Re: [Gimp-user] Color Picker in Gimp 2.6
On 21 Aug 11 19:37 bktheman34 for...@gimpusers.com said: In the old version I could use the color picker to get a color from the desktop or from any other program window that was visible behind the Gimp image window. Is that still possible in 2.6? Can someone tell me how to make that work? Thank you, Matt You could take a screen shot (in Windows hit the PrtSc key) of your desktop or whatever program you have open, then in GIMP click File Create from Clipboard, and use the colour picker on that to select what you want. Then just close the screen shot, don't save. Nothing so complicated! Double-click the the Foreground colour square in the Toolbox to open the CHANGE FOREGROUND COLOR dialogue, then click the Colour Picker button to the right of the HTML NOTIFICATION field. (Works for the background colour too!) Greg Chapman http://www.gregtutor.plus.com Helping new users of KompoZer and The GIMP ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Default image dpi
Hi John, On 25 Jun 11 23:22 John Culleton j...@wexfordpress.com said: When I import JPG images from my digital camera Gimp assumes that they are 72 x 72 DPI Au contraire! It's not the GIMP. Just check the EXIF data in file that your camera produces and you'll see it's your camera that determines the resolution, not GIMP. While Script-fu would probably be capable of doing this (never investigated it myself) you might be better off looking for a tool that can edit EXIF data in bulk across all files as you copy them from your camera to your hard disk. Greg Chapman http://www.gregtutor.plus.com Helping new users of KompoZer and The GIMP ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Collage scaling up
Hi Chris, On 15 May 11 01:01 Christoph Schwitter christophschwit...@bluewin.ch said: If there is a way to do this? Or another way to get the same result? Scaling down will always mean that, at some point, you will need to up-scale it with the consequent loss of detail. Stitching several parts together will lead to a slow final process, which may coke if you have insufficient RAM. Probably the only way to do it well is to ensure you have enough RAM installed, and that will mean an nnnooormous amount. The image size, that the GIMP works with is many times bigger than a JPEG file that you load. Check the status line on the GIMP. A typical 2.2Mb file from my 9Mpx camera expands to around 80Mb once uncompressed for editing within the GIMP. Greg Chapman http://www.gregtutor.plus.com Helping new users of KompoZer and The GIMP ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Image map- highlight on mouse-over?
Hi Peace, On 11 Feb 11 03:58 Owen rc...@pcug.org.au said: I think you need 2 images, one normal, the other activated on mouse over Not part of the image map function. Just create your highlight image and activate it with the mouse over Owen is right. An HTML image map only causes links to appear on a single image. You do need additional images, or a way of causing a single image to appear in different locations to produce a highlight when the pointer moves over the image. If you are a KompoZer user the folks at: http://wysifauthoring.informe.com/forum/ will prove very helpful. Post a link to a page on that forum, that shows your image and how you want the highlights to appear and you should get some good advice. You may not even need to use an image map. A background image with images that appear on hover may be more efficient. (My site doesn't cover this issue - but may be helpful in other ways!) Greg Chapman http://www.gregtutor.plus.com Helping new users of KompoZer and The GIMP ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Change background to tranparent?
Hi Peace, On 08 Feb 11 19:23 . pe...@aleksandrsolzhenitsyn.net said: Do you know how I can easily change the background of the banner to transparent? Depends on whether you have the file saved in XCF format, how many layers, etc. Let's assume it is a GIF. In crude terms: 1. Select background 2. Add alpha channel 3. Hit DELETE 4. Re-save Depending on complexity of the image it will be Step #1 that could take a little time. Greg Chapman http://www.gregtutor.plus.com Helping new users of KompoZer and The GIMP ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Tool Options Box hidden
Hi Jude, On 29 Jan 11 10:40 Jude for...@gimpusers.com said: My 'Tool Options' Box has always been on the left of the screen - at the bottom of the 'Tool box'. I clicked on something yesterday while using the Tool Options Box and somehow moved it. There is now a message there that says 'You can drop dockable dialogs here'. My page at: http://www.gregtutor.plus.com/digphoto/customising.html may help. Greg Chapman http://www.gregtutor.plus.com Helping new users of KompoZer and The GIMP ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Empty skull, vacated because I can't crop an image and its driving me to drink.
On 20 Jan 11 12:16 Matthew Green mandalareop...@gmail.com said: Maybe I am missing something, but have you read through this: http://docs.gimp.org/en/gimp-tool-crop.html I don't think you're missing anything. It's the OP that doesn't seem to be able to reply properly. Besides yours another answer appears at: http://www.gregtutor.plus.com/digphoto/cropping.html Greg Chapman http://www.gregtutor.plus.com Helping new users of KompoZer and The GIMP ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Mikethedj4's Self Introduction
Hi Mike, On 04 Dec 10 01:25 mikethedj4 for...@gimpusers.com said: I was wondering, for later questions, and such is there any way to embed images, and such on this forum, maybe via HTML??? No! This is a mail list, gatewayed, without sanction of the list owner, to a forum. Posting via the forum (and having forum expectations) annoys some people here! Greg Chapman http://www.gregtutor.plus.com Helping new users of KompoZer and The GIMP ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Mikethedj4's Self Introduction
Hi David, On 04 Dec 10 20:37 David Herman mesamoo...@comcast.net said: Actually Greg, your heavy handed reply does not answer the question in a helpful manner. You're right, of course. Especially on a list the topic of which is graphics, it's worth pointing out how to illustrate your problem. I feel appropriately chastised. (Though I might have used the word, blunt, rather than heavy handed :-) ) Greg Chapman http://www.gregtutor.plus.com Helping new users of KompoZer and The GIMP ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Mikethedj4's Self Introduction
Hi Mike, On 04 Dec 10 23:17 mikethedj4 for...@gimpusers.com said: I gotta say this is a different environment, and everything from a bunch of other sites, and forums I'm on. Yeah! Well bear in mind there's a load of old fogey's here. Like, it was 44 years ago when I was 18. We're not all in the Twitter and Facebook generation! :-) Greg Chapman http://www.gregtutor.plus.com Helping new users of KompoZer and The GIMP ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Problem with GIMP draw straight line functionality
Hi Ian, On 28 Nov 10 00:01 Ian Nathaniel Cohen incspot...@rcn.com said: All I need to be able to do is draw a simple straight line. 1. Click on start position. 2. Shift-click on end position The straight line appears between the two points Greg Greg Chapman http://www.gregtutor.plus.com Helping new users of KompoZer and The GIMP ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Image size manipulation
Hi Frankie, On 21 Nov 10 10:56 Frank1e for...@gimpusers.com said: The image is a photo with a resolution of 72.000 x 72.000 pixels and is 416mm x 624mm. The layer i am working on is print size (147mm x 105mm), You misunderstand the nature of the resolution figure. There's nothing fixed about it. It's simply calculated - based on the size you want it display/print it at and the number of pixels in the image. There will be no damage, or loss of *available* quality, in the image if you choose to re-size it to fit your layer. All that will happen is that the resolution will be recalculated to tell you how many pixels will fit in an inch at the new size. The default of 72dpi resolution is a largely historic figure suitable for display on early colour monitors. Even then printers were typically capable of 300dpi so, at native resolution, an image that would fill a screen would only print at the size of a postage stamp. Does anyone have any idea how to reduce the picture size, without looking the resolution? Simply resize the image to the number of cm you want. Yes, the number of dots/pixels per inch (i.e. resolution) will change, but you don't lose any image data, you just stretch/compress it to fit the desired size. Greg Chapman http://www.gregtutor.plus.com Helping new users of KompoZer and The GIMP ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Beginner's ? re selection/move
Hi, On 13 Nov 10 17:18 hermitsoul for...@gimpusers.com said: I've been using Gimp for over a year for simple projects. I've always been able to use the rectangle select tool and then crop an image. For some reason, now whenever I try to use the rectangle select tool, it includes the move function and just moves the image--won't let me select a rectangle to crop, copy, etc . . . What can I do to get the simple select rectangle function back? Are you sure you're not just confusing the RECTANGLE SELECT and CROP tools. Drag on the selected area with RECTANGLE SELECT or CROP and you move the selection. Click on the selection with RECTANGLE SELECT and you confirm the selection Click on the selection with CROP and you crop the selection. Greg Chapman http://www.gregtutor.plus.com Helping new users of KompoZer and The GIMP ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] help changing a color
Hi, On 11 Oct 10 17:02 tamss13 for...@gimpusers.com said: All I am trying to do is change the color of a gif and png. They are for a website and I just need to change the color of the objects. I assume you are talking about menu buttons or simple graphic borders. 1. Change the mode! to RGB. Most tools do not work on indexed colour formats such as gif/png. IMAGE MODE RGB 2. Open the Hue/Saturation dialogue: COLOURS HUE-SATURATION 3. Drag the Huw slider to left or right then click OK 4. Save the image. (The GIMP will prompt with a couple of dialogues before the colours are indexed again and saved.) Greg Chapman http://www.gregtutor.plus.com Helping new users of KompoZer and The GIMP ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] fuzzy around text
On 28 Sep 10 20:12 Ofnuts ofn...@laposte.net said: Fuzziness may come from the feathering. But lack of feathering can also create another kind of fuzziness. JPEG artifacts are likely to give text or any area around solid colour fuzziness too! Greg Chapman http://www.gregtutor.plus.com Helping new users of KompoZer and The GIMP ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Create web page?
Hi Nathan, On 27 Jan 10 16:05 Nathan Lane nathamberl...@gmail.com said: W3Schools is a W3C website. I cannot see any evidence that the company Refsnes Data, which owns w3schools.com is related to the W3C. Greg Chapman http://www.gregtutor.plus.com Helping new users of KompoZer and The GIMP ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Create web page?
On 26 Jan 10 09:19 Andre Anckaert an...@anckaert.be said: Reading: http://docs.gimp.org/2.6/en/introduction.html#introduction-gimp I do not believe GIMP expects to be used for making WEB-pages. Nor for making coffee. It will certainly be glad to make images fit for use on the WEB. A well known GIMP-tutor recently recommended Kompozer to me for building web-pages. See: http://www.gregtutor.plus.com Thanks for the recommendation André. For English speakers there's also a lot of help available for KompoZer at the forum: http://wysifauthoring.informe.com/forum/ Greg Chapman http://www.gregtutor.plus.com Helping new users of KompoZer and The GIMP ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Create a clickable hotspot?
Hi Owen, On 19 Jan 10 21:43 Owen rc...@pcug.org.au said: How do I create a clickable hotspot in GIMP? Filters-Web-Image Map will do the job. Documentation is here: http://docs.gimp.org/2.6/en/plug-in-imagemap.html Not sure what Kompozer is, but I suggest you will probably need to do some hand coding KompoZer (http://www.kompozer.net) is an excellent open source WYSIWYG web page editor that runs under Windows, Linux and Mac. As this really seems to be a KompoZer issue the OP would be better visiting: http://wysifauthoring.informe.com/forum/ where they'll be plenty of help. Greg Chapman http://www.gregtutor.plus.com Helping new users of KompoZer and The GIMP ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] JPG file size increases with saving
Hi Philip, On 15 Jan 10 10:56 Philip Rhoades p...@pricom.com.au said: - When saving as JPG with 85% quality am I losing information? Yes! - How can saving as JPG with 100% quality increase information (file size)? It doesn't throw so much info away. It's not actually bigger than the the raw data (i.e. total pixels x colour depth) Try saving the image as a BMP to get an indication of that. - Why is PNG so inefficient? It's a lossless format (i.e. unlke JPG it doesn't throw any information away). It's not so much inefficient, rather it just saves ALL the data. - imageinfo doesn't seem to be able to indicate information structure /compression information differences between the files - is there some way of doing this? Not in any simple way. You're assumed to know the general benefits of the various file types for different purposes. There is some information in GIMP help. Best you read up some fuller descriptions of the various image file formats. I'm sure someone be be along in a moment with some appropriate links. Greg ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] JPG file size increases with saving
Hi Philip, On 15 Jan 10 12:53 Philip Rhoades p...@pricom.com.au said: What still doesn't make sense is that if the original file is JPG and one simply opens it and then saves it as another JPG file with 100% quality - you are saying that introduced artifacts are adding about 150% to the file size? (681 KB to 1.618 MB) The %age, isn't one of straight file size reduction, but relates to the areas of the image to be averaged. The the more you reduce the quality the more you increase the potential for larger areas to be averaged. A busy image will not suffer much averaging regardless of the compression requested, but one with large areas of broadly similar colour, sky, painted walls, car bodywork, etc will have progressively larger areas averaged the more you reduce quality and the file size will reduce accordingly. Some images, for example, where there is a load of tumbling water and spray will barely reduce in size t all even at higher compression levels as no part of the image has a large enough plain area to allow it to be averaged. How could the compression algorithms be so different as to cause this sort of result? - At worst I would have expected maybe a 10% increase in size . . I think you are assuming the whole imaged is compressed equally, regardless of the level of detail and colour change from one pixel to the next. Only in images with large areas of similar colour will the fle size reduce much at higher compression levels. The control is more one of reduce this if you can, rather than reduce it whatever the consequenses. Greg Chapman http://www.gregtutor.plus.com Helping new users of KompoZer and The GIMP ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] JPG file size increases with saving
Hi Philip, On 15 Jan 10 18:27 Philip Rhoades p...@pricom.com.au said: - when the JPG is uncompressed by GIMP into RAM, there is no loss of information (?) No further loss, but the restored image is subject to those averages created when the image was originally compressed. - when GIMP then saves the same image as a new JPG at 100% quality (I would have thought that this meant not losing any more information), You shouldn't take 100% too literally. Think of it more as best quality, but the best that the JPG algorithm achieves is not no change. that the second JPG would be compressed/created in much the same way as the first and therefore would be about the same size . . Remember that it is working on data that is already corrupted so it further corrupts it, again averaging the larger areas of similar colour. If you didn't want it to compress it a bit (even at 100% quality) you wouldn't be using selecting a JPG format when saving it would you? You'd choose a lossless format instead. of course I have no control over the file format that the camera uses Most cameras do have a range of compression options available within their menu system. It won't have the variability of the GIMP but probably will have a Normal setting plus a high and low option. and cropping a camera image and actually getting a result that is 2.5 times the size of the original is a bit annoying . . But now you realise how much the data is compressed at even normal levels, you realise how good the algorithm was that the JPEG came up with! :-) Greg Chapman http://www.gregtutor.plus.com Helping new users of KompoZer and The GIMP ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Outline people in photos
On 15 Dec 09 20:36 Denis G. for...@gimpusers.com said: I am a newcomer to GIMP and am just getting to grips with it However I would be grateful if someone can help.I have a family photograph from my wifes grandmothers wedding which I have scanned. I am wanting to make an outline drawing of the people in the photo and adding a letter or number in the outlines so I can identify the people in the photo,much like they do in newspapers to identify people in a large group photo. Apart from Owen's suggestion, also try: FILTERS EDGE DETECT Depending on the image, one of the options there may prove useful. Greg Chapman http://www.gregtutor.plus.com Helping new users of KompoZer and The GIMP ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP 2.6.7 Design
Hi Jennifer, On 28 Nov 09 13:23 Jennifer Mohr sacrificed4ha...@aol.com said: 1] The main GIMP Tool page over laps every other page. You can not put it behind the other pages like you could before. Not to mention that it keeps getting in the way!!! You can always go to EDIT PREFERENCES WINDOW MANAGEMENT and change the window behaviour. The new default is Utility Window. Change it back to Normal Window. However, it is much better is to get used to the new type and use the TAB key to make the toolbox disappear. REcover the Toolbox with another TAB keystroke, while the Image window has focus. 2] There's no main menu (File, Tools, Edit, etc, etc) at the top of the GIMP Tool page. It's now on the Image window - far more sensible and conventional! I can't open files, start new files, Course you can! Use the conventional Open dialogue, accessed from the FILE menu on the new Main window or Image Window should you already have an image open, or simply drag and drop the file you wish to edit on to Wilber's Eyes, either on the Toolbox or the Main window. Couldn't be easier! open the layers or brush pages. I confess I've customised my GIMP so that these dialogues are now docked in the bottom half of the Toolbox - but it really is up to you how you customise the proram. Why not experiment a little to find a way to work that suits you best! I have to go to one of my already opened files to do this. Rubbish! Just customise the GIMP to the way you want it! Greg Chapman http://www.gregtutor.plus.com Helping new users of KompoZer and The GIMP ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Tip of the day
On 28 Nov 09 15:38 Norman Silverstone nor...@littletank.org said: To my disappointment, the button to switch the tip on and off is no longer in the tip window. What do I need to do to get the tip to appear each time I activate GIMP, please. I am using GIMP 2.6.7 and Ubuntu 9.10. You are not alone. The same massively retrograde step was taken in the Windows implementation too! Greg Chapman http://www.gregtutor.plus.com Helping new users of KompoZer and The GIMP ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Tip of the day
Hi Sven, On 28 Nov 09 20:59 Sven Neumann s...@gimp.org said: The Tips of the Day can only be read from the Help menu currently. There is no way to make it appear on startup. That, indeed is the complaint, along with: # There's no way to stop it appearing on start up (Having turned it on). # There's no close button, so that once open you need to use a title bar button. Put together, I'd say that completely breaks all the conventions for how a Tip of the Day should behave, not to mention, a user interface convention. No idea why that had to happen, but it's almost at the stage where I say it might have been better to take it out all together, or just placed all the tips, on a single conventional help page. However, I'm sure you've had the same thoughts yourself, and hopefully, with the next release, it will be back to the way it was before. Greg ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] hi
Hi Martin, On 30 Sep 09 22:10 Martin Nordholts ense...@gmail.com said: Then why don't you unsubscribe? Link can be found at the bottom of the mails Maybe because TREY does not see the link. When I opened TREY's mail there was no footer visible, but the message was marked as having an attachment. Turns out there were two. When I opened the first of these (text/html) it echoed exactly the plain text version I was seeing - no footer. Finally I opened the other (text/plain) and the footer was revealed. In my plain text mailer I have to go to a lot of hassle to read such attachments. I suffered the same issues with Paul Hartman's response in this thread. All I'm saying is that you can't rely on people seeing those footers. Sorry not to be talking about the GIMP. Time to shut up, methinks! Greg Chapman http://www.gregtutor.plus.com Helping new users of KompoZer and The GIMP ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] A non-tool selection...
On 04 Sep 09 07:27 Ilya Zakharevich nospam-ab...@ilyaz.org said: The GIMP is an image editing package not an image display package. Wrong. GIMP is a package for whatever the *USER* decides it is going to use GIMP for. And an absence of a convenient non-destructive tool is a major misfeature. Well, that's a bit like complaining that your text editor lacks formatting tools because you want to use it as a word processor. The GIMP's author's certainly didn't set out to make it the ideal image viewing software and you shouldn't complain if it doesn't do a job it wasn't designed to do. Having said that, I am surprised that I can't find a way of to select my choice of default tool on start up. Greg Chapman http://www.gregtutor.plus.com Helping new users of KompoZer and The GIMP ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] image window covered in 2.6.6
On 03 Sep 09 14:40 Gracia M. Littauer gra...@yadtel.net said: Didn't notuce it till friend called attention to it ;^)...can't remember if that is normal. It's normal! Just hit the TAB key to make the TOOLBOX disappear. With the image window in focus, hitting the TAB key again will make it reappear. Greg Chapman http://www.gregtutor.plus.com Helping new users of KompoZer and The GIMP ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Modifying an image...
Hi Zed, On 28 Aug 09 02:28 zed z...@zed.net.nz said: I've copied part of the image in an ellipse to cover the 'hole' but am left with the edge of the circle, and have no idea how to blend this with the rest of the image. When you select the part of the image you want, before copying, apply some feathering to it. This provides a blurred edge which should achieve a subtle blend when pasted to cover the hole. Greg Chapman http://www.gregtutor.plus.com Helping new users of KompoZer and The GIMP ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Modifying an image...
Hi Zed, On 28 Aug 09 23:52 zed z...@zed.net.nz said: Although not perfect, the result I achieved with feathering is reasonably acceptable. What is better, is that I have learnt something. I confess that normally I'd use the clone stamp tool for covering some blemish in an image. Using a soft-edged brush should allow you to obtain a very satisfactory result as it gives you finer control than trying to take a single lump of colour from one place to another. Greg Chapman http://www.gregtutor.plus.com Helping new users of KompoZer and The GIMP ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] A non-tool selection...
Hi Zed, On 28 Aug 09 23:58 zed z...@zed.net.nz said: I find it annoying that there appears to be no selection tool that turns off all tools. I am confused by this feature request. The GIMP is an image editing package not an image display package. Therefore, by definition, you will always need some tool turned on in order to start work. Why turn everything off? If the default tool available on startup is not the one you want then you just click to change it. What's the difference between this and starting with no tool selected and clicking it to start? At no point will you ever want to turn off ALL tools. The only time you'd want to do that is when you want to quit the program, and then you might as well quit the program, why turn it into a two stage quit the tool then quit the program process? Effectively, this is the same question that new users often ask, How do I stop the pointer change shape? The answer is by stopping moving the pointer. In other words, stopping work! It reflects a total lack of undestanding of one of the main functions of the pointer. It's telling you what will happen if you click or drag with the current tool selected. It's a warning that you may need to change tools, or a confirmation that the intended thing will happen as you click or drag. Greg Chapman http://www.gregtutor.plus.com Helping new users of KompoZer and The GIMP ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Levels tool with Layers
Hi Robert, On 10 Aug 09 07:29 Norman Silverstone nor...@littletank.org said: The short answer is yes, this is how I would do things. The only difference is that when I am satisfied with a stage I would merge the layers otherwise the file becomes very large. Also, from time to time I would save my work and keep watching 'meetthegimp' Norman stole my words! :-) Greg Chapman http://www.gregtutor.plus.com Helping new users of KompoZer and The GIMP ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Levels tool with Layers
Hi Carusoswi On 09 Aug 09 22:37 Carusoswi for...@gimpusers.com said: Seems if I copy the background layer leaving the mode normal, I can then perform most any operation on that new level and give it a name suggestive of that operation. Then, make a copy of that new level, and perform some other operation on the new level, rename it to suggest that second operation, and so on. Is that how it works? Seems to give me a result that I can follow up and down the stack by turning on and off the visibility of the levels in sequence (or out of sequence, for that matter. I feel like I'm on the right track. Would appreciate verification and/or additional advice. Of course it depends on the kind of image on which you are working and you don't tell us that. Nor do you tell us what you are doing on the levels dialogue, only how you are protecting yourself from mistakes. I'm going to assume you are working with a photograph. If that's the case, then this page might suggest some of the reasons you should use Levels: http://www.gregtutor.plus.com/digphoto/levels.html Greg Chapman http://www.gregtutor.plus.com Helping new users of KompoZer and The GIMP ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] How to drag a simple drawing
Hi Forlorn, On 29 Jul 09 02:57 Forlorn Hope riddl...@yahoo.com said: I'm using Gimp for a very simple drawing program on an iMac (version 10.5.7) using X11. Jozef answers your question, but if your drawing gets complex you might run into trouble later. Bear in mind that the GIMP is a painting program, not a drawing program. With a drawing program you work with vector graphics. Each object you draw is a separate item and can be moved independently, but a paint program uses raster graphics and all you do is change the colour of the individual pixels on your canvas. Okay, I have a grid up, and let's say I've drawn a simple rectangle with the pencil, I cannot seem to be able to lasso or select the rectangle and move it elsewhere on the grid. What am I doing wrong? The grid is irrelevant here. It just helps you place things, and selecting only controls which pixels will be affected when you do anything else. You don't say but what probably found is that you moved the entire image within the canvas area, leaving transparent areas round the edges. Suggestions (I know it's probably a simple command, but damn me if I can't find it!)? I would apply each object that you draw to a new layer. That's like painting on a free floating clear sheet laying on top of the backgrond canvas. Layers can be added, deleted and moved around independently of each other. Greg Chapman http://www.gregtutor.plus.com Helping new users of KompoZer and The GIMP ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Minimize toolbars?
Hi Oliver, On 12 Jul 09 16:56 Olivier Lecarme o...@olecarme.homelinux.net said: And read the on-line documentation, it was made for this! :-) Why be mean? Give him a hint. EDIT PREFERENCES WINDOW MANAGEMENT But, I agree. Before complaining you do need to read the documentation! Greg Chapman http://www.gregtutor.plus.com Helping new users of KompoZer and The GIMP ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] On Close, the Save / Don't Save dialog is not paying attention to keyboard
Hi Jay, On 08 Apr 09 15:07 Jay Smith j...@jaysmith.com said: I _am_ speaking of the pneumonics in dialogs that open as the result of some action. I am _not_ speaking of accessing the main menus of programs (for which you _do_ need to use the ALT key). Every Windows program I have ever used, from Win311 to Win95* to Win98* to WinME* to W2Kpro* to WinXPpro* [The * o/s are currently installed and available to me in virtualized form for testing and verification] did as I expect they DO accept the use of single letter pneumonics in those types of dialogs. The same has been true for RedHat Linux and SCO Unixware that I have used. I haven't been following the full details of this thread, but I can confirm that my systems works as you report and that I do not regard this as standard behaviour for a Windows Application. I am running GIMP 2.6.5 under WinXP Home SP3 Greg Chapman http://www.gregtutor.plus.com Helping new users of KompoZer and The GIMP ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] adjust shados/highlights
Hi Norman, On 09 Apr 09 18:05 norman nor...@littletank.org said: Could someone please advise me if there is the GIMP equivalent of this Photoshop instruction:- Image - Adjustments - Shadow/Highlights. Don't know Photoshop, but I'd use the Levels or Curves tools to adjust the brightness of shadows and highlights. Greg Chapman http://www.gregtutor.plus.com Helping new users of KompoZer and The GIMP ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] lossless cropping?
Hi, On 02 Feb 09 08:24 Johan Vromans jvrom...@squirrel.nl said: Lossless resizing? How do you envision that? 1. Read the file 2. Separate image segment from, Comment, EXIF, IPTC, and other data segments 3. Delete just those bytes that refer to the unwanted parts of the image 4. Reassemble the file, with any required housekeeping bytes edited 5. Resave As others have said - not something that the GIMP does. Greg Chapman ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] lossless cropping?
Hi, On 02 Feb 09 12:44 Alexander Rabtchevich alexander.v.rabtchev...@iaph.bas-net.by said: I guess lossless means the remained part ot the image hasn't been re-encoded (it has the same jpg data as the original image). That was what I understood when I made my initial reply. Hence I described the workings of a jpeg file editor. Compare this with the GIMP, an image editor. In an image editor the image gets recreated from the data that is decompessed on loading the file. This reveals the imperfections of the missing data thrown away when it was initially saved (as one expected with a JPEG file). The edges of that lossy image are then removed and then the file re-saved. Saving creates a new file and compressing the image once more, causing still more data loss to the image. The jpeg file editor simply chops out the unwanted chunks of the existing compressed code from the file and rewrites that to the disk. It does NOT re-compress the file, hence the process is lossless (In as much as it doesn't run a second compression on the original compressed (and and admittedly lossy) data). Greg Chapman ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] lossless cropping?
Hi Alexander, On 02 Feb 09 09:26 Alexander Rabtchevich alexander.v.rabtchev...@iaph.bas-net.by said: I think you mix cropping and resizing :). I didn't mix them. I just assumed Johan had. Up till now this thread had been exclusively about cropping. Greg Chapman ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Resizing a larger image to smaller image causesdistortion
Hi Ajay, This is an extended version of my private message! (Should have checked my To: address! It's the first time I've posted here! :-) ) On 22 Jan 09 05:29 Ajay Gautam ajay...@gmail.com said: I created this using Gimp 2.6 on Mac 10.5: http://ajaygautam.com/ots-logo.png When I resize this to a smaller image, the text gets all distorted: http://ajaygautam.com/ots-logo-small.png I have been looking around on google, but couldn't find much. Tried scaling with all the different ways (Linear, Cubical... etc). Also tried scaling from XCF and PNG files. Nothing seem to maintain the quality of the text on the image. Any help / pointers in the right direction would be greatly appreciated. The original is 505x200 The smaller version 130x51 which appears to be a reduction of 25.74% width and 25.5% height (if you reduce width from 505px to 130px - the percentages are different if you resize the height from 200 to 51. The problem is the inevitable rounding of the pixel count that occurs given to original size and reduced size. Ideally, when reducing size you should s select resize values that divide to whole numbers and things should improve. I found that doing a 25% percentage resized to 126x50 (which is as close as you are going to get to whole numbers with the width being 24.95% (Just click in the width and height boxed to refresh them and see the actual percentage the pixel count is). After that reduction, I used the Unsharp mask to help increase the contrast. (I selected one side of the image and applied the unsharp mask and then the other. This was to avoid darkening the blue side of the blue/white boundary) Part of the reason for the greying of the text is that the original is anti-aliased which means that when reducing to single pixels strokes the resultant image doesn't know whether to go with the shaded or pure colour. Finally, (working at 800% magnification) I used a 1px pencil tool to pick out some of the tops and tails of letters that had suffered badly in the reduction. (At this size, where most strokes are now down to a single pixel, some of the letters inevitably should fall half way between pixels - so you cannot get perfection!) For a few days you can see my version at: http://www.gregtutor.plus.com/otslogo.png I think I've overdone the unsharp mask on the right side of the image, but hopefully it will give you a few clues. With more time it could be done better! In short, you picked a pig of an image to reduce! :-) Greg Chapman http://www.gregtutor.plus.com Helping new users of KompoZer and The GIMP ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
