[Gimp-user] About editing text layers
So i need to have Hello in one text layer and World in another one ?!!! Thats correct. In the current version you would have to make two seperate words. In the next release of GIMP (2.8) the text tool will be enhanced as you can see in this preview under step 4: http://www.gimpusers.com/tutorials/gimp-2-8-features-preview-april-2010.html -- Bernhard S. (via www.gimpusers.com) ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] New Image from Visible Layers?
Since GIMP 2.6 there is an option New from visible after you right click on a layer in the layers dialog! -- Bernhard S. (via www.gimpusers.com) ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Brush edit problem
I want to create a straight line that's two pixels wide. There's a brush that's 1px, and another that's 3px, so I created a new brush, made it a square one and selected a radius of 1.0px. If I do this, the brush appears to be 3px in width. So I tried various values. 0.7px radius still gives me a brush that is 3px wide. However, 0.6px radius gives me one that is 1px wide. I don't seem to be able to find any setting that makes it 2px wide, and neither can I understand the relationship between radius and the actual size of the brush. The same thing happens with higher values - anything from 0.7 up to 1.6 gives me a brush that's 3px wide, then at 1.7 it jumps to 5 pixels. Is it impossible to have a brush that is an even number of pixels wide, and if so, why? Better use a path and use the stroke path option in the paths dialog! You can enter a specific value there, and you can use different line types too (from solid to dashed and/or dotted). pretty cool... Hope that helps ;) -- Bernhard S. (via www.gimpusers.com) ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Text entry-keyboard captured as shortcuts
Oh, one more thing, how can I enter text the old way instead of using the on canvas option? I've made this selection, but don't remember how I got there. I believe the on-canvas text editing is the default for GIMP 2.7. If you prefer the old way you can select Use Editor in the options of the Text tool. You can also tell GIMP to save tool options on exit to make this the default for you. However, I cannot test this on my Windows installation, because each time I click to put text GIMP crashes. But this is a development release, so I somehow guess this is already fixed in a next release. I guess I should install GIMP 2.7 on Ubuntu (from Git) to see how this feature is supposed to work. The text tool is still a work in progress, as everything in GIMP 2.7. I guess the current state has not been merged to the git master. as for now you need to select the text layer in the layers dialog, then click the text on the canvas. No cursor is shown, but you can remove and write text. you can also double click a word to select it. There are some more bugs currently i guess... If text sunndely disappears or is duplicated you can use CTRL+Z to undo it and continue the work then. -- Bernhard S. (via www.gimpusers.com) ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Fit text to path problem GIMP 2.8 Windows XP
Sorry guys - newb question I've been trying to fit some text to a path, created the path ok, Layers menu | Text along path seems ok, Path along Selection from Paths dialog seems OK, clicked the eye icon next to my path to hide it ok - the text shows correctly fit with the pink stuff around it but when I export to GIF etc. the text which has been fitted along the path isn't visible - same problem if I display the path ... Am I missing something obvious ? Thanks in advance The tool creates a new path from the text after you aligned it to a path. You need to make a selection of that newly created text path and dthen fill it with a certain color... hope that helps! -- Bernhard S. (via www.gimpusers.com) ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] How to add transparency to half an image
Hi all, I'm new here. I'm trying to add a transparency to the bottom half of an image, make it lighter so I can emphasize the text on the image. I keep cropping the image and getting frustrated. You can use layer masks to achieve this effect. Right click the layer in the layer dialog add layer mask. a white area is displayed in the layer dialog beside the image. on this area you can paint with any tool. whice color represents fully visibility, black represents full transparency. if you paint in any gray tone it will make the image half transparent. hope that helps, -- Bernhard S. (via www.gimpusers.com) ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] How to slice the imgae for web
Michael Schumacher wrote: Bob Long wrote: To follow up, GIMP 2.6.6 for Windows does not include that (referring to Filters Web Slice) Please explain how you came to this conclusion, (not that I expect is should, as it relies on Python); especially as this is no reason for something to be missing on Microsoft Windows (Perl-based would be one, for example). Well, I'd been running 2.6.5 on Windows XP; open an image, add a couple of guides and Filters|Web shows only Image Map... (and Semi-Flatten, but greyed out). So I upgrade (I did not uninstall 2.6.5) to 2.6.6 today (http://downloads.sourceforge.net/gimp-win/gimp-2.6.6-i686-setup.exe via gimp.org links). Same results. I've never installed Python on this PC. So, am I missing something by looking in the wrong place? Are you saying you'd expect Slice to be there in a standard installation of GIMP on Windows, even without Python installed, and without installing additional plug-ins? I'm a web developer, and I never used any slicing tool, although I use GIMP mainly for my website mockups. They way I do is simple: I draw a rectangle selection over the part I need, then I press CTRL+SHIFT+C (copy visible) and then CTRL+SHIFT+V (paste the copied to a new image). Then I save the new image as .png or .jpg. I do it that way because you don't need so many images in most cases... Also there are often color gradients in websites where you only need a 1px image that is repeated through CSS. I doubt that there is much time to spare using such slicing tools. Maybe you like this way too ;) -- Bernhard S. (via www.gimpusers.com) ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] scanning
On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 10:04 AM, norman nor...@littletank.org wrote: I am about to put my hand in my pocket and buy a scanner for scanning photographs into GIMP. I am having great difficulty in finding whether or not the scanners I can afford work with XSane. I go to Google, find various lists but there is no indication how up to date they are.Please help a poor old man make a good purchase. I can go up to ?100 sterling. Norman I recently found a used flatbed scanner for USD$15.00. It is a CanoScan LiDE 35. I see all sorts of used flatbed scanners at the thrift shops for USD$10-15. It does a good job. The 4 buttons on it don't work in Debian, but that's okay... XSane has all the buttons you'll need! http://www.sane-project.org/sane-mfgs.html When I was in the used-computer shop, I simply asked the proprietor to look-up the CanoScan LiDE 35 on the Internet and he did. My $15 CanoScan LiDE 35 has the exact same form-factor as the one in the retail store selling for over $100. If it's listed on the above sane-mfgs.html page, it should be good! I've got a Canon Lide 50 and I'm using it with Ubuntu 8.10 and GIMP without any problems. I works like a charm! -- Bernhard S. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Change Language in Gimp
Hello. In my iMac Leopard System Pereference - International. Swedish is set as first language. I like that. My Blender speak english. why not in Gimp. How kan I change to english. Do you know how. Thank you Hello! One way is to start on command line using LANG=en gimp - that should work with MAC too. That should set the environment variable LANG to en -- Bernhard S. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Docking Problems
Hi everyone. I was working with GIMP 2.6.4 on windows XP when I managed to blunder away my toolbar tab from the tool box. I figured out how to open the dialog but it absolutely refuses to re-dock with my toolbox window and I was hoping someone would walk me through the process. I see the little triangle on the dialog and when I open it and click dock, it does nothing. I have tried installing Gimp 2.6.5 and reinstalling 2.6.4 but each time the dialog is seperate from the toolbox. Thank you for taking the time to read my request! Hi! It is a bit difficult in the first time when you loose the tool options - but it is really easy if you understand how docking in GIMP works. I made a screenshot to better show the process: http://www.gimpusers.com/images/privat/drag_tools.png you've to open up Windows / Dockable Dialogs / Tool Options first to view the options - then drag them to the tools window. You HAVE TO click and move the bold text title - in my case this is Move. Hope that helps. -- Bernhard S. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Tutorial help
Was sure I posted yesterday Have been following the hot wallpaper with flames tutorial. My problem is that when I'm trying to remove the background, instead of beeing removed completely it turns in to a white background. The whole point is that object would be freed from the background. What have I missed? Plerase help hi chris! the forums of gimpusers.com are connected to the mailing list, so you should always include a link to which tutorial you refer ;) http://www.gimpusers.com/tutorials/hot-wallpaper-1.html i think your problem is the missing alpha channel of the layer. right click the layer in the layers dialog and choose add alpha channel. the you should be able to free the body from the background. -- Bernhard S. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] GUG?
What happen to GUG(Gimp Users Group) it was one of the first and loved it Hi, the GUG was outdated for years an not maintained anymore. Spam ruined it and since a year it is completely down. Most likley it won't come back. Greetings, -- Bernhard S. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Gimp 2.6.1 on Ubuntu 8.10
Hi, I'm posting this again, since I really would like to check out the new features in Gimp 2.6. As I posted a few weeks ago, Gimp 2.6.1 crashes each time I try to perform a filter, color adjustment, etc., so that I had to install 2.4.7 in order to have a working bitmap editor. This happened since I upgraded to Ubuntu 8.10. Someone suggested that it might have to do with my outdated hardware (AMD K6 II/350 MHz), but since I don't have the money right now to buy a new computer, I would like to know if anyone has an idea what I could do to fix this problem. When running Gimp out of a shell, I am getting: (script-fu:5142): LibGimpBase-WARNING **: script-fu: gimp_wire_read(): error Illegal instruction My guess is that it might have to do with GEGL, but on the other hand I am assuming that Synaptic would automatically install all the required packages. (I don't want to have to compile anything; if there's a fix for it I need to install additional packages, I would prefer .deb files.) I did have the latest 'libgimp' installed (I downgraded to the version for Gimp 2.4.7 in the meantime), and I am not using compiz (as Chris asked me the last time I posted on this.) Especially after reading this very good thorough review of Gimp 2.6, I would like to check out the Gimp's new possibilities. Two thing I am personally missing are a) 16-bit support, as well as b) better anti-aliasing. While there are workarounds to improve the latter, Gimp still doesn't output the quality of say, Photoshop. I especially become aware of this when using curves to get a chromium effect, or applying 'Lighting Effects', where I am frequently getting 'stripes' instead of smooth gradients. I don't know, though, how much this has been improved upon in Gimp 2.6. TIA, Claus The stripes you're mentioning come from the limited support of bit-depth (8 bit per channel in GIMP - even in 2.6). So upgrading to 2.6 would not fix these stripes. As for your crash-problem: I've no idea what the problem of this is or how to fix it but you can try if other .deb-packages work instead of the ubuntu 8.10 out of box-version. you'll find the link to it on our downloads-section: http://www.gimpusers.com/gimp-download.php best regards, -- Bernhard S. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] gimp 2.6 - separate+
Hello, I've been trying to use the seperate+-plugin recently with gimp2.6 to create CMYK tiff images... it's currently not working for me. is there a way to use it with gimp 2.6? i can compile it after installing libtiff-dev and libgimp2.0-dev, but after installing it, gimp tells me the following error msg: ...uses an obsolete version of the plugin-protocol OS: Ubuntu 8.04 is there any way to use it with 2.6 already? -- Bernhard S. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] multithread?
Hi all, I tried making different operations and filters, and I always see but one of my 4 processors running under gimp, the setting in the preferences is set to 4. This both on Win x64 and linux x64. processor: intel Q6600 Has anyone an idea on this?? No, gimps filters currently take more or less no advantage of multi core processors... however the program itself is running better than on single core (as probably all applications ;)) -- Bernhard S. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] How to remove the eyes from 2.6 application windows backgrounds?
Have just installed V2.6 on Windows. Is there a configuration option to remove the eyes from the background of the Toolbox and Image windows? I've searched but can't find anything ... no, there is no such option currently in gimp 2.6.0 - the developers already know about this and this is maybe changed in 2.6.1 or 2.6.2. you can read the discussion about this here: http://www.gimpusers.com/forums/gimp-developer/10624-The-toolbox-Wilber-problem.html hope that was what you asked for ;) -- Bernhard S. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] A Few Suggestions for GIMP
Hi! I use this thread to suggest a function I really love to use in PS: open the open-file-dialogue by double clicking the empty image window Hin Tina! I already suggested something like that some months ago while GIMP 2.6 was still in development: have a look here: http://www.gimpusers.com/forums/gimp-developer/6400-simple-suggestion-for-the-UI.html finally it came out that this feature could be done technically but since it is not clear how that new empty image window will work in the future they decided not to implement this to avoid possible regressions. -- Bernhard S. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Hello List :)
Hello list, This is Akshay, a hobby photographer. I started using GIMP very recently. I know there is a lot to learn, hence i am here :) I am an automation engineer by profession. Regards, Akshay Welcome! meetthegimp.org is definately a good choice! if you're more into reading than watching - you can take a look at the tutorials on www.gimpusers.com. have fun with GIMP! -- Bernhard S. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] control clone tool?
With the clone tool, how do you control the area being cloned? Hi, you should keep in mind that you can control the cloned part by making certain selections. this makes it impossible to clone something outside of your selection. make sure you use CTRL on your keyboard to set a point you want to clone. if you want to clone the same part all the time use the alignment type fixed hope that helps a bit! -- Bernhard S. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
