Re: [Gimp-user] I can't even access Help!

[Ofnuts]

On 06/09/15 16:12, Susan C Davis wrote:

  New user, or trying to be.
I entered my first "search" to find a photo and was told I need to have "indexer 
daemon" activated.  I found online where to put a check mark to make this work in Computer, 
except it was already checked.
I am getting nowhere.  I am about ready to remove Gimp from my computer, but 
someone said it might help me fix my eBay jewelry photos better than Picasa.
I have spent months trying to do this.  Now your site actually doesn't give us 
much in the way of contacting Gimp people.  I finally found this address.
So, how to I get indexer daemon to work?  I can't even access the Help on the 
Gimp site.  I went to the online Gimp Help, and it isn't helping!  I think this 
program is far too advanced for me.
If I can't access a photo file, then what?

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As far as I know there is no "indexer" in Gimp... Gimp doesn't search 
pictures, it edits them. If Gimp is correctly installed, once you have 
found the picture (by any means..., ) opening it with Gimp is one of the 
choices...


Picasa is a photomanager with some editing capabilities, Gimp is just a 
powerful image editor. You can keep managing your pictures with Picasa, 
and you can edit them with Gimp once you have located them in Picasa 
(Gimp is likely a choice in the right click menu).

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Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP stops working -- please help.

[Shlomi Fish]

Hi JFL,

On Sat, 12 Sep 2015 18:27:05 +0200
Jean-François Lemaire  wrote:

> On Saturday 12 September 2015 15:26:35 Pat David wrote:
> > Is there an antivirus running?  We've heard some reports of some antivirus
> > programs causing issues.  What about other processes/programs that are
> > running at the same time?
> 
> I experienced the same kind of problem with GIMP 2.8.14 under Linux
> yesterday. I was trying to edit the levels of an image but the buttons of the
> dialog weren't responding. I quit GIMP, retried: same behaviour. I didn't
> have time to investigate the issue because I was at work but I will see on
> Monday if it's still the same.
> 

I now tried it with gimp-2.8.14-5.mga6 on Mageia Linux x86-64 v6 on XFCE, and
was not able to reproduce it. 2.8.14 was released over a year ago according to
http://www.gimp.org/ so the problem is likely elsewhere.

Regards,

Shlomi Fish


> Cheers,
> JFL



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Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP stops working -- please help.

[Jean-François Lemaire]

On Saturday 12 September 2015 15:26:35 Pat David wrote:
> Is there an antivirus running?  We've heard some reports of some antivirus
> programs causing issues.  What about other processes/programs that are
> running at the same time?

I experienced the same kind of problem with GIMP 2.8.14 under Linux yesterday. 
I was trying to edit the levels of an image but the buttons of the dialog 
weren't responding. I quit GIMP, retried: same behaviour. I didn't have time 
to investigate the issue because I was at work but I will see on Monday if 
it's still the same.

Cheers,
JFL
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Re: [Gimp-user] Quick question - Text warping

[Ofnuts]

On 11/09/15 07:18, Callamity wrote:

To add to this, I'm going to put an elliptical circle around the word,
and have a 2nd word underneath, and I am only trying to warp the top
word.  The bottom word will be normal text, and I'll have a 3rd word
at the bottom to warp downwards to fill in the ellipse.

Bump...

http://registry.gimp.org/node/24568 or 
http://gimpscripts.com/2011/10/warped-text/



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Re: [Gimp-user] Can I configure my mouse to....

[Richard]

> Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2015 10:33:47 +0800
> Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] Can I configure my mouse to
> From: ngoonee.t...@gmail.com
> To: strata_ran...@hotmail.com
> CC: gimp-user-list@gnome.org
> 
> Of course, you don't specify what OS you're using.
> 

Oops, yes I did forget to mention that -- running on a Windows platform whose 
default mouse driver historically does NOT allow you to reconfigure any buttons 
(beyond general handedness).

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Numbers may not lie, but neither do they tell the whole truth.

  
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[Gimp-user] Fixed screen

[Pedro Albuquerque]

Hi,

when I open Gimp, I get a fixed screen. I can see the scrollbar but it
does nothing, please see here.

What can I do to fix this? Is there a preference to be changed?

I'm using Ubuntu 14.04, gimp 2.8.10 and an old Toshiba satellite 32
bit. 

Regards,
Pedro.
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[Gimp-user] GIMP stops working -- please help.

[TKK]

Dear folks,

Gimp 2.8.14 for Windows
Windows 7

I love GIMP. I've been working with it for years. 

A couple weeks ago, GIMP 2.8.14 stopped working on my computer. I have a Toshiba
Qosmio that runs Windows 7. (I know. *Windows.*) I have not downloaded any new
programs or had a Windows update that I know of.

Gimp starts up okay, and then I get about 3 clicks (any 3 clicks, not a
particular set of commands,) and then it stops responding. It doesn't shut down,
but it won't respond. Even if I'm in the middle of opening a file, clicking
within the Open File window doesn't do anything. If I've opened something and
have started doing something, like selecting an area, then I can't change tools
or select or deselect any more. The keyboard shortcuts, arrow keys, track pad,
etc., also don't work.

I have to start the Task Manager to close Gimp. In the Task Manager, it says
that Gimp is "running."

Inkscape is doing the same thing.

Things I've tried that have not worked:

Changing the name of AND deleting the "settings" file in the Users folder
Uninstalling and reinstalling (I know it's not supposed to help, but I tried
it.)
Doing both of the above at the same time.
Restoring my computer to a restore point back when GIMP was working.
Removing the wireless mouse and just using the trackpad.
Above and trying the arrow keys or shortcut commands.
Just waiting for 30 minutes to see if it's horrendously slow. (nope.)
Closing other programs or processes via Task Manager.

Any help is greatly appreciated. I don't want to have to get Photoshop. I really
don't.

Thank you in advance,
TK

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[Gimp-user] Quick question - Text warping

[Callamity]

To add to this, I'm going to put an elliptical circle around the word, and have
a 2nd word underneath, and I am only trying to warp the top word.  The bottom
word will be normal text, and I'll have a 3rd word at the bottom to warp
downwards to fill in the ellipse.

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[Gimp-user] Feature request Shear with wrap-around

[Ben321]

The shear tool only supports clipping currently (as of Gimp version 2.8), but I
am using it right now for a particular task which requires wrap-around of the
pixels rather than clipping. That is, I need it to take the pixels shifted off
the side of the image in the process of shearing to be shifted onto the other
side of the image. Can you Gimp developers add this feature? Please. It's really
important for what I'm using it for right now.

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[Gimp-user] [Gimp 2.8] Pencil Cursor doesn't move with mouse cursor

[Lucrecious]

In Gimp 2.8, when I move my mouse, the cursor itself moves (the pointer with the
little pencil symbol beside it), but the area that represents the pencil on the
canvas (the square, circle or whatever), doesn't. The area that represents the
pencil on the canvas only moves after I stop moving the pointer.

What's wrong? It there an option I need to set so that the area position updates
as I move the mouse?

This is one of the most frustrating things I've found in Gimp 2.8.

PS: I used the pencil tool as an example, but it happens with everything else.
The brush tool, the eraser tool, the selection tool (when I try to drag a
selection box, the box size doesn't update until I stop move the mouse for a
little bit).

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[Gimp-user] ufraw causing gimp to crash

[jon777]

>Or get my build (Windows or Mac). UFRaw is integrated into it.
>
>Hope this helps.
>Partha
A simple explanation---the software is not as good as some of the hype touting
"Open Source." Ufraw freezes on my when trying to open .CR2 files in windows 7
64 bit from Gimp.

Perhaps I need to stop trying so many opensource products.

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[Gimp-user] Quick question - Text warping

[Callamity]

Good afternoon all,

I'm trying to warp text to form a semi-panoramic view but all I can find is
wrapping text along a path and using IWarp, but neither is working correctly.  I
used IWarp to flex the top of the text upwards, but I want to keep the bottom of
the text to stay flat and unflexed.  Am I using the correct functions or is
there a different function?  I'm not asking for a step by step tutorial, I'm
just trying to confirm what feature(s) name I should be using.

In the attachment I'm trying to have the tops of the letters curve like the top
example while the bottom of the text stays down flat as the bottom text is, but
all be a single word.

Thank you in advance!
Troy

Attachments:
* http://www.gimpusers.com/system/attachments/213/original/Text.jpg

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[Gimp-user] Quick question - Text warping

[Callamity]

>To add to this, I'm going to put an elliptical circle around the word,
>and have a 2nd word underneath, and I am only trying to warp the top
>word.  The bottom word will be normal text, and I'll have a 3rd word
>at the bottom to warp downwards to fill in the ellipse.
Bump...

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[Gimp-user] Electronic flash reflection in glasses

[Bewildered_Bob]

Is it possible to remove the flash reflection from eyeglasses ? Thanx.

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[Gimp-user] space bar to move around, not enable disable in an other window

[Hexi]

Hello,
I have been using GIMP for a while, but I'm still a learner.
I have searched for similar topics but never found a solution to my problem.

There is something that is driving me crazy : when I click on a layer to turn it
off or on, and then I want to move around my image by pressing the space bar
(and moving my mouse), it turns on/off the layer I just clicked on.

If I want the space bar to move my image again, I have to click on my image
first, and then press space bar.

I cannot understand how that can be useful. Maybe it is for some people, but I
just want the space bar to move my image, and NOTHING ELSE, regardless of the
last button I clicked on. If I want to turn on or off a layer, I just click on
it.

Is there a way to force the space bar to do the action "move image with mouse",
regardless of the last button I clicked on, and without having to click in the
middle of my image first? One more thing, I know that the scrollwheel click does
exactly what I am asking for, but I want this functionality to work when I press
space bar because... I hate clicking on the scrollwheel.

Thank you for your answer, even in the case you just tell me that cannot be
done.
...
I would probably cry. A lot.

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[Gimp-user] PDF with multiple images-original scan from off-white paper

[FrGuidoSarducci]

I have a 250+ page PDF document.  Every page of this document contains an
image.  The original image that was scanned was on off-white paper.  I want to
print the PDF on white paper, but the off-white background of the original paper
stands out. I am unable to get the original images.
I was able to get rid of the off-white color thru GIMP (2.8.14) using
Select->By Color and then Bucket Fill.  I am new enough at GIMP that I don't
know if it's possible to make this change on all of the images at once.  Is this
possible?  if so, can someone point me in the right direction?  Thanks.

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[Gimp-user] Update for Gimp plug-in Export to SVG

[Jabier Arraiza]

Hi to all, I just update the plug-in http://registry.gimp.org/node/25049
from Erdem Guven.

New features in .md

The code is here because registry.gimp.org is locked:
https://github.com/jabiertxof/gimp-export-to-svg

@Erdem I could transfer the git branch to another GitHUb account

All the best.


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Re: [Gimp-user] Electronic flash reflection in glasses

[Pat David]

Possibly, but it won't be easy.  (And now you've learned a fun lesson on
angle of incidence for light... :D ).  Do you have a crop/sample of the
problem you're having we could see?

On Sat, Sep 12, 2015 at 10:15 AM Bewildered_Bob 
wrote:

> Is it possible to remove the flash reflection from eyeglasses ? Thanx.
>
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Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP stops working -- please help.

[Pat David]

Is there an antivirus running?  We've heard some reports of some antivirus
programs causing issues.  What about other processes/programs that are
running at the same time?

Can you boot into safe mode, disconnect internet, shutdown all unnecessary
programs, and then run GIMP ok?  If so we can begin to narrow down the
likely suspects...


On Sat, Sep 12, 2015 at 10:15 AM TKK  wrote:

>
> Dear folks,
>
> Gimp 2.8.14 for Windows
> Windows 7
>
> I love GIMP. I've been working with it for years.
>
> A couple weeks ago, GIMP 2.8.14 stopped working on my computer. I have a
> Toshiba
> Qosmio that runs Windows 7. (I know. *Windows.*) I have not downloaded any
> new
> programs or had a Windows update that I know of.
>
> Gimp starts up okay, and then I get about 3 clicks (any 3 clicks, not a
> particular set of commands,) and then it stops responding. It doesn't shut
> down,
> but it won't respond. Even if I'm in the middle of opening a file, clicking
> within the Open File window doesn't do anything. If I've opened something
> and
> have started doing something, like selecting an area, then I can't change
> tools
> or select or deselect any more. The keyboard shortcuts, arrow keys, track
> pad,
> etc., also don't work.
>
> I have to start the Task Manager to close Gimp. In the Task Manager, it
> says
> that Gimp is "running."
>
> Inkscape is doing the same thing.
>
> Things I've tried that have not worked:
>
> Changing the name of AND deleting the "settings" file in the Users folder
> Uninstalling and reinstalling (I know it's not supposed to help, but I
> tried
> it.)
> Doing both of the above at the same time.
> Restoring my computer to a restore point back when GIMP was working.
> Removing the wireless mouse and just using the trackpad.
> Above and trying the arrow keys or shortcut commands.
> Just waiting for 30 minutes to see if it's horrendously slow. (nope.)
> Closing other programs or processes via Task Manager.
>
> Any help is greatly appreciated. I don't want to have to get Photoshop. I
> really
> don't.
>
> Thank you in advance,
> TK
>
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Re: [Gimp-user] PDF with multiple images-original scan from off-white paper

[Pat David]

It's possible using something like BIMP (Batch Image processing in GIMP),
or to code a script.  Otherwise, it may be something best handled by
imagemagick?  (I normally turn to imagemagick/g'mic for batch processing
vs. GIMP personally).  Could you link/attach the doc or a page of the pdf
that shows the problem?

On Sat, Sep 12, 2015 at 10:16 AM FrGuidoSarducci 
wrote:

> I have a 250+ page PDF document.  Every page of this document contains an
> image.  The original image that was scanned was on off-white paper.  I
> want to
> print the PDF on white paper, but the off-white background of the original
> paper
> stands out. I am unable to get the original images.
> I was able to get rid of the off-white color thru GIMP (2.8.14) using
> Select->By Color and then Bucket Fill.  I am new enough at GIMP that I
> don't
> know if it's possible to make this change on all of the images at once.
> Is this
> possible?  if so, can someone point me in the right direction?  Thanks.
>
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Re: [Gimp-user] ATN FILES

[Alexandre Prokoudine]

On Thu, Sep 3, 2015 at 5:47 PM, Tiago Silva wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm a GIMP user but I have a problem.
>
> There's a way to open ATN files on GIMP?
>
> I have somes atn files that I want to edit on GIMP but it doenst recognize
> them.

You do know that .atn files are actions, not images, right?

GIMP doesn't support those out of box. GIMP# has a plugin for applying
Photoshop actions, but it's a partial support, and there's no
guarantee GIMP# works on modern GIMP reliably.

Alex
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Re: [Gimp-user] space bar to move around, not enable disable in an other window

[Pat David]

What OS?  What version?  Which version of GIMP? What else is running?

I know that in some OS, a selection on a dialog can be activated through
pressing the spacebar - perhaps what is happening is that your passing a
selection/entry to the last active dialog (in your case it sounds like the
layer visibility check?).  Can you just use your middle mouse button to
pan, or bind the modifier for panning to a different key?

On Sat, Sep 12, 2015 at 10:16 AM Hexi  wrote:

> Hello,
> I have been using GIMP for a while, but I'm still a learner.
> I have searched for similar topics but never found a solution to my
> problem.
>
> There is something that is driving me crazy : when I click on a layer to
> turn it
> off or on, and then I want to move around my image by pressing the space
> bar
> (and moving my mouse), it turns on/off the layer I just clicked on.
>
> If I want the space bar to move my image again, I have to click on my image
> first, and then press space bar.
>
> I cannot understand how that can be useful. Maybe it is for some people,
> but I
> just want the space bar to move my image, and NOTHING ELSE, regardless of
> the
> last button I clicked on. If I want to turn on or off a layer, I just
> click on
> it.
>
> Is there a way to force the space bar to do the action "move image with
> mouse",
> regardless of the last button I clicked on, and without having to click in
> the
> middle of my image first? One more thing, I know that the scrollwheel
> click does
> exactly what I am asking for, but I want this functionality to work when I
> press
> space bar because... I hate clicking on the scrollwheel.
>
> Thank you for your answer, even in the case you just tell me that cannot be
> done.
> ...
> I would probably cry. A lot.
>
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Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP's "EGA" default palette (fwd)

[Bodo Eggert]

> Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2015 10:21:58 -0300
> From: "Joao S. O. Bueno" 
> To: Richard 
> Cc: "gimp-user-list@gnome.org" 
> Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP's "EGA" default palette
> Message-ID:
>   
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
> 
> On 7 September 2015 at 03:22, Richard  wrote:
> > Are we talking EGA as in 
> > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enhanced_Graphics_Adapter ?  Or am I missing 
> > something important?  What is this palette, anyway?
> Yes.
> So, as the name says, it has the 16 colors taht were hardcoded in the
> firmware for those adapters. That is not useful for anything today,
> but for having 16 highly distinguished colors - and there is the
> historical fun aspect of it,as you found out.

> Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2015 20:18:38 -0700
> From: Richard 
> To: "Joao S. O. Bueno" 
> Cc: "gimp-user-list@gnome.org" 
> Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP's "EGA" default palette
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> Thanks.  I have never heard that before (and so far am unable to find any 
> citations about it).
> 
> Now at the same time, clearly this is not the set of 16 colors by which EGA 
> is most commonly known.  Shouldn't we have a palette for that? ;)

I missed some postings, but I have documentation about EGA cards.

The colors were from a palette of 64 colors, with each bit corresponding 
to a separate wire. Low-intensity colors have a high

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_monochrome_and_RGB_palettes#6-bit_RGB

The 16 default CGA colors were mapped to the EGA color values
00 01 02 03 04 05 14 07 38 39 3a 3b 3c 3d 3e 3f
(everything like CGA, where only one high intensity bit was available, 
 except for brown, because 0x06 looked bad on some screens)

The VGA cards will emulate these 64 colors by having default 6-bit color 
values in their 256 color registers. The high bit corresponds to 0x15, the 
low bit to 0x2a, giving a total of 0x3f (white). For 8 bits, I'll use 0x55 
and 0xAA for a corresponding appearance. E.g. the brown (0x14) is 
green (0x10->#005500) + dark red (0x40->#aa) -> #aa5500.

 EGAColor  8-bit
 0x20 = dark red,  #55
 0x10 = dark green #005500
 0x08 = dark blue  #55
(0x38 = dark gray, emulates the CGA intensity bit)
 0x04 = bright red #aa
 0x02 = bright green   #00aa00
 0x01 = bright blue#aa

---
The VGA 256-color-default-palette is yet something different, available on
http://objectmix.com/graphics/383737-vga-palette.html (to convert to 8 bit,
left-shift by 2 and add the lower 2 bits)

HTH
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Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP's "EGA" default palette

[Bodo Eggert]

> Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2015 10:21:58 -0300
> From: "Joao S. O. Bueno" 
> To: Richard 
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> Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP's "EGA" default palette
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> On 7 September 2015 at 03:22, Richard  wrote:
> > Are we talking EGA as in 
> > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enhanced_Graphics_Adapter ?  Or am I missing 
> > something important?  What is this palette, anyway?
> Yes.
> So, as the name says, it has the 16 colors taht were hardcoded in the
> firmware for those adapters. That is not useful for anything today,
> but for having 16 highly distinguished colors - and there is the
> historical fun aspect of it,as you found out.

> Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2015 20:18:38 -0700
> From: Richard 
> To: "Joao S. O. Bueno" 
> Cc: "gimp-user-list@gnome.org" 
> Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP's "EGA" default palette
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> Thanks.  I have never heard that before (and so far am unable to find any 
> citations about it).
> 
> Now at the same time, clearly this is not the set of 16 colors by which EGA 
> is most commonly known.  Shouldn't we have a palette for that? ;)

I missed some postings, but I have documentation about EGA cards.

The colors were from a palette of 64 colors, with each bit corresponding 
to a separate wire. Low-intensity colors have a high

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_monochrome_and_RGB_palettes#6-bit_RGB

The 16 default CGA colors were mapped to the values
00 01 02 03 04 05 14 07 38 39 3a 3b 3c 3d 3e 3f
(everything like CGA, where only one high intensity bit was available, 
 except for brown, because 0x06 looked bad on some screens)

The VGA cards will emulate these 64 colors by having default 6-bit color 
values in their 256 color registers. The high bit corresponds to 0x15, the 
low bit to 0x2a, giving a total of 0x3f (white). For 8 bits, I'll use 0x55 
and 0xAA for a corresponding appearance. E.g. the brown (0x14) is 
green (0x10->#005500) + dark red (0x40->#aa) -> #aa5500.

 EGAColor  8-bit
 0x20 = dark red,  #55
 0x10 = dark green #005500
 0x08 = dark blue  #55
(0x38 = dark gray, emulates the CGA intensity bit)
 0x04 = bright red #aa
 0x02 = bright green   #00aa00
 0x01 = bright blue#aa

---
The VGA 256-color-default-palette is yet something different, available on
http://objectmix.com/graphics/383737-vga-palette.html (to convert to 8 bit,
left-shift by 2 and add the lower 2 bits)

HTH
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