Re: [Gimp-developer] layer grouping

[Leon Brooks]

On Monday 29 August 2005 11:24, Szasz Pal wrote:
> I have an idea for the future versions of gimp: layer grouping.

I think it would help to join this and add a comment:

http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=166938

In general, start here and do a search (I used "layers"):

http://bugzilla.gnome.org/

You need to go to the trouble of examining even bugs that don't seem 
from the title to be very closely related, because bugs are merged, 
split and sometimes just wander form their original target into the 
area you want covered.

It's also a good idea to add comments to related bugs even if you don't 
expect them to solve your problem because they might get resolved 
first, and the _way_ they get resolved might help or hinder your quest.

Cheers; Leon

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[Gimp-developer] layer grouping

[Szasz Pal]

Hi!

I have an idea for the future versions of gimp: layer grouping. Ie. you 
could group the layers, and perform some operations on them. Ie. you 
could toggle visibility, reaise-lower, etc.


I usually make some cartoon like gfx for splash screen (or some other 
gfx) for games. usually I do this by first drawing the countour lines, 
then draw solid colors below it (usually a different layer for each 
colour, so I can change them easily later), and I also have two layers 
for dark and light shading.


Usually I have other objects in the text (maybe other cartoonish 
objects/characters, or some simple text, or a logo) which needs again 
more layers. Hence sometimes the number of layers goes above 20. Layer 
grouping could help me (and I think other people as well) a lot, because 
I could quickly switch to work on another character in the same image 
(ie. turn all other layers invisible), quickly change the order of 
layers, etc.


What do you think about this idea?

Btw, GIMP RULEZ! It's a great tool. I cannot compare it to photoshop, 
because I haven't used it, but I think I never will ;-)


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Re: [Gimp-developer] authors.xml, volunteer needed

[Carol Spears]

On Sat, Aug 27, 2005 at 12:52:17PM +0300, Tor Lillqvist wrote:
> Based on ChangeLog* po*/ChangeLog:
> 
> Tim Newsome

i just found this name in the grid plugin as Author.  also listed (in
the copyright section) are Sven Neumann, Tom Rathborne and TC

what the heck is a TC?  does it mean "Technically Correct"?

carol

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Re: [Gimp-developer] authors.xml, volunteer needed

[Tim Jedlicka]

In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Here is a thought regarding the who's who in gimp - perhaps add one
more category,
author, artisit, documenter, and founder (or contributor or something
along those lines) - with the intent being those ACTIVE authors (et.
al.) are listed as specified, and past contributors are lumped
together. Maybe review the list at the end of each major release and
if your name isn't in the change log for version X, then you get moved
(or stay) in the founder category.
Just a thought.
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Re: [Gimp-developer] anti-swpat campaigner seeks pantone patent details

[Alastair M. Robinson]

Hi,

Ciaran O'Riordan wrote:


The lack of Pantone support in GIMP is a useful example of how software
users are harmed by software patents, but to make this claim I need to be
able to point out which patents cause this problem.


Is that really a patent issue?  Pantone support need be nothing more 
complicated than a name -> colour lookup table.  (That's how InDesign 
implements it - an EPS file defining a shedload of CMYKCustomColors).


I would have thought that the issue with Pantone colours would be 
Trademark and/or Copyright.



If no-one minds, I'll submit the information here too:
http://www.gnu.org/patent-examp/patent-examples.html#GIMP



Any other solid info about patent problems in GIMP would also be
appreciated.  On- or off-list.


Probably best to keep this off-list; Free Software developers are better 
off keeping themselves entirely ignorant of patent issues, because the 
penalties for knowingly infringing a patent are generally much harsher 
than for doing so accidentally.


Publishing any examples you may find could, unfortunately, backfire for 
the same reason.


All the best,
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[Gimp-developer] anti-swpat campaigner seeks pantone patent details

[Ciaran O'Riordan]

Hi all,

I'm working for FSFE on preventing software patentability in the EU.

The lack of Pantone support in GIMP is a useful example of how software
users are harmed by software patents, but to make this claim I need to be
able to point out which patents cause this problem.

Can someone tell me the patent number(s) (USA and/or EU and/or any other)
that prevent GIMP from implementing pantone?  I've done web searches,
including searching the archives of this list, but haven't found anything
solid.

If no-one minds, I'll submit the information here too:
http://www.gnu.org/patent-examp/patent-examples.html#GIMP

I've searched for patents about Pantone, but there are many and it's not
clear which ones cover what.

Any other solid info about patent problems in GIMP would also be
appreciated.  On- or off-list.

Thanks.
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Re: [Gimp-developer] Problem with GIMP 2.2.8 despeckle plugin

[Alex Fernandez]

Hi Pasi,

> I think that it should be ran in non-adaptive and non-recursive mode
> with white/black points se to maximum. But when it's ran with those
> settings it doesn't produce what I expect.
> Here's an image:
> 
> 
> I can't tell if it's a bug or not as I don't know exactly what despeckle
> should produce.

I don't know either, but it does not look right to me. From the web page
  http://www.easysw.com/~mike/gimp/despeckle.html
and documentation it should perform a plain median.

I have tried with another (home-grown) median filter and it gave
similar results to your "mogrify -5". Maybe operation of despeckle is
more complex than a plain median.

Alex.
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