Re: [Gimp-user] First mail to this list

2009-02-10 Thread Don
I just followed your instruction and created text outline with a breeze. I did hit some very old tutorials, which I wasn't able to tell because they don't say when it was written and what version it was targeting. Thank you very much. On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 11:49 PM, Michael J. Hammel

Re: [Gimp-user] First mail to this list

2009-02-10 Thread Don
I agree with you and perfectly understand what you say. I understand layers very well, because I used photoshop before. The thing is, the old tutorials confuse me by the menu options which are not available to me for my version of Gimp 2.6.2, and their screen shot look different from this

Re: [Gimp-user] First mail to this list

2009-02-10 Thread Don
On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 12:31 AM, Owen rc...@pcug.org.au wrote: On Mon, 9 Feb 2009 23:53:38 -0500 Don gnewsgr...@gmail.com wrote: Thank you. I am not trying to complete any minor task. I am trying to learn Gimp. Now, sample tutorials. I am not saying they are not good tutorials, and

Re: [Gimp-user] First mail to this list

2009-02-10 Thread Don
Thank you very much. Looks like a wonderful site. On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 2:43 AM, norman nor...@littletank.org wrote: A lot depends on what you want to do. If it is to do with photography then I can recommend www.meetthegimp.org and have a look at the early videos to start with. Best of

[Gimp-user] First mail to this list

2009-02-09 Thread Don
Very new to GIMP. I am so frustrated to learn GIMP. Tonight, I simply want to create a text and then outline it as a text. Then I googled. But the thing is, I cannot follow any of the tutorials I dug out. Not because I didn't follow closely, but because not all of the menu items the tutorials

Re: [Gimp-user] First mail to this list

2009-02-09 Thread Don
Thank you. I am not trying to complete any minor task. I am trying to learn Gimp. Now, sample tutorials. I am not saying they are not good tutorials, and I actually appreciate their effort very much. Only that it helps if they say to what version it was targeting and when it was written. For

Re: [Gimp-user] First mail to this list

2009-02-09 Thread Don
Thank you very much. I'll definitely try it out tomorrow. On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 11:49 PM, Michael J. Hammel mjham...@graphics-muse.org wrote: On Mon, 2009-02-09 at 23:00 -0500, Don wrote: Tonight, I simply want to create a text and then outline it as a text. Then I googled. But the

Re: [Gimp-user] First mail to this list

2009-02-09 Thread Michael J. Hammel
On Mon, 2009-02-09 at 23:53 -0500, Don wrote: http://gimpology.com/submission/view/how_to_outline_text/ At step 3, I got lost, because Create Path from Text isn't available to me. There is a button in the Tool Options dialog labeled Create Path from Text. This will be visible as long as

Re: [Gimp-user] First mail to this list

2009-02-09 Thread Owen
On Mon, 9 Feb 2009 23:53:38 -0500 Don gnewsgr...@gmail.com wrote: Thank you. I am not trying to complete any minor task. I am trying to learn Gimp. Now, sample tutorials. I am not saying they are not good tutorials, and I actually appreciate their effort very much. Only that it helps if

Re: [Gimp-user] First mail to this list

2009-02-09 Thread norman
Very new to GIMP. I am so frustrated to learn GIMP. Tonight, I simply want to create a text and then outline it as a text. Then I googled. But the thing is, I cannot follow any of the tutorials I dug out. Not because I didn't follow closely, but because not all of the menu items the