Re: [Gimp-docs] Downloading the user manual
Dear Eric, On Sat, Jan 03, 2015 at 07:49:36AM -0600, Eric Westfall wrote: > Thanks for the information, though I regret the answer. > > As I had Gimp recommended to me to use to create covers for the ebooks I > write, I was simply hoping to have a manual available that I could easily > read and search. I am not a developer of any sort, and have no idea what a > "git clone" is or what dependencies are. > > I'll see if I can find online tutorials somewhere that explain (hopefully) > how to do the only four things I am really interested in: (1) being able > to resize an image where I control both height and width [right now the > scale feature seems to allow me to change one or the other and then Gimp > keeps the original proportions]; Something like this: http://docs.gimp.org/2.8/en/gimp-tutorial-quickie-scale.html > (2) adding text [title/author]; this (unfortunately only part of the reference, but perhaps still helpful): http://docs.gimp.org/2.8/en/gimp-image-text-management.html > (3) > superimposing either parts of several photographs onto a blank > background, > or parts of one photo on top of another, You want to work with layers: http://docs.gimp.org/2.8/en/gimp-image-combining.html > and (4) winding up with a jpeg > file [required for ebook publishing via Amazon, etc.]. and this: http://docs.gimp.org/2.8/en/gimp-images-out.html > My partner of 30 years died unexpectedly just under 20 years ago, but he > lived by the principle that if you don't ask, you don't get. So if you can > point me in the direction of solutions to any of the above issues, that > would be greatly appreciated. > > If not, thanks for taking the time to explain the user manual situation. Hope that will help, even if it helps to get started. Kind Regards, -- Roman Joost www: http://www.romanofski.de email: ro...@bromeco.de pgp8x57iJOzJe.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ gimp-docs-list mailing list gimp-docs-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-docs-list
Re: [Gimp-docs] Downloading the user manual
On Sat, Jan 03, 2015 at 01:12:15PM +0100, Marco Ciampa wrote: > On Sat, Jan 03, 2015 at 04:25:40PM +1000, Roman Joost wrote: > > Dear Eric, > > > > Some (english and italian) already made pdf versions of the manual you > can download from here: > > http://gimp.linux.it/www/meta/gimp-it.pdf > http://gimp.linux.it/www/meta/gimp-en.pdf > ^^ That is possibly a very good start :) Cheers Marco! -- Roman Joost www: http://www.romanofski.de email: ro...@bromeco.de pgpj4kA_XbV_2.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ gimp-docs-list mailing list gimp-docs-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-docs-list
Re: [Gimp-docs] Downloading the user manual
On Sat, Jan 03, 2015 at 04:25:40PM +1000, Roman Joost wrote: > Dear Eric, > > tl;dr: we're not providing PDFs for download. > > On Fri, Jan 02, 2015 at 08:28:05PM -0600, Eric Westfall wrote: > > I can't seem to find a way to download the user's manual, as with most > > manuals (in PDF), as opposed to having to use it manually online. > > > > Am I missing something, or is that just a Gimp fact of life? > We provided PDF versions of the manual for a while. The process involved > never became stable and made it out of the work-in-progress state. That > is, we can create PDFs for most latin languages, but there is no > automated process available to provide them on our homepage for > download. The PDFs are somewhat usable (readable, printable), but far > from perfect. > > Therefore you see only HTML versions of the manual. > > If you can spare some free time I encourage you to have a look at our > project with a git clone. If all dependencies are installed, a simple: > > ./autogen.sh > make pdf > > will start creating PDFs. Keep in mind that this is for user manual > developers only and not supposed to be run by an end-user (-reader). > > Kind Regards, Some (english and italian) already made pdf versions of the manual you can download from here: http://gimp.linux.it/www/meta/gimp-it.pdf http://gimp.linux.it/www/meta/gimp-en.pdf bye -- Marco Ciampa I know a joke about UDP, but you might not get it. ++ | Linux User #78271 | | FSFE fellow #364 | ++ ___ gimp-docs-list mailing list gimp-docs-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-docs-list
Re: [Gimp-docs] Downloading the user manual
Dear Eric, tl;dr: we're not providing PDFs for download. On Fri, Jan 02, 2015 at 08:28:05PM -0600, Eric Westfall wrote: > I can't seem to find a way to download the user's manual, as with most > manuals (in PDF), as opposed to having to use it manually online. > > Am I missing something, or is that just a Gimp fact of life? We provided PDF versions of the manual for a while. The process involved never became stable and made it out of the work-in-progress state. That is, we can create PDFs for most latin languages, but there is no automated process available to provide them on our homepage for download. The PDFs are somewhat usable (readable, printable), but far from perfect. Therefore you see only HTML versions of the manual. If you can spare some free time I encourage you to have a look at our project with a git clone. If all dependencies are installed, a simple: ./autogen.sh make pdf will start creating PDFs. Keep in mind that this is for user manual developers only and not supposed to be run by an end-user (-reader). Kind Regards, -- Roman Joost www: http://www.romanofski.de email: romanof...@gimp.org pgph8NZhutmXr.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ gimp-docs-list mailing list gimp-docs-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-docs-list
[Gimp-docs] Downloading the user manual
I can't seem to find a way to download the user's manual, as with most manuals (in PDF), as opposed to having to use it manually online. Am I missing something, or is that just a Gimp fact of life? Thanks. Eric ___ gimp-docs-list mailing list gimp-docs-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-docs-list
