[Gimp-user] How do you remove guides in gimp-2.0?

2004-03-06 Thread Tom Williams
I'm able to use guides to help with selections,etc., and I can hide the guides but I want to remove the guides like in gimp 1.2.x. Is this possible? Thanks... Peace... Tom ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[Gimp-user] Is this a Gimp 1.3.23 bug?

2003-12-30 Thread Tom Williams
Ok, I've been using Gimp 1.3.23 to do some image work and tried the Text Tool and LOVE it! :)I've been creating layers like crazy and noticed as I switch between images and create new layers, the name of the last layer created becomes the default name of the new layer being created. I

[Gimp-user] Question about JPEG image scaling

2003-12-23 Thread Tom Williams
Hi! Ok, I'm using Gimp 1.3.23 on Linux. I've got a JPEG taken by a digital camera at 1892x1992 (pixels) resolution. The Print Size Display Unit info is: Width: 26.278 in Height: 27.667 in Resolution X: 72.000 px/in Y: 72.000 px/in So, I take this to mean the image is 72dpi and

Re: [Gimp-user] Question about JPEG image scaling

2003-12-23 Thread Tom Williams
Marco Wessel wrote: On Tue, Dec 23, 2003 at 05:07:34PM -0800, Tom Williams wrote: Hi! Ok, I'm using Gimp 1.3.23 on Linux. I've got a JPEG taken by a digital camera at 1892x1992 (pixels) resolution. The Print Size Display Unit info is: Width: 26.278 in Height: 27.667 in Resolution X

[Gimp-user] Re: Sparkle effect

2003-11-27 Thread Tom Williams
Judy Wilson wrote: Hi Tom, I never saw a reply to your sparkle question. This tutorial helped me. I put some sparkles in a family photo for a friend, in the blue background. Hope it helps. If not, maybe I can give you some hints. It does take a while to render. It's fun.

[Gimp-user] Question about sparkle effects

2003-11-22 Thread Tom Williams
Does anyone know how to make sparkle effects in the Gimp, like this: http://www.cosmicsparkle.co.uk/images/CSparkle.jpg I'm talking about the effects on the bottom of the letter k in sparkle and between the words cosmic and sparkle. Thanks... :) Peace... Tom

Re: [Gimp-user] Border Around Text in 3.20?

2003-10-21 Thread Tom . Williams
It sounds like the size of the brush you're using is too large. What is the size of the brush you're using? Peace... Tom Nick Wilson

Re: [Gimp-user] ANNOUNCE: The GIMP 1.3.21

2003-10-08 Thread Tom Williams
Is Bugzilla the best way to report enhancements as well for gimp 1.3? Peace... Tom David Neary wrote: Hi all, The next release in the development series of the GIMP, version 1.3.21, is now available for download from ftp://ftp.gimp.org/pub/gimp/v1.3/v1.3.21/ or from one of the mirrors

Re: [Gimp-user] Testing 1.3.20

2003-09-10 Thread Tom Williams
David Neary wrote: Tom Williams wrote: Thanks for posting a link to this bug report. I'm seeing a similar problem at startup but it's not font related and is related to the tool-safe-mode plugin: This is another commonly reported bug - see http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id

Re: [Gimp-user] Testing 1.3.20

2003-09-09 Thread Tom Williams
Sven Neumann wrote: Hi, BandiPat [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The new Gimp compiled fine today and installed. Upon trying to run it though, it got to a load point and just died. I ran it from the shell to check for more messages and found it doing a Segmentation fault See

Re: [Gimp-user] ANNOUNCE: GIMP 1.3.19

2003-08-28 Thread Tom Williams
What's up with Gimp.org being closed to protest software patents? Peace... Tom David Neary wrote: Hi all, The next release in the development series of the GIMP, version 1.3.19, is now available for download from ftp://ftp.gimp.org/pub/gimp/v1.3/v1.3.19/ or from one of the mirrors

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

2003-07-20 Thread Tom Williams
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 ) ? TIA charkee do you mean text rotated 90 degrees? Or do you mean text like T H I S The solution

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

2003-07-20 Thread Tom Williams
Sven Neumann wrote: Hi, charkee berekeke [EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > That piece on writing text on a curve is really > interesting =). I would still like to know if gimp can > > write vertical text, like > T > H > I > S It cannot do this. At least not without major hassle like moving the glyphs

Re: [Gimp-user] Help needed with creating a GIF image

2003-06-27 Thread Tom . Williams
Well, I tried it again and saved the image with the optimal color palette set to 256 and it looks exactly like I want! Thanks! Peace... Tom

[Gimp-user] Help needed with creating a GIF image

2003-06-26 Thread Tom . Williams
Hi! I'm creating a GIF image with a colored background and some colored text. I'm using gimp 1.2.4 on Windows 2000. Here is what I do: 1. Load an existing GIF that I want to modify (since it already has the desired background) 2. Create a new layer and fill with FG color 3. Select the

Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP-1.2.5 Compile Fails

2003-06-15 Thread Tom Williams
Jeff Trefftzs wrote: Hi All - I just downloaded and began compiling the latest stable gimp, 1.2.5. Configure worked properly, but the compile failed with the following output: gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I..-I../intl

Re: [Gimp-user] compilation error

2003-06-12 Thread Tom Williams
"info sylvax.net" wrote: /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lgpm collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make[3]: *** [aa] Erreur 1 make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/sylvax/soft/gimp/gimp-1.2.4/plug-ins/common' make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Erreur 1 make[2]: Leaving directory

Re: [Gimp-user] Question about magic wand selections and layermasks

2003-06-10 Thread Tom Williams
Sven Neumann wrote: Hi, Tom Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Why does my version have a white outline around Neo where the instructor's version doesn't? You are not yet finished preparing the mask. Parts of the white background of the neo layer are not being masked out properly. Did

[Gimp-user] Question about magic wand selections and layer masks

2003-06-09 Thread Tom Williams
Hi! Ok, someone on a message board I moderate on asked how to make a composite image from two images to be used as a desktop background. Here are the source images: http://www.rytekmotorsports.com/neo-anime-big.jpg (1600x1200) http://www.yourwallpaper.com/pop/movies/matrix/matrix03-1024.phtml

[Gimp-user] Gimp vs MosfetPaint

2003-06-07 Thread Tom Williams
Has anyone tried MosfetPaint: http://www.mosfet.org/mosfetpaint/status/index.html If so, how do you think it compares with the Gimp? The author acknowledges that the Gimp isn't a _paint_ app, like he's apparently developing. I was just curious as to your thoughts on MosfetPaint. :) Peace...

[Gimp-user] GIMP contest site

2003-06-06 Thread Tom Williams
What's up with the GIMP Contest site: http://contest.gimp.org/ It looks like it's been dormant since 1999. Peace... Tom ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

Re: [Gimp-user] GIFs GIMP PHOTOSHOP

2003-04-12 Thread Tom Williams
O'Smith wrote: IE should be able to view PNG files now as most modern browsers can. You could always add a note to your site: Best viewed with anything but IE and maybe get a message across to users of the inferior browser! ;o) PNGs can be viewed but some still won't display properly and

Re: [Gimp-user] GIF format, where is it ?

2003-03-16 Thread Tom Williams
Dave Selby wrote: Im running gimp on Debian Linux 3.0 Woody, But thank you for the tip, I will search my DVD for a driver of some kind and e-mail you back with the results. Dave Try installing libungif: http://prtr-13.ucsc.edu/~badger/software/libungif/index.shtml Good luck! Peace

Re: [Gimp-user] Re: Can't see fonts...

2003-03-07 Thread Tom . Williams
The Dynamic Text tool also works well with Windows fonts on Linux. Peace Tom Carol Spears [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Gimp-user] turn tools loose??

2003-03-01 Thread Tom Williams
Gracia M. Littauer wrote: a friend asked this question which I couldn't answer since I haven't really used the tools so far. I hate to ask such a dumb question on a public list, but I still can't figure out how to get a tool to turn loose! I pick up, for example, the rotator tool. I'm

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

2003-02-17 Thread Tom Williams
Nigel Ridley wrote: Hi all, I know this isn't exactly Gimp stuff - but I am trying to access my new USB scanner through the Gimp: File - Acquire - Xsane: Device dialog and I figured that lots of you guys must have already set up a USB scanner :-) Anyway, I've done a lot of google-ing but

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

2003-01-28 Thread Tom . Williams
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Re: [Gimp-user] 2-byte TTF font brokenness - are there any options?(resend)

2003-01-27 Thread Tom Williams
Christopher Hicks wrote: [ I sent out a similar message before Christmas, but I'm hoping that sending this out again now that everybody's recovered might have a better chance of evoking a response. For those seeing this twice, sorry. ] I'm trying to get ttf fonts to work with gimp, but it

[Gimp-user] Question about the Fuzzy Border Script-Fu script

2003-01-27 Thread Tom . Williams
Hi! Ok, I've been beating my head against the wall trying to find out how to do this: 1. take an image (any image) 2. Make a round selection (image/Script-Fu/Selection/Round) 3. Apply a Fuzzy Border to the round selection (image/Script-Fu/Decor/Fuzzy Border) Is this even possible? Thanks in

Re: [Gimp-user] 2-byte TTF font brokenness - are there any options?(resend)

2003-01-27 Thread Tom Williams
Christopher Hicks wrote: On Mon, 27 Jan 2003, Tom Williams wrote: Christopher Hicks wrote: I'm trying to get ttf fonts to work with gimp, but it seems like most of the fonts that my users want to use are causing the This is a 2-byte font and may not display correctly. message

Re: [Gimp-user] scan an image in Gimp

2003-01-15 Thread Tom Williams
Jina wrote: That's it ! Installed sane on my brand new MDK 9.0 and it works fine. Now, I want to scan from the GIMP, so linked xscanimage in my ~/.gimp-1.2/plug-ins/ and it doesn't work ! Even tried to link it in /usr/lib/gimp./plug-ins/ and nothing more. What's the trick ? Try linking

Re: [Gimp-user] color picker

2003-01-14 Thread Tom Williams
Bettina Slottved wrote: Hi !! I am making a web-site for my baby and I have decided to add a fuzzy border to some of the pictures and then I have made a 1 pixel png with the same color and used as a repeating background. For the fuzzy border, I use the Script-Fu Fuzzy Border. But I have not

Re: [Gimp-user] Stripping an image from solid background

2002-12-25 Thread Tom Williams
Eric Pierce wrote: I've wondered for years if there's any way to perfectly strip an image from a solid colored background while maintaining any alpha channel info. Take this image for instance. http://epierce.freeshell.org/temp/index.html The background is 100% white. But there's some

Re: [Gimp-user] Re: makin pattern?

2002-12-19 Thread Tom Williams
Carol Spears wrote: hi, On 2002-12-19 at 0608.46 -0800, zeus typed this: How to make gimp pattern. is there any refference or some explanation how to make patterns, or someone khow ho to make it. Please i need your help.. I try to make it, with renaming xcf file to .pat. But, it

Re: [Gimp-user] 2-byte TTF font brokenness - are there any options?

2002-12-19 Thread Tom . Williams
This is a GREAT question as I've run into this a LOT. I've recently learned how to install Windows True-Type fonts in XFree86 (4.2.1) and I'm finding I can use the Windows fonts with gimp on Linux that I thought I had abandoned. An answer to the 2-byte font problem would be greatly

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

2002-12-18 Thread Tom . Williams
with gimp? I will post more as I think of them :) Peace Tom - Forwarded by Tom Williams/HQ/dssi on 12/18/02 02:05 PM - Carol Spears

Re: [Gimp-user] Is there a checker plugin for GIMP?

2002-09-10 Thread Tom Williams
Umm... I think he meant that as a Joke. :) Have you seen the Psychobilly feature? It really makes ones head spin. I seriously doubt he was calling you a dope-head as an insult. Peace. Tom Philippe Rousselot wrote: and if you just are a jerk with no manners and obviously no

Re: [Gimp-user] GIF support under Linux?

2002-07-13 Thread Tom Williams
Karl Auer wrote: Hello there. I seem to recall the question being asked already, but I don't recall any reply. The mailing list archives don't throw any light on the subject either. Under Linux, running the GIMP version 1.2.3, there is no support for the GIF file format. A search of the

[Fwd: [Gimp-user] GIF support under Linux?]

2002-07-13 Thread Tom Williams
Can this library be used for *some* GIF support on Linux: http://freshmeat.net/projects/angif/?topic_id=809 Peace. Tom ---BeginMessage--- Karl Auer wrote: Hello there. I seem to recall the question being asked already, but I don't recall any reply. The mailing list archives don't

Re: [Fwd: [Gimp-user] GIF support under Linux?]

2002-07-13 Thread Tom Williams
Jeff Trefftzs wrote: Karl Auer asks: Under Linux, running the GIMP version 1.2.3, there is no support for the GIF file format. A search of the plugins repository shows up a Windows extension, but that's it. Can the Windows one be used for Linux, and if so, how? If not, how do I get GIF

Re: [Gimp-user] Help needed with Gimp 1.2.3 and XFree86 4.2.0

2002-06-27 Thread Tom Williams
John Culleton wrote: On Wednesday 26 June 2002 09:37 pm, Tom Williams wrote: Hi! I'm running Gimp 1.2.3 on Slackware Linux 8.0 w/ custom 2.4.18 kernel, glibc-2.2.5, gcc-3.1, binutils-2.12.1, XFree86 4.2.0 upgrades.I run at 1280x1024 screen resolution at 16-bit color depth

[Gimp-user] Help needed with Gimp 1.2.3 and XFree86 4.2.0

2002-06-26 Thread Tom Williams
Hi! I'm running Gimp 1.2.3 on Slackware Linux 8.0 w/ custom 2.4.18 kernel, glibc-2.2.5, gcc-3.1, binutils-2.12.1, XFree86 4.2.0 upgrades.I run at 1280x1024 screen resolution at 16-bit color depth. Everything runs fine, UNTIL I try to use the Script-Fu logo tools to make a logo (like Cool

Re: [Gimp-user] KDE-gimp

2002-04-01 Thread Tom . Williams
I think he might be asking when gimp will be able to hook-in to KDE such that KDE themes, etc, will appy to gimp as with other KDE aware apps. In other words, when will gimp be a KDE-aware app or will it continue to be an X app on Linux? Peace. Tom My DVD Collection Carol Spears

Re: [Gimp-user] Installing xsane plugin

2002-03-26 Thread Tom . Williams
I thought the XSane site had GIMP plug-in installation instructions: http://www.xsane.org try there if you get no response here Peace Tom My DVD Collection John Culleton [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 03/23/02 11:52 AM Please respond to john To:

[Gimp-user] Gimp and dpi

2002-02-25 Thread Tom . Williams
Hi! I'm running Gimp 1.2.3 on both Linux and Windows NT. It works GREAT on BOTH platforms! I've been learning how to do stuff from a friend who is a big PhotoShop user and he often tells me I should save the JPEGs of photos I touch up at a resolution of 72 dpi. When I first installed the Gimp, I

Re: [Gimp-user] Help to Write How To Compile the GIMP Stable Tarball

2002-02-12 Thread Tom . Williams
Wow I'm building gimp-1.2.3 on Linux (2.4.14 kernel, glibc-2.2.5, gcc-3.0.3, glib/gtk+-1.2.10) right now. :( About the ONLY bit of info I can contribute is building with the --enable-ansi configure option does NOT work as it causes compile problems with the signal handling code in GDK (I

Re: [Gimp-user] Help to Write How To Compile the GIMP Stable Tarball

2002-02-12 Thread Tom . Williams
: [Gimp-user] Help to Write How To Compile the GIMP Stable Tarball [ date ] 2002/02/12 | Tuesday | 09:51 AM [ author ] Tom Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] I tend to keep my ssytem fairly up-to-date so I don't have a lot of problems with missing libs (outside of NOT having the Parse:Descent Perl

Re: [Gimp-user] Help to Write How To Compile the GIMP Stable Tarball

2002-02-12 Thread Tom . Williams
My DVD Collection John Beppu [EMAIL PROTECTED] 02/12/02 03:46 PM To:[EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Re: [Gimp-user] Help to Write How To Compile the GIMP Stable Tarball [ date ] 2002/02/12 | Tuesday | 09:51 AM [ author ] Tom Williams [EMAIL

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