[Gimp-user] Layers
I am running Ubuntu Linux 10.04. On my older linux pc GIMP included a menu option I think to access Layers, might have been Dialog -- Layers, I don't remember. This version of GIMP has Layer -- New Layer, but it's not immediately obvious in looking through all the menubar options where to get to a Layers dialog where I can move layers, rename them, etc. Advice please? -Bob ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] How to edit text in both Gimp Photoshop
i have never used it, but when you save, click on Select File Type (by Extension). psd is in the list. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] logo manipulation
Leon wrote: Hello All, I am a complete beginner and I have to be honestI'm struggling. I created a logo for my new business, but when I try to place the logo in a box on indesign or such like, the logo comes out looking blurry or smudged. I think it's to do with it being resized. Can anyone please advise me (in very simple terms)how to manipulate the image without it ending up looking so poor? Many thanks Leon Adding to what Jay said... I don't know about indesign, but it's a good rule of thumb to design images to fit the size of the space rather than forcing the size using html or CSS. Depending on the size/dimensions, this can be drastically better for improving page load speed. Also, there is less guesswork in how the pixels will be forced, squeezed. 1. Look at the html page and find the size the image is being constrained to fit 2. Load the image in GIMP 3. Image -- Scale Image and adjust the dimensions 4. If it gets a little fuzzy as it is downsized, do Filters -- Enhance -- Sharpen and use somewhere around 40-50 to start 5. If it's a jpeg, when it asks for quality as you are saving, use somewhere around 75 is usually good enough for web site viewing. Also since jpegs are lossy (every time you resave you use quality) try to avoid doing repetitive work on the same image. If you are starting with an absolutely huge image know that it may not be reasonable to downsize to a diminutive space and retain the same clarity. -- Bob Meetin dotted i 303-926-0167 (home/business) www.dottedi.biz/blog.php ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Combine two images
Jim Hall wrote: Using Gimp 2.4.7 on Debian Lenny. I am not an artist, but I occasionally need the tool. What I need to do is stitch two or more images together to make a larger one. These are more like drawings than photos. Best analogy is: take 2 or 3 screenshots of an area of a city with google maps (map, not satellite view), put them together to make a single, larger one. I have looked at the manual, but since I don't know what this procedure is called (or even if it exists), I don't know what to look for. Same for Google. Hints of any kind appreciated. Jim I don't know if there is a simpler way to do this, but in GIMP I would open the first image, then use the canvas tool (Image -- Canvas Size) to double the canvas size, and move the original image to the left. Then copy in the second image and drag it to the right. This is essentially what I had to do with a batch of very old 4x5 negatives and transparencies with an epson scanner that could only do a max size of 2 1/4 by 2 3/4 at a time. I used GIMP to piece them together pixel to pixel and it worked marvelously. If you have command line access to ImageMagick/convert, this is easy: % convert image1.jpg image2.jpg +append -quality 85 combined_images.jpg i.e. if I understand the need -- Bob Meetin dotted i 303-926-0167 (home/business) www.dottedi.biz/blog.php ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] how to create something like harvey balls
I took a look at inkscape and I did review the tutorial-shapes page, but not being familiar with the program, the learning curve is longer than the manual process I went through with GIMP. If there was a tutorial that walked me through step-by-step I could do that. What I did last night in GIMP, which resulted in much better quality images: 1) open a new round layer using Elipse tool 2) fill background with black 3) select shrink - by 2 pixels 4) edit - clear (you end up with a round image with a 2px border and clear background 5) click/select measure tool 6) in my case I want to divide the circle with each section growing by 36 degrees, so I insert the measure tool at the very center pixel and move it to an edge/border approximately 36 degrees from the top center border which shows as 90 degrees. I make a note of that location ( say 30,2 whatever it is ) 7) now switch to path tool 8) click once in the images dead center 9) click once at top dead center (in the border) 10) incrementally click along the border until you reach the 36 degree location you noted 11) double-click on the path tool to open tool options and click on selection from path 12) fill with background color 13) save this as the first image I tried simply adding a copy of the image as a 2nd layer and rotating 36 degrees but it seemed to not seat cleanly so I did the following instead: 1) I made a copy of the first image and opened it 2) with the first image open I totally cropped to the pie piece. 3) do Tools -- Transform Tools -- Rotate and rotate the pie section about 36 degrees 4) copy the section to the new image and move it into place; it becomes the 20% piece 5) repeat this process for each 10% increment Sometimes when the section rotates some pixels mess up - fix these up manually. I'm sure that inkscape is a better tool, but the learning curve of a new application works against me here. I'd also considered imagemagick which I'm much more familiar with as a command-line application, but sorting through the coordinates and all would also take substantial time/effort. If anyone wishes to see a tutorial with diagrams I could probably do that this weekend. Thx, Bob Chris Mohler wrote: On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 12:07 PM, Bob Meetin b...@dottedi.biz wrote: I gave it a try last night using the measure tool to mark up approximate angles then the path tool to actually create the slices. They look fair, will certainly need to be redone befor golive, but it seems like there should be a smarter way to do this. I would use Inkscape to draw them and then export PNG files. In Inkscape, after drawing an ellipse look at the start and end parameters: if you punch in 90 for the end (and leave start at 0), you'll have the 25% ball. See the section on ellipses: http://www.inkscape.org/doc/shapes/tutorial-shapes.html Another approach would be to use SVG directly on the page (either on the fly or saved from Inkscape) - but that is likely not supported well by older browsers. Chris ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] how to create something like harvey balls
Hi, For a client I am developing a rating system and it will incorporate ratings in 10% increments from 0% to 100%. Is there a smart way in GIMP to fairly precise images. I will probably start at about 30px square and downsize if necessary. I may wish to add some additional increments between 0-10 and 90-100 as eye food. To see what Harvey Balls look like visit: http://www.ambor.com/public/hb/harveyballs.html I gave it a try last night using the measure tool to mark up approximate angles then the path tool to actually create the slices. They look fair, will certainly need to be redone befor golive, but it seems like there should be a smarter way to do this. My first set of images: http://www.dottedi.biz/images/ratings Thx, Bob ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] diagonally striped background image tutorial
If someone can point me to a tutorial on how to do this it would be nice. See: http://www.dottedi.biz/images/diagnostics/bot_bg.png. I need to create something similar but in different colors. It is diagonally striped and the stripes seem to merge at the bottom. The finished size in 10x145 pixels. Thx, Bob ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] JPG file size increases with saving
Actually, you get almost no further degradation if you save the image again with the same settings that were used for the first save. The JPEG plug-in even stores information in the image when the image is opened and it will use that information to save it in the best possible way when you save it again. Just leave all controls at their default values. Note that I said almost. Of course the image will suffer a little. But you won't get significantly better results if you increase the JPEG quality or change other settings in the save dialog. You just get a larger file. Sven Quality is relative to what you need, how the image is used as well. If it's for internet use, 70% or so is reasonable quality. Image weight adds up fast if you have a lot of large images. I don't do print media so someone else would need to talk to it, but I commonly here that 300-600 dpi is requested whereas for the internet resolution is much less of a factor. If all I've been given is a .jpg I'll typically save it as a .png along the way. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] convert an image into an outline
I have an image roughly 600 px square which in which the picture was taken on a white-ish background. I managed to crop it well enough to now have a silhouette of the object, black object on white background. Is there a way to convert it to an outline, say with a 1-3 pixel border? It is currently a .png. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Urgently need to adjust photograph size
Ruthy wrote: Hello I really need to adjust a photograph. It needs to be 600 by 600 pixels. When I change one value it seems to automatically adjust itself. I really need to get this done ASAP, so if you can help it would be graitely appreciated. A little more detail might help, but generally if you have loaded it with the GIMP, then first change mode to RGB if not. Image -- Mode -- RGB Now go to: Image -- Scale Image and do the small dimension first (probably) and select Scale. Then go to Image -- Canvas Size unlink the chain and adjust the other dimension so that it is 4:3 proportion, center as necessary and click to Resize. If you resize an image it tends to get a little soft, so now go to: Filters -- Enhance -- Sharpen -- about 50 -- and click OK Then save as new name... -- Bob Meetin www.dottedi.biz 303-926-0167 www.Twitter.com/bobmeetin Standards - you gotta love em with so many to choose from! Rocket Science - the Art of Managing Distractions ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Urgently need to adjust photograph size
Ruthy wrote: Ruthy wrote: Hello I really need to adjust a photograph. It needs to be 600 by 600 pixels. When I change one value it seems to automatically adjust itself. I really need to get this done ASAP, so if you can help it would be graitely appreciated. A little more detail might help, but generally if you have loaded it with the GIMP, then first change mode to RGB if not. Image -- Mode -- RGB Now go to: Image -- Scale Image and do the small dimension first (probably) == here you would probably set the small dimension to 600 - then if you hit tab to another field the big dimension will adjust accordingly - when its right select scale. An SLR is commonly 3:2 proportion and a common digital may already be 4:3 proportion. == Then go to Image -- Canvas Size unlink the chain and adjust the other dimension so that it is 4:3 proportion, center as necessary and click to Resize. When you hit Image -- Canvas Size you first break the chain. Then change the big dimension to 800. Move the cursor to the center function and drag the image around if necessary. Then click Resize. Also to note - if the original image is larger than than the final when you do the enhance you should end up with a decent picture. If much smaller and you area actually growing it to 800x600 then you will lose quality noticably. In the instructions I assumed that you are starting with a big pic. If you resize an image it tends to get a little soft, so now go to: Filters -- Enhance -- Sharpen -- about 50 -- and click OK Then save as new name... OK, i've got as far as this part:- adjust the other dimension so that it is 4:3 proportion but how do I do this please? -- Bob Meetin www.dottedi.biz 303-926-0167 www.Twitter.com/bobmeetin Standards - you gotta love em with so many to choose from! Rocket Science - the Art of Managing Distractions ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Need new printer
I can't speak to the latest models, but I have an Epson Stylus Photo R-200 and for scanning an Epson Perfection 4490 Photo, also a lcd projector. The printer works with my linux pc which is one of the reasons for purchasing epson. I bought all as refurbished, through whatever is the refurbished link on the website. Zero problems with any. The scanner comes with rigs for scanning transparencies and negatives up to 6x7cm. I jerryrigged a system to scan my old 4x5 negatives and transparencies, then assembled in GIMP. -B Gene Heskett wrote: Greetings; My old and very faithful Epson C82 has apparently lost its printhead, it has plenty of ink according to mtink, but every time I clean the heads, fewer nozzles work, and the amanda backup report was printed without ink this morning. So, I brought up from its storage in the basement, a 5 year old C88 I had bought to use when I was on the road, but its out of yellow ink after about 10 passes at cleaning its well dried nozzles. So I'm going to town, ostensibly to get some ink, taking nearly a two pack of all 4 inks for the C82 with me to see if a tradein might be arraigned, either for some inks for the C88, or a whole new printer. I will not consider a lexmark due to their attitide vis-a-vis linux and their corporate structure being very top heavy with lawyers. I've always been fond of Epsons, so which of the current models on the shelf can do good photo quality work at a reasonable cost for expendables? By reasonable, that is in comparison to the about $80 USD for a full set of tanks for the old C82, and probably very similar pricing for the C88's inks. Is there some other favorite Golden Boy that also claims archival inks that I should also look at while I'm at Staples later this afternoon? -- Bob Meetin www.dottedi.biz 303-926-0167 www.Twitter.com/bobmeetin Standards - you gotta love em with so many to choose from! Rocket Science - the Art of Managing Distractions ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] drop out background tutorial
Subject says it all. I have a large assortment of product pictures which I need to give uniform backgrounds, preferably white. Can someone point me to a tutorial that discusses how? You can see a representative sample image at: http://www.dottedi.biz/images/diagnostics/DSC_4355.JPG. They can probably live with the shadows if I can lose the bulk of the background. Thx, Bob ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] drop out background tutorial
Paul Hartman wrote: On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 4:32 PM, Bob Meetin b...@dottedi.biz wrote: Subject says it all. I have a large assortment of product pictures which I need to give uniform backgrounds, preferably white. Can someone point me to a tutorial that discusses how? You can see a representative sample image at: http://www.dottedi.biz/images/diagnostics/DSC_4355.JPG. They can probably live with the shadows if I can lose the bulk of the background. The documentation :) http://docs.gimp.org/en/gimp-tool-foreground-select.html (not sure which version of Gimp it was written for or which version you're using) I have seen this before but never used it for a project. Okay now I played with it for a few minutes. There must be some trick/finesse to getting it to zero in on the subject, really on the subject's edges. By following the instructions in* Figure 13.26 *and keep redrawing the line the border gets pretty mixed up in the shadow areas especially. Maybe it's my inexperience, but I can actually get a smoother edged selection by using the Paths tool. 2.4.5 on Ubuntu - Bob ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] sharpening
Filters -- Enhance -- Sharpen Things break up after around 70% Any time I resize any image I need to resharpen it. If enhance/sharpen is grayed out make sure the image is RGB Image -- Mode -- RGB Norman Silverstone wrote: Quite some time ago a method for sharpening was given here and which I have enjoyed using. Unfortunately, I have lost my notes and I would be grateful if the method could be posted again, please. Norman ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user -- Bob Meetin www.dottedi.biz 303-926-0167 On www.Twitter.com/bobmeetin, Facebook, www.linkedin.com/in/bobmeetin, or catch my blog at www.dottedi.biz/blog.php Standards - you gotta love em - with so many to choose from! ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] -crop formula
I have a batch of images all the same size, 1488x2240 pixels. I could use a pointer for a formula that would crop each image to a specific size and keep the same proportion, roughly 2:3, or perhaps crop to a 3:4 proportion. For instance crop the center 744x1120 pixels (50% of height or width). I would like to be able to plug in a specific size either in % (50%, 33%, etc) or dimensions. Thx, Bob ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] -crop formula
Bob Meetin wrote: I have a batch of images all the same size, 1488x2240 pixels. I could use a pointer for a formula that would crop each image to a specific size and keep the same proportion, roughly 2:3, or perhaps crop to a 3:4 proportion. For instance crop the center 744x1120 pixels (50% of height or width). I would like to be able to plug in a specific size either in % (50%, 33%, etc) or dimensions. Thx, Bob I think never mind - found the -crop example: convert img1.jpg -crop 1120x744+560+372 img2.jpg formula: d1 = 50 %width d2 = 50 %height d3 = 25 %width d4 = 25 %height convert img1.jpg -crop $d1 x $d2 + $d3 + $d4 img2.jpg ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Fonts
Tagg wrote: How can I add more fonts to gimp? It will depend on your OS, Linux, MAC, Win, etc but if you follow the standard method of installing fonts for your computer, GIMP should recognize them. Might have to reboot, not sure. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] perfect circle
This seems simple, but I tried: convert -size 100x100 xc:none -fill red -draw 'circle 50,50 0,50' red-circle.png convert -size 100x100 xc:none -fill red -draw 'circle 50,50 0,49' red-circle.png And numerous other variations, it either pushes one side too much or seems to be one pixel too small. -- Bob ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] perfect circle
With both of your help I was able to get this working. Here is the end result: http://dottedi.biz/codesamples/convert/index.php It started with: http://dottedi.biz/codesamples/convert/test.jpg and is processed through php, convert, composite. To keep the image weight down I tested -dept 8, 6 4 with the .png files. I don't see much difference. Is there any reason why the png -depth 4 should not be used on a web page. I assume the IE pngfix will still work with it. -Bob Johan Vromans wrote: Bob Meetin b...@dottedi.biz writes: This seems simple, but I tried: convert -size 100x100 xc:none -fill red -draw 'circle 50,50 0,50' red-circle.png ... And numerous other variations, it either pushes one side too much or seems to be one pixel too small. convert -size 100x100 xc:none -fill red -draw 'circle 49.5,49.5 0,50' red-circle.png convert -size 101x101 xc:none -fill red -draw 'circle 50,50 0,50' red-circle.png -- Johan ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user -- Bob Meetin www.dottedi.biz 303-926-0167 Hook up with me on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Plaxo Pulse and Bebo or catch my blog at www.dottedi.biz/blog.php Standards - you gotta love em - there are so many to choose from! ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Trying to make a mirror image.(Shadow)
Martin Nordholts wrote: classiccars wrote: http://www.nabble.com/file/p20747921/29b6_3.jpg I'm trying to make an image that looks like this. How can I make a photo of a car look like it is sitting on a mirror? I didn't do this one, someone else did. I'm sure they flipped and added some shading for the bottom of the car. The think I don't understand is how they flipped the image on two different axis to getting the "Shadow" image to look like that. Any suggestions? Thanks for any help or ideas.. Ken Hi The reflection image is a separate image, it cannot be created by mere transformation of the source image. - Martin It really appears to be a single image with the object resting on a mirror or reflective surface. Now if you want to achieve a reverse image effect something like the letter A sitting atop an upside down A, you can easily do that in GIMP by combining two images. There are also some _javascript_, probably Mootools, library effects that you can use to achieve a similar effect. Squeeze my arm and I'll find a relevant page off list. -- Bob Meetin www.dottedi.biz 303-926-0167 Hook up with me on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Plaxo Pulse and Bebo or catch my blog at www.dottedi.biz/blog.php Standards - you gotta love em - there are so many to choose from! ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] 300dpi image from 72dpi
see: www.dottedi.biz/images/danger.gif www.dottedi.biz/images/danger-300dpi.gif www.dottedi.biz/images/danger-300dpi.jpg The danger.gif image - I created it from a couple pieces of clipart, the doggie and triangle, then created the oval, text etc with gimp, all as the default resolution. It wasn't intended for print then but is now. Other than converting to 300dpi in GIMP, how do I ensure that it's good 300dpi, meaning that through the conversion wouldn't GIMP have had to guess and fill in the missing pixels. Do I need to go back to the drawing board and bring it all in as 300dpi? -- Bob Meetin www.dottedi.biz 303-926-0167 Hook up with me on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Plaxo Pulse and Bebo or catch my blog at www.dottedi.biz/blog.php Standards - you gotta love em - there are so many to choose from! ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Can gimp run on external hard drive?
see: http://portableapps.com/news/2008-06-04_-_gimp_portable_2.4.6 -- Bob Meetin www.dottedi.biz 303-926-0167 Hook up with me on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Plaxo Pulse and Bebo or catch my blog at www.dottedi.biz/blog.php Standards - you gotta love em - there are so many to choose from! ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] installation for the commoner
For the commoner running windows do you still need to first download and install GTK + 2.10.6-1 runtime environment before installing GIMP 2.4 or is there a bundle that only involves one download/install available? This is for clients who need it simple... -- Bob Meetin dotted i - Internet Strategies Solutions www.dottedi.biz 303-926-0167 ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] simple how to background image
See an example at: http://www.caps2point0.org/templates/yt_sunblogger/images/pink/page_bg.png Is there a way to create an image like this in GIMP (or other heaven forbid) without having to spend hours copying, pasting, lining up pixels? It could be circles, squares, diamonds, etc as the repeating pattern? -- Bob ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] resize image, loss of quality / successive saves
if this question has been asked before please point me to the answer. whenever i open a vanilla image in gimp then resize to a smaller dimension it becomes fuzzy, soft focus. to get the sharpness back i select filters - sharpen - then about 50 sharpness and all is well again. is this a setting issue or common behavior? go down this path - after i have done this operation sometimes i have to resize the same image to a new dimension. same problem same solution. second question, jpgs are lossy. if i do this then save the jpg a second time at new dimension does this cause the same repetitive save, loss of quality problem as opening and resaving an image? i.e. qulity-wise am i better off going back to the vanilla image and saving once for each image size as opposed to repetitive saves during one open image session? -- Bob ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] slide copying
Years ago (decades really) Nikon used to sell a slide copying gadget that you mount in front of the lens, perhaps a couple hundred dollars. It was useful, but limiting. Last summer I bought a refurbished Epson 4490 scanner from the Epson clearance store. It came with attachments and software for copying 35 mm thru 6x7 cm transparencies (and negatives). It works wonderfully - might have cost a tad over $100 US. I made a custom template out of cardboard so that I could copy my 4x5 large format transparencies and negatives as well. This was time-consuming but worked. -Bob norman wrote: When I used to take colour slides many years ago I always regretted not having an easy way of improving the 'as taken' image. I was thinking the other day that if improvements could be made to the images using Gimp it could be a very interesting exercise. Dedicated slide copiers seem to be quite expensive and I wondered if anyone knew of any device which would enable me to use my camera to make copies? I realise this is not exactly about using Gimp but I cannot think of any better place to ask the question. Norman ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user -- Bob Meetin dotted i - Internet Strategies Solutions www.dottedi.biz 303-926-0167 ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Question about involuntary resizing
Simon, Maybe you can post a page for us to see the original, unedited, then the page where you see the resizing. I use ImageMagick and others use other programs to do auto-resizing (size, quality, etc) of uploaded images to ensure that they fit within the space intended. -Bob Simon Roberts wrote: Hi all, I created a headshot for a friend, but the website she's posted it on, which is essentially out of her control, does some automatic resizing. Actually, I'm not sure if the resizing occurs in the server, or on the client browser. Anyway, the original image has been offered at a variety of sizes, and every time it ends up looking granular and awful on the end user's browsers. The site admins don't know anything--they're just using a system that was written for them. I would provide a single small image resized to the final size, but I don't think that will work because a) I think the resizing is dynamic, and b) the user can click on the image to get a bigger (the unresized) image. I want the larger one to still exist and we'll lose that if we just go with a small image. Under these dreadfully sub-optimal conditions, what can I do, or what should I avoid doing, to try to ensure the resized image looks as good as it can? I should point out that other people's pictures all look better than my friend's. Not always great, to be sure, but clearly there's room to improve if I knew what to do. TIA, Simon __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user -- Bob Meetin dotted i - Internet Strategies Solutions www.dottedi.biz 303-926-0167 ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] curvy shape with separating bar
Hi, See 2 sample images at: www.dottedi.biz/codesamples/images/wave1.png www.dottedi.biz/codesamples/images/wave2.png To create base image #1 I dropped in the blue background color, then used the 'Create and edit paths' tool to add points then create the selection for the greenish shape. I did some elementary editing to make the curvy section curvy. Not perfect but ok. The next step is/was to add a border to the greenish area. This is where it all goes south. I tried various border widths, also a little blur effect, but still end up with jagged edges. The question how do you create a shape like this with smooth curves, not the jagged stuff? When I used the 'elliptical region tool' to create a circle it looks pretty good. -- Bob Meetin dotted i - Internet Strategies Solutions www.dottedi.biz 303-926-0167 ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] curvy shape with separating bar - another example
An example of what I would like to be able to create in gimp: http://www.bigstockphoto.com/images/bsp-headleft.gif -- the smooth horizontal curvy shape white/light green, with the separating green border that grows from left to right Is this reasonably doable in GIMP? Bob Meetin - www.dottedi.biz wrote: Hi, See 2 sample images at: www.dottedi.biz/codesamples/images/wave1.png www.dottedi.biz/codesamples/images/wave2.png To create base image #1 I dropped in the blue background color, then used the 'Create and edit paths' tool to add points then create the selection for the greenish shape. I did some elementary editing to make the curvy section curvy. Not perfect but ok. The next step is/was to add a border to the greenish area. This is where it all goes south. I tried various border widths, also a little blur effect, but still end up with jagged edges. The question how do you create a shape like this with smooth curves, not the jagged stuff? When I used the 'elliptical region tool' to create a circle it looks pretty good. -- Bob Meetin dotted i - Internet Strategies Solutions www.dottedi.biz 303-926-0167 ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Making a Stereoimage of Each Layer
If you are doing something like this repetitively you might want to consider using ImageMagick and its command-line tool, convert. It can be used to combine sequentially either horizontally or vertically multiple images. No more said as that is another user group. -Bob Sven Neumann wrote: Hi, On Thu, 2007-08-02 at 13:05 -0700, spammy wrote: I recently found myself needing to append a copy of an image right next to itself, essentially doubling the width of the canvas and ending up with a stereoimage more or less. Unfortunately, the image consisted of many layers, and I had to copy-n-paste the content of each layer and then move it to the side, layer by layer. Well, at least I had to in the sense that I didn't know any better. Do you actually still need the individual layers? Otherwise you could simply flatten the image or merge visible layers before you create the stereo image. I foresee myself having to do the same again, and was wondering if there was some fancy way to copy/paste/move all the layers at the same time, or if there might be an even better approach to this. You can link layers by toggling the chain icon in the layers dialog. Linked layers can be moved together. Sven ___ 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
[Gimp-user] soft-edge effect with corner
I know how to create drop shadows and round corners, but I'm really foggy on how to combine the two and create a corner with a soft inner gradient type edge. To see an example visit: http://www.homestead.com/~site/hslo/website/gallery3.ffhtml select the fist template (pink with spa). it would be the corner plus the extension of the straight lines that is the goal. tutorial? ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] toolbox configuration
two questions: 1) can you configure GIMP (windows) so that it does not open up a new toolbox with each opened image? 2) how do you configure the toolbox so that when you open an image it activates a particular tool, such as 'select rectangular regions', rather than something that was selected in a previous session? -bob ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] baffling image resolution question
See example images at www.dottedi.biz/codesamples/broken The image (vanilla) was taken with an ordinary digital slr. I know it is large - if you check the other image, same problem. It is 300dpi. You can see this if checking with windows image properties or with photoshop. However, when I check in Gimp (2.2) using Image -- Scale Image both horizontal and vertical display as 72. When I load some stock images into Gimp they are correctly display the resolution, be it 150, 300, whatever. So the question, What is it about this image that is fooling gimp? Is it a setting in Gimp that I might have innocently messed up or other? -Bob ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] baffling image resolution question
And the really befuddling baffling part is that with some of the stock images I looked at Gimp seems to read their resolution fine. So I am guessing that with these stock images there is some image manipulation going on, then gimp is correctly reading for them? But on the pictures from my cameras (I just ran another test with a different camera) Gimp is bound and determined that the resolution is 72. If it helps anyone in troubleshooting, the 2 cameras are a Nikon D-70 and a FujiFilm Finepix S5000. Well I just checked with an old mini, an HP Photosmart 635 - same situation. Roel Schroeven wrote: Bob Meetin schreef: See example images at www.dottedi.biz/codesamples/broken The image (vanilla) was taken with an ordinary digital slr. I know it is large - if you check the other image, same problem. It is 300dpi. You can see this if checking with windows image properties or with photoshop. However, when I check in Gimp (2.2) using Image -- Scale Image both horizontal and vertical display as 72. When I load some stock images into Gimp they are correctly display the resolution, be it 150, 300, whatever. So the question, What is it about this image that is fooling gimp? Is it a setting in Gimp that I might have innocently messed up or other? Not only Gimp is confused. I've tried the images in IrfanView and XnView. There is a difference between the two images: - img1_resized.jpg: both XnView and IrfanView think it's 72x72. PIL, the Python Imaging Library, thinks it's 72x72 too. - img1_vanilla.jpg: XnView says ??? x ???, IrfanView leaves the boxes empty, PIL has no DPI information. That's without looking into the EXIF-data. When I look there, both XnView and IrfanView have XResolution = 300 and YResolution = 300 in both images. So the difference between Gimp on one hand and Windows image properties and PhotoShop on the other hand seems to be that the others extract the resolution-information from the EXIF-data while the Gimp doesn't. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] swapping color - resolved
Yes - Converting to RGB and resaving as .gifsolved the problem. Thanks to all. And yes, too - I understand the effects of the various common image types. In this case I need to stick with .gif unless the client says different (and I will offer some explanation). Too bad IE (6) does not offer better support for transparency with .pngs. The pngfix workarounds are fatiguing. happy to go, Bob Scott Bicknell wrote: On Sunday, April 29, 2007 9:42 am, Scott Bicknell wrote: I created a test image 400x300 pixels and filled it with a gradient from upper left to lower right (white to black). Then saved it as a gif. It was 58.5 KB. After re-saving it as a grayscale png and optimizing it using optipng, it was 18.5 KB. Doing the same with your example images resulted in a png that was 379 bytes, where your gif is 482 bytes and your jpg is 1,309 bytes. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] swapping color
I inherited an image, a logo, in which I need to swap out one color, solid region, for another. Seems simple. I open in gimp, select the region using, have tried both 'Select regions by color' and 'Select contiguous regions', then apply any new color and I end up with a mix of the original and replacement color. After befuddling myself for an hour (including using other image editing software) I copied the image from .gif to both .jpg and .png format. As a .png or .jpg the color replacement works fine. See the 3 'raw' images at www.dottedi.biz/codesamples/images/shape.gif www.dottedi.biz/codesamples/images/shape.jpg www.dottedi.biz/codesamples/images/shape.png I don't really want to be using .jpg or .png images unless I have to. So the question, what is causing the replacement to fail and is there a way to make or convet the .gif accept the color swap? -Bob ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Logo uses RoostHeavy Font.
If you are on a windows pc, all you should need to do is install the font via the windows control panel. To do this, go to Start -- Control Panel -- Fonts Drag/drop the font into this folder. You might have to restart gimp, but in my case it works fine and also with my other utilities that use custom fonts. If I only knew how to do this in linux the easy way... Scott Bicknell wrote: On Thursday, April 12, 2007 10:48 am, John R. Culleton wrote: I have downloaded a TTF version of Roost Heavy. Where should I put it so that Gimp can find it? In amongst my X11 fonts? Try looking in the GIMP's preferences dialog under Folders/Fonts. There should be a list of directories there that it uses to find font files. That should give you a clue about where to put it. ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] is it possible to create a fade transition .gif iwth GIMP
Subject says it all, mostly. I'd like to know if it is possible to create a fade-in, fade-out transitional effect with a single .gif image using GIMP? Preferaby where the image one fade out intersects with the image two fade in? -Bob ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
