Re: [Gimp-user] trial fit new colours on car picture
saving also... :) thanks dan On 10/24/12, Steve Kinney ad...@pilobilus.net wrote: On 10/24/2012 01:44 PM, Jim Clark wrote: Wow-- I will save this. Incredibly clear and detailed--I have never rally understood those masks. Still don't, but am sure closer! Hey Jim, Glad it makes sense to you! I have saved it and I will probably do an illustrated version for my website sometime soon. Figuring out how to use layer masks is one of the real breakthroughs that make the GIMP a powerful tool. I have been using the GIMP for around 10 years, but I still remember how difficult it was for me to wrap my brain around what masks can do. You can: * Make templates that enable you to quickly and easily create lots of different versions of an image, i.e. with different colorization as in the present example, or as frames that smaller images will appear in, etc. * Remove part of a layer, spend a half hour working on the image, then undo an error you just found in your removal by painting a little white on the corresponding part of the layer's mask. I almost never use the Eraser tool - if you have to go back and undo it, you lose all the work you did after using the Eraser. * You can paint with any filter by applying filters and effects to a copied layer, adding a black mask to make the altered layer vanish, then painting the mask with white to make the changes come back only where you want them in the visible image. (Or vice versa: Paint black on a white mask to wipe away the filter effect where you don't want to see it.) I find this method especially useful when working on portrait shots. * Isolate under-exposed elements from over-exposed elements in photographs, by making a layer copy and masking out the under- exposed part of the top layer. Then you can adjust the brightness and colors of the bright and dark parts of the picture separately. If the contrast between over- and under-exposed areas is strong enough, you can use the Threshold tool on a throw-away layer to create a nearly perfect mask in seconds, that would have taken a LONG time to paint by hand - some call this finding the natural mask. * Use a black/white gradient on a layer mask to give the layer a smooth transition from visible to invisible. This sometimes comes in handy when processing flash photographs, i.e. a line of people on a stage where those at the near end are fully exposed and those at the far end are under-exposed. ... and a whole lot more. :o) Steve ___ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list ___ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list
Re: [Gimp-user] background question
the best way i can think of would be to put a backing on the paper, not to affix it but just lay it behind the newspaper, when you scan it so the light doesn't emanate the paper so you don't see the other side? just my 2... dan On 10/25/12, Chrispy for...@gimpusers.com wrote: Hi I am trying to remove the background of an image I have scanned of a Newspaper. The paper was thin and the back side of the paper is visible on the image. Is there an easy way to remove this? The reverse image is also visible over the main image I am looking at (the image is a News Headline, not a Picture. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. All the best Chris P -- Chrispy (via gimpusers.com) ___ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list ___ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list
Re: [Gimp-user] background question
* Michael Natterer mi...@gimp.org [10-25-12 08:36]: On Thu, 2012-10-25 at 13:10 +0200, Chrispy wrote: I am trying to remove the background of an image I have scanned of a Newspaper. The paper was thin and the back side of the paper is visible on the image. Is there an easy way to remove this? The reverse image is also visible over the main image I am looking at (the image is a News Headline, not a Picture. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. If you can, scan again, and put *black* paper on top of the other side while scanning. That *and* pick a black point when scanning. It will make the text that does bleed thru appear much lighter. Then play with the contrast of the product. -- (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA HOG # US1244711 http://wahoo.no-ip.orgPhoto Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member Registered Linux User #207535@ http://linuxcounter.net ___ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list
[Gimp-user] dotted text
I am using Gimp to create worksheets for kids learning a foreign language. I would like to make my text dotted so kids can trace it to practice writing. I am using a Cyrillic alphabet so a dotted font is not an option for me. It would have to be done by manipulating the text. Thank you very much. -- komsinica (via gimpusers.com) ___ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list
Re: [Gimp-user] dotted text
As a partial answer to the original question, if you can get hold of a path version of your text (vector) you can paint the path with a brush using wide spacing between strokes. This creates dots along the path. I just can't think of a way to get a single line path for text in the first place. My usual solution would be colour selecting the desired outline and turning selection to path. This would create an outline (double line) path, though, which is probably not what you want. Or the lower transparency option as mentioned by Jay would make much sense and be less work too. Good luck! Xiella On 26 Oct 2012 04:03, Jay Smith j...@jaysmith.com wrote: On 10/25/2012 10:53 AM, komsinica wrote: I am using Gimp to create worksheets for kids learning a foreign language. I would like to make my text dotted so kids can trace it to practice writing. I am using a Cyrillic alphabet so a dotted font is not an option for me. It would have to be done by manipulating the text. Thank you very much. Hi, I would suggest completely rethinking your approach to the problem. Sometimes the answer is in simplicity. Consider either printing the text in a _pale_ color, or if you only wish to use black printing, consider setting the color of the text to a light color, but printing it on a black printer -- the result will be some shade of gray. The students could then trace around the outside of the pale color / gray text. Would this work and solve the problem without having to create anything special? Furthermore, this solution does not involve Gimp or any image program. You can do this in any word processor program. Best of luck. Educating children in different languages is very important work -- something that has been mostly forgotten in the USA. Jay __**_ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/**mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-**listhttps://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list ___ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list
Re: [Gimp-user] copying and pasting layer groups as layer groups
Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2012 02:16:04 +0200 From: for...@gimpusers.com To: gimp-user-list@gnome.org CC: t...@gimpusers.com Subject: [Gimp-user] copying and pasting layer groups as layer groups I'd like to be to select a layer groups and copy them over to another pre-existing image. I've been struggling with this for an hour or so, and I haven't found a way to do this. Is is possible to do this in GIMP? The closet I've found is a kind of paste where you do this: drag the tab of the origin image over to the tab of the target image. The result is a new layer in the target image called dropped buffer. However, the entire origin image is imported flattened. I've been trying other drag and drop operations, but without success. Usually when I drop the selection to the target image, the icon under the mouse dissapears, and nothing actually happens. I thought this might be a window manager problem. But I get the same results across kde, gnome and xfce. -- bobdobbs (via gimpusers.com) ___ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list Hmm, you're right - the closest I can find is to click and drag the layer group into the GIMP toolbox (which creates a new image using the layer group), but there does not seem to be a way to do the same with a pre-existing image (SWM or otherwise), at least not via click and drag. -- Stratadrake strata_ran...@hotmail.com Numbers may not lie, but neither do they tell the whole truth. ___ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list
Re: [Gimp-user] GIF animation automation and revert diff
Ok... just to clarify. It seems there are no ideas so I actually do have to develop it myself... :) Bests Bgs On 10/09/2012 09:58 PM, Bgs wrote: Hi, I've been playing a bit with GIF animations and there are two things I'd like to do but haven't found any trivial solution for. 1) I have a background type of layer and several smaller ones. I want to make an animation where these additional layers appear and disappear. The hard way to animate this is to duplicate the background and merge in all variations I want and create an animation from that. This has three drawbacks: a) It's a rather long handiwork to do it b) by default it produces a full-frame animation that needs to be optimized c) the default differential optimization might not produce the best result in terms of size. My question for the more experienced ones is: Is it possible to script creation of such images without creating a full fledged plugin? Example: I have background and layer1 through layer8 as small overlaying layers. I want to create a blinking/glowing effect by turning on and off layer1-8 in a random(like) way. Let's say I create a dozen of such layer on/offs and cycle the result as a GIF animation. 2) Once I created an optimized GIF animation (differential) is there an easy way to convert it back to a full-frame layer structure? (This has practical sense for example with a couple of frames taken from a video). Thanks Bgs ___ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list ___ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list
Re: [Gimp-user] dotted text
I can't think on a easy way to do this One option is to make your own quickdirty font something like this: http://fhoerni.free.fr/comp/make_a_font.html Other option is to use convert text to path and trace the path You'll now have a text outline with no fill Your kids could draw along and inside the two text walls instead a dotted line ___ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list
Re: [Gimp-user] dotted text
On 25.10.12 at 6:15 pm Xes Garcia wrote: Other option is to use convert text to path and trace the path You'll now have a text outline with no fill Your kids could draw along and inside the two text walls instead a dotted line A good start. To draw a dotted line you just have to stroke with a dotted line style. All steps together: 1. Type your text. 2. Select Layer/Text to path. 3. In the Layers tab hide the text layer and select the layer you want your dotted lines on. 4. In the Path tab select the newly created path. 5. Go to Edit/Stroke path. Select 'Stroke line', check 'Solid color', click 'Line style', from the Dash presets listbox select 'Dense dots' for instance. You're done. Kind regards, Sven ___ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list
Re: [Gimp-user] dotted text
On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 6:53 PM, komsinica wrote: I am using Gimp to create worksheets for kids learning a foreign language. I would like to make my text dotted so kids can trace it to practice writing. I am using a Cyrillic alphabet so a dotted font is not an option for me. It would have to be done by manipulating the text. Wrong choice of a tool, I'm afraid. You _can_do that with GIMP, but it would be counterproductive. Use Inkscape. For text objects remove fill, use black stroke and dashed outline. http://i.imgur.com/AEezO.png Alexandre Prokoudine http://libregraphicsworld.org ___ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list
