[Gimp-user] no flame war: germany vs usa-- over broadband use

2007-11-03 Thread carol irvin
Lehmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sat, Nov 03, 2007 at 07:31:44AM -0400, carol irvin < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > how many people here are on dialup? for anyone still debating the > switch in > > This is completely off-topic. > > > since I handl

Re: [Gimp-user] upgrade to Leopard on Mac presents GIMP problem

2007-11-03 Thread carol irvin
l On 11/2/07, Chris Mohler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Nov 2, 2007 10:13 PM, carol irvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > no, i haven't. i just discovered this problem this evening. i finally > took > > photos today with my iphone and i wanted to see ho

[Gimp-user] upgrade to Leopard on Mac presents GIMP problem

2007-11-02 Thread carol irvin
I sent this message to Gimp User Date: Nov 2, 2007 10:40 PM Subject: RE: [Gimp-user] upgrade to Leopard on Mac presents GIMP problem To: carol irvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Stop sending me these messages, its really annoying. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on beh

[Gimp-user] video podcasts on GIMP--looks great on iphone (free at itunes store)

2007-11-02 Thread carol irvin
i am now getting the free video podcasts in itunes for GIMP. I sync them to my iphone and with that new large screen area (also on new ipods), it looks great. I had no problem following the tutuorial. Of course, I may no longer have GIMP but I've got the video podcasts for it! You just look up

[Gimp-user] upgrade to Leopard on Mac presents GIMP problem

2007-11-02 Thread carol irvin
I just upgraded my macbook to the Leopard OS (wonderful). However, one side effect of this is that GIMP is now dead. I can't get it to launch or do anything. X11 still launches and seems fine but that isn't helping GIMP any. So far this is the only program affected but since i've only had Leopa

Re: [Gimp-user] Pngs, jpgs, tifs, etc.,

2007-10-24 Thread carol irvin
your computer will be able to show the image in the tif format. this is also true of the jpg, the png and the gif. carol On 10/24/07, Chris Mohler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 10/24/07, carol irvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > i too have found myself using pngs a l

[Gimp-user] Pngs, jpgs, tifs, etc.,

2007-10-24 Thread carol irvin
i too have found myself using pngs a lot more than jpgs and for the same reason. the image came in as a jpg though, i went ahead and worked with it as a jpg. however, i too would have preferred tackling it as a png file. my absolute first choice would be a tif but it was given in the problem that

[Gimp-user] GIMP 2.4.0; available for Mac also?

2007-10-24 Thread carol irvin
i'm using GIMP on a Mac. Is this new version ready for the Mac yet or still in the wings? thanks, carol > > Version 2.4 of the GNU Image Manipulation Program is finally out. > > Developers, artists and user interface designers from all over the world > worked together to make GIMP more powerful

Re: [Gimp-user] "Beginning GIMP: From Novice to Professional"

2007-10-10 Thread carol irvin
i am hearing impaired, which normally doesn't cause too many problems but in foreign languages it is a disaster. i showed a fair amount of talent in high school for languages (especially the one no one speaks, latin) but by the time i got to college and they put me in a language lab (tapes of peop

Re: [Gimp-user] sharpen vs. levels, curves, saturation

2007-10-10 Thread carol irvin
i use layers all the time but it is in a mixing and blending context. i also have developed the rather odd habit of saving many, many different versions on the desktop while i am doing things in either program and i generally go to layers when i'm putting those images on top of one another and com

[Gimp-user] Fwd: sharpen vs. levels, curves, saturation

2007-10-09 Thread carol irvin
-- Forwarded message -- From: carol irvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Oct 9, 2007 11:49 PM Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] sharpen vs. levels, curves, saturation To: gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu in both photoshop and GIMP you do not need to do these functions as a layer adjustmen

Re: [Gimp-user] sharpen vs. levels, curves, saturation

2007-10-09 Thread carol irvin
s entirely online and free. carol On 10/9/07, Patrick Shanahan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > * carol irvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [10-09-07 23:14]: > > rather than relying on sharpen to sharpen an image, i have

[Gimp-user] sharpen vs. levels, curves, saturation

2007-10-09 Thread carol irvin
rather than relying on sharpen to sharpen an image, i have much better luck using levels or curves. i also typically increase saturation some on images after i have done a layers or curves adjustment. i thus almost never need to use sharpen, which is good, because sharpen usually doesn't make my im

[Gimp-user] Fwd: national park pictures (art & psychiatry)

2007-10-04 Thread carol irvin
y work in art museum shows, I was always extremely puzzled by what the jurors accepted and rejected. I thought my most creative work was the most frequently rejected. I don't think anyone knows anything when it comes to "judging" creative work. It is all a crapshoot. carol On

[Gimp-user] bit processing and deconstruct editing--AUTO delete

2007-10-04 Thread carol irvin
Since I read that many of us are in agreement about not wanting to continue reading about the ongoing feud, I just wanted to let everyone know that I will not be reading any more emails which have the above two headings. Those seem to be the two that the feuders are using. Thus, if a comment is ex

[Gimp-user] GIMP learning sites

2007-10-04 Thread carol irvin
http://en.flossmanuals.net/bin/view/Gimp/OptimisingImagesForWeb?topic=WebHome http://gimp.org/tutorials/ http://meetthegimp.org/?cat=8 http://www.gimpguru.org/ http://gimp-savvy.com/BOOK/ http://gug.sunsite.dk/ -- carol ___ Gimp-user mailing list G

[Gimp-user] can we change "bit processing" header in subject line?

2007-10-03 Thread carol irvin
"bit processing" is now such a huge email that I am having trouble telling when I want to read it and when I don't. There is some really good creative info coming in on it which I don't want to miss. But there is also some sort of continuing feud going on under that same heading, which I do not w

[Gimp-user] asif--thanks for Gimp learning sites

2007-10-03 Thread carol irvin
i already knew about Groking the Gimp and have read parts of it. However, I also have a digital version of Sam's Guide to GIMP in 24 Hours which is easier to read so I shifted over to that first. I did not know about your other leads so have bookmarked them all so I can return for tutorials when

Re: [Gimp-user] carol & the floating selection (now working in layers!)

2007-10-02 Thread carol irvin
rol On 10/2/07, Greg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- carol irvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > i opened gimp and just used the default black brush and made a bunch > > of black squiggles on a white canvas. then i altered that version > > with a filter. and, drum

[Gimp-user] floating selection--how it arose

2007-10-02 Thread carol irvin
The way I cropped was to use the horizontal selection marquee tool and then pressed Image>Crop in the menu of the image. When the crop was completed, I had my nice cropped image BUT I also had a floating layer and thus 2 layers in the layers palette. The only tool which would appear on the image

Re: [Gimp-user] Bit-depth Processing

2007-10-02 Thread carol irvin
i used to teach in a college setting but in a non-art dept. the commercial art courses were all given with adobe products. this was good from one standpoint, i.e. that the students would be using the programs that an ad agency or similar would be using. It was bad from the standpoint though that

Re: [Gimp-user] floating selection

2007-10-02 Thread carol irvin
<> The Mac doesn't have right click. Instead, you use with your left hand the control key and with your right the mouse bar on the macbook (or a left mouse button if you were using an actual mouse). I have used this on the floating layer and no context menu comes up. so i think that one limitat

[Gimp-user] floating selection

2007-10-01 Thread carol irvin
-- Forwarded message -- From: carol irvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Oct 1, 2007 2:17 PM Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] floating selection To: Greg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> It kept happening no matter what I tried UNTIL I tried this anchoring. Then I flattened after I anchored.

Re: [Gimp-user] Bit-depth Processing

2007-10-01 Thread carol irvin
I've done some photography but usually I end up painting over it and converting it to mixed media as I really prefer painting to photography. I think for users who are drawn to art and painting, GIMP may satisfy their needs more easily. The adage "pare it down" typically is a good one for all art

[Gimp-user] carol & the floating selection (now working in layers!)

2007-09-30 Thread carol irvin
ok, guys, i was wondering if i finally had this floating selection problem solved because i am pretty much dead in the water without layers and cut and paste. so i opened gimp and just used the default black brush and made a bunch of black squiggles on a white canvas. then i altered that version

Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP vs Photoshop UI

2007-09-30 Thread carol irvin
Sven, I have an idea for something which might be fun to do as a group and educational as well. Each person (who wanted to participate) would take an art step phase further using GIMP until we had a completed art work. For example, let's say you'd start it using a brush. Then maybe I'd go into

[Gimp-user] carol's art work over on YouTube, Picasa web albums & Cafe Press

2007-09-30 Thread carol irvin
Most of this art work was done on Photoshop and my aim is to be able to do it on the Gimp. I'm already doing some of it on the Gimp but it is a transition when you've been doing things one way for a long time. Here are my links to see the work. I don't see any reason why I shouldn't be able to d

Re: [Gimp-user] floating selection

2007-09-29 Thread carol irvin
i'm on a Mac and I think my version operates a little differently from what most of you are using. It seems most of you are on Windows or Linux. Here's the download situation if you are on a Mac for Gimp: http://www.gimp.org/downloads/ This may tell you what I can and cannot do. carol On 9/29

[Gimp-user] floating selection

2007-09-29 Thread carol irvin
When I go to crop something, Gimp crops it very nicely but, unlike, PS, the image is then impossible to do anything else with as I now have a floating layer. My instinctive response was to flatten and save but flatten was greyed out. Then I discovered this anchoring layer command and that has sol

[Gimp-user] GIMP vs Photoshop UI

2007-09-28 Thread carol irvin
-- Forwarded message -- From: carol irvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sep 28, 2007 11:50 AM Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP vs Photoshop UI To: gimp_user <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> This makes total sense to me. If you work for ad agencies, for example, everyone will want to