Re: [Gimp-user] Opening Pictures with Gimp
Cal [EMAIL PROTECTED] said on May 20, 2008 1:18 -0400 (in part): on my computer (Windows XP Professional) several months ago, did you do it yourself or does I had GIMP installed mean you got someone else to do it? and the way it was formatted, every picture that I opened, always opened with GIMP, which was very handy. My hard drive became corrupted and I had to get a new one. When I re-installed GIMP, I could not find the necessary gateway to have picture open with GIMP automatically, and I need to have that option back. I'm guessing you never saw the screen that allows you to specify what file associations given to GIMP? Simplest way to do what you want is to reinstall Gimp but on the third screen where it asks: * Install now * Customize Click Customize instead of Install Now. After Select Destination Location and Selecting Components next screen will be: Select File Associations. On that screen select all the file types you want opened by GIMP and then just continue with the installation. Note: due to a bug in the installer double-clicking on a file in Explorer will open a new instance of GIMP. If you are comfortable editing the Registry this can be corrected. Otherwise: * you have to live with it, * drag-and-drop 2nd and subsequent files to GIMP on the taskbar, * create a batch file that calls gimp-win-remote with the correct parameters or * follow suggestion to use something like Faststone Viewer as a Graphics browser from which you actually open Gimp using gimp-win-remote. Hope this helps ... btw: when replying to gimp lists use Reply all and remove the personal e-mail and leave the group address. (Don't ask me why its done this way. Someone said that this is the way news lists SHOULD work but its the only one I subscribe to that does. :-X ) Regards ... Alec -- buralex-gmail -- ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Opening Pictures with Gimp
Alchemie foto\\grafiche [EMAIL PROTECTED] said on May 19, 2008 17:57 -0400 (in part): Cal wrote: What do I need to do, that allows pictures to automatically open through GIMP whenever I click on them? To browse images Gimp is not too handy, could be adapted for simple batch corrections but that require install extra plugin or script Both xnview and irfanview may do batch process out of the box and all basic correction you may imagine often even in automatic mode.(automatic contrast,automatic level, equalization) Gimp is for more advanced works, can do also that basic things ,of course,but since are simple things will not do better only more slowly(more slowly working with several images...time will be the same on a single pic,but then pass to the next to edit will be quite more slow) What Gimp will do much better is real imagine editing, where may be needed lmanipulation of layers, layermask,create complex selections,feather selections... Everyone has there favorite image viewer. My own is (free) FastStone Image Viewer. You can set it as the owner of common image formats then in Settings-Programs set program to gimp-win-remote (browse to it in your Program Filers/Gimp folder) then set parameters to : gimp-2.4.exe (filename) Now when ever an image is displayed in FastStone keyboard E will open the file in Gimp (starting Gimp if its not yet open) Regards ... Alec -- buralex-gmail -- ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Opacity
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said on May 17, 2008 7:31 -0400 (in part): I'm not sure why you need the layer masks? Won't the following work a little more simply or does method you suggest do something I've missed ... 1. Create new transparent layer, select it, leaving background visible. 2. Make rectangular selection to leave the border width desired (say 50 pixels) and invert ctrl+I 3. (optional) Select-feather choosing width half border width (say 25 pixels) 4. Select foreground color desired and drag to image. (will leave a solid (optionally feathered) border) 5. Drag opacity slider to 50% or to taste. 6. If happy merge visible. Quoting Lap1994 [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hello. I want to draw a image with a 50% opacity border. When I change the opacity of the pencil and use it, the selected color and the color where I use the pencil, combine itself. I do not want it, I want draw a pixel with exact 50% of alpha and the color selected. Like a bitmap with a alpha channel. I can't think of a direct way to do that but it can be accomplished with a few extra steps. * Duplicate your original layer (this will let you see the image as you paint). * Add a black layermask to the duplicate layer. * Apply the layermask. (The layer will become transparent, but the original color data is still there.) * Choose your paint tool and set the Opacity slider (in the Tool Options) to the level of _transparency_ which you desire. If you want the border to end up with 20% opacity then set the slider to 80% (fifty percent opacity means fifty percent transparency). * Paint the duplicate layer. (You can toggle the visibility of the original layer to see how the semi-transparent result of your painting will appear; however, the unpainted regions will not be visible.) * Add a layermask to the duplicate initialized to Transfer the layer's alpha channel with the Invert box checked. * Hide or delete your original layer. Regards ... Alec -- buralex-gmail -- ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Save all opened files with ONE click, or with script...
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said on Nov 22, 2007 5:51 -0500 (in part): (script-fu-register script-fu-save-all-images IMAGE/File/Save ALL Save all opened images Saul Goode Saul Goode 11/21/2006 ) Now I'm being picky :-) ... is there a way to make this appear in the File menu with the other Save options (between Save as Template and Revert)? Currently it appears at the bottom after Quit (using WinXp Gimp 2.4.2 in case its different on other platforms) From gimp.org: GIMP - Basic Scheme The parameters of script-fu-register may be divided into two groups. The first group of seven parameters must always be given. These are: 1. The name of the function. 2. The name of the script to be used as a menu entry. 3. A help string describing the function of the script. 4. The script author. 5. The script copyright. 6. Script date. 7. List of valid image types for the script. This only has a meaning on scripts operating on images that already exist. http://www.gimp.org/tutorials/Basic_Scheme/ btw: I accidentally created this script a Unicode file. AFAICT it gets silently ignored, though Gimp does seem to hold a lock on the file. Regards ... Alec -- buralex-gmail -- ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Image resizing based upon image content
Konstantin Svist [EMAIL PROTECTED] said on Oct 04, 2007 15:54 -0400 (in part): Kevin Cozens wrote: Dotan Cohen wrote: There is an amazing video describing an image resizing algorithm that removes (or adds) pixels based upon their importance to the subjecto of the photo. Can this be implemented in The Gimp? Of course it can be implemented in GIMP. It just takes someone with the time and ability to write the code for a plug-in that implements the algorithm. I don't think the one you point to below is the same as Liquid Resizer (see http://schumaml.gmxhome.de/downloads/gimp/ and d/l http://schumaml.gmxhome.de/downloads/gimp/gimp-lqr-plugin-0.1.3.zip for it). Looks like someone has implemented it already: http://registry.gimp.org/plugin?id=5479 http://zinx.xmms.org/colorize/ Trying to compile the supporting libraries.. it's a PITA, unfortunately. I hope you succeed - the colorizer looks like it would be a lot of fun to play with. From the Readme there, here is a pdf and an abstract from the algorithm author: * http://www.cs.huji.ac.il/~alevin/papers/colorization-siggraph04.pdf * http://www.cs.huji.ac.il/~yweiss/Colorization/ Popping up to his home page it looks like he's done a lot of interesting stuff: http://www.cs.huji.ac.il/~yweiss/ If you succeed would you be generating for Win32 platform? (hopefully :-) ) Regards ... Alec -- buralex-gmail -- ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] remember last location for save as, save a copy , save, open
Leon Brooks GIMP [EMAIL PROTECTED] said on Sep 30, 2007 16:51 -0400 (in part): On Sunday 30 September 2007 20:10:46 Sven Neumann wrote: The application can already add bookmarks and GIMP 2.4 already makes use of this feature in some places. I am not convinced though that this would be a good way to solve the problems brought up the user who started the thread. I am imagining a short drop-down history of places one last saved things, preferably with a shortcut key (Ins? Who knows?) which will instantly recall the most recent one. Is any one familiar with Windows-only File-Ex http://www.cottonwoodsw.com ? (It has a 30-day trial period) IMO it turns the standard windows File-Open File-Save dialogs into things of beauty. If Gimp's (aka GTK+ do I have the relationship correct?) Open-Save dialogs could emulate that cross-platform I think it would be ideal! (And satisfy everything Leon has asked for.) Full disclosure - I did a lot of beta-testing for this in its upgrade from Win9x to Win2K/XP and am perhaps biased. Note: author has recently added a note that its not Vista-ready (and may or may not ever be :-( ). That alone is sufficient to keep me on WinXp as long as possible. Regards ... Alec -- buralex-gmail -- ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Brazilan Zine about GIMP
Joao S. O. Bueno Calligaris [EMAIL PROTECTED] said on Sep 27, 2007 12:37 -0400 (in part): Hi there, Some folks here in Brazil are makin an amazing job with this. The new issue, #5, is coming out now. Unfortunatelly all articles are in Brazillian Portuguese only. http://www.ogimp.com.br/modules/mastop_publish/?tac=4 The direct link to the latest issue is http://ogimp.incubadora.fapesp.br/portal/zine/gimpzine5.pdf Google - translate does a fair job of translating the web-site text to english - at least enough to find the download link. I was hoping to find that Google had gimpzine5.pdf so I could ask for the HTML version and auto-translate that. - NO JOY. Joao - do you think you could ask the owners - chief movers of GimpZine to put the text up on the web somewhere so I and others could read the auto-translated text in a browser while looking at the PDF's pretty pictures? Regards ... Alec -- buralex-gmail -- ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] The STC Chapter Technical Communications Competitions, Washington DC
TERRY REECE [EMAIL PROTECTED] said on Sep 01, 2007 7:02 -0400 (in part): In any case, if you think you have a design, illustration, poster, or other artwork you think is award quality, think about submitting it. You'll get to see what others are doing and receive valuable feedback from our expert judges. You could say that this your chance to grab your fifteen minutes of fame, and have something to brag about back at the office. Entries to the STC Washington, DC Chapter Technical Communications Competitions must be submitted on or before 16 October 2007. For more details, go to the link below http://www.stcwdc.org/compete.shtml Terry, I browsed around above site. Are winners/entries from previous years viewable somewhere on it? If so, I couldn't find the right links to click :-( Regards ... Alec -- buralex-gmail -- ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Gimp 2.4.0rc1 Sample Points tab - what is it?
The Sample Points tab was (I believe) added somewhere in the 2.3.x journey to 2.4. When added as a tab all options appear to grayed out. I tried googling and also in my snapshot of the documentation for 2.4 (as at 2007-08-1) without success. Am I correct that this has not yet been implemented or am I not doing something that would turn it on. More importantly - what is its purpose? (any reference cite I can look at) Regards ... Alec -- buralex-gmail -- ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP magazine, was: LJ not very enamoured
A gimp magazine - Here's one in Portuguese which appears to have produced 4 editions since June 2006. Translated by Google: http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A//www.ogimp.com.br/modules/tinycontent/index.php%3Fid%3D1hl=enlangpair=pt|entbb=1ie=ISO-8859-1 http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A//www.ogimp.com.br/modules/tinycontent/index.php%3Fid%3D1hl=enlangpair=pt%7Centbb=1ie=ISO-8859-1 Original: http://www.ogimp.com.br/modules/tinycontent/index.php?id=1 http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A//www.ogimp.com.br/modules/tinycontent/index.php%3Fid%3D1hl=enlangpair=pt%7Centbb=1ie=ISO-8859-1 Regards ... Alec -- buralex-gmail -- ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
