech support department - that's us kids on > the GIMP User list. Do try searching the archive before asking > questions that have been answered over and over again... > > https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list/ > > :o) > > > > ___ > 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] Hello
On 02/12/2016 09:32 PM, Robin Reed wrote: > I joined this list because my Mac wouldn't open Gimp because it wasn't from > the Apple Store. I figured it out, though, and I have Gimp working. Now I > just need to learn it. It doesn't look too different than Photoshop. > > Sent from my brain. Beware: The tool set and workflow in GIMP and Photoshop are different enough to make the transition from one to the other a major challenge, at least in my experience. A few years ago somebody gave me a copy of Photoshop. Initially I discovered that I could not get it to do several very basic and necessary things, so I resolved to try harder: I found tutorials and manuals and resolved to use nothing else to edit photos for one month, as a real test drive. Two weeks later, I uninstalled Photoshop - not because "it sucks," obviously it does not if one is used to it. But I found that it just wasn't worth the effort of retraining to use it. If you are at a 'beginner' skill level in Photoshop, getting used to the GIMP probably won't be very hard. But if you have been using Photoshop long enough for its tools and workflow to have become ingrained habits, expect non-stop annoyance, at best, when starting out with the GIMP: "It should do this, but it does that instead, argh!" I think it would be worth the effort, your mileage may vary. Some basic educational resources for new GIMP users: https://docs.gimp.org/2.8/en/gimp-tutorial-quickies.html Lots of tutorials and general inspiration, issue 1 has a very excellent list of online resources for GIMP students: http://gimpmagazine.org/category/magazines/ My own tutorial, which presents some basic information and shows the configuration tweaks I use to set up the GIMP for daily use: http://pilobilus.net/gimp_tutorial.html You already found the tech support department - that's us kids on the GIMP User list. Do try searching the archive before asking questions that have been answered over and over again... https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list/ :o) ___ 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
