[Gimp-user] gradient based on manual (lasso) selection
GIMPers, Is there a way to create a gradient (black-white) based off a closed lasso selection? So the resulting gradient would start black along the edge of the selection and expand out to white in all directions away from the selection. My end goal is to create a quick mask that I can blur to create a background with an exaggerated out of focus look. Thanks for reading (hope that all made sense)! Eric ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Scaling in Gimp 2.6 is much slower than in Gimp 2.4
Claus Berghammer wrote: Hello Gimp Users and Developers, This is a follow up of Bug 557950 (which in fact isn't a bug, according to Sven Neumann ;-) http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=557950 As described in the “Bug”, scaling in Gimp 2.6 series is far slower, than it was in 2.4. Sven Neumann commented: “We have completely changed the scaling implementation. The new algorithm is slower for some cases, but that is not a bug.” Since there is no explanation WHY the algorithm was rewritten, I guess 2 possible reasons: 1.)The old code did something wrong in some cases 2.)The new code was necessary due to GEGL integration For the first point, I compared scaling results from 2.4 and 2.6, and they are (ignoring some harmless alignment issues) 100% identical (using difference blend mode). I also cannot remember, that in the past years, the scaling routine in Gimp produced noticeable wrong results. (Beside the lanczos interpolation, that didn't work right, when it was introduced) So my question is, isn't it possible, to have both algorithms in Gimp, and let the user decide which one he wants to use? (Option in Scale Dialog) If it was due to point 2, the GEGL integration, than can we expect a faster version of the new scaling routine? Or will it be automatically faster, when GEGL is integrated more/better? The current situation draws some users (not myself) to not use Gimp 2.6, and stick with 2.4 instead, because the difference in speed is so dramatically. Sincerely, Claus Berghammer I'd be curious to see some benchmarks comparing 2.4 and 2.6 in this regard so that we know just how dramatically different the speed is. Eric P. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] strange PNG from Adobe Fireworks
Check out this png. I'm not sure if it is editable in the GIMP. http://i34.tinypic.com/rtzshs.png First of all it's an indexed image. You'll see two white arrows on the right hand side. Switch the mode to RGB and you'll see two new alpha transparent arrows appear on the left hand side (!?) Checking the header of the image I see Adobe Fireworks in there. Any ideas what this anomaly of a png is? Eric P. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] [Gimp-announce] ANNOUNCE: GIMP 2.6.0
Sven Neumann wrote: Finally we have done it and released version 2.6.0 of the GNU Image Manipulation Program. The changes from version 2.4 are best described in the release notes on Excellent work! Thank you for your tireless effort over the years on this absolutely beautiful and solid piece of software. It is a joy to use and always exciting to witness the further maturation of this most excellent code base. Forever thankful, Eric P. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Miniaturize effect in GIMP
This miniaturize effect is a pretty cool yet super simple effect. This how-to was initially only for Photoshop. But I've updated the page (it's a wiki) to include GIMP verbage. http://howto.wired.com/wiki/Miniaturize_a_Scene The steps are pretty much 1 to 1 w/the GIMP. But what they call Reflected Gradient is actually called Bi-Linear in GIMP (silly Adobe). Here's what I got (darn near what they got). I also upped the saturation +15. http://i27.tinypic.com/287ee0.jpg Eric P. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Christmas card
Mike Williams wrote: Hi there. A friend of mine makes his own Christmas cards. Since this year's card was made with the gimp, and it is on his web site, it seemed fitting to post a link here. http://www.garykirby.net/ Even if you don't celebrate Christmas, it's still a nice image. Well done! Eric ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Alt Key
Geoffrey wrote: JC Dill wrote: I can hardly be expected to know about something that hasn't been incorporated, or has just recently been incorporated but not widely announced. As I said - I'm a potential Gimp user. I tried it several years ago, and I am subscribed to this list to stay abreast with the changes that are discussed on this list. I don't currently have it installed. Like millions of other potential Gimp users, I don't have time to install and test it every time you release a new version to see if it's ready for prime time yet. Rather than try to convince me it's great (while you also admit you are just beginning to incorporate needed changes as a result of a usability evaluation), it would be nice if you would just admit that it still needs a lot of work, and that you will let the user (and potential user) community know when you have actually done the work to make it easier to use for non-programmers. Troll back to Photoshop please. I for one, appreciate the work the GIMP developers have done and continue to do on this wonderful application. JC, you just doesn't get it. I guess you missed the reference to the fact that ALL the work put into GIMP is done by the developers on their time. My sentiments exactly! GIMP on! Eric P. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] [Gimp-announce] ANNOUNCE: GIMP 2.4.0
Sven Neumann wrote: Version 2.4 of the GNU Image Manipulation Program is finally out. Congratulations on all the hard work! Eric P ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP video podcast / screencast
I would be happy about comments and very happy about pointers to mistakes or to things I could do better. You can find the podcast at http://meetthegimp.org Rolf I'm absolutely confounded that no one has replied to you yet. Rolf, excellent work! I've just begun watching (episode 6) and I am thoroughly impressed with the techniques and your demonstration. You're providing an excellent resource for GIMP users (both current and future). Keep up the great work, and I'll be sure to follow your updates. It would be great if you provided a link for the original images you use in your podcast; then we could all follow along. Thanks again, Eric ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Rounding those corners
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 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). There is a nice tutorial on GUG (GIMP Users Group) which suggests a method (http://gug.sunsite.dk/?page=tutorials). If you wish to have only certain corners rounded, I would propose rounding the corners on a duplicate layer then erasing the unwanted regions (or use layermasking) to reveal the original. ___ Here's a script-fu plug-in that uses the technique found at the tutorial link. http://epierce.freeshell.org/gimp/ EP ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Gimp - gimpshop - newbie
As I wrote in my previous message, the GIMP developers are not opposed to some of the ideas included in Gimpshop, if only they were implemented in a correct way. The developers are open to suggestions and are looking at alternative solutions whenever possible. Just check the recent usability enhancements in SVN if you are not convinced about that. Raphaël, I'm all into usability as I use a high ratio of keyboard shortcuts vs. mouse in GIMP. Can you elaborate on some of the new usability enhancements? I'm all ears. For reference, I'm currently running 2.3.14 (which I compiled with default compile settings). Thanks! Eric P. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] A tip of those who use GIMP in Windows
Philip Stubbs wrote: On 09/03/07, Ben Walker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: GIMP has a dialog called images, which most of you are probably aware of. Have you ever considered using it somewhat like the Windows taskbar? I have docked it to my main toolbox and use it to switch between open images as opposed to trying to locate the proper button on the taskbar. The image dialog offers previews, which are very helpful, and allows one to work with GIMP as if it were self-contained. Using this in conjunction with a virtual desktop leads to the best solution I have found so far. Good tip. I've been using GIMP for years on Windows/Linux, and never noticed that dialog. I wish is was just a single click to bring up and image instead of a double-click. Then you could tie a keyboard shortcut to the dialog, and just single-click the image. Any reason it's a double-click? Any devs reading this? What I do at the moment is I have the main gimp window running down the right hand side of my screen, with all the dialogs docked in it. I arrange them in groups much the same as they appear in the dialogs menu. I cant stand it when there are multiple floating dialogs. Makes finding the correct window a real pain. That's exactly what I do as well. And I bounce around the dialogs with keyboard shortcuts. Works great. That along with VirtuaWin (virtual desktops) for Windows seems to keep things manageable on Windows. EP ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] ?yvind's GEGL talk from FOS DEM
?yvind's GEGL presentation from FOSDEM last weekend is online. http://www.fosdem.org/2007/media/video I watched the first 15 min. Pretty exciting stuff. Eric P. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] 2.3.14 compile - dbus error
Sven Neumann wrote: Hi, On Fri, 2007-02-09 at 00:08 -0600, Eric P wrote: /usr/include/dbus-1.0/dbus/dbus.h:30:2: error: #error Please define DBUS_API_SUBJECT_TO_CHANGE to acknowledge your understanding that D-Bus hasn't reached 1.0 and is subject to protocol and API churn. See the README for a full explanation. Your version of D-Bus is outdated. Just do what the error message suggests and add #define DBUS_API_SUBJECT_TO_CHANGE to gui.c just before the d-bus headers are included. Your copy of the Python Glib bindings are broken. There's a patch for it in Bugzilla. It's on the pygtk project if I remember correctly. Alternatively you can disable the Python plug-in when configuring gimp. Thanks. Those tips got me through the compile. Eric ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] 2.3.14 compile - dbus error
Anybody have any dbus problems compiling 2.3.14? I get the following: ...snip... Making all in gui make[3]: ディレクトリ `/home/dit/downloads/gimp-2.3.14/app/gui' に入ります if gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../.. -I../.. -I../.. -I../../app -I../../app -I/usr/include/gtk-2.0 -I/usr/lib/gtk-2.0/include -I/usr/include/atk-1.0 -I/usr/include/cairo -I/usr/include/pango-1.0 -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib/glib-2.0/include -I/usr/include/dbus-1.0 -I/usr/lib/dbus-1.0/include -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib/glib-2.0/include -I/opt/include -DG_LOG_DOMAIN=\Gimp-GUI\ -pthread -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib/glib-2.0/include -DGIMP_DISABLE_DEPRECATED -DG_DISABLE_DEPRECATED -DGDK_PIXBUF_DISABLE_DEPRECATED -DGDK_DISABLE_DEPRECATED -DGTK_DISABLE_DEPRECATED -DPANGO_DISABLE_DEPRECATED -DGDK_MULTIHEAD_SAFE -DGTK_MULTIHEAD_SAFE -g -O2 -Wall -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -Winit-self -Wpointer-arith -MT color-history.o -MD -MP -MF .deps/color-history.Tpo -c -o color-history.o color-history.c; \ then mv -f .deps/color-history.Tpo .deps/color-history.Po; else rm -f .deps/color-history.Tpo; exit 1; fi if gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../.. -I../.. -I../.. -I../../app -I../../app -I/usr/include/gtk-2.0 -I/usr/lib/gtk-2.0/include -I/usr/include/atk-1.0 -I/usr/include/cairo -I/usr/include/pango-1.0 -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib/glib-2.0/include -I/usr/include/dbus-1.0 -I/usr/lib/dbus-1.0/include -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib/glib-2.0/include -I/opt/include -DG_LOG_DOMAIN=\Gimp-GUI\ -pthread -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib/glib-2.0/include -DGIMP_DISABLE_DEPRECATED -DG_DISABLE_DEPRECATED -DGDK_PIXBUF_DISABLE_DEPRECATED -DGDK_DISABLE_DEPRECATED -DGTK_DISABLE_DEPRECATED -DPANGO_DISABLE_DEPRECATED -DGDK_MULTIHEAD_SAFE -DGTK_MULTIHEAD_SAFE -g -O2 -Wall -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -Winit-self -Wpointer-arith -MT gui.o -MD -MP -MF .deps/gui.Tpo -c -o gui.o gui.c; \ then mv -f .deps/gui.Tpo .deps/gui.Po; else rm -f .deps/gui.Tpo; exit 1; fi In file included from /usr/include/dbus-1.0/dbus/dbus-glib-lowlevel.h:28, from gui.c:27: /usr/include/dbus-1.0/dbus/dbus.h:30:2: error: #error Please define DBUS_API_SUBJECT_TO_CHANGE to acknowledge your understanding that D-Bus hasn't reached 1.0 and is subject to protocol and API churn. See the README for a full explanation. make[3]: *** [gui.o] エラー 1 make[3]: ディレクトリ `/home/dit/downloads/gimp-2.3.14/app/gui' から出ます make[2]: *** [all-recursive] エラー 1 make[2]: ディレクトリ `/home/dit/downloads/gimp-2.3.14/app' から出ます make[1]: *** [all-recursive] エラー 1 make[1]: ディレクトリ `/home/dit/downloads/gimp-2.3.14' から出ます make: *** [all] エラー 2 I'm running Kubuntu 6.10, and I have this version of libdbus installed (w/header files): 0.93-0ubuntu3.1 I tried commenting out the #error line in dbus.h, and that seemed to get past this part. But then I get a slew of errors which all look similar to this: Warning: generating old-style constructor for:gimp_color_display_new Could not write method GimpColorDisplay.load_state: No ArgType for GimpParasite* Could not write method GimpColorDisplay.save_state: No ArgType for GimpParasite* And it ends with this: Traceback (most recent call last): File /usr/share/pygtk/2.0/codegen/codegen.py, line 1707, in ? sys.exit(main(sys.argv)) File /usr/share/pygtk/2.0/codegen/codegen.py, line 1698, in main sw.write(py_ssize_t_clean) File /usr/share/pygtk/2.0/codegen/codegen.py, line 1340, in write self.write_classes() File /usr/share/pygtk/2.0/codegen/codegen.py, line 1437, in write_classes instance.write_class() File /usr/share/pygtk/2.0/codegen/codegen.py, line 283, in write_class substdict['tp_methods'] = self.write_methods() File /usr/share/pygtk/2.0/codegen/codegen.py, line 519, in write_methods methods.append(self.methdef_tmpl % UnboundLocalError: local variable 'meth' referenced before assignment make[4]: *** [gimpui.c] エラー 1 Thanks for reading. Eric P. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Idea - Color Scheme Generator
Sven Neumann wrote: Hi, On Wed, 2007-01-24 at 19:50 -0600, Eric P wrote: Wouldn't it be cool if GIMP implemented something like this DHTML Color Scheme Generator? http://wellstyled.com/tools/colorscheme2/index-en.html Tried Agave yet? http://home.gna.org/colorscheme/ Not sure if this makes sense as a GIMP plug-in. But if GIMP integration is considered important, it would probably be easy to add some code to Agave that allows it to be run as a GIMP plug-in. Sven Actually, I just ran across that app a few days ago for the first time. It's GTKMM. This may sound naive, but is it possible to integrate C++/GTKMM code with GIMP? EP ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Idea - Color Scheme Generator
Wouldn't it be cool if GIMP implemented something like this DHTML Color Scheme Generator? http://wellstyled.com/tools/colorscheme2/index-en.html I'm learning GTKMM at the moment. Not sure when I'll get around to C/GTK+. Give me a couple years. EP ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Gimp vs. Photoshop
I'm lazy, and I don't feel like reading this entire thread (it seems to show up on a regular basis on the list). Were any new, constructive insights brought up? Anyone care to summarize this thread on this exhausting topic? EP ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Blocking of Alan on the name topic
Well put, Ben. Eric P. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Please Change the Derogatory Name
Jakub Steiner wrote: On Fri, 2006-09-29 at 12:38 -0600, Roland Hordos wrote: what Sven possibly meant here was for you to prove that the name GIMP is a reason why the product isn't used in a professional IT setting, whatever that is. I have been using GIMP professionally for over 5 years and Novell, Inc. for example doesn't have a problem selling it as part of their enterprise OS. Here's one example for you. I've used GIMP for about 5 years in a professional capacity at 2 different places of employment. At the first place, I was in a marketing department. We all had Photoshop installed, but I used GIMP 95% of the time. The VP of marketing would always smirk and make some dorky comment whenever he was looking over my shoulder and asked what software I was using. Basically, he didn't take GIMP as very serious software due to its name. Granted, if he took the time to let me show him how awesome GIMP is, he would come around. But he simply doesn't have the time for that (not a hands-on graphics guy), but he makes the final say of which graphic software packages we use/purchase. That's a piece of US culture for you that's not tied into the OS market. Personally, I think the name should change not because I find GIMP derogatory but because I think a name that somewhat identified (even vaguely) what sphere the software is used it would be a boon. Inkscape is an excellent name in my opinion. It is somewhat ambiguous, but you definitely know that software named Inkscape must have something to do with the artistic sphere. That's all you really need. Eric ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Please Change the Derogatory Name
Owen wrote: On Fri, 29 Sep 2006 06:54:48 -0600 I suspect it might just be an issue local to a country, like durex is a condom in the UK, sticky tape here Thanks for clarifying that. I've always wondered why I can't get those suckers off! ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] 2.3.10 kudos!
Hey, the new marquee tool is awesome! I can't tell you how many times I struggled to get an oval selection around some preexisting oval shape. I would use guides and usually do it over about 5-10 times before I got. Now it's a breeze! Great job, devs! The splash for 2.3.10 is choice as well. It's easily one of my favorites. The tango icons are a little bland IMO. They lack the nice color contrast that the 2.x icons had. Is the old set included in the install? I don't know when this feature was introduce, but being able to drag an image from the image history to a new email in Thunderbird and have it automatically become an attachment is excellent. Also, being able to drag any image from Firefox to Gimp's toolbox and have it open in the Gimp is genious! Always fun to watch this app get better and better. Eric ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Crop tool in 2.3.6
The crop tool and dialog in 2.3.6 have some really excellent improvements over the old one. Great work dev! I have one question: is it still possible to do a 'crop from selection' like in Gimp 2.3? I seem to be missing that option in the new dialog. Thanks, Eric P. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] 'File Exists' in 2.3.6
Maybe this deserves a bug report, but something I've noticed in 2.3.6 is that it always alerts me that a 'A File Named ... Already Exists' upon saving any file regardless whether is truly exists or not. Can anyone else confirm this? Just create a new document and save and see what it says. FYI, my 2.3.6 was compiled on Debian Testing. gtk 2.6.5 glib 2.8.4 Eric P ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Crop tool in 2.3.6
Carol Spears wrote: On Sun, Jan 15, 2006 at 03:10:59PM -0600, Eric P wrote: The crop tool and dialog in 2.3.6 have some really excellent improvements over the old one. Great work dev! I have one question: is it still possible to do a 'crop from selection' like in Gimp 2.3? I seem to be missing that option in the new dialog. i must admit, i missed this at first as well and discussed it with mitch crop from selection is gone. instead, Image/Image/Crop and Image/Layer/Crop are there. two steps less for me and i do not have the problem of having the crop tool toggled to work on only one layer when i did not need it or want it any longer. carol Awesome. I didn't even get off my lazy butt to look around at the other options. However, I'm not sure if I would have recognized them. I think 'Crop Image from Selection' and 'Crop Layer from Selection' might be a tad clearer in the menu. That is the sole purpose of these procedures, isn't it (since they're grayed out until a selection is made)? Anywho, I'm just glad those procedures are there. I'd be lost otherwise. Thanks! Eric P ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] 'File Exists' in 2.3.6
Carol Spears wrote: On Sun, Jan 15, 2006 at 03:19:56PM -0600, Eric P wrote: Maybe this deserves a bug report, but something I've noticed in 2.3.6 is that it always alerts me that a 'A File Named ... Already Exists' upon saving any file regardless whether is truly exists or not. Can anyone else confirm this? Just create a new document and save and see what it says. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=309729 Ulp, I should've done my homework before bugging the list. the fact that you noticed this bug means (to me) that you are really giving this file selector a work out. Well, the GTK file selector is barely useful in my opinion. I don't use KDE, but they've had their file selector in good working order for a couple years now. Even Crackdoze is better (ack!) for me, i get that warning everytime i type in a new location to that dialog. like i am working in /home/carol/images and want to save something in /tmp so i type /tmp/image.xcf into the file selector to save time and button pushing madness. But I get the false alert _anytime_ I save a new file. I'm not doing anything at all exotic as the initial bug reporter posted (or as you are doing). I just make a new file, try to save (in whatever is the current working directory), and I'm alerted. what i don't like, and i am finding it difficult to articulate (as you will soon see, perhaps) is that when i am finally have the damn thing in the directory i want to make the save in and i start to type the first few characters, it gives me a list of files that are already named like that. And directories! the default response is to give you opportunity to save a different image with the same name. more useful to me would be to be able to save a new image and have the file selector understand that and fill in the first few characters sequentially. Sequentially?? I guess I don't follow. what could i call that? like if you made it work with the tab so pressing tab there would fill in similar characters but would stop before suggesting saving over an existing image. what would that be called? Hmm sounds similar to tab completion but a little different since tab completion will finally fill in the complete file name/directory if it's unique. it makes me wonder what the gtk+ developers are doing that they need to save over existing files more often than making new ones. GTK excels in so many areas. I just wish they'd overhaul (again) the file selector. Oh well, I should stop bitching and help out, shouldn't I? So many projects... so little time. Eric P ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] old GIMP screenshots wanted
Axel Wernicke wrote: Hi all, a week ago I translated a chapter of the GIMP manual that is dealing with the GIMP history. Given the fact that this is about ten years of open source and contribution involving lots of lots of people I was curious if there aren't a couple of screenshots from the early stages of GIMP (versions prior 1.2) available. So, if you have such an old image or even have one of the ancient versions up and running somewhere I'd be really happy if you would mail it to may. If possible a note on which version the screenshot shows and from which platform it was taken would even enhance the fun of it. So, if there is anybody who want to help and possibly see his own desktop see published in the manual send me an email. Since bin attachments are for good reason not wanted on this list please send it to axel . wernicke AT gmx . de Thanks and greetings, You might also want to check here. ftp://ftp.gimp.org/pub/gimp/historical I've compiled either 0.54 or 0.6 not all that long ago. I'll try again. Eric ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Patterns
Carol Spears wrote: On Thu, Dec 29, 2005 at 08:17:31AM +1100, Owen wrote: Carol Spears wrote: it would be interesting to find out what resolutions and what catagories of patterns the users of gimp would find useful. I don't have 7MP camera, but I assume if you want to fill a selection of a 7MP image with a Gimp pattern it would come out all clunky? well, larger resolution for larger images. i really do work at many different sizes. print needs a lot and web stuff needs a little. sometimes things scale nicely just by making them smaller, but sometimes it is not the case. it might be good to discuss what a useful upper limit would be for image size. What happens if I have a low res image and want to fill it with a hi-res pattern, will it be obscured? Perhaps (as usual) I do not understand. you will get a small portion of a pattern instead of a repeating image. Anyway additions to the pattern collection would no doubt be welcome. Perhaps an upload area on the Gimp site (like the GUG site) to allow patterns to be contributed. i have been thinking about this some. it seems like such a site would be very popular at first and then lose its appeal and interest. at least there is the threat of that. the gimp wiki has been suggested. i do not keep much of an eye on that. i wonder if there might not already be a pattern collection there even carol I'm not sure what the license is for these patterns, but they showed up around 1 year ago (?) and gave my pattern collection a much needed breath of fresh air. http://artcamilla.dk/vaultage/cornucopia/gimp-patterns/ They're larger in pixel size than the default gimp patterns, and extremely tasteful in my (er... extremely subjective) opinion. Of course, as Carol mentioned, they will add significant bloat to the file size of Gimp. Oh, here's an idea! What if the Gimp (like Firefox, etc.) had a prominent button in the patterns dialog like click here to d/l more patterns, and the user is automatically whisked to a webpage containing extra patterns? Now, that'd be cool! You could do it for brushes, scripts, etc! That'd be spiffy! Eric P ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] template for sawtooth border wanted
Axel Wernicke wrote: Hi list, I'm one of the members of the gimp documentation team and want to ask you for a favour. To reduce the size of all the screenshots to the clipping that is of relevance I'm in need of a template that I can easily use to cut of the unwanted borders. To make clear that there is something cut of from the picture, the border should be look similar to a sawtooth - an irregular one - bit hard to describe, but I'm pretty sure you know what I mean. Any gfx wizards out there that want to support the GIMP manual?? Thats you chance! Greetings, lexA --- Live is like a chocolate box, you never know what you wanna get... GPG Signatur auf http://wernicke-online.net/Impressum/ prüfen Here's a ripped paper effect I did once. http://web.archive.org/web/20040402184426/http://bobkerbearings.com/ Kinda cool. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Editing .psd files
Demetrius Jones wrote: I was wondering if there is a way to edit files that were created in Adobe Photoshop. I can open a .psd file in the Gimp but I cannot seem to be able to manipulate the image layers. Hmm.. that should work (i.e., editing indiv. layers). As Carol mentioned though, psd text layers aren't dynamically editable in the Gimp. The Gimp will merely render the text layers as pixels. I worked for a few years w/a Photoshop user (I think he had PS CS). The caveats I learned from sharing files between the Gimp and PS were (from memory): 1. can't use masks in the Gimp and save to psd - they won't make it. Never figured out if the Gimp properly read in mask from PS though. 2. text layers just get rendered as pixel info - still look the same, but cannot be dynamically altered. Everything else I did transferred correctly when I saved to psd, so I could be productive and maintain my ethics (i.e., Open Source or death). I did read that the 2.3.x series of the Gimp has improvements to the psd filter. Not sure what they are though. Eric P ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Space Between Letters
Wade Smart wrote: 11232005 1246 GMT-5 I want to put some extra space between letters of some words without actually putting in a 'space' from the space bar. How does one do that? You want some kind of kerning adjustment. The text tool in the 2.3.x series has such an adjustment for the text tool. It's just below the 'line spacing' adjustment in the text tool options. Eric ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] lighten background
Akkana Peck wrote: Helen writes: I have a photo of a dark red flower against a dark background. I've tried tedious ways to lighten the background without changing the flower, but the details of the flower are too tiny. So I'm browsing tutorials. Should I be learning about masks? About layers? A hint how I can approach this? Selection is what you need to be learning about: you need to selecting the flower and not the background, or vice versa, so that you can run a lightening tool (brightness-contrast, levels, or curves) on the background without affecting the flower. There are lots of ways of selecting: you could use paths then turn the path into a selection, or you could use select by color or intelligent scissors to make an approximate selection, then use the quick mask to fine tune it and get it perfect. For any of these techniques (maybe not siox), zoom in a lot so you can see what you're doing and make sure you get all the fine details. That's why these tools are better than something like Lasso select that doesn't let you zoom in. If you can run the development version of GIMP (2.3), the new siox tool works quite well for flowers against a contrasting background. A couple other tips: you'll probably want a few pixels of feathering (but you can feather a selection after the fact, from the Select menu), and you'll want to use View-Toggle Selection (ctrl-T) a lot to turn off the selection boundary while you're adjusting the brightness of the background, to make sure you don't get an obvious looking jump at the selection boundary (if you do, try feathering more). I agree with everything here except I'd use a mask instead of a selection. A selection can be a bit too fleeting for a something as tedious as your task. Eric ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] lighten background
I agree with everything here except I'd use a mask instead of a selection. A selection can be a bit too fleeting for a something as tedious as your task. Eric tedious = I probably should have used detailed. I didn't realize how that came off... Eric ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] curve corners
Steve Stavropoulos wrote: On 10/13/05, Jad Madi wrote: Hi, how to create curve corners with Gimp like these ones http://www.sitepoint.com/examples/roundcorners/box-corners5.htm Select a rectangle with the dimensions you like and then use select-rounded rectangle (I think in gimp = 2.2 is somewhere under script-fu). You can fill it with the color you like by dragging the color on the selection (or Edit-Fill with FG color). ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user Or there's Rounded Selection under the Selection menu. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Gimp 2.3.x on Debian
Carol Spears wrote: On Wed, Oct 05, 2005 at 10:42:55AM +0200, Michael Schumacher wrote: Von: Carol Spears [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Tue, Oct 04, 2005 at 09:50:36PM -0500, Eric P wrote: I can't remember if I asked this before or not, but does anybody make any 2.3.x packages for deb? it is easy to build your own on debian. i build mine in /usr/local though so, it is not the same as getting it from them. If I'm not mistkane, it is not advised to install into any /usr prefix - the release notes mention /opt, and I've chosen a directory in my $HOME. it is the configure default. For simply testing the 2.3 releases, I wouldn't create a Debian package, just install it where it can do no harm to your system. you can even have both, although they share the */2.0/* directory name. better to make sure before you try to install your own that you do not have debians libgimp-dev. let the distribution only have lib-gimp binaries. carol Awesome. Thanks for the tips from both of you. Cool splash photo. Michael, I took your tip and stuck it in ~/.gimp You're absolutely right. Why make a package when I'll just keep compiling devel releases for a while? Eric P ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Gimp 2.3.x on Debian
I can't remember if I asked this before or not, but does anybody make any 2.3.x packages for deb? I used to compile my own these past few years on Suse w/checkinstall to stay up on development progress, but since switching to Debian earlier this year I haven't got back on board. I think I tried compiling 2.3.1 back a few months ago, but checkinstall failed to make a deb package... (going off a foggy memory). Can anyone spank me onto the straight and narrow here? Thanks for reading... Eric P ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] tutorial/screenshots
Eric P wrote: sam ende wrote: i would find it a lot easier to write tutorials and the like if the drop down menus did not disapear when doing screenshots, is there a way to keep them dropped down for screenshots ? If you run Linux (or maybe some other unices), try this quick 'n dirty script. For grabbing the whole screen: xwd -root | xwdtopnm 2 /dev/null | pnmtopng 2 /dev/null /home/buffalo/graphics/screenshots/screen_`date +%Y%m%d%H%M_%S`.png For grabbing a window (it'll give you a crosshair): xwd | xwdtopnm 2 /dev/null | pnmtopng 2 /dev/null /home/buffalo/graphics/screenshots/screen_`date +%Y%m%d%H%M_%S`.png 0. Make sure you have the 'netpbm' package installed 1. Copy line (above) into its own file 2. chmod 755 filename 3. place it in your ~/bin folder or a global bin folder 4. make sure you have a directory called ~/graphics/screenshots 5. map both files to a keyboard shortcut via your window manager Done. A minor improvement to the script (I call it 'xwd_screen_grab' on my computer). Now, just map your keyboard shortcuts as follows: For grabbing a single window xwd_screen_grab Grab the whole screen xwd_screen_grab -root Here's the script: #!/bin/bash arg='' if [ $1 = -root ]; then arg='-root' fi xwd $arg | xwdtopnm 2 /dev/null | pnmtopng 2 /dev/null /home/dit/graphics/screenshots/screen_`date +%Y%m%d%H%M_%S`.png ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Resolution
sean wrote: I'm learning how to use the Ginp and I have a small problem. The default resolution seems to be 7 4dpi when I save my work. I need to send my files to a printing company and they require 300 dpi. Can anyone tell me how to change the resolution. Image - Print Size ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Overview doc of Gimp's interface
I'll be giving a Gimp talk at the local LUG. I'm checking to see if anyone knows of a nice 1 to 2 page color document (print quality) that goes over Gimp's default interface (i.e., a screenshot of the toolbox w/arrows pointing to each tool/tab giving a short explanation of what it is) and/or the menus. Under normal circumstances, I could make up something myself, but I have access to a VERY nice color laser jet printer until tomorrow (Fri. 7/15), and I don't think I'll have time tonight to work something up (it's my wife's B-day!). Thanks for reading, Eric P ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] sizing photos
Helen wrote: I want a (for example) 8 x 10 inch print. Not sure how much you need to know, but I'm using How do I take this hugh image and give it a size that will print and then fit into a standard frame, such as 5 x 7 (inches) or 8 x 10 (inches) ? Image - Print Size ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Question about using psd format.
I build my print images in gimp on my Knoppix box but have to send it to my wife's apple where the color printer is attached. It seems logical to use Photoshop 7 to print the photo on the apple. So I do my gimp thing and build an 8.5x11 inches image with a resolution of 300 px/inch. I then store it as a psd file. However, when I open the psd in Photoshop 7, Photoshop declares that the image is 35.4x45.8 inches with a resolution of 72 px/inch. This looks like a bug to me and since I would expect Photoshop to handle their own format correctly, I assume that it is a gimp bug. Am I doing something wrong? If all you are doing is printing, then there's no reason to use psd. You can try png or tif (both of which can handle print resolution data). I seem to remember running into this problem as well (I use Gimp and PS at work). Let us know your results. EP ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] pygtk and 2.3.1
Joao S. O. Bueno Calligaris wrote: On Tuesday 14 June 2005 12:59, John R. Culleton wrote: Am running 2.3.0 without incident. I downloaded 2.3.1 and attempted to configure. I got a message about pygtk-2.0 missing. What is this, is it essential and where can I find it? Not a huge deal. 2.3.0 is OK. From gimp 2.3.1 and ahead, teh gimp python extension is enabled by default. With it in, you get some new plug-ins, but above everythiong else, a powrfull high level language to script up the GIMP in better and easy ways. How will this affect Windows' builds for the eventual 2.4 release? I wonder if it will have to be disabled... I hope the Windows compiler crew can figure out a way to accommodate this (i.e., compiling with Python support) EP ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Text along Path.
nuno alexandre wrote: Hi, Is there some way to achieve this with TheGimp ? http://www.ultraweaver.com/tutorials/textalongpath/index.htm thanks nuno 'Curve Bend' under filters can do a similar effect, but I think you'll want Inkscape (Inkscape.org) to do it right. You can export a raster image from Inkscape and open it with the Gimp for further editing. EP ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user]
There's a file called ps-menurc in (I think) a folder called 'etc' in Gimp's install directory. This file will map 100+ Photoshop key mappings for the Gimp. Check here for directions on installing this file: http://epierce.freeshell.org/gimp/gimp_ps.php Stacey Hawkins wrote: Hello, I am a PhotoShop user very interested in the Gimp. [Photoshop is the ONLY reason that I use Windows currently!!] I would gladly make the switch and provide lots of feedback and pointers to the open source community if someone can tell me how to configure short keys to mirror Adobes. Is there a script available that can do this? Thanks to everyone, Stacey ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] OT GTK/SuSE/Gimp question
This is probably way off topic for this ML (so please ignore if you want), but it started w/the Gimp, so what hell... I compiled new versions of atk/glib2/gtk2/pango in order to start checking out the 2.3 series of the Gimp. Everything went fine. I removed the old atk/glib2/gtk2/pango RPMs along w/their respected devel RPMs. I then make installed (via checkinstall) all the new GTK and friends, so I now have lovely round RPMs of each package installed. Now I compiled Gimp 2.3.0, and, yet again, all went well. However, when I run YAST now, it insists on reinstalling the old GTK (and friends) devel RPMs. Of course, I don't want to do that as the new header files are already installed. The RPMs I created (with checkinstall) contain the header files. The RPM packages just weren't broken out into 2 RPMs per package (i.e., binary RPM and devel RPM) like SuSE and other distros tend to do. Any tips on this dilemma? Thanks for reading, Eric P Ps. I'm running SuSE 9.2 pro ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP Updates
Carol Spears wrote: On Thu, May 26, 2005 at 07:50:31PM +0300, Erika De Jesus wrote: Carol Spears wrote: interesting. could you expand on the comparison for me? i do not see any similarities and i am interested to see what similarities you see between the two separately licensed, separately funded softwares that do completely different tasks on my computer. help me with this one carol it's like this carol. firefox is expanded by millions of users worldwide by submitting themes, plugins, and extensions. i think pierre was talking about gimp should be the same. that it should also be expanded by users, since it is also open source. the comparison is: GIMP: open source app is to Firefox: open source app Firefox has the support of Time Warner. I watched it get pushed on television. it is like this. there is a really good chance that FireFox users are the sort of people who can install software and use it without the help of the operating system. this sets them apart. it might also mean that it has a bunch of users that think whee! it is free so it is cool. gimp-users get savvy windows users who can find and install software on their own and idiot linux users who need the distribution to install it. your enthusiasm for both the software is really nice and not misguided. the enthusiasm will change when you see how all of this stuff really works. dollar for dollar, i prefer an environment where a ruling party cannot dictate what i put on carol.gimp.org. actually, i enjoy watching some of them try to tell me to remove something. you are comparing free software with software that has received much funding and backing. it could be considered rude. please research the different communities and environments before making these comparisons. i actually had the honor of chatting with one of the original developers from back in the day when the project was cool (Netscape3 and lesser versions). heh, in so many ways it was more fun to meet mitchell than it was to watch larry wall get tom christianson to ask for a waitress (but the difference is marginal depending on my mood). all that fund raising and asskissing of time warner old farts -- it would be rude to the people who are managing things at mozilla to suggest that gimp and firefox are the same or that they even work together to promote free software. you are asking that the bastard child of gnu/linux live the life of the not bastard child of a free internet. i dont think that the bastard wants a different life. there is a lot to be said for people who work through things on their own. especially if you can say that about such a large group as we can only imagine the gimp-user base is. i would rather you not compare gimp to other free software applications. hell, they cannot even talk about gimp on lugradio. how is that for being the bastard! Yay! GIMP's plugins is to Firefox's extensions well, how about showing me how it works so well by showing me how to display an mng in firefox? gimp faithfully makes them. mng is a lush format for animations that improved on gif in so so many ways (in case being a firefox user you have not heard about it). lush and free. carol C'mon, Carol. Tell us how you really feel. Eric P ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Re: [Gimp-developer] GIMP merchandising
Sven Neumann wrote: What exactly does this arrangement involve? We can hardly decide anything w/o knowing what we are talking about. Does it mean that sourcewear will be the only official merchandiser? Personally, I think there should be one 'Merchandise' link on the front page which links to another page listing ALL the companies/organizations that have Gimp merchandise. Let them all duke it out. Eric P. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Re: [Gimp-developer] GIMP merchandising
Simon Budig wrote: commercial And should we ever need a bigger amount of silkscreened shirts and we know in advance that a certain amount gets sold immediately, I'd like to suggest Petra / Kernelconcepts and I can guarantee immediate control over the artwork and the quality of the shirt. As in Me sitting in their offices. /commercial How about one of the Pixel Pusher shirts? I'd love to buy one of those. Eric P. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP merchandising
Dave Neary wrote: I would like to improve on this relationship, and I know that Federico at sourcewear feels the same. For my part, I'd like to see better products, and more products, I'd like to be able to order one of those Pixel Pusher shirts. The plain white with Wilbur is boring IMO. as well as formalising the cut we get from merchandising (this is currently an informal arrangement, I think that we should get an engagement on paper). Yes. This is very important. For their part, they would like to continue having their logo on the arm (which I'm OK with) How does the Gimp benefit from this? Does WalMart get to put their logo on the Fruit of the Loom shirts they sell? Of course not. Personally, I think their logo has no place being on the shirt in any permanent form. I'd definitely look elsewhere for a shirt vendor if they're insistent on their logo appearing on any of the Gimp product. I will help you find one if need be. , and they would like to be our official merchandiser If you can pan out everything mentioned above/below equitably, then I don't see a problem with this. - that is, have a place in the sidebar on every page, and a place of prominence on the front page. Once again... how does the Gimp benefit from such an arrangement? Webspace comes at a premium in the industry I work in. Of course, the Gimp isn't a company, but that's not to say we shouldn't be selective who we contract to do our merchandising. That's why I'm writing here. Is this arrangement OK with people? No. I honestly don't mean to be so negative, but what you've proposed just doesn't look good at all. Eric P. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] 'Pick a layer or guide' suggestion
Joao S. O. Bueno Calligaris wrote: On Monday 16 May 2005 22:32, Eric P wrote: I have a handful of Gimp images that have 50+ layers. With the move tool's 'Pick a layer or guide' selected, I can quickly find where a particular layer is in the stack with a left click. However, as soon as I let go of the mouse, I've lost where the layer is as the selected layer switches back to the layer that was selected prior. Now I have to remember about how far down the layer, remember the layer name and dig to find it so I can work on it. Wouldn't it make sense to have the layer you've just picked in this manner automatically become the selected layer? Opinions please. Hi Eric! What you describes was the default behaviour of the GIMP uyp to the 2.0 series. When the new behavioyr was introduced, people perceived exactly what you are asking for. Then, the old behaviour was made available via a setting in the preferences dialog (in the tool setting, I believe). Hey Joao, Hmm... all I see is 'Pick a layer or guide' and 'Move the current layer'. Neither of these do what I'm talking about. Exactly what preference are you referring to? Thanks, Eric P. Regards, JS -- ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] 'Pick a layer or guide' suggestion
I have a handful of Gimp images that have 50+ layers. With the move tool's 'Pick a layer or guide' selected, I can quickly find where a particular layer is in the stack with a left click. However, as soon as I let go of the mouse, I've lost where the layer is as the selected layer switches back to the layer that was selected prior. Now I have to remember about how far down the layer, remember the layer name and dig to find it so I can work on it. Wouldn't it make sense to have the layer you've just picked in this manner automatically become the selected layer? Opinions please. Eric P. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] when even free advertising fails
David Marrs wrote: I *am* very grateful for the GIMP and think it says much for the spirit of free software. I also think it has some way to go before it becomes a mature product, Huh... the Gimp is not mature? Thank you for sharing that. I honestly didn't know! Shit... and while I'm at it, I best let my boss know ASAP that he's been paying me in a professional capacity to use an app that's not mature. It's a wonder I've gotten anything done at all! ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Disadvantage of GIMP when compared to Photoshop
Simon Budig wrote: Are you aware of the fact, that Photoshop on the Mac does not have such a main window? Hmmm... *me looks at some Mac/PS screen shots*Interesting. I never noticed that. But doesn't it still behave as one instance of the program when flipping between programs (i.e., essentially like the Windows version)? On Linux, I have no problem using a desktop solely for the Gimp, but on Windows (at work) I end up using a multi-desktop switcher to keep windows from getting out of hand (in numbers). Unfortunately, all the multi-desktop switcher programs I've tried (VirtuaWin, MegaScale MultiDesktop Manager, MS Virtual Desktop Manager) are a tad buggy and/or don't implement as well as the Unix model of multiple desktops. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Disadvantage of GIMP when compared to Photoshop
Kent Tong wrote: Disadvantage of GIMP - Text tool It is limited. But there are a few enhancements planned for the next release (ex. letter spacing). -- Can't display Chinese in the GIMP Text Editor Not true for Japanese, so I'm sure this applies to Chinese. See http://epierce.freeshell.org/misc/gimp_japanese.png -- Can't control indivitual text format in the same Text. (The format applies to the whole text) True. -- Compare to PhotoShop, creating text effect is difficult. Photoshop built in text effects. GIMP can only use the filter or script-fu to create effect. True. There are no dynamic text effects. -- Compare to PhotoShop, text effect will still be apply even the Text is changed. But you need to do everything again if you text need to be changed. True. -- Can't display Chinese font in the font selection list. Not true for Japanese, so I'm sure this applies to Chinese. See http://epierce.freeshell.org/misc/gimp_japanese_font.png - Layers control -- Can't display Chinese in the Layer. Not true for Japanese, so I'm sure this applies to Chinese. See http://epierce.freeshell.org/misc/gimp_japanese.png -- Compare to PhotoShop, managing the layers is not that easy. You can define layers to groups in Photoshop. You can even target an action to a group. No group idea in GIMP. Not sure about this one. Make sure you're running within a Chinese language environment. Assuming you're running Linux, from the command line type: env|grep LANG On my system, it outputs: LANG=ja_JP.UTF-8 (running Japanese in UTF-8) To list which Chinese languages are available, try: locale -a|grep ^zh I get... zh_CN zh_CN.gb18030 zh_CN.gbk zh_CN.utf8 zh_HK zh_HK.utf8 zh_SG zh_SG.gbk zh_SG.utf8 zh_TW zh_TW.euctw zh_TW.utf8 I don't know which one you need, but try running the Gimp with something like: export LANG=zh_CN.utf8 gimp Now my Gimp interface looks like this: http://epierce.freeshell.org/misc/gimp_chinese.png I don't know how to input Chinese, so I can't show you any screenshots for that, but I think you're best bet is to pick Chinese as your default language when installing Linux (assuming you're running Linux of course). Not sure how it would work for Windows. Hope that helps. Eric P. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Yet another collection of brushes and patterns..
The examples look beautiful! Do you have any tutorials/techniques you can share on how you create such nice naturalism in the Gimp? Also, could you provide an archive of your brushes/patterns etc. for easier download (zip/tgz/whatever)? Thanks, Eric P. Rene Jensen wrote: Howdy folks, and thanks for a great program. I don't know where you keep you link section for external resources, but if you want to add my brushes and patterns, feel free to do so. All is free and homemade so no strings attached. I use most of it for game graphics, and it works sweet. One do have to figure out how to use them first, though :) I add to the collection every now and then. Stuff: http://www.artcamilla.dk/vaultage/cornucopia/ Examples of use: http://www.artcamilla.dk/vaultage/examples/ Have fun and keep coding, it makes the world happy.. Sincerely Rene Jensen ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Yet another collection of brushes and patterns..
Rene, I just have to reiterate... these brushes and patterns are second to none! Have you considered what kind of license to attach to your work? If possible, it would be wonderful if a majority of these were added to the default Gimp install (devs, listening?). Everyone else, please try out the plethora of animated brushes Rene has created and tell me if your jaw doesn't drop. Ditto for the patterns. I think several (not all) of the current default brushes and patterns could go away, and Rene's work added. Rene's are all much higher quality (resolution and [subjectively] visually). Eric P. Rene Jensen wrote: Howdy folks, and thanks for a great program. I don't know where you keep you link section for external resources, but if you want to add my brushes and patterns, feel free to do so. All is free and homemade so no strings attached. I use most of it for game graphics, and it works sweet. One do have to figure out how to use them first, though :) I add to the collection every now and then. Stuff: http://www.artcamilla.dk/vaultage/cornucopia/ Examples of use: http://www.artcamilla.dk/vaultage/examples/ Have fun and keep coding, it makes the world happy.. Sincerely Rene Jensen ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Re: Script-fu inclusion for 2.4
On Thu, 2005-04-28 at 20:57 +0200, Sven Neumann wrote: Hi, Eric P [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: And here's a quick visual of what it does. http://epierce.freeshell.org/gimp Should probably register next to the Rounded Rectangle script instead of to the bottom of the menu. Try to use Image/Select/Modify. Done. Thanks for the tip. Eric P. Sven ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Script-fu inclusion for 2.4
I made a Script-fu script that I find indispensable for pushing pixels at work. It's called Rounded Selection, and it does just that. Here's its Gimp registry home: http://registry.gimp.org/plugin?id=4937 And here's a direct link: http://epierce.freeshell.org/gimp/selection-rounded-selection.scm What are the chances of a poor country boy getting this included 2.4? I think others in the graphic field would find this plugin as useful as I do. Thanks, Eric P. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Re: Script-fu inclusion for 2.4
And here's a quick visual of what it does. http://epierce.freeshell.org/gimpOn 4/27/05, Eric P [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:I made a Script-fu script that I find indispensable for pushing pixels at work.It's called Rounded Selection, and it does just that.Here's its Gimp registry home:http://registry.gimp.org/plugin?id=4937And here's a direct link: http://epierce.freeshell.org/gimp/selection-rounded-selection.scmWhat are the chances of a poor country boy getting this included 2.4?Ithink others in the graphic field would find this plugin as useful as Ido.Thanks,Eric P.
Re: [Gimp-user] Tiff compression options
jpeg compression is lossy by definition. There is no such thing as lossless jpeg compression. Personally, I only LZW (which is lossless) for tiff. I cannot think of any reason why you would ever want to use jpeg compression for a tiff over a straight jpeg format. I've had zero experience experience with the Pack Bits and Deflate options. On a side note, at work we have high spec color laser jet printer that happens to have scanning capabilities as well. For some reason, the tiffs it creates are tiff w/jpeg compression with NO option to change it to other any other compression type or even muck with the jpeg compression setting. I noticed that the Gimp doesn't give any option either for the jpeg compression setting when saving as a tiff. On Sat, 2005-04-16 at 22:46 +0200, cedric wrote: Reading Tiff specs for Scribus Team, we saw that Tiif could have JPEG compression. We add a simple question : is gimp implementation of Tiff jpeg compression lossless ? And in which case use one or another compression options ? regards. Cedric ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Re: Feature Request: Open toolbox on right click.
On Thu, 2005-04-14 at 09:17 +0200, Olivier Ripoll wrote: David Marrs wrote: Olivier Ripoll wrote: You can specify inthe preferences that the toolbox must be on top. This way, you always have it available... Try as I might, I cannot find this option! Preferences-Window Management-Hint for the toolbox-keep above Not everyone is using the menubar (it is optional, see the prefences): I do not. I find it unpractical since I very often use Gimp to work on small images. I think long time gimp users might also use preferentially the right-click menu to the menubar: It allows a faster/more straightforward access to the functionality. To summarise my personal opinion: The right click menu is one of the best things introduced by Gimp. But even with the menubar switched off it can still be accessed by clicking the right-facing arrow in the top left corner of the screen, so you don't *need* the right-click. I'm not saying that it shouldn't continue to be accessible by right-clicking. It could always be a preference option, or a Shift+click option. The difference between the right click menu and the arrow icon is with respect to Fitts law: The pixel where you already are is always the most esily accessible. This is a big reason why the right click menu is so damn useful: No need to move the mouse, no need to position the cursor on a limited-size target (arrow icon or menu toolbar). How about if f10 were bound to the arrow menu (top left)? Presently, it's bound to the menu bar.Then the menu would be available where you already are even if you've opted to turn off the menu bar. Just my 2 bits, but right clicking to bring up a full menu never made sense at all to me; especially since the 2.0 branch. But then again, I use the keyboard for everything possible (i.e., key mnemonics to access the menu options, keyboard shortcuts, etc.). Isn't the right click a contextually based menu option in the majority of software applications anyway? That's what I've been brought up to believe these past 10 years of computing. Eric Pierce ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Preserve transparency in a TIFF
Try a merge visible (under layers) _before_ saving. This will maintain transparency. On Mon, 2005-04-11 at 09:11 -0400, Gregory Yetman wrote: Hi, I have a GIMP image with transparency set. I've read that TIFF supports transparency, yet when I try and save my image as a TIFF I have to 'flatten' it first, which removes the transparency. Is there a way in the GIMP to create a TIFF file with transparent areas? Thanks, Greg -- Gregory Yetman Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) Columbia University URL: http://www.ciesin.columbia.edu/ e-mail: gyetman (at) ciesin.columbia.edu tel: (845) 365-8982 -- ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] 2.3.x
Is there a roadmap posted anywhere for the next development series? Thanks, Eric P. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
