Re: [Gimp-user] New small user manual for gimp newbies made

2007-08-05 Thread vt
On Saturday 04 August 2007 09:16, Niels Larsen wrote:
 A small beginners minihowto about gimp  is made.

 The idea is to get newbies started using gimp immediately, with the most
 elementary things.


A bit improved version of gimp mini howto:
http://punktyro.puslapiai.lt/gimp/gimp_mini_howto.html
Just save it in same place where gimp_a_very_short_mini_howto_2977b.html 
from http://www.minihowto.org were saved. Corrected some errors and a bit 
improved navigation.
___
Gimp-user mailing list
Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU
https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user


[Gimp-user] New small user manual for gimp newbies made

2007-08-04 Thread Niels Larsen
A small beginners minihowto about gimp  is made.

The idea is to get newbies started using gimp immediately, with the most 
elementary things.

Has taken me a long time, to learn gimp.

The address is http://www.minihowto.org

I am an old pensioner of some 66 years of age.

This manual is supplementary to all the other documentation, which is out 
there on the Internet etc.  :-)
___
Gimp-user mailing list
Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU
https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user


Re: [Gimp-user] New small user manual for gimp newbies made

2007-08-04 Thread saulgoode
 A small beginners minihowto about gimp  is made.

 The idea is to get newbies started using gimp immediately, with the most
 elementary things.

 Has taken me a long time, to learn gimp.

 The address is http://www.minihowto.org

 I am an old pensioner of some 66 years of age.

 This manual is supplementary to all the other documentation, which is out
 there on the Internet etc.  :-)

That is a nice introduction. It is valuable to understand the experiences
of new users; often experts and veterans have a difficult time writing
manuals and tutorials because they intuitively understand concepts which
prove to be significant barriers to the new user.

One thing I would recommend: in your tutorial you should mention the
importance of saving files in the XCF format while working on them. Many
new users will save their multi-layered files as JPEG or PNG and then find
out that the layers are no longer there the next time they use the GIMP.
Saving as an XCF will retain all of the information associated with an
edit session -- including layers, texts, paths, and selections -- so that
the user can pick up where they left off.

___
Gimp-user mailing list
Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU
https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user


Re: [Gimp-user] New small user manual for gimp newbies made

2007-08-04 Thread Leon Brooks
On Saturday 04 August 2007, Niels Larsen wrote:
 The address is http://www.minihowto.org

Good idea, trying that, it seems to have an odd sort of
rate-limiting thingy which let me grab over 100k in my
first run, then lets about 8-24k go in a bunch each retry.
This is over a dial-up modem, so I'm not exactly hammering
it for load.

Cheers; Leon

-- 
http://cyberknights.com.au/ Modern tools; traditional dedication
http://www.taslug.org.au/   Member, Tasmania Linux User Group
http://slpwa.asn.au/Member, Linux Professionals WA
http://osia.net.au/ Member, Open Source Industry Australia
http://linux.org.au/PastCommittee Member, Linux Australia
___
Gimp-user mailing list
Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU
https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user


Re: [Gimp-user] New small user manual for gimp newbies made

2007-08-04 Thread Leon Brooks
On Saturday 04 August 2007, Niels Larsen wrote:
 A small beginners minihowto about gimp is made.

Got it, many retries later. Looks good, about 4% text  the
rest JPEGs. Will post a more detailed comment after having
walked through it. Hello from Tasmania, under the East end
of Australia.

Cheers; Leon

-- 
http://cyberknights.com.au/ Modern tools; traditional dedication
http://www.taslug.org.au/   Member, Tasmania Linux User Group
http://slpwa.asn.au/Member, Linux Professionals WA
http://osia.net.au/ Member, Open Source Industry Australia
http://linux.org.au/PastCommittee Member, Linux Australia
___
Gimp-user mailing list
Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU
https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user


Re: [Gimp-user] New small user manual for gimp newbies made

2007-08-04 Thread John R. Culleton
On Saturday 04 August 2007, Niels Larsen wrote:
 A small beginners minihowto about gimp  is made.

 The idea is to get newbies started using gimp immediately, with the
 most elementary things.

 Has taken me a long time, to learn gimp.

 The address is http://www.minihowto.org

 I am an old pensioner of some 66 years of age.

And I am a very young pensioner of (almost) 75 years of age. I will 
grow up some day but I don't believe in rushing things. 

The minihowto is at the bottom of the right column on that page. Just 
downloaded it. Took just a few seconds.  Will coment on the contents 
later. 


-- 
John Culleton
Able Indexing and Typesetting
Precision typesetting (tm) at reasonable cost.
Satisfaction guaranteed. 
http://wexfordpress.com

___
Gimp-user mailing list
Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU
https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user


Re: [Gimp-user] New small user manual for gimp newbies made

2007-08-04 Thread norman
 snip 

  I am an old pensioner of some 66 years of age.
 
 And I am a very young pensioner of (almost) 75 years of age. I will 
 grow up some day but I don't believe in rushing things. 
 
 The minihowto is at the bottom of the right column on that page. Just 
 downloaded it. Took just a few seconds.  Will coment on the contents 
 later. 

The idea is great and I too will comment when I have had a good chance
to internalise your suggestions.

(How about a contest? I am on 79.5 years of age).

Norman

___
Gimp-user mailing list
Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU
https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user


Re: [Gimp-user] New small user manual for gimp newbies made

2007-08-04 Thread Huge


 From: Niels Larsen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Subject: [Gimp-user] New small user manual for gimp newbies made
 To: gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu
 Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Content-Type: text/plain;  charset=us-ascii
 
 A small beginners minihowto about gimp  is made.
 
 The idea is to get newbies started using gimp immediately, with the most 
 elementary things.
 
 Has taken me a long time, to learn gimp.
 
 The address is http://www.minihowto.org

Thank you for that! I've been struggling with the Gimp for months.

And I'm a mere child at 53.

___
Gimp-user mailing list
Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU
https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user