Re: [Gimp-user] Beginning GIMP: From Novice to Professional

2007-10-10 Thread J Figueroa G - Gmail
I recently buy both books, Beginning GIMP: From Novice to Professional, by Akkana Peck, and GIMP 2 for Photographers, by Klaus Goelker. Very easy understanding and reading are from (I dont speak and read english so much). Totally recommendable. Best regards... José R. Figueroa G. Sierra

Re: [Gimp-user] sharpen vs. levels, curves, saturation

2007-10-10 Thread gimp_user
On Tuesday 09 October 2007 20:49:24 carol irvin wrote: in both photoshop and GIMP you do not need to do these functions as a layer adjustment (i.e. work on layers). You can use the Image menu in photoshop and make these adjustments without layers or in Gimp you can go to the Tools menu and

Re: [Gimp-user] sharpen vs. levels, curves, saturation

2007-10-10 Thread carol irvin
i use layers all the time but it is in a mixing and blending context. i also have developed the rather odd habit of saving many, many different versions on the desktop while i am doing things in either program and i generally go to layers when i'm putting those images on top of one another and

Re: [Gimp-user] Beginning GIMP: From Novice to Professional

2007-10-10 Thread Leon Brooks GIMP
On Thursday 11 October 2007 00:50:09 J Figueroa G - Gmail wrote: (I dont speak and read english so much) Don't worry about it (No worries! here in Australia). I'd just be guessing if I _chose_ your native language as Spanish or something like it (Casablanca?), would have to patiently spend

Re: [Gimp-user] Beginning GIMP: From Novice to Professional

2007-10-10 Thread carol irvin
i am hearing impaired, which normally doesn't cause too many problems but in foreign languages it is a disaster. i showed a fair amount of talent in high school for languages (especially the one no one speaks, latin) but by the time i got to college and they put me in a language lab (tapes of