Re: [Gimp-user] templates

2011-08-19 Thread David Gowers (kampu)
On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 7:38 PM, Paul Le Grice plegr...@gmail.com wrote: I am new to Gimp and want to use it to create individual body maps of skin lesions by drawing on a body part template and pasting to patient notes. However, when I save a body map as a template, I can't seem to access it

Re: [Gimp-user] Working with imported images and layers

2011-07-31 Thread David Gowers (kampu)
On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 12:32 AM, Fred J fokju...@gmail.com wrote: ** This, besides the text tool, is probably one of the most unintuitive features in Gimp. - Find an image on Google / hard drive. - Drop it into your working area. - Change it's transparency. - Resize / Rotate and,

Re: [Gimp-user] Why is 16/32bpp taking so long?

2011-07-21 Thread David Gowers (kampu)
Some points: * These are not forums. This is a mailing list. Accessing it through the unofficial gimpusers.com 'forum interface' doesn't change that fact. * The official GIMP site has problems, mainly to do with lacking a maintainer. It tends to be only updated on releases and other major events

Re: [Gimp-user] wavelet sharpen - cannot find it in 2.6

2011-02-13 Thread David Gowers (kampu)
On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 11:06 PM, Carusoswi for...@gimpusers.com wrote: . . . so, I'm running Gimp as installed from the ubuntu repositories (Ubuntu version 10.10), and I was reading up on the most useful of Gimp plugins, and I came upon thie wavelet sharpen plugin.  Sounds great.  The text

Re: [Gimp-user] commercial use

2011-01-13 Thread David Gowers (kampu)
On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 3:02 PM, Matthew Corrie Wade mr.ograp...@gmail.com wrote: Hello.  I would like to be able to use Gimp to alter designs for commercial use - is this allowed?  Thanks for your time. -- Matthew Corrie Wade Seducing the Count Breathing Geometry Dance

Re: [Gimp-user] Merging n everything

2010-12-28 Thread David Gowers (kampu)
GIMP-GAP plugin does what you want. 1. Convert your text into a GAP animation, 2. Convert your background into a gap animation (duplicate that single frame 69 or however many times -- you can do the whole thing in a few clicks using Video-Duplicate frames) 3. Use GAP's navigator to move to the

Re: [Gimp-user] Why doesn't drawable area follow the dimensions of a layer?

2010-12-15 Thread David Gowers (kampu)
On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 3:51 PM, Lambertus for...@gimpusers.com wrote: Hello David and thank you for the quick reply! Now, using the word Canvas rather than Drawable area makes things a lot more sane immediately, and your explanation is accurate and acceptable. Maybe this is the same situation

Re: [Gimp-user] Gimp 2.6's Clipboard Brush - disable possible?

2010-09-22 Thread David Gowers (kampu)
On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 11:13 PM, SilversleevesX silversleev...@gmail.com wrote: Hi. This is my first post to the list. I wanted to know if it were possible to disable the Clipboard Brush feature in GIMP 2.6? Frankly, I think a better direction for something copied or cut to the Clipboard

Re: [Gimp-user] Increasing pixel size

2010-07-25 Thread David Gowers
On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 11:39 PM, Andrew and...@alangdondavies.es wrote: On 07/25/2010 03:49 AM, Byram wrote: I have an old 7 mp image that I'm trying to increase to around 10MP. I've read it's best to increase by 10%, then unsharpen, and repeat process until you get to the desired result.

Re: [Gimp-user] Smoothing inked lines?

2010-07-14 Thread David Gowers
On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 6:05 AM, Marc Carson m...@marccarson.com wrote: I've been scanning inks into GIMP, then moving them over to Inkscape for tracing to make the lines smoother. Is there a way to do this in GIMP alone? I don't mean vector tracing, just getting rid of the smaller

Re: [Gimp-user] Why doesn't drawable area follow the dimensions of a layer?

2010-04-15 Thread David Gowers
Hello Janne, On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 8:33 PM, Janne Kronback faultygear...@gmail.com wrote: I used GIMP yesterday after a break of a few months and spend the first hour being frustrated. Part of it was because I was using a Swedish version which I haven't tried before, so all the names were

Re: [Gimp-user] Edit Zoom ratios?

2010-03-14 Thread David Gowers
On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 12:58 AM, Mark for...@gimpusers.com wrote: I do a lot of picture rendering and find myself zooming images to ratios of 3:1 and 6:1 (300% and 600%, respectively) for a majority of jobs. Can these be added to the popup menu at the bottom of the window instead of having to

Re: [Gimp-user] The Gimp is BIG now

2010-03-09 Thread David Gowers
On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 6:34 AM, JamesGreen for...@gimpusers.com wrote: I used Gimp back when it first came out and I use to know my way around it pretty well. Not anymore! I just got Gimp 2.6.8 and OMG...it has like 100x the feature set of the original! I'm lost and can't make it work. :(

Re: [Gimp-user] ?? Status of remembering Layers setting for Canvas Resizing -- in most recent version

2010-03-09 Thread David Gowers
On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 7:40 AM, Jay Smith j...@jaysmith.com wrote: If this issue has not been addressed yet and if I can't find anything in Bugzilla on it, I want to make an Enhancement Suggestion, first on the Gimp-Developer list, then Bugzilla. However, I don't have the quick or convenient

Re: [Gimp-user] Is there a preference setting for this?

2010-03-05 Thread David Gowers
On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 5:57 AM, li...@saylor3d.com li...@saylor3d.com wrote: Currently using Gimp 2.6.6 on Ubuntu 9.04. Until my latest upgrade, I was able select two images with my file viewer and then drag and drop these two image into gimp and get one window with each image as a separate

Re: [Gimp-user] Moving images from point a to b animated

2010-02-20 Thread David Gowers
On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 7:18 PM, Burnie West w...@ieee.org wrote: On 02/19/2010 11:05 PM, Scott wrote: I don't see animation. Seems like the animation you've attempted should appear in the header1 image; but that's a jpg but not a gif. Well it is my first atempt and I just did what the forum

Re: [Gimp-user] Can I Subtract a color overall?

2010-01-31 Thread David Gowers
On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 1:05 AM, John Mills johnmi...@speakeasy.net wrote: Thanks to Stefan, Dan, and David for your replies. I'll look into all three approaches, but this looks most directly like what I had in mind. My limited intuition seemed to suggest that since RGB is an additive color

Re: [Gimp-user] Can I Subtract a color overall?

2010-01-30 Thread David Gowers
On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 12:50 PM, John Mills johnmi...@speakeasy.net wrote: All - I don't know if this makes conceptual sense, but ... I am printing a scanned image onto a slightly toned surface (heavy watercolor paper), and I would like to precompensate somewhat for the effect of printing

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp _scripts_ in languages other than scheme?

2010-01-29 Thread David Gowers
On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 7:36 PM, Arian Sanusi ar...@sanusi.de wrote: Owen schrieb: Hi, Is it possible to have gimp _scripts_ (not plug-ins) in other languages than scheme? Python p.ex.? When I place a python script in ~/.gimp-2.6/scripts the function is not accessible from the scheme

Re: [Gimp-user] Quick copy-pasting between Inkscape and GIMP

2010-01-28 Thread David Gowers
On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 10:13 PM, Gino D ginodo...@gmail.com wrote: Hi. I understand that this could just as well have been posted on the Inkscape mailing list (if there is any) but I'm only a subscriber to this one, so here goes nothing. I'm looking for a faster way to copy-paste things

Re: [Gimp-user] Fwd: Re: GIMP vs Photoshop

2010-01-20 Thread David Gowers
On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 11:22 AM, Programmer In Training p...@joseph-a-nagy-jr.us wrote: On 1/19/2010 6:43 PM, Alexandre Prokoudine wrote: On 1/20/10, Programmer In Training wrote: itch I am scratching: I run Linux but hate to manage windows and/or workspaces, and single-window mode will fix

Re: [Gimp-user] Color Management Woes

2010-01-14 Thread David Gowers
On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 4:18 PM, Frank Gore g...@projectpontiac.com wrote: On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 11:43 PM, David Gowers 00a...@gmail.com wrote: We don't know if their formats are crazy. But they certainly appear to be undocumented. Until they are documented, or someone reverse-engineers them

Re: [Gimp-user] Color Management Woes

2010-01-13 Thread David Gowers
On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 9:16 AM, Frank Gore g...@projectpontiac.com wrote: I've been pulling my hair out trying to figure out color management in Gimp. In the preferences, I clearly have File Open Behaviour set to Ask what to do. My working profile is sRGB, and so is my Monitor profile. I

Re: [Gimp-user] Color Management Woes

2010-01-13 Thread David Gowers
On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 11:25 AM, Frank Gore g...@projectpontiac.com wrote: On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 7:36 PM, Frank Gore g...@projectpontiac.com wrote: As I mentioned, all the commercial applications I've tried had no problems determining the appropriate color space for these files. It's only

Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP and transparency

2010-01-07 Thread David Gowers
On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 3:22 PM, Rick Duley rickdu...@gmail.com wrote: I've been poking around manuals and such in GIMP but I cannot find the magic word. I'm not a computer graphics geek - not by any standards - so I just refer to the functionality I need as transparency.  I need a GIF file

Re: [Gimp-user] Image - Flatten Image not available on newly created image with pasted in layer (floating selection)

2009-12-18 Thread David Gowers
On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 3:56 AM, Jay Smith j...@jaysmith.com wrote: GIMP 2.6.6 running on Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Linux. Is this a bug? Should I post this on the developer list instead? Am I doing this incorrectly? At a minimum, I think there is some GUI confusion... at least it is not logical

Re: [Gimp-user] Native Support for SVG

2009-12-08 Thread David Gowers
On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 6:52 AM, Cédric Gémy radar.ma...@free.fr wrote: There is no non-sense that Inkscape supports some bitmap operations and also no nonsense that a bitmap applications support some vector possibilities simply because in many project, you simply need to mix vector and bitmap

Re: [Gimp-user] Brush edit problem

2009-11-20 Thread David Gowers
On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 4:00 AM, Chris for...@gimpusers.com wrote: I want to create a straight line that's two pixels wide. There's a brush that's 1px, and another that's 3px, so I created a new brush, made it a square one and selected a radius of 1.0px. If I do this, the brush appears to be

Re: [Gimp-user] How to select whole layer and only layer

2009-10-19 Thread David Gowers
On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 7:07 AM, Adam Majewski a...@albedo.art.pl wrote:  Hi there!  I would like to know how to make selection for whole layer  and only area of layer.  (should it be named layer to selection?) It is, in fact, named 'alpha to selection', in the layers dialog. (or in the

Re: [Gimp-user] what happened to layer folders layer masks?

2009-10-19 Thread David Gowers
On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 12:06 PM, Brett for...@gimpusers.com wrote: I don't know if the developers planned it or decided to take it out. but in the earlier dev versions of gimp before the single widow mode XD, when layer folders was first introduced their was the ability to add a layer mask to

Re: [Gimp-user] How to select whole layer and only layer

2009-10-19 Thread David Gowers
On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 10:40 AM, Adam Majewski a...@albedo.art.pl wrote: Dnia Tue, 20 Oct 2009 09:29:26 +1030 David Gowers 00a...@gmail.com napisał(a):  I would like to know how to make selection for whole layer  and only area of layer.  (should it be named layer to selection

Re: [Gimp-user] Bits per channel

2009-09-29 Thread David Gowers
On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 9:13 PM, Ken Warner kwarner...@verizon.net wrote: Working with 16 bit per channel images will be great! 16 bits per channel is essential when working with high dynamic range (HDR) images. What is the timeline for 2.10/3.0? I believe you'll find that you can only get

Re: [Gimp-user] WHat are my options, here

2009-09-21 Thread David Gowers
On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 6:26 PM, Noel Stoutenburg mjol...@ticnet.com wrote: Friends, I'm trying to figure the best way to use GIMP blend colors in a particular application. I have a topographical map, and I want to apply a color gradient which follows the contour lines of the map, and

Re: [Gimp-user] drop out background tutorial

2009-09-15 Thread David Gowers
On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 7:02 AM, Bob Meetin b...@dottedi.biz wrote: Subject says it all.  I have a large assortment of product pictures which I need to give uniform backgrounds, preferably white.  Can someone point me to a tutorial that discusses how?  You can see a representative sample image

Re: [Gimp-user] Scaling and resolution

2009-09-14 Thread David Gowers
On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 9:40 AM, Patrick Horgan phorg...@yahoo.com wrote: Jaime Seuma wrote: Hi This is an interesting question also to me. David Gowers wrote: No, if you turn off View-Dot for dot then the DPI relative to your display DPI is used to scale your view of the image

Re: [Gimp-user] A non-tool selection...

2009-09-05 Thread David Gowers
On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 12:05 PM, Ilya Zakharevichnospam-ab...@ilyaz.org wrote: Why should *A USER* care how some #...@% *named* a tool? Why should *A USER* care what *another* user supposes is a correct tool for the job? (Assume that the first user has considered the suggestion, appreciated

Re: [Gimp-user] Important menu options are missing

2009-09-04 Thread David Gowers
On Sat, Sep 5, 2009 at 12:41 PM, Bill S.for...@gimpusers.com wrote: I'm using GIMP 2.6.6 that came with my Ubuntu 9.04 distro.   I've been trying to learn about GIMP.  I bought a book about GIMP for $45.  The book says there should be a menu item called DIALOGS in the FILE menu but my GIMP

Re: [Gimp-user] FG/BG color tool

2009-08-26 Thread David Gowers
On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 10:53 AM, Carusoswifor...@gimpusers.com wrote: Sven: You're losing me.  I understand that, since I've opened that window, it now shows up when I go to Windows -- Recently Closed Docks.  But, if I haven't used that Dock, how would I pull it up from the Windows drop down

Re: [Gimp-user] What is the scale of Levels?

2009-08-24 Thread David Gowers
On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 9:00 AM, Asif Lodhiasif.lo...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, On 8/23/09, dar...@chaosreigns.com wrote: I would believe only in a God that knows how to Dance. - Nietzsche Would you please stop using inappropriate language for God? Nietzsche also wrote God is dead. God remains

Re: [Gimp-user] What is the scale of Levels?

2009-08-22 Thread David Gowers
On Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 1:33 PM, dar...@chaosreigns.com wrote: I'm looking for a mathematical definition of this scale. http://docs.gimp.org/en/gimp-tool-levels.html says 0 is black and 255 is white.  What's in between?  Is 7 double the brightness of 6? Have you not experimented with it? 7 is

Re: [Gimp-user] Levels tool with Layers

2009-08-12 Thread David Gowers
On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 9:36 PM, Gary Collinsgcatl...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: It seems to me that gimp works a bit differently from photoshop. In photoshop (actually, I'm still using 'elements-2', can you believe? Although I have got Richard Lynch's excellent hidden power installed which releases a

Re: [Gimp-user] Levels tool with Layers

2009-08-12 Thread David Gowers
On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 5:19 AM, Martin Nordholtsense...@gmail.com wrote: On 08/12/2009 04:21 PM, David Gowers wrote: btw, martin nordholts is doing some great work on layer trees presently and in the last few months.. they are shaping up well. You are confusing me with another M.N

Re: [Gimp-user] Please ,check this image

2009-08-01 Thread David Gowers
On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 12:23 AM, Jay Smith j...@jaysmith.com wrote: On 08/01/2009 08:37 AM, Martin Nordholts wrote: On 08/01/2009 01:05 PM, photocomix wrote: i never noticed a similar bug, even if i used Gimp to save as copy thousands of jpeg, and i would never believed this possible,

Re: [Gimp-user] Can you help me understand this wrong colormap bug/problem?

2009-07-11 Thread David Gowers
On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 2:27 PM, Paul Johnson pauljoh...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, everybody: I filed a bug about Gimp after some checking, it was declared INVALID and I was referred here to ask how to fix it. I'm running Gimp 2.6.6 on Ubuntu 9.04. I get bad results when saving images after

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

2009-06-15 Thread David Gowers
Are you looking for click, move to line end, shift-click?? 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

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

2009-06-15 Thread David Gowers
On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 8:27 AM, DJdelphit...@yahoo.com wrote: 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

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

2009-06-15 Thread David Gowers
On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 2:41 PM, DJdelphit...@yahoo.com wrote: 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

Re: [Gimp-user] Print Quality Poorer than Word?

2009-06-10 Thread David Gowers
On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 5:01 PM, bumpkinfor...@gimpusers.com wrote: bumpkin for...@gimpusers.com wrote: The graphics guy sent me our logo as a .jpg so I created a new file with the appropriate dimensions in the lasest GIMP for windows. I imported and scaled down the logo to the appropriate

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

2009-06-06 Thread David Gowers
Hi DJ, On Sun, Jun 7, 2009 at 11:45 AM, DJdelphit...@yahoo.com wrote: 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.

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

2009-05-30 Thread David Gowers
On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 6:39 AM, Sven Neumann s...@gimp.org wrote: Hi, On Fri, 2009-05-29 at 18:44 -0500, DJ wrote: 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

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

2009-05-29 Thread David Gowers
On Sat, May 30, 2009 at 8:13 AM, DJ delphit...@yahoo.com wrote: Hi Gimp-user, 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. David

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

2009-05-29 Thread David Gowers
On Sat, May 30, 2009 at 9:01 AM, DJ delphit...@yahoo.com wrote: 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

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

2009-05-29 Thread David Gowers
On Sat, May 30, 2009 at 9:14 AM, DJ delphit...@yahoo.com wrote: 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

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

2009-05-27 Thread David Gowers
On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 1:04 PM, DJ delphit...@yahoo.com wrote: 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)? It seems difficult to imagine anything faster than the Gimp-python console for

Re: [Gimp-user] change active tool from script

2009-05-19 Thread David Gowers
Hi Ryan, On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 9:22 AM, Ryan Krauss ryanli...@gmail.com wrote: I would like to be able to easily toggle between the Paintbrush with brush Circle (05) and an Eraser with brush Circle (17).  I want to write one script for each and bind them to keys I can use to make this switch

Re: [Gimp-user] More-... Wacom - What am I missing?

2009-05-10 Thread David Gowers
On Sun, May 10, 2009 at 11:32 PM, stephen moss swm...@alumni.uwo.ca wrote: Please indicate what brush you have selected (and the 'brush scale' parameter in the tool options -- I *think* that was in GIMP 2.4). It could easily be something as simple as having the brush scale cranked down to

Re: [Gimp-user] big noob question (text pixelized when using blend tool)

2009-05-05 Thread David Gowers
Hello Remy! On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 7:23 PM, Remy Damour remy.dam...@laposte.net wrote: Hi all, I am quite new to gimp and have a big noob question. When I create a text using the text tool, everything is fine (text is created in color I want). But then, when I do : right-click on text-layer

Re: [Gimp-user] Are these bugs? Missing/duped menu mnemonics non-working keystrokes (per menus)

2009-05-05 Thread David Gowers
On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 10:39 AM, Jay Smith j...@jaysmith.com wrote: Using Gimp 2.6.6 on Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy) Linux. on K Desktop Environment 3.5.10 I would like to check with others whether or not these issues are unique to me, my installation, or my desktop environment If they are

Re: [Gimp-user] Are these bugs? Missing/duped menu mnemonics non-working keystrokes (per menus)

2009-05-05 Thread David Gowers
A few corrections and additions: On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 11:36 AM, David Gowers 00a...@gmail.com wrote: What the user means at that time is ambiguous. (access 'Units'? or something in the submenu?). Consequently, you need to press Enter first to confirm that you want to move into the submenu

Re: [Gimp-user] Help again, same old story.

2009-05-04 Thread David Gowers
On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 3:56 PM, Gene Heskett gene.hesk...@gmail.com wrote: On Monday 04 May 2009, David Gowers wrote: On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 1:51 PM, Gene Heskett gene.hesk...@gmail.com wrote: On Sunday 03 May 2009, David Gowers wrote: BTW, the crop tool doc I pointed to is basically the same

Re: [Gimp-user] blur between images

2009-05-04 Thread David Gowers
On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 5:57 PM, shay t. for...@gimpusers.com wrote: hello i  want to create a texture for a 3d model so i took couple pictures of my face from different angels and i tried to blur where the images connects using clone tool i used the clone tool more then an hour and the

Re: [Gimp-user] Help again, same old story.

2009-05-03 Thread David Gowers
On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 12:14 PM, Gene Heskett gene.hesk...@gmail.com wrote: Greetings; This, most simple of a photo manipulation has been hidden behind portable menu mumbo jumbo for a decade now, is it not possible to fix it for almost main menu access, just by drawing a box around what you

Re: [Gimp-user] Help again, same old story.

2009-05-03 Thread David Gowers
On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 1:51 PM, Gene Heskett gene.hesk...@gmail.com wrote: On Sunday 03 May 2009, David Gowers wrote: On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 12:14 PM, Gene Heskett gene.hesk...@gmail.com wrote: Greetings; This, most simple of a photo manipulation has been hidden behind portable menu mumbo

Re: [Gimp-user] Some questions about installing GIMP Animation Package and GIMP Help on Windows workstations

2009-04-27 Thread David Gowers
On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 5:17 AM, Wilson, Francis fwil...@lausd.net wrote: Thank-you for your reply to my request for help.  I read what you wrote and followed the links.  As far as I can tell, there is no currently available GIMP Animation Package for GIMP 2.6; nor do I find appropriate GIMP

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

2009-04-26 Thread David Gowers
Hello, On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 9:41 AM, Noel Stoutenburg mjol...@ticnet.com wrote: Friends, In my normal work, I make use of a significant number of special characters, e.g. é, ©, — [Alt-0233, Alt-0169, and Alt-0151 respectively]. Despite the statement in the online documentation

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

2009-04-26 Thread David Gowers
Hello Ernie, On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 1:06 PM, Ernie Wright ern...@comcast.net wrote: David Gowers wrote: On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 9:41 AM, Noel Stoutenburg mjol...@ticnet.com wrote: on my system (WIN XP Home SP3; Gimp 2.6.6) when I enter the Alt + code for a special character, nothing

Re: [Gimp-user] Two Gimp environment questions

2009-04-23 Thread David Gowers
On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 10:41 PM, Alchemie foto\grafiche fotocom...@yahoo.it wrote: 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

Re: [Gimp-user] How do I avoid error message _windows_ when opening tif files created in Photoshop? (MaxSampleValue, MinSampleValue)

2009-04-23 Thread David Gowers
Hi Jay, On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 11:27 PM, Jay Smith j...@jaysmith.com wrote: I am using Gimp 2.6.6 on Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy) Linux. ... How can I tell Gimp to suppress reporting such errors and/or direct all such errors to stderr instead of Gimp opening up a GIMP Message window that has to be

Re: [Gimp-user] How do I avoid error message _windows_ when opening tif files created in Photoshop? (MaxSampleValue, MinSampleValue)

2009-04-23 Thread David Gowers
Hi Jay, On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 12:19 AM, Jay Smith j...@jaysmith.com wrote: On 04/23/2009 10:04 AM, David Gowers wrote: Have you tried creating an 'Error Console' dockable? It normally catches such messages which would otherwise cause popups. David Thanks David, That did the trick

Re: [Gimp-user] Ctrl, Shift, Alt

2009-04-23 Thread David Gowers
On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 7:34 AM, DJ delphit...@yahoo.com wrote: 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. Yes -- this is indicated by the tooltips when you

Re: [Gimp-user] Two Gimp environment questions

2009-04-20 Thread David Gowers
Hi DJ, On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 10:51 AM, DJ delphit...@yahoo.com wrote: 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.

Re: [Gimp-user] sane

2009-04-19 Thread David Gowers
On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 9:06 PM, David Miller da...@millersweb.com wrote: My File Create menu has, From Clipboard, Screenshot, Buttons, Logos, Patterns, and Web Page Themes.  I still don't see anything about acquire. David That just means you don't have a version of the XSane plugin installed

Re: [Gimp-user] Some questions about installing GIMP Animation Package and GIMP Help on Windows workstations

2009-04-19 Thread David Gowers
Hi Francis, On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 3:32 AM, Wilson, Francis fwil...@lausd.net wrote: I am a computer teacher at a public high school in Sylmar, California, and a long time open source enthusiast.  I have downloaded and installed GIMP 2.6.4 on the 32 Windows XP workstations in my computer

Re: [Gimp-user] sane

2009-04-16 Thread David Gowers
Hi David! On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 9:17 PM, David Miller da...@millersweb.com wrote: I have used the gimp, very lightly, for many years, starting back with about Redhat 3. With every install or upgrade the acquire has always been in the menu. I upgraded from Fedora 7 to Fedora 9 recently and

Re: [Gimp-user] Alpha channel and pixel transparency value

2009-04-15 Thread David Gowers
On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 9:50 AM, DJ delphit...@yahoo.com wrote: 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? Have you looked at

Re: [Gimp-user] Alpha channel and pixel transparency value

2009-04-15 Thread David Gowers
Hi DJ, On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 10:28 AM, DJ delphit...@yahoo.com wrote: It may not appear like it, but yeh.  Sorry. I'm hitting PF1 all the time to get specific doc too. I do a google site search for terms too. I didn't quite know what you meant by Cursor dockable. So I checked  Windows -

Re: [Gimp-user] Nice features

2009-04-15 Thread David Gowers
Hi DJ, On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 10:47 AM, DJ delphit...@yahoo.com wrote: 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,

Re: [Gimp-user] Paths Tool Problem

2009-04-11 Thread David Gowers
On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 12:10 PM, City Ranch cityra...@gmail.com wrote: Version:1.0 StartHTML:000168 EndHTML:002241 StartFragment:000471 EndFragment:002224 gimp 2.6.6 Laptop Windows Vista Home Premium Service Pack 1 (build 6001) 1.60 gigahertz Intel Core Duo 64 kilobyte

Re: [Gimp-user] pixels to dpi

2009-04-08 Thread David Gowers
On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 12:25 PM, Jay Smith j...@jaysmith.com wrote: David, Thanks for that clarification. I made the mistake of thinking of how I do it in Photoshop which has a single resize image dialog where things are not so neatly divided as they are in Gimp.  In Gimp there is a Print

Re: [Gimp-user] On Close, the Save / Don't Save dialog is not paying attention to keyboard

2009-04-08 Thread David Gowers
On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 1:32 PM, Jay Smith j...@jaysmith.com wrote: Using Gimp 2.6.6 on Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy) Linux. If I have a newly created untitled image and I Close it, I naturally, and correctly, get a dialog asking me if I wish to save it or not save it. In that dialog, pneumonic letters

Re: [Gimp-user] Snap to Guides by default

2009-04-08 Thread David Gowers
On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 9:52 PM, malefico malef...@malefico3d.org wrote: Hi, two rather noob questions here: I wonder if there is any way to turn off the Snap to Guides option which is on by default (Gimp 2.4), I look in configuration windows but couldn't find how to turn it off. is

Re: [Gimp-user] pixels to dpi

2009-04-07 Thread David Gowers
On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 12:44 AM, Jay Smith j...@jaysmith.com wrote: Norman, So, to scan that postage stamp that you want to turn into a wall poster, you might scan it at a very high 2400 x 2400 resolution.  Then, in your image program, change the size from 1x1-inch up to 20x20 inches AT THE

Re: [Gimp-user] Masking for Contrast Control - Can this be done inGimp?

2009-04-07 Thread David Gowers
On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 8:50 AM, Fatbob fatbo...@hotmail.con wrote: Gimp newbie here. How do you enter QMask mode? the left-bottom button in the image window http://docs.gimp.org/en/gimp-using-quickmask.html ___ Gimp-user mailing list

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

2009-04-05 Thread David Gowers
On Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 11:59 AM, Carusoswi for...@gimpusers.com wrote: Now, I'm confused.  Should I not be posting by signing on to the forum and typing responses? You should only be using the bogus 'forum' interface on gimpusers.com if you want to annoy and confuse some of the other people

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

2009-04-05 Thread David Gowers
2009/4/5 Cristian Secară or...@secarica.ro: On Sun, 5 Apr 2009 16:32:25 +0930, David Gowers wrote: Yes. If you want to be respectful of the people posting here, to this mailing list (gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu) , then please stop using the 'forum' interface on gimpusers.com and instead

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

2009-04-05 Thread David Gowers
On Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 7:49 PM, Carusoswi for...@gimpusers.com wrote: If someone will explain to me how to subscribe here, I will do my best to answer using the proper method.  I discovered this forum during a search on Gimp.  My mail client is gmail. So is mine :) So I expect you should have

Re: [Gimp-user] shutdown

2009-04-04 Thread David Gowers
Hi Carusoswi, I just need to correct this one thing: On Sat, Apr 4, 2009 at 10:26 PM, Carusoswi for...@gimpusers.com wrote: Not certain if this reply is directed to the right party - having trouble deciphering quotes from new postings on this board, however: This is not a message board, it is

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

2009-04-04 Thread David Gowers
Hi Maureen, On Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 5:00 AM, Maureen emaure...@msn.com wrote: I've been getting the digest from this user list and I'm completely confused. I've also submitted a question but received no response. I read in the latest Digest that this is a mailing list, not a message board. I

Re: [Gimp-user] Proofing design for fax quality

2009-04-03 Thread David Gowers
Hi frank, On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 10:35 PM, Frank S. for...@gimpusers.com wrote: Hi, I am trying to optimize a design for optimal faxability without going all the way to b/w, since this document will only occacionally be faxed. I was told with PS one can work with Threshold adjustment layer

Re: [Gimp-user] why crappy text?

2009-04-03 Thread David Gowers
If the image is in Indexed mode, you will not get antialiasing. Indexed mode is very limited. You must first convert to RGB mode. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

Re: [Gimp-user] How to rotate part of an image without getting white triangles at the corners ?

2009-04-01 Thread David Gowers
Hello, On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 5:20 PM, Andrew a...@arrakis.es wrote: Jay Smith wrote: What am I missing? Maybe a step by step. I've just tried it again and it works with a minimum of mousing (I'm using gimp 2.6.4). 1. Add alpha channel to initial layer. 2. Add new black layer and move it

Re: [Gimp-user] Masking for Contrast Control - Can this be done in Gimp?

2009-04-01 Thread David Gowers
On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 6:32 PM, paperaussie paperaus...@gmx.net wrote: Can any experienced Gimp users tell me how the process described in Ron Bigelow's article can be reproduced in Gimp most efficiently? http://www.ronbigelow.com/articles/contrast/contrast.htm

Re: [Gimp-user] Masking for Contrast Control - Can this be done in Gimp?

2009-04-01 Thread David Gowers
On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 10:53 PM, Olivier Lecarme o...@olecarme.homelinux.net Placing the top layer in divide mode is also very useful. Also try Overlay or Soft light. All this is much simpler than the method suggested by the original site, which seems an overkill. Agreed. If I was doing this, I

Re: [Gimp-user] How to rotate part of an image without getting white triangles at the corners ?

2009-04-01 Thread David Gowers
Hi Jay, On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 12:58 AM, Jay Smith j...@jaysmith.com wrote: Hi David, If convenient, please advise me of the bug number on this so that I can track it.  Thank you very much. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=577575 Related to the bug, I hope you also noted the

Re: [Gimp-user] Text Tool - No Centering option?

2009-03-31 Thread David Gowers
Hi Brian! On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 9:33 AM, Brian Weese dbwe...@gmail.com wrote: hey, I'm new to using GIMP and love it so far... I can't seem to figure out how to center several lines of text within the same text box.  I've had to add a spaces before each line of text and center every line

Re: [Gimp-user] How to rotate part of an image without getting white triangles at the corners ?

2009-03-31 Thread David Gowers
Hi Jay, On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 4:02 AM, Jay Smith j...@jaysmith.com wrote: Using Gimp 2.6.6 on Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy) Linux. We are testing using Gimp to replace Photoshop on Windoze.  However, we are hitting one problem/feature we have not been able to resolve. We scan images of postage

Re: [Gimp-user] not to knock gimp...I love it, BUT I have never has decent prints from it

2009-03-30 Thread David Gowers
On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 9:16 AM, Gracia M. Littauer gra...@yadtel.net wrote: I always do them in Photoshop on my windows laptop. Am I the only one with this problem?/ I have a bet going that I'm not ;^). I say linux is weak in the printing area it's about the only good thing windows does.

Re: [Gimp-user] not to knock gimp...I love it, BUT I have never has decent prints from it

2009-03-30 Thread David Gowers
On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 2:27 PM, Gracia M. Littauer gra...@yadtel.net wrote: Yo David Gowers On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 9:16 AM, Gracia M. Littauer gra...@yadtel.net wrote: I always do them in Photoshop on my windows laptop. Am I the only one with this problem?/ I have a bet going that I'm

Re: [Gimp-user] labels (was: Change ruler to inches)

2009-03-29 Thread David Gowers
On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 2:07 AM, Carusoswi for...@gimpusers.com wrote: Did I do something wrong here? Yesterday, I posted a message stating that I had, indeed, succeeded in making the ruler show inches instead of pixels or whatever.  For some reason, that message has not shown up on the thread.

Re: [Gimp-user] Another question about batch processing in GIMP...

2009-03-29 Thread David Gowers
Hi Ken! On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 10:33 AM, Ken Warner kwarner...@verizon.net wrote: I want to use Filters - Distorts - Lens Distortion on sets of up to 24 images of a panorama.  They are all the same size and format but suffer from a little mustache distortion. Lens Distortion can actually

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