Re: [Gimp-user] Advice

2011-09-06 Thread Cristian Secară
On Fri, 2 Sep 2011 21:00:52 -0500, goy genius wrote: I want to get away from windows but I can't because quite frankly GIMP is crap and I *need* photoshop. That's easy -- buy a Mac. That way you can both get away from Windows and continue to use Photoshop. Cristi -- Cristian Secară http

[Gimp-user] what does enter tags ? (in the new / development version)

2011-09-05 Thread Cristian Secară
understand a thing (but perhaps I am not familiar with the meaning of the English word tag). Thank you, Cristi -- Cristian Secară http://www.secarica.ro ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman

Re: [Gimp-user] what does enter tags ? (in the new / development version)

2011-09-05 Thread Cristian Secară
finally realized that this field works in conjunction with the find field. It appears this is not self-explanatory, it should be assign or remove a tag, or something similar (IMO). Thank you very much, at least I have understand what to search for. Cristi -- Cristian Secară http://www.secarica.ro

[Gimp-user] how can I change the direction of bevel lightning ?

2010-07-25 Thread Cristian Secară
I need to make some simple rectangle buttons and the Filters - Decor - Add Bevel... looks just what I need for. However, it only generates a single direction of the bevel highlight and shadow sides. How can I change the direction of where the light appears to come from ? Cristi -- Cristian

Re: [Gimp-user] Open a file r/o

2010-03-25 Thread Cristian Secară
to browse for a file via the open dialog each time I want to open something; unfortunately the save by drag and drop is not possible :) Cristi -- Cristian Secară http://www.secarica.ro/ ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https

Re: [Gimp-user] fuzzy around text

2010-03-23 Thread Cristian Secară
the document I copied the image in clipboard I opened Paint and pasted the clipboard there I saved the image from Paint as .png Ok, the saved image has fewer colors (so it is no longer the perfect original), but as it looks it has *never* been in JPEG format. Cristi -- Cristian Secară http

Re: [Gimp-user] fuzzy around text

2010-03-23 Thread Cristian Secară
built-in menu command (Scribus is also a good option, but may be a different thing/scope) Otherwise I tried Ghostscript GSView, or PDFWriter, but I have never been able to find an option to force the creation of a .pdf with images *not* converted to JPEG. Cristi -- Cristian Secară http

Re: [Gimp-user] printing

2010-02-08 Thread Cristian Secară
have to close it by force, giving a GIMP message about the plug-in print.exe which has crashed, blah, blah. Cristi -- Cristian Secară http://www.secarica.ro/ ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU

[Gimp-user] whan means tube button ?

2010-02-03 Thread Cristian Secară
an image of a Tube Button Label using the gimp.org webpage theme. Ok, I go to http://gimp.org. Where are the tubes ? (what should I search for ?) Cristi -- Cristian Secară http://www.secarica.ro/ ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU

Re: [Gimp-user] whan means tube button ?

2010-02-03 Thread Cristian Secară
On Wed, 3 Feb 2010 12:44:33 +0100, Simon Budig wrote: Ok, I go to http://gimp.org. Where are the tubes ? In the past. The tube on our homepage is long history... :-) If so, then it would be better to remove the particular reference to gimp.org from that tooltips ? Cristi -- Cristian

[Gimp-user] chalk type logo creation does something ? (script-fu)

2010-02-01 Thread Cristian Secară
I'm not sure what I should expect to see, but apparently there is nothing to see here. I mean File - Create - Logos - Chalk... - (all defaults) - Ok = only an empty (?) blackboard appears. Am I missing something ? Cristi -- Cristian Secară http://www.secarica.ro

[Gimp-user] what is fisheye and what is eyefish ? (flame render plugin)

2010-01-23 Thread Cristian Secară
poisson. In Spanish translation the first one is Ojo de pez, while the second is Gran angular (photo lens type, I assume) In German translation the first one is Fischauge, while the second one is Augenfish. ?? Thank you, Cristi -- Cristian Secară http://www.secarica.ro

Re: [Gimp-user] JPG file size increases with saving

2010-01-15 Thread Cristian Secară
CAD drawing export), where large areas use exactly the same pixel value from one pixel to the other. Cristi -- Cristian Secară http://www.secarica.ro/ ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman

Re: [Gimp-user] JPG file size increases with saving

2010-01-15 Thread Cristian Secară
for minimum file size: http://www.secarica.ro/misc/monopoly.bmp http://www.secarica.ro/misc/monopoly.png http://www.secarica.ro/misc/monopoly_gimp_hi_quality.jpg http://www.secarica.ro/misc/monopoly_gimp_minim_size.jpg Take the .bmp and do further tests with the save options. Cristi -- Cristian

Re: [Gimp-user] How do I change text color in existing object?

2009-04-05 Thread Cristian Secară
On Sun, 05 Apr 2009 07:40:45 +0100, norman wrote: May I take this opportunity to add another thing. When replying to an item always use 'Reply to list' or the equivalent and not 'Reply to all'. All the GIMP mailing lists have a configuration problem, in that when I reply to a message it goes

Re: [Gimp-user] How do I change text color in existing object?

2009-04-05 Thread Cristian Secară
On Sun, 5 Apr 2009 19:51:55 +0930, David Gowers wrote: Re: the reply-to issue: [...] OTOH, what exactly do you expect your mailer to do when you choose 'reply' rather than 'reply to all'? I am expecting to reply to the Reply-To: field, if existing. If not, to the From: field. The GIMP

Re: [Gimp-user] Gimp latest version

2009-01-16 Thread Cristian Secară
On Fri, 16 Jan 2009 10:08:04 +0100, Claus Cyrny wrote: I tried this myself, but found it very difficult. IMHO, the easiest way would be to upgrade to Ubuntu 8.10. Then you have all the latest libraries installed. And then when GIMP goes to 2.7+ will have to upgrade also the OS to Ubuntu

Re: [Gimp-user] Fwd: Gimp latest version

2009-01-16 Thread Cristian Secară
On Fri, 16 Jan 2009 09:17:53 -0500, Mark J. Reed wrote: its not the Gimp team's job to package things. Of course it is not. My comment was related to „the easiest way would be to upgrade to Ubuntu 8.10” statement, given as a solution to be able to use a newer version of an application (no

Re: [Gimp-user] SVG import problem

2009-01-16 Thread Cristian Secară
On Fri, 16 Jan 2009 14:46:51 +0100 (CET), mike510 wrote: after I have upgraded Gimp to 2.6.4 (Windows), it stopped to inport SVG files (neither via File - Open, nor via Paths Dialog - Import path). In the last case it seems to work but no paths are seen in a picture, only in path layers

[Gimp-user] plugin or something for broadcast video images ?

2009-01-08 Thread Cristian Secară
I need to handle 4:3 or 16:9 images, all based on 720:576 pixels (D1 or anamorphotic). This means non-square pixel. Is there a plugin available for GIMP to handle such particular format ? (which perhaps can handle also 720:480 or 720:486 for NTSC, etc.) Cristi

[Gimp-user] I don't understand how GIMP treat pasted selection -- something with a floating anchor

2009-01-08 Thread Cristian Secară
I am doing this: - I open an ordinary .jpg file - I choose a selection tool (say, rectangle) - I select some small region - copy (from menu) - paste (from menu) - the pasted selection appears as a Floating Selection / (Pasted Layer) - I choose the move tool - I move the pasted layer to my desired

Re: [Gimp-user] Pasting into MS Word from Gimp?

2008-11-23 Thread Cristian Secară
On Sun, 23 Nov 2008 03:06:22 +0100 (CET), Ed S. wrote: I don't know if this helps, but the Windows XP clipboard viewer (clipbrd.exe) says that Gimp is offering images of type DIB Bitmap and Bitmap. It appears there s a problem with the Bitmap format. If I try to view the Bitmap format with

Re: [Gimp-user] how to add new fonts?

2008-11-08 Thread Cristian Secară
On Sat, 8 Nov 2008 05:25:18 -0800 (PST), Akshay Narayan wrote: i am under the impression that any font in window$ must be detected by GIMP text tool. unfortunately, it is not happening so. is there any specific method to add the fonts to gimp? if so how? Try to use the Rescan font list

Re: [Gimp-user] Fw: need help 2.6.1 in windows vista

2008-10-15 Thread Cristian Secară
On Wed, 15 Oct 2008 03:25:26 +0200, Francois du Toit wrote: Those menu options are probably disabled because you haven't opened an image yet. The New menu option disabled before creating a new blank image ? Right now I am on XP (where it works well), will try to make some experiments by the

Re: [Gimp-user] Keyboard shortcuts not working in Windows Gimp 2.6

2008-10-05 Thread Cristian Secară
On Sun, 5 Oct 2008 07:03:38 -0700 (PDT), D.Jones (aka) Capnhud wrote: In Gimp 2.6 when I open the gimp and try to use keyboard shortcuts in an empty environment nothing happens. But if I go to the menu item and select new, recent file, or screenshot it works. It appears to work fine here. I

[Gimp-user] strange workaround for slow GIMP start (WinXP) (resent)

2008-06-26 Thread Cristian Secară
for GIMP developers too :) Cristi -- Cristian Secară http://www.secarica.ro/ ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

Re: [Gimp-user] strange workaround for slow GIMP start (WinXP) (resent)

2008-06-26 Thread Cristian Secară
each and every ~10 minutes in order to check my strings. These days I rarely use GIMP for image processing ... Cristi -- Cristian Secară http://www.secarica.ro/ ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU

[Gimp-user] value invert is for luminance only, or can be also other thing ?

2008-06-10 Thread Cristian Secară
In Colors menu there are two invert positions, one is Invert and other in Value invert. For the first invert, the floating help says Invert the colors. For the second invert, the floatig help says Invert the brightness of each pixel. My first question is why are the menu names not

Re: [Gimp-user] where is Image/Mode/Decompose

2008-05-28 Thread Cristian Secară
On Wed, 28 May 2008 03:27:04 +0200 (CEST), Alchemie foto\grafiche wrote: 2) this do not seems a question for the developer list will be better ask to the gimp user list or to some gimp forum as http://www.gimptalk.com/forum.php ? I have sent that message to the _user_ list. Even the subject

[Gimp-user] where is Image/Mode/Decompose ?

2008-05-27 Thread Cristian Secară
I followed the tutorial here http://www.gimpguru.org/Tutorials/SmartSharpening/ and stopped at the Right-click on the duplicate image and select Image/Mode/Decompose.. There is no Decompose here. What now ? I'm on Win32, GIMP 2.4.5. Cristi ___