[Gimp-user] error starting gimp from the command-line on Windows XP

2005-10-01 Thread Diaa Sami
I have gimp 2.2.8 installed on my system. everything is fine when I try to run it from Start Menu or from Windows Explorer. however, when I try to run it from the command-line(by writing the full path of the executable), I get an error: gimp-2.2.exe - Unable to locate component this

[Gimp-user] Re: error starting gimp from the command-line on Windows XP

2005-10-01 Thread Diaa Sami
Diaa Sami wrote: I have gimp 2.2.8 installed on my system. everything is fine when I try to run it from Start Menu or from Windows Explorer. however, when I try to run it from the command-line(by writing the full path of the executable), I get an error: gimp-2.2.exe - Unable to locate

Re: [Gimp-user] Re: error starting gimp from the command-line on Windows XP

2005-10-01 Thread Michael Schumacher
Diaa Sami wrote: Well, I found out the problem, it lies in the way the gimp gets installed on windows. for some reason, the installer doesn't place the dll's need by the gimp(including libglib-2.0-0.dll) into the %Windows%\System32 folder, This is intentional. Blindly copying to system32 is

[Gimp-user] jpeg save settings

2005-10-01 Thread Tim E. Jedlicka - wrk
I've seen several debates about using the default jpeg quality setting when saving, but how about the DCT Method? The default is Integer. I've always bumped it up(?) to Floating Point on the assumption that it is better and only increases CPU usage. The file size of the floating point DCT was