Re: [Gimp-user] Can't read file header - solved

2011-04-11 Thread Tőkés Ábel
Hi all, Thank you for your guesses and intention to help. The cause of the failure is the same banal one that I ran into a couple of years ago - the name of the directory. I am so misfortunate that my user account was created originally with the hungarian special character Á. Moreover, this

[Gimp-user] Can't read file header

2011-04-08 Thread Tőkés Ábel
Dear Folks! My problem is not strictly related to Gimp, but I hope that Gimp can help me solve it and I am sure that there are a lot of clever people on this list who can help me understand what is happening here. I have appr. 100 pictures selected from the thousands taken of my wedding. I

Re: [Gimp-user] How to make 1 image out of 2?

2011-02-17 Thread Tőkés Ábel
On 2/17/2011 1:12 PM, mikepain...@safe-mail.net wrote: Dear experts, How can I make 1 image out of 2 images? I have made - 1 image with a black line on white background saved as xcf - 1 image with a black letter A on white background saved as xcf Both images are rectangulars. I scaled the

Re: [Gimp-user] Color Selection with color to alpha

2011-02-17 Thread Tőkés Ábel
On 2/17/2011 11:24 PM, Suntot wrote: On 02/17/2011 03:00 AM, Suntot wrote: Well, I am new at this. Not even sure if what I am attempting is possible. I am trying to change a specific color in an image. If I use 'color selection' the edges don't change color. So I am trying to use color to

Re: [Gimp-user] Scaling / rotating images and focus

2011-01-28 Thread Tőkés Ábel
Øyvind have already answered your question: It indeed is, and this should eventually solve itself as GEGL is more properly integrated with the layer stack of GIMP and what is shown is no longer a preview but the actual result. For now the preview is a hack that provides better visual feedback

Re: [Gimp-user] Deleting multiple layers

2011-01-19 Thread Tőkés Ábel
The source code of Gimp is available, you are free to do this whenever you want. On 1/19/2011 1:36 PM, Jeremy Nell wrote: So, are you saying that it isn't possible in Gimp? If so, then Photoshop wins this round (sadly) because such a feature because is useful and makes working a bit more

Re: [Gimp-user] newbie: script for comverting eps line drawings to gif

2011-01-19 Thread Tőkés Ábel
On 1/20/2011 2:24 AM, Ray Tayek wrote: hi, i have a lot of eps files that i need to convert to gif (or png). i was trying to use image magic, but not having any luck. i am a programmer, but i do not know lisp. if i import an eps into gimp and save it as a gif, it look pretty good. but i

Re: [Gimp-user] Merge linked layers

2011-01-18 Thread Tőkés Ábel
I imagine there can be a non-trivial problem with the concept if the linked layers are not all neighbors: if there is at least one layer that is not one of the linked, but between those. In this case, where would the merged layer be: above or below the middle one? Abel On 1/18/2011 1:47 PM,

Re: [Gimp-user] Installed brushes won't show up

2010-12-22 Thread Tőkés Ábel
12/22/2010 6:20 PM keltezéssel, Pat Brown írta: I haven't been using GIMP a long time, but so far I have been able to install several brushes and patterns which work just fine, but the last group of brushes I installed are showing up in the gimp/brushes directory, but do not show up under

Re: [Gimp-user] Why doesn't drawable area follow the dimensions of a layer?

2010-12-15 Thread Tőkés Ábel
12/16/2010 6:21 AM keltezéssel, Lambertus írta: Hello David and thank you for the quick reply! Now, using the word Canvas rather than Drawable area makes things a lot more sane immediately, and your explanation is accurate and acceptable. Maybe this is the same situation I have. I have a

Re: [Gimp-user] Erasing with every Drawing tool

2010-11-24 Thread Tőkés Ábel
11/24/2010 12:13 PM keltezéssel, hannes61 írta: Wouldn't it be great if every tool could be used as an eraser? Using the Airbrush in one color and removing something with it by choosing transparency. This has the effect that the eraser has the same properties as the chosen tool. For example

Re: [Gimp-user] scaling image in centimeters

2010-11-03 Thread Tőkés Ábel
11/2/2010 11:13 PM keltezéssel, Lorenzo Bettini írta: Hi I must admit I'm kind of newbie in image editing... I was trying to resize a photo to 5x7 cm, using the scale image dialog, using centimeters... however the resulting image is smaller, and also the grid, when set to cm, (using 100%

Re: [Gimp-user] How do I delete to transparency?

2010-09-30 Thread Tőkés Ábel
9/30/2010 5:39 AM keltezéssel, bobdobbs írta: Hi all. I'd like to delete in such a way that transparency remains. I've found that this is the default when I'm working on images that I've created myself. But if I'm working on an image that I've downloaded or gotten from another source,

Re: [Gimp-user] White color when deleting

2010-07-21 Thread Tőkés Ábel
7/21/2010 12:23 PM keltezéssel, Ramlyn írta: I downloaded the last version of GIMP and started to use it. But I have a big problem. When I use the deletion tool, it doesn't delete to transparent but to white. I don't know why. It doesn't happen only with the background picture. Also with

Re: [Gimp-user] make an octagon shape

2010-06-10 Thread Tőkés Ábel
6/9/2010 9:47 PM keltezéssel, Gracia M. Littauer írta: I want to make an octagon shaped icon. give me a clue what tool(s) to use Hi, One way to make an octagon selection in 2 minutes: 1. Use rectangle select tool, set to fixed size and enter a size with equal sides to make square. Select a

Re: [Gimp-user] Selected elliptical area always inside a rectangle

2010-04-30 Thread Tőkés Ábel
Hi! I would do it this way: -Add alpha channel (Layer, Transparency, Add Alpha Channel) -Apply selection -Invert selection (Select, Invert or Ctrl+I) -Delete the area selected -Autocrop image (Image, Autocrop Image) -Save in png format (that saves transparency.) -in word: instert picture from file

Re: [Gimp-user] fuzzy around text

2010-03-23 Thread Tőkés Ábel
3/22/2010 9:55 PM keltezéssel, bennettjon írta: On 3/22/2010 3:51 PM, bennettjon wrote: Thanks Stefan for the quick reply. I will upload some images. However, the issue is not fuzziness in GIMP. The fuzziness occurs when inserting into Word or Excel and

Re: [Gimp-user] fuzzy around text

2010-03-23 Thread Tőkés Ábel
3/23/2010 1:20 PM keltezéssel, Cristian Secară írta: On Tue, 23 Mar 2010 08:41:09 +0100, Tőkés Ábel wrote: From the behavior of these documents I got to the conclusion that Word stores all bitmap pictures in a jpg format. This is independent from the source of the picture (whether

Re: [Gimp-user] pixellation of text.

2010-03-22 Thread Tőkés Ábel
3/22/2010 5:09 AM keltezéssel, bob írta: That does the trick. Thank you. What does the trick? I have the same ploblem. Abel ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

[Gimp-user] How to make a set of curves

2010-03-02 Thread Tőkés Ábel
Hello, I would like to make a set of smooth curves that are near to each other and all are just slightly different from the neighboring ones. Two examples of what I am thinking of are in the banner of these web pages: http://www.sopra-sa.com/index.php

Re: [Gimp-user] How to make a set of curves

2010-03-02 Thread Tőkés Ábel
and Settings\Ábel\.gimp-2.6\scripts\script-fu-shapes_0.scm: Error: unable to open C:\\Documents and Settings\\Ábel\\.gimp-2.6\\scripts\\script-fu-shapes_0.scm What am I missing? I am working on Windows XP Professional, and Gimp 2.6.7. Thanks: Abel 3/2/2010 9:48 AM keltezéssel, Tőkés Ábel írta

Re: [Gimp-user] How to make a set of curves

2010-03-02 Thread Tőkés Ábel
keltezéssel, Tőkés Ábel írta: Hi, I have found a script that seems to be written to the purpose I want: http://registry.gimp.org/node/22016 I saved in in my C:\Documents and Settings\Ábel\.gimp-2.6\scripts\ directory, and called Filters, Script-Fu, Refresh Scripts. I got an error message: Error