from:"DJ"

Hi Gimp-user,

See the plain-old wooden fence at the top of this page.
http://www.artsconnected.org/toolkit/encyc_linetypes.html
Simply, right :-)  I wanted practice drawing lines, shapes, and
coloring them.

I created the vertical and horizontal with the Rectangle Select Tool
and Select  Stroke Selection, Paint Tool set to Pencil Circle (01),
Scale set to 2.

To create the diagonal I still used the Rectangle Select Tool, then
Rotate Tool, then Select  Stroke Selection. But the line is very
jagged, and it looks different than the horizontal and vertical.

I tried just using the Pencil, then the Paint brush (holding the Shift
key to get a straight line). I changed to a fuzzy brush.

How does one get a smooth diagonal line, like the one in the picture.

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Re: [Gimp-user] How do I get a smooth diagonal line

Hi David, gimp-users,

 Are you looking for click, move to line end, shift-click??

I can draw, or a better way to say it, I can create a line or
selection for that matter -- the marching ants. I can technically
create a line with the Pencil and Paint Brush.

But, I can't make it look nice. I can't get the diagonal to look
like the picture, so it just looks like another board. I can very
clearly see the steps of the diagonal. If I enlarge the image the
diagonal line looks similar to (assumes fixed font email):

  ^
  ^
  ^


Thank you.
DJ



 On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 7:48 AM, DJdelphit...@yahoo.com wrote:
 Hi Gimp-user,

 See the plain-old wooden fence at the top of this page.
 http://www.artsconnected.org/toolkit/encyc_linetypes.html
 Simply, right :-)  I wanted practice drawing lines, shapes, and
 coloring them.

 I created the vertical and horizontal with the Rectangle Select Tool
 and Select  Stroke Selection, Paint Tool set to Pencil Circle (01),
 Scale set to 2.

 To create the diagonal I still used the Rectangle Select Tool, then
 Rotate Tool, then Select  Stroke Selection. But the line is very
 jagged, and it looks different than the horizontal and vertical.

 I tried just using the Pencil, then the Paint brush (holding the Shift
 key to get a straight line). I changed to a fuzzy brush.

 How does one get a smooth diagonal line, like the one in the picture.

 Thank you.

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Re: [Gimp-user] File Open Location - No such file or directory

Hi Akkana, gimp-users,

GIMP 2.6.3. It's the last rpm that was available for OpenSuSE 10.3. As
to how it was compiled. Um, don't know.  Can I view compiled options
somewhere in Gimp interface or console command?  KDE is my desktop,
but I run a lot of GNome apps.

Cause errors?  By that do you mean the Gimp message box? I do get
the GIMP message box, but it doesn't say how it was going to be done,
just that it couldn't find it. It says:

+
GIMP Message
Opening 'http://gif' failed:

Could not open 'http//gif' for reading: No such file or directory.
+

I guess I should find out how Gimp is compiled for OpenSuSE :-) If
Gimp knows the app that is failing, it would be helpful to the
end user if it was included in the message ;-)

Thank you.
DJ

 DJ writes:
 Whenever I have used File  Open Location, I've gotten an error. I
 thought I'd revisit it again while going through a tutorial on
 blending modes. I got the same error, No such file or directory. Yet,
 I can right-click and Save Image As with no problem. I got the url
 by right-clicking and Copy Image Location.
 
 I searched, but did not see anything.

 You don't mention what platform you're on, or what version of GIMP
 or where you got it. But GIMP has several different ways of opening
 remote files -- gvfs, gnome-vfs, libcurl, wget -- and if your gimp
 is compiled to use a method you don't have, that'll cause errors.
 The choice is made at compile time; the runtime code doesn't fall
 back to use other methods if the preferred method fails.

 For instance, Ubuntu's GIMP is compiled to need gvfs, so if you
 don't have that installed (for instance, if you're running Xubuntu
 or some other window manager instead of a Gnome desktop) then
 Open Location or dragging from a browser probably won't work
 unless you build your own gimp with --without-gvfs.

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Re: [Gimp-user] Needing sympathy and help

Hi,

Do a google search for water damaged photographs:
http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8q=water+damaged+photographs

This one had some helpful suggestions:
http://www.imphotorepair.com/waterdamagedphoto.html

I figured with all the flooding these days there had to be some
discussion about it. My mother was into gluing and taping photos.
Between the that and the quality of the paper (acid), it's been a job.
I have some old diaries and autograph books from the 19th century.
They are brittle and yellow. I carefully scanned those for
preservation. I created a DVD slideshow of everything and gave them as
presents.

One of my favorite sites for photography is:
http://www.retouchpro.com/
Do a search there for water damage.  I found some there too.

Good Luck.
DJ

PS: New Zealand is gorgeous, especially the south island.

 I think at times you may be faced with a hard decision - do I want to 
 get the image or keep the photo?

 Drying old photos can be a problem, as they sometimes curl up strongly
 when dry. (If you allow them to dry emulsion side down on an unheated 
 print dryer, they're liable to stick on the surface).

 When the image is very important, it may be worth running the risk of 
 losing the photo by placing the wet print, emulsion side down, on a 
 sheet of glass and allowing it to dry. You can photograph the flattened
 image (with any cracks minimised) through the glass;  but you may not be
 able to soak the photo off again without damaging it.

 Best of luck! Let us know how you get on.

 Doug
 Emrys Williams wrote:
 Another thought is to consider copying the photos while they are still
 under water, before they have any chance to dry out and wrinkle.
 Personally, I'd photograph each photo through the water surface, as it
 lay on top of the pile, then remove the top photo. Then if the drying
 process wrecks them, you've still got a reasonable image. If they dry
 well, you can always scan them again later. Photographing through the
 water surface might need some practice, but I have done this very
 successfully with rock pools. Feel free to email me direct if you'd like
 some suggestions.

 More good luck!
 Emrys

 Duncan Lithgow wrote:
   
 Hi there all.

 On my last night in my home country of New Zealand I've been going
 through yet another box of family stuff. My grandfather was proloffic
 in creating and keeping documents of all kinds. I've just found
 several envelopes of photos so damaged by water that they are stuck
 together and I can only see enough to know that they include some very
 old family photos of which there are unlikely to be other copies. I'm
 feeling terrible about finding them. I know my mother would be
 horrified if she knew that they were in one of the boxes she stored
 poorly and which became water damaged. So I've put the clumps of paper
 into a bag and will take them home with me to Denmark. That's the sob
 story...

 Now the question is what can I do to make the best of this tragic
 situation? I know a bit about restoring the photos once I have them,
 but for no they are caked together in a clump. Please does anyone know
 what I can do? All I've come up with so far is taking the whole clump
 with me on a ong visit to the local sauna! Maybe that would separate
 them with some encouragement?!

 Help and advice appreciated.

 Duncan

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[Gimp-user] Edit Stroke Selection, Line width odd/even and antialiasing

Hi Gimp-user,

Just wondering why, odd pixel widths look different than even pixel
widths when using Edit  Stroke Selection?

The odd pixel lines looked aliased, while the even pixel lines don't
(only their corners).

When drawing icons and shapes, do you make a conscious decision to stroke
the line with an odd or even line width?

I tested this by drawing a selection on a layer and stroking it with
line width 1, then adding a layer, moving the selection to the right,
and stroking it with line width 2. I repeated that 4 times increasing
the line width each time.

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[Gimp-user] Edit Stroke Selection, Paint Tool=Paintbrush verses using the same Paintbrush Tool directly

Hi Gimp-user,

After creating a rectangle with the Rectangle Select Tool, rotating it
-40 degrees, I selected Edit  Stroke Selection. I clicked the radio
button next to Stroke with a paint tool and then Paintbrush in the
Paint tool drop down.

I then created a rectangle parallel to the one above using the same
Paintbrush. I made no changes to the Paintbrush Tool Options. I
created this rectangle freehand, clicking where the 4 corners would be
while holding the shift key.

Should the 2 painted rectangles look alike?

Even though I used the same Paintbrush, the lines of the two
rectangles are very different. I would have thought that they would
have been the same (and I was going to prove it to myself :-)), since
I'm creating colored lines with the same tool (Paintbrush) - one via
Stroked Selection, one via freehand. The freehand rectangle has
anti-aliasing. The one created by Stroke Selection using the same
Paintbrush does not. The lines are very choppy. Did I miss an option
in the Stroke Selection Dialog? I tried some of the options in the
Rectangle Select Tool, before Rotating and Stroking, but they didn't
change anything. I'm not sure why in the Rectangle Select Tool
anti-aliasing is grayed out unless rounded corners is enabled. In one
try, I made rounded corners radius 0 and anti-aliasing enabled before
rotating and stroking the selection. No difference.

I'm using Paintbrush Circle (01), Scale 3.

I'm great at creating straight lines on 180 or 90 degrees :-), but add
an angle, slant (like above) or a curve, and I need a little more
practice.

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Re: [Gimp-user] Genius Tablet under windows

2009-06-12 Thread DJ

Hi Danny, Gimp-users,

 Hi all;
 I've posted this in gimp talk and not gotten any answers. It is
 really frustrating me. I have looked all over for answers. I have a
 genius tablet (genius mouse pen 8*6) and it works under Gimp really
 well except for one issue. When first open gimp I am able to draw
 with the mouse. As soon as I colour one pixel with the tablet I can
 no longer draw with the mouse. I can select tools with it just not
 draw. i have found posts scattered around the web on how to fix this
 issue under Linux with Wacom tablet. Under linux you can go to
 Edit/Preferences and disable the mouse this apparently fixes the
 issue. However under windows there is no mouse to disable. Anyone
 have a clue to this one?

There was an entry in http://groups.google.com/group/comp.graphics.apps.gimp
that mentioned http://www.gimptalk.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=17992 as a
starting point. It's for Wacom, but it also goes over Linux and
Windows. I would think configuration (pen tablet properties) would be similar
whether Wacom or Genius, just a different looking UI but still located in
the Control Panel.

I have a Wacom tablet that I've been thinking of installing, but it'll
be on Linux where I've been migrating towards.

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[Gimp-user] File Open Location - No such file or directory

2009-06-11 Thread DJ

Hi Gimp-user,

Whenever I have used File  Open Location, I've gotten an error. I
thought I'd revisit it again while going through a tutorial on
blending modes. I got the same error, No such file or directory. Yet,
I can right-click and Save Image As with no problem. I got the url
by right-clicking and Copy Image Location.

I searched, but did not see anything.
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/buglist.cgi?query=gimp+open+location

Any thoughts?

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[Gimp-user] Gimp Modes

2009-06-10 Thread DJ

Hi Gimp-user,

The Grokking the GIMP book uses modes in ways that I haven't seen
elsewhere. Most items I have read just say experiment with modes and
you'll come up with interesting effects. But Grokking actually gives
some practical examples, like using Multiple to create shadows, Screen
to create highlights, combining Normal with Screen, and Darken Only in
a layer mask to merge two images. If you don't mind the differences in
GIMP's user interface among versions, there is a lot of good stuff in
Grokking the Gimp book. The terminology and basics are still the same.

http://gimp-savvy.com/BOOK/node68.html
http://gimp-savvy.com/BOOK/node57.html#SECTION001382000
http://gimp-savvy.com/BOOK/node45.html#SECTION001233000

Anyone seen other good examples of using various Modes?

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Re: [Gimp-user] Picking Gray Point in a Photograph and recalling pixel points

2009-06-07 Thread DJ

Hi Sven, gimpusers:

 Second, with the sample point selected, I opened the Levels Tool. I
 want to use this sample point as the gray point. In the Levels Tool,
 I clicked the Pick gray point eyedropper, and then went to click on
 the sample points, but the only thing that happened was the cursor
 changed from an eyedropper to an eyedropper+move_symbol, which means,
 according to the status message at the bottom of Gimp, I can move the
 point, but I can't seem to use it.
 
 2) Now that I have a sample point (the gray point), how do I use it in
 the Levels Dialog?

 Why would you want to use a sample point for the gray point in the
 Levels tool? Just click on the Pick gray point eyedropper in the
 Levels tools and then click on the spot in the image that you want to
 select as the gray point. This will do what Norman described, just

The original tutorial that I was following at
http://digital-photography-school.com/precise-color-cast-correction-with-gray-fill-layers
had the user add a temporary 50% Gray Layer (7f7f7f), Mode: Difference
to find a gray point. I manually picked the point, wrote it down on a
piece of paper, and then relocated that point in the Levels Dialog. I
had asked the question, is there another way to remember this x/y
location. This is where the Sample Points Dialog was suggested to
record the location, I think, rather than writing it down on a piece
of paper. It's a nice idea and Dialog.

 completely automatically. You may want to adjust the Sample options in
 the Levels tool options though. Choosing a larger sample radius often
 helps to get better results.

Choosing a larger sample radius often helps to get better results.
Argh! I was going to ask where do you change the radius, but I
simply forgot to look at the Levels Options on the Tool Options
Dialog.

Got it! :-)

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Re: [Gimp-user] Select Feather - OR - Select Invert Feather

2009-06-06 Thread DJ

Hi Elwin, gimpusers:

 I can't comment for sure on the effect you describe, I think there
 might be a slight difference.  The method I use for feathering
 selections, I think, offers a bit more control, plus allows one to
 have increased feathering where indicated.

 What you do is to make your selection, then turn on quickmask, and
 then use gaussian blur on the quickmask, one or more times (and
 perhaps with different settings to sort of smooth things out). 
 This allows one to actually see how much feather you are gonna get
 before you actually make use of the selection.  Once you have a
 properly blurred quickmask, then you just convert it back to a
 selection and do whatever you want with it.

I've been playing around with your method of making a selection, and
I'm afraid I have a newbie question.  How do you blur the QuickMask?

I use the QuickMask all the time for making a selection with a fuzzy
brush. Do you simply activate the QuickMask and then
Filters  Blur  Gaussian Blur?  But doesn't this Blur the entire
image - selected and not selected?

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Re: [Gimp-user] Picking Gray Point in a Photograph and recalling pixel points

2009-06-06 Thread DJ

Hi laptop, gimpusers,

I was following this tutorial.
http://digital-photography-school.com/precise-color-cast-correction-with-gray-fill-layers

I added a 50% Gray Layer (7f7f7f), Mode: Difference. I picked a point
that was black, referencing the Pointer Dialog, and jotted down the
x/y coordinate found in the lower left-hand corner or Pointer Dialog.

I brought up the Levels Dialog and clicked the middle eye dropper for
picking the gray point, and carefully relocated that same x/y
coordinate.

My question, is there another way to remember or set the gray point,
or remember any point for future reference/recall?

Have a look at Sample points dialogue.
Norman

This looks like it might be it :-)

First, I was able to select a sample point per the instructions in
the documentation (drag a ruler w/the ctrl key down), but the Sample
Points Dialog did not come up. The documentation said it might not,
and that you had to open it separately.

1) Does anyone know why adding a sample point might not open the
Sample Points Dialog automatically?

Second, with the sample point selected, I opened the Levels Tool. I
want to use this sample point as the gray point. In the Levels Tool,
I clicked the Pick gray point eyedropper, and then went to click on
the sample points, but the only thing that happened was the cursor
changed from an eyedropper to an eyedropper+move_symbol, which means,
according to the status message at the bottom of Gimp, I can move the
point, but I can't seem to use it.

2) Now that I have a sample point (the gray point), how do I use it in
the Levels Dialog?

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[Gimp-user] Setting Keyboard Shortcut for Windows Dockable Dialogs?

2009-06-06 Thread DJ

Hi Gimp-user,

I went to Edit  Keyboard Shortcuts and clicked on Disabled next to
Dialogs. The text changed to New accelerator  I tried a couple
of combinations and each time the text would change back to
Disabled.

It would be nice if the user could click on the title Shortcut and
all the items in the list would expand and sort by accelerator key.
I'm assuming Gimp will let the user know if a key combination is
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[Gimp-user] Picking Gray Point in a Photograph and recalling pixel points

2009-06-04 Thread DJ

Hi Gimp-user,

I was following this tutorial.
http://digital-photography-school.com/precise-color-cast-correction-with-gray-fill-layers

I added a 50% Gray Layer (7f7f7f), Mode: Difference. I picked a point
that was black, referencing the Pointer Dialog, and jotted down the
x/y coordinate found in the lower left-hand corner or Pointer Dialog.

I brought up the Levels Dialog and clicked the middle eye dropper for
picking the gray point, and carefully relocated that same x/y
coordinate.

My question, is there another way to remember or set the gray point,
or remember any point for future reference/recall?  

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Re: [Gimp-user] Trouble making transparent white images

2009-06-04 Thread DJ

Hi Dan, gimp users,

 I am trying to make an image with the main part of it as a white object and
 everything else transparent.  I've followed tutorials and examples on how to
 do this (add alpha channel, select the background color, delete it) and it
 works fine if my object is not white, but if it is white then it, too, becomes
 transparent.  When I look at the image in IE it looks OK but, used in an
 OpenGL application, it is just a blank image.  
 I have a different white transparent GIF that I didn't create using GIMP, and
 it behaves as expected (white where it should be white, transparent where it
 should be transparent).  I do not understand the difference between the two
 and was hoping someone here could point me in the right direction.  
 I am using GIMP 2.6.4 on Windows XP.

Did you find a solution?  If so what was it?

Otherwise, I just tried the following:

1. I open a photograph.
2. Layer  Transparency  Add Alpha Channel (or right-click layer ...).
3. For a test, I did a rough selection with the Free Select Tool.
4. Dragged white to the selection.
5. Select  Invert.
6. Hit the Delete button.  


I wonder if you checked out:
  Layer  Transparency  Color to Alpha


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Re: [Gimp-user] How to import Photoshop .pat files?

2009-06-03 Thread DJ

Hi,

So I tried that, but still NOTHING. Question, It IS with the bucket fill
tool
that I should be able to access the .pat files right?

The problem in this case may be that a lot of those patterns on
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/02/12/the-ultimate-collection-of-free-photoshop-patterns/
aren't GIMP compatible. For instance, I tried the animal prints one,
http://redheadstock.deviantart.com/art/Animal-Prints-PS-Patterns-37342057
and although it supposedly includes 18 patterns, I got a zip file
that expanded to just one file, SS-animalprints-patterns.pat.
If I put that file in ~/.gimp-2.6/patterns/ it's ignored, and if I
try to open the file in GIMP I get GIMP pattern plug-in could
not open image. I get the same for the brick textures pattern.

Disclaimer, I have not tried any of this (in great detail) :-) This is
all new to me too.

The short answer: Check out: http://registry.gimp.org/node/10879

It looks like, as you noticed, that a Photoshop .pat may contain
multiple layers. Those layers can be saved as individual Gimp patterns.
The install of this plug-in will add a file type of
Photoshop Pattern in the Open Dialog.

Longer answer: Text below is Italian. I used Google to translate to
English.

Use the pattern of Photoshop with Gimp
May 3rd, 2009

Although the patterns (reasons) of Photoshop have the same extension
of the Gimp (. Pat) can not always use them.

I believe this is due to the fact that the format of the patterns of
PS is more complex than could have within it images of different
sizes. In order to use the same patterns for Photoshop on the net can
now install the plugin Photoshop Pattern Loader. This plugin once
installed enables you to upload patterns in GIMP as if it were an
image.

Using the pattern
...
http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=ensl=itu=http://www.volalibero.it/gimp/gimp_-_plug-_e_script-fu/usare_i_pattern_di_photoshop_con_gimpei=aQ4mSrGdKqiGtgOd-aGgBgsa=Xoi=translateresnum=8ct=resultprev=/search%3Fq%3Dps-pat-load_1%26hl%3Den

Photoshop pattern loader: Load Photoshop PAT patterns set as image in GIMP.
http://www.techzilo.com/download-free-gimp-plugins/

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Re: [Gimp-user] How to import Photoshop .pat files?

2009-06-03 Thread DJ

Hi,

 Any suggestions as to how to get the job finished? ie. each layer needs
 to be cropped I think.

A potential option requires 3 steps:

Open the pattern file.
  Photoshop Pattern Loader
  http://registry.gimp.org/node/10879
  (Located: file type, Photoshop Pattern under Open Dialog)

Split the pattern layers into separate files.
  Video  Split Image to Frames  (Is this Gimpu GAP?)

Crop the images in the above output files.
  David's Batch Processor to Crop the photos in batch. Make sure you
  visit the tabs: Input, Output, and Rename, and also the action you want
  to perform in batch (i.e., Crop 200x200?).
  http://members.ozemail.com.au/~hodsond/dbp.html
  (Located: Filters  Batch Process)

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[Gimp-user] Image to Layer Size

Hi Gimp-user,

I added multiple transparent layers, and on each I created a component of
an image. In the end, I moved the layers to position the components.

I like doing the Layer to Image Size, because it reminds me all
components are on the same canvas.  But is there any technical reason
for doing Image to Layer Size or for not doing it?

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Re: [Gimp-user] How to import Photoshop .pat files?

Hi,

 Can someone pllleeeasse tell me how to import these .pat files?
 http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/02/12/the-ultimate-collection-of-free-photoshop-patterns/

 I've already tried dropping them directly into the pattern folder for gimp
 but they don't even show up! Show I re-install Gimp?

Restart GIMP or Refresh Patterns.

Pressing this button causes GIMP to rescan the folders in your pattern
search path, adding any newly discovered patterns to the list. This
button is useful if you add new patterns to a folder, and want to make
them available without having to restart GIMP.
http://docs.gimp.org/2.6/en/gimp-pattern-dialog.html




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Re: [Gimp-user] How to import Photoshop .pat files?

Hi,
So I tried that, but still NOTHING. Question, It IS with the bucket fill tool
that I should be able to access the .pat files right?

Yes and no. There is also the Patterns Dialog (see more below).

I think I may have to re install, because I noticed the same thing when I try
to access filters that I have downloaded. Even the Scrypt-Fu and Python-Fu
filters, theres nothing in them.
OW

On the image window go to, Windows Dockable Dialogs Patterns.
This is the Patterns Dialog.

In the Bucket Fill, as you mentioned, if you click the radio button
next to Pattern Fill and then click the image, that is the Pattern
List View. At the bottom right-hand side of the Pattern List View, if
you click the bucket icon, it'll also bring up the same Patterns Dialog.
Just two ways to get to the same spot.

If you have Edit Preferences Tool Options, Paint Options Shared
Between Tools, Brush, Pattern, and Gradient checked, then what
you set in the Dialogs will be used by the Tools.

One of the things I realized about GIMP, a lot of things are
drag-able. So you certainly can use the Bucket Fill tool with a
pattern, but you can also just drag a pattern to the layer/selection.

I'm on Linux, and I've never had to reinstall GIMP for anything. I
just put the Patterns in the gimp-2.6/patterns/some_name directory, and
then do a Refresh (Circular arrows at the bottom of the Pattern
Dialog) or just restart.

One other thing to check: Edit Preferences Folders Patterns, the
folder that you installed into should be listed.

I'm out of ideas after this :-)

Good luck.
DJ

Can someone pllleeeasse tell me how to import these .pat files?

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/02/12/the-ultimate-collection-of-free-photoshop-patterns/

I've already tried dropping them directly into the pattern folder for
gimp
but they don't even show up! Show I re-install Gimp?

Restart GIMP or Refresh Patterns.

Pressing this button causes GIMP to rescan the folders in your pattern
search path, adding any newly discovered patterns to the list. This
button is useful if you add new patterns to a folder, and want to make
them available without having to restart GIMP.
http://docs.gimp.org/2.6/en/gimp-pattern-dialog.html

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[Gimp-user] Tutorial gradient question

Hi Gimp-user,

I was going through this tutorial, and got stumped.
http://ajitgraphics.blogspot.com/2008/09/neon-lights-tutorial-gimp.html

I have the white outline of the image, but I can't figure out how they
did the gradient so the background gets the gradient, but it looks
like the white outline was also affected by the gradient. I tried
various Modes, among failed attempts. :-(

I have:
  FG: Purple, BG: Green
  Tool: Blend Tool (FG to BG, Linear)

  Layer 3: Transparent Background w/white outline.
  Layer 2: Gradient (not mentioned in the tutorial but was tried by me)
  Layer 1: Black Background

Layer 3 will be duplicated twice, with Layer 4's mode set to Value,
and Layer 5 blurred 20 pixels.

Any suggestions?


Is there another way to get the effect of multiple rough outlines
of an image? The tutorial's creator added layers and used Filters 
Distort  Iwarp, repeating that several times.

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Re: [Gimp-user] Tool Options and finding a resource

2009-05-31 Thread DJ

Hi David, GimpUsers,

 Whether it's the Font on the Text Tool, or Brush on the Paint Tool, or
 Pattern Fill on the Bucket Tool, scrolling through the lists is slow
 and sensitive. I tried typing the first letter of font, brush, or
 pattern in the list but that doesn't seem to work. I didn't precede it
 with any alternate key (shift, ctrl, alt). What is the best (fastest
 :-)) way to get to, or position yourself, to the resource?

 Press Ctrl-F (or Ctrl-S, it depends on your GTK+ keybindings) in the
 list view to open the search field, then enter the first letter(s).

 I must say -- we need to promote this in the GIMP documentation!
 (particularly in conjunction with the tagging functionality)
 Personally, if I had known this, I would have hardly needed to wait
 for tagging, as I'd already included categorization in the gradient +
 pattern naming

This definitely works in the Tools (list view), like Text Tool, Blend
Tool, Paintbrush Tool. Nice! Just what I was looking for.

But it doesn't work in the Dialogs, like Font Dialog, Gradients
Dialog, Brushes Dialog.

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Re: [Gimp-user] Sizing pictures

2009-05-31 Thread DJ

Hi Greg, GimpUsers,

 Trying to get the second picture done and it keeps getting squashed. That
 is, my short plump bird is now tall and thin.  Any thoughts?

I haven't followed all the responses to this thread, but take a gander
at these two items, depending on which action is occurring:

Scale - You can set the Width and the Height you want to give to your
image by adding or removing pixels. If the chain icon next to the
Width and Height boxes is unbroken, the Width and Height will stay in
the same proportion to each other. If you break the chain by clicking
on it, you can set them independently, but this will distort the
image.
http://docs.gimp.org/2.6/en/gimp-image-scale.html

Crop - Aspect Ratio
http://docs.gimp.org/2.6/en/gimp-tool-crop.html

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Re: [Gimp-user] Large file size on TIFF to JPEG conversion

2009-05-30 Thread DJ

Hi gimpusers,

 I am just astonished that I have to set such extreme quality values to
 get a reasonable sized file.

 Very likely the TIFF files are 1 bit per pixel (only black or white,
 with no gray).  JPEG supports a minimum of 8 bits per pixel, so right
 away, with equivalently efficient compression, the JPEGs are going to be
 8 times as large.

I think Ernie answered the question. But here's some additional
thoughts, that may or may not help solve the issue :-)

Wouldn't Image  Properties provide some additional numerical
information to concretely explain file sizes.


Some tidbits:

- Only save an image using a lossy compression once all other image
editing has been completed, since many image manipulations can amplify
compression artifacts.

- Ensure that image noise levels are as low as possible, since this
will produce dramatically smaller JPEG files.
http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/imagetypes.htm

- JPEG Compression: The real story.
http://www.tawbaware.com/maxlyons/jpegcomp.htm

- Color data mode(Bits per pixel)
TIF
  RGB - 24 or 48 bits,
  Grayscale - 8 or 16 bits,
  Indexed color - 1 to 8 bits,
  Line Art (bilevel)- 1 bit

PNG
  RGB - 24 or 48 bits,
  Grayscale - 8 or 16 bits,
  Indexed color - 1 to 8 bits,
  Line Art (bilevel) - 1 bit

JPG
  RGB - 24 bits,
  Grayscale - 8 bits

GIF
  Indexed color - 1 to 8 bits
http://www.scantips.com/basics09.html

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Re: [Gimp-user] Tool Options and finding a resource

2009-05-30 Thread DJ

Hi David, gimpusers,

 with any alternate key (shift, ctrl, alt). What is the best (fastest
 :-)) way to get to, or position yourself, to the resource?
 Resource tagging is intended to address this problem. Have you tried
 it? You can assign tags to any resource using the bottom input field
 in the relevant dialog, and filter by tags using the top input field
 in the relevant dialog. (but not currently in the tool-options
 popup.. you must be using the full dockable, eg. Gradients,
 Patterns, Brushes in order to use this.)

I'm not aware of this feature.  By full dockable do you mean the
items under Windows  Dockable Dialogs?

For example, I went to Windows  Dockable Dialogs  Gradients, and it
looks like Figure 14.39 on this page.
http://docs.gimp.org/2.6/en/gimp-gradient-dialog.html
I don't see any input text field.  I've scanned the documentation on
this page, and my eyes aren't catching it %-)  Do you see it in the
documentation, if so, could you please point me to it.  Or, can you
elaborate a bit more on what I'm doing wrong.

 For example:
   Text Tool
   Click on Font Icon
   The active font is Arial and I want to get to Tahoma.
 Why can't you simply use the scrollbar to get near to the right
 place in a matter of 5 seconds? I can. I agree that the preview of
 fonts is comparitively sluggish VS eg. gradients or patterns. I
 think the previews should be calculated in idle time, so that
 scrolling and selection can be instant.
 David

You are right. For whatever reason the scroll bar isn't smooth and not
very accurate. The Text, including Font Selection Dialog, is the
worse. I find myself pulling down, oopps, pull up, oopps, pull down.
That's why I thought if there was some key-combination that would at
least get me in the vicinity, it might help. I'm been adding a lot of
brushes, palettes, and patterns. And thinking ahead, if I keep adding
more, will this get worse. How will I find things, and get to them or
get near them, as quickly as possible.


Side track
~~

Windows  Dockable Dialogs is one way, but I often get to these
Dialogs from the Tool Options Dialog. For example, I click the Blend
Tool, click the image next to the label Gradient:, and then click,
Open the gradient selection dialog on the lower-right.

A while back, I read a tutorial about rearranging GIMP's interface,
and up to now it's worked nicely. Most of the time I have 2 Windows, 1
is the image and the other is everything else. On the top I have all
the Tools. In fact, I added more, by going to Windows  Dockable
Dialogs  Tools, and clicked the eye/visibility next to all except 2
(Threshold and GEGL Operations).

I also added the 3 items from Edit  Preference Toolbox.

In the lower half of the Toolbox I docked everything in this order:
Layers, Channels, Paths, History, Pointer Info, Brush Dialog,
Palettes, Patterns, Gradients, Options.  I like things visible at this
stage of the game.

I did follow Akkana Peck's suggestions at,
http://gimpbook.com/tips.html, to get rid of wilbur.  That was
precious space regained.

If the images hide the toolbox, I click ctrl-b. If I lose the image, I
double click the Active Image to bring up the Active Image Dialog to
raise the image.

After writing this, it dawned on me that I have Edit  Preference 
Tool Options, Paint Options Shared Between Tools selected, so I
actually could just preset the values by clicking the tabs that I have
docked. Live and learn :-)

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Re: [Gimp-user] Copy a layer mask from one layer to another layer?

2009-05-30 Thread DJ

Hi David, gimpusers,

 Is it possible to copy a layer mask from one layer to another layer?
 Yes, make it so that you are editing the layer mask on both, then
 select all and Copy from one and Paste to the other.

 I was going to ask, What if the layers are different images?, but I
 just tried it, and only the layer mask was copied/pasted.

 I just became aware of Edit  Buffer, and I see the layer mask in the
 Buffers Dialog too.  Do Gimp users use the Buffer a lot?  I seems like
 a nice little work area repository.

 'the buffer'? Do you mean the Buffers mechanism and dialog (as opposed
 to simple Copy/Paste)?

It's located under Edit  Buffer.

It came to my attention when I was viewing, Grokking the GIMP.
http://gimp-savvy.com/BOOK/index.html?node22.html

I haven't gotten the logistics down on how to use it.

 Not that I've ever heard of. It's nice in theory, I think the need
 to name buffers impedes the usability in practice. A limited amount
 of numbered buffers that you may *optionally* name seems more usable
 to me.

Agree.

 I'm trying to think of all the various things I may want to copy.
 Paths and Channels comes to mind. I see on the Path Dialog, on the
 right-click, there is Copy Path and Paste Path. But there isn't
 something similar on the Channels Dialog. I'm still trying to get a
 stronger understanding of Paths and Channels, so maybe there wouldn't
 be a need to copy/paste a Channel.  But, if there were, how would you
 do it?
 Just like any other drawable. Make it active (eg click on it in the
 channels dialog), Copy, make the one you want to paste to active,
 Paste.

Okay.

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[Gimp-user] Copy a layer mask from one layer to another layer?

Hi Gimp-user,

Is it possible to copy a layer mask from one layer to another layer?
  
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[Gimp-user] Source of images

Hi Gimp-user,

If you are looking for images to practice Gimp Techniques (i.e.,
selections) there are some awesome pictures at the US Fish and
Wildlife Service web site. For example:

Start Here: http://images.fws.gov/
On left-hand side, click Or Browse The Library
Scroll to Perching birds;
End Here: 
http://images.fws.gov/default.cfm?fuseaction=records.searchresultssb=Perching%20birds

NASA, NOAA also have some tremendous images. Who doesn't like
birds, fish and planets and stars :-)


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Re: [Gimp-user] Copy a layer mask from one layer to another layer?

Hi David, gimp-users,

 Is it possible to copy a layer mask from one layer to another layer?
 Yes, make it so that you are editing the layer mask on both, then
 select all and Copy from one and Paste to the other.

I was going to ask, What if the layers are different images?, but I
just tried it, and only the layer mask was copied/pasted.

I just became aware of Edit  Buffer, and I see the layer mask in the
Buffers Dialog too.  Do Gimp users use the Buffer a lot?  I seems like
a nice little work area repository.

I'm trying to think of all the various things I may want to copy.
Paths and Channels comes to mind. I see on the Path Dialog, on the
right-click, there is Copy Path and Paste Path. But there isn't
something similar on the Channels Dialog. I'm still trying to get a
stronger understanding of Paths and Channels, so maybe there wouldn't
be a need to copy/paste a Channel.  But, if there were, how would you
do it?

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[Gimp-user] Tool Options and finding a resource

Hi Gimp-user,

Whether it's the Font on the Text Tool, or Brush on the Paint Tool, or
Pattern Fill on the Bucket Tool, scrolling through the lists is slow
and sensitive. I tried typing the first letter of font, brush, or
pattern in the list but that doesn't seem to work. I didn't precede it
with any alternate key (shift, ctrl, alt). What is the best (fastest
:-)) way to get to, or position yourself, to the resource?

For example:

Text Tool
Click on Font Icon
The active font is Arial and I want to get to Tahoma.

SuSE Linux.
GIMP 2.6.3

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[Gimp-user] 2 questions: New Image Fill and Saving Guides

2009-05-26 Thread DJ

Hi Gimp-user,

1. Are Options #1 and Option #2 the same?

   Option #1:
 File / New
 Fill With: Transparency
 Drag the FG color (default - Black) to the layer.

   Option #2:
 File / New
 Fill With: Foreground color (default - Black)


2. Can Guides be saved (like channels and paths)?


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[Gimp-user] Anyway to add multiple Guides at once?

2009-05-26 Thread DJ

Hi Gimp-user,

Didn't see it in the manual, but was wondering if there is a
short-cut to adding multiple Guides at once (ie., a comma-separated list)?

I have about 15+ Guides to add. I setup a keyboard shortcut and
entered them one at a time.

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Re: [Gimp-user] How to slice the imgae for web

2009-05-22 Thread DJ

Hi,

  i don't see the slicing tool is it not available in the gimp latest
 version.

MS What is the slicing tool?

Already mentioned was:
  Image  Transform  Guillotine
  http://docs.gimp.org/2.6/en/plug-in-guillotine.html

There is also:
  Filters  Web  Slice
  http://docs.gimp.org/2.6/en/python-fu-slice.html

Checkout the gimp registry too.

PS: The links to the GIMP documentation are broken on
http://www.gimp.org/docs/ which always. The web page has links like
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[Gimp-user] Select Feather - OR - Select Invert Feather

2009-05-21 Thread DJ

Hi Gimp-users,

I've seen some tutorials that do either:

1a. Make a Selection and then Feather.
- OR -
1b. Make a Selection, Invert the Selection, and then Feather.

Sometimes, in either case, there is an intervening Grow.

Does the Invert of the Selection and then the Feathering (1b) produce
different results than just Feathering the original Selection (1a)?

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Re: [Gimp-user] Can a New Layer be positioned during the Paste, or does it require a Move

2009-05-21 Thread DJ

Hi bgw, GimpUsers,

b Not quite - paste as new layer creates a new layer with the selection
b in the upper left corner.  Paste places it exactly on top, as Sven
b noted, and then Layer-New Layer will transform the floating layer 
b into a new layer properly located.

Ah, that did the trick.

The two methods produce different results then:
 1a. Edit / Paste As / New Layer
 1b. Edit / Paste; Layers / New Layer

Is there any other use for the Floating Selection, other than
turning it into a New Layer?

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Re: [Gimp-user] Sizing pictures

Hi Greg, GimpUsers

G I'm a newbie and have been using GIMP for a couple months to scale and crop
G images for a website I am trying to create and have that all worked out 
pretty
G good but now I want to enter some pics into a contest where the entries
G require minimum 300 dpi (8 x 10) in horizontal format.

G I have been trying the different tools but can't get the dimensions to stick
G where I put them.  How do I get this right?

Menu: Image/Scale Image

Some additional references:

  On the Image/Scale Image window, click the Help button, or

  Scale Image (resolution)
  http://docs.gimp.org/2.6/en/gimp-image-scale.html

  Saving Files (resolution)
  http://docs.gimp.org/2.6/en/gimp-images-out.html

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Re: [Gimp-user] setting the default new window size

Hi Ryan, GimpUsers:

RK How can I configure the size of the new window containing a new image?  I
RK have set my default new image to be 2000x1600 pixels, which I really like,
RK but when I hit Ctrl-N, it defaults to a zoom level of 33%, which is too
RK small on my screen.  So, I am constantly having to drag the window bigger
RK each time I create a new image.

That is something I was curious about also. I did some checking. It
looks like from the Image window, select Edit/Preferences. In the
panel on the right look for, Inital zoom ratio, and set to
1:1 (not Fit to Window).

Doc snippet:

Initial zoom ratio

You can choose either to have images, when they are first opened,
scaled so that the whole image fits comfortably on your display, or
else shown at 1:1 zoom. If you choose the second option, and the image
is too large to fit on your display, then the image window will show
only part of it (but you will be able to scroll to other parts).
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[Gimp-user] Looks like another Gimp book will be out in November: GIMP Bible by Jason van Gumster, Wiley Press

Hi Gimp-users,

Looks like another GIMP book will be out in November.

GIMP Bible by Jason van Gumster, Publisher: Wiley
http://www.amazon.com/GIMP-Bible-Jason-van-Gumster/dp/0470523972

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Re: [Gimp-user] setting the default new window size

Hi Ryan, GimpUsers:

RK Thanks.  I saw that option.  Actually, 1:2 or 1:3 would be great, but 1:1
RK doesn't work for what I am doing.  Is there no other way?  1:1 would be too
RK big for my screen and I would still have to manually adjust the window size.

I'm not sure you can get exactly what you want in one step. If the
Initial Zoom Ratio doesn't have the desired answer, maybe another
tack might be to checkout the Zoom menu item (+, -, 0) on the
Image View menu. You could open the image and then hit the + or -
to adjust the image quickly.
http://docs.gimp.org/2.6/en/gimp-view-zoom.html

There is also the Zoom Tool in the Toolbox.

In Addition
~~~
Notice that Zoom In and Zoom Out have shortcut keys (-, +, 1). I
actually changed the + to =, and the 1 to 0, so I didn't have
to hit the shift key, and all the keys were together on the right side
of the keyboard.

You can get to the Shortcut keys via the Image Window, Edit/Keyboard
Shortcuts or Edit/Preferences, Interface, Configure Keyboard
Shortcuts. I have the Use dynamic keyboard shortcuts set, which
allows the user to change a menu shortcut key when the menu item is
selected.
http://docs.gimp.org/2.6/en/gimp-pimping.html#gimp-prefs-interface

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RK On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 1:37 AM, DJ delphit...@yahoo.com wrote:

 Hi Ryan, GimpUsers:

 RK How can I configure the size of the new window containing a new image?
  I
 RK have set my default new image to be 2000x1600 pixels, which I really
 like,
 RK but when I hit Ctrl-N, it defaults to a zoom level of 33%, which is too
 RK small on my screen.  So, I am constantly having to drag the window
 bigger
 RK each time I create a new image.

 That is something I was curious about also. I did some checking. It
 looks like from the Image window, select Edit/Preferences. In the
 panel on the right look for, Inital zoom ratio, and set to
 1:1 (not Fit to Window).

 Doc snippet:

 Initial zoom ratio

 You can choose either to have images, when they are first opened,
 scaled so that the whole image fits comfortably on your display, or
 else shown at 1:1 zoom. If you choose the second option, and the image
 is too large to fit on your display, then the image window will show
 only part of it (but you will be able to scroll to other parts).
 http://docs.gimp.org/2.6/en/gimp-pimping.html#gimp-prefs-image-window
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Re: [Gimp-user] setting the default new window size

Hi Elwin, GimpUsers:

That's two great suggestions. I wasn't aware of the Navigation Dialog,
even though I saw it in Windows/Dockable Dialogs. Whenever I saw the
icons (a t with arrows) I just thought of the Move tool and never
selected it. I've read tutorials where they suggest the New View.

Thanks for the additional knowledge.


EE Another possibility might be to use the navigation dialog.  It
EE has preset zoom levels you can click, as well as a slider that
EE lets you change the zoom level, and also a box that you can drag
EE around on an image thumbnail that will control what part of your
EE image is displayed in the canvas window.

EE I sometimes like to have two versions of an image that I am
EE working on, particularly when doing rendering.  So I will zoom the
EE canvas in, then do ViewNew View and get a second canvas of the
EE same image, but zoomed all the way out.

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[Gimp-user] Can a New Layer be positioned during the Paste, or does it require a Move

Hi Gimp-user,

I have a selection. I Edit/Copy and then Edit/Paste as New Layer.
I move the layer to position it exactly on top of the previous
selection.

Can the Paste positioning be controlled during the actual Paste? In
other words, is there a key combination or sequence that would
position the Paste exactly on top of the previous selection?

I do use the arrows, which I understand move 1 pixel, and if you hold
the shift while using the arrows, the layer moves 25 pixels at a time.
It would just eliminate a step.


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[Gimp-user] Tutorial procedure suggestion: glowing swirl

2009-05-17 Thread DJ

Hi Gimp-user,

I was trying to duplicate the tutorial at this site:

http://digital-photography-school.com/post-production-light-painting-reader-tutorial

I used the Path Tool to create the swirl, but what would you suggest
for the inner/outer glow?

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[Gimp-user] Remove all guides for an image

2009-05-05 Thread DJ

Hi Gimp-user,

I've just started using Guides, why I waited, I don't know, because
they are really helpful :-)

I know I can remove them one at a time by dragging them off, but is
there a way to remove (not hide) them all for an image?


2.2.  Guides
http://docs.gimp.org/en/ch11s02s02.html

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[Gimp-user] Color Schemes

2009-05-02 Thread DJ

Hi Gimp-user,

I was looking for ways to create color schemes, on the desktop, and I
spotted this recent entry on the Gimp Registry RSS Feed.  It looks
nice. I haven't installed it, mostly because I don't have the required
library installed, grapefruit. It's on my list of things to try :-)

Palette Generator
http://registry.gimp.org/node/15833

I started looking around and spotted Agave, a color scheme designer
for the Gnome Desktop. The files can be exported as Gimp Palettes.

Agave
http://home.gna.org/colorscheme/

Anyone do anything special to create palettes?

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Re: [Gimp-user] How to Get the Colour Average (and possibly other statistics ) for a Selection

2009-04-30 Thread DJ

Hi Shlomi, gimp users,

SF statistics is small, but I was told that to fix it one needs to change the
SF gtk+ theme.

Wouldn't the fix be under Gimp's, Edit | Preferences | Themes, I have
a Default and Small theme.


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Re: [Gimp-user] Before I file a bug report

2009-04-27 Thread DJ

Hi,

NS Jernej Simončič wrote:
 GTK+ has it's own method of inputting Unicode codepoints - press
 Ctrl+Shift+U, then type the hex code. It would be nice if it supported the
 system way of Unicode hex input, too though.
   

It appears to be a limitation/non-feature of GTK and Windows. I doubt
they are preventing it, they just aren't passing the key sequence onto
the application/Gimp.

http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=537643

snippet:
GTK+ uses Ctrl-Alt-Shirt-u for Unicode hex insert. Windows users are used to
Alt decimal insert. GTK+ (at least on Windows) should support both.



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Re: [Gimp-user] Nice features

2009-04-25 Thread DJ

Hi

 This depends on your GTK+ settings -- if you're using GNOME, it often
 likes to explicitly disable tearoffs; also, the rightclick menu can be
 different from the menubar in this aspect -- my menubars have no
 tearoffs, my right-click menu does have tearoffs.

 David
   

Ah. That's what I have.  I was focusing on the image menu/sub-menu
items and tearoff menus.

Reading the help I see there is a gimp option in gimprc,
tearoff-menus. It appears to be yes by default.  I don't want to
turn them off though :-)

It's nice they are available on the right-click.


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Re: [Gimp-user] Two Gimp environment questions

Hi Alchemie and Gimp Users,

Ah, I got it. It happened to me yesterday when I installed a package
of scripts.

For example, add-bevel.scm comes from two sources. It was in the
system directory and this new package of scripts, which I installed in
my home Gimp directory. This is a first for me. The scripts content
were different, but I don't know Gimp scripting well enough to
determine the impact of those differences. I did a quick fix and
tacked a 2 on the end of the appropriate source code line(s). I see
both of them in Gimp's Help / Procedure Browser, and it looks like the
second one has an additional Parameter. They are both in the menu, and
they both work. I noticed there wasn't any version info listed in the
Procedure Browser. I suppose, unless one is writing scripts, the name
could be anything.

The copy in the system directory is not going away. If a user wants to
install a script into their home directory, but it has the same
internal name, is there a better way to handle this?

Thank you.
DJ


Regarding, concept 2 clones may kill each other, I'm
 working under
 the assumption, that the order of the directories in the
 Edit /
 Preferences / Folders, determines which script or plug-in
 is used. The
 2 arrows at the top of the panel change the order.

Afg Not exactly and is not only a problem for clones even if happen much more 
seldom in other cases

Afg I always fail to explain it with the right words i hope other may do better
Afg I try again but the technical term may be not exact:
Afg Basically there are parameters assigned to each script, when 2
Afg or more script use the same name of a already assigned parameter trouble  
happen.

Afg Obviously is almost sure this will happen for similar version of
Afg the same script, while is much less probable for different scripts

Afg But then parameters in that context may be a misleading or
Afg misused term i hope someone else may explain better

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Re: [Gimp-user] Looking for script: fade-outline.scm

Hi Kevin  gimp-users,

Oh wow. I wouldn't have thought to look in bugzilla for a script.
So many places to go, so little time :-) lol

I'll change my notes that I jotted down from the online tutorial, and
try this:

bugzilla snippet:
IMO we should simply remove the script from the menus. The functionality that
it does provide can easily be achieved by feathering the selection and
transferring the selection to the layer mask.

Thank you.

KC DJ wrote:
 I was reviewing some notes I had on a tutorial for buttons. It used a
 script called fade-outline.scm.  I couldn't find it at Gimp Registry,

KC The fade-outline.scm script was removed from the GIMP source tree by Sven
KC Neumann on August 15, 2007. See bug #466382 for the details
KC http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=466382


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[Gimp-user] Ctrl, Shift, Alt

Hi Gimp-user,

I was trying out Gimp's various Selections, and tools. Clicking on the
Ctrl, Shift, and Alt keys, before a left-click and after a left-click,
changes the Action.

Sometimes there is helpful text in the status bar at the bottom of the
Image telling the user to try these keys. I find it helpful to have
the specific Tool's options open too, because it may provide a visual
indicator what these keys will do (i.e., highlight an option or
check/uncheck a checkbox).

I like this feature, and especially the text in the status bar. It's
very helpful. It really pays, at the beginning, to move slowly, and
read that text in the status bar after clicking.

I was wondering, is it pretty much a given that all Tools support Ctrl,
Shift, Alt, before and after a left-click? That would be the only
combination of keys and mouse clicks, no?

I did checkout the section Keys and Mouse References in the
Documentation. And found the neat Quick Reference
[http://docs.gimp.org/quickreference/]. Unless, I just missed it,
none of these mention the mouse and these keys.


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Re: [Gimp-user] Looking for script: fade-outline.scm

Hi Kevin and GimpUsers

KC DJ wrote:
 Oh wow. I wouldn't have thought to look in bugzilla for a script.
KC The information was from the GIMP ChangLog file and not bugzilla.

OOOppps... I wouldn't have thought of that either. Argh. I thought,
it's a script, go to the gimp registry, and if that doesn't work,
google. There seems to be official scripts, and user-developed
scripts. I thought fade-outline.scm, used in an online tutorial I had
taken notes from and wanted to revisit, was the later, but it was the
former. Sorry, my misunderstanding.  I did check the gimp change log
in the system directory, and there it was.

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[Gimp-user] Themes

Hi Gimp-user,

I was looking at the README in the install directory (never done that
before :-)), and it says go to http://gtk.themes.org for downloadable
themes and further details.  I get a Server not found when I go to
that location.

Anyone customize Gimp? In Edit / Preferences, I just have 2 themes,
default and small.

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Re: [Gimp-user] Two Gimp environment questions

2009-04-22 Thread DJ

Hi Alchemie and Gimp-Users:

Afg I may answer only to question 2 this

Afg FX Foundry constantly update scripts for newer Gimp version so 2 very 
different thing may happen

Afg 1) in case of not more maintained script (that means very often)
Afg the FX-foundry version is the most up to date

Afg 2) in the opposite case, when the script author is taking care
Afg to maintain and update his scripts then may happen the opposite,
Afg that his version is the most up to date

Thanks so much - boring questions for experts, I'm sure :-) Hopefully
as I learn more, I'll be able to pass on the best information :-)

I sort of like the packaged idea of FX-Foundry, the consolidation of
menus/submenus, but I think I get your point. Use Gimp Registry to get
the parts, but if you want the whole, go to SourceForge.  And then,
only consider getting what you want.

I have many tutorials lined-up to go through. One gotcha, for me at
least, the older tutorials and the variation of menus. I'm not so
accustomed to Gimp that I know where everything is yet, without some
thought. And with 2.6, in some cases, there seems to be better way
(less key strokes, new feature), of doing things, imho.

Two basic actions that are coming clear: always check the Options of
a Tool, and always know what is active in the Layers dialog :-) When I
can't get something to work in the tutorial, it is usually because I
have the wrong Layer active.

I got on the RSS Feed of the Gimp Registry. I thought it might be a
good way to stay current and informed on a regular basis. I'll
download an interesting script to try it out, maybe learn something in
the process :-) I don't necessarily keep it. When I download a script,
it isn't externally apparent where it will end up on Gimp's menu. I'll
view the source, and scan to the bottom to find out where it will go.
If I want to keep it, but it created another main menu, currently I'm
changing it to go under an existing main menu/sub-menu item. I didn't
know how the RSS Feed worked, and just assumed it was updated when a
script was updated. Ooops. Oh well.

Regarding, concept 2 clones may kill each other, I'm working under
the assumption, that the order of the directories in the Edit /
Preferences / Folders, determines which script or plug-in is used. The
2 arrows at the top of the panel change the order.

If I have my home directory before the system directory, the version
in my home directory should take precedence. I've been making
sub-directories, under my home directory, like:

Home Directory:
  home/gimp/scripts/fx_foundry
  home/gimp/scripts/some_author

Gimp Preferences:
  home/gimp/scripts
  /usr/share/gimp/scripts

Gimp seems to read the sub-directories content (From a previous
question, Gimp gives an error message on the console for the
sub-directory).

Recently, I've been thinking I should explicitly add the
sub-directories to Gimp's Preferences and remove the main directory,
to control the order, like:

Home Directory:
  home/gimp/scripts/fx_foundry
  home/gimp/scripts/some_author

Gimp Preferences:
  home/gimp/scripts/some_author
  home/gimp/scripts/fx_foundry
  /usr/share/gimp/scripts

If I wanted a fx_foundry script to take precedence over a Gimp
registry script with the same name, I'd change the order, like:

Gimp Preferences:
  home/gimp/scripts/fx_foundry
  home/gimp/scripts/some_author
  /usr/share/gimp/scripts


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[Gimp-user] Looking for script: fade-outline.scm

2009-04-22 Thread DJ

Hi Gimp-user,

I was reviewing some notes I had on a tutorial for buttons. It used a
script called fade-outline.scm.  I couldn't find it at Gimp Registry,
but I did find it at the link below:

http://linux.softpedia.com/get/Multimedia/Graphics/GIMP-SCRIPT-FUs-33171.shtml

It appears to be a package of scripts.  I don't know much about it, but
thought I'd pass it on.

Anyone using it?

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[Gimp-user] Article: Handy Tweaks To Make GIMP Replace Photoshop

2009-04-22 Thread DJ

Hi Gimp-user,

I'm on the RSS Feed for Smashing Magazine. It's got a lot of stuff ---
too much :-), but it's nicely done.  The images are fantastic.  The
title of the article is obviously to catch eyes (they do a lot of
that there :-)), but the content is good too. I've never seen Photoshop,
but I have used PaintShop Pro, before Corel bought it :-)

Article:
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/04/03/8-handy-tweaks-to-make-gimp-replace-photoshop/

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[Gimp-user] How do you keep Gimp Scripts and Plug-ins current?

2009-04-21 Thread DJ

Hi Gimp-user,

Is there a way to automate Gimp script/plug-in updates, or at least
compare installed versions verses Gimp Registry versions?  

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[Gimp-user] Two Gimp environment questions

2009-04-20 Thread DJ

Hi Gimp-user,

* One *

I was just trying things out and noticed some errors when I start Gimp
from the Linux command line.  They don't seem to be causing any
problems, but I was wondering if anyone knew what they were.

If I take one for example, /././.gimp-2.6/patterns/. This directory
is in Gimp's Preferences.  I see the patterns in the Pattern Dialog. I
can open up the patterns from Gimp's File Dialog. So why the fail to
load? HHMmm... :-)

* Messages *
GIMP-Error: Failed to load data:
Image file '/././.gimp-2.6/patterns/extras' contains no data

GIMP-Error: Failed to load data:
Fatal parse error in palette file '/././.gimp-2.6/palettes/gps': Read
error in line 1.

GIMP-Error: Failed to load data:
Fatal parse error in gradient file '/././.gimp-2.6/gradients/web2.0':
Read error in line 1


* Two *

Awhile back, I installed the FX-Foundry. I was looking at the Gimp
Registry and noticed there seemed to be some duplication. For example,
Quick Sketch.

In FX-Foundry, the name is: phillips-quick-sketch.scm
Last update according to internal comments: 9/9/2007

In Gimp-Registry, the name is: quick-sketch_0.scm
Last update according to internal comments: 2/9/2009
The changes made by a different person than the originator.

Should I expect to see duplication between FX-Foundry and the Gimp
Registry? The Gimp Registry is the official add-on location,
correct?

Link: registry.gimp.org/node/5921
Link: sourceforge.net/projects/gimpfx-foundry

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[Gimp-user] Alpha channel and pixel transparency value

2009-04-15 Thread DJ

Hi Gimp-user,


I'd like to know the transparency value of a pixel in Gimp. In PSP,
when you run the cursor over a pixel it'll tell you the RGB and the
alpha percentage.  Can I get this information in Gimp?

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[Gimp-user] Nice features

2009-04-15 Thread DJ

Hi Gimp-user,

Two nice features
-

These may be simple features, but they sure are nice. The first is the
zoom image icon in the upper right-hand corner of the image window.
I use to hit equal, minus, and 1 multiple times to resize the image
and then I'd have to grab the lower right-hand corner. But with the
zoom image set, now I just grab the corner and the image automatically
resizes. Nice :-)

The other feature is keyboard shortcuts.  I doubled checked the keys
 already set, Edit - Keyboard Shortcuts, because I don't want to make
 my Gimp environment too non-standard.  I found a couple keys that were
 convenient for my use and not currently used. Now, if I find myself
 doing something repetitive, I select the menu item, and click the
 key, and it's set.
 http://docs.gimp.org/en/gimp-concepts-shortcuts.html


Do the tear-away menus still exist?  I didn't use them a lot when I
first read about them a while back, but I remember that there were
suppose to be a dashed line on sub-menus, and you'd grabbed them and
the menu would tear away. I used it a little bit, but something came
up and I wanted to revisit that, and I don't see the dashed lines any
more at the top of sub-menus.
http://docs.gimp.org/en/menus.html#detachable-submenus

I just thought I'd pass these along in case others weren't aware of
these features. If you are, please ignore this message ;-)

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[Gimp-user] Moving and Resizing an existing Path

2009-04-14 Thread DJ

Hi,

I have an XCF file with saved Paths. I want to move the Paths.

I see on the Move Dialog an option, Path. But, it's a little difficult
determining what I'm moving. Is there a way to make the actual Path
visible while moving? I do see the rectangular box, when I click.

Also, is there a way to resize a saved Path? I did Path to Selection
again, and I was looking for resize handles, like when using the
Rectangle Selection Tool.  I'd rather resized the Path, rather than
the Selection, but at the moment I can't do either. :-)

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Re: [Gimp-user] Creating icons

2009-04-13 Thread DJ

Hi,

RP check this:
RP http://www.gimp.org/tutorials/Creating_Icons/
RP Greetings from Belgrade, Serbia

Thank you.

I was going through the tutorial and tried the antialiasing. I took a
fuzzy circle brush #5 and changed the opacity to 40. The first time I
tried it, I clicked and dragged, stopped, and clicked again. That's
when I got a different shade. But it didn't look like the example in
the right image. Is the trick, to get the various shades, to click
often and overlap?

Along this line, I wanted to created a rectangle border w/rounded
corners. I thought one way might be to: (1) select-round rectangle,
 (2) select-border, (3) edit-fill with fg color.  The corners are
 jagged, not antialiased. What did I miss? :-)

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Re: [Gimp-user] Anyone run into a good tutorial

2009-04-12 Thread DJ

Hi,
D Has anyone run into a good online tutorial on icon creation with GIMP?
D Any tricks on resizing icons from 64 to 32, or changing colors?

I normally use imageMagick w/bash for batch processing, but I ran across
Dave's Batch Processor for Gimp, and thought others might find it
useful.
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~hodsond/dbp.html


I found some helpful information on icon creation at the Tango
project, specifically the suggested workflow.
http://tango.freedesktop.org/Tango_Icon_Theme_Guidelines#Suggested_Workflow_.26_Support_Files

I had my base icons at 64x64, and wanted to resize to 32x32 and change
the main colors, like red to green. The resizing part is the hardest.
I'm not sure it can be done without touchup. The FX-Foundry has Step
Resize, and that seems to do a better job than just resizing once. I
just couldn't seem to get good results w/imageMagick, no matter what
filter I used. I tried using InkScape (import/export) to see if that
made any difference. I used Gimp's Colors-Map-Rotate Colors to
change the basic color scheme.  I've always wanted to use Gimp to
create all kinds of icons for applications.

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[Gimp-user] Anyone run into a good tutorial

2009-04-11 Thread DJ

Hi Gimp-user,

Has anyone run into a good online tutorial on icon creation with GIMP?

Any tricks on resizing icons from 64 to 32, or changing colors?

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Re: [Gimp-user] slight paper curl?

2009-02-12 Thread DJ

Hi,

H Is there a filter that will create what looks like a sheet of paper
H slightly curled?

Here's a tutorial on creating a paper curl:

http://gimpology.com/submission/view/creating_a_page_curl_amp_a_simple_website_template_/


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[Gimp-user] Digital Photography School Poll

2009-02-06 Thread DJ

Hi Gimp-user,

Digital Photography School web site has a poll asking users what
software they use for post production (and they generate tutorials
accordingly).  It's an informative site, and if you use GIMP, consider
taking the poll (one question :-)).  TU

http://digital-photography-school.com/what-post-production-software-do-you-use-most



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[Gimp-user] Can saved Tool-Options be located in subdirectory?

2009-02-04 Thread DJ

Hi Gimp-user,

I downloaded a file that contains brushes, palettes, etc. from
http://ramonmirandavisualart.blogspot.com/

When I add brushes, for example, I always put them into a
sub-directory under .gimp/brushes, like .gimp/brushes/gps. It is just
easier to maintain the contents in the future. I don't need to make
any changes in GIMP's preferences because GIMP searches
sub-directories too. That is also true for palettes.

But here is the question, the download also contains Tool Presets. I
am new to this feature, so I may just be missing something.  I added
the Tool Presets to a sub-directory under .gimp/tool-options, but the
Restore options from button is still greyed/disabled.  I looked
under Edit | Preferences, Folders and Tool Options, but didn't see
anything that might change the outcome.

Do Tool Options have to be in .gimp/tool-options main directory, or
can a user add them to a sub-directory, or even change the main
directory name?  If so, how?


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[Gimp-user] The Artist's Guide to GIMP Effects blogs about review of GIMP 2.6.4

2009-01-18 Thread DJ

Hi Gimp-user,

Interesting/educational review of GIMP. I just thought I'd pass the
info/link on.

By way of the blog at, The Artist's Guide to GIMP Effects
[http://www.graphics-muse.org/artistsguide/?p=108], the review:

Ars.Technicahas posted a review of GIMP 2.6.4 for MacOS X and
Ubuntu
http://arstechnica.com/reviews/apps/gimp-2-6-review.ars


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[Gimp-user] Where is the Palettes Dialog in GIMP 2.6?

2009-01-12 Thread DJ

Hi Gimp-user,

Where is the Palettes Dialog in GIMP 2.6?

http://docs.gimp.org/en/gimp-palette-dialog.html

Where is the Index Palettes Dialog in GIMP 2.6?

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Re: [Gimp-user] Where is the Palettes Dialog in GIMP 2.6?

2009-01-12 Thread DJ

Hi Gimp-user,

I found the Palettes Dialog on the ToolBox by clicking the tiny arrow on the
right-hand side with a pop-up Configure this tab, then clicked Add
Tab. In the list was Palettes Dialog, and Colormap.

I looked on the Image Window at the various menu items and didn't see
them.  Is this the only location (on this little arrow drop-down)?
They aren't on the Image Window menu, or did I just miss them :-)?

I was showing someone who uses PaintShop Pro that they could also
build a 3 color indexed png with GIMP. In Gimp I created a new
image and changed Image-Mode-Indexed. I selected a custom palette. I
saved it and closed GIMP. When I reopened the image in GIMP I wanted
to see the available palettes (i.e., Palettes Dialog), and I wanted to
see the indexed colors for the image (i.e., Color Map).

Thank you.


D Hi Gimp-user,

D Where is the Palettes Dialog in GIMP 2.6?

D http://docs.gimp.org/en/gimp-palette-dialog.html

D Where is the Index Palettes Dialog in GIMP 2.6?

D Thank you.



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[Gimp-user] Method to add File Menu to Toolbox?

2008-12-29 Thread DJ

Hi Gimp-user,

A couple of years ago I ran across a blog that talked about organizing
The Gimp into 1 window. I really liked this layout. I spent some time
dragging and docking so when I had no images open, there was 1 window,
the Toolbox.

This window consisted of: the File Menu at the top, then the Toolbox
below that, then a series of Dialogs below that in a horizontal row,
starting with Layers, Channels, Paths, History, Color, Brushes,
Patterns, Gradients, and ending with Tool Options. When I wanted to
create or open an image, do a screen capture, change Gimp Preferences,
I just went to the Toolbox that had a large presence on the right-hand
side of my desktop.

With the recent version of The Gimp, the File Menu was removed from
the Tool Box window, and now there are 2 windows at all times. When I
want to open an image, do a screen capture, change The Gimp
Preference, etc, I have to rummage around for a currently open image
to access the File menu. These usually are minimized.

Does anyone know of a way to get the File Menu back on the Toolbox, or
to get the interface to work like it did in the past in version 2.2?

I did find (toobox-wilber no) at gimpbook.com/tips.html. I added that
to gimprc to remove the empty space at the top of the Toolbox.  Now if
the File Menu was back on the Toolbox, life would be good again :-)

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[Gimp-user] Gimp Doc - Adding alpha channel

2008-12-26 Thread DJ

Hi Gimp-user,

http://docs.gimp.org/en/gimp-using-web-transparency.html

How does one go from Figure 6.8 to Figure 6.9?

I did a right-click to the image in Figure 6.8 and saved the PNG to
my Desktop. I opened the PNG in Gimp and added the alpha channel per
Step 2. Step 3 has me stumped, which is to add the soft glow and to
get that transparent background.

Any suggestions?

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[Gimp-user] Can a Gradient start at pixel 2?

2008-12-26 Thread DJ

Hi Gimp-user,

My goal is to understand tab-middle.png from Firefox chrome, and in
the process understand alpha transparency better.

The image is 1x75.  I'm not sure of the correct way of saying this,
but from pixel 2 to 31 there is a decreasing amount of white visible,
(or an increasing value for the alpha channel). I think pixel 1 is gray.

Using the Gradient tool, I set Opacity to 70. I click the second pixel
in the image and hold the ctrl key while dragging. What I want to
happen is for the gradient to start at pixel 2 (where I clicked), but
it's starting at pixel 1.  Is it possible to start a Gradient at
pixel 2 (or where ever I click), or do I just need to redo pixel 1
after the Gradient.

I've gone to the Channels Dialog and clicked off R, G, B, so I could
see the alpha channel. But some times it is so light that it is hard
to tell. Is there a better way to inspect the alpha channel?

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Re: [Gimp-user] A GIMP book - What GIMP version does it cover?

2007-08-23 Thread DJ

Hi Dotan,

 Hi Gimp-user,

 A friend sent me a link to a new GIMP book, The Artist's Guide to
 GIMP Effects to be published this month.  There was a reference to it
 in the Javascript book he was reading from the same publisher.  The
 sample tutorial looked good.

 http://nostarch.com/frameset.php?startat=gimp

 Just thought I'd pass it on.


DC Very nice, the sample chapters were amazing. This seems to be written
DC for Gimp 2.2, but 2.4 will have significant changes. Can you (or the
DC author) address that issue?

That's a good question. I don't have the specific answer. The
searching I did on the web site and amazon, didn't seem to come right
out and say it. The Table of Contents starts out with, Looking Ahead
to GIMP 2.4. It is being published this year. Hhhmmm... Perhaps we
can get a response from the list.

Thank you.

PS: I think your message only came to me and not the list, so in my
reply I made sure the To: address was
Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU.

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[Gimp-user] A GIMP book

2007-08-22 Thread DJ

Hi Gimp-user,

A friend sent me a link to a new GIMP book, The Artist's Guide to
GIMP Effects to be published this month.  There was a reference to it
in the Javascript book he was reading from the same publisher.  The
sample tutorial looked good.

http://nostarch.com/frameset.php?startat=gimp

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Re: [Gimp-user] Rounding those corners

2007-07-29 Thread DJ

Hi,

This gives me a solid 1 pixel left, right, bottom and an anti-aliased
lower left and right corner.

I probably created 5 more steps than necessary :-).  Is there a better
way?

1. File-New
Specify the required height and width and fill with the color needed
for the border.

2. Select-Rounded Rectangle
Required radius of 10.

3. Select-Invert

4. Edit-Cut
This gets rid of the corners.

5. Select Region by Color
Click the image (see step 1)

6. Select-Shrink by 1

7. Edit-Cut

8. I fix up the top with the pencil and eraser to straighten the sides
and get ride of the top line.


I noticed when I used File-New, Select-All, Edit-Stroke Selection,
and selected the second option Stroke with a paint tool and selected
the pencil as the paint tool, that only two sides (top and left) of
the selection would get outlined. The pencil tool was a 1 pixel circle
with no other options set. I expected to see a 1 pixel border on all 4
sides. I zoomed in and looked. If I increased the pixels (ie. 3 px) it
kind of worked. It was clearly not 3 pixels on all sides. It seemed
consistent in not doing all 4 sides with a 1 pixel pencil. I am not
sure if I have something set in GIMP to create this outcome. [GIMP
2.2.13]

However, if I selected the first option, Stroke line, with a width
of 1, solid, and antialiasing not checked, I got the expected 1 pixel
border. In general, I couldn't use this method after a Select-Rounded
Rectangle because I need the corners to be antialiased but not the
sides. With antialising checked, the corners were okay, but it also
changed the color of the 1 pixel border on the left, right and bottom,
so I came up with the above 8 step method ;-)

Thank you.
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Re: [Gimp-user] Rounding those corners

2007-07-28 Thread DJ

Hi,

Thank you.
D How are you creating a single rounded corner, like those used for
D css boxes with rounded corners.

This page has a better example of what I was trying to create,
http://www.456bereastreet.com/lab/teaser/

Specifically the image
http://www.456bereastreet.com/lab/teaser/tsr-t.gif.


At the GIMP registry I found http://registry.gimp.org/plugin?id=7905
which creates 4 corners for use in another method for creating round
cornered boxes in css.

I tried the rounded corner at http://gug.sunsite.dk/tutorials/rounded-corners/
but just couldn't get it to produce something like tsr-t.gif.

Anyone know what happened to gimptalk.com?  It had a lot of
educational resources.

Thank you.
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[Gimp-user] Rounding those corners

2007-07-27 Thread DJ

Hi gimp-user,

How are you creating a single rounded corner, like those used for
css boxes with rounded corners.

(i.e., http://www.csszengarden.com/063/corner_yelongreen_tr.gif)

Or, if you wanted to outline an image's left, bottom, and right, sides
and round the lower corners (radius 8), so it would look like a U
without the tail and a flatter bottom (again for use in CSS
background for a round cornered semi-flexible box).

Select-Rounded Rectangle and Edit-Stroke Selection don't seem like
the right option.

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Re: [Gimp-user] How to print multiple photos on one page ???

2007-06-27 Thread DJ

Hi helices,

h What is the simplest way to print multiple photos on the same 8.5x11
h page?

Sven's solution looks good, and in fact, I'm going to try it.
http://www.fogman.de/?GnomePhotoPrinter

I used a GIMP Action from deviantart to create a contact sheet for
all images found in a directory.
http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/47017354/?qo=5q=contact+sheetqh=boost%3Apopular+age_sigma%3A24h+age_scale%3A5

There is also a Contact Sheet in the Gimp registry. But I have
not tried that one.
http://registry.gimp.org/plugin?id=7544

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Re: [Gimp-user] How to print multiple photos on one page ???

2007-06-27 Thread DJ

Hi,

One more thing...

A gotcha I need to point out about the scripts written for GIMP for
Windows that you want to run on Linux.

Notice the lines:

Windows:
(filelist (cadr (file-glob (string-append load \\* a)  1)))

Linux:
(filelist (cadr (file-glob (string-append load /* a)  1)))

I had to change this line in the script from deviantart because I
wanted to run this on Linux.  I haven't done any research on making
this portable on both platforms (ie., Is there a test to see if it is
Windows or Linux?). This was my quick fix to get the immediate job
done.

Is there a better solution?

Thank you.


D Hi helices,

h What is the simplest way to print multiple photos on the same 8.5x11
h page?

D Sven's solution looks good, and in fact, I'm going to try it.
D http://www.fogman.de/?GnomePhotoPrinter

D I used a GIMP Action from deviantart to create a contact sheet for
D all images found in a directory.
D 
http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/47017354/?qo=5q=contact+sheetqh=boost%3Apopular+age_sigma%3A24h+age_scale%3A5

D There is also a Contact Sheet in the Gimp registry. But I have
D not tried that one.
D http://registry.gimp.org/plugin?id=7544

D HTHS

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[Gimp-user] Just some Gimp Links

2007-06-22 Thread DJ

Hi Gimp-user,

Following the LJ thread, I thought I'd mention some resources I found
useful at this moment in time. Perhaps it'll help someone else get up
to speed faster. For background: I was a previous PSP user (didn't
like it). I know technology. The extent of my photography/art was
icons, snapshots, and non-processed digital images. The list below is
beyond Gimps built-in Help[F1]/Context Sensitive Help[Shift-F1], which
imho, should always be tried first :-) If you are starting out, you
should probably try to read either the Gimp Documentation, or the book
at Gimp-Savvy. It's the old 80/20 rule. You'll get 80% of your
knowledge from one of these resources. The 20% you'll pick up as you
go and on the Net. The links listed below are in no particular order.
There is a lot out there, of various quality, and age :-( There is
nothing worse spending hours at a site, only to find out that it is
irrelevant because it applies to the previous release or older :-) I'm
also not a fan of a site that only contains links, without content. It
consumes time and the knowledge meter stays the same :-) I try to
pick sites that are any of the following: official, active/maintained,
the owner cares/has passion for the subject, and is original, with
some exceptions. These links are geared towards linux, but there seems
to be another whole group of links for Mac and Windows which I haven't
pursued. Once you get the basics down, then searching with the search
argument gimp and function or whatever you are trying to do
seems to work. It never hurts to search for gimp faq or gimp tips
tricks. The complaint I keep reading about GIMP is the interface. I
have had the exact opposite experience. It isn't perfect, but in
general it really works for me. One thing I did was dock all the
dialogs in one window. The tools on top, the layers, channels,
brushes, gradient, tool options, etc., on the bottom. I thought it was
a little tricky docking things. It wasn't obvious to me that you had
to drag a dialog to a very specific horizontal line (drag handle
area). I found it easier to close the dialog and use Add Tab.

Gimp Documentation:
  http://docs.gimp.org/

GimpGuru:  Specializes in photography:
  http://www.gimpguru.org/Tutorials/

Gimp-tutorials: I'm not sure this is original content:
  http://www.gimp-tutorials.com/index.php

Wiki Gimp:
  http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/The_GIMP/Contents

Wiki Gimp 2:
  http://wiki.gimp.org/gimp/

Gimp tutorials:
  http://www.gimp.org/tutorials/

Gimp user group (with tutorials):
  http://gug.sunsite.dk/

Gimp Savvy: Online book:
  http://gimp-savvy.com/

Akkana Peck's web site:
  http://shallowsky.com/linux/limaging.html
She did a nice tutorial at linuxchix.org (currently being
reorganized). And, she did an excellent presentation at the Sydney
2007 Linux Conference that is available in ogg format. imho, this has
been the single best resource that took me from square 1 to 10 :-) in
a short amount of time. She is knowledgeable and a good speaker, the
pace is just right, and you can visually see what she is doing and try
it yourself.

Adapting Photoshop tutorials for the GIMP:
  http://gimparoo.wordpress.com/tag/tutorial/gimp/

Couple specific tutorials on Bezier that seemed useful and unique:
  http://www.tigert.com/gimp/tutorials/

Gimptalk: Forum:
  http://www.gimptalk.com/forum/
and tutorials: http://www.gimptalk.com/
and tips: http://www.gimptalk.com/forum/forum/GIMP-Tutorials-and-Tips-8-1.html

Gimp at flickr:
  http://flickr.com/groups/gimpusers/discuss/

Gimp at Deviantart:
  http://browse.deviantart.com/resources/tutorials/gimp/?order=9alltime=yes

Gimp at Linuxartist (just links):
  http://www.linuxartist.org/gimp.html

Gimp article at tuxmagazine (PDF):
  http://www.tuxmagazine.com/system/files?file=Touring_The_GIMP.pdf

Tutorials for Gimp:
  http://gimpology.com/browse/category/Getting+Started

YouTube and Gimp:
  http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=gimp+tutorialsearch=Search

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[Gimp-user] Gimp Print: Windows and Linux

2007-06-20 Thread DJ

Hi,

I created an xcf file that I use as a template to create DVD covers.
It works great when I print from GIMP under windows.

When I print from GIMP under Linux everything is smaller - the
Courier Font and the rectangle.

I looked under Image-Print Size and it's the same.

I tried some of the print setup options for Gimp under Linux, but
nothing seems to change.

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Re: [Gimp-user] color correction

2007-06-12 Thread DJ

Hi giuliogiuseppecarlo,

gii i use gimp quite regurarly but i have a problem with color correction.

gii In fact, with some digital photo i make, my camera ( and not only mine,
gii i have tried other cameras and they all have the same problem ) creates
gii a very innatural shade of what i would call green ( see sample ).

gii I know it is a false color since it appears very strange for me that i
gii have seen the real one, and also i have tried with a traditional camera
gii with several slide films ( both fuji and kodak of various kinds
gii ) and it is very different from the digital one.

I don't have a response to your question (sorry), but have a
similar enquiry. I hope responses come to the gimp-user list
[EMAIL PROTECTED] so more can learn.

There are some good articles and chapters from books at this site.
They are photoshop related. Concepts apply, although actually
doing the work can be confusing sometimes:
http://www.ledet.com/margulis/articles.html

This is an excellent digital photography site. Although photoshop,
there are concept articles:
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/

The best professional quality GIMP site dealing with photography is
probably:
http://www.gimpguru.org/

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[Gimp-user] Numeric black (darkest) and white (lightest) points, and mass setting

2007-06-09 Thread DJ

Hi Gimp-user,

How do I know the numeric black (darkest) and white (lightest)
points of an image?

What is the easiest way to change the black and white points of a
group of images?

If I look at Levels it shows 0 and 255, as the range. The histogram
is, I guess, shows those points at the end, but is it numeric
anywhere?

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[Gimp-user] Dodge or Burn layer but only to specific parts

Hi Gimp-user,

I really like the Dodge and Burn tool.  During my practice trials, I
have been doing the work right to the background.

I know there is a layer mode for Dodge and Burn. But I don't want to apply
it to the entire layer, just touch-up's, here and there, so I'll be able
to click on the eye to see how it is improving the image.  How do I
get the Dodge or Burn layer to only apply to very specific parts of
the image?

Why is the quick-mask in the un-do's?  It doesn't actually modify the
image. I turn the quick-mask on and off a lot, and it pops up a lot in
the undo's.

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Re: [Gimp-user] Dodge or Burn layer but only to specific parts

Hi Elwin,

EE You could do this several ways.  What I usually do to spot adjust a single 
area is to
EE make a selection around with the lasso tool.  Then I turn on quickmask and 
gaussian blur
EE the mask to give it a nice soft edge.  Then I turn the mask back into a 
selection.  Then
EE I used the curves tool to locally adjust the area that I want.   I have 
never used the
EE dodge and burn layers for local stuff.

It didn't dawn on me that you could apply filters to the Quickmask. Neat.

Do you use the default settings for the gaussian blur?

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[Gimp-user] smart cropping?

Hi Gimp-user,

This is sort of a hypothetical question... are there any Linux
tools, Gimp or additional, that can do smart cropping?

I'm writing a script that will change the height and width and
maintain aspect ratio for NTSC TV (based on info I read at
scantips.com and other, plus personal testing). I change the width to
576, and if the height is then greater than 480, I make it 480. I'm
using Bash and ImageMagick. When I do a ImageMagick identify
-verbose there is tons of info he knows, including border info. Now I
don't know what this all means and have to do some reading, but that
got me thinking :-) that perhaps tools can make certain assumptions
about light and dark. All the pictures have white borders. Even if
80% are successful, it would be something. I started using ImageMagick
directly when I needed to batch convert xcf to jpgs so it is something
I know something about and can easily put into a Bash script, and it
comes up a lot while googling.

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Re: [Gimp-user] Saving tool settings between sessions in GIMP 2.3

Hi Dave,

I'm  using 2.2.13 Gimp on Linux. If there isn't something in the preference,
take a gander at the gimprc file.  There should be a system wide one,
and a local user one.  If I remember correctly the system one had
options defined but commented out, so it served as the documentation.
I picked stuff out of the system wide gimprc and put it into my local
gimprc.

Do a google site search on docs.gimp.org (pick your language) for
gimprc there's a little there.

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[Gimp-user] July issue of Linux Journal has GIMP article on automating GIMP