Re: Proposal for new gimp_tips.txt

2000-05-08 Thread Tom Rathborne
Raphael et al. On Mon, May 08, 2000 at 08:36:01PM +0200, Raphael Quinet bashed: > I wrote "make a selection that is 1 pixel smaller" instead of "use > Select->Shrink" because shrinking the selection does not work well > in this case. If you are trying to make a perfect 1-pixel-thick > circle (wi

Re: Proposal for new gimp_tips.txt

2000-05-08 Thread Raphael Quinet
On Sat, 6 May 2000, Tuomas Kuosmanen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, May 04, 2000 at 06:29:19PM +0200, Raphael Quinet wanted to say the following: > > > If Edit->Stroke does not give good results with a 1-pixel brush, you > > can try the following: first, fill your selection with the foregro

Re: Proposal for new gimp_tips.txt

2000-05-05 Thread Tuomas Kuosmanen
On Thu, May 04, 2000 at 06:29:19PM +0200, Raphael Quinet wanted to say the following: > If Edit->Stroke does not give good results with a 1-pixel brush, you > can try the following: first, fill your selection with the foreground > color, then make a selection that is 1 pixel smaller than the prev

Re: [gimp-devel] Re: Proposal for new gimp_tips.txt

2000-05-05 Thread Raphael Quinet
On Fri, 5 May 2000, Simon Budig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [about the Channels tip] > This Tip should be changed to a pointer to the Quick-Mask option. This > is the easier way to do the same thing. I disagree. Saving a selection to a channel mask allows you to do more things: you can save sever

Re: [gimp-devel] Re: Proposal for new gimp_tips.txt

2000-05-05 Thread Simon Budig
Sven Neumann ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > You can save a selection to a channel (Select->Save to Channel) and > > then modify this channel with any paint tools. Use the "Channels" tab > > in the "Layers, Channels and Paths" dialog to toggle the visibility of > > this new channel and to perform

Re: Proposal for new gimp_tips.txt

2000-05-05 Thread Raphael Quinet
I should have waited a bit more before sending my previous mail, because I did not see Sven's reply on time... On Fri, 05 May 2000, Sven Neumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > Well, dragging does work, but using the icons as buttons instead of > a drag target is much faster and easier. You'll

Re: Proposal for new gimp_tips.txt

2000-05-05 Thread Raphael Quinet
Posting a new version of the gimp_tips file caused some quick replies with new tips. Thanks to Austin Donnelly, Andy Thomas and Garry Osgood who sent some proposals. Here is a short unidiff (diff -U 0) of the file, compared to the version posted yesterday. If there are no more comments on it un

Re: Proposal for new gimp_tips.txt

2000-05-05 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, some comments: > The layer named "Background" is special. You can't add > transparency or a layer mask to it. To add transparency, you > must first "add alpha" to the layer by right-clicking in the > layers dialog and selecting "Add Alpha Channel". see Garrys mail > A Floating Selecti

Re: Proposal for new gimp_tips.txt

2000-05-04 Thread Garry R. Osgood
Raphael, Many, many thanks for orchestrating this. One of these tips have bothered me for some time Raphael Quinet wrote: > The layer named "Background" is special. You can't add > transparency or a layer mask to it. To add transparency, you > must first "add alpha" to the layer by right-clic

Re: Proposal for new gimp_tips.txt

2000-05-04 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, > I suppose that the text you posted is the final or semifinal version. Is > there a Spanish translator? How do I know it? I have been a bit out of phase > latelly. Check the source and the translation status report at http://sven.gimp.org/1.1/i18n.html I'd say there's a lot of work

Re: Proposal for new gimp_tips.txt

2000-05-04 Thread Guillermo S. Romero / Familia Romero
>Please send your comments! I suppose that the text you posted is the final or semifinal version. Is there a Spanish translator? How do I know it? I have been a bit out of phase latelly. GSR