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

2011-01-23 Thread Johan Vromans
Ray Tayek rta...@ca.rr.com writes: i agree. this looks like ghostscript is what i should be fooling around with. You need antialiasing. Use explicit settings on the command line, e.g., -dTextAlphaBits=4 -dGraphicsAlphaBits=4 Why not use the tool I sent you? -- Johan

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

2011-01-23 Thread Ray Tayek
At 04:48 AM 1/23/2011, you wrote: Ray Tayek rta...@ca.rr.com writes: i agree. this looks like ghostscript is what i should be fooling around with. You need antialiasing. Use explicit settings on the command line, e.g., -dTextAlphaBits=4 -dGraphicsAlphaBits=4 Why not use the tool I sent

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

2011-01-22 Thread Ray Tayek
At 02:03 AM 1/21/2011, you wrote: On 01/21/2011 09:13 AM, Ray Tayek wrote: what should the values be for bounding box? current bounding box size/current scaling factor=235/.47166=498,24 (I used 500) i understand that. what about a bounding box like: %%BoundingBox: -1 -21 101 214 would

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

2011-01-22 Thread Mike Williams
On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 11:28 AM, Ofnuts ofn...@laposte.net wrote: On 01/21/2011 04:30 PM, Mike Williams wrote: Would someone please post the differences between page3.eps and page3b.eps? diff page3.eps page3b.eps 2c2 %%BoundingBox: -1 -1 234 234 --- %%BoundingBox: 0 0 500 500

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

2011-01-22 Thread Ofnuts
On 01/22/2011 10:38 AM, Ray Tayek wrote: At 02:03 AM 1/21/2011, you wrote: On 01/21/2011 09:13 AM, Ray Tayek wrote: what should the values be for bounding box? current bounding box size/current scaling factor=235/.47166=498,24 (I used 500) i understand that. what about a bounding box

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

2011-01-21 Thread Ray Tayek
At 03:26 PM 1/20/2011, Ofnuts wrote: ... All of them produce an image with less pixels than the conversion in Gimp... (235x235 instead of 326x326). If you look at the EPS it specifies a 235x235 bounding box, and a scale factor to shoehorn the diagram in it. the page.eps file that i am using

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

2011-01-21 Thread Ofnuts
On 01/21/2011 09:13 AM, Ray Tayek wrote: At 03:26 PM 1/20/2011, Ofnuts wrote: ... All of them produce an image with less pixels than the conversion in Gimp... (235x235 instead of 326x326). If you look at the EPS it specifies a 235x235 bounding box, and a scale factor to shoehorn the

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

2011-01-21 Thread Mike Williams
On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 5:03 AM, Ofnuts ofn...@laposte.net wrote: On 01/21/2011 09:13 AM, Ray Tayek wrote: At 03:26 PM 1/20/2011, Ofnuts wrote: ... If you edit the EPS to work with a 1:1 scale and a sufficient bounding box (2 lines to edit, no hard to script), the output of convert

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

2011-01-21 Thread Ofnuts
On 01/21/2011 04:30 PM, Mike Williams wrote: Would someone please post the differences between page3.eps and page3b.eps? I tried changing scale to 1.0 1.0 and get an image with a thicker outer border, but the image is clipped, only the lower left corner of the figure is shown and the

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

2011-01-20 Thread Ofnuts
On 01/20/2011 02:24 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] newbie: script for comverting eps line drawings to gif

2011-01-20 Thread Kevin Cozens
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. Install ImageMagick on your computer then you can use its convert program in a script to convert your images to the format you need.

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

2011-01-20 Thread Chris Mohler
On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 10:57 PM, Ray Tayek rta...@ca.rr.com wrote: oh, it's python (didn't know that gimp ate python). i will try some python. don't see any python-fu under filters though. are the conversion options documented anywhere? Are you on Windows? You'll need to install python

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

2011-01-20 Thread Ray Tayek
At 03:06 AM 1/20/2011, you wrote: On 01/20/2011 02:24 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. ... Not with Gimp... this is the kind of work ImageMagick's convert is meant for. Might

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

2011-01-20 Thread Ray Tayek
At 11:07 PM 1/19/2011, you wrote: Ray Tayek rta...@ca.rr.com writes: if i import an eps into gimp and save it as a gif, it look pretty good. but i need to convert hundreds of these. can someone point me to some kind of starter script that would go throug the eps files in a directory and

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

2011-01-20 Thread Ray Tayek
At 07:05 PM 1/19/2011, you wrote: On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 7:24 PM, Ray Tayek rta...@ca.rr.com wrote: hi, i have a lot of eps files that i need to convert to gif (or png) ... i am a programmer, but i do not know lisp. This was one of the first hits I got for 'batch' and 'convert' at the plugin

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

2011-01-20 Thread Ray Tayek
At 12:46 AM 1/20/2011, you wrote: Ray Tayek rta...@ca.rr.com writes: http://tayek.com/bobt/images/gif.html Can you send me the eps, please? sure, attached please find. page3 is one i did the testing on. thanks --- co-chair http://ocjug.org/ page3.eps Description: PostScript document

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

2011-01-20 Thread Ray Tayek
At 11:30 PM 1/19/2011, you wrote: On 1/20/2011 2:24 AM, Ray Tayek wrote: hi, i have a lot of eps files that i need to convert ... Try David's Batch Processor: http://members.ozemail.com.au/~hodsond/dbp.html It's really cool. i will try this. thanks --- co-chair http://ocjug.org/

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

2011-01-20 Thread Ray Tayek
At 03:06 AM 1/20/2011, you wrote: On 01/20/2011 02:24 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. ... Not with Gimp... this is the kind of work ImageMagick's convert is meant for. Might

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

2011-01-20 Thread Ray Tayek
At 11:29 PM 1/19/2011, you wrote: What are your problems with Imagemagick, which is exactly the tool you need? i go some ideas from the image magic list and i tried a bunch of combinations of their suggestions. you can see what i tried at http://tayek.com/bobt/images/gif.html. what happens is

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

2011-01-20 Thread Ray Tayek
At 10:58 AM 1/20/2011, Chris Mohler wrote: On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 10:57 PM, Ray Tayek rta...@ca.rr.com wrote: oh, it's python (didn't know that gimp ate python). i will try some python. don't see any python-fu under filters though. are the conversion options documented anywhere? Are

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

2011-01-20 Thread Ofnuts
On 01/20/2011 11:40 PM, Ray Tayek wrote: At 03:06 AM 1/20/2011, you wrote: On 01/20/2011 02:24 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. ... Not with Gimp... this is the kind of

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

2011-01-20 Thread Ray Tayek
At 02:41 PM 1/20/2011, Ray Tayek wrote: At 11:30 PM 1/19/2011, you wrote: On 1/20/2011 2:24 AM, Ray Tayek wrote: hi, i have a lot of eps files that i need to convert ... Try David's Batch Processor: http://members.ozemail.com.au/~hodsond/dbp.html It's really cool. i will try this. this

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

2011-01-20 Thread Mike Williams
On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 7:43 PM, Ray Tayek rta...@ca.rr.com wrote: At 02:41 PM 1/20/2011, Ray Tayek wrote: At 11:30 PM 1/19/2011, you wrote: On 1/20/2011 2:24 AM, Ray Tayek wrote: hi, i have a lot of eps files that i need to convert ... You may want to consider Ghostscript. This was

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

2011-01-20 Thread Kevin Cozens
Ray Tayek wrote: yes, i tried a bunch of them at http://tayek.com/bobt/images/gif.html but none of them are very good There is a problem with the set of sample conversions. The image produced by GIMP which is supposedly the good version of the image is larger than the other samples you show.

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

2011-01-20 Thread Ray Tayek
At 08:44 PM 1/20/2011, you wrote: Ray Tayek wrote: yes, i tried a bunch of them at http://tayek.com/bobt/images/gif.html but none of them are very good There is a problem with the set of sample conversions. The image produced by GIMP which is supposedly the good version of the image is larger

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

2011-01-20 Thread Ray Tayek
At 05:58 PM 1/20/2011, Mike Williams wrote: On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 7:43 PM, Ray Tayek mailto:rta...@ca.rr.comrta...@ca.rr.com wrote: At 02:41 PM 1/20/2011, Ray Tayek wrote: At 11:30 PM 1/19/2011, you wrote: On 1/20/2011 2:24 AM, Ray Tayek wrote: hi, i have a lot of eps files that i need

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

2011-01-20 Thread Ray Tayek
At 04:51 PM 1/20/2011, Ofnuts wrote: On 01/21/2011 01:43 AM, Ray Tayek wrote: At 02:41 PM 1/20/2011, Ray Tayek wrote: At 11:30 PM 1/19/2011, you wrote: On 1/20/2011 2:24 AM, Ray Tayek wrote: hi, i have a lot of eps files that i need to convert ... Try David's Batch Processor:

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

2011-01-20 Thread Kevin Cozens
Ray Tayek wrote: i put one here: http://tayek.com/bobt/images/page3.eps I looked at the contents of the source file. Ignoring the scaling factor in the image, all lines are 0.8 points with the exception of the outside border which has a width of 1.92 points. You can see the thicker border

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

2011-01-19 Thread Ray Tayek
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 need to convert hundreds of these. can

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] Newbie needs help making batch reflect script

2010-07-06 Thread Mark McLaren
I realized that this wasn't particularly descriptive. My failing script looks like this: (define (script-reflect filename) (let* ((image (car (gimp-file-load RUN-NONINTERACTIVE filename filename))) (drawable (car (gimp-image-get-active-layer image (script-fu-gimp-reflection

Re: [Gimp-user] Newbie needs help making batch reflect script

2010-07-06 Thread saulgoode
Quoting Mark McLaren mark.mcla...@gmail.com: To create a batch reflection script I have tried taking a copy of script-autocrop, changed the definition name to match the new filename and changed the plug-in-autocrop line so that it call the reflection plugin instead, like this:

[Gimp-user] Newbie needs help making batch reflect script

2010-07-05 Thread Mark McLaren
Hi all, I am a Script-Fu and Scheme newbie; please forgive my ignorance. I am trying add reflection to a batch of PNG files using the GIMP reflection plugin from: http://registry.gimp.org/node/1025 I have previously been able to batch re-size my PNG files using a script-autocrop script that

Re: [Gimp-user] newbie question!!!

2010-03-30 Thread Peter Trittenwein|fokusIT
! - Original-Nachricht Von: Brad Pears br...@truenorthloghomes.com An: gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU Betreff: [Gimp-user] newbie question!!! Datum: 30/03/10 00:14 Hi all!! Well I am no graphic designer and am the dummest of the dumb - when

Re: [Gimp-user] newbie question!!!

2010-03-30 Thread Leonard Evens
On Mon, 2010-03-29 at 17:13 -0400, Brad Pears wrote: Hi all!! Well I am no graphic designer and am the dummest of the dumb - when it comes to graphics stuff. The guy who used to do all of this at our company left and I got stuck holding the bag. I've never used GIMP nor Photoshop. I have Gimp

[Gimp-user] newbie question!!!

2010-03-29 Thread Brad Pears
Hi all!! Well I am no graphic designer and am the dummest of the dumb - when it comes to graphics stuff. The guy who used to do all of this at our company left and I got stuck holding the bag. I've never used GIMP nor Photoshop. I have Gimp on my machine for some strange reason though - I guess

Re: [Gimp-user] newbie question!!!

2010-03-29 Thread John Coppens
On Mon, 29 Mar 2010 17:13:30 -0400 Brad Pears br...@truenorthloghomes.com wrote: Can someone point me to or send me detailed instructions on how I would open up two (or more) different images and then join them together - change the background colours (if need be), add some text to the new

Re: [Gimp-user] Newbie perl-gimp question

2009-01-15 Thread Owen
Hi guys, I finally got Gimp installed and running for the purpose of writing a web application with image manipulation in perl. I've been scouring documentation and found a few useful tutorials. But I still don't have a complete picture. My first script (see below; I am running it from

Re: [Gimp-user] Newbie perl-gimp question

2009-01-15 Thread Kate T Yoak
@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] Newbie perl-gimp question Hi guys, I finally got Gimp installed and running for the purpose of writing a web application with image manipulation in perl. I've been scouring documentation and found a few useful tutorials. But I still don't have

[Gimp-user] Newbie perl-gimp question

2009-01-14 Thread Kate T Yoak
Hi guys, I finally got Gimp installed and running for the purpose of writing a web application with image manipulation in perl. I've been scouring documentation and found a few useful tutorials. But I still don't have a complete picture. My first script (see below; I am running it from a shell)

[Gimp-user] Newbie trying to learn the proper way to specify arguments to script-fu scripts...

2009-01-08 Thread Ken Warner
Hi, Just trying to learn how to specify arguments to script-fu scripts. There's a lot of useful scripts there. I was first trying to get script-fu-text-circle to work and the Procedure Browser brings up the documentation that indicates that the first argument is run-mode INT32 Interactive,

[Gimp-user] Newbie with a Question

2007-05-04 Thread Dub Yah
I just started using Gimp and I LOVE it! I am planning on picking up a USB tablet with mouse-pen and wondered if I should expect any of them to interface without significant work? I dont want to spend too much as this is all relatively new for me, but I want to be able to use the pen to

Re: [Gimp-user] Newbie with a Question

2007-05-04 Thread John R. Culleton
On Friday 04 May 2007 13:05, Dub Yah wrote: I just started using Gimp and I LOVE it! I am planning on picking up a USB tablet with mouse-pen and wondered if I should expect any of them to interface without significant work? I dont want to spend too much as this is all relatively new for

[Gimp-user] newbie selection question

2006-11-16 Thread Neal Oden
I select a rose with the magic wand. The selection looks good, but there are a few leftover inside islands inside the rose, that are still not selected. I switch to the lasso, click on add to selection, and try to circle the inside islands to add them to the selection. But instead of doing

Re: [Gimp-user] newbie selection question

2006-11-16 Thread Jozef Legeny
you might try holding down the shift button when using the lasso (instead of clicking on the add to selection button) -- LEGENY Jozef ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU

[Gimp-user] newbie

2006-08-17 Thread ajtiM
Hi! I am a new Gimp user but I have Linux and just Linux on my computer after IBM stop developing OS/2 :). I never use Gimp for real job. Now I am new user of Nikon digital camera and as newbie I have some problem with photos. And finally my question: Is it possible to correct tilted horizon,

Re: [Gimp-user] newbie

2006-08-17 Thread Tim Jedlicka
On 8/17/06, ajtiM [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And finally my question: Is it possible to correct tilted horizon,moire...with Gimp, please?I think next step will be buy a book about Gimp.The easiest way is to use the rotate tool. A great plugin (additional software for Gimp) that includes as part of

[Gimp-user] Newbie - Impressionist processing

2006-03-24 Thread princess_pea
Hi I am a really new Gimp user. I have found the Artistic Filter - Gimp Impressionist. I am interested in using this filter to convert photos into painting like prints. Can some one give me a step by step process to do this? Much obliged. Princess Pea Student -- View this message in context:

Re: [Gimp-user] Newbie - Impressionist processing

2006-03-24 Thread Vytautas P.
2006.03.25 00:34, princess_pea rašo: Hi I am a really new Gimp user. I have found the Artistic Filter - Gimp Impressionist. I am interested in using this filter to convert photos into painting like prints. Can some one give me a step by step process to do this? If you're really new, read this

[Gimp-user] newbie: does adding transparent square has to be so complicated?

2006-03-14 Thread Zhang Weiwu
Hello. After read some GIMP tutorials and practised a little bit, I feel like that I can make an image like in this example: gopher://sdf.lonestar.org/I/users/weiwu/trans_sample.jpeg Looks really simple, I can do this image in OpenOffice Draw in 3 mintues: open the photo, create a shape of

Re: [Gimp-user] newbie: does adding transparent square has to be so complicated?

2006-03-14 Thread Akkana Peck
Zhang Weiwu writes: Hello. After read some GIMP tutorials and practised a little bit, I feel like that I can make an image like in this example: gopher://sdf.lonestar.org/I/users/weiwu/trans_sample.jpeg Looks really simple, I can do this image in OpenOffice Draw in 3 mintues: open the

[solved] Re: [Gimp-user] newbie: does adding transparent square has to be so mplicated?

2006-03-14 Thread Zhang Weiwu
On Tue, 14 Mar 2006, Akkana Peck wrote: Zhang Weiwu writes: Hello. After read some GIMP tutorials and practised a little bit, I feel like that I can make an image like in this example: gopher://sdf.lonestar.org/I/users/weiwu/trans_sample.jpeg Looks really simple, I can do this image

[Gimp-user] Newbie alert - please be gentle!

2006-03-03 Thread Paul North
At the risk of asking what is probably THE most obvious question of the year, here goes: I downloaded and installed GimpShop. I'm running Mac OS-X version 10.4.5. I also downloaded X11user.pkg from Apple and attempted to install it. However, during the install, I got a message stating You

Re: [Gimp-user] Newbie alert - please be gentle!

2006-03-03 Thread Axel Wernicke
Am 03.03.2006 um 23:36 schrieb Paul North: At the risk of asking what is probably THE most obvious question of the year, here goes: I downloaded and installed GimpShop. I'm running Mac OS-X version 10.4.5. I also downloaded X11user.pkg from Apple and attempted to install it. However,

Re: [Gimp-user] Newbie alert - please be gentle!

2006-03-03 Thread Paul North
Thanks, Robert. I'll have to install X11 from the Tiger DVD. I've already discovered that people are a bit sensitive about Gimpshop. Another Gimp-user poster wrote: I appreciate your help. Gimpshop is my first foray into the world of Gimp. I'm hoping to use it in place of an aging version

[Gimp-user] Newbie alert - please be gentle!

2006-03-01 Thread Ross Brown
Afternoon All A newbie to Gimp but wanted to give it a go as I'd heard so many good things about it. Found a basic problem that could stop me using it - but I'm sure it's solvable. I'm running Gimp through X11 on a Mac (running OSX 10.4.5). I keep all my work on a remote file server but

Re: [Gimp-user] Newbie alert - please be gentle!

2006-03-01 Thread Tom Williams
Ross Brown wrote: Afternoon All A newbie to Gimp but wanted to give it a go as I'd heard so many good things about it. Found a basic problem that could stop me using it - but I'm sure it's solvable. I'm running Gimp through X11 on a Mac (running OSX 10.4.5). I keep all my work on a

Re: [Gimp-user] Newbie alert - please be gentle!

2006-03-01 Thread Ross Brown
Sorry, newbies are not allowed here. Right, I'll take my Mac and wipe my tears then... Just kidding.. :) Thank God for that! Is the problem the mounted drive doesn't appear in the Open dialog or that it does appear and you can't open it? The mounted drive doesn't appear in the

Re: [Gimp-user] Newbie alert - please be gentle!

2006-03-01 Thread Axel Wernicke
Am 01.03.2006 um 20:02 schrieb Ross Brown: Sorry, newbies are not allowed here. Right, I'll take my Mac and wipe my tears then... Just kidding.. :) Thank God for that! Yeah, you should be - not everybody has as much luck as you did ;) Is the problem the mounted drive doesn't

Re: [Gimp-user] Newbie alert - please be gentle!

2006-03-01 Thread Ross Brown
so where did you search? The right place would be /Volumes/ nameOfTheMountedVolume. If you can't navigate to that place for some reason you can enter the path directly to the text field in the GIMP open file dialog. Aha! (sort of). Found it but it wasn't *that* simple... Open | Filesystem

Re: [Gimp-user] Newbie alert - please be gentle!

2006-03-01 Thread Jakub Steiner
On Wed, 2006-03-01 at 17:24 +, Ross Brown wrote: Afternoon All A newbie to Gimp but wanted to give it a go as I'd heard so many good things about it. Found a basic problem that could stop me using it - but I'm sure it's solvable. I'm running Gimp through X11 on a Mac (running

[Gimp-user] Newbie needs direction wrt replacing text with grass

2005-09-26 Thread Jim Lynch
No, not MJ. I have a nice picture I'd like to print and frame but it has the stupid date/time string in yellow in the corner. I have subsequenly turned off the date stamp so that won't happen again. Fortunately, maybe, the stamp is in a field of nice green grass, so I was hoping somehow I could

Re: [Gimp-user] Newbie needs direction wrt replacing text with grass

2005-09-26 Thread Andrew
Jim Lynch wrote: No, not MJ. I have a nice picture I'd like to print and frame but it has the stupid date/time string in yellow in the corner. I have subsequenly turned off the date stamp so that won't happen again. Fortunately, maybe, the stamp is in a field of nice green grass, so I was

Re: [Gimp-user] Newbie needs direction wrt replacing text with grass

2005-09-26 Thread Carol Spears
On Mon, Sep 26, 2005 at 01:32:00PM -0400, Jim Lynch wrote: No, not MJ. I have a nice picture I'd like to print and frame but it has the stupid date/time string in yellow in the corner. I have subsequenly turned off the date stamp so that won't happen again. Fortunately, maybe, the stamp is in

Re: [Gimp-user] Newbie needs direction wrt replacing text with grass

2005-09-26 Thread Jim Lynch
OK, OK, I'm convinced. The first time I read clone I thought it was a way to work on a copy of the original so I didn't screw it up. Now I get the message. It only takes about 5 swings of the 2x4 to get my attention. Thanks to all. I've learned something . While this isn't perfect I don't think

Re: [Gimp-user] Newbie Question

2005-07-12 Thread sam ende
On Monday 11 July 2005 20:30, Joao S. O. Bueno Calligaris wrote: Jonathan: You have to further trim down your selection, by using the selection by color and clicking on the desired color. In order for the new selection to be within the original selection, you have to use the select by color

Re: [Gimp-user] Newbie Question

2005-07-11 Thread Akkana Peck
Jonathan Allen writes: I have a first-time question. In general terms, how can I change all the pixels of one colour within a hand-drawn selection into another colour ? Select by color, Fill But that selects all the black text in the guf, not just the one letter I need to colour.

Re: [Gimp-user] Newbie Question

2005-07-11 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, Jonathan Allen [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I have a first-time question. In general terms, how can I change all the pixels of one colour within a hand-drawn selection into another colour ? Edit-Fill with FG Color The fact that you find it easier to ask this on a mailing-list than to

[Gimp-user] Newbie Question

2005-07-10 Thread Jonathan Allen
Hi All, I have a first-time question. In general terms, how can I change all the pixels of one colour within a hand-drawn selection into another colour ? In specific terms, I have a gif file containing some black-on-white text. I want to be able to colour various parts of the black text to be

Re: [Gimp-user] Newbie Question

2005-07-10 Thread Jonathan Allen
Andreas, I have a first-time question. In general terms, how can I change all the pixels of one colour within a hand-drawn selection into another colour ? Select by color, Fill But that selects all the black text in the guf, not just the one letter I need to colour. That was why I had

Re: [Gimp-user] Newbie having trouble with layers, text and otherwise

2005-05-07 Thread John's Mac
Thank you, everyone, for the great amount of info I've gotten on this layer problem. First, some apologies: Please understand that I'm totally new to GIMP, and I'm not a designer. I'm starting at zero. I'm doing this postcard for my wife to try to keep from paying a professional. But of course

[Gimp-user] Newbie having trouble with layers, text and otherwise

2005-05-06 Thread John Grimmett and Loreta Medina
Hello, everyone. I'm brand new to GIMP for Mac, so first a hearty hello! For my first project with GIMP, I'm trying to make a postcard for an art exhibition. I started by opening the central image that I want on the card, then I adjusted the size of the layer containing the image to 6.75 X 4.75

Re: [Gimp-user] Newbie having trouble with layers, text and otherwise

2005-05-06 Thread Michael Schumacher
So, I typed the text I wanted into the text tool window. The part of the text that lies on the image is visible, but the part that dangles off into the white space below is invisible. I can't see it. Any guidance? Please... I have a deadline for this project. Thank you. Hm, RTFM comes to

Re: [Gimp-user] Newbie having trouble with layers, text and otherwise

2005-05-06 Thread Gezim Hoxha
Welcome John. (2 ways to do this. Top one is better, because it's easier to colour the background) 1.) First open a new image (FileNew...) with the desired size (in this case I thing you said 6.75 X 4.75) and the desired background colour, then open the central image (FileOpen...), then copy the

[Gimp-user] [newbie] easy exports

2005-04-28 Thread Kurt Guenther
Is there an easy way to do exports from the xcf format to yield jpgs? I'm currently using File - Save a Copy, but labor intensive for every change. (Command line is fine, so I can script it.) --Kurt ___ Gimp-user mailing list

Re: [Gimp-user] [newbie] easy exports

2005-04-28 Thread Carol Spears
On Thu, Apr 28, 2005 at 12:06:18PM -0400, Kurt Guenther wrote: Is there an easy way to do exports from the xcf format to yield jpgs? I'm currently using File - Save a Copy, but labor intensive for every change. (Command line is fine, so I can script it.) i have some python scripts and

Re: [Gimp-user] [newbie] easy exports

2005-04-28 Thread Sven Neumann
Kurt Guenther [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Is there an easy way to do exports from the xcf format to yield jpgs? I'm currently using File - Save a Copy, but labor intensive for every change. (Command line is fine, so I can script it.) gimp -i -b (let* ((image (car (gimp-file-load 1 foo.xcf

[Gimp-user] Newbie - looking for info on 'stencils'

2005-04-05 Thread Sara Schein
Hi there - I'm a newb to the linux/gimp world, and previously only dwelt on Photoshop elements in WinXP. I've been lurking the typical web pages and reading up on the tutorials, and was wondering if someone somewhere has a simple way to make a 'stencil' image. (Think stencils like spray painting

Re: [Gimp-user] Newbie - looking for info on 'stencils'

2005-04-05 Thread cappellano
On Apr 5, 2005 2:56 PM, Sara Schein [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi there - I'm a newb to the linux/gimp world, and previously only dwelt on Photoshop elements in WinXP. Wellcome! =D I've been lurking the typical web pages and reading up on the tutorials, and was wondering if someone somewhere

Re: [Gimp-user] Newbie - looking for info on 'stencils'

2005-04-05 Thread Alan Horkan
On Tue, 5 Apr 2005, Sara Schein wrote: Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2005 13:56:14 -0400 From: Sara Schein [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu Subject: [Gimp-user] Newbie - looking for info on 'stencils' Hi there - I'm a newb to the linux/gimp world, and previously only dwelt

Re: [Gimp-user] Newbie question - plugins in windows xp

2004-11-16 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, Scott Binns [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: So, my question now is, how do I build the plugin? What configuration/tools do I need, and what steps to I follow to get the .exe? You need a C compiler and you need the libgimp header files. GIMP comes with a tool called gimptool that helps you to

Re: [Gimp-user] Newbie question - plugins in windows xp

2004-11-16 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, Matthew H. Plough [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: First of all, thank you to Carol for being so helpful on this issue. I praise your willingness to help people out, and go beyond the call of duty in providing useful information. If you and Sven were not high-ups, you would be

Re: [Gimp-user] Newbie question - plugins in windows xp

2004-11-16 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, Michael Schumacher [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Some users reported that the gimptool executable doesn't work correctly. I don't think anyone invested much time in this, since everyone who seems to be able to compile gimp and plug-ins so far uses cygwin and/or mingw and thus thze gimptool

Re: [Gimp-user] Newbie question - plugins in windows xp

2004-11-15 Thread Carol Spears
On Sat, Nov 13, 2004 at 01:17:48AM -0700, Scott Binns wrote: I don't mind building it myself, I just don't know what the process to build is. I downloaded it from http://registry.gimp.org/ - is there some other place to get the binaries for plugins? this comes in the gimp source that you

Re: [Gimp-user] Newbie question - plugins in windows xp

2004-11-15 Thread Scott Binns
So, my question now is, how do I build the plugin? What configuration/tools do I need, and what steps to I follow to get the .exe? Scott On Mon, November 15, 2004 1:04 pm, Carol Spears said: On Sat, Nov 13, 2004 at 01:17:48AM -0700, Scott Binns wrote: I don't mind building it myself, I just

Re: [Gimp-user] Newbie question - plugins in windows xp

2004-11-15 Thread Carol Spears
On Mon, Nov 15, 2004 at 02:41:49PM -0700, Scott Binns wrote: So, my question now is, how do I build the plugin? What configuration/tools do I need, and what steps to I follow to get the .exe? if i remember correctly, you are asking for the gimptool. i get this everytime i build gimp from the

Re: [Gimp-user] Newbie question - plugins in windows xp

2004-11-15 Thread Scott Binns
Yes - but what do I need to do to build gimp (and by extension the plugin)? Thanks, Scott On Mon, November 15, 2004 3:48 pm, Carol Spears said: so here is the thing. since this plug-in uses the tools to build software that you need to build the gimp with anyways, the only way to get it is to

Re: [Gimp-user] Newbie question - plugins in windows xp

2004-11-15 Thread Matthew H. Plough
First of all, thank you to Carol for being so helpful on this issue. I praise your willingness to help people out, and go beyond the call of duty in providing useful information. If you and Sven were not high-ups, you would be banned for being trolls. This is the best I can do for now since I

Re: [Gimp-user] Newbie question - plugins in windows xp

2004-11-13 Thread Michael Schumacher
Gezim Hoxha wrote: As far as gimptool I wouldn't know...but I guess (big guess) that it's just some part of gimp--maybe toolbar! gimptool is a script that help you to compile gimp plug-ins. It knows about all the compiler switches that are needed, calls the compiler to build the plug-in and can

Re: [Gimp-user] Newbie question - plugins in windows xp

2004-11-13 Thread Scott Binns
I don't mind building it myself, I just don't know what the process to build is. I downloaded it from http://registry.gimp.org/ - is there some other place to get the binaries for plugins? I am using Gimp 2.0.5 Thanks, Scott On Sat, November 13, 2004 1:01 am, Gezim Hoxha said: When I look in

[Gimp-user] Newbie question

2004-11-12 Thread Scott Binns
I just downloaded and installed Gimp. I was browsing the plugin repository, and downloaded a couple of plugins, but don't know how to get them installed - they are just the source files. I am running Windows XP, and used the installer provided on the Gimp web site from Jernej Simoncic. Any help

Re: [Gimp-user] Newbie question

2004-11-12 Thread Gezim Hoxha
Since I don't have windows XP I don't know the exact directory, but when you open up gimp, choose FilePreferences then on the left hand side click on Plug-ins under Foldersin here the directories where the plugins are stored should be listed. -Gezim P.S. when you post on the list please try

Re: [Gimp-user] Newbie question - plugins in windows xp

2004-11-12 Thread Scott Binns
When I look in the folders listed, there .exe files there. the plugin I downloaded is a .c file - how do I get it from a .c to a .exe? I looked through the .c file, and it made mention of gimptool-2.0, so maybe I should be asking where do I get it? Thanks Scott On Fri, November 12, 2004 11:20

Re: [Gimp-user] Newbie is HELPless for help -- No HELP file in download! -- I just want to thin down eBay pix!

2004-08-01 Thread Nonexistent Entity
Hi, On Sun, 1 Aug 2004 02:04:48 -0400, John J. Zanath [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Gentlepeople: I've downloaded a few freeware pix managers simply to find one that allows easy thinning down of jpegs for quicker eBay downloading. Is this called resizing, resampling, or what? I can't call up

Re: [Gimp-user] Newbie is HELPless for help -- No HELP file in download! -- I just want to thin down eBay pix!

2004-08-01 Thread squareyes
On Sun, 1 Aug 2004 03:34 pm, John J. Zanath wrote: Gentlepeople: I've downloaded a few freeware pix managers simply to find one that allows easy thinning down of jpegs for quicker eBay downloading. Is this called resizing, resampling, or what? I can't call up HELP to find out how this is

[Gimp-user] Newbie help with plug-in

2003-10-16 Thread David McWilliams
Sorry people, here's a little more information. Any help would be apprecaited... [EMAIL PROTECTED] channel_mixer-1.1]# make make: gimp-config: Command not found make: gimp-config: Command not found h#Bh#Bgcc -g -O2 -Wall channel_mixer.c -o channel_mixer channel_mixer.c:36:26: libgimp/gimp.h:

Re: [Gimp-user] Newbie help

2003-10-16 Thread Petri Kanerva
On Thu, 2003-10-16 at 14:26, Sven Neumann wrote: Hi, David McWilliams [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I just downloaded the channel mixer plug-in, any clue on how to install it. I am running RH9, with the original RPM build of Gimp. I gunzipped and untarred it, cd to it and ran 'make', with

Re: [Gimp-user] Newbie help with plug-in

2003-10-16 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, David McWilliams [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Sorry people, here's a little more information. Any help would be apprecaited... [EMAIL PROTECTED] channel_mixer-1.1]# make make: gimp-config: Command not found Here we are. You don't have gimp-config (also called gimptool) on your system.

[Gimp-user] Newbie help

2003-10-15 Thread David McWilliams
I just downloaded the channel mixer plug-in, any clue on how to install it. I am running RH9, with the original RPM build of Gimp. I gunzipped and untarred it, cd to it and ran 'make', with no luck. Please excuse my ignorance, any pointers... David = Checkout the McWilliams family website @

[Gimp-user] Newbie question -- OpenGL manual used on Mesa?

2003-06-17 Thread V Y
Dear All: I am truly a newbie to Mesa. If want to learn more about Mesa API, would an OpenGL manual/book be applicable? thanks --Vincent _ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE*

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