[Gimp-user] MacPorts Gimp 2.4.0-rc1 installation
Hi everyone, I know I should ask someone else. but like Victor Domingos - I post my question also here - maybe someone of you had the same problem. I am using macports on mac osx 10.3 and tried to install gimp 2.4.0-rc1. but it stopped with the following error(s): Building gtk2 with target all Error: Target org.macports.build returned: shell command cd /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macport s.org_release_ports_x11_gtk2/work/gtk+-2.10.14 make all CFLAGS+=-I/usr/X11R6/include returned error 2 Command output: gtkprintbackendcups.c:2409: error: request for member `num_groups' in something not a structure or union So I contacted the gimp2-maintainer an he answered: This problem is related not t gimp but to gtk on 10.3 You can try gtk28 but if that fails, you should ask the gtk2 maintainer yves unfortunatly I am not very fit to this things behind a programm... so: how can I try gtk28? what is the command? sudo port install gtk28? should I than install gimp again? or before uninstall something? I am running gimp 2.2 (but installed with the dmg file not through macports. might this be a problem?) --- and is it sudo port install gimp2 or gimp ? I am asking because here it is the gimp2 portfile: http://trac.macosforge.org/projects/macports/browser/trunk/dports/graphics/g imp2/Portfile when you follow the path to gimp (without the 2) it's empty. sorry for all these questions - but I really need gimp! can anybody help me? thank you very much in advance. tina ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] MacPorts Gimp 2.4.0-rc1 installation
Hi Bettina, Hi everyone, I know I should ask someone else. but like Victor Domingos - I post my question also here - maybe someone of you had the same problem. indeed your question is not very close releated to GIMP and I'm not sure how I can help. For me the MacPorts gimp port works very well. Am 26.08.2007 um 11:57 schrieb Bettina Lechner: I am using macports on mac osx 10.3 and tried to install gimp 2.4.0- rc1. eeek, I think this might already lead to the error. The OS X 10.3 is already pretty old and there are a couple of differences in the development environment between 10.3 and 10.4. but it stopped with the following error(s): Building gtk2 with target all Error: Target org.macports.build returned: shell command cd /opt/local/var/macports/build/ _opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macport s.org_release_ports_x11_gtk2/work/gtk+-2.10.14 make all CFLAGS+=-I/usr/X11R6/include returned error 2 Command output: gtkprintbackendcups.c:2409: error: request for member `num_groups' in something not a structure or union So I contacted the gimp2-maintainer an he answered: This problem is related not t gimp but to gtk on 10.3 You can try gtk28 but if that fails, you should ask the gtk2 maintainer yves There is not much to say about this. He is right. You should ask the MacPort gtk2 maintainer. unfortunatly I am not very fit to this things behind a programm... so: how can I try gtk28? what is the command? sudo port install gtk28? try a port search gtk28: gtk28 x11/gtk28 2.8.20 Gimp ToolKit version 2 but I'm pretty sure that GIMP 2.4 needs a more recent gtk than 2.8... should I than install gimp again? or before uninstall something? I am running gimp 2.2 (but installed with the dmg file not through macports. might this be a problem?) If there is nothing else you use MacPorts for, you could completely remove it (see http://trac.macosforge.org/projects/macports/wiki/ FAQ#HowdoIremoveoruninstallMacPorts ), reinstall it and just do a sudo port selfupdate; port sync; sudo port install gimp-app gimp --- and is it sudo port install gimp2 or gimp ? does not matter (right now), both insall 2.4.0-rc1 sorry for all these questions - but I really need gimp! can anybody help me? thank you very much in advance. tina So in the end: mail the gtk2 maintainer - you find his address by doing a port info gtk2. Greetings, lexA ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user --- Remember: There are only two tools in life. WD-40, for when something doesn't move, and should, and Duct Tape, for when something is moving and it shouldn't. So does the universe explode if you spray duct tape with WD-40? ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Font quality in GIF files
A good an easy solution is to add a mate layer (as Fireworks internally does), then what you need to do is to first, create a selection mask selecting the transparent area, then you should add the mate layer, that layer only has one color, the color used there should be the same you are going to use on your background. After that simply merge the layer that has the antialiased element (could be text or an image) with the mate layer and use the mask to clear the extra color. There you go, you will be able to keep the antialias effect using a 8-bit gif. I created a small plugin for the gimp to automate the task, but only works with one layer, so if you want to use it you should merge all the layers first and then apply the effect. Here is the plugin: http://www.nabble.com/file/p12330565/gif-mate-alpha.py gif-mate-alpha.py Just copy it to your gimp plugins folder. If anyone feels like improving it, you are very welcome, just share the changes with the rest of us, I already have some ideas on how to improve it (especially when it comes to working with a multi layered image), just need some time to do so. Obviously it is better to use a 24 bits PNG when you need a real alpha transparency, but since IE is a piece of crap and a lot of people still uses IE6, and I haven't have the time to test it on IE7 there is no other option than to use GIFs for your web projects A sample of the result. If you can't see the background color, it is black, just put these images over a black background to see the difference. Original PNG: http://www.nabble.com/file/p12330565/sample.png Regular GIF: http://www.nabble.com/file/p12330565/sample.gif Modified GIF: http://www.nabble.com/file/p12330565/sample_with_effect.gif -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Font-quality-in-GIF-files-tf4308816.html#a12330565 Sent from the Gimp User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user