Re: [Gimp-user] WaterMark on photos

2011-06-04 Thread Tom Williams
On 06/04/2011 06:14 AM, Ofnuts wrote: On 06/04/2011 02:01 AM, MM wrote: I am not an expert, however I like to play with panoramas etcetera. I use Gimp to retouch them once completed and I was looking for the possibility of use a watermark copyright on those photos before publishing them on

[Gimp-user] Help needed looking for a plug-in

2011-03-15 Thread Tom Williams
Hi! Sometime last year, I used a Gimp 2.6 plugin which took an image and put vertical photo sprockets on the left and right sides of the image, with the text 1A printed on it. This plugin was similar to the filmstrip plugin except the filmstrip plugin puts the photo sprockets on the top and

Re: [Gimp-user] Help needed looking for a plug-in

2011-03-15 Thread Tom Williams
On 03/15/2011 05:18 PM, Carol Spears wrote: On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 11:10:32AM -0700, Tom Williams wrote: Hi! Sometime last year, I used a Gimp 2.6 plugin which took an image and put vertical photo sprockets on the left and right sides of the image, with the text 1A printed

Re: [Gimp-user] Printing Problem

2010-11-05 Thread Tom Williams
On 11/05/2010 03:11 PM, redforce wrote: Indeed. Please file a bug-report at Ubuntu. We explicitly released a fixed version (2.6.11) before the Ubuntu release. The Ubuntu maintainers should do their users a favor and update to that release. Seems that this has been reported:

Re: [Gimp-user] Printing Problem

2010-11-01 Thread Tom Williams
On 10/31/2010 05:11 PM, geoffrey wrote: I just installed gimp with Ubuntu 10.10. Simple problem. Any way I try to print, the printer produces a blank sheet of paper. HPDeskJetPro prints any other program's output. It seems that the package on Ubuntu gets the 2,6.10 with the cairo software

Re: [Gimp-user] PNG files and IE6

2010-05-27 Thread Tom Williams
On 05/27/2010 12:51 PM, Sebastian Tennant wrote: Quoth Frank Gore g...@friendlyphotozone.com: There's more to it than just the PNG format, and this isn't really a Gimp thing: http://homepage.ntlworld.com/bobosola/ Many thanks to all respondents. It turns out there are two kinds

Re: [Gimp-user] PNG files and IE6

2010-05-27 Thread Tom Williams
On 05/27/2010 01:47 PM, Stefan Maerz wrote: On 5/27/2010 3:38 PM, Tom Williams wrote: Can't doing this result in some loss of image quality? Sometimes I'll make PNGs with a drop shadow and transparency and when I convert the image to indexed mode, the drop shadow quality suffers. Peace

Re: [Gimp-user] PNG files and IE6

2010-05-27 Thread Tom Williams
On 05/27/2010 02:00 PM, niski wrote: W dniu 2010-05-27 22:38, Tom Williams pisze: On 05/27/2010 12:51 PM, Sebastian Tennant wrote: Quoth Frank Goreg...@friendlyphotozone.com: There's more to it than just the PNG format, and this isn't really a Gimp thing: http

Re: [Gimp-user] PNG files and IE6

2010-05-27 Thread Tom Williams
On 05/27/2010 03:03 PM, Branko Vukelic wrote: On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 10:38 PM, Tom Williams tomd...@comcast.net wrote: Can't doing this result in some loss of image quality? Sometimes I'll make PNGs with a drop shadow and transparency and when I convert the image to indexed mode

Re: [Gimp-user] PNG files and IE6

2010-05-27 Thread Tom Williams
On 05/27/2010 02:56 PM, Frank Gore wrote: On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 4:38 PM, Tom Williams tomd...@comcast.net wrote: Can't doing this result in some loss of image quality? Sometimes I'll make PNGs with a drop shadow and transparency and when I convert the image to indexed mode, the drop

Re: [Gimp-user] Color Management Woes

2010-01-14 Thread Tom Williams
Frank Gore wrote: Sorry, those were links to the version of the pictures as displayed by Picasa, which has the metadata stripped. The direct download links are as follows: Adobe RGB: http://lh6.ggpht.com/_HAZjMzZWrtc/S05qkb7KkYI/BCw/oPJ80XXYH-Y/d/_GOR3359.JPG sRGB:

Re: [Gimp-user] ???

2009-11-26 Thread Tom Williams
Ken Warner wrote: Do all GIMP for Mac builds need X11? I believe so. Based on these two pages, X11 is a requirement for Gimp to run on Mac OS X: http://www.gimp.org/macintosh/ (scroll to bottom of page) http://gimp.lisanet.de/Website/Download.html Peace... Tom Tom Williams wrote: Rob

Re: [Gimp-user] ???

2009-11-26 Thread Tom Williams
be closed as well. I understand why that's the case but it's a minor issue I have with it. :) Good luck! Peace... Tom Tom Williams wrote: Ken Warner wrote: Do all GIMP for Mac builds need X11? I believe so. Based on these two pages, X11 is a requirement for Gimp to run on Mac OS X: http

Re: [Gimp-user] ???

2009-11-25 Thread Tom Williams
Rob Meurer wrote: I just got GIMP for Mac and in installing it says no because I need X-11. What is that? The X Window System server for Mac OS X: http://support.apple.com/downloads/X11_for_Mac_OS_X_1_0 You should be able to install X from your Mac OS X install DVD. Peace... Tom

Re: [Gimp-user] Creating icons

2009-04-13 Thread Tom Williams
DJ wrote: Hi, RP check this: RP http://www.gimp.org/tutorials/Creating_Icons/ RP Greetings from Belgrade, Serbia Thank you. I was going through the tutorial and tried the antialiasing. I took a fuzzy circle brush #5 and changed the opacity to 40. The first time I tried it, I clicked and

[Gimp-user] Question about Gimp 2.6.1 on Ubuntu Linux

2008-11-12 Thread Tom Williams
I'm running Gimp 2.6.1 on Ubuntu 8.10 (64-bit) and I've noticed when I load an image, the image window stays behind the toolbox and the layers window all the time. I didn't see a preference where I could control always on top behavior. This makes it challenging for me to work with images. Is

Re: [Gimp-user] Question about Gimp 2.6.1 on Ubuntu Linux

2008-11-12 Thread Tom Williams
Nathan Lane wrote: Go to Edit Preferences, select Window Management, change the Hints for the Toolbox and Docks to Normal Window. On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 9:14 AM, Tom Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm running Gimp 2.6.1 on Ubuntu 8.10 (64-bit) and I've

Re: [Gimp-user] Question about Gimp 2.6.1 on Ubuntu Linux

2008-11-12 Thread Tom Williams
Martin Nordholts wrote: Nathan Lane wrote: On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 9:14 AM, Tom Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm running Gimp 2.6.1 on Ubuntu 8.10 (64-bit) and I've noticed when I load an image, the image window stays behind the toolbox

Re: [Gimp-user] compiling woes

2007-10-26 Thread Tom Williams
Elwin Estle wrote: I am attempting to compile 2.4 on a fresh Slackware 12.0 install. When I run ./configure, I get a message at the end about needing pygtk, but I have pygtk installed and the version number is high enough. Do I need some kind of development headers and if so, where do I

Re: [Gimp-user] Another problem istalling gimp-2.3.19

2007-07-30 Thread Tom Williams
Looks like libssl is missing on your system: cannot find -lssl collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make[4]: *** [libprintbackend-cups.la] Erreur 1 Peace... Tom julien wrote: Thank you Ulf, cups-devel, findutils-locate and pin now installed. But still a problem with something missing

[Gimp-user] pygimp doesn't build during Gimp 2.3.15 build

2007-03-11 Thread Tom Williams
I'm posting this question here to see if it's a Python environment issue on my end or something in Gimp 2.3.15. I'm building Gimp 2.3.15 from source on a freshly re-installed Ubuntu 6.10 (AMD64) Linux system. Here is my build environment information: gcc-4.1.2 20060928 (prerelease) 2.6.17

Re: [Gimp-user] 2.3.14 compile - dbus error

2007-02-08 Thread Tom Williams
Yep, I hit that as well. I'm running Ubuntu 6.10 (Edgy Eft) and I solved that problem by upgrading dbus to version 1.0.2. That allowed me to compile Gimp 2.3.14 but it basically broke several other parts of the Ubuntu distribution. HAL won't run. Nautilus won't run. Until Ubuntu catches up with

Re: [Gimp-user] Gimp vs. Photoshop

2006-12-21 Thread Tom Williams
Brendan wrote: On Monday 18 December 2006 19:52, lists wrote: Carter castor wrote: This goes right to the heart of my biggest complaint about GIMP though: its name. I don't understand why the developers would put so much time and hard work into creating a program as professional as

Re: [Gimp-user] Gimp vs. Photoshop

2006-12-17 Thread Tom Williams
David Gowers wrote: On 12/18/06, *Leon Brooks* [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anthony Ettinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You may have a point given 2 software boxes on a shelf, Photoshop is more descriptive than Gimp - But that

Re: [Gimp-user] New error with 2.3.11 and 2.3.10

2006-11-02 Thread Tom Williams
Stephan Hegel wrote: Tom Williams wrote: For the record folks, I've got Gimp 2.2.11 installed in /usr (came with my Linux distro) and Gimp 2.3.12 (used to have 2.3.11) installed in /usr/local/gimp-2.3 and I'm able to run either version without any problems, errors, or wrapper scripts

Re: [Gimp-user] New error with 2.3.11 and 2.3.10

2006-11-02 Thread Tom Williams
Toby Haynes wrote: Tom Williams wrote: ---START- [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ file /usr/bin/gimp /usr/bin/gimp: symbolic link to `gimp-2.2' [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ file /usr/bin/gimp-2.2 /usr/bin/gimp-2.2: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, AMD x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), for GNU/Linux 2.6.0

Re: [Gimp-user] New error with 2.3.11 and 2.3.10

2006-11-02 Thread Tom Williams
Stephan Hegel wrote: Tom Williams wrote: Sure can. :) START- [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ echo $LD_LIBRARY_PATH [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ Thanks, Tom. The point is the empty LD_LIBRARY_PATH variable. IIUC, in this case the loader is not forced to search for libs in certain

Re: [Gimp-user] New error with 2.3.11 and 2.3.10

2006-11-01 Thread Tom Williams
For the record folks, I've got Gimp 2.2.11 installed in /usr (came with my Linux distro) and Gimp 2.3.12 (used to have 2.3.11) installed in /usr/local/gimp-2.3 and I'm able to run either version without any problems, errors, or wrapper scripts (unless gimp-2.3 is a wrapper script). I'm

[Gimp-user] Question about Gimp 2.4 and incorporation of the EXIF browser plugin

2006-10-15 Thread Tom Williams
I see that Gimp 2.3.12 has just been released and I was wondering what are the chances of getting the EXIF browser plugin incorporated as a plugin that's part of the Gimp distribution? EXIF browser: http://registry.gimp.org/plugin?id=4153 Thanks! Peace... Tom

Re: [Gimp-user] Question about Gimp 2.4 and incorporation of the EXIF browser plugin

2006-10-15 Thread Tom Williams
Sven Neumann wrote: Hi, On Sun, 2006-10-15 at 00:05 -0700, Tom Williams wrote: I see that Gimp 2.3.12 has just been released and I was wondering what are the chances of getting the EXIF browser plugin incorporated as a plugin that's part of the Gimp distribution? The plan

Re: [Gimp-user] Question about Gimp 2.3.10 and auto level adjustment

2006-08-27 Thread Tom Williams
Carol Spears wrote: On Sat, Aug 26, 2006 at 04:57:26PM -0700, Tom Williams wrote: Anywho, when I do an auto levels adjustment on the photo, the result looks quite a bit different and not as good as the original. I'm wondering if the result is actually correct or not. i do not know

[Gimp-user] SIOX and Gimp 2.3.10

2006-08-27 Thread Tom Williams
Is the SIOX tool still part of Gimp 2.3? I didn't see the icon for it in the toolbox in 2.3.10. Thanks! Peace... Tom ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

Re: [Gimp-user] SIOX and Gimp 2.3.10

2006-08-27 Thread Tom Williams
Carol Spears wrote: On Sun, Aug 27, 2006 at 10:50:46AM -0700, Tom Williams wrote: Is the SIOX tool still part of Gimp 2.3? I didn't see the icon for it in the toolbox in 2.3.10. it is still there. i wrote a little thingie about how clever (in my opinion) the default layout

[Gimp-user] Question about Gimp 2.3.10 and auto level adjustment

2006-08-26 Thread Tom Williams
Hi! I took a photo using a Canon PowerShot A75 while driving at approx 65 mph. The shot came out ok and I didn't get into an accident. :) Anywho, when I do an auto levels adjustment on the photo, the result looks quite a bit different and not as good as the original. I'm wondering if the

[Gimp-user] Help needed with photo touch-up using Gimp 2.3.9

2006-06-12 Thread Tom Williams
I have a JPEG that's 846x648 in dimensions taken by a digital camera. The image is rather dark and I'm wanting to lighten up it and enhance it a bit. I've used the Levels and Curves filters to adjust colors and lighten the image but the results aren't turning out as well as I would like.

Re: [Gimp-user] Help needed with photo touch-up using Gimp 2.3.9

2006-06-12 Thread Tom Williams
Stephen Norris wrote: On Mon, 2006-06-12 at 20:55 -0700, Tom Williams wrote: I have a JPEG that's 846x648 in dimensions taken by a digital camera. The image is rather dark and I'm wanting to lighten up it and enhance it a bit. I've used the Levels and Curves filters to adjust colors

Re: [Gimp-user] Question about Gtk-Perl and Gimp 2

2006-05-08 Thread Tom Williams
Shlomi Fish wrote: On Saturday 06 May 2006 05:55, Tom Williams wrote: Hi! I'm installing Gimp 2.2.11 on my newly rebuilding Slackware Linux system and I've installed Gtk+ 2.8.17 but not Gtk 1.2.10. I tried to install Gtk-Perl via CPAN and the configuration of Gtk-Perl failed due to gtk

[Gimp-user] Question about Gtk-Perl and Gimp 2

2006-05-05 Thread Tom Williams
Hi! I'm installing Gimp 2.2.11 on my newly rebuilding Slackware Linux system and I've installed Gtk+ 2.8.17 but not Gtk 1.2.10. I tried to install Gtk-Perl via CPAN and the configuration of Gtk-Perl failed due to gtk-config not being found. Will Gtk-Perl be updated to work with GTK+ 2.x?

[Gimp-user] Question about Photo CD (.PCD) file support in Gimp 2.2 or 2.4

2006-05-04 Thread Tom Williams
Hi! I'm looking for a plugin to add support for Kodak Photo CD (.PCD) files and I'm not having any luck. What are my options for getting Photo CD image support in Gimp 2.2 or 2.4? Thanks! Peace... Tom ___ Gimp-user mailing list

Re: [Gimp-user] Time to stick a fork in the GIMP?

2006-03-11 Thread Tom Williams
Michael Schumacher wrote: Well, it shows that the author doesn't read the OpenUsability forum. Of course, this makes it a suitable article for NewsForged, but without proof for the authors claims it is worthless. I don't dispute this, but I think a more fundamental issue has been raised in

Re: [Gimp-user] Newbie alert - please be gentle!

2006-03-01 Thread Tom Williams
Ross Brown wrote: Afternoon All A newbie to Gimp but wanted to give it a go as I'd heard so many good things about it. Found a basic problem that could stop me using it - but I'm sure it's solvable. I'm running Gimp through X11 on a Mac (running OSX 10.4.5). I keep all my work on a

Re: [Gimp-user] Gimpshop

2006-03-01 Thread Tom Williams
Ross Brown wrote: If Gimp is to become a replacement for Photoshop then, whether it appears to be good practice or not, it has to accommodate its potential users and work as they are used to working (in the short term at least). I'm sure there are many people who will argue - and possible

Re: [Gimp-user] Gimpshop

2006-03-01 Thread Tom Williams
Paul Bloch wrote: To take an example that would also apply to Gimp, when showing us different methods she came across a tool that didn't allow you to preview the effect and she simply said,This is pretty useless, you can't see what you're doing. So there is a functional and productive

Re: [Gimp-user] blue + yellow = green

2006-02-28 Thread Tom Williams
Bram Kuijper wrote: Sure? Again, doesn't it say something about general usability of GIMP's GUI? A good GUI is characterized that it is 'understandable' by the great majority of users, inexperienced, experienced using other software platforms and experienced using GIMP. I work with GIMP daily

Re: [Gimp-user] Compiling 2.3.7 under FC4, configure can't find gtk2+2.8.12

2006-02-25 Thread Tom Williams
Colin Brace wrote: Hi all, I hate having to bother this list with tiresome compile problems, but here goes: Earlier this week, I installed 2.3.7 under Ubuntu (Breezy). At the moment, I am trying to do the same under Fedora Core 4, but I am having less success. In particular, I keep

Re: [Gimp-user] Compiling 2.3.7 under FC4, configure can't find gtk2+2.8.12

2006-02-25 Thread Tom Williams
Colin Brace wrote: On 2/25/06, Sven Neumann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: set PKG_CONFIG_PATH so that pkg-config picks up glib and gtk+ from the right locations. Ah, right, I changed that to /usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/ to get glib to compile. Ok, so I now change it back to

Re: [Gimp-user] Printing success stories?

2006-02-19 Thread Tom Williams
Paul Waldo wrote: Hi all, I am evaluating gimp on linux as a replacement for Photoshop on Windows. I am currently using Photoshop/Windows primarily for the color management capabilities. I have tried printing from gimp to my Epson Stylus Photo 1280, with horrible results--the colors

Re: [Gimp-user] 2.3.6 on Slack current

2006-02-15 Thread Tom . Williams
If your system has Python installed, be sure to build Gimp with --enable-python so you can pick up the Python-specific filters as well. :) Congrats on getting Gimp 2.3.6 up and running! Peace... Tom John

Re: [Gimp-user] One stupid thing

2006-02-10 Thread Tom . Williams
glib and gtk+ and other libs required by Gimp might be part of any current Linux distro but they might not be the right versions required by any given Gimp version. As for the XML::Parser perl module, perl installations that come with Linux distros will have some perl modules installed but not

Re: [Gimp-user] doing with the gimp what www.scanR.com does

2006-02-06 Thread Tom Williams
John R. Culleton wrote: On Monday 06 February 2006 01:10 am, peer miaskowski wrote: Hi list! Is it possible to do with the gimp (automatically?) what www.scanR.com does? On Linux systems Xsane, a scanner program, is a useful plugin. Yep, it works very well. :) John, I've

Re: [Gimp-user] One stupid thing

2006-02-04 Thread Tom Williams
John R. Culleton wrote: Tom, I never saw your original post but only Carol's reply. If you could help me dig my way out of the swamp off list or on list I would be grateful. I have Slack 10.2 installed. When Gimp 2.3.6 failed I tried to upgrade my libs and thoroughly messed them up. But I

Re: [Gimp-user] One stupid thing

2006-02-03 Thread Tom Williams
Carol Spears wrote: does it fail this test if you ./configure --enable-mmx=no ? there is a chance that all of that mmx stuff was just Helvetix showing off. I don't know. It's not critical for me to have the 2.3.x development releases running. I was able to get 2.3.5 built and installed.

Re: [Gimp-user] Image Resolution

2005-12-29 Thread Tom Williams
Sven Neumann wrote: Hi, Demetrius Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Is there way to change the default image resolution in the Gimp for Windows so that I do not get the following message [URL=http://imageshack.us][IMG]http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/3944

[Gimp-user] Question about scaling digital photos for prints

2005-12-08 Thread Tom Williams
A friend of mine took a bunch of photos using her Vivitar 3.2MP digital camera with the camera set at 640x480 resolution. She wanted 4x6 prints of those and printed a bunch that came out looking all pixelated and basically like crap. Since then, we've set her camera back to the max

Re: [Gimp-user] printing GIMPed photos

2005-12-07 Thread Tom Williams
Helen wrote: Is anyone able to recommend the best (or a good) printer for a Gimp user on a Linux (SuSE) system? I want good quality prints, with good color. Cost is a factor, but is not the most important factor. Gimp is the only photo-editing program I use, but I don't have to use Gimp for

Re: [Gimp-user] ANNOUNCE: GIMP 2.3.3 What The GIMP development release

2005-08-10 Thread Tom . Williams
Is it advisable to install the current development glib/gtk+ 2.7 libs to go along with this Gimp development release or should the stable glib/gtk+ libraries be used? Peace... Tom Sven Neumann [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sven Neumann [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 08/10/2005 08:58

Re: [Gimp-user] Question about the exif browser

2005-07-30 Thread Tom Williams
Ok, I'll try re-building to see if that fixes it. Thanks! Peace... Tom falolaf wrote: I have EXIF browser working with the same Gimp version as you are on MandrivaLinux 2005LE. /Anders Tom Williams wrote: Hi! I'm running Gimp 2.2.8 on Linux and I just noticed the EXIF browser

[Gimp-user] Question about the exif browser

2005-07-29 Thread Tom Williams
Hi! I'm running Gimp 2.2.8 on Linux and I just noticed the EXIF browser doesn't seem to be working. I've got an image that is known to have EXIF data yet the EXIF browser reports there is none attached. Does the EXIF browser work for anyone else? Peace... Tom

Re: [Gimp-developer] Re: [Gimp-user] use of the Space key

2005-05-25 Thread Tom Williams
Sven Neumann wrote: Spacebar to switch temporarily to move is awfully useful. I didn't know about it until this discussion, but I've often wanted something like that See, that is exactly my point. The feature is not discoverable and it might make sense to exchange it for something which

Re: [Gimp-user] Gimp 2.3 changes

2005-05-16 Thread Tom Williams
j Mak wrote: I like the implementation of transient window management system; it was a very good idea and works very well on my gnome desktop. What is the transient window management system? Peace... Tom ___ Gimp-user mailing list

Re: [Gimp-user] Re: Nobody does it better

2005-05-14 Thread Tom Williams
Sven Neumann wrote: Hi, Tom Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Suh-weet One feature I would like to see added is the ability to select regions of the screen when taking a screenshot, like PrintKey on Windows can. The CVS version does that already. Suh-weet! Ship it! :D Peace... Tom

[Gimp-user] Re: Nobody does it better

2005-05-12 Thread Tom Williams
Alan Horkan wrote: [please trim the subject line in your responses] Ok. :) I think most users are frustrated by the gimp and less frustrated by photoshop and the easiest way for them to express that is to make simple comparisons rather than being able to suggest better ways to do things. Yeah,

Re: [Gimp-user] Re: image preview in file selection

2005-05-11 Thread Tom . Williams
I'm running Gimp 2.2.6 on Windows 2000 and when I open a folder of images, a thumbnail preview appears for each image I select. I can send a screenshot if desired. Peace Tom Olivier Ripoll

Re: [Gimp-user] Re: when even free advertising fails

2005-05-10 Thread Tom Williams
David Marrs wrote: Easier for whom? the users or the developers? Since there's only one GIMP set-up anyway, I don't see how it makes a difference; any suggestion I make is going to be a direct result of the default GIMP set-up that I'm using. I'm not biased by Photoshop, PSP or anything

Re: [Gimp-user] when even free advertising fails

2005-05-09 Thread Tom Williams
Kalle Ounapuu wrote: The bug-tracker serves it's purpose, but you can't expect everyone to be reading it over before making any comment about GIMP. I agree. People use Gimp (or try to) and have a problem or criticism and post their feedback here instead of filing bug/enhancement reports or

Re: [Gimp-user] Re: Disadvantage of GIMP when compared to Photoshop

2005-05-05 Thread Tom Williams
Gezim Hoxha wrote: The drop shadow, I think, was just an example. What if, instead, I wanted to make a bevel depth of a button deeper? The layers wouldn't help me out, would they? In photoshop however, all I'd have to do is drag a slider! Gotcha. :) Peace... Tom

Re: [Gimp-user] Re: Disadvantage of GIMP when compared to Photoshop

2005-05-04 Thread Tom Williams
j Mak wrote: Using them you can experiment with various settings without changing the set up of your layer structure. In addition, you can edit your artwork, even months or years after finishing it, simply by altering the Adjustment layer or changing the layer effects parameters. For instance, if

Re: [Gimp-user] Gimp/Gimpshop poll

2005-04-29 Thread Tom . Williams
Thanks for the info! :) I voted for Gimp. :) Peace... Tom wayne [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Gimp-user] Re: GimpShop

2005-04-03 Thread Tom Williams
David Herman wrote: (snip) Not to disparrage the hard work that was put into this hack but... Let gimp be gimp and photoshop be photoshop. I completely agree. Peace... Tom ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu

Re: [Gimp-user] Re: GimpShop

2005-04-03 Thread Tom Williams
Frédéric wrote: (snip) If someone really want to use Gimp, he will find the menu. If gimpshop can help to migrate from Photoshop, this is OK. And if Gimp gives choice to arrange menus, this is great. Each one can choose the best solution for him. Based on the positive feedback on that blog, it

Re: [Gimp-user] GimpShop

2005-04-01 Thread Tom . Williams
Those who crave a PhotoShop interface almost finally have it. :) Thanks for the link. I will pass on this.. Peace... Tom wayne

Re: [Gimp-user] GimpShop

2005-04-01 Thread Tom Williams
wayne wrote: One thing good about GimpShop is that I am now able to run Gimp 2.2.4. Have not been able to install a RPM successfully till now. Wayne :) Peace... Tom ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu

[Gimp-user] Question about Flares in Gimp

2005-02-21 Thread Tom Williams
Hi! Ok, I've used the GFlares that come with Gimp (I use Gimp 2.2.3 on Linux) and they're cool. I'm looking for some more basic flares, like the one in this image: http://www.missingimages.com/photoshopjokes/images/lens_flares.jpg or one like that in a + shape. Is it difficult to make flares

Re: [Gimp-user] Question about scaling images in Gimp 2.2.1

2005-01-10 Thread Tom Williams
Carol Spears wrote: okay, i am responding to my own email, i read somewhere that this is not the best way to start your day or something. the discussion was on this list and the promise was that it would be fixed in the 2.2.2 release which was out yesterday. i guess i just wish that it be restored

[Gimp-user] Question about scaling images in Gimp 2.2.1

2005-01-09 Thread Tom Williams
Ok, so I was trying to scale an image and I right-clicked and clicked Image, then Scale Image, and when the scale image dialog appears I changed the units from pixels to percentage and the number changed from pixels to some LARGE number (like over 2000). When I specify a percentage that I want

Re: [Gimp-user] ANNOUNCE: GIMP 2.2-pre2

2004-11-20 Thread Tom Williams
I'm getting this result running make check to test Gimp 2.2-pre2 build: Running gimp_composite_3dnow tests... gimp_composite_3dnow: Instruction set is not available. PASS: gimp-composite-3dnow-test PASS: gimp-composite-altivec-test Running gimp_composite_mmx tests... FAIL: gimp-composite-mmx-test

Re: [Gimp-user] Gimp 2.2, First impressions

2004-11-16 Thread Tom . Williams
The goal for 2.2 was to achieve a consistent and pleasant look. We followed the advices of the GNOME Human Interface Guidelines and used the spacings suggested there for most dialogs. Does this mean Gimp on Windows will have a GNOME feel to it? Peace... Tom

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp in one window

2004-09-19 Thread Tom Williams
Sven Neumann wrote: Hi, William Skaggs [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: You might take a look at http://registry.gimp.org/plugin?id=3892 which is a plug-in called Windows Gimp Deweirdifyer. It is rather deprecated by the GIMP developers because of the obnoxious name and inelegant coding, but a

Re: [Gimp-user] New Splash Screen for Gimp

2004-09-16 Thread Tom Williams
Jozsef Mak wrote: I am new to this mailing list but I have been using Gimp, with great satisfaction, for about a year. When I download a new version of the application, one of the first things I usually do is replace its splash screen with my own design. I think, Gimp needs a clean, minimalist

[Gimp-user] Question about printing images

2004-09-03 Thread Tom Williams
I'm running Gimp 2.0.4 on Linux with glib-2.4.6, gtk+-2.4.7, XFree86 4.4.0, and gimp-print 4.2.6. When I open an image (JPEG), it looks perfect. When I print it to my Epson Stylus Photo 700, the image prints ok but it has a red tint to it. Would this be a problem with gimp-print or Gimp?

Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP Vs. Photoshop

2004-08-29 Thread Tom Williams
Asif Lodhi wrote: Hi All I always read posts regarding GIMP vs. Photoshop. Wow! Interesting comments! How do you feel about comments comparing GIMP and PhotoShop like this: http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/04/30/217225tid=92tid=152tid=8 Peace... Tom

Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP Vs. Photoshop

2004-08-29 Thread Tom Williams
Asif Lodhi wrote: Though I am not fighting tool wars here ;), I would certainly like to present my humble replies to the honorary views presented by the poster on Slashdot. Thanks for the commentary! :) Peace... Tom ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp 2.0.4

2004-08-22 Thread Tom Williams
Alf C Stockton wrote: 2) Text tool in the new gimp does not give me the option to select fonts or text size or colour. Again please tell me what I have missed? I'm also running Gimp 2.0.4 on Slackware (Slack 8) and the new text tool DOES allow you to select fonts and text size and color. Take a

[Gimp-user] Question about settings colors with the Text Tool in gimp 2.0.4

2004-08-21 Thread Tom Williams
I'm running Gimp 2.0.4 on Linux and I've got an image with some colored text loaded and I want to create a new image with different text with the same color. So, here is what I do: 1. Load the image with the colored text 2. Use the color chooser tool to choose the color of the text 3. Create a

Re: [Gimp-user] Help needed making a gradient in Gimp 2.0.1

2004-06-19 Thread Tom Williams
matt-nc wrote: At 08:07 PM 6/19/04 -0700, you wrote: Ok, I'm trying to make a gradient that looks exactly like this: http://www.bay-online-media.com/tom/graident.jpg FYI (spelling correction for the link) http://www.bay-online-media.com/tom/gradient.jpg Doh! Sorry about that! Thanks for the

Re: [Gimp-user] ANNOUNCE: GIMP 2.0.2

2004-06-16 Thread Tom Williams
Sven Neumann wrote: Hi, GIMP version 2.0.2 is now available from ftp://ftp.gimp.org/pub/gimp/v2.0/. Please use one of the mirrors listed at http://www.gimp.org/downloads/#mirrors This is a bug-fix release in the stable 2.0 series. Quite some bugs have been fixed so an update is highly

Re: [Gimp-user] Making an image with a white background transparent?

2004-06-11 Thread Tom Williams
I was able to make the white background transparent following this procedure using Gimp 2.0.1 on Linux. This procedure should be platform independent and possibly release independent: 1) Open the image 2) On the Layers dialog, create a new transparent layer 3) Click on the Background layer

[Gimp-user] Question about Exif browser plug-in

2004-05-23 Thread Tom Williams
Hi! I was installing various Gimp 2.0 plugins on Linux this morning and installed the Exif browser so I could check it out: http://registry.gimp.org/plugin?id=4153 I can't seem to find any information on how to actually invoke the plugin to see the Exif data and I was wondering if anyone knew

Re: [Gimp-user] Question about Exif browser plug-in

2004-05-23 Thread Tom Williams
Jean-Luc Coulon (f5ibh) wrote: Le 23.05.2004 20:57:24, Tom Williams a écrit : Hi! I was installing various Gimp 2.0 plugins on Linux this morning and installed the Exif browser so I could check it out: http://registry.gimp.org/plugin?id=4153 I can't seem to find any information on how

Re: [Gimp-user] Question about Exif browser plug-in

2004-05-23 Thread Tom Williams
David Neary wrote: Hi Tom, (snip) Alternatively, and perhaps simpler for a normal user, is to open the plug-in details plug-in (Xtns-Plugin details), and search for exif in the list view, then switch to the tree view to see where it is in the menu tree. Thanks for this info! I was able to

Re: [Gimp-user] Web background

2004-05-07 Thread Tom . Williams
Depending on the JPEG quality threshold you specify, you might not see any change in the image itself even though the file size WILL be smaller. This is a GOOD thing to me. :) Crank the image quality down to 10% and see if you see any quality degredation. :) If you're specify quality in

[Gimp-user] Help needed with Gimp Bugzilla

2004-05-07 Thread Tom . Williams
Ok, I've forgotten my Gimp Bugzilla password and I've requested the password be sent to me. I was e-mailed the link to use to reset my password: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/token.cgi?a={some mangled token} and when I access that link I get 403 Forbidden errors. :( =

Re: [Gimp-user] specify png background color?

2004-04-03 Thread Tom Williams
Zhang Weiwu wrote: Hello. I have a png logo with alpha channel, it looks good on every browser excepte IE, which rander the alpha channel to a single color. I wish to set the optional png background color to be #222, the background color of the webpage where the logo is. In this case even IE

[Gimp-user] Help needed stroking an eliptical selection

2004-04-03 Thread Tom Williams
Hi! I'm trying to make an elliptical border around part of an image, sort of like a picture frame. I use the Select Elliptical Regions tool to select my region. Then I choose the color I want for the selection and I choose a 5x5 solid circle brush to use for the stroke of the selection.

Re: [Gimp-user] Help needed stroking an eliptical selection

2004-04-03 Thread Tom Williams
Simon Budig wrote: Sven Neumann ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Tom Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi! I'm trying to make an elliptical border around part of an image, sort of like a picture frame. I use the Select Elliptical Regions tool to select my region. Then I choose the color I

Re: [Gimp-user] Gimp 2.0 - Congrats!

2004-03-24 Thread Tom Williams
Eric Pierce wrote: Well done, everyone! It's been a pure joy following the 1.3 devel series and watching all the new goodies ideas pour into the Gimp. You are all a part of something truly big and beautiful! My sincerest appreciation, Eric Pierce I agree 100%! Gimp 2.0 rocks and everyone

Re: [Gimp-user] Where does 2.0 find its fonts?

2004-03-24 Thread Tom Williams
John Culleton wrote: I only got to play with rc1 for less than a day and along comes 2.0.0 the real thing. I did useful work already with 2.0.0rc1 But I had trouble configuring extra fonts. The usual drill is to install e.g., freefont according to the directions in the file, including a

[Gimp-user] Questions about Gimp 2.0

2004-03-22 Thread Tom Williams
Hi! Ok, I just installed Gimp 2.0rc1 on Linux. The build went smoothly and I noticed the executable was installed as gimp instead of gimp-1.3. I accidentally clobbered my Gimp 1.2.5 installation but I can build that again. :) Anywho, I was wondering if/when the Add Glow and the Perl-o-Tine

[Gimp-user] Re: Questions about Gimp 2.0

2004-03-22 Thread Tom Williams
Carol Spears wrote: On Mon, Mar 22, 2004 at 09:58:40PM -0800, Tom Williams wrote: Hi! Ok, I just installed Gimp 2.0rc1 on Linux. The build went smoothly and I noticed the executable was installed as gimp instead of gimp-1.3. I accidentally clobbered my Gimp 1.2.5 installation but I can

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp-2.0pre4 and python-fu Drop Shadow and Bevel plugin

2004-03-07 Thread Tom Williams
Simon Budig wrote: Tom Williams ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: So, I'm running gimp-2.0pre4 on Linux and I've got python 2.2.3 and pygtk-2.2.0-RC1 installed. When I try to use the Python-FU Drop Shadow and Bevel plugin, I get the dialog allowing me to configure the effect but it doesn't run

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