[Gimp-user] Levels tool with Layers

2009-08-13 Thread Carusoswi
I really appreciate the replies. In the work flow example I gave earlier in this thread, am I correct that there is no other practical way to accomplish those steps on a photo other than to perform them destructively on a single layer (set levels, hit ok, correct color, hit ok, etc. so that

Re: [Gimp-user] Levels tool with Layers

2009-08-13 Thread Gary Collins
Thanks for the info. It seems exciting things are on the horizon. I eagerly await with much anticipation.   /Gary Correct me if I'm wrong, please, but it seems that in gimp I have to make a copy of the base layer and apply any adjustments to the copy; and repeat this for any new

Re: [Gimp-user] Levels tool with Layers

2009-08-12 Thread Gary Collins
It seems to me that gimp works a bit differently from photoshop. In photoshop (actually, I'm still using 'elements-2', can you believe? Although I have got Richard Lynch's excellent hidden power installed which releases a lot more of the underlying photoshop 7 functionality - and the book was

Re: [Gimp-user] Levels tool with Layers

2009-08-12 Thread David Gowers
On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 9:36 PM, Gary Collinsgcatl...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: It seems to me that gimp works a bit differently from photoshop. In photoshop (actually, I'm still using 'elements-2', can you believe? Although I have got Richard Lynch's excellent hidden power installed which releases a

Re: [Gimp-user] Levels tool with Layers

2009-08-12 Thread Ken Warner
I hope you don't change GIMP too much. I'm just getting used to the way it works now. I've never used PS so I don't care how PS does things. David Gowers wrote: This is certainly true; all of your points are true. This is being worked on. However, the specific idea of 'effect layers' is

Re: [Gimp-user] Levels tool with Layers

2009-08-12 Thread Martin Nordholts
On 08/12/2009 04:21 PM, David Gowers wrote: btw, martin nordholts is doing some great work on layer trees presently and in the last few months.. they are shaping up well. You are confusing me with another M.N. It is Michael Natterer that has been doing great work recently on preparing for layer

Re: [Gimp-user] Levels tool with Layers

2009-08-12 Thread David Gowers
On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 5:19 AM, Martin Nordholtsense...@gmail.com wrote: On 08/12/2009 04:21 PM, David Gowers wrote: btw, martin nordholts is doing some great work on layer trees presently and in the last few months.. they are shaping up well. You are confusing me with another M.N. It is

Re: [Gimp-user] Levels tool with Layers

2009-08-11 Thread Norman Silverstone
Ok, but, when you merge, do you not lose the ability to go back and fix something that you might decide needs adjusting? Yes, which is why you don't merge until. you're absolutely sure that everything you're merging is to your satisfaction. And if there are a couple of layers which

Re: [Gimp-user] Levels tool with Layers

2009-08-10 Thread Greg Chapman
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

Re: [Gimp-user] Levels tool with Layers

2009-08-10 Thread Ken Warner
I've learned the hard way to SAVE OFTEN!!! Or you can lose your work when GIMP freezes and dies. Greg Chapman wrote: 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

Re: [Gimp-user] Levels tool with Layers

2009-08-10 Thread Norman Silverstone
I've learned the hard way to SAVE OFTEN!!! Or you can lose your work when GIMP freezes and dies. I don't suffer from Gimp freezing or dying but I have been known to press the wrong button and loose an hours careful cloning. Norman ___ Gimp-user

[Gimp-user] Levels tool with Layers

2009-08-10 Thread Carusoswi
Ok, but, when you merge, do you not lose the ability to go back and fix something that you might decide needs adjusting? I thought that was the main point of using layers. I see that xcf files seem to take a long time to save - I guess that is, I suppose, due to their size. One thing puzzles

Re: [Gimp-user] Levels tool with Layers

2009-08-10 Thread Noel Stoutenburg
Carusoswi wrote: Ok, but, when you merge, do you not lose the ability to go back and fix something that you might decide needs adjusting? Yes, which is why you don't merge until. you're absolutely sure that everything you're merging is to your satisfaction. And if there are a couple of layers

[Gimp-user] Levels tool with Layers

2009-08-09 Thread Carusoswi
I have never really worked much with levels (in Gimp or anywhere else such as PS) because I've really never gotten the hang of it. So, I was starting through the 'meet the gimp' tutorials (from session 001!!) and realized that part of my problem is that I need to change the mode in order to see

[Gimp-user] Levels tool with Layers

2009-08-09 Thread Carusoswi
Ok, perhaps I'm on the right track, now. Someone tell me if I'm moving in the right direction. 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

Re: [Gimp-user] Levels tool with Layers

2009-08-09 Thread Greg Chapman
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

[Gimp-user] Levels tool with Layers

2009-08-09 Thread Carusoswi
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