Re: [Gimp-developer] dependencies for GIMP CVS version

2004-12-06 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, Henry Roeland [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'm new to GIMP develop and have some (beginners?) questions about the dependecies for the current GIMP cvs version GIMP did build at one time but it didn't started because it demands the freetype2 package for the freetype plugin All you need to

Re: [Gimp-developer] Judging panel for splashes

2004-12-06 Thread Roman Joost
On Sun, Dec 05, 2004 at 06:42:10PM +0100, David Neary wrote: I have no objections as long as people are happy with this. I would be a little worried about some splashes not getting a fair whack because they were submitted late, but sure, why not. When do you think it would be fair to call a

Re: [Gimp-developer] Judging panel for splashes

2004-12-06 Thread Dave Neary
Hi, Quoting Roman Joost [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Sun, Dec 05, 2004 at 06:42:10PM +0100, David Neary wrote: I have no objections as long as people are happy with this. I would be a little worried about some splashes not getting a fair whack because they were submitted late, but sure, why not.

Re: [Gimp-developer] Judging panel for splashes

2004-12-06 Thread Tino Schwarze
On Mon, Dec 06, 2004 at 02:32:59PM +0100, Dave Neary wrote: I have no objections as long as people are happy with this. I would be a little worried about some splashes not getting a fair whack because they were submitted late, but sure, why not. When do you think it would be fair

Re: [Gimp-developer] Judging panel for splashes

2004-12-06 Thread Dave Neary
Hi all, Quoting Roman Joost [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Sun, Dec 05, 2004 at 06:42:10PM +0100, David Neary wrote: I have no objections as long as people are happy with this. I would be a little worried about some splashes not getting a fair whack because they were submitted late, but sure, why

[Gimp-developer] multiple instances of splash winners

2004-12-06 Thread Carol Spears
hi, i have been half following this fun splash stuff. i fully admit to looking at the splash entries more than reading of the exciting plans here. i have also been working on some avi's of the splash entries. there were so many of them that now it has been divided into a movie for each day of

Re: [Gimp-developer] multiple instances of splash winners

2004-12-06 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, Carol Spears [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: i have also been working on some avi's of the splash entries. there were so many of them that now it has been divided into a movie for each day of submissions. Given your permission, we will show off these movies at the GIMP booth at 21C3. Sven

Re: [Gimp-developer] Judging panel for splashes

2004-12-06 Thread Steve Stavropoulos
On Mon, 6 Dec 2004, Sven Neumann wrote: - useable as a splash It needs to have a blank or very low-contrast area at the bottom that is large enough to hold the progress texts we show at startup. Large enough even for a slightly larger font. Unfortunately not all

[Gimp-developer] Scissors tool

2004-12-06 Thread Joao S. O. Bueno Calligaris
Hi! I should've done this __very__ earlier on the dev. cycle. But the fact is that I think developers should seriopusly consider the visibility of the scissors tool on the tool box. I mean - it is a good hack, it is there for historical reasons, and the graphic algorithyms behind it are nice

Re: [Gimp-developer] Judging panel for splashes

2004-12-06 Thread Michael Schumacher
William Skaggs wrote: Since painting a solid or nearly solid rectangle on the bottom is quite an easy operation, a splash candidate would not necessarily need to be rejected on this basis. I feel that this is worth mentioning because several of the most popular candidates have this problem. If

Re: [Gimp-developer] Scissors tool

2004-12-06 Thread William Skaggs
Joao wrote: That said, I raise the question: Should the scissors tool be visible by default in the toolbox? Well, the real problem with it is that the edge-hugging algorithm sucks. It would be a very useful tool if it actually worked. So I suppose my attitude is: a) It's too late in the

Re: [Gimp-developer] multiple instances of splash winners

2004-12-06 Thread Carol Spears
On Mon, Dec 06, 2004 at 07:20:59PM +0100, Sven Neumann wrote: Hi, Carol Spears [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: i have also been working on some avi's of the splash entries. there were so many of them that now it has been divided into a movie for each day of submissions. Given your

Re: [Gimp-developer] Judging panel for splashes

2004-12-06 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, Steve Stavropoulos [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Because there are some very _very_ nice ones that don't have the area at the bottom, maybe this shouldn't be a reason to reject them, if it is trivial to add such an area. I think the purpose is to have a great splash for gimp 2.2 and we

Re: [Gimp-developer] Scissors tool

2004-12-06 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, Joao S. O. Bueno Calligaris [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I should've done this __very__ earlier on the dev. cycle. But the fact is that I think developers should seriopusly consider the visibility of the scissors tool on the tool box. I mean - it is a good hack, it is there for historical

Re: [Gimp-developer] Judging panel for splashes

2004-12-06 Thread Greg Rundlett
Steve Stavropoulos wrote: On Mon, 6 Dec 2004, Sven Neumann wrote: - useable as a splash It needs to have a blank or very low-contrast area at the bottom that is large enough to hold the progress texts we show at startup. Large enough even for a slightly larger font. Unfortunately

Re: [Gimp-developer] Judging panel for splashes

2004-12-06 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I see that two entries have 3 votes so far on the www.mokund.org site: One with grass and the a triple self protrait mock up. Are there any trademark problems with the mock up of Rockwell's Triple Self Portrait? (I'd strongly suggest favoring originality over adaptation, anyway. The same

Re: [Gimp-developer] Scissors tool

2004-12-06 Thread David Neary
Hi, Joao S. O. Bueno Calligaris wrote: But nowadays, who seriously uses it? I use it all the time to get a first rough draft when cutting out shapes. It's miles quicker than using bezier, and since selections are just masks, I convert the selection to a mask and fine-tune it afterwards. I have