Re: [Gimp-user] Levels tool with Layers
Hi Robert, On 10 Aug 09 07:29 Norman Silverstone nor...@littletank.org said: The short answer is yes, this is how I would do things. The only difference is that when I am satisfied with a stage I would merge the layers otherwise the file becomes very large. Also, from time to time I would save my work and keep watching 'meetthegimp' Norman stole my words! :-) Greg Chapman http://www.gregtutor.plus.com Helping new users of KompoZer and The GIMP ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Levels tool with Layers
I've learned the hard way to SAVE OFTEN!!! Or you can lose your work when GIMP freezes and dies. Greg Chapman wrote: Hi Robert, On 10 Aug 09 07:29 Norman Silverstone nor...@littletank.org said: The short answer is yes, this is how I would do things. The only difference is that when I am satisfied with a stage I would merge the layers otherwise the file becomes very large. Also, from time to time I would save my work and keep watching 'meetthegimp' Norman stole my words! :-) Greg Chapman http://www.gregtutor.plus.com Helping new users of KompoZer and The GIMP ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Levels tool with Layers
I've learned the hard way to SAVE OFTEN!!! Or you can lose your work when GIMP freezes and dies. I don't suffer from Gimp freezing or dying but I have been known to press the wrong button and loose an hours careful cloning. Norman ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Logo Text Circle is not available in GIMP 2.6.6...
I just upgraded to GIMP 2.6.6 yesterday and today I find that I need to make a circular text logo. There used to be a plugin or a script in the Logos scripts that made circular text logos. All logo scripts are grayed out in 2.6.6 Is their a work around or fix for this? Making a circular text logo is from scratch using paths and texts and selections is confusing to not possible at best. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] List Server admin help?
https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user Doesn't work. Page load error. Secure Connection Failed lists.xcf.berkeley.edu uses an invalid security certificate. The certificate is not trusted because it is self signed. (Error code: sec_error_untrusted_issuer) * This could be a problem with the server's configuration, or it could be someone trying to impersonate the server. * If you have connected to this server successfully in the past, the error may be temporary, and you can try again later. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] List Server admin help?
Steve VanSlyck wrote: https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user The certificate is not trusted because it is self signed. Yes, it is self signed: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-signed_certificate HTH, Michael -- GIMP http://www.gimp.org | IRC: irc://irc.gimp.org/gimp Wiki http://wiki.gimp.org | .de: http://gimpforum.de Plug-ins http://registry.gimp.org | ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Logo Text Circle is not available in GIMP 2.6.6...
Ken Warner wrote: I just upgraded to GIMP 2.6.6 yesterday and today I find that I need to make a circular text logo. There used to be a plugin or a script in the Logos scripts that made circular text logos. All logo scripts are grayed out in 2.6.6 Maybe you haven't created a new image yet? They're greyed out until you do. Patrick ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] List Server admin help?
Steve VanSlyck wrote: https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user Doesn't work. Page load error. Secure Connection Failed lists.xcf.berkeley.edu uses an invalid security certificate. You just have to decide if you trust them to tell you who they are. Patrick ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Logo Text Circle is not available in GIMP 2.6.6...
Hi, On Mon, 2009-08-10 at 10:55 -0700, Ken Warner wrote: I just upgraded to GIMP 2.6.6 yesterday and today I find that I need to make a circular text logo. There used to be a plugin or a script in the Logos scripts that made circular text logos. All logo scripts are grayed out in 2.6.6 Check at File-Create-Logos if you are looking for the scripts that create a new image from scratch. Sven ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Levels tool with Layers
Ok, but, when you merge, do you not lose the ability to go back and fix something that you might decide needs adjusting? I thought that was the main point of using layers. I see that xcf files seem to take a long time to save - I guess that is, I suppose, due to their size. One thing puzzles me, though. I would thing that layers in an xcf file would only represent references to adjustments and the underlying file (not unlike an edit decision list in a video editing application or the contents of an indd. file in Adobe InDesign (and none of those files are large, although the underlying files might occupy gigabytes of data. I'm just a-wonderin' why the xcf files grow so large. At any rate, I'm glad to be (finally) on the right track. Thank you all for your helpful replies. Caruso big snip The .xcf file archives my progressive work on the photo so that I can go back and refine my work/revise my edit decisions, etc. The TIFF gives me a full resolution final product. The RAW file archives the original image as it came out of the camera. This business with the layers is new to me as of today. I'd never worked with layers in this manner. In fact, I had never worked with layers much at all until today. So, my question: Does the above make sense with regard to layers, or is there a better way to work with layers within a photo than what I describe? Nothing seemed to work for me before because I couldn't get much to show in terms of adjustments in layers added beyond that initial duplication of the background layer. The short answer is yes, this is how I would do things. The only difference is that when I am satisfied with a stage I would merge the layers otherwise the file becomes very large. Also, from time to time I would save my work and keep watching 'meetthegimp' Norman -- Carusoswi (via www.gimpusers.com) ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Levels tool with Layers
Carusoswi wrote: Ok, but, when you merge, do you not lose the ability to go back and fix something that you might decide needs adjusting? Yes, which is why you don't merge until. you're absolutely sure that everything you're merging is to your satisfaction. And if there are a couple of layers which you're not quite certain about yet, one can merge the layers below those, and still reduce the file size. I haven't explored this yet, and may be wrong, but it might just be that if there is one small area that needs a fix, that one can make a layer just big enough to manage the fix, rather than making the layer the full size of the image. One thing that might reduce the size of the file a bit, is that if there is only a small bit of something that needs fixing, to make I would thing that layers in an xcf file would only represent references to adjustments and the underlying file I think a better visualization of layers is to consider them like an overlay on a projector, and that the layer containing the change is independent of the layer to which the change relates, until the two are merged together. I'm just a-wonderin' why the xcf files grow so large. I suspect that becuase you have a number of layers all the same size as the image. ns ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Logo Text Circle is not available in GIMP 2.6.6...
I wasn't clear in my first post -- Environment: GIMP 2.6.6; Windows 2000 After File - New to create an image, Filters - Alpha to Logo - (all grayed out) But File - Create - Logos - Text Circle works fine. So I raised a false alarm about Logos - Text Circle but Filters - Alpha to Logo are all grayed out. Sorry for the confusion. Patrick Horgan wrote: Ken Warner wrote: I just upgraded to GIMP 2.6.6 yesterday and today I find that I need to make a circular text logo. There used to be a plugin or a script in the Logos scripts that made circular text logos. All logo scripts are grayed out in 2.6.6 Maybe you haven't created a new image yet? They're greyed out until you do. Patrick ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
