RE: can gimp do this?

2000-09-11 Thread Tamas Gervai
Assume 3600 seconds per hour, and 1000 images. The average time per image could not exceed 3.6 seconds per hour available. if you assume, that gimp run in only one task... it can help to reduce time and memory usage. (more than one task in one time, but with shared memory. if i'm not wrong)

Re: saving gifs

2000-09-11 Thread Amy
Thank you, Alan. I'm well aware of the gif image spec. I don't think that's the problem but I appreciate the response. On Mon, 11 Sep 2000, Alan Buxey wrote: hi, I know I saw a thread on this earlier today but I seem to have deleted it... My intern has a helix-code load of gimp

RE: can gimp do this?

2000-09-11 Thread eanweb
Thanks very much to all for your input! As i stated before, i will need to generate image based on Helvetica Neue font. I installed Gimp and noticed the following using GUI: I can specify Helvetica in "Font" section but "Font style" only contains hp-roman8, medium, medium oblique, bold, bold

RE: can gimp do this?

2000-09-11 Thread Jonathan E. Paton
Hi all, Jonny: Assume 3600 seconds per hour, and 1000 images. The average time per image could not exceed 3.6 seconds per hour available. Tamas: If you assume, that gimp run in only one task... it can help to reduce time and memory usage. (more than one task in one time, but with

RE: can gimp do this?

2000-09-11 Thread Jonathan E. Paton
Hi all, Jonny: Assume 3600 seconds per hour, and 1000 images. The average time per image could not exceed 3.6 seconds per hour available. Tamas: If you assume, that gimp run in only one task... it can help to reduce time and memory usage. (more than one task in one time, but with

real newbie question.

2000-09-11 Thread Andrew Scotchmer
Hi, I've just subscribed to the list in the hope of learning more about how to use this marvelous piece of software. My question isa real newbie on. I have the new Gimp v1.1.24 and was wondering how do you draw straight lines. The normal Alt+click doesn't work. Also is there a cicle drawing

Re: real newbie question.

2000-09-11 Thread Jonathan E. Paton
Hi, Shouldn't you have read: http://www.gimp.org/~sjburges/straightline/straightline.html Use the eclipse tool for circles, but hold either SHIFT, CTRL or ALT - I can't remember which. They have different functions. Jonathan Paton --

Re: real newbie question.

2000-09-11 Thread Jonathan E. Paton
Hi, Opps, I forget there isn't an elipse tool but an elipse select tool. Use the elipse section tool to make the circle, invert (or fill), shrink selection, invert (or fill). Worth learning how to use layers, many effects require use of it. Jonathan Paton --

Re: real newbie question.

2000-09-11 Thread Michael
Hi! My question isa real newbie on. I have the new Gimp v1.1.24 and was wondering how do you draw straight lines. The normal Alt+click doesn't work. Here you've got several possibilities: 1. select the pencil/brush tool and draw a point, then hold the shift key and move the mouse to the

Re: real newbie question.

2000-09-11 Thread Andrew Scotchmer
Hi Thanks for all the help (and so soon). I was holding down the mouse key and trying to drag a staight line, but thanks to you all I now know better 8^) The eclipse tool with the shift key does indeed produce a circle though it is only a selection and when I have it positioned correctly and

Re: real newbie question.

2000-09-11 Thread Amy
http://www.gimp.org/~sjburges/straightline/straightline.html On Mon, 11 Sep 2000, Andrew Scotchmer wrote: Hi, I've just subscribed to the list in the hope of learning more about how to use this marvelous piece of software. My question isa real newbie on. I have the new Gimp v1.1.24 and

Re: saving gifs

2000-09-11 Thread Tal Danzig
In Debian there is a gimp-nonfree (and gimp1.1-nonfree) package. You might try that, or the equvilant for your distro. Tal On Mon, 11 Sep 2000 02:44:52 -0700 (PDT), Amy said: : Thank you, Alan. I'm well aware of the gif image spec. I don't think : that's the problem but I appreciate the

Re: saving gifs

2000-09-11 Thread Amy
Bingo! I'll bet that's the problem!! On 11 Sep 2000, Tal Danzig wrote: In Debian there is a gimp-nonfree (and gimp1.1-nonfree) package. You might try that, or the equvilant for your distro. Tal On Mon, 11 Sep 2000 02:44:52 -0700 (PDT), Amy said: : Thank you, Alan. I'm well

Re: can gimp do this?

2000-09-11 Thread Alan Buxey
hi, REQUIREMENTS: 1) ability to generate .gif 2) image quality is very important 3) controllable image sizes 4) controllable font sizes 5) ability to generate black matte around text 6) Text alignment within image should be controlled 7) Helvetica Neue font must be supported 8)

Re: saving gifs

2000-09-11 Thread Alan Buxey
hi, I know I saw a thread on this earlier today but I seem to have deleted it... My intern has a helix-code load of gimp 1.1.24. He tries to save gifs and gets "unknown file type" errors. I'm not sure if he's missing a library or if gimp no longer supports gifs due to the Unysis patent