Re: [Gimp-user] A "non-tool" selection...
It seems that the whole preceding thread is focused on the wrong point. The initial writers want a "non-tool" because they want to click on the image window without doing anything. But why do they want to click it? Certainly only for giving it the focus. That means that they are doing it the wrong way, even if they are doing this all the time. With a decent window manager, you have the option to give the focus to a window as soon as the mouse pointer is above it. With any window manager, you can focus on a given window by clicking on its title bar, or by using some key combination like Alt-TAB. Use one of these possibilities, make it an automatic action, and you will never again need to click anywhere on a window without wanting to do something there. -- Olivier Lecarme ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Important menu options are missing
On Saturday 05 September 2009 08:41:38 am Bill S. wrote: > I'm using GIMP 2.6.6 that came with my Ubuntu 9.04 distro. I've been trying > to learn about GIMP. I bought a book about GIMP for $45. your book obviously was written for an earlier version of GIMP. you can of course install that earlier version instead of the later one, but i wouldn't do that; you'd loose the improvements that have been made in recent development, and you can still use your book with newer versions. while the location of menus and options has changed in some cases, they are still available, and the procedures and techniques described in the book are still valuable. i would use GIMP's online help (http://gimp.org/docs/) to locate options that are in different places now and for new features that weren't available when the book was written. -- phani. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Important menu options are missing
On Sat, Sep 5, 2009 at 12:41 PM, Bill S. wrote: > I'm using GIMP 2.6.6 that came with my Ubuntu 9.04 distro. I've been trying > to learn about GIMP. I bought a book about GIMP for $45. The book says there > should be a menu item called DIALOGS in the FILE menu but my GIMP doesn't have > the DIALOGS option. The option is very essential, but I don't have it. Also > there should be a menu bar at the top of my toolbox but my GIMP has no menu > bar there. Also there is something called Script-Fu or maybe TinyScheme that > is missing from my GIMP. Probably many other things are missing but I don't > know because I am not familiar enough. > > Is there some plug-in or upgrade package that will give me the menu option > called DIALOGS in the FILE menu? Has anybody here had these problems I > described? Yes, there is a downgrade package called 'Gimp 2.4' that will give you the obsolete menus you described. Chances are, there is nothing missing; it just isn't where you expect it to be. 1. there is no script-fu menu any more (although there is a 'script-fu' submenu in the filters menu, which AFAIK contains just the script-fu console). Script-fu now register in appropriate menu locations according to their respective function -- for example logo creation scripts are registered in File->Create->Logo, IIRC. 2. the Windows->Dockable Dialogs menu is probably what you actually want when you talk about the DIALOGS menu. 3. various other rationalizations and reorganizations of the menu structure have been done since your book was written. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Important menu options are missing
I'm using GIMP 2.6.6 that came with my Ubuntu 9.04 distro. I've been trying to learn about GIMP. I bought a book about GIMP for $45. The book says there should be a menu item called DIALOGS in the FILE menu but my GIMP doesn't have the DIALOGS option. The option is very essential, but I don't have it. Also there should be a menu bar at the top of my toolbox but my GIMP has no menu bar there. Also there is something called Script-Fu or maybe TinyScheme that is missing from my GIMP. Probably many other things are missing but I don't know because I am not familiar enough. Is there some plug-in or upgrade package that will give me the menu option called DIALOGS in the FILE menu? Has anybody here had these problems I described? TIA -- Bill S. (via www.gimpusers.com) ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Circular paint brushes have square cursor
I installed Ubuntu-Studio (Ubuntu is version 9.04), and, when I opened Gimp, I was pleased with the larger group of brushes available under that tool, however, the soft-edged circular brushes now show up on the canvas with a square rather than circular cursor. It seems the action of the brush as you paint is still circular, but the square cursor bugs me. How can I change it back? Thanks (now running version 2.6.7) Caruso -- 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] A "non-tool" selection...
Hi, nospam-ab...@ilyaz.org (2009-09-04 at 0627.39 +): > The first thing I do when entering GIMP is switching to the eyepicker > (or is is dropper? ;-) tool. But it is not non-destructive enough; > and it is useless as a default tool. Zoom tool only modifies the view... is that non destructive enough? GSR ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] A "non-tool" selection...
On 09/04/2009 08:27 AM, Ilya Zakharevich wrote: > On 2009-08-28, Greg Chapman wrote: >>> I find it annoying that there >>> appears to be no selection tool that turns off all tools. > >> I am confused by this feature request. > >> The GIMP is an image editing package not an image display package. > > Wrong. GIMP is a package for whatever the *USER* decides it is going > to use GIMP for. And an absence of a convenient non-destructive tool > is a major misfeature. Whether the absence of such a tool is a misfeature has to be argued from a product vision [1] perspective. That is, if having such a tool would help us fulfill our product vision, we should add it. / Martin [1] http://gui.gimp.org/index.php/GIMP_UI_Redesign#product_vision -- My GIMP Blog (new post 0 days ago): http://www.chromecode.com/ ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] A "non-tool" selection...
On Fri, 2009-09-04 at 21:16 +0100, Greg Chapman wrote: > On 04 Sep 09 07:27 Ilya Zakharevich said: > > > The GIMP is an image editing package not an image display package. > > > > Wrong. GIMP is a package for whatever the *USER* decides it is > > going to use GIMP for. And an absence of a convenient > > non-destructive tool is a major misfeature. > > Well, that's a bit like complaining that your text editor lacks > formatting tools because you want to use it as a word processor. The > GIMP's author's certainly didn't set out to make it the ideal image > viewing software and you shouldn't complain if it doesn't do a job it > wasn't designed to do. > > Having said that, I am surprised that I can't find a way of to select > my choice of default tool on start up. > Click "Save the Tool Options Now" in the tool options. The currently selected tool will be selected the next time GIMP starts. Jon Cosby ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Batch immage processing
Quoting "Haenlein, Michael" : > I have a series of image pairs (a couple of hundred) and I'd like to > do the following operation on each of them: > > (1) Open Picture A > (2) Scale Picture A to either 900 pixel height or 500 pixel width > (whatever is possible without needing to cut out sections) > (3) Create a new file of size 1920 x 1080 pixel > (4) Copy Picture A on the left hand side of the new file Given your description, it is possible to have each picture be 900 pixels tall with a width of 960 pixels and still need no "cutting out" (since two such pictures could sit side by side within the same 1920-pixel-wide image). If the width of each image is to be less than 500 pixels, do you really want them separated by 460 pixels (assuming each is centered within its half of the resulting image)? ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] A "non-tool" selection...
On 04 Sep 09 07:27 Ilya Zakharevich said: > > The GIMP is an image editing package not an image display package. > > Wrong. GIMP is a package for whatever the *USER* decides it is > going to use GIMP for. And an absence of a convenient > non-destructive tool is a major misfeature. Well, that's a bit like complaining that your text editor lacks formatting tools because you want to use it as a word processor. The GIMP's author's certainly didn't set out to make it the ideal image viewing software and you shouldn't complain if it doesn't do a job it wasn't designed to do. Having said that, I am surprised that I can't find a way of to select my choice of default tool on start up. 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] A "non-tool" selection...
On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 1:27 AM, Ilya Zakharevich wrote: > On 2009-08-28, Greg Chapman wrote: >>> I find it annoying that there >>> appears to be no selection tool that turns off all tools. > >> I am confused by this feature request. > >> The GIMP is an image editing package not an image display package. > > Wrong. GIMP is a package for whatever the *USER* decides it is going > to use GIMP for. And an absence of a convenient non-destructive tool > is a major misfeature. Gnu Image *Manipulation* Program http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/manipulate If you want to use GIMP as a display program that's fine - but you're using the wrong tool for the job... OTOH, having a shortcut like 'h' for the hand/panning tool would be fine with me - I would use it. Chris ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] A "non-tool" selection...
On 2009-08-28, Greg Chapman wrote: >> I find it annoying that there >> appears to be no selection tool that turns off all tools. > I am confused by this feature request. > The GIMP is an image editing package not an image display package. Wrong. GIMP is a package for whatever the *USER* decides it is going to use GIMP for. And an absence of a convenient non-destructive tool is a major misfeature. The first thing I do when entering GIMP is switching to the eyepicker (or is is dropper? ;-) tool. But it is not non-destructive enough; and it is useless as a default tool. For me, a possibility to have a "Panning" tool as the default would make my life much more useful (one which behaves as mid-mouse-drag). A few mouses around have a middle button. And SPACE-panning is useless if the focus is not on the picture window... Hope this helps, Ilya ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Batch immage processing
Dear all, I have a series of image pairs (a couple of hundred) and I'd like to do the following operation on each of them: (1) Open Picture A (2) Scale Picture A to either 900 pixel height or 500 pixel width (whatever is possible without needing to cut out sections) (3) Create a new file of size 1920 x 1080 pixel (4) Copy Picture A on the left hand side of the new file (5) Open Picture B (6) Scale Picture B to either 900 pixel height or 500 pixel width (7) Copy Picture B on the right hand side of the new file (8) Save the new file as Picture C I hope this is somewhat clear ... Does anybody know how this is possible in a batch mode, that is without spending days doing this manually? At the end, I'd like to have a series of "Picture C" files which show comparisons of Picture A (on the left) and Picture B (on the right). Thanks very much for your help in advance, Best, Michael ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
