[Gimp-user] not to knock gimp...I love it, BUT I have never has decent prints from it

2009-04-03 Thread Carusoswi
To, perhaps, clarify earlier posts, I do run Gimp in both Ubuntu 8.10 and Windows XP. My leaning towards XP these days is because the RAW converter software that came with my camera (Sony A700) seems to be better than anything else in converting RAW files faithfully from the camera, and allows me

Re: [Gimp-user] not to knock gimp...I love it, BUT I have never has decent prints from it

2009-04-03 Thread Jaime Seuma
In order to get a version of UFRaw for Ubuntu more up-to-date than the one in the repositories (for Hardy) I got the .deb in http://www.getdeb.net/. This way I can denoise pictures using UFRaw in ubuntu. Hope it helps Carusoswi wrote: To, perhaps, clarify earlier posts, I do run Gimp in both

Re: [Gimp-user] not to knock gimp...I love it, BUT I have never has decent prints from it

2009-04-03 Thread Alexander Rabtchevich
Try using G'MIC (former GREYCStoration) of wavelet denoise filters for GIMP. Also UFRaw has built-in wavelet noise reduction. Hope it helps. http://cimg.sourceforge.net/greycstoration/ http://registry.gimp.org/node/4235 With respect Alexander Rabtchevich

Re: [Gimp-user] not to knock gimp...I love it, BUT I have never has decent prints from it

2009-04-03 Thread norman
snip In Linux, the newest version of Turbo Print is working very well, and is the only means I have found by which to make full use of my i960's features. If you haven't tried the latest version of TP, you might want to download it for a 30-day spin. I agree with you about TP, I have

[Gimp-user] not to knock gimp...I love it, BUT I have never has decent prints from it

2009-04-03 Thread Joy H.
To, perhaps, clarify earlier posts, I do run Gimp in both Ubuntu 8.10 and Windows XP. My leaning towards XP these days is because the RAW converter software that came with my camera (Sony A700) seems to be better than anything else in converting RAW files faithfully from the camera, and allows me

[Gimp-user] Proofing design for fax quality

2009-04-03 Thread Frank S.
Hi, I am trying to optimize a design for optimal faxability without going all the way to b/w, since this document will only occacionally be faxed. I was told with PS one can work with Threshold adjustment layer to get a good impression. How would I go about to get a similar result with Gimp?

[Gimp-user] shutdown

2009-04-03 Thread nyt
I use Windows Vista home premium 64-bit and have Gimp 2.6.6 and every once in a while, during using gimp, my computer says an error and that windows is causing Gimp to close. If i didn't save it I lose everything. Gimp is great except for this major problem. Any suggestions? Thank you, Nyt

Re: [Gimp-user] Proofing design for fax quality

2009-04-03 Thread David Gowers
Hi frank, On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 10:35 PM, Frank S. for...@gimpusers.com wrote: Hi, I am trying to optimize a design for optimal faxability without going all the way to b/w, since this document will only occacionally be faxed. I was told with PS one can work with Threshold adjustment layer

Re: [Gimp-user] not to knock gimp...I love it, BUT I have never has decent prints from it

2009-04-03 Thread Helen
On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 2:27 PM, Gracia M. Littauer gra...@yadtel.net wrote: I am truely amazed when I get answers like this..I just said I use photpshop on a windows laptop to get good prints from gimp comemented that I never get any from gimp on my liux machine of course I use

[Gimp-user] [GSoC] Student application deadline TODAY, 19:00 UTC

2009-04-03 Thread Michael Schumacher
Hi, there is about 4:25 hours left until the student application period for this year's Summer of Code will be over. For a countdown, see http://www.timeanddate.com/counters/customcounter.html?day=3month=04year=2009hour=19 If you want to apply for GIMP - or any other oganization - do so now

Re: [Gimp-user] shutdown

2009-04-03 Thread peter kostov
nyt wrote: I use Windows Vista home premium 64-bit and have Gimp 2.6.6 and every once in a while, during using gimp, my computer says an error and that windows is causing Gimp to close. If i didn't save it I lose everything. Gimp is great except for this major problem. Any suggestions?

Re: [Gimp-user] shutdown

2009-04-03 Thread Jernej Simončič
On Fri, 03 Apr 2009 20:19:35 +0300, peter kostov wrote: your error is in the first half of your first sentence. You use Windows Vista... if you don't like Linux, that's maybe because you haven't tried it yet. But please at least upgrade to Windows XP, it is a lot better than Vista!

Re: [Gimp-user] shutdown

2009-04-03 Thread Jernej Simončič
On Fri, 3 Apr 2009 15:27:38 +0200 (CEST), nyt wrote: I use Windows Vista home premium 64-bit and have Gimp 2.6.6 and every once in a while, during using gimp, my computer says an error and that windows is causing Gimp to close. If i didn't save it I lose everything. Gimp is great except

[Gimp-user] shutdown

2009-04-03 Thread richie
The only pattern that seems to be it is when i click on file, but it's not all the time and it seems more likely when I have another internet explorer window open. message says: Microsoft Windows: gimp-2.6exe has stopped working. A problem caused the program to stop working correctly.

Re: [Gimp-user] shutdown

2009-04-03 Thread Jernej Simončič
On Fri, 3 Apr 2009 20:51:26 +0200 (CEST), richie wrote: The only pattern that seems to be it is when i click on file, but it's not all the time and it seems more likely when I have another internet explorer window open. message says: Strange. You don't get a [▼] button that would display

[Gimp-user] python plug-ins not getting loaded

2009-04-03 Thread Steven Howe
Hello, I'm trying to use a python plugin I downloaded from the plugin site. I copied it to $HOME/.gimp-2.6/plug-ins; restarted gimp. NO JOY The plug-in browser does not show the script available. Looked over the pluginrc. Register entry not there either. Nor can I find the plug-in in the

Re: [Gimp-user] python plug-ins not getting loaded

2009-04-03 Thread norman
On Fri, 2009-04-03 at 12:53 -0700, Steven Howe wrote: Hello, I'm trying to use a python plugin I downloaded from the plugin site. I copied it to $HOME/.gimp-2.6/plug-ins; restarted gimp. NO JOY The plug-in browser does not show the script available. Looked over the pluginrc. Register

Re: [Gimp-user] not to knock gimp...I love it, BUT I have never has decent prints from it

2009-04-03 Thread Gracia M. Littauer
On Friday 03 April 2009 09:55:34 Helen wrote Actually, you didn't say you use linux, so it was a reasonable question. I did say I used Linux, in a rather convoluted way, I will admit. I use only linux, and get prints that are shown and sometimes are sold in art galleries. BUT YOU PRINT

[Gimp-user] why crappy text?

2009-04-03 Thread Dave Stevens
Hi, I only very occasionally use the Gimp and am trying to do something that looks as if it ought to be straightforward but which isn't working. I need to make a text box for a web site that will have a transparent background. I can make the box, type in the text, set the background

Re: [Gimp-user] why crappy text?

2009-04-03 Thread Evan Kroske
Dave Stevens wrote: Hi, I only very occasionally use the Gimp and am trying to do something that looks as if it ought to be straightforward but which isn't working. I need to make a text box for a web site that will have a transparent background. I can make the box, type in the text,

Re: [Gimp-user] not to knock gimp...I love it, BUT I have never has decent prints from it

2009-04-03 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 03 April 2009, Gracia M. Littauer wrote: On Friday 03 April 2009 09:55:34 Helen wrote Actually, you didn't say you use linux, so it was a reasonable question. I did say I used Linux, in a rather convoluted way, I will admit. I use only linux, and get prints that are shown and

Re: [Gimp-user] why crappy text?

2009-04-03 Thread David Gowers
If the image is in Indexed mode, you will not get antialiasing. Indexed mode is very limited. You must first convert to RGB mode. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

[Gimp-user] shutdown

2009-04-03 Thread richie
button that would display more details about the crash? no, it does say something before the text i wrote but it's very brief, i can't catch exactly what it says. Nyt ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU