[Gimp-user] Help now works.

2004-12-23 Thread John Culleton
. -- John Culleton Short list of publishing/marketing books: http://wexfordpress.com/tex/shortlist.pdf ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

Re: [Gimp-user] Where to put help?

2004-12-15 Thread John Culleton
Is there a Linux distro anywhere that preinstalls the help files with Gimp? -- John Culleton Short list of publishing/marketing books: http://wexfordpress.com/tex/shortlist.pdf ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

Re: [Gimp-user] Where to put help?

2004-12-11 Thread John Culleton
On Saturday 11 December 2004 06:11, Sven Neumann wrote: > Hi, > > John Culleton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I have downloaded the latest help file. Befor I untar it, where is > > it supposed to go? Or more particularly, where is it supposed to be > > when I

[Gimp-user] Where to put help?

2004-12-10 Thread John Culleton
searching my disk I find that I have several Gimp versions, one of which is in /usr/local/usr/share. Obviously I untarred that puppy in the wrong location. Hence my question above. -- John Culleton Short list of publishing/marketing books: http://wexfordpress.com/tex/shortlist.pdf

Re: [Gimp-user] Shrinking Photos.

2004-11-29 Thread John Culleton
e but not the resolution, > correct?? > And how does one uncouple these two parameters? When I change one the other changes. -- John Culleton Short list of publishing/marketing books: http://wexfordpress.com/tex/shortlist.pdf ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

[Gimp-user] Reducing pixels per inch

2004-11-29 Thread John Culleton
image image->scale image the PPI shoots up to 164. If I reset the resolution to 90 then the dimensions go up. -- John Culleton Short list of publishing/marketing books: http://wexfordpress.com/tex/shortlist.pdf ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EM

[Gimp-user] CMYK and Postscript output.

2004-11-23 Thread John Culleton
g new on the CMYK front? Ideally (for printers) Gimp would output a postscript or even a pdf file using vectors instead of bitmaps and with colors expressed in cmyk terms. Is such a capability on the drawing board yet? -- John Culleton Short list of publishing/marketing books:

Re: [Gimp-user] install probs

2004-11-22 Thread John Culleton
ed just uninstalling Gimp, downloading Gimp from the web site and installing it yourself? This means stepping out of the world of RPMs but that is not a fatal thing. You can unzip and untar the downloaded file with one command tar zxvf (name of file.) Then follow the instructions that come

Re: [Gimp-user] opening tiff, new crop tool

2004-11-05 Thread John Culleton
competing variants out there. As of now regular TeX and LaTeX support Encapsulated PostScript only and pdftex/pdflatex support PNG, JPEG and PDF format (the latter is easily derivable from PostScript files via a utility.) Printers however still accept Tiff files for cover art etc. Go figure

[Gimp-user] Exact placement and rules.

2004-05-25 Thread John Culleton
ation? -- John Culleton Able Typesetters and Indexers http://wexfordpress.com ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

Re: [Gimp-user] attaching ICC color profiles

2004-05-22 Thread John Culleton
of the same file format be produced outside of Gimp? -- John Culleton Able Typesetters and Indexers http://wexfordpress.com ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

[Gimp-user] Gimp and web site design.

2004-05-09 Thread John Culleton
look. I'm not a web designer by any means, so maybe those on the group who are can offer more insight into this. ---end quote BTW I have permission to quote the above from the author. -- John Culleton Able Typesetters and Indexers http://wexfordpress.com ___

Re: [Gimp-user] Xsane again.

2004-05-06 Thread John Culleton
UG_IN_INFO' collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make[1]: *** [xsane] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/xsane-0.93/src' make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 Hints? (xsane 0.92 compiled OK) -- John Culleton Able Typesetters and Indexers http://wexfordpress.com ___

[Gimp-user] Xsane again.

2004-05-05 Thread John Culleton
wrote one of the patches so he is probably a success story. Anyone else? -- John Culleton Able Typesetters and Indexers http://wexfordpress.com ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

Re: [Gimp-user] Installing on FedoraCore 1

2004-05-02 Thread John Culleton
einstall > xsane-gimp and gimp-print-plugin. I tried the patch to Xsane published on the Xsane site but Gimp still says Xsane is is not Gimp-enabled. So I am scanning separately, which is a bore. (Keeping both versions of Gimp around and remembering their differing rules woould be an even bigg

Re: [Gimp-user] Postscript grumps

2004-04-12 Thread John Culleton
On Monday 12 April 2004 10:31 am, Sven Neumann wrote: > Hi, > > John Culleton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Now I could of course scan to an pnm or png image > > instead of Postscript. (I could still save as > > Postscript from Gimp.) Which would be preferable

Re: [Gimp-user] Postscript grumps

2004-04-12 Thread John Culleton
l here. > I can of course import files from a scan as pnm or png, but i sitll need to save them as PostScript. My other software (plain TeX) needs that format. See my other posts on the subject. -- John Culleton Able Typesetters and Indexers http://wexfordpress.com ___

Re: [Gimp-user] Postscript grumps

2004-04-12 Thread John Culleton
resent method. If I switch to pdftex then I could utilize png output. Are there advantages to using e.g., png throughout? -- John Culleton Able Typesetters and Indexers http://wexfordpress.com ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

[Gimp-user] Postscript grumps

2004-04-09 Thread John Culleton
to the module where the Postscript reading and writing takes place then perhaps I could change some defaults in the code. Can anyone suggest what that module's name is? -- John Culleton Able Typesetters and Indexers http://wexfordpress.com ___

Re: [Gimp-user] Re: Re: Re: Monitor for Gimp

2004-03-31 Thread John Culleton
On Wednesday 31 March 2004 03:52 pm, Jean-Luc Coulon (f5ibh) wrote: > Le 31.03.2004 22:29, John Culleton a écrit : > >On Wednesday 31 March 2004 01:34 pm, GSR - FR wrote: > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (2004-03-31 at 2011.13 +0200): > > [.. destructive compression ..] > >

Re: [Gimp-user] Re: Re: Re: Monitor for Gimp

2004-03-31 Thread John Culleton
at all?" and the reply was "yes, > not only useful but a basic". > > GSR I am busy window shopping on Ebay etc. If the monitor has an adjustment for color temperature is that the equivalent of adjustable gamma? Or are they different parameters? -- John Culleton Able Typ

[Gimp-user] Making tear-off menus persistent.

2004-03-30 Thread John Culleton
y KDE desktop settings? Is there a way to make the menu persistent? Gimp 2.0, KDE, Linux Slackware 9.1 -- John Culleton Able Typesetters and Indexers http://wexfordpress.com ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/ma

Re: [Gimp-user] Monitor for Gimp

2004-03-28 Thread John Culleton
On Sunday 28 March 2004 06:57 pm, Sven Neumann wrote: > Hi, > > John Culleton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > KGamma for some reason was not included on my LInux > > Slackware 9.1 system so I downloaded the Kgraphics 3.2 > > package and am compiling it as I write

Re: [Gimp-user] Monitor for Gimp

2004-03-28 Thread John Culleton
On Sunday 28 March 2004 04:15 pm, Jean-Luc wrote: > On Sun, Mar 28, 2004 at 02:38:12PM -0500, John Culleton wrote: > > I find that my current monitor (Orion 17 inch > > OC-17DB0725) has adjustments for brightness and > > contrast but none for gamma. The venerable Gimp

[Gimp-user] Monitor for Gimp

2004-03-28 Thread John Culleton
to get things close enough that what I send to the printer will bear some relationship to what I see on the screen in Gimp, allowing for (of course) the conversion to CMYK at some point. -- John Culleton Able Typesetters and Indexers http://wexfordpress.com

Re: [Gimp-user] Only XCF filetype recognized by Gimp 2.0

2004-03-27 Thread John Culleton
On Friday 26 March 2004 07:08 pm, David Neary wrote: > Hi John, > > John Culleton wrote: > > There are some files hidden somewhere that > > I can't find that are preventing a usable product. I'll > > just wait until the next partition swap time and > > i

Re: [Gimp-user] Only XCF filetype recognized by Gimp 2.0

2004-03-26 Thread John Culleton
ry partition, so when I need to use 2.0 I will just boot the other partition. There are some files hidden somewhere that I can't find that are preventing a usable product. I'll just wait until the next partition swap time and install 2.0 from sc

Re: [Gimp-user] Only XCF filetype recognized by Gimp 2.0

2004-03-26 Thread John Culleton
On Thursday 25 March 2004 04:49 pm, Henrik Brix Andersen wrote: > Hi, > > On Thu, 2004-03-25 at 22:28, John Culleton wrote: > > They say pioneers are distinguished by the arrows in > > their backs. I will revert to 1.25 for a bit. When I > > tried to import a scanned i

[Gimp-user] Only XCF filetype recognized by Gimp 2.0

2004-03-25 Thread John Culleton
oduce that. So if someone has a quick fix please post it. In the meantime... -- John Culleton Able Typesetters and Indexers http://wexfordpress.com ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

Re: [Gimp-user] Where does 2.0 find its fonts?

2004-03-25 Thread John Culleton
prefer the real Type 1 fonts. Should I disable these aliases? -- John Culleton Able Typesetters and Indexers http://wexfordpress.com ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

[Gimp-user] Where does 2.0 find its fonts?

2004-03-24 Thread John Culleton
pus the freefont collection out where xfontsel can see them but Gimp doesn't see them at all. The real 2.0.0 is compiling as I write. So what is the scoop on installing additional fonts in Gimp like the freefont and sharefont collections? -- John Culleton Able Typesetters and Indexers

[Gimp-user] Gimp and prepress functions

2004-03-23 Thread John Culleton
of it on the agenda? -- John Culleton Able Typesetters and Indexers http://wexfordpress.com ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

Re: [Gimp-user] Script-Fu/Logos/Text Circle question

2004-03-22 Thread John Culleton
; circle the same way you created the top, then flip it. > > > Cheers, -P. Someone mentioned LaTeX. The Context version of TeX has an interface to metapost called metafun that does some fancy things in text in circles. There is a very complete manual with lots of examples,including one of a C

Re: [Gimp-user] Gimp 2.0 difficulties

2004-03-20 Thread John Culleton
On Saturday 20 March 2004 12:20 pm, John Culleton wrote: > 1. We don't have directions for including XSane in the > new Gimp. > OK I sent a followup to Oliver Rauch with cc to this list. I hope we aren't in some sort of gridlock here. Would someone in community be kind en

[Gimp-user] Xsane and Gimp 2.0

2004-03-20 Thread John Culleton
As you know Gimp 2.0 cannot use the XSane plug in as it now exists. I believe Sven Neumann has sent you the necessary fixes. Can you tell me the status of fixing XSane to work with the latest Gimp? -- John Culleton Able Typesetters and Indexers http://wexfordpress.com

Re: [Gimp-user] installing gimp-2.0pre4

2004-03-20 Thread John Culleton
are in business. I run Slackware 9.1. YMMV John Culleton Able Typesetters and Indexers http://wexfordpress.com ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

[Gimp-user] Gimp 2.0 difficulties

2004-03-20 Thread John Culleton
resize the text, change the font etc. Any hints on the above? -- John Culleton Able Typesetters and Indexers http://wexfordpress.com ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

Re: [Gimp-user] Change ruler to inches.

2004-03-11 Thread John Culleton
On Wednesday 10 March 2004 10:21 pm, Sven Neumann wrote: > Hi, > > John Culleton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > How do I change the rulers to measure in inches? The > > instructions in the manual are obsolete, and the gimprc > > file has no reference that I can

[Gimp-user] Change ruler to inches.

2004-03-10 Thread John Culleton
How do I change the rulers to measure in inches? The instructions in the manual are obsolete, and the gimprc file has no reference that I can find to the units of measure for the rulers. -- John Culleton Able Typesetters and Indexers http://wexfordpress.com

[Gimp-user] Re: Laying out book cover

2004-03-07 Thread John Culleton
On Thursday 26 February 2004 03:28 pm, Michael J. Hammel wrote: > On Thu, 2004-02-26 at 14:00, John Culleton > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > A book cover consists of three panels, from left to > > right: the back cover, the spine and the front cover. I > > plan t

[Gimp-user] Laying out book cover.

2004-02-26 Thread John Culleton
pnmtocmyktiff to convert to cmyk color model. -- John Culleton Able Typesetters and Indexers http://wexfordpress.com ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

[Gimp-user] Where is gimp-help.xml

2004-02-20 Thread John Culleton
I downolocaded, compiled and installed Gimp 2.0pre3. It sieems to work :-) But the help facility depends on a file gimp-help.xml that is nowhere on my system. Does it exist somewhere? -- John Culleton Able Typesetters and Indexers http://wexfordpress.com

Re: [Gimp-user] xsane & Gimp 2.0pre1

2004-02-20 Thread John Culleton
Sane maintainer promised to update the > package for gimp-2.0. > > > Sven 1. What release of Xsane did you use? 2. Can you describe briefly the ten minutes of work? -- John Culleton Able Typesetters and Indexers http://wexfordpress.com ___

[Gimp-user] Book: Gimp Essential Reference

2003-10-27 Thread John Culleton
e Harford book add much to the knowledge available here? Thanks, -- John Culleton Able Typesetters and Indexers http://wexfordpress.com ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

Re: [Gimp-user] Extracting text from a cover.

2003-09-30 Thread John Culleton
On Friday 26 September 2003 12:27, Jeff Trefftzs wrote: > On Fri, 2003-09-26 at 08:43, John Culleton wrote: > > > I have a cover image in JPEG format from a client. I want to extract > > > just > > > > > > > the typeset material (dark blue) from the jpg

Re: [Gimp-user] Extracting text from a cover.

2003-09-26 Thread John Culleton
oblem accessing it. Tahnks for your help! -- John Culleton Able Typesetters and Indexers http://wexfordpress.com ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

[Gimp-user] Extracting text from a cover.

2003-09-25 Thread John Culleton
I have a cover image in JPEG format from a client. I want to extract just the typeset material (dark blue) from the jpg file, convert to grayscale and use it for the interior title pages. What is the quickest way to do this? -- John Culleton Able Typesetters and Indexers http

Re: [Gimp-user] Rotoscoping

2003-09-09 Thread John Culleton
mail answer would be nice. > > Timothy Baldridge There is a version of Gimp that the Hollywood types have taken under their wing and modified specifically for motion picture use. It is a big league tool AFAIK. Perhaps someone else on-list knows more of the details. -- John Cul

Re: [Gimp-user] ANNOUNCE: GIMP 1.3.19

2003-08-28 Thread John Culleton
//gimp.org/download.html Two questions 1. Will Xsane work with this release? 2. Are there still plans for some CMYK capability in 2.0?i -- John Culleton Able Indexers and Typesetters http://wexfordpress.com ___ Gimp-user mailing lis

Re: [Gimp-user] 1.3 vs 1.2 ?

2003-08-18 Thread John Culleton
use a Solaris box with no GIMP. > > This is a "pristine" system, with no glibs, no gtk+, nothing. I do have > GNU tools though. I was wondering how stable 1.3 is right now. Is it > good enough for daily use? Gimp 1.3 and Xsane don't c

Re: [Gimp-user] CMYK

2003-08-04 Thread John Culleton
notes mention a "trivial" RGB to CMYK conversion function. However I could not find the function on the menus. If it is a plug in then I didn't get it. This as everyone knows by now a critical issue for the book cover application. Printers expect CMYK and will be unhappy (or c

[Gimp-user] GEGL

2003-08-04 Thread John Culleton
Can someone define this acronym? -- John Culleton Able Typesetters and Indexers http://wexfordpress.com ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

[Gimp-user] PNG and spam.

2003-08-04 Thread John Culleton
ormat. Can someone enlighten me? -- John Culleton Able Typesetters and Indexers http://wexfordpress.com ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

Re: [Gimp-user] Crop and register marks

2003-07-22 Thread John Culleton
1.2.x . > > JS > -><- If you have crop marks in the rest of the book then the Gimp image can be inserted on a blank page and let the typesetting software do the crop marks. That is how I would do it. It's simple and foolproof. The printers I work with generally

Re: [Gimp-user] how to write vertical text

2003-07-20 Thread John Culleton
On Sunday 20 July 2003 10:20, Tom Williams wrote: > John Culleton wrote: > > On Friday 18 July 2003 12:17, charkee berekeke wrote: > > > fellow gimp users, > > >Can anyone teach me how to write text > > > vertically ( top to bottom ) ? > > > >

Re: [Gimp-user] how to write vertical text

2003-07-20 Thread John Culleton
s on answering the above first :<) John Culleton > __ > Do you Yahoo!? > SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! > http://sbc.yahoo.com > ___ > Gimp-user mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >

Re: [Gimp-user] Diaoppearing freefonts

2003-07-14 Thread John Culleton
On Monday 14 July 2003 10:38 am, Mukund wrote: > On Mon, Jul 14, 2003 at 10:16:24AM -0400, John Culleton wrote: > | When one saves from Gimp to PNM I assume that is also an RGB format. > | There is a program pnmtotiffcmyk which I have been using. Unfortunately > | my preferred typese

Re: [Gimp-user] Diaoppearing freefonts

2003-07-14 Thread John Culleton
On Thursday 10 July 2003 04:31 am, Sven Neumann wrote: > Hi, > > John Culleton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I have stayed with 1.2.5 because (a) it works and (b) 1.3 doesn't > > offer any impovement in the cmyk area, which is my big need. > > The 1.3 vers

Re: [Gimp-user] Diaoppearing freefonts

2003-07-09 Thread John Culleton
On Wednesday 09 July 2003 05:26 am, Sven Neumann wrote: > Hi, > > John Culleton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Right as rain. That is a permanent fix. Which raises the next question: > > why not alter the READMEs to offer this approach instead of the xset > >

Re: [Gimp-user] Diaoppearing freefonts

2003-07-08 Thread John Culleton
On Monday 07 July 2003 02:07 pm, Sven Neumann wrote: > Hi, > > John Culleton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > OK I download freefonts and sharefonts. > > I install them per the README (two xset commands per each set.) > > They are available to Gimp. > > I re

[Gimp-user] Diaoppearing freefonts

2003-07-07 Thread John Culleton
me there must be a more elegant way. Suggestions? -- John Culleton Able Typesetters & Indexers http://wexfordpress.com ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

Re: [Gimp-user] Re: [Gimp-developer] makes it sense to add nativeCMYK support to GIMP?

2003-06-24 Thread John Culleton
the gamut will be correct. So this poor user wants native CMYK. That is the biggest single deficiency in Gimp of today. -- John Culleton Able Typesetters & Indexers http://wexfordpress.com Free 20MB Web Site Hosting and Perso

Re: [Gimp-user] ANNOUNCE: GIMP 1.3.15

2003-06-18 Thread John Culleton
Gimp can get, > but the developers keep finding ways to improve it! Folks, if you > haven't given it a look yet, please do, it will be worth your time to > compile it. > > Patrick Me, I am waiting for the version that handles CMYK files internally and puts them out. That

Re: [Gimp-user] Fonts

2003-06-14 Thread John Culleton
alling other fonts one may have. Is there guidance availble on that subject? -- John Culleton Able Typesetters and Indexers ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

Re: [Gimp-user] Saving values.

2003-05-31 Thread John Culleton
On Tuesday 20 May 2003 02:06 pm, Sven Neumann wrote: > Hi, > > John Culleton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I import and export eps format files regularly. The Gimp defaults at > > both ends are not what I want. for example I import files at 300 dpi > > but G

[Gimp-user] Tutorial on silhouette

2003-05-27 Thread John Culleton
Is there a basic tutorial on selections and masks? Something simpler than the Manual or _Grokking the Gimp_? -- John Culleton Able Typesetters and Indexers ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo

Re: [Gimp-user] translating Grokking the GIMP

2003-05-07 Thread John Culleton
ive purposes. > If there is a bilingual friend out there, someone who speaks French or > Italian, for instance, please contact me. > > Cheers! Have you contacted tha author for permission? John Culleton Free 20MB Web Site Ho

Re: [Gimp-user] Epson C62

2003-03-30 Thread John Culleton
o I turn the printer off). If you have lpr or lprng: lpq (displays print queue) lprm ## (removes print file number ##) Then switch the printer off and on again. OK? John Culleton ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.

Re: [Gimp-user] [Q] Understanding the 72 DPI problem

2003-03-27 Thread John Culleton
On Wednesday 26 March 2003 06:35 pm, Daniel Carrera wrote: > Hello, > > I've been using Gimp for a while. I keep hearing that Gimp has a 72dpi > limitation and Photoshop doesn't, but I really don't understand how that > is. I am interested in trying out some printed postes, and I want to > unders

Re: [Gimp-user] save B&W TIFF (Class F Group 4 compression)?

2003-03-23 Thread John Culleton
not save them as PostScript or whatever and then use an external conversion program to create a fax-friendly TIFF file? ImageMagick comes to mind. I have better luck with all files in Gimp using grayscale instead of BW. John Culleton ___ Gimp-user

Re: [Gimp-user] LaTeX command in GIMP

2003-03-18 Thread John Culleton
's math fonts, the picture drawing capability of pstricks and the combining capabilities of Gimp you will solve your problem. John Culleton ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

Re: [Gimp-user] Tutorial for beginners

2003-03-17 Thread John Culleton
it! > > We're promoting open source in Belize! > > Judy Wilson Still, a pdf file would have been nice. Downloading the images separately, downloading and installing Open Office, and then combining the two may turn off some newbies. I use Abiword (free

[Gimp-user] Re: GIF

2003-03-17 Thread John Culleton
to GIF for commercial work, like JPG, PGM etc. depending on your application. John Culleton ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

[Gimp-user] Gimp animation

2003-02-21 Thread John Culleton
xcf images. I loaded the first one into gimp and fired up the animation playback filter. When I say run it just goes between frame 1 and frame 2. So how do I view this animation thing from beginning to end? Ye manual sez I can only load one frame at a time. -- John Culleton Ignore this signature

Re: [Gimp-user] USB scanner, Xsane and Gimp

2003-02-17 Thread John Culleton
180, 48 Mar 25 2001 /dev/usbscanner When I boot I get these messages (try dmesg | less to examine yours) usb.c: registered new driver usbscanner scanner.c: USB Scanner support registered. As the others said, let us have all the gory details. I have an

Re: [Gimp-user] re: Finding a font

2003-02-09 Thread John Culleton
On Friday 07 February 2003 19:06, Albert Wagner wrote: > On Fri, 7 Feb 2003 18:35:01 + > John Culleton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This is from the README: > > Installation for X11 > > > 1. Change to /usr/X11/lib/fonts > > 2.

Re: [Gimp-user] re: Finding a font

2003-02-07 Thread John Culleton
y to the fs/config file (which points to the one in /etc/X11/fs) and rebooted my entire system. I still get just a minimal set of fonts. So something else is not kosher. I checked permissions etc. but found no problems there. I tried as a regular user and as root. Any further thoughts?

[Gimp-user] Finding a font

2003-02-07 Thread John Culleton
My directory listing shows this font: /usr/local/gimp-1.2.3/freefont/brushstr.pfb ...but the text tool does not find this or the other freefont files. Any hints on how to correct this? -- John Culleton ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [Gimp-user] hardware

2003-02-07 Thread John Culleton
hat. The efficiency of your OS will also be a factor. I am running Slackware Linux but I am looking at Gentoo Linux which has all kinds of speed optimizations that are selectable depending on your chip. When I find time I will get it running (installation is a bit of a bear.) -- John Culleton Te

[Gimp-user] making outline shape.

2003-02-04 Thread John Culleton
I have an image of a painter's palette. I have both the original color version and my grayscale reproduction. What I really want is a line drawing of the outline. Can anyone suggest a sequence of steps to arrive at this? -- John Culleton Ignore this signature

[Gimp-user] Justifying paragraphs

2003-01-24 Thread John Culleton
Please ignore previous post subject as above. John Culleton -- ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

[Gimp-user] Justifying paragraphs.

2003-01-24 Thread John Culleton
und a global way to do it to all paragraphs. There is/are one or more blank lines between paragraphs. Is there a colon command string that will accomplish this task? -- John Culleton Subscribe now to "Self Publisher's Newsletter!" No hassle! Send email to mai

Re: [Gimp-user] Re: Vector Drawing Program Suggestions

2003-01-19 Thread John Culleton
he manual for a looksee. If you find that Windoze constricts your choices then set up a Linux partition on a second disk drive (they are cheap) and explore a broader range of options. John Culleton Able Indexers and Typesetters Rowse Reviews Culleton Edito

Re: [Gimp-user] Gimp-film (or film-Gimp)

2003-01-08 Thread John Culleton
On Wednesday 08 January 2003 18:16, you wrote: > John Culleton wrote: > > Yesterday I read an article about how Linux is the OS of choice for > > film animation these days in the big studios. Someone has developed > > a Gimp variant called by one of the names above (sorry, le

[Gimp-user] Gimp-film (or film-Gimp)

2003-01-08 Thread John Culleton
there is any conversation back and forth betweeen the folks that update Gimp and this Hollywood group? -- John Culleton Able Indexers and Typesetters Rowse Reviews Culleton Editorial Services http://wexfordpress.com ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL

Re: [Gimp-user] Good books

2003-01-08 Thread John Culleton
o > find some very nice tutorials there: > http://tigert.gimp.org/gimp/ > > Sincerely, > ./Brix I printed out the Gimp Manual, all 900 plus pages of it. I also use _Grokking the Gimp_, available both as a book and online. Unfortunately neither book can keep up with the product as it changes

Re: [Gimp-user] rgb to cymk

2002-12-26 Thread John Culleton
On Thursday 26 December 2002 13:40, zeus wrote: > John Culleton wrote: > > On Wednesday 25 December 2002 02:36, sam ende wrote: > >>i need to convert an xcf)from rgb to a cymk tif (for commercial > >>printing) image, how do i do this best ? >

Re: [Gimp-user] Re: Gimp 2.0

2002-12-25 Thread John Culleton
pnmtotiffcmyk. I can't wait to 2010. I'm too old already. -- John Culleton Able Indexers and Typesetters Rowse Reviews Culleton Editorial Services http://wexfordpress.com ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

Re: [Gimp-user] rgb to cymk

2002-12-25 Thread John Culleton
t; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user There is a free program pnmtotiffcmyk in the pbm pack of conversion programs. Save your gimp image as pnm first of course. When I used it on a photo the colors were a bit duller. -- John Culleton Able Indexers and Types

[Gimp-user] Gimp 2.0

2002-12-25 Thread John Culleton
If Gimp 2.0 includes significant CMYK support it will be a giant step forward. What is the schedule for Gimp 2.0? -- John Culleton Able Indexers and Typesetters Rowse Reviews Culleton Editorial Services http://wexfordpress.com ___ Gimp-user

Re: [Gimp-user] FAQ answers

2002-12-19 Thread John Culleton
y preference) The Preferences dialog doesn't cover these details. I don't mind specifying PS output. It's these other details that have to be reset in the same way on every run. -- John Culleton Able Indexers and Typeset

Re: [Gimp-user] New Gimp FAQ: Call for questions

2002-12-18 Thread John Culleton
e results will be > placed under the GNU Free Documentation License. > > We have decided to do this in two parts. First, we will issue a Call > for Questions. Please send in all questions you would like to have > in the new Gimp User FAQ to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and CC them to the lis

[Gimp-user] Resetting defaults.

2002-12-16 Thread John Culleton
reference anywhere on how to set up defaults in Gimp? -- John Culleton Able Indexers and Typesetters Rowse Reviews Culleton Editorial Services http://wexfordpress.com Free 20MB Web Site Hosting and Personalized E-mail Service! Get It

[Gimp-user] Manual update

2002-11-30 Thread John Culleton
The excellent Gimp Manual is becoming increasingly out of date. For example I wanted to use the Mosaic filter and I looked under Artistic Filters as described in the manual. It is under Render Filters. Are there any plans for a newer version of the Manual? -- John Culleton Able Indexers and

Re: [Gimp-user] how to open gim-files (xcf) in photoshop?

2002-11-12 Thread John Culleton
On Tuesday 12 November 2002 12:46 am, Falk Pauser wrote: > that's what i'd like to know... > > greets&thanks, > falk >-- The easy answer: Call the graphic up in Gimp. Save it as something Photoshop will recongnize. John Culleton Able Indexers and Typesetters Row

Re: [Gimp-user] Unusual font

2002-10-31 Thread John Culleton
posts I installed the freefont and sharefont collections. The font is dvaysbigkeycaps. John Culleton > > > On Sat, 2002-10-26 at 12:20, John Culleton wrote: > > In one of my previous installations of Gimp there was a font in > which each glyph looked like a keyboard key with a

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2002-10-29 Thread John Culleton
ift. This is especially problematic in photos of people involving flesh tones. The Gimp manual addresses this issue in chapter 13. John Culleton Able Indexers and Typesetters, Rowse Reviews, Culleton Editorial Services http://wexfordpress.com __

[Gimp-user] Unusual font

2002-10-25 Thread John Culleton
In one of my previous installations of Gimp there was a font in which each glyph looked like a keyboard key with a letter on it. Is was intended no doubt for computer manuals and such. Does anyone remember the font, and have a current source of supply? -- John Culleton Able Indexers and

Re: [Gimp-user] Re: CMYK separation

2002-10-09 Thread John Culleton
On Wednesday 09 October 2002 04:04 pm, Denis McCauley wrote: > John Culleton wrote: > >By golly it works! Reddish colors are faded a bit. I suppose the > > cure is to adjust in gimp to make the image overly red and then > > save and do the conversion via pnmtotiffcmyk. >

Re: [Gimp-user] CMYK conversion

2002-10-09 Thread John Culleton
application when creating book covers etc. where the printer wants the image in a cmyk tiff. I have to play with color balancing, flesh tones etc. thanks for your help. John Culleton ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.

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