[Gimp-user] Just Plain ole text

2006-03-17 Thread Scott Bicknell
JIM NEELY [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: text in my image is ugly... what can i do to make a plain ole text image and have it look as good on my web site as it does in GIMP. I am typing plain ole text, saving as jpg but its comming out blured in some areas and stripped in others...   What am i

[Gimp-user] layers

2006-05-07 Thread Scott Bicknell
adly mabro [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have small animated gifs of about 30 to 90 frames. I need to make identical changes to some or all of the layers, such as delete,change the timing attribute, adding and applying the same mask to each layer, etc. Until now I have been doing the repetitive

Re: [Gimp-user] centering layers(newbie)

2006-05-18 Thread Scott Bicknell
On Thursday May 18, 2006 12:00 pm, John Minson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there a bult in function to center layes ? A simple method is to cut the layer, make the background layer active, and paste the layer back in. It should be centered in the image. You'll have to move it back to its

[Gimp-user] GAP opacity transitions not working

2006-06-02 Thread Scott Bicknell
I have GIMP 2.2.8 and GAP 2.0.2.whatever running on SUSE 10.0 (32 bit). I have tried GIMP 2.2.11 on SUSE 10.1 (32 and AMD64) with GAP 2.0.2... and have gotten the same results. The problem is that when creating animations that transition either from full opacity to full transparency or vice

Re: [Gimp-user] Any PDFs or Tutorials ??

2006-08-01 Thread Scott Bicknell
On Tuesday, August 01, 2006 6:03 am, Hiran Venugopalan wrote: Hi, I am a GIMP user and wish to learn scripting in GIMP.Can you please give me details on those PDFs or such items conating tutorial of script-fu,perl-fu and phython-fu?? Waiting for reply How about trying this:

Re: [Gimp-user] Layers tree-view (or grouping layers)

2006-08-19 Thread Scott Bicknell
On Saturday, August 19, 2006 6:52 am, mfi3 wrote: I have so much layers that I feel lost (and there will be even more layers). Despite of using logical names, sorting layers - there is a big mess. It would be ideal if there was a possibility to group layers, and collapse groups I am

Re: [Gimp-user] Gimp-python on windows

2006-08-24 Thread Scott Bicknell
On Thursday, August 24, 2006 1:57 pm, cedric GEMY wrote: Many windows user i have introduce to Gimp complain about the difficulties they feel in using python script. I've to tell i've no particular knowledge on this OS. Does anybody know a good ressource to describe howto use python script

Re: [Gimp-user] Not able to edit path points in Gimp 2.2.11 Ubuntu 6.06 LTS

2006-11-08 Thread Scott Bicknell
On Wednesday 08 November 2006 12:23 pm, Carlos Ruiz Mora wrote: Hello, I'm new to Linux and to Gimp. I'm using Gimp 2.2.11 that comes with Ubuntu 6.06 LTS. My problem is that I'm unable to use the handles to edit the bezier paths. I've read the book called groking the gimp and I have also

Re: [Gimp-user] reverse loop question

2006-11-13 Thread Scott Bicknell
On Monday 13 November 2006 2:41 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, I basically want Gimp-Gap ping-pong. I was unclear in that three frames was only an example. My animation uses 17 frames. I use the replace option and pause 1 second between frames. Both are fine for my animation but I

Re: [Gimp-user] Stacking for star trails

2006-12-07 Thread Scott Bicknell
On Wednesday 06 December 2006 11:42 pm, Tanveer Singh wrote: I found a lot of tutorials etc, for photoshop as well as some actions which allow you to stack images to get star trails. But nothing for gimp. Is there some script available? Or some other easy way wherein I can select multiple

Re: [Gimp-user] Color temperature modification plugin available!

2006-12-14 Thread Scott Bicknell
On Thursday 14 December 2006 11:36 am, norman wrote: I would be glad to give it a try if you could please explain to this, somewhat ignorant linux user, what to do to obtain the plugin. http://registry.gimp.org/file/colortemp.scm?action=downloadid=8738 Follow that link. Then save the file to

Re: [Gimp-user] psd files

2006-12-17 Thread Scott Bicknell
On Sunday 17 December 2006 1:12 pm, ChadDavis wrote: Hello. I've got a bunch of psd files that I need to convert to a useable format; I don't have a photoshop application. Gimp can't open them, though it can save to the psd format and then reopen those files that it has saved to the format.

Re: [Gimp-user] Trouble resizing images

2007-01-05 Thread Scott Bicknell
On Friday 05 January 2007 12:28 pm, Boho Fashion Jewellery wrote: Hi I'm a complete newbie when it comes to using Gimp, having been used to Photoshop. The one key feature I always used on Photoshop was the ability to resize images to the exact dimension required and overide the automatic

Re: [Gimp-user] Knockout layers

2007-01-08 Thread Scott Bicknell
On Monday 08 January 2007 1:40 am, Jorge Antunes wrote: Hi, I'm new to Gimp and i'm trying to find a way to duplicate in gimp a procedure that I've used in Photoshop. In photoshop I use extensively the layer grouping because layer's advanced blending knockout options. I know that layer

Re: [Gimp-user] Where to put help files?

2007-01-17 Thread Scott Bicknell
On Wednesday 17 January 2007 1:23 pm, John R. Culleton wrote: Assuming that there is a directory /usr/local/gimp-23.13 where should I unpack the help files so that Gimp can find them? Slackware Linux 11. In my installation (SUSE), the Gimp help files are in /opt/gnome/share/gimp/2.0/help.

Re: [Gimp-user] problem saving as png

2007-01-22 Thread Scott Bicknell
On Monday 22 January 2007 4:46 am, Anthony Ettinger wrote: I've been through this before, I usually just change the bg of the image to the one i'm using, but with #99cc00; as my body bg, I cannot for the life of me, save that same color. I'm trying to figure out what you are talking about. I

Re: [Gimp-user] problem saving as png

2007-01-22 Thread Scott Bicknell
On Monday 22 January 2007 11:58 am, Anthony Ettinger wrote: Looks like an IE6 bug.  Firefox and Opera both show it as the same color. Not on linux, FF is doing the same thing. Opera and Konq look ok. I'm using FF 2.0 on SUSE 10.1 and see no difference in the color between the image and

Re: [Gimp-user] Replace Color Tool

2007-01-22 Thread Scott Bicknell
On Monday 22 January 2007 9:57 pm, Christopher Burkhart wrote: I am trying to replace one hue with another, I have found some things online that elude to this using the color selection tool but I have no idea what to do after the color is selected. There is a filter accessible from the image

Re: [Gimp-user] transparent objects on and gif

2007-01-24 Thread Scott Bicknell
On Wednesday 24 January 2007 12:01 pm, Alex Moreno wrote: im trying to export this image from png to gif because of the IE problems: http://bodaestilo.com/templates/bodaestilo/images/content-top. png to get the effect that you can see on http://bodaestilo.com of transparent shadow bellow

Re: [Gimp-user] acting on several layers

2007-01-26 Thread Scott Bicknell
On Friday 26 January 2007 11:45 am, Geoffrey wrote: What if you created a separate transparent layer on top of the layers you want to paint. Paint on this layer then merge it with the layers you want to have it applied? You can do that if you do all the painting on the transparent layer and

Re: [Gimp-user] Three questions about gap

2007-02-02 Thread Scott Bicknell
On Friday, February 2, 2007 12:56 pm, John R. Culleton wrote: 1. Does it produce formats like those used on e.g., uTube? It creates Gimp files as a rule. It can be used to output mpeg and avi (I think) with the right additional software. 2. What is the best introductory document/tutorial for

Re: [Gimp-user] copy text layer across images

2007-02-11 Thread Scott Bicknell
On Sunday, February 11, 2007 4:02 am, Sven Neumann wrote: Hi, On Sun, 2007-02-11 at 12:53 +0100, Bram Kuijper wrote: I want to copy a text layer across different images opened in Gimp. However, when I paste a text layer in another image, Gimp transforms the text layer into a rasterized

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp2.2.10 thumbnails folder location

2007-02-16 Thread Scott Bicknell
On Thursday, February 15, 2007 11:32 pm, Sven Neumann wrote: Hi, On Fri, 2007-02-16 at 01:11 -0500, adly mabro wrote: How can I get the gimp2.2.10 to change the location of where it saves thumbnails? You can't. Thumbnails are handled according to the Thumbnail Managing Standard

Re: [Gimp-user] The gimp character ?

2007-02-17 Thread Scott Bicknell
On Saturday, February 17, 2007 11:11 am, Jerry Baker wrote: I've been curious... What is the gimp character ? Is it based off of some kind of animal, or did someone just come up with him/her... Some of the splash screens have shown a full body, but mostly I just see the image of the icon...

Re: [Gimp-user] Select tool locked at fixed size

2007-02-19 Thread Scott Bicknell
On Monday, February 19, 2007 2:35 pm, Thomas H. George wrote: As a new user I somehow pulled up a box that allowed me to fix the size of the select rectangle.  Now I can't undo it. Make sure the options for the select tool show Free Select rather than Fixed Size. -- 73, AC7ZZ

Re: [Gimp-user] Opaque to transparent gradient on layer

2007-03-06 Thread Scott Bicknell
On Tuesday, March 6, 2007 6:32 am, Paulo J. Matos wrote: Hi all, How can I create an opaque to transparent horizontal gradient on a layer? Add a layer mask, make it active, and draw your gradient with black and white as the active colors. -- 73, AC7ZZ http://counter.li.org/ Linux User

Re: [Gimp-user] Logo uses RoostHeavy Font.

2007-04-12 Thread Scott Bicknell
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

Re: [Gimp-user] using a mask to help blend exposures

2007-04-14 Thread Scott Bicknell
On Saturday, April 14, 2007 8:35 am, Joshua Simons wrote: I am trying to blend two exposures using the 2nd technique (Layer   Mask) described at this URL: http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/digital-blending.shtml To use this given two exposures, E1 and E2, I need to find a way to  

Re: [Gimp-user] Adjusting frame brightness and contrast using GIMP-GAP

2007-04-17 Thread Scott Bicknell
On Tuesday, April 17, 2007 8:38 pm, Marcel wrote: I'm using the GIMP with the GAP plugin, and I've been using it to edit frames from a movie. (Fantastic tool btw) I would like to adjust the contrast and brightness of all the frames. Can this be done with GAP? I've looked but I can't find an

Re: [Gimp-user] No multiple GIMP instances...

2007-04-20 Thread Scott Bicknell
On Friday, April 20, 2007 1:52 am, Bob Long wrote: The Gimp is my default picture editor, but when I try to open more than one image file (or open a new image file) - I get multiple instances of the Gimp. I want to use one ... Can I set this option in anywhere? Not in the GIMP itself.

Re: [Gimp-user] Gimp for astrophoto....

2007-04-22 Thread Scott Bicknell
On Sunday, April 22, 2007 10:30 pm, Tommy Lim wrote: Hi, I am looking for tutorials that teach me how to use Gimp for astronomy photos processing? Any idea? From Astroblog http://astroblogger.blogspot.com/2006/03/yet-another-venus-animation.html Coming soon, Ian's guide to using The Gimp

Re: [Gimp-user] swapping color

2007-04-29 Thread Scott Bicknell
On Sunday, April 29, 2007 8:48 am, Chris Mohler wrote: Personally I'd use PNG, as GIF has almost outlived its usefulness. Chris has a point, especially when your gifs don't use transparency. If you save your png as an indexed, rather than rgb, color image, or grayscale, if that is

Re: [Gimp-user] swapping color

2007-04-29 Thread Scott Bicknell
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

Re: [Gimp-user] batch script for record covers

2007-04-29 Thread Scott Bicknell
On Sunday, April 29, 2007 2:35 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm in the process of digitizing some hundreds record covers (either from old vinyl and/or from cd) by rigging my camera and flash on a tripod and shooting all the images one after the other. The tough task, though, is prepare them

Re: [Gimp-user] batch script for record covers

2007-04-29 Thread Scott Bicknell
On Sunday, April 29, 2007 4:25 pm, David Hodson wrote: I guess that such a job could most probably be performed over hundreds of images by running a single batch script at the command line. Am I wrong? Is Gimp the right tool at all, or other tools would better fit? Yes, Gimp

Re: [Gimp-user] batch script for record covers

2007-04-29 Thread Scott Bicknell
On Sunday, April 29, 2007 7:03 pm, David Hodson wrote: Have you considered adding this to the GIMP Plug-in repository? Yes, I have tried many times. I have created an account there, but for some reason, I cannot log in, and it gives me no indication why not. That's not good. I wonder if

Re: [Gimp-user] general, basic image properties

2007-05-07 Thread Scott Bicknell
On Monday, May 7, 2007 11:39 am, Seb wrote: Hi, How does one learn about basic image file properties like size and resolution in general. I found an old thread here where the exif filter was mentioned, but I don't see this among the options in my Debian unstable gimp package. In any case,

Re: [Gimp-user] hi, merge two jpg together, the 2nd one does not display

2007-05-08 Thread Scott Bicknell
On Monday, May 7, 2007 10:59 pm, Suin Edit wrote: I just installed the GIMP on my windows box.  My task is simple, merging two jpg files together. When I increase the canvas size and copy and paste the second jpg into the first one, there is only a dashed outline of the second picture.  I

Re: [Gimp-user] Iwarp on windows

2007-05-20 Thread Scott Bicknell
On Sunday, May 20, 2007 1:07 pm, simon wrote: The problem is that you were trying to open an image in GIF format, which uses an indexed mode, meaning all colours used in the image are defined in an index of 255 colours, and any colours not defined in the index cannot be used in the image.

Re: [Gimp-user] How to tile pictures without gap?

2007-06-26 Thread Scott Bicknell
On Tuesday 26 June 2007 10:16 pm, Suin Edit wrote: Dear GIMP users: I have a 1000*1000 picture, for example. I need to tile it (copy and paste) into a 2000*3000 bigger pictures. But I found it's hard for me to exactly tile the bigger files. How can I set to make sure there are no gaps.

Re: [Gimp-user] GAP help, combining animations

2007-08-10 Thread Scott Bicknell
On Thursday, August 09, 2007 7:20:52 pm Patrick wrote: What I am still confused about is how to append one animation to another. I tried the map to option with different frame settings but the second animation just seems to get imaged over the first rather then appended after it. Could

Re: [Gimp-user] Blur and Transparency

2007-08-13 Thread Scott Bicknell
On Monday, August 13, 2007 10:32:54 pm Jürgen Hubert wrote: A minor annoyance I had to deal with is when I am attempting to use blur effects on layers with transparent areas - instead of assuming that the transparent areas have no color worth blurring at all, GIMP seems to assume that they are

Re: [Gimp-user] missing task bar

2007-08-27 Thread Scott Bicknell
On Monday, August 27, 2007 8:33:27 am Judy Stone wrote: when i open gimp, nothing appears on the task bar, the bar is empty...help? Might not be a Gimp problem. Could be a problem with KDE or GNOME or Windows or...? -- Scott ___ Gimp-user mailing

Re: [Gimp-user] Create layered animation from a tiled animation.

2007-08-30 Thread Scott Bicknell
On Thursday, August 30, 2007 11:06:21 am Brian Vanderburg II wrote: Out of need I created a script and finally got it working even on 2.3.18. ... I don't know where to send this script or if it would be useful to anyone else, so it is included in this email as an attachment.

Re: [Gimp-user] [Gimp-docs] [Gimp-developer] I would like to write a GAP user manual

2007-09-01 Thread Scott Bicknell
On Saturday, September 01, 2007 2:02:42 pm Patrick wrote: Hi There I was hoping to write the Gimp GAP manual. Unfortunately I have found myself in a bit of a catch-22. I do not know the GAP side that well. I was hoping the developers would tutor me and I could write everything in a manual.

Re: [Gimp-user] Animated .gif's

2007-09-13 Thread Scott Bicknell
On Thursday, September 13, 2007 7:00:16 pm Robert Keane wrote: I was given a .gif that I would like to use on a web site... The problem I have with it is that it repeats ad nauseum where once would be just fine. My question is can I stop the animation after 1 time? Yes. One of the options