[Gimp-developer] Re: How to draw a line?
[ Simon at gimp-user ] What I _want_ is a straight line, constrained to horizontal or vertical, drawn with the caligraphic brush (so it has a chiselled end) and using the fade out option, so it disappears smoothly over a distance. What are the current plans on adding vector drawing to GIMP? If plans at all. I have earlier proposed the vector layer. I actually proposed an arbitrary data layer, display plugins, the tool plugins, in addition to the associated plugins. The vector layer would require several tool plugins for manipulating the vector data. The vector plugins may paint the vector data to an image layer, or, e.g., perform operations between two vector images. Typically the vector layer would be a part of an image having RGB layers. The system would be very general. For example, a rectangle selection tool could be implemented with help of a temporary vector layer. I have explaned such a tool earlier here. Juhana -- http://music.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/linux-graphics-dev for developers of open source graphics software ___ Gimp-developer mailing list Gimp-developer@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer
[Gimp-developer] New Gimp/Pango features needed, contract work
The company I work for needs a particular software solution which may be solvable by adding features to Gimp and/or Pango. We currently have a server based ad layout solution which is in use with a variety of languages. However, we are unable to support complex text RTL languages like Hebrew and Arabic. We know that Gimp supports rendering of those languages, but we would need more capabilities in order to utilize it. We are looking to hire someone on a contract basis to help us provide a solution. Here are the specifics of what we are looking for. Here is a full ad in Hebrew. The layout of this ad will be controlled by our layout application. The size of the ad and its text will change based on user needs. http://dev1.multi-ad.com/bberg/gimp/heb_full_ad.jpg We need a Gimp/Pango solution to render the headline, copy and legal text rectangles in that ad. Here are jpegs of just those areas. http://dev1.multi-ad.com/bberg/gimp/heb_headline.jpg http://dev1.multi-ad.com/bberg/gimp/heb_copy.jpg http://dev1.multi-ad.com/bberg/gimp/heb_legal.jpg We would ask a script to accept rectangle dimensions, font and text information and output a tif file of the rendered text. The script would need to wrap and copyfit the text in the rectangle area. That is the most important feature needed. It is the ability to maximize the usage of the rectangle. There are a variety of issues involved that you should be aware of. - The text will contain both breaking and non-breaking characters which need to be honored. For example, phrases that should not wrap onto separate lines will have non-breaking spaces, 00A0, in them. - The text may contain a mixture of fonts and font styles which will affect the width of a line and the space required. Is there a developer out there who is willing to help us come up with a solution using Gimp and/or Pango? The work may involve adding features to Gimp and Pango, or just working on a custom solution using existing libraries. We would need to agree to a contract up front before any work is performed. If you have any questions, you can contact me via the list or my work address. Thanks in advance for any help you can provide. Brent -- Brent Berg Manager of Internal Projects Research MultiAd Information Technology [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: 309-690-5837 Fax: 309-692-6566 ___ Gimp-developer mailing list Gimp-developer@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer
Re: [Gimp-developer] New Gimp/Pango features needed, contract work
On 5/22/06, Brent Berg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We would ask a script to accept rectangle dimensions, font and text information and output a tif file of the rendered text. The script would need to wrap and copyfit the text in the rectangle area. That is the most important feature needed. Pango does this already, if I understand your problem. It can render text to fit a certain width in pixels, with word breaking and a mix of typographical effects. There's a demo program in the pango distribution which does almost exactly what you need: pango-x.x.x/examples/pangoft2topgm.c You'd just need to use imagemagick or equivalent (script-fu? vips?) to assemble the various components of your ad and do any compositing. ___ Gimp-developer mailing list Gimp-developer@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer
[Gimp-developer] SoC Q: SDI vs MDI?
Is the SoC page correct where it asks for an SDI manager widget? Wouldn't that be an MDI manager widget? MDI: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple_document_interface SDI: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_document_interface Or does the Wikipedia have it backwards? -- Michael J. Hammel | Needing someone is like needing a parachute. If [EMAIL PROTECTED] | they are not there the first time you need them, http://www.ximba.org| chances are you won't be needing them again. LFS Userid: 16857-- Dilbert ___ Gimp-developer mailing list Gimp-developer@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer
Re: [Gimp-developer] SoC Q: SDI vs MDI?
Michael J. Hammel wrote: Is the SoC page correct where it asks for an SDI manager widget? Wouldn't that be an MDI manager widget? AFAIK this is mixed. The project wasn't taken, btw. MDI: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple_document_interface SDI: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_document_interface Or does the Wikipedia have it backwards? I don't think so. HTH, Michael -- GIMP http://www.gimp.org | IRC: irc://irc.gimp.org/gimp Wiki http://wiki.gimp.org | .de: http://gimpforum.de Plug-ins http://registry.gimp.org | ___ Gimp-developer mailing list Gimp-developer@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer
