[Gimp-developer] JPEG comment in existing files

2001-06-03 Thread Peter
Hello Developers, I am impressed by Gimp 1.2 (I am stuck with Windows for a while) and just need a couple of things so I can replace a collection of Windows tools with Gimp. Is this the right place to request changes? I found how to change the comment in a JPEG when I "save as", and how to change

Re: [Gimp-developer] JPEG comment in existing files

2001-06-03 Thread Marc Lehmann
On Sun, Jun 03, 2001 at 10:51:32PM +1000, Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > just need a couple of things so I can replace a collection of Windows > tools with Gimp. Is this the right place to request changes? Yes. Please note that me picking out a specific point does not mean your other requests

Re: [Gimp-developer] JPEG comment in existing files

2001-06-03 Thread Lourens Veen
Peter wrote: > > I found how to change the comment in a JPEG when I "save as", and how to > change the default for the "save as", but I could not find how to view > the comment in an input file or edit the comment prior to performing a > normal save. I think this is built in the save routines, I

Re: [Gimp-developer] JPEG comment in existing files

2001-06-03 Thread Marc Lehmann
On Sun, Jun 03, 2001 at 03:39:39PM +0200, Lourens Veen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think this is built in the save routines, I don't think there is a > separate comment attached to an image. It sounds like a useful feature > to me though. actually, there is standard for that (and it's even imp

[Gimp-developer] Re: JPEG comment in existing files

2001-06-03 Thread Guillermo S. Romero / Familia Romero
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (2001-06-03 at 1602.02 +0200): > > I think this is built in the save routines, I don't think there is a > > separate comment attached to an image. It sounds like a useful feature > > to me though. > this is not currently editable (AFAIK, unless you call "save as" a > comment-edit

Re: [Gimp-developer] Re: JPEG comment in existing files

2001-06-03 Thread Nick Lamb
On Sun, Jun 03, 2001 at 04:22:40PM +0200, Guillermo S. Romero / Familia Romero wrote: > If what people want is to change the comment without changing the > image data, they should use rdjpgcom to read the comment and wrjpgcom > to overwrite / append. I've always planned to build a pair (at least)

[Gimp-developer] Re: Re: JPEG comment in existing files

2001-06-03 Thread Guillermo S. Romero / Familia Romero
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (2001-06-03 at 1711.11 +0100): > I've always planned to build a pair (at least) of file format specific > GUI tools. The first target would be JPEG, and the second PNG. I guess with support would make that fast and easy. > The JPEG one would primarily be a GUI incarnation of

Re: [Gimp-developer] Re: JPEG comment in existing files

2001-06-03 Thread Branko Collin
On 3 Jun 2001, at 16:22, Guillermo S. Romero / Familia Romero wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (2001-06-03 at 1602.02 +0200): > > > I think this is built in the save routines, I don't think there is > > > a separate comment attached to an image. It sounds like a useful > > > feature to me though. > > t

[Gimp-developer] Re: Re: JPEG comment in existing files

2001-06-03 Thread Guillermo S. Romero / Familia Romero
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (2001-06-03 at 1856.59 +0200): > I would like to be able to change comments per image I save, no Create a file with the names of those images you want to change, one per line, and name it Files (full path if you can). In another file named Copyright, put the new text. Then use

Re: [Gimp-developer] JPEG comment in existing files

2001-06-03 Thread Peter
Marc Lehmann wrote: > > On Sun, Jun 03, 2001 at 03:39:39PM +0200, Lourens Veen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I think this is built in the save routines, I don't think there is a > > separate comment attached to an image. It sounds like a useful feature > > to me though. > > actually, there is s

Re: [Gimp-developer] JPEG comment in existing files

2001-06-03 Thread Peter
Lourens Veen wrote: > > Peter wrote: > > > > I found how to change the comment in a JPEG when I "save as", and how to > > change the default for the "save as", but I could not find how to view > > the comment in an input file or edit the comment prior to performing a > > normal save. > > I thi

Re: [Gimp-developer] JPEG comment in existing files

2001-06-03 Thread Lourens Veen
> It appears to be the right spot to store a copyright notice and the alt= > information, especially for the blind. I'm not exactly sure why you would want the alt= info in the file... Does your HTML editor automatically extract it? > In the save as, there is a DCT method that says it is a trad

Re: [Gimp-developer] JPEG comment in existing files

2001-06-03 Thread Steinar H. Gunderson
On Mon, Jun 04, 2001 at 06:37:51AM +1000, Peter wrote: >In the save as, there is a DCT method that says it is a trade off >between speed and quality. On an 800 MHz AMD chip, speed does not seem >to be a problem so which of the three settings gives the best quality? `Floating-point' gives _theoret

Re: [Gimp-developer] JPEG comment in existing files

2001-06-03 Thread Peter
Marc Lehmann wrote: > > On Sun, Jun 03, 2001 at 10:51:32PM +1000, Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > just need a couple of things so I can replace a collection of Windows > > tools with Gimp. Is this the right place to request changes? > > Yes. Please note that me picking out a specific poin

Re: [Gimp-developer] JPEG comment in existing files

2001-06-03 Thread Steinar H. Gunderson
On Mon, Jun 04, 2001 at 07:19:49AM +1000, Peter wrote: >The aim of viewing the image "as saved", is to tune the image for the >web. I was adjusting an image, and saving the adjusted image as I went, >and could see my adjustments in the image window. Because the image >window did not show pixelatio

[Gimp-developer] Re: JPEG comment in existing files

2001-06-03 Thread Peter
> not everyone wants to use the CLI in the middle of an image editing session. CLI? > > make no sense in a format agnostic tool like Gimp, I will add "change > > metadata without touching image" to my wish list -- not everyone wants > > to use the CLI in the middle of an image editing session. >

Re: [Gimp-developer] Re: Re: JPEG comment in existing files

2001-06-03 Thread Branko Collin
On 3 Jun 2001, at 19:28, Guillermo S. Romero / Familia Romero wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (2001-06-03 at 1856.59 +0200): > > I would like to be able to change comments per image I save, no > > Create a file with the names of those images you want to change, one > per line, and name it Files (ful