[Gimp-user] Print Quality Poorer than Word?

2009-06-10 Thread bumpkin
>On Wed, 10 Jun 2009 09:31:38 +0200 (CEST), bumpkin wrote: > >>>Thanks for the reply. First I created a document to be the size of the >> entire quarter page ad, 3.75" by 4.75". > >What DPI did you set? 3,75in at 72 DPI will look fine on screen, but >terrible printed, while at 300 DPI it'll look so

[Gimp-user] Gimp Modes

2009-06-10 Thread DJ
Hi Gimp-user, The Grokking the GIMP book uses modes in ways that I haven't seen elsewhere. Most items I have read just say experiment with modes and you'll come up with interesting effects. But Grokking actually gives some practical examples, like using Multiple to create shadows, Screen to create

[Gimp-user] Genius Tablet under windows

2009-06-10 Thread danny tauro
Hi all; I've posted this in gimp talk and not gotten any answers. It is really frustrating me. I have looked all over for answers. I have a genius tablet (genius mouse pen 8*6) and it works under Gimp really well except for one issue. When first open gimp I am able to draw with the mou

Re: [Gimp-user] Print Quality Poorer than Word?

2009-06-10 Thread Jernej Simončič
On Wed, 10 Jun 2009 09:31:38 +0200 (CEST), bumpkin wrote: >>Thanks for the reply. First I created a document to be the size of the > entire quarter page ad, 3.75" by 4.75". What DPI did you set? 3,75in at 72 DPI will look fine on screen, but terrible printed, while at 300 DPI it'll look somewhat

Re: [Gimp-user] Print Quality Poorer than Word?

2009-06-10 Thread David Gowers
On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 5:01 PM, bumpkin wrote: >>bumpkin wrote: >> >>> The graphics guy sent me our logo as a .jpg so I created a new file with > the >>> appropriate dimensions in the lasest GIMP for windows. I imported and > scaled >>> down the logo to the appropriate size and placed it at the t

[Gimp-user] Print Quality Poorer than Word?

2009-06-10 Thread bumpkin
>bumpkin wrote: > >> The graphics guy sent me our logo as a .jpg so I created a new file with the >> appropriate dimensions in the lasest GIMP for windows. I imported and scaled >> down the logo to the appropriate size and placed it at the top, finished >> adding the text, combined the layers and