Re: [Gimp-user] Win32: Use standard Windows File Open/Save dialog

2009-01-08 Thread Dotan Cohen
2009/1/8 Elwin Estle chrysalis_reb...@yahoo.com: I eject mine every time. Gimp is the only program that has this problem. I use Inkscape with it and it works fine. The problem is not that any particular user (you) does not eject disks properly. The problem is that the OS is designed to have

Re: [Gimp-user] Win32: Use standard Windows File Open/Save dialog

2009-01-08 Thread Heinrich Moser
Dotan Cohen dotanco...@gmail.com writes: 2009/1/7 Jernej Simončič jernej.listso...@ena.si: On Wed, 07 Jan 2009 22:19:03 +0100, Sven Neumann wrote: No, that is because your operating system of choice sucks at file I/O. Windows does not buffer access to flash and network drives. It does this

Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP 2.6.4 RPMs for Fedora 10, and 8

2009-01-08 Thread Johan Vromans
Johan Vromans jvrom...@squirrel.nl writes: Johan Vromans jvrom...@squirrel.nl writes: I've made a complete set of RPMs available for Fedora 10, and 8. Fedora is catching up quickly. GIMP 2.6.4 is now available from the official Fedora (testing) F10 and F9 repositories: # yum

[Gimp-user] editing pdf

2009-01-08 Thread Thufir
I used gimp to add text to a pdf to fill out a form, and then printed the resulting xcf file back to pdf -- which worked fine. How do I edit the text on the xcf file to correct, for example, a spelling error? thanks, Thufir ___ Gimp-user mailing

[Gimp-user] plugin or something for broadcast video images ?

2009-01-08 Thread Cristian Secară
I need to handle 4:3 or 16:9 images, all based on 720:576 pixels (D1 or anamorphotic). This means non-square pixel. Is there a plugin available for GIMP to handle such particular format ? (which perhaps can handle also 720:480 or 720:486 for NTSC, etc.) Cristi

Re: [Gimp-user] Win32: Use standard Windows File Open/Save dialog

2009-01-08 Thread Jernej Simončič
On Thu, 8 Jan 2009 13:15:47 +0100, Jernej Simončič wrote: On Thu, 8 Jan 2009 01:11:48 +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote: No, users rarely bother to eject (unmount) them before unplugging them because the OS works like this. If the OS said bad boy! and lost data _once_ then the users would stop.

[Gimp-user] (no subject)

2009-01-08 Thread mareesteph...@tiscali.co.uk
I have recently downloaded the latest version of GIMP and am really struggling trying to print. Every time I only seem to be able to print a small fraction of the image. I've tried scaling the image but to absolutely no avail. Can anyone help a complete beginner on this? Regards Mike 50%

Re: [Gimp-user] (no subject)

2009-01-08 Thread Noel Stoutenburg
mareesteph...@tiscali.co.uk wrote: I have recently downloaded the latest version of GIMP and am really struggling trying to print. Every time I only seem to be able to print a small fraction of the image. I've tried scaling the image but to absolutely no avail. Can anyone help a complete

[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,

Re: [Gimp-user] plugin or something for broadcast video images ?

2009-01-08 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, On Thu, 2009-01-08 at 14:32 +0200, Cristian Secară wrote: I need to handle 4:3 or 16:9 images, all based on 720:576 pixels (D1 or anamorphotic). This means non-square pixel. Is there a plugin available for GIMP to handle such particular format ? (which perhaps can handle also 720:480 or

Re: [Gimp-user] Win32: Use standard Windows File Open/Save

2009-01-08 Thread George Farris
On Thu, 2009-01-08 at 12:00 -0800, gimp-user-requ...@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu wrote: Message: 2 Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2009 14:04:35 +0100 From: Jernej Simon?i? jernej.listso...@ena.si Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] Win32: Use standard Windows File Open/Save dialog To:

[Gimp-user] I don't understand how GIMP treat pasted selection -- something with a floating anchor

2009-01-08 Thread Cristian Secară
I am doing this: - I open an ordinary .jpg file - I choose a selection tool (say, rectangle) - I select some small region - copy (from menu) - paste (from menu) - the pasted selection appears as a Floating Selection / (Pasted Layer) - I choose the move tool - I move the pasted layer to my desired

Re: [Gimp-user] I don't understand how GIMP treat pasted selection -- something with a floating anchor

2009-01-08 Thread Mark J. Reed
The layer you get get when you paste is only temporary, and automatically anchors as soon as you do something layer-related. If you want a pasted image segment to become a new permanent layer, select Layer-New Layer while there's a floating selection. Note that the new layer will still only be

[Gimp-user] Adding text to many files.

2009-01-08 Thread Bernard Rankin
Hello, I'm sure this must be a common question, but I could not find any docs on this. Perhapse my google skills needs improvment. Basically, I've got a bunch of pictures from a party/event that I want to do several things to: 1) Resize to 4x6 @ 300 PPI 2) Add a sllightly transucent ~ 1

Re: [Gimp-user] Adding text to many files.

2009-01-08 Thread Michael J. Hammel
On Thu, 2009-01-08 at 15:26 -0800, Bernard Rankin wrote: I'm sure this must be a common question, but I could not find any docs on this. Perhapse my google skills needs improvment. It's common to need a feature like this but the solutions vary depending on the environment in which the image

Re: [Gimp-user] Win32: Use standard Windows File Open/Save dialog

2009-01-08 Thread Charles
On Sat, Jan 3, 2009 at 11:35 PM, Heinrich Moser use...@heinzi.at wrote: Hi! Short question: Is it possible to make GIMP use the default Windows File Open/Save dialog*, for example, by setting some secret configuration option? I remember that there was a plug-in for this a long time ago

[Gimp-user] Lazy mans way (Script)

2009-01-08 Thread Az
G'day, First time poster, having a lot of fun with Gimp, but lack a lot in the programming / scripting part :( I'm asking if it's possible to turn a single picture into an arrangement of views, example - http://www.members.iinet.net.au/~rathbone2/bricks.png A script that will turn Picture E

Re: [Gimp-user] Lazy mans way (Script)

2009-01-08 Thread Chris Mohler
On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 7:50 PM, Az for...@gimpusers.com wrote: G'day, First time poster, having a lot of fun with Gimp, but lack a lot in the programming / scripting part :( I'm asking if it's possible to turn a single picture into an arrangement of views, example -

Re: [Gimp-user] Adding text to many files.

2009-01-08 Thread Bernard Rankin
Basically, I've got a bunch of pictures from a party/event that I want to do several things to: 1) Resize to 4x6 @ 300 PPI 2) Add a sllightly transucent ~ 1 white bar on top of the image (accross the bottom). 3) Over the white bar, on the left, place a small 1x1 logo.