Re: [Gimp-user] Preview in CMYK

2011-09-24 Thread peter kostov
On 09/23/2011 03:54 AM, Alexandre Prokoudine wrote: On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 12:47 AM, john Culleton wrote: I know there is a function in Gimp for a preview using the CMYK gamut with the out of gamut colors marked in a special color, often a light green. I have forgotten how to activate it. The

Re: [Gimp-user] Preview in CMYK

2011-09-24 Thread peter kostov
On 09/24/2011 03:53 PM, Alexandre Prokoudine wrote: On Sat, Sep 24, 2011 at 4:23 PM, peter kostov wrote: I think nobody mentioned Separate+. It is available at: http://sourceforge.jp/projects/separate-plus/ I rarely need CMYK output, but have used it and it worked good. It has preview

Re: [Gimp-user] Color Picker in Gimp 2.6

2011-08-23 Thread peter kostov
On 08/23/2011 12:13 AM, Alexandre Prokoudine wrote: On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 12:17 AM, Mikael Ståldal wrote: If you use GNOME or other GTK+ based desktop, you might perfer gcolor2. Which is nowhere close to gpick :) Hm, gpick seems really good! Thanks for mentioning it!!! Alexandre

Re: [Gimp-user] How to remove background of shadowed and/or low-resolution and/or more complex images

2011-05-24 Thread peter kostov
On 05/24/2011 11:06 PM, Stefan Maerz wrote: So, my question is how could I achieve the desired result for this and such images? How would do you work out similar or even more advanced cases? Hi Sophoklis, There are a few good methods to use. For cutting out a logo, sometimes using

[Gimp-user] can not use gimp pop-up windows

2011-04-29 Thread peter kostov
I observe some strange behavior when using GIMP: it affects any pop-up window inside GIMP - if the window opens under the cursor or if I enter the window with the cursor immediately after it is shown, I can not click on anything inside the window. However the buttons show their normal behavior

Re: [Gimp-user] Gimp-2.7.2 gutenprint plugin.

2011-03-08 Thread peter kostov
On 03/08/2011 01:12 AM, gerard82 wrote: On 03/07/2011 08:31 PM, gerard82 wrote: I use Gentoo Linux. I installed Gimp-2.7.2 in /opt. It runs well to some extent. I also have Gimp-2.6.11 installed in /usr. I copied /usr/lib/gimp/2.0/plug-ins/gutenprint to /opt/lib/gimp/2.0/plug-ins. It

Re: [Gimp-user] Gimp's rendering speeds

2011-02-02 Thread peter kostov
On 02/02/2011 03:32 PM, Jeremy Nell wrote: I've asked this before, with no answers. My aim, as a happy Gimp user, is not to slate the software, but to improve it. I am not a developer, but rather a digital artist who uses Gimp extensively. Working on large canvases, I see that Gimp slows

Re: [Gimp-user] Scaling / rotating images and focus

2011-01-26 Thread peter kostov
I don't have a solution, but would like to second this - it is really counter productive. The layer should indeed stay where it is and do not change settings like opacity, etc. Peter On 01/26/2011 10:22 AM, Jeremy Nell wrote: The more I work in Gimp, the more I realise that this is something

Re: [Gimp-user] Why are my filters disabled

2010-11-20 Thread peter kostov
On 11/20/2010 04:23 PM, bill purvis wrote: Hi, I've been using Gimp for a good while, but today I tried to edit a TIFF image of an old document with lots of speckles on it. No problem - use the despeckle tool! However, when I try to invoke it, all the enhance filters are greyed out. I then

Re: [Gimp-user] Script which convert XCF to BMP 24 bits

2010-08-09 Thread peter kostov
On 08/08/2010 08:14 PM, spam.spam.spam.s...@free.fr wrote: Hello, I am writing a GIMP script which convert a XCF file to a BMP 24 bits file (merging all the layers). The problem is : the output file is a BMP 32 bits (I want a BMP 24 bits). I found a procedure which give me the type :

Re: [Gimp-user] Mirror Image

2010-02-17 Thread peter kostov
Torsten Neuer wrote: Am Mittwoch, 17. Februar 2010 18:58:57 schrieb Sandi P.: I have a photograph with a person cut exactly in half vertically. How can I recreate that person whole? I want to flip the original horizontally, make a copy, and then stitch that flipped copy onto the original.

Re: [Gimp-user] Fwd: Re: GIMP vs Photoshop

2010-01-19 Thread peter kostov
Dotan Cohen wrote: This is a common misconception. The single-window mode is just as much for Linux users as it is for Windows users. It is in many ways my own itch I am scratching: I run Linux but hate to manage windows and/or workspaces, and single-window mode will fix this for me. Same

Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP and surface blur (from PS)

2009-11-15 Thread peter kostov
Tadas wrote: On Sat, 2009-11-14 at 20:50 +0100, Tadas wrote: Hello, Could you tell me if it's possible to make something like blurring image using surface blur (in PS4)filter in GIMP? I didn't find anything similar in GIMP filters so maybe there is a plug-in which lets to do it? Surface

Re: [Gimp-user] sharpening

2009-07-27 Thread peter kostov
Norman Silverstone wrote: Quite some time ago a method for sharpening was given here and which I have enjoyed using. Unfortunately, I have lost my notes and I would be grateful if the method could be posted again, please. Norman Hi, I like the results of Tools - Gegl operation - Unsharp

[Gimp-user] any way to automate gegl operation - unsharp mask

2009-07-06 Thread peter kostov
Hi, first sorry if this is not the right list for that question. I'd like to run a batch of pictures through the unsharp mask filter that gegl provides. Is there a way to do this? I didn't find anything in the Plug-in and Procedure browser. Besides this if I type gegl on the console a gui

[Gimp-user] starting GIMP from command line with multiple filenames and open them as layers?

2009-04-21 Thread peter kostov
Hi, The subject says it all - my question is it possible and how to open multiple images as layers when starting gimp from command line? It would be very handy in many situations - for example I work with gqview (an excellent image viewer) and open images with gimp from there. Sometimes I

Re: [Gimp-user] shutdown

2009-04-03 Thread peter kostov
nyt wrote: I use Windows Vista home premium 64-bit and have Gimp 2.6.6 and every once in a while, during using gimp, my computer says an error and that windows is causing Gimp to close. If i didn't save it I lose everything. Gimp is great except for this major problem. Any suggestions?

Re: [Gimp-user] gegl operation dialog box is missing the sliders

2009-01-25 Thread peter kostov
Sven Neumann wrote: Hi, On Thu, 2009-01-22 at 16:46 +0200, peter kostov wrote: Additionally I am getting these warnings on the console: (gimp:15357): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: type name `GimpGeglTool-gegl:box-blur-config' contains invalid characters Looks like we forgot to backport

Re: [Gimp-user] gegl operation dialog box is missing the sliders

2009-01-24 Thread peter kostov
peter kostov wrote: Hi :) I am having this problem - when I slect Gegl Operation the Gegl operation toolbox appears as normal, but when I select anything from the drop list with operations the sliders and check boxes for inputting settings are missing. I am on Gentoo with kernel 2.6.25

Re: [Gimp-user] gegl operation dialog box is missing the sliders

2009-01-24 Thread peter kostov
Martin Nordholts wrote: peter kostov wrote: peter kostov wrote: Hi :) I am having this problem - when I slect Gegl Operation the Gegl operation toolbox appears as normal, but when I select anything from the drop list with operations the sliders and check boxes for inputting settings

Re: [Gimp-user] gegl operation dialog box is missing the sliders

2009-01-24 Thread peter kostov
Martin Nordholts wrote: peter kostov wrote: Before upgrading GIMP system wide to this version, I had an installation in my home dir, in which this tool worked fine! Thanks, Peter The version installed in your home dir might conflict with the system-wide version. Have you made sure

Re: [Gimp-user] gegl operation dialog box is missing the sliders

2009-01-24 Thread peter kostov
Martin Nordholts wrote: peter kostov wrote: Hi Martin, done that already. Nothing from the previous installation in my home dir has left, even the .gimp-2.6 folder :) The error messages I get are showing clearly a problem with glib, I think, but my knowledge is limited :( Thanks again

Re: [Gimp-user] gegl operation dialog box is missing the sliders

2009-01-24 Thread peter kostov
Please install debugging symbols and run with --g-fatal-warnings and report back with a stack trace of exactly where things are reported to go wrong. - Martin Recompiled GIMP with 'debug' option. When I run gimp --g-fatal-warnings In the moment I select anything from the drop down

Re: [Gimp-user] gegl operation dialog box is missing the sliders

2009-01-24 Thread peter kostov
Martin Nordholts wrote: peter kostov wrote: Or if I run GIMP so: pe...@peter ~ $ gimp --g-fatal-warnings --stack-trace-mode=always --debug-handlers GLib-GObject-WARNING **: type name `GimpGeglTool-gegl:box-blur-config' contains invalid characters aborting... gimp: terminated: Aborted #0

Re: [Gimp-user] gegl operation dialog box is missing the sliders

2009-01-24 Thread peter kostov
peter kostov wrote: Martin Nordholts wrote: peter kostov wrote: Or if I run GIMP so: pe...@peter ~ $ gimp --g-fatal-warnings --stack-trace-mode=always --debug-handlers GLib-GObject-WARNING **: type name `GimpGeglTool-gegl:box-blur-config' contains invalid characters aborting... gimp

[Gimp-user] gegl operation dialog box is missing the sliders

2009-01-22 Thread peter kostov
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Re: [Gimp-user] Problem loading BMP; invalid BMP or bug in GIMP?

2008-12-29 Thread peter kostov
Roel Schroeven wrote: Hi, I have some BMP-files that GIMP doesn't load correctly; GIMP shows almost the whole image as transparent instead of the real image data. Only a small region is visible, and even that with partial transparency. The image doesn't contain any transparency though (I

Re: [Gimp-user] Problem loading BMP; invalid BMP or bug in GIMP?

2008-12-29 Thread peter kostov
Sven Neumann wrote: Hi, On Mon, 2008-12-29 at 09:56 +0100, Roel Schroeven wrote: I have some BMP-files that GIMP doesn't load correctly; GIMP shows almost the whole image as transparent instead of the real image data. Only a small region is visible, and even that with partial

Re: [Gimp-user] Problem loading BMP; invalid BMP or bug in GIMP?

2008-12-29 Thread peter kostov
Sven Neumann wrote: Hi, On Mon, 2008-12-29 at 13:36 +0200, peter kostov wrote: Sven is right. I just did: Add Layer Mask - Transfer layer's alpha channel, check Invert Mask, then file - open as layers - open the original image, flatten and the image is O.K. So it is not a bug in GIMP

Re: [Gimp-user] normalmap and resynthesizer plug-ins and gimp 2.6

2008-12-16 Thread peter kostov
Doug wrote: peter kostov wrote: Hi, does anybody know if the normalmap and the resynthesizer plug-ins do work with GIMP 2.6? I am on Gentoo and currently have two different versions of GIMP - 2.4 installed system wide and 2.6 installed only for me. I use 2.4 when I need these plug-ins

Re: [Gimp-user] normalmap and resynthesizer plug-ins and gimp 2.6

2008-12-16 Thread peter kostov
David Gowers wrote: On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 10:08 PM, peter kostov g...@light-bg.com wrote: Doug wrote: peter kostov wrote: Hi, does anybody know if the normalmap and the resynthesizer plug-ins do work with GIMP 2.6? I am on Gentoo and currently have two different versions of GIMP - 2.4

Re: [Gimp-user] normalmap and resynthesizer plug-ins and gimp 2.6

2008-12-16 Thread peter kostov
Doug wrote: peter kostov wrote: David Gowers wrote: On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 10:08 PM, peter kostov g...@light-bg.com wrote: Doug wrote: peter kostov wrote: Hi, does anybody know if the normalmap and the resynthesizer plug-ins do work with GIMP 2.6? I am on Gentoo and currently have

[Gimp-user] normalmap and resynthesizer plug-ins and gimp 2.6

2008-12-15 Thread peter kostov
an obsolete version of the plug-in protocol. Greetings, Peter Kostov ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

Re: [Gimp-user] dpi problem

2008-12-12 Thread peter kostov
a...@storm wrote: simon said the following on 2008-12-12 15:47: Will this not make the image blocky? I don't think so. Rather blurry. But your background is not sharp, crisp and spicy. That's why I suggest to skip some work with creating background, cutting computer etc. Try and see. If

Re: [Gimp-user] dpi problem

2008-12-12 Thread peter kostov
simon wrote: No, for upscaling Lanczos is the choice. ImageMagick provides many algorithms and I have made many tests for enlarging a picture. Peter Thanks for all the quick replies. I'll give that imagemagick a try tonight or tomorrow. Lanczos is possible in Gimp too :) - the third

Re: [Gimp-user] dealing with Nikon NEF RAW files?

2008-11-13 Thread peter kostov
Andrew wrote: peter kostov wrote: Hi! Is there anyone here, who has a Nikon DSLR and is shooting in RAW? If yes - how do you deal with your .NEF images? On a CD that came with my camera there was a program called 'Picture Project'. Until recently I used it under Wine and was pretty

Re: [Gimp-user] dealing with Nikon NEF RAW files?

2008-11-13 Thread peter kostov
Michael Schumacher wrote: Von: peter kostov [EMAIL PROTECTED] A promising approach would be to get in contact with the authors of these programs and tell them about your problems, then the might be able to help you with better settings or you might be able to help them to improve

[Gimp-user] dealing with Nikon NEF RAW files?

2008-11-12 Thread peter kostov
Hi! Is there anyone here, who has a Nikon DSLR and is shooting in RAW? If yes - how do you deal with your .NEF images? On a CD that came with my camera there was a program called 'Picture Project'. Until recently I used it under Wine and was pretty happy with it. It worked slow, but it

Re: [Gimp-user] script-fu plugin

2008-09-28 Thread peter kostov
Adonj Adonj wrote: I'm using gimp2.4.7 in windows XP. I copied a script-fu plugin I found to my C:\Program Files\GIMP-2.0\lib\gimp\2.0\plug-ins, which should copy a layer mask to multiple layers or apply a layer mask to multiple layers. I get an error each time I make an attempt to use

Re: [Gimp-user] Fw: How to see picture metadata

2008-09-19 Thread peter kostov
Roberto Manzano wrote: Hello, somebody knows how to see image´s metadata with gimp 2.2.13? I created notes in the image´s metadata with info about it, with gthumb, and i need be sure if this information was saved or no. Do you know how to see this with gimp? I use Debian gnu/linux 4.0 release

[Gimp-user] python-fu script

2008-05-10 Thread peter kostov
Hello, I am trying to write a python script. The problematic part of it is: --- snip --- def run_resynthesize(image, drawable, vtileable=1, htileable=1): defalut_args = (0, 0, 0, 0, 0.50, 0.12, 30, 200) args = list(defalut_args)