Re: [Gimp-user] Making a .gif file transparent
Why don't you 1. Open the GIF image 2. Select the entire image (Ctrl+A) 3. Copy it (Ctrl+C) 4. Right-click on the image, then click on Edit Paste as New Image Now you'll have a non-indexed image which will allow you to add transparency, after you're done, 5. Select the entire image (Ctrl+A) 6. Copy it (Ctrl+C) 7. Paste it onto the image you want to watermark (Ctrl+V), then you can move it around to where you want and then click off of the selection to set it One thin about the image you're pasting it onto is that if it is a GIF, then you might experience transparency problems there also. Two things a) I never use GIF images where I can use PNG images, and 2) GIF images are always indexed, which means you're limited to whatever colors are in the index, so you can't really paste another image onto a GIF image and expect it to work On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 8:01 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nathan, It's an image we created for our website to protect photos sent to us for display by watermarking them and I've tried layering and adding an alpha layer to no avail. I am clueless as to the ins and outs of imaging software and GIMP is the program we use. I've searched the tutorials to no avail. Gene On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 07:36:41 -0700, Nathan Lane [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Gene, maybe you could help us out by telling us the steps you took previously to create transparent areas on the GIF image you are talking about. Also, are you using a GIF image that you created or that you downloaded from somewhere? Nathan On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 7:05 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just beginning to use GIMP and I am baffled about how to properly transform a .gif file to make it appear transparent when I subsequently add it to a photo. Each method I have tried still has a solid image that blocks out the original photo. Thanks in advance. Gene ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user -- Nathan Lane Home, http://www.nathandelane.com Blog, http://nathandelane.blogspot.com -- Nathan Lane Home, http://www.nathandelane.com Blog, http://nathandelane.blogspot.com ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Question about Gimp 2.6.1 on Ubuntu Linux
I'm running Gimp 2.6.1 on Ubuntu 8.10 (64-bit) and I've noticed when I load an image, the image window stays behind the toolbox and the layers window all the time. I didn't see a preference where I could control always on top behavior. This makes it challenging for me to work with images. Is there anything I can do about this? Thanks! Peace... Tom ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Question about Gimp 2.6.1 on Ubuntu Linux
Go to Edit Preferences, select Window Management, change the Hints for the Toolbox and Docks to Normal Window. On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 9:14 AM, Tom Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm running Gimp 2.6.1 on Ubuntu 8.10 (64-bit) and I've noticed when I load an image, the image window stays behind the toolbox and the layers window all the time. I didn't see a preference where I could control always on top behavior. This makes it challenging for me to work with images. Is there anything I can do about this? Thanks! Peace... Tom ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user -- Nathan Lane Home, http://www.nathandelane.com Blog, http://nathandelane.blogspot.com ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Question about Gimp 2.6.1 on Ubuntu Linux
Nathan Lane wrote: On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 9:14 AM, Tom Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm running Gimp 2.6.1 on Ubuntu 8.10 (64-bit) and I've noticed when I load an image, the image window stays behind the toolbox and the layers window all the time. I didn't see a preference where I could control always on top behavior. This makes it challenging for me to work with images. Is there anything I can do about this? Go to Edit Preferences, select Window Management, change the Hints for the Toolbox and Docks to Normal Window. Or use the Tab key to toggle visibility of the Toolbox and Docks on and off. - Martin ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Question about Gimp 2.6.1 on Ubuntu Linux
Nathan Lane wrote: Go to Edit Preferences, select Window Management, change the Hints for the Toolbox and Docks to Normal Window. On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 9:14 AM, Tom Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm running Gimp 2.6.1 on Ubuntu 8.10 (64-bit) and I've noticed when I load an image, the image window stays behind the toolbox and the layers window all the time. I didn't see a preference where I could control always on top behavior. This makes it challenging for me to work with images. Is there anything I can do about this? Thanks! Peace... Tom ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU mailto:Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user Thanks for the info! That did the trick! :) Peace... Tom ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Question about Gimp 2.6.1 on Ubuntu Linux
Martin Nordholts wrote: Nathan Lane wrote: On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 9:14 AM, Tom Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm running Gimp 2.6.1 on Ubuntu 8.10 (64-bit) and I've noticed when I load an image, the image window stays behind the toolbox and the layers window all the time. I didn't see a preference where I could control always on top behavior. This makes it challenging for me to work with images. Is there anything I can do about this? Go to Edit Preferences, select Window Management, change the Hints for the Toolbox and Docks to Normal Window. Or use the Tab key to toggle visibility of the Toolbox and Docks on and off. - Martin Thanks for this tip as well. I prefer having the Toolbox and Docks windows displayed all the time, just not on top of the image window all the time. I tried the Tab key toggle and it worked just fine. Neat. :) Thanks! Peace... Tom ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Making a .gif file transparent
Just beginning to use GIMP and I am baffled about how to properly transform a .gif file to make it appear transparent when I subsequently add it to a photo. Each method I have tried still has a solid image that blocks out the original photo. Thanks in advance. Gene ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Making a .gif file transparent
On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 9:05 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just beginning to use GIMP and I am baffled about how to properly transform a .gif file to make it appear transparent when I subsequently add it to a photo. Each method I have tried still has a solid image that blocks out the original photo. Thanks in advance. Gene ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user I'm just learning how to do this myself, using the tutorial at the end of Chapter 3 in Akkana Peck's excellent book Beginning GIMP ISBN 1590595874. I'm using The Gimp 2.2 in Debian 4.0r3 Etch. Make the background of the image transparent: Layer Transparency Add Alpha Channel Tools Selection Tools By Color Select Click on background color. Ctrl-X to delete the background color. File Save For the image you pointed to (roll.gif), I highlighted Frame 9 (in the Layers window) which had a white background, The Add Alpha Channel was already gray, so I did the By Color Select, then clicked on the white Background and pressed Ctrl-X, then saved the GIF image. (Save as Animation!) Do this for each frame that has a white background. I tested it by creating a simple HTML page with a black background that displayed the modified animated GIF image. You may have to click on several places in the background to get isolated spots of white. html !-- roll.html: test transparency of white background -- body bgcolor=black img src=roll.gif /body /html I think I've covered all the details? Happy Happy Joy Joy -- b h a a l u u at g m a i l dot c o m Kid on Bus: What are you gonna do today, Napoleon? Napoleon Dynamite: Whatever I feel like I wanna do. Gosh! ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Making a .gif file transparent
Nathan, It's an image we created for our website to protect photos sent to us for display by watermarking them and I've tried layering and adding an alpha layer to no avail. I am clueless as to the ins and outs of imaging software and GIMP is the program we use. I've searched the tutorials to no avail. Gene On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 07:36:41 -0700, Nathan Lane [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Gene, maybe you could help us out by telling us the steps you took previously to create transparent areas on the GIF image you are talking about. Also, are you using a GIF image that you created or that you downloaded from somewhere? Nathan On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 7:05 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just beginning to use GIMP and I am baffled about how to properly transform a .gif file to make it appear transparent when I subsequently add it to a photo. Each method I have tried still has a solid image that blocks out the original photo. Thanks in advance. Gene ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user -- Nathan Lane Home, http://www.nathandelane.com Blog, http://nathandelane.blogspot.com ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Making a .gif file transparent
Hi Gene, maybe you could help us out by telling us the steps you took previously to create transparent areas on the GIF image you are talking about. Also, are you using a GIF image that you created or that you downloaded from somewhere? Nathan On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 7:05 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just beginning to use GIMP and I am baffled about how to properly transform a .gif file to make it appear transparent when I subsequently add it to a photo. Each method I have tried still has a solid image that blocks out the original photo. Thanks in advance. Gene ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user -- Nathan Lane Home, http://www.nathandelane.com Blog, http://nathandelane.blogspot.com ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Global Python Developer Job Stats
Hey All, We compiled some data on Python trends that show some (hopefully) very interesting info for our industry, especially on the growth of Python freelancer trends and global job growth. I think this shows some fascinating wage stats about our fellow Python developers. Check our Python Developer Job Trends from USA, India, Russia.. and let me know if anyone sees anything similar. Also, if there is specific data anyone would like to know, ping me and I may be able to reach into our database and pull them up for our forum readers! http://www.odesk.com/trends/python Hope this information is helpful. -Eric ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Intro 2.6.2 question
Gimp user; subscriber to the GIMP newsgroup (comp.graphics.apps.gimp), whose ISP is dropping USENET support, hence subscribing here. Using GIMP 2.6.2 on WIN XP, I find behavior that I didn't find before. If I have an image, a toolbox, and the layers dialog open at once, and move the toolbox and layers dialog open at once, the most recently selected item is on top of the previously selected item. However, if I move the image (and main toolbar) behind either one, the image is always behind the other two. I checked the bug reports, but don't see any reports of this behavior. Is this a new configuration option I haven't found yet? Or is this a bug, that only affects me? ns ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Is there a lightweight Window Manager that properly supports utility windows?
I guess the title says it all. The page for Gimp 2.5x said Metacity was the only Window Manager that properly supported utility windows. The page for 2.6 doesn't say this, so I presume it is no longer the case. I've found Openbox almost works properly, except that the utility windows stay above the file open and save dialogues. Does anyone know if this is a window manager problem or just a Gimp bug or a GTK bug or something else? Are there any other lightweight window managers that support utility windows? Thanks. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Is there a lightweight Window Manager that properly supports utility windows?
Hi! On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 5:11 PM, Hood Family [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I guess the title says it all. The page for Gimp 2.5x said Metacity was the only Window Manager that properly supported utility windows. The page for 2.6 doesn't say this, so I presume it is no longer the case. I've found Openbox almost works properly, except that the utility windows stay above the file open and save dialogues. Does anyone know if this is a window manager problem or just a Gimp bug or a GTK bug or something else? Are there any other lightweight window managers that support utility windows? I use AwesomeWM, which treats GIMP's utility windows correctly. http://awesome.naquadah.org/ David ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] dealing with Nikon NEF RAW files?
Hi! Is there anyone here, who has a Nikon DSLR and is shooting in RAW? If yes - how do you deal with your .NEF images? On a CD that came with my camera there was a program called 'Picture Project'. Until recently I used it under Wine and was pretty happy with it. It worked slow, but it allowed me to enter IPTC information, make basic image changes (brightness, black point compensation, sharpen, rotate, crop) - almost everything I need before exporting to TIF. The exported files were with really good quality - one that I can not achieve with Ufraw or other tools. Unfortunately I had to delete my .wine dir and now I can't install Picture Project anymore - it asks for a product key?! How is that I don't know - it used to be a free program... or was it a trial version? Anyway, this product isn't maintained by Nikon any longer. Now they offer ViewNX, which doesn't work under Wine (installs fine, but crashes when you try to do anything with it). Capture NX requires .NET and is not working too, neither under Wine, nor under Mono or pnet. Is not free either and I don't like to use illegal software. So now I am in trouble! I know about Ufraw and I use it, but the results I am achieving with it are not so good as they were with the Nikon utility. I found this too: http://www.gimp.org/~tml/gimp/win32/pspi.html and thought that I could give the Photoshop Camera Raw plug-in a try, but unfortunately this isn't working for me too - I am on Gentoo and in order to compile pspi I need the PhotoshopAPI, which was distributed with Photoshop 6.0 only and as you may guess I don't have it, it is not available on the net anymore too. I know I could install a virtual machine and a whole Window$ on top of it and and no thanks. Please help!!! How do you deal with this situation? Any help will be greatly appreciated!!! Greetings, Peter ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] dealing with Nikon NEF RAW files?
peter kostov wrote: Hi! Is there anyone here, who has a Nikon DSLR and is shooting in RAW? If yes - how do you deal with your .NEF images? On a CD that came with my camera there was a program called 'Picture Project'. Until recently I used it under Wine and was pretty happy with it. It worked slow, but it allowed me to enter IPTC information, make basic image changes (brightness, black point compensation, sharpen, rotate, crop) - almost everything I need before exporting to TIF. The exported files were with really good quality - one that I can not achieve with Ufraw or other tools. Unfortunately I had to delete my .wine dir and now I can't install Picture Project anymore - it asks for a product key?! How is that I don't know - it used to be a free program... or was it a trial version? Anyway, this product isn't maintained by Nikon any longer. Now they offer ViewNX, which doesn't work under Wine (installs fine, but crashes when you try to do anything with it). Capture NX requires .NET and is not working too, neither under Wine, nor under Mono or pnet. Is not free either and I don't like to use illegal software. So now I am in trouble! I know about Ufraw and I use it, but the results I am achieving with it are not so good as they were with the Nikon utility. I found this too: http://www.gimp.org/~tml/gimp/win32/pspi.html and thought that I could give the Photoshop Camera Raw plug-in a try, but unfortunately this isn't working for me too - I am on Gentoo and in order to compile pspi I need the PhotoshopAPI, which was distributed with Photoshop 6.0 only and as you may guess I don't have it, it is not available on the net anymore too. I know I could install a virtual machine and a whole Window$ on top of it and and no thanks. Please help!!! How do you deal with this situation? Any help will be greatly appreciated!!! Greetings, Peter ___ Rawstudio and Rawtherapee are two more options for converting raw files under Linux. I've tried both and personally prefer the latter (2.4). I assume they have support for .NEFs. HTH Andrew ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Modifying text color
Hi, I'm new to GIMP. I created a simple text. Now i want to change the color of the text. How can I do that? Thank you ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Making a .gif file transparent
Hi, On Wed, 2008-11-12 at 08:08 -0700, Nathan Lane wrote: Why don't you 1. Open the GIF image 2. Select the entire image (Ctrl+A) 3. Copy it (Ctrl+C) 4. Right-click on the image, then click on Edit Paste as New Image Now you'll have a non-indexed image which will allow you to add transparency, after you're done, 5. Select the entire image (Ctrl+A) 6. Copy it (Ctrl+C) You can do all this in three steps: 1. Open the GIF image 2. Convert to RGB colors (Image-Mode-RGB) 3. Copy the image (Ctrl+C) (no need to select it beforehand) Sven ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
