[Gimp-user] not to knock gimp...I love it, BUT I have never has decent prints from it

2009-04-04 Thread Carusoswi
I'd really appreciate some basic advice on how to get photos to print decently at all! I've shifted to printing from Word, which handles the layout problems and is convenient - still doing all the editing in Gimp. I have what's supposed to be a pretty good printer, the Epson Artisan 800. Just

[Gimp-user] not to knock gimp...I love it, BUT I have never has decent prints from it

2009-04-04 Thread Joy H.
I am far from an expert, and have only used the XP calibrating tool Ah, there's something I don't know about! What IS the XP calibrating tool? Where would I find it? I read the gimp help manual info on calibration but it said I had to access these icc files that I don't have. Is the XP

[Gimp-user] not to knock gimp...I love it, BUT I have never has decent prints from it

2009-04-03 Thread Carusoswi
To, perhaps, clarify earlier posts, I do run Gimp in both Ubuntu 8.10 and Windows XP. My leaning towards XP these days is because the RAW converter software that came with my camera (Sony A700) seems to be better than anything else in converting RAW files faithfully from the camera, and allows me

Re: [Gimp-user] not to knock gimp...I love it, BUT I have never has decent prints from it

2009-04-03 Thread Jaime Seuma
In order to get a version of UFRaw for Ubuntu more up-to-date than the one in the repositories (for Hardy) I got the .deb in http://www.getdeb.net/. This way I can denoise pictures using UFRaw in ubuntu. Hope it helps Carusoswi wrote: To, perhaps, clarify earlier posts, I do run Gimp in both

Re: [Gimp-user] not to knock gimp...I love it, BUT I have never has decent prints from it

2009-04-03 Thread Alexander Rabtchevich
Try using G'MIC (former GREYCStoration) of wavelet denoise filters for GIMP. Also UFRaw has built-in wavelet noise reduction. Hope it helps. http://cimg.sourceforge.net/greycstoration/ http://registry.gimp.org/node/4235 With respect Alexander Rabtchevich

Re: [Gimp-user] not to knock gimp...I love it, BUT I have never has decent prints from it

2009-04-03 Thread norman
snip In Linux, the newest version of Turbo Print is working very well, and is the only means I have found by which to make full use of my i960's features. If you haven't tried the latest version of TP, you might want to download it for a 30-day spin. I agree with you about TP, I have

[Gimp-user] not to knock gimp...I love it, BUT I have never has decent prints from it

2009-04-03 Thread Joy H.
To, perhaps, clarify earlier posts, I do run Gimp in both Ubuntu 8.10 and Windows XP. My leaning towards XP these days is because the RAW converter software that came with my camera (Sony A700) seems to be better than anything else in converting RAW files faithfully from the camera, and allows me

Re: [Gimp-user] not to knock gimp...I love it, BUT I have never has decent prints from it

2009-04-03 Thread Helen
On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 2:27 PM, Gracia M. Littauer gra...@yadtel.net wrote: I am truely amazed when I get answers like this..I just said I use photpshop on a windows laptop to get good prints from gimp comemented that I never get any from gimp on my liux machine of course I use

Re: [Gimp-user] not to knock gimp...I love it, BUT I have never has decent prints from it

2009-04-03 Thread Gracia M. Littauer
On Friday 03 April 2009 09:55:34 Helen wrote Actually, you didn't say you use linux, so it was a reasonable question. I did say I used Linux, in a rather convoluted way, I will admit. I use only linux, and get prints that are shown and sometimes are sold in art galleries. BUT YOU PRINT

Re: [Gimp-user] not to knock gimp...I love it, BUT I have never has decent prints from it

2009-04-03 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 03 April 2009, Gracia M. Littauer wrote: On Friday 03 April 2009 09:55:34 Helen wrote Actually, you didn't say you use linux, so it was a reasonable question. I did say I used Linux, in a rather convoluted way, I will admit. I use only linux, and get prints that are shown and

[Gimp-user] not to knock gimp...I love it, BUT I have never has decent prints from it

2009-04-01 Thread Carusoswi
I always do them in Photoshop on my windows laptop. Am I the only one with this problem?/ I have a bet going that I'm not ;^). I say linux is weak in the printing area it's about the only good thing windows does. Hmm, if I had photoshop I wouldn't be using gimp! I've got what sound (to

Re: [Gimp-user] not to knock gimp...I love it, BUT I have never has decent prints from it

2009-04-01 Thread Marco Ciampa
On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 11:39:17AM +0200, Carusoswi wrote: On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 06:46:59PM -0400, Gracia M. Littauer wrote: I always do them in Photoshop on my windows laptop. Am I the only one with this problem?/ I have a bet going that I'm not ;^). I say linux is weak in the

Re: [Gimp-user] not to knock gimp...I love it, BUT I have never has decent prints from it

2009-04-01 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 01 April 2009, Marco Ciampa wrote: On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 11:39:17AM +0200, Carusoswi wrote: On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 06:46:59PM -0400, Gracia M. Littauer wrote: I always do them in Photo shop on my windows laptop. Am I the only one with this problem?/ I have a bet going that

Re: [Gimp-user] not to knock gimp...I love it, BUT I have never has decent prints from it

2009-03-31 Thread Marco Ciampa
On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 06:46:59PM -0400, Gracia M. Littauer wrote: I always do them in Photoshop on my windows laptop. Am I the only one with this problem?/ I have a bet going that I'm not ;^). I say linux is weak in the printing area it's about the only good thing windows does. You

[Gimp-user] not to knock gimp...I love it, BUT I have never has decent prints from it

2009-03-31 Thread Carusoswi
On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 06:46:59PM -0400, Gracia M. Littauer wrote: I always do them in Photoshop on my windows laptop. Am I the only one with this problem?/ I have a bet going that I'm not ;^). I say linux is weak in the printing area it's about the only good thing windows does. You

[Gimp-user] not to knock gimp...I love it, BUT I have never has decent prints from it

2009-03-31 Thread Joy H.
I always do them in Photoshop on my windows laptop. Am I the only one with this problem?/ I have a bet going that I'm not ;^). I say linux is weak in the printing area it's about the only good thing windows does. Hmm, if I had photoshop I wouldn't be using gimp! I've got what sound (to

[Gimp-user] not to knock gimp...I love it, BUT I have never has decent prints from it

2009-03-30 Thread Gracia M. Littauer
I always do them in Photoshop on my windows laptop. Am I the only one with this problem?/ I have a bet going that I'm not ;^). I say linux is weak in the printing area it's about the only good thing windows does. -- Gracia...Cooleemee, NC Registered Linux user #263390 -ZENWALK 5.x

Re: [Gimp-user] not to knock gimp...I love it, BUT I have never has decent prints from it

2009-03-30 Thread David Gowers
On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 9:16 AM, Gracia M. Littauer gra...@yadtel.net wrote: I always do them in Photoshop on my windows laptop. Am I the only one with this problem?/ I have a bet going that I'm not ;^). I say linux is weak in the printing area it's about the only good thing windows does.

Re: [Gimp-user] not to knock gimp...I love it, BUT I have never has decent prints from it

2009-03-30 Thread Olivier Lecarme
Gracia M. Littauer gra...@yadtel.net wrote: I always do them in Photoshop on my windows laptop. Am I the only one with this problem?/ I have a bet going that I'm not ;^). I say linux is weak in the printing area it's about the only good thing windows does. Could you be more specific

Re: [Gimp-user] not to knock gimp...I love it, BUT I have never has decent prints from it

2009-03-30 Thread David Gowers
On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 2:27 PM, Gracia M. Littauer gra...@yadtel.net wrote: Yo David Gowers On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 9:16 AM, Gracia M. Littauer gra...@yadtel.net wrote: I always do them in Photoshop on my windows laptop. Am I the only one with this problem?/ I have a bet going that I'm