Re: [Gimp-user] Wacom weirdness

2011-07-30 Thread Norman Silverstone
snip I Use Ubuntu 11.04 and Gimp 2.6.11 and I don't experience these problems with my Wacom Bamboo One, it works fine with pressure. That's good. Do the buttons work? Norman ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU

Re: [Gimp-user] Gimp in Unity

2011-07-09 Thread Norman Silverstone
snip You could also choose the old classic Ubuntu from the login screen without any removal/install actions. That's exactly what I did. Norman ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU

Re: [Gimp-user] astronomical use of GIMP

2010-11-18 Thread Norman Silverstone
With last discover of a little jung black hole by NASA, I have found this project on the Chandra X-ray observatory site: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/openFITS/ IMHO it can be very effective to spread the use of GIMP having a page dedicated to the interesting / useful real case of

Re: [Gimp-user] Wacom tablet

2010-10-09 Thread Norman Silverstone
I want to buy a Wacom tablet for use in Gimp. I browsed the web and noticed they come in different sizes. Is size important and why? Also some come with touch is it of any use in Gimp? I use the Wacom Bamboo for editing photographic images and am very satisfied with what it does. To be able

[Gimp-user] GIMP 2.6.8

2010-04-26 Thread Norman Silverstone
I am looking at GIMP 2.6.8 on Ubuntu 10.04 RC and notice that the usual display of the ruler units and zoom percentage, below the image, is missing. I have not been able to find this reported as a bug and I wonder if I am missing something. Norman ___

Re: [Gimp-user] Gimp and Turboprint

2010-03-27 Thread Norman Silverstone
I run Ubuntu Studio 9.10 as my OS, have Gimp 2.6 installed and running perfectly, Gimp 2.7 installed and running fine. My problem: When I print from 2.6, I can choose to print or Turboprint (using that non-free application which gives me full functionality on my Canon i960 photo printer).

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp

2010-03-11 Thread Norman Silverstone
When I try to save a picture I have worked on it always tells me I'm not authorized to save it. How do I become authorized so I can save my edited photos? Some more information might be useful before your question can be answered. Norman ___

Re: [Gimp-user] Removing Matte Texture

2010-03-10 Thread Norman Silverstone
On 03/10/2010 08:48 AM, Sandi P. wrote: I appreciate you having a look at these. They are unedited, right from the scanner. You can see them at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/37318...@n04/ snip Moreover, the samples here are so small that it is impossible to really appreciate

Re: [Gimp-user] Printing

2010-02-22 Thread Norman Silverstone
snip I'm one of those people who's a hard core open source user and sniffs disdainfully at any proprietary solution to achieve my means :) But I try not to impose these irrational beliefs on anyone else, especially on mailing lists and forums. I'd much rather saddle myself with a crappy,

Re: [Gimp-user] Printing

2010-02-21 Thread Norman Silverstone
Using GIMP 2.6, running on Ubuntu Linux, v9.10. The printer is an HP Photosmart C5180 on my home network. I have the hplip printing package installed. I've chosen Custom Sizes from the page setup options, choosing the C5180. The HPLIP is the latest version available. I've never

Re: [Gimp-user] restoring faded transparencies

2010-02-19 Thread Norman Silverstone
snip After a lot of too-ing and fro-ing, plus an element of magic, I actually found the Restore item in the menu! I then tried two scanned slides with Restore. The one I have described already (boy in Napoleon outfit in front of mountain) and another, a field of red poppies with

[Gimp-user] changing colour

2010-01-30 Thread Norman Silverstone
I have a test image which is monochromatic (black/white), is a grid pattern and shades from black on the left to white on the right which I have been using for some Unsharp Mask experiments. In order to extend these experiments I would like to change the test image to a coloured monochromatic

Re: [Gimp-user] Complaint

2010-01-22 Thread Norman Silverstone
I'm sure you folks are all experts at GIMP but I've found it to be a very hard to learn how to use. But how many hundreds of hours did it take you to learn how to use it? For example- the tutorials are mostly out of date and they usually tell you to click something that isn't even

Re: [Gimp-user] Fwd: Re: Completely off every imaginable topic;)

2010-01-20 Thread Norman Silverstone
I agree with you completely. It's amazing to me that anyone would even be concerned enough to have an opinion about the issue to make an unequivocal statement about it. Such is our age of hyper-outrage I use the list mostly to ask a question and, when I am able, to give an answer to

Re: [Gimp-user] JPG file size increases with saving

2010-01-18 Thread Norman Silverstone
snip But a much better and simpler idea is to just use a number range from 1..13, similar to photoshop. I'll take that over to the developer's list. Is this any help, I came across it a long time ago? Here is a table that provides an approximate mapping between Photoshop quality levels

Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP vs Photoshop

2010-01-17 Thread Norman Silverstone
There are a few things that GIMP needs to be competitive with PS. Just a few? :) Why is it necessary for GIMP to be competitive with PS? GIMP is an alternative to PS developed for free use by anyone who wishes to use it. As I understand it, it isn't users that GIMP wants, it is developers

Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP vs Photoshop

2010-01-12 Thread Norman Silverstone
The great thing about GIMP is that it is free so you can try it, at no cost to yourself, and see if it will do what you want it to do. Never mind what others will tell you about whether it should be 16 bit or 8 bit and is colour management essential or not. I suggest the thing to do is that you

Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP vs Photoshop

2010-01-12 Thread Norman Silverstone
The great thing about GIMP is that it is free so you can try it, at no cost to yourself, and see if it will do what you want it to do. But so is Photoshop. 30 days trial :) The difficulty is that whilst GIMP will run on virtually any operating system Photoshop will not. Norman

Re: [Gimp-user] Removing unwanted objects in photos

2010-01-09 Thread Norman Silverstone
I am new to gimp and am having trouble removing unwanted objects from digital photos. I have tried CLONE, Erasure etc, but to no avail. Where can I go to find information to remove unwanted objects from pictures. Hope someone can help. I am new at this also, been at it for about two

Re: [Gimp-user] python script for rectangle selection

2010-01-02 Thread Norman Silverstone
I am new to gimp's scripting and would like to automate the rectangle selection tool by defining the position and size using a script. Afterwards, I would like to extract the selection, 'paste as new image' and save the image as a png file without compression. It would be nice, if you can

Re: [Gimp-user] Printing (was Re: running out of hair)

2009-12-28 Thread Norman Silverstone
After lots and lots of trying to print I had to spend some cash and buy TurboPrint - problem solved. Norman ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

[Gimp-user] Tip of the day

2009-11-28 Thread Norman Silverstone
I read on the list the other day that there are some useful items in Tip of the day so I decided to activate things so that a new tip would appear each time GIMP was switched on. To my disappointment, the button to switch the tip on and off is no longer in the tip window. What do I need to do to

Re: [Gimp-user] Urgently need to adjust photograph size

2009-11-17 Thread Norman Silverstone
Hello I really need to adjust a photograph. It needs to be 600 by 600 pixels. When I change one value it seems to automatically adjust itself. I really need to get this done ASAP, so if you can help it would be graitely appreciated. I presume that you are using Scale Image. At the right

Re: [Gimp-user] Urgently need to adjust photograph size

2009-11-17 Thread Norman Silverstone
snip I presume that you are using Scale Image. At the right hand side of the boxes where you enter the dimensions there are 2 chain links which are joined together, click on these and they will separate. Now you can enter your dimensions with out any problem. Its a passport photograph, so

Re: [Gimp-user] Need new printer

2009-10-23 Thread Norman Silverstone
I am rapidly coming to the conclusion that it is cheaper to have my photos printed by one of the on-line organisations than to pay the exorbitant prices charged for inks. A set of inks for my Epson Stylus Photo R300 is over £50 which is a lot of commercially printed photos and that's without the

Re: [Gimp-user] Another Gimp/UFRaw topic

2009-10-05 Thread Norman Silverstone
Better use compressed 8-bit sRGB TIFF instead (all minilabs I know would reject TIFF with *any* compression, though...). Why is that? Why is WHAT??? You need to Trim the posting more precisely... I wonder if the questioner meant why do minilabs reject TIFF with *any* compression?

Re: [Gimp-user] Another Gimp/UFRaw topic

2009-10-03 Thread Norman Silverstone
I have been following this thread with interest so I decided to do some tests. The results may be relevant or not as the case may be but I think that they are interesting. My little camera gives a RAW image = 8.6 MB and a jpeg image = 2.6 MB. The developed RAW image from UFRaw saved at

Re: [Gimp-user] Another Gimp/UFRaw topic

2009-10-02 Thread Norman Silverstone
Ok, I want to make sure that I've asked my question clear enough before I decide that you guys have blown me away with your technological knowledge. I'm shooting in RAW and so I'm opening up a RAW file with UFRaw because without opening the file first with UFRaw, I can't get it into

Re: [Gimp-user] How do I increase the size of the little preview window ...

2009-09-18 Thread Norman Silverstone
When I use filters like the unsharp mask or other plugins, a little preview window pops up and I can see the effect of the settings for that particular filter. Is there a way to make that preview window bigger? I have a very fast machine and it can handle it. Try clicking on a corner

Re: [Gimp-user] sharpening

2009-09-05 Thread Norman Silverstone
I'm trying to follow this smart sharpening tutorial from version 2.6.7. Several items in the early steps are slightly different - menu steps to decompose vary a bit, for example. But,everything seems to work for me up to step 7, at which I cannot complete steps beyond. There must be some

Re: [Gimp-user] saving layers

2009-09-02 Thread Norman Silverstone
Suppose there are three different layers in a stack that need to be saved individually and then used as the input for a RPI plugin. What would be the best procedure to use, please? Make the layer you wish to save active by clicking on its thumbnail preview in the Layers Dialog, then

[Gimp-user] saving layers

2009-09-01 Thread Norman Silverstone
Suppose there are three different layers in a stack that need to be saved individually and then used as the input for a RPI plugin. What would be the best procedure to use, please? Norman ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU

Re: [Gimp-user] Measure tool (feature proposition)

2009-08-26 Thread Norman Silverstone
snip Now i am doing it with calc. I am counting pixels at scale and then if i know how many px is for 200m then i can count how many meters i for 743px. If someone will have solution i am interested in! Just a suggestion why not go to http://forum.meetthegimp.org/ where there is a

Re: [Gimp-user] how to use layers

2009-08-25 Thread Norman Silverstone
I've read the documentation several times and every tutorial I could get my hands on, but I still can't make any sense out of how to properly use layers.. I felt like this not so long ago and then along came Rolf Steinort and www.meetthegimp.org and things started to fall into place. Norman

Re: [Gimp-user] Levels tool with Layers

2009-08-11 Thread Norman Silverstone
Ok, but, when you merge, do you not lose the ability to go back and fix something that you might decide needs adjusting? Yes, which is why you don't merge until. you're absolutely sure that everything you're merging is to your satisfaction. And if there are a couple of layers which

Re: [Gimp-user] Logo Text Circle is not available in GIMP 2.6.6...

2009-08-11 Thread Norman Silverstone
I wasn't clear in my first post -- Environment: GIMP 2.6.6; Windows 2000 After File - New to create an image, Filters - Alpha to Logo - (all grayed out) But File - Create - Logos - Text Circle works fine. So I raised a false alarm about Logos - Text Circle but Filters - Alpha to

Re: [Gimp-user] Levels tool with Layers

2009-08-10 Thread Norman Silverstone
I've learned the hard way to SAVE OFTEN!!! Or you can lose your work when GIMP freezes and dies. I don't suffer from Gimp freezing or dying but I have been known to press the wrong button and loose an hours careful cloning. Norman ___ Gimp-user

Re: [Gimp-user] Gimp 2.6 download for Ubuntu

2009-08-09 Thread Norman Silverstone
PS. I don't think these Emails are getting through to the Gimp mailing list because I never receive these myself. If someone does receive any of my list Emails please let me know. Arriving here. loud and clear. Noman ___ Gimp-user mailing

Re: [Gimp-user] Chalk Logo doesn't work.

2009-07-31 Thread Norman Silverstone
I am making a chart of all the different logos under the FileCreateLogos submenu. The Chalk Logo doesn't seem to work. First it calls for Cooper which is not on my system. Second, even when I substitute an available font (e.g., Cooper Heavy) all I get is a black image. The layers dialog

Re: [Gimp-user] sharpening

2009-07-28 Thread Norman Silverstone
On Monday 27 July 2009 23:17:26 Norman Silverstone wrote: Quite some time ago a method for sharpening was given here and which I have enjoyed using. Unfortunately, I have lost my notes and I would be grateful if the method could be posted again, please. are you looking for this turorial

Re: [Gimp-user] Printing issue

2009-07-27 Thread Norman Silverstone
I guess that it is possible your theory is correct and that this is the motivation. Since printing with Gimp on Vista does not work properly, it calls this theory into question, however. You have a point. However, my view has always been that, although it is great that the bulk of software

[Gimp-user] sharpening

2009-07-27 Thread Norman Silverstone
Quite some time ago a method for sharpening was given here and which I have enjoyed using. Unfortunately, I have lost my notes and I would be grateful if the method could be posted again, please. Norman ___ Gimp-user mailing list

Re: [Gimp-user] sharpening

2009-07-27 Thread Norman Silverstone
Filters -- Enhance -- Sharpen Things break up after around 70% Any time I resize any image I need to resharpen it. If enhance/sharpen is grayed out make sure the image is RGB Image -- Mode -- RGB Thanks Bob, but what I looking for is not part of the Gimp menu. Norman

Re: [Gimp-user] Printing issue

2009-07-26 Thread Norman Silverstone
snip Just imagine a novice Linux user. Imagine your mother-in-law who wants to print a photo with Gimp. She will fail. That is my point. I think that you all are missing the point that I'm making. Your mother-in-law will be confused by Print and Print with Gutenprint. Nobody has to

Re: [Gimp-user] Are There Gimp Beginner Level Tutorials?

2009-07-19 Thread Norman Silverstone
I'm a beginner and need to learn the basics. If there are tutorials where can I find them? If your interest is photography have a look at http://meetthegimp.org/ Norman ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU