Re: [Gimp-user] can we change bit processing header in subject line?

2007-10-04 Thread Doug
carol irvin wrote: bit processing is now such a huge email that I am having trouble telling when I want to read it and when I don't. There is some really good creative info coming in on it which I don't want to miss. But there is also some sort of continuing feud going on under that same

[Gimp-user] Creativity Ceilings

2007-10-04 Thread gimp_user
In response to an excellent suggestion from Carol I have reposted this item under the above title. Should anyone wish to continue this discussion then please do so here rather than under the Bit-depth Processing title as it gets a bit confusing when discussions drift off topic. Thanks Carol

Re: [Gimp-user] non-destructive editing

2007-10-04 Thread gimp_user
On Tuesday 02 October 2007 13:02:02 Simon Budig wrote: Not just noise, his points have some merit. But they are directed to the wrong audience and the intended audience already knows about his points. That ironically makes his mails pointless... If you regard my contributions as noise then

Re: [Gimp-user] non-destructive editing

2007-10-04 Thread gimp_user
On Tuesday 02 October 2007 11:52:13 Patrick Shanahan wrote: * gimp_user [EMAIL PROTECTED] [10-02-07 13:47]: Much unnecessary quote removed. One thing I forgot to mention is that if you are simply trying to edit an image for your own use and can revisit the original then the absense of

Re: [Gimp-user] non-destructive editing

2007-10-04 Thread Michael Schumacher
Von: gimp_user [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you regard my contributions as noise then please do not waste you time reading them unless you are trolling to start a flame war. If so you will not be successful here because I will follow a policy I have followed over 30 years on mail lists -- keep on

[Gimp-user] What's the opinion here of Beginning GIMP: From Novice to Professional?

2007-10-04 Thread Dick Moores
What's the opinion here of Beginning GIMP: From Novice to Professional, by Akkana Peck, Apress, 2006? It's supposed to cover GIMP 2.4. http://www.bestbookdeal.com/book/detail/1590595874 Dick Moores ___ Gimp-user mailing list

Re: [Gimp-user] non-destructive editing

2007-10-04 Thread gimp_user
On Thursday 04 October 2007 03:41:05 Michael Schumacher wrote: Von: gimp_user [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you regard my contributions as noise then please do not waste you time reading them unless you are trolling to start a flame war. If so you will not be successful here because I will follow

Re: [Gimp-user] non-destructive editing

2007-10-04 Thread Raphaël Quinet
On Thu, 4 Oct 2007 02:55:35 -0700, gimp_user [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tuesday 02 October 2007 13:02:02 Simon Budig wrote: Not just noise, his points have some merit. But they are directed to the wrong audience and the intended audience already knows about his points. That ironically

Re: [Gimp-user] non-destructive editing

2007-10-04 Thread Johan Vromans
gimp_user [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [...] This layer would hold instructs that would apply my adjustment [...] Yes! In fact, when I first started to work with layers I'd expected the layers to work like this (i.e. store change instructions instead of pixels). Being an old Unix hacker, I'd go

Re: [Gimp-user] What's the opinion here of Beginning GIMP: From Novice to Professional?

2007-10-04 Thread Carsten Agger
On 10/4/07, Dick Moores [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What's the opinion here of Beginning GIMP: From Novice to Professional, by Akkana Peck, Apress, 2006? It's supposed to cover GIMP 2.4. http://www.bestbookdeal.com/book/detail/1590595874 I'm a novice, having used the Gimp to process photos for

Re: [Gimp-user] non-destructive editing

2007-10-04 Thread gimp_user
On Thursday 04 October 2007 04:42:55 Raphaël Quinet wrote: On Thu, 4 Oct 2007 02:55:35 -0700, gimp_user [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tuesday 02 October 2007 13:02:02 Simon Budig wrote: Not just noise, his points have some merit. But they are directed to the wrong audience and the intended

[Gimp-user] photo resolution

2007-10-04 Thread David Heino
Hello, If I am producing images for the web, is 72 dpi still sufficient across all possible monitors--a little lap top screen to a large screen HDTV? ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU

Re: [Gimp-user] photo resolution

2007-10-04 Thread gimp_user
On Thursday 04 October 2007 07:03:14 David Heino wrote: Hello, If I am producing images for the web, is 72 dpi still sufficient across all possible monitors--a little lap top screen to a large screen HDTV? Think in pixels. If you need to cater for full screen digital projection 1024x768

[Gimp-user] GIMP learning sites

2007-10-04 Thread carol irvin
http://en.flossmanuals.net/bin/view/Gimp/OptimisingImagesForWeb?topic=WebHome http://gimp.org/tutorials/ http://meetthegimp.org/?cat=8 http://www.gimpguru.org/ http://gimp-savvy.com/BOOK/ http://gug.sunsite.dk/ -- carol ___ Gimp-user mailing list

[Gimp-user] bit processing and deconstruct editing--AUTO delete

2007-10-04 Thread carol irvin
Since I read that many of us are in agreement about not wanting to continue reading about the ongoing feud, I just wanted to let everyone know that I will not be reading any more emails which have the above two headings. Those seem to be the two that the feuders are using. Thus, if a comment is

Re: [Gimp-user] remember last location for save as, save a copy, save, open

2007-10-04 Thread Raphaël Quinet
On Tue, 02 Oct 2007 18:20:33 +0200, Sven Neumann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If an image already has a filename associated to it, then open the Save file-chooser in that folder. Otherwise use the folder of the most recent save operation. Would that make sense? Definitely. That should be the

[Gimp-user] plug-in vs. script

2007-10-04 Thread Bettina Lechner
hi gimpusers! please, what is the difference between a plug-in and a script? I am asking because I never know if I should copy a plug-in (e.g. from the registry.gimp.org - site) in to the plug-in or the script folder. I'ts always a try and error thing. And most of the times it's working when I am

Re: [Gimp-user] What's the opinion here of Beginning GIMP: From Novice to Professional?

2007-10-04 Thread Olivier Lecarme
Dick Moores [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What's the opinion here of Beginning GIMP: From Novice to Professional, by Akkana Peck, Apress, 2006? I think that Peck's book is by far the best available book about the subject. It has some slight defects (what book does not have?), but its coverage is

Re: [Gimp-user] dodge burn tutorial?

2007-10-04 Thread Geoffrey
Gracia M. Littauer wrote: I found on for PS (which should be useful), but wondered if gimp has one Yes on my install, it's the last icon, looks like a small black ball with an extension on it. Keystroke shortcut is: Shift+D -- Until later, Geoffrey Those who would give up essential

[Gimp-user] dodge burn tutorial?

2007-10-04 Thread Gracia M. Littauer
I found on for PS (which should be useful), but wondered if gimp has one -- Gracia...Cooleemee, NC Registered Linux user #263390 -ZENWALK 4.4 http://www.flickr.com/photos/mynameistaken/ When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying the cross- Sinclair Lewis

Re: [Gimp-user] Bit-depth Processing

2007-10-04 Thread Greg
--- carol irvin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I know it is terribly easy for me to end up with mud after I overdo it with all the plug-ins, styles, custom shapes and so forth that I've amassed in the PS program. Like your national park pics? :) Actually, I like the surrealistic look it gives

Re: [Gimp-user] remember last location for save as, save a copy, save, open

2007-10-04 Thread Pere Pujal i Carabantes
El dt 02 de 10 del 2007 a les 18:20 +0200, en/na Sven Neumann va escriure: Hi, On Mon, 2007-10-01 at 23:31 +0200, Pere Pujal i Carabantes wrote: I see the Recently Used (files) entry in file-chooser. Can it hold Recently Used Dirs ? For the Save dialog, this would probably make more

Re: [Gimp-user] floating selection--how it arose

2007-10-04 Thread Greg
--- carol irvin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The way I cropped was to use the horizontal selection marquee tool and then pressed ImageCrop in the menu of the image. When the crop was completed, I had my nice cropped image BUT I also had a floating layer and thus 2 layers in the layers palette.

Re: [Gimp-user] dodge burn tutorial?

2007-10-04 Thread Gracia M. Littauer
On Thursday 04 October 2007 13:51:41 Geoffrey wrote: Yes on my install, it's the last icon, looks like a small black ball with an extension on it.  Keystroke shortcut is: Shift+D Thanks..I know gimp has it, BUT I'm looking for a tutorial. -- Gracia...Cooleemee, NC Registered Linux user

Re: [Gimp-user] non-destructive editing

2007-10-04 Thread Greg
--- Sven Neumann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't think though that we need more people pointing out the obvious flaws in GIMP. Obvious to whom? Do you speak for the list members? We are all very well aware of them... We are? ...and you are just stealing our precious time. Again, do you

Re: [Gimp-user] Image resizing based upon image content

2007-10-04 Thread Konstantin Svist
Kevin Cozens wrote: Dotan Cohen wrote: There is an amazing video describing an image resizing algorithm that removes (or adds) pixels based upon their importance to the subjecto of the photo. Can this be implemented in The Gimp? Of course it can be implemented in GIMP. It just takes

Re: [Gimp-user] dodge burn tutorial?

2007-10-04 Thread norman
On Thursday 04 October 2007 13:51:41 Geoffrey wrote: Yes on my install, it's the last icon, looks like a small black ball with an extension on it. Keystroke shortcut is: Shift+D Thanks..I know gimp has it, BUT I'm looking for a tutorial. Why not ask meetthegimp, he does some great

Re: [Gimp-user] dodge burn tutorial?

2007-10-04 Thread Rolf Steinort
Am Donnerstag, den 04.10.2007, 21:03 +0100 schrieb norman: On Thursday 04 October 2007 13:51:41 Geoffrey wrote: Yes on my install, it's the last icon, looks like a small black ball with an extension on it. Keystroke shortcut is: Shift+D Thanks..I know gimp has it, BUT I'm looking

Re: [Gimp-user] Fwd: national park pictures (art psychiatry)

2007-10-04 Thread Leon Brooks GIMP
On Friday 05 October 2007 04:21:32 carol irvin wrote:  I've always suspected that this is because art is my escape from reality. Ah, well, at least you know what that is... that an Open Free escape is much safer more useful than one of those complex psycho-whatsisnames. (-: Cheers; Leon

Re: [Gimp-user] photo resolution

2007-10-04 Thread Leon Brooks GIMP
On Friday 05 October 2007 00:03:14 David Heino wrote: is 72 dpi still sufficient across all possible monitors--a little lap top screen to a large screen HDTV? There ain't no simple answer to that. A simple laptop screen starts at about 1024x768 pixels (dots) so a 72DPI picture to cover that

Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP learning sites

2007-10-04 Thread Leon Brooks GIMP
On Friday 05 October 2007 00:22:59 carol irvin wrote: http://en.flossmanuals.net/bin/view/Gimp/OptimisingImagesForWeb? topic=WebHome http://gimp.org/tutorials/ http://meetthegimp.org/?cat=8 http://www.gimpguru.org/ http://gimp-savvy.com/BOOK/ http://gug.sunsite.dk/ All mookbarked

Re: [Gimp-user] photo resolution

2007-10-04 Thread Konstantin Svist
David Heino wrote: If I am producing images for the web, is 72 dpi still sufficient across all possible monitors--a little lap top screen to a large screen HDTV? DPI has nothing to do with screen resolution. On screen, most images are displayed pixel-for-pixel (unless the application is

Re: [Gimp-user] Image resizing based upon image content

2007-10-04 Thread Daniel Hornung
On Thursday 04 October 2007, Konstantin Svist wrote: Kevin Cozens wrote: Dotan Cohen wrote: There is an amazing video describing an image resizing algorithm that removes (or adds) pixels based upon their importance to the subjecto of the photo. Can this be implemented in The Gimp?

Re: [Gimp-user] photo resolution

2007-10-04 Thread Bob Long
From: David Heino [EMAIL PROTECTED] If I am producing images for the web, is 72 dpi still sufficient across all possible monitors--a little lap top screen to a large screen HDTV? Read here: http://scantips.com/no72dpi.html More information about resolution, DPI etc. from the main site:

Re: [Gimp-user] captcha

2007-10-04 Thread Greg
--- mike reqavey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: please point me in the direction of how I could make a captcha around 8.5 x 11.0 inches. \ ---' / Sorry. Couldn't resist. :)

Re: [Gimp-user] plug-in vs. script

2007-10-04 Thread David Gowers
A plugin is an executable - ie. it's a program you can run, like you can run Inkscape or GIMP. A script is a set of text instructions which are run by a script interpreter (script-fu). Thus, it's easy to tell the difference: * If it has a .scm extension, it's a script * Failing that, if you can

Re: [Gimp-user] photo resolution

2007-10-04 Thread Asif Lodhi
Hi Leon, Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2007 06:57:39 +1000 From: Leon Brooks GIMP [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] photo resolution To: gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu .. One possible/partial answer is to use some JavaScript to read the window's dimensions alter the width height

[Gimp-user] FW: Question on copy from selection

2007-10-04 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Apologies if people get this duplicated but I didn't receive my own message and thought it may have been lost. -- Hi there, I have a question on copying a portion of an image in gimp. First, a little context. I needed to create a

Re: [Gimp-user] remember last location for save as, save a copy, save, open

2007-10-04 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, On Thu, 2007-10-04 at 17:12 +0200, Raphaël Quinet wrote: On Tue, 02 Oct 2007 18:20:33 +0200, Sven Neumann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If an image already has a filename associated to it, then open the Save file-chooser in that folder. Otherwise use the folder of the most recent save