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 sma

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

2009-01-08 Thread Chris Mohler
On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 7:50 PM, Az 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 - > http://www.members.iinet.net.au/~ra

[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 (o

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 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 (which > add

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

[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" w

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 a

[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] 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? > Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] Win32: Use standard Windows File Open/Save > dialog > To: gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu > Message-ID: <

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 o

[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, non-i

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] (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% of

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] 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 _

[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 l

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

2009-01-08 Thread Jernej Simončič
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. Windows 2000 did that. Users were not happy. -- < Jernej S

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

2009-01-08 Thread Johan Vromans
Johan Vromans writes: > Johan Vromans 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 --enablerepo=updates-testing update gimp -- Joha

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

2009-01-08 Thread Heinrich Moser
"Dotan Cohen" writes: > 2009/1/7 Jernej Simončič : >> 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 with removable drives because

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

2009-01-08 Thread Dotan Cohen
2009/1/8 Elwin Estle : > 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 disks ejected improperly