Re: [Gimp-user] Help

2001-03-07 Thread Carol Spears
I haven't checked this out yet first hand, but I found this while wondering around freshmeat: http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~foxx/phymod/ "PhymodMedia Organic effects for The GIMP The PhymodMedia plug-in provides four new menu items: Media/Color Pencils... - Draw with color pencils

[Gimp-user] Palette / Index Covert Question

2001-03-14 Thread Carol Spears
I am unable to convert an RGB image into an indexed image using a palette with more than 256 colors. It didn't work with my palette of ~350 colors (DMC floss RGB equivalents) and it also didn't work with the visibone palette (the bigger one). Is this something that I should have expected? __

Re: [Gimp-user] Using a gradient as a background

2001-03-20 Thread Carol Spears
Miguel Angel Nacenta Sanchez wrote: > > > 1.Create the image > 2.Select all the background layer (right click on the image, > choose select->all) > 3.Select your chosen gradient from the gradient dialog > 4.Double click on the color gradient tool > 5.Selec

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp and dead X

2001-03-23 Thread Carol Spears
mrweb wrote: > > Hi List, > > I was working with a couple of images the other day, simply adjusting the > tonal qualities on one of them when suddenly gimp went wild on me. > > Within only a few seconds my screen was filled with hundreds of task bar > buttons for a multitude of new copies of th

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp and dead X

2001-03-23 Thread Carol Spears
> I shut down my system and when I went to reboot I could only boot into > text mode? You shouldn't have to reboot. The next time the gimp acts up on you, try this: 1. hit all at the same time 2. login in and type "ps -ax" no quotes 3. find the gimp and the number with it and type "kill "

Re: [Gimp-user] change colors

2001-03-26 Thread Carol Spears
Oliver Vecernik wrote: > > Hi, > > How do I change colors within a whole picture (eg. change all black > pixels to white)? I know it's possible, but I don't know how. :-( > > Oliver Try Filters>Color>ColortoAlpha. Warning! It really really works. Sometimes Select>By Color and then click on

Re: [Gimp-user] Generating a "sorted" palette.

2001-03-27 Thread Carol Spears
Stephan Henningsen wrote: > > Is it possible to generate a palette of an image, and have > the colours sorted? For example have all the colours in a > greyscaled image sorted from 0x to 0x? (Is > greyscale only 255 colours?) > > -- > Stephan Henningsen / >/ http://

Re: [Gimp-user] Generating a "sorted" palette.

2001-03-27 Thread Carol Spears
Singing Falls wrote: > > These don't seem to be accessible for the public at large. can they be > posted elsewhere? Much thanks. > Stanley > Here are those scripts: I never had problems sharing scripts this way. Did you try shift-right mouse on the email link? I made a public area for them

Re: [Gimp-user] Processing the scanned textual images?

2001-04-03 Thread Carol Spears
Juhana Sadeharju wrote: > > By the way, it doesn't look good if people are here pointed to use > other software; why not ask how Gimp could be improved for making > all the above possible? Thanks. > The developers have a set of priorities. When Image Magick does batch work so well, work on the

Re: [Gimp-user] Altering comment in jpegs

2001-04-05 Thread Carol Spears
Rick Rosinski wrote: > > What is the best way to go about altering the comment string in a jpeg file? > I don't want to have to open the file, edit the comment, and then save the > file again, in fear of loosing more image quality. Even a command-line > utility is acceptable, if GIMP doesn't hav

Re: [Gimp-user] Re: Altering comment in jpegs

2001-04-06 Thread Carol Spears
"Guillermo S. Romero / Familia Romero" wrote: > > No, I finally understood the concepts of JPEG, it does a colorspace > conversion, so any time the data is passed to RGB and back, you loose > data, even if it is only due number rounding. > It was easier for me to think that the file was unchange

Re: [Gimp-user] new gimp lists needed?

2001-04-09 Thread Carol Spears
Zachary Beane wrote: > There is already a very active and helpful gimpwin-user list. See > http://www.gimp.org/win32/ for details about joining it and checking > its archives. > Perhaps this url needs to be put with the others (this and the developers) at gimp.org. I had to search around to fin

[Gimp-user] Browser default?

2001-04-10 Thread Carol Spears
Is there any way to call up a lynx browser instead of Netscape when I ask the gimp for a web page via the bookmarks. ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

[Gimp-user] Re: INT32 complaints

2001-04-10 Thread Carol Spears
I tried to send this to the gimp-perl list, but I can't seem to get the right address, or the list is down. Is there a user with an answer out there? Carol Spears wrote: > > My (first) plugin crashes on this line: > plug_in_pixelize(1, $img, $draw, 10); > > How do I make it

Re: [Gimp-user] Re: INT32 complaints

2001-04-11 Thread Carol Spears
"Guillermo S. Romero / Familia Romero" wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (2001-04-10 at 1216.26 -0400): > > > My (first) plugin crashes on this line: > > > plug_in_pixelize(1, $img, $draw, 10); > > Have you tried "$draw->plug_in_pixelize(10);"? > This worked. And so did this: plug_in_pixelize($dra

Re: [Gimp-user] Color saturation in pictures

2001-04-20 Thread Carol Spears
Subba Rao wrote: > > Hi, > > I have several pictures from my digital camera in JPEG format. One thing I have > noticed is the color saturation in pictures is very high. These pictures were > taken outdoor on a clear sunny day. I have installed Gimp 1.2 on my system > yesterday. Is there a script

Re: [Gimp-user] Moving transparent layer

2001-04-27 Thread Carol Spears
I think the move tool needs something to hold on to. Try some text or even just a spot of color, then click on that to move it. The move tool doesn't hold on to transparency. At least mine doesn't. Subba Rao wrote: > > I have photo and would like to add a text with trasparent background. When

Re: [Gimp-user] Moving transparent layer

2001-04-27 Thread Carol Spears
Subba Rao wrote: > Hi, > > Thanks for replying. Can I add text and then make it transparent? In the new > layer options, what are px,%,in,mm,pt,pc,tpt and tpc? > > -- > Don't worry about all of that. Just play with it. ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMA

Re: [Gimp-user] Pre-generate preview thumbnails

2001-05-02 Thread Carol Spears
Gilbert Laycock wrote: > > I have a rather slow old machine, and often want to browse > through directories of numerically named pictures from a digital > camera. Clicking the "generate preview" can take quite a long time, so > I would like to pre-generate the preview thumbnails if possible. > >

Re: [Gimp-user] Pre-generate preview thumbnails

2001-05-02 Thread Carol Spears
Just let quash go in the directory, it makes them and leaves them there. Gilbert Laycock wrote: > > Carol Spears <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Gilbert Laycock wrote: > > > > > > I have a rather slow old machine, and often want to browse > &g

Re: [Gimp-user] Perl Help

2001-05-15 Thread Carol Spears
You have to add an alpha channel to the image. Try Image>Alpha>Add Alpha bryce wrote: > > I build Perl, and rebuild Gimp to work with it. But when i open a jpg > file, and try to manipulate it, the second section in scirpt-fu is > greyed out. I believe its "alpha to logo". Does anyone have an

Re: [Gimp-user] Gimp Crashes

2001-05-15 Thread Carol Spears
Is it a window manager problem? My Gimp doesn't have problems with this, but my netscape does. I blame it on the window manager. Lutz Morawietz wrote: > > Hi, > I have installed Gimp 1.2.1 with Mandrake Linux 8.0. > If I close the tool options window and after that I try to reopen it via > doub

Re: [Gimp-user] slow large file handling

2001-05-23 Thread Carol Spears
To my understanding, the gimp was build with quality images as a first priority and speed second. Someone told me, good things take time. ebi5 wrote: > > Are there ways to speed up handling of large files? i.e. zooming and > refresh rate. > > Thanks, > > : Gene Imes h

[Gimp-user] Who is the mail archive maintainer?

2001-05-23 Thread Carol Spears
http://www.mail-archive.com/gimp-user%40xcf.berkeley.edu/msg03034.html http://www.mail-archive.com/gimp-developer%40scam.xcf.berkeley.edu/msg04181.html ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

[Gimp-user] New Gimp-web mail list

2001-05-31 Thread Carol Spears
Finally, it is here: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Gimp-web list has been created to continue the discussion of the updating of the gimp website. Subscribe here: http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-web Computer Science is the only discipline in which we view adding a new wing to a

Re: [Gimp-user] "gimp for dummies" type of question

2001-06-12 Thread Carol Spears
Carmen Marincu wrote: > > Hi - > > I am going to ask something very stupid but i really dont know how to do > it so after you stop laughing maybe you will answer. > I have a lot of pictures in jpg format. And i need to save them in a > different size. > HOW DO I DO THAT ? > I tried resize,

Re: [Gimp-user] transparency in GIF

2001-07-23 Thread Carol Spears
> "G.Lee Johnson" wrote: > > On 23 Jul 2001 09:36:21 +0200, Rebecca J. Walter wrote: > > > > > If you make an image with transparency in it (use a transparent > > background, etc) and then index the image and save it, you will have a > > transparent gif. > > > > geez..:)..finally and thanks

Re: [Gimp-user] wet label - how to

2001-09-13 Thread Carol Spears
Hello Imre. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (2001-09-13 at 1048.26 +0200): > My problem is that I don't understand how to > create this mask. It is not clear in the manual > how to do this. > I found this tutorial: http://www.gimp.org/tut-basic.html to be very helpful in showing how the gimp 1.0 layers work

Re: [Gimp-user] Screen Shot fails ...

2001-10-05 Thread Carol Spears
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (2001-09-05 at 0833.26 -0400): > > Greetings, > > Using GIMP 1.2.0, under the File->Acquire->Screen Shot menu, I bring up the > "Screen Shot" dialog box. I select "Grab Window without screen decorations" > and then press the "OK" button expecting the crosshair. Instead, the "G

[Gimp-user] Re: Drawing circles/ellipses/smooth curves

2001-11-08 Thread Carol Spears
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (2001-11-01 at 1208.29 -0500): > Is there an easy way to do this? I'm adding labels to some photos and > for some objects, I'd like to put a circle or ellipse around the > object. > > roland Hi roland, Easiest is to select the circle or elipse that you want using the Circular

[Gimp-user] Re: script-fu script gets wrong parameters in noninteractive mode

2002-01-09 Thread Carol Spears
On 2002-01-09 at 2248.15 -0500, Forner, Sven typed this mail: > > Hi all, > > I try to write my first script to generate some thumbnails from my > photos with Gimp in batch mode. For better debugging I test it first > from the script-fu console. By correcting some other errors I > discovered, th

[Gimp-user] Re: Gradients (newbie)

2002-01-13 Thread Carol Spears
Hi, the gimp gradients are cool. On 2002-01-13 at 1332.39 -0500, John Culleton typed this mail: > > Apparently there are two kinds of gradients available --- a gradient shift > between foreground and background color, and the fancy gradients (french flag > etc.) available in the gradient dialo

[Gimp-user] One Project

2002-01-19 Thread Carol Spears
I worked for quite sometime on this document: http://carol.gimp.org/gimp/howtos/cvs/cvs.html and so did bex. However, I can not garner enough respect for this document to get my friends to approve it for testing. Heck, I can't even get them to read it before dissuading potential testers. And ap

[Gimp-user] One Project

2002-01-19 Thread Carol Spears
Sorry, wrong list. I am about to quit the web site job on the proper list though because of this crap. Anyone here interested in the job? I will give you a recommendation. carol - Forwarded message from Carol Spears <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Received: by mail.cablespeed.com

Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP 1.2.3-pre2 and fonts question

2002-01-24 Thread Carol Spears
i wonder if Filters ->Render ->Dynamic Text or if you were to install the gimp-freetype plug-in (found at http://freetype.gimp.org -- be sure to get the tar ball and not the cvs branch!!) if these two methods of rendering fonts might work better from a remote machine. text tool sucks, imo. it "h

[Gimp-user] Re: gug mail failure. a bit OT

2002-01-25 Thread Carol Spears
first the gug list was sending "Subject: [gug]-less" then it refused my mail. the gug mailman is just down right now i am sure that t0mcat will get it working soon. however, several linuxy sites disappeared recently, maybe gug lost the mail-list server. i don't know what the set up is over the

[Gimp-user] Re: ImageMagick

2002-01-25 Thread Carol Spears
On 2002-01-25 at 1214.37 -0500, John Culleton typed this mail: > There seems to be some overlap between the facilities of Gimp and the > faciites of ImageMagick. Is there a general rule when you would use one and > when you would use the other? > > i was able convert 500 photos into gray-scale

[Gimp-user] Re: ImageMagick

2002-01-25 Thread Carol Spears
On 2002-01-25 at 1011.18 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] typed this mail: > Great info! Thanks! Are the GIMP developers actively trying to "keep > pace" w/ PhotoShop features and functionality or is the GIMP going in it's > own direction? Also, are there any GIMP converts who have converted from >

[Gimp-user] Re: imagemagick

2002-01-26 Thread Carol Spears
On 2002-01-26 at 1612.06 -0200, cyberhades typed this mail: > as i've been getting some mails about imagemagick, i got interested in it, so > i installed it but dunno how to use it properly. is it a command-line program > ? > could somebody give me some little help about it? > thanks in advance.

[Gimp-user] Re: Really easy newbie questions (I hope)...

2002-01-31 Thread Carol Spears
On 2002-01-31 at 0124.38 -0800, Doris Philastre typed this mail: > Okay, I created an image in GIMP that has no > background for use on a web site. I saved it as a .psd > file because GIMP doesn't support .gif. I went into > Photoshop to convert the file format and I couldn't > figure out how to d

[Gimp-user] Re: Really easy newbie questions (I hope)...

2002-01-31 Thread Carol Spears
On 2002-01-31 at 0819.21 -0800, Rich Shepard typed this mail: > On Thu, 31 Jan 2002, Carol Spears wrote: > > > On 2002-01-31 at 0124.38 -0800, Doris Philastre typed this mail: > > > > Okay, I created an image in GIMP that has no background for use on a web > > >

[Gimp-user] Help to Write "How To Compile the GIMP Stable Tarball"

2002-02-12 Thread Carol Spears
Hi! Jeff Trefftz and I are planning a "compile party" for Friday, 1PM EST, (my time). Here is a link to a world clock for that day and time: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?day=15&month=2&year=2002&hour=13&min=0&sec=0&p1=77 It is to be an irc party (irc.gimp.org, #gimp) and

[Gimp-user] Compile Party Reminder

2002-02-14 Thread Carol Spears
Hi, just a reminder that we will be gathering via irc on #gimp (server irc.gimp.org) today at this time: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?day=15&month=2&year=2002&hour=13&min=0&sec=0&p1=77 Perhaps you could download the tarball before hand from: ftp://ftp.gimp.org/pub/gimp/v1.

[Gimp-user] Re: Gimp and antialiasing

2002-02-21 Thread Carol Spears
On 2002-02-21 at 1954.37 +, Joel Webb typed this mail: > I am making some gif buttons and they have been looking crappy on the web page > because gimp hasn't been saving them as Anti-aliased. > > How do I do this in GIMP?? > -- > there is a thing about gifs. the pixels of a gif are either tr

[Gimp-user] Summary. was Re: Compile Party Reminder

2002-02-22 Thread Carol Spears
On 2002-02-15 at 1943.11 -0800, lasm typed this mail: > Hi Carol, > >Can you post the irc log for those who can't make it ? > well, the party was not so well attended. any party with jefft present is a good one though. i am not going to post the log of this party. it is a log of two peopl

[Gimp-user] window manager or GIMP?

2002-03-01 Thread Carol Spears
i was trying to get some screen shots of stable GIMP dialogs, using GIMP. it was frustrating because the dialog would close after getting the shot. this was particularly frustrating with the curves dialog, since setting it to the exact same place again is very difficult. i am wondering if anyon

Re: [Gimp-user] window manager or GIMP?

2002-03-01 Thread Carol Spears
On 2002-03-01 at 1803.00 -0500, John Culleton typed this mail: > On Friday 01 March 2002 12:43, Carol Spears wrote: > > i was trying to get some screen shots of stable GIMP dialogs, using > > GIMP. > > > > it was frustrating because the dialog would close after get

Re: [Gimp-user] the small Gimp picture?

2002-03-05 Thread Carol Spears
On 2002-03-05 at 1423.21 +0100, M?rch Thomas (ICM MP SCM NPI4 AAL) typed this mail: > Once uppon a time (sounds like fairytale doesn't it?) > > I had this layered xcf image, with the gimp. Where I > could give him different hats, eyes, noses and so on.. > Now it's gone, and I can't find it ANYWH

Re: [Gimp-user] layering

2002-03-05 Thread Carol Spears
On 2002-03-05 at 0746.25 -0800, lee typed this mail: > hi.. >I posted this originally week ago or so but no answer so trying again > just in case: > --- >I am trying to accomplish stacking a layer behind another one to > accomplish what I"m doing manually now ( open ima

Re: [Gimp-user] Using Text

2002-03-05 Thread Carol Spears
On 2002-03-05 at 1358.53 +1300, KEVIN.BRYSON typed this mail: > Hello There, > > I know my query will sound very basic to you guys who know all about > GIMP, but I am just an old codger who like to play with this sort of > program. > > I am trying to modify a graphic document by changing the exi

[Gimp-user] Re: photo straightener

2002-03-19 Thread Carol Spears
On 2002-03-19 at 1418.38 -0600, Walker, Sam typed this mail: > I'm looking for a script/plug-in that will straighten a photo. > For example, when I scan a photo and I don't get quite square, so I end up > with some white triangles around the corners. > This seems simple enough and I'm sure somethi

Re: [Gimp-user] Deleting background color

2002-03-25 Thread Carol Spears
On 2002-03-25 at 0741.58 -0500, Cruz, John J typed this mail: > GIMP Users, > > I recently competed a flyer for a relative that I had incorporated several > clip-arts from the Internet. Many of them had a colored background that was > not compatible with the white background I was using. I used

Re: [Gimp-user] KDE-gimp

2002-03-30 Thread Carol Spears
On 2002-03-30 at 0925.04 +0100, Johannes Wilm typed this mail: > Hi, > I wondered when we are expected to see the gimp with the "modular" GUI, so > that someone can start writting the KDE-interface? > -- Johannes Wilm > hmm, i suggest using linux. gimp was made to work on linux first. carol _

Re: [Gimp-user] Question about brushes

2002-03-30 Thread Carol Spears
On 2002-03-30 at 0840.04 -0600, Judy Wilson typed this mail: > We are switching to all Linux applications in our home, but I still > have to use Corel for my graphics, and I want to stop. I'm learning > the Gimp! > > I would like to have more choices for brushes, for especially when I > use the c

Re: [Gimp-user] KDE-gimp

2002-03-30 Thread Carol Spears
On 2002-03-30 at 1044.12 -0500, Carol Spears typed this mail: > On 2002-03-30 at 0925.04 +0100, Johannes Wilm typed this mail: > > Hi, > > I wondered when we are expected to see the gimp with the "modular" GUI, so > > that someone can start writting the KDE-i

Re: [Gimp-user] pangoft2.pc

2002-04-03 Thread Carol Spears
On 2002-04-03 at 1909.44 +0200, Hago Ziegler typed this mail: > Hi, > > I'm trying to install gimp-1.3.4. > I installed already atk, pkgconfig, glib-2.0.0, gtk+-2.0.0 and pango-1.0.0 > Now I tried to configure gimp and I get told: > > . > checking for pkg-config...(cached) /usr/local/bin/pkg

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp-1.3.4

2002-04-06 Thread Carol Spears
On 2002-04-05 at 2247.23 -0800, Jeff Trefftzs typed this mail: > Hi Hago - > > Gimp-1.3.x is still under heavy development and is not guaranteed even to > compile. A great deal of rewriting and reorganizing of the code is going on, > so for now gimp-1.3 is pretty much a developers-only piece

Re: [Gimp-user] Cross stitch stitch

2002-04-06 Thread Carol Spears
On 2002-04-06 at 1238.51 +0300, Kai Hendry typed this mail: > > Anyone thought or done a cross stitch script for gimp? > > Initial searches have proved fruitless. > http://www.vistek.com/newhome/xstitch/html/body_2clinux.html > i have been playing and playing with this idea for a while now. le

[Gimp-developer] Re: [Gimp-user] eps images that won't load]

2002-04-06 Thread Carol Spears
hi Peter, here is what the big guys said ... good luck! carol - Forwarded message from Peter Kirchgessner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - From: Peter Kirchgessner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Carol Spears <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [

Re: [Gimp-user] eps images that won't load

2002-04-07 Thread Carol Spears
about one hundred or so into darkened and lightend grey scale images. unfortunately, those are long gone. sorry to ramble ... carol - Forwarded message from Peter Kirchgessner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - From: Peter Kirchgessner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Carol Spears <[EMAIL PROTECT

Re: [Gimp-user] tif2xcf (perl plugins don't register)

2002-04-13 Thread Carol Spears
you need to have the pdl (perl data language) http://pdl.perl.org/ for many (not all) of the perl plug-ins to work. carol ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

Re: [Gimp-user] Re: tif2xcf (perl plugins don't register)

2002-04-14 Thread Carol Spears
On 2002-04-14 at 1725.08 +0200, Guillermo S. Romero / Familia Romero typed this mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (2002-04-14 at 0231.48 -0400): > > you need to have the pdl (perl data language) http://pdl.perl.org/ for > > many (not all) of the perl plug-ins to work. > > I count around 6 with PDL and ov

Re: [Gimp-user] Re: Gimp-user digest, Vol 1 #326 - 6 msgs

2002-04-14 Thread Carol Spears
they all work for me. i have been running into people who cannot find these scripts in the menu. i tell them to get the pdl and magically they work. ask terral what it took to get terral text working on his computer. in fact, when we were trying to get terral text around to show his girl fri

Re: [Gimp-user] tif2xcf (perl plugins don't register)

2002-04-14 Thread Carol Spears
On 2002-04-14 at 2141.26 -0700, Akkana typed this mail: > Carol Spears writes: > > you need to have the pdl (perl data language) http://pdl.perl.org/ for > > many (not all) of the perl plug-ins to work. > > Yes, that was my problem. After installing PDL, and removing my &g

Re: [Gimp-user] Gimp plug-ins

2002-04-15 Thread Carol Spears
Hello Albert, On 2002-04-15 at 0047.09 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] typed this mail: > Hello could you please help me ? I have bought the GIMP The Official > Handbook, and I have downloaded Gimp 1.2.0 and it works very well. But in the > GUM chapter 32 Enhance Filters there are two filters Sharpen &

Re: [Gimp-user] square

2002-04-23 Thread Carol Spears
hello On 2002-04-23 at 1526.56 +0100, Pedro Jorge Dias Cardoso typed this mail: > > hi > > how can i draw i simple square with gimp? > it is possible edit a line after i draw it? to work like vectors in paint-shop > pro. for example i wish to resize a line that crossover o text area. > > if a

Re: [Gimp-user] Removing background

2002-04-25 Thread Carol Spears
On 2002-04-25 at 2057.01 -0700, Seth Burgess typed this mail: > The tutorial is at > http://www.gimp.org/~sjburges/color_to_alpha/color2alpha.html > > Do note that my tutorial works best for non-photographic images, but you can > use it to get close with photographic ones and touch up what you ne

Re: [Gimp-user] Different items in toolbox

2002-05-07 Thread Carol Spears
my guess is that they planned to have these tools, and the book was written. then, for what ever reason, the tools were left out of the final version. The same tools are prolly found somewhere else, through menus or dialogs. the 1.3 gimp has inspired many discussions on what is a "tool" and wha

Re: [Gimp-user] Newbie install problem

2002-05-10 Thread Carol Spears
first thing, get rid of anything gimp that occures underneath /usr. best way is to use the unistall rpm options, but even then, check for libgimp and for /usr/bin/gimptool. make might be finding these things. once that is done, run ldconfig. then rm config.cache. then ./configure. watch the c

Re: [Gimp-user] Problem with GUI fonts on V1.3

2002-05-12 Thread Carol Spears
if everything else is set up right, (Xftconfig and such) starting your gimp this way: GDK_USE_XFT=1 gimp-1.3 on the command line should do the trick. carol On 2002-05-12 at 1056.12 -0400, robertrichard typed this mail: > > Hi, > > I'm running V1.3.3 of the Gimp and haven't figured out how t

Re: [Gimp-user] Font is not displayed correctly

2002-05-22 Thread Carol Spears
hi, there are two solutions that i know of. 1) double click on the tool text button [T] and select "Use DynamicText" (or something like that) 2) use gimp-freetype. usually the tarball is available from http://freetype.gimp.org but that site is temporarily offline, so feel free to get it from

Re: [Gimp-user] creating fliers

2002-06-25 Thread Carol Spears
first of all, i imagine that you are using the default text tool. don't do that. double click on the T button and select DynamicText or download and install the gimp-freetype plug-in. in fact, skip dynamic text for this sort of high res application and go right for freetype. if freetype.gimp.o

[Gimp-user] Re: Thumbnails

2002-07-22 Thread Carol Spears
at what point are you having the problem? guash and gimp-freetype configures don't work if they find an old gimptool in /usr/ if you are working with a gimp in /usr/local. this was the trouble i had. carol [EMAIL PROTECTED] (2002-07-22 at 1309.29 -0400): > I know that there must be a way to se

[Gimp-user] Re: Using C-Source exported images

2002-08-11 Thread Carol Spears
have you tried the AA plug-in? i have never worked with that option, but i find many of the aa options are fairly self explanatory once you start working with it. two things. 1) the AA plug-in will only build if you have the aalib and configure finds it. 2) it will only work on grayscale images

[Gimp-user] Re: Using C-Source exported images

2002-08-11 Thread Carol Spears
okay, the C-Source wasn't in the list of options. i don't know where i have seen that. sorry to waste everyones time. carol On 2002-08-11 at 1943.46 -0400, Carol Spears typed this: > have you tried the AA plug-in? > > i have never worked with that option, but i find man

[Gimp-user] Re: Using C-Source exported images

2002-08-11 Thread Carol Spears
last mail from me, sorry. C-Source is an option in the Save As Dialog. It prolly will not help you as it "makes" them. here is a screenshot of the dialog: http://carol.gimp.org/~carol/screens/treva3/csource-dialog.png and here is a file i save with it (a mondrain) http://carol.gimp.org/~carol/

[Gimp-user] Re: Getting rid of the gray.

2002-08-17 Thread Carol Spears
right! gray hairs are earned. why would anyone want to get rid of them. here is a tutorial that might be helpful: http://www.gnome.org/~drc/tuto/AntiAliasedThreshold/ carol On 2002-08-17 at 1244.29 -0400, John Culleton typed this: > No, I am not talking about my hair! I have some grayscale imag

[Gimp-user] Re: entering non-ascii symbols in text tool

2002-08-26 Thread Carol Spears
i have had good luck with copy-n-paste. carol On 2002-08-25 at 1543.17 -0400, Heitzso typed this: > I need to enter the trademark symbol as text. > I know how to pop up the font/text selection dialog > but don't have a clue re entering characters > that aren't on the keyboard. > > Any clues

[Gimp-user] Re: Freetype plug-in

2002-09-02 Thread Carol Spears
sarge and sid debian users beware: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=150678&repeatmerged=yes sorry for the bad news. carol On 2002-08-30 at 2321.50 +0200, Joe typed this: > On Friday 30 August 2002 23.03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I select filter__>>render-->Freetype. > > >

[Gimp-user] Gimp FAQs?

2002-11-13 Thread Carol Spears
there has been some discussion about generating a GIMP-faq. the old site was wonderful, but The GIMP is too big for one person to maintain anymore. i guess this is just to see if there are any ideas about this to be gotten from this list and i am wondering what sort of commitment users might gi

[Gimp-user] Re: help with palettes

2002-11-13 Thread Carol Spears
hello, this is actually fairly easy to do. index the image (Image-->Mode-->Indexed) and use the palette that you want from that dialog. if you need to grab the palette from another image, it is a bit more complicated. i wrote a tutorial about it here: http://carol.gimp.org/gimp/palettes/howto.h

[Gimp-user] Re: I need script help

2002-12-10 Thread Carol Spears
hi On 2002-12-10 at 2025.25 +0100, Urke MMI typed this: > Hello, > > I have GIMP 1.2.3 for Linux and need script that well automate creating of > modified menu for my site. Script must to: > > 1) Flatten active image > > 2) Select rectangular from top left corner (0x0) in size of 171x111 pixel

[Gimp-user] info on PNG and MNG files

2002-12-10 Thread Carol Spears
On 2002-12-10 at 1304.46 -0800, Ariel Kass typed this: > > Hi all, > > I'd like to know where i can get good info about using > GIMP for creating PNG and MNG files. I've searched a > bit and only got to sites with general info about the > 2 formats but no practical uses and examples... > i have

[Gimp-user] Re: I need script help

2002-12-10 Thread Carol Spears
On 2002-12-10 at 2025.25 +0100, Urke MMI typed this: > Because I'm script newbie, I need one example for this and I will enhance > this basics to what I need in future. > would be nice if there was an assortment of little gimp script pieces, little recipes, sorted logically. let us see how our h

[Gimp-user] New Gimp FAQ: Call for questions

2002-12-18 Thread Carol Spears
this letter is waiting for moderator approval. i thought a simple forward would be best. - Forwarded message from Nathan Carl Summers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - From: Nathan Carl Summers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Carol Spears <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: New Gimp FAQ: Call

[Gimp-user] Re: makin pattern?

2002-12-19 Thread Carol Spears
hi, On 2002-12-19 at 0608.46 -0800, zeus typed this: > How to make gimp pattern. > > is there any refference or some explanation how to make patterns, or > someone khow ho to make it. Please i need your help.. > > I try to make it, with renaming xcf file to .pat. But, it didn't work. > I got erro

Re: [Gimp-user] Re: makin pattern?

2002-12-19 Thread Carol Spears
hi again, early am answer and i didn't read the whole question. sorry. On 2002-12-19 at 0820.58 -0800, Tom Williams typed this: > Carol Spears wrote: > > > hi, > > On 2002-12-19 at 0608.46 -0800, zeus typed this: > > > How to make gimp pattern. > > &

[Gimp-user] Re: Script-Fu - Batch Mode Problem

2002-12-19 Thread Carol Spears
hi lord knows, i don't know the answer to that directly, but it might be here: http://adrian.gimp.org/batch/batch.html carol On 2002-12-19 at 1935.36 -, [EMAIL PROTECTED] typed this: > Hello, > > I am having an issue with a Script that I have written being called from the > command line. >

[Gimp-user] Re: Rapha?l's questions about web team (was FAQ)

2002-12-19 Thread Carol Spears
On 2002-12-19 at 1759.28 +0100, Rapha?l Quinet typed this: > On Wed, 18 Dec 2002 12:19:28 -0800 (PST), Nathan Carl Summers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The gimp web team has desired that the current FAQ's be updated to reflect > > the current 1.2.x reality for some time. > > Sorry to rehash a to

[Gimp-user] Re: New Gimp FAQ: Call for questions

2002-12-19 Thread Carol Spears
i have a question for a FAQ. At what point is it better to use The GIMP for batch processing over Image Magick? i ask this question because there are some things about gimp that are nicer than Image Magick. I read from someone (jlbec on #gimp) that The GIMP hands saving as png much much better t

[Gimp-user] Re: Gif support

2002-12-23 Thread Carol Spears
On 2002-12-23 at 0135.58 -0800, Joshua Thorin Messer typed this: > > Oh, wait when you wrote "Currently browsers do not support PNG > widely enough to use PNG instead" you might have meant "Currently > Internet Explorer on Windows..." in which you are correct. But guess > what? If the net is full

[Gimp-user] Re: Advice with gimp 1.3

2002-12-23 Thread Carol Spears
On 2002-12-22 at 1320.57 +0100, Niklas typed this: > > For the CMYK thingys you are asking for, work is being done from what I > know and this might be in the 1.2.4 when it comes out as stable. > well, there is a typo here, i think. but even fixing the typo the information is not so acurate. cmy

[Gimp-user] Re: Advice with gimp 1.3

2002-12-23 Thread Carol Spears
On 2002-12-22 at 1342.00 -0800, zeus typed this: > OK...what's make gimp 1.3 worth to use? Should i wait until stable version. > > Is the ne GIMP support CMYK color mode? Because i need CMYK for printing. > > Is there any page where i can view new things with GIMP 1.3?? > truthfully, gimp-1.3 an

[Gimp-user] Re: Gimp 2.0

2002-12-25 Thread Carol Spears
On 2002-12-25 at 1127.35 +, John Culleton typed this: > > What is the schedule for Gimp 2.0? > two weeks carol *chuckle* (see the joke is, two weeks from when? it is like throwing a ruler in the middle of a road. yes it is a yard, but ...) ___

[Gimp-user] New Gimp FAQ: Call for Answers

2003-01-27 Thread Carol Spears
- Forwarded message from Nathan Carl Summers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - This is the the Call for Answers for the "clean room" reimplementation of the GIMP User FAQ. Please send [EMAIL PROTECTED] a message stating your intent to write an answer, and CC it to the lists so that no one else takes

[Gimp-user] Re: Can't see fonts...

2003-03-07 Thread Carol Spears
On 2003-03-07 at 1033.54 -0600, Lars von dem Ast typed this: > GIMP (1.2.3) can't see my new True Type fonts in RH8.0 that I added*. > I've got them up for all other apps (Mozilla, etc.), but GIMP only sees > the original fonts. > > > *here's how I added new fonts: > -create /usr/share/fonts/"t

[Gimp-user] Re: Updated Fonts page

2003-03-09 Thread Carol Spears
On 2003-03-09 at 2359.12 +0100, Nat typed this: > > Hi, > > Just to announce that I updated my fonts page. I corrected some typos and > added another utility to the download directory. > > Comments and/or questions are welcome. > hi Nat, i am sort of on and off with this list. i missed the u

[Gimp-user] easter egg discovered in gimp-1.3!!

2003-03-10 Thread Carol Spears
look at what the little bird showed me in gimp-1.3: in Dialog -->Palettes add a new palette. close this dialog (you need for your window manager to supply a close button to do this). in the palette dialog there will be a new palette called Untitled. right click on this palette and select Import

[Gimp-user] Re: psd-save.c

2003-03-11 Thread Carol Spears
On 2003-03-11 at 2140.13 +0700, Ncus typed this: > I have this psd_save plugin > how to make it work. I have added the psd_save.c into my gimp plugin > directory. Using gimptool, doesnt work either. > hi, i have this plug-in available as a binary. there is some trick to compiling the older plug-

[Gimp-user] Re: gimp-file-save

2003-03-12 Thread Carol Spears
On 2003-03-12 at 1523.43 -0800, Ron Stanonik typed this: > Hi, > > I have a simple script-fu which gimp-file-load's an image and gimp-file-save's > it back out, unchanged. Eventually, it will do something useful, but for now > it's a sanity check of my (mis)understanding of script-fu. It works f

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