Complex riddle...

deas and links to examples here. If we can figure it out I'll be happy to put together and host a web tutorial. We don't need his stinking tutorial! We can make our own. ;-) -- Jon Winters visit the Obscura Lounge in OpenVerse http://www.openverse.org/

Re: Complex riddle...

ick' can be done by us using free software) Hope we can set a good example that sharing knowledge is better than hoarding it. :-) Thanks -- Jon Winters visit the Obscura Lounge in OpenVerse http://www.openverse.org/

Re: Complex riddle...

d a bunch of wacky programs over the years and I think its good. Knowing how to do things with more than one tool is a good thing. -- Jon Winters visit the Obscura Lounge in OpenVerse http://www.openverse.org/

Re: Complex riddle...

ure please take a moment to bitch-slap me and remind me why I joined the list. To learn about the Gimp and to share stuff I have learn with others. I hope that is why everyone else joined the list. -- Jon Winters visit the Obscura Lounge in OpenVerse http://www.openverse.org/

Re: special characters?

//fonts.linuxpower.org/ Good luck! -- Jon Winters visit the Obscura Lounge in OpenVerse http://www.openverse.org/

Re: Q: multi image processing

for a web site, print, or something else? If its for a web site you might want to look into doing some SSI to build the things inside tables. That way your images are not modified. -- Jon Winters visit the Obscura Lounge in OpenVerse http://www.openverse.org/

Re: Color replacement (tool)?

;Thanks, > > > >--Paul T. > > > > > >-- > >"Louis Pasteur's theory of germs is ridiculous fiction." > >Pierre Pachet, Professor of Physiology at Toulouse, 1872. > > > > > > > Have you got Xtram@il? Go to http://www.xtramail.co.nz > Get More, Get Xtra. > > -- Jon Winters http://www.obscurasite.com/ OpenVerse http://www.openverse.org/

Re: RGB to CMYK

inted work came out and how the experience was using a "non standard" tool. (non standard for most printers) Thanks and good luck! -- Jon Winters http://www.obscurasite.com/ OpenVerse http://www.openverse.org/

Re: Box with rounded edges?

e bit of tweaking. :-) Cheers! -- Jon Winters http://www.obscurasite.com/ OpenVerse http://www.openverse.org/

Re: how to create tv lines?

o filter in action: http://obscura.obscurasite.com/images/screengrabs/video-howto.jpg You'll find it under filters > misc > video. Enjoy! -- Jon Winters visit the Obscura Lounge in OpenVerse http://www.openverse.org/

Re: how to create tv lines?

"R.K.Aa" wrote: > > Jon Winters wrote: > > > > "T.V.Gnanasekaran" wrote: > > Btw.."script-fu/Alchemy/Erase every other row" is also interesting for > striped effects. > > K. I found this minutes after posting my screengrab. Its t

Re: photo cut-out

h. I got the job and we used beziers to select everything we photographed. (commercial product photography for catalogs) Beziers were a way of life. :-) Good luck and enjoy! -- Jon Winters http://www.obscurasite.com/ OpenVerse http://www.openverse.org/

Re: progressive jpeg

tag from that page so you can see how it works... Its an easy effect that works in most browsers. Those that don't support the lowsrc attribute should ignore it showing only the src image. Enjoy! -- Jon Winters http://www.obscurasite.com/ OpenVerse http://www.openverse.org/

Re: progressive jpeg

On Tue, 14 Dec 1999, T.V.Gnanasekaran wrote: > oh ya. I saw the code. > thanks. > But is there a way to get such effect in jpeg/gif/png? You can use any image the browser is capable of showing. -- Jon Winters http://www.obscurasite.com/ OpenVerse http://www.openverse.org/

Re: Box with rounded edges? (Warning: newbie)

On Tue, 14 Dec 1999, Ian Boreham wrote: > At 14:20 9/12/99 -0600, Jon Winters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Then right mouse click on the image and > > > >select> To Path > > Sorry for the stupid question: > > I have only just started using Gimp, and

Re: crop tool behaviour

I use the crop tool to swipe out box and get it close. Then I fine tune things with the pop-up dialog that lets you place toe corners exactly where you want them. -- Jon Winters http://www.obscurasite.com/ OpenVerse http://www.openverse.org/

Re: crop tool behaviour

On Tue, 14 Dec 1999, Jon Winters wrote: > > I use the crop tool to swipe out box and get it close. Then I fine tune > things with the pop-up dialog that lets you place toe corners exactly > where you want them. That message was sent "pre-coffee" this morning and I

Re: Outline boxes

ine. Select a brush and the color that you want to draw. (foreground color) Then right mouse click on the image and choose... edit > stroke This should get you what you're looking for! Enjoy -- Jon Winters http://www.obscurasite.com/ OpenVerse http://www.openverse.org/

Re: TTF in Gimp

The information you seek is available in detail at this web site: http://fonts.linuxpower.org/help.php3?title=Help The entire process takes about thirty minutes and they have over a thousand fonts for you to play with once you've got the server up and running. Enjoy! -- Jon Winters

Re: How can I combine several images into one?

put my camera on a tripod and try this out. I'll post results to the list. I don't know if you'll be able to get the images to match at all on the edges. Distortion might be too great. You may need some overlap to get things to look nice. Interesting question. :-) -- Jon Winte

Re: grey shadded box ...

Always check the RGB levels when you are preparing to print. My guess is that they are less than 255,255,255(max white). If your background level is indeed 255,255,255 then your printer is not calibrated correctly. -- Jon Winters http://www.obscurasite.com/ OpenVerse http://www.openverse.org/

Re: Gimp Script-Fu logo samples

I've also got some samples http://obscura.obscurasite.com/openverse/ They were from a logo design contest we had for OpenVerse Chat. The only rule was that the logos were made with Gimp. Enjoy! -- Jon Winters http://www.obscurasite.com/ OpenVerse http://www.openverse.org/

Re: changing cursors?

I agree with the cursors. I would like cursors simmilar to photoshop's "precice" cursors. Cross hairs for tools like crop and marquee and actual brus sizes and shapes for brushes. Thanks -- Jon Winters http://www.obscurasite.com/ OpenVerse http://www.openverse.org/

Re: make install woes

command. It ran to completion without any noticable errors. At long last I launched the Gimp only to find the same OLD version as before. What have I done wrong? Thanks in advance for any help. -- Jon Winters http://www.obscurasite.com/ OpenVerse http://www.openverse.org/

Re: How can I combine several images into one?

nto one big seamless but it is a LOT of work. Here are the results: http://obscura.obscurasite.com/images/office/ Far from perfect. I spent an hour or so working on it. Given more time to work on it I could have made it a lot less noticable. Enjoy! -- Jon Winters visit the Obscura Lounge in Ope

Re: How can I combine several images into one?

On Thu, 20 Jan 2000, Ian Boreham wrote: > > At 23:31 19/01/00 -0600, Jon Winters wrote: > >I have done a quickie experiment trying to lace a few images together. > >I shot hand-held instead of on a tripod and I didn't bother to lock the > >exposure or correct col

Re: How can I combine several images into one?

Quickie tutorial on image composting with gimp. by jon winters I grabbed my camera, set it to the lowest resolution and shot a series of images overlapping each one by at least 1/3 of the frame. (sometimes 1/2) I transferred the images into the computer and used Image Magick to shrink them

Re: changing cursors?

ke if it were over the desktop. strange -- Jon Winters visit the Obscura Lounge in OpenVerse http://www.openverse.org/

Re: are paths supported in gimp?

Wayne, Paths are supported and you should upgrade your Gimp to the newest version. Tigert has a Bezier Curve (paths) tutorial at his site: http://tigert.gimp.org/gimp/ Enjoy! -- Jon Winters visit the Obscura Lounge in OpenVerse http://www.openverse.org/

Re: sharp boundaries around colored objects

Gimp tutorials around the web. (tutorials.gimp.org) Thanks and happy Gimping! -- Jon Winters http://www.obscurasite.com/ OpenVerse http://www.openverse.org/

Re: New User: How do you achieve the following?

its de-saturated mate. You will end up with a layer for each patch. This screengrab shows three 'patches'. I stopped short of the "Merge Down" step on the green patch so you could see how it works: http://obscura.obscurasite.com/images/screengrabs/02-02-00_002443_screenshot.jpg I hope this helps. If this is indeed the technique you were looking for let me know. I might consider writing up a proper tutorial. If this is not what you were looking for let me know and I'll make another attempt. Happy Gimping! -- Jon Winters visit the Obscura Lounge in OpenVerse http://www.openverse.org/

RE: New User: How do you achieve the following?

trial and error with the +/- bit. (I guess I can measure the > Hue later with the 'Color Picker'). I tested this and it works fine. You can even eleminate the 'duplicate layer' by doing it this way on the floating selection of the patch. Please post some of your work to t

Re: Saving an image...

mage in the Gimp's native format .xcf -- Jon Winters visit the Obscura Lounge in OpenVerse http://www.openverse.org/

Re: how do i view my animated gif in gimp

Get all your PNG info from the PNG web site: http://www.cdrom.com/pub/png/ Everything you ever wanted to know about portable network graphics. -- Jon Winters http://www.obscurasite.com/ OpenVerse http://www.openverse.org/

Re: Install freefont and sharefont: How is it done?

easy instructions to help you compile it: http://fonts.linuxpower.org/help.php3?title=Help Another alternative would be to switch to Corel LInux. It comes with 250 fonts pre-installed. -- Jon Winters http://www.obscurasite.com/ OpenVerse http://www.openverse.org/

Re: Install freefont and sharefont: How is it done?

On Thu, 2 Mar 2000, Wandered Inn wrote: > Jon Winters wrote: > > > I don't think there are any RPMs to install Xfstt but there are easy > > instructions to help you compile it: > > Actually there are, I got xfstt off of http://www.rpmfind.net/ How are thos

Re: My Mac font question

download stuffit expander for windows and extract it for you. -- Jon Winters visit the Obscura Lounge in OpenVerse http://www.openverse.org/

Re: Selections and Small fonts

Try right clicking on a layer and choosing "alpha to selection" :-) -- Jon Winters http://www.obscurasite.com/ "Everybody loves the GIMP!" http://www.gimp.org/

Re: hi

On Tue, 21 Mar 2000, amar wrote: > hi gimp, > This is amarnath from india,I am getting the following > error,how will i correct it. > \system32\ntoskrnl.exe. > > > please re-install the above file and try. Switching to Linux is another way to avoid that problem

Re: Combining several *.pbm into one picture with layers

would result in a loss of image quality. Hope this helps. -- Jon Winters http://www.obscurasite.com/ "Everybody loves the GIMP!" http://www.gimp.org/

Re: How do you get more than 256 colors?

s! You can also tack on a .gz on the end to apply gzip compression. -- Jon Winters http://www.obscurasite.com/ "Everybody loves the GIMP!" http://www.gimp.org/

Re: Converting Gray-scale Images to Color

ll be surprised by the results. If you do a good job of selecting the source colors you can get some incredible results. Enjoy! -- Jon Winters http://www.obscurasite.com/jon/ "Everybody Loves The GIMP!" http://www.gimp.org/

Re: 1.1.19-installation fails

27; > make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 > ...stop > > I already looked for cs.gmo and cs.po but there is nothing like this in my > Distriution. > > How could I go on? > > Hago -- Jon Winters http://www.obscurasite.com/jon/ "Everybody Loves The GIMP!" http://www.gimp.org/

Re: xfs-installation-13.04

Check the help department at this site: http://fonts.linuxpower.com/ That is how I got .ttf fonts workin' Enjoy! -- Jon Winters http://www.obscurasite.com/ "Everybody loves the GIMP!" http://www.gimp.org/

Re: "Focusing" for photo images

cellent Warp Sharp Script-Fu. http://www.home.unix-ag.org/simon/gimp/warp-sharp.html I use it on almost everything I Gimp. Its not designed to fix blurry images but it might help. You'll need to experiment with the settings. Enjoy! -- Jon Winters http://www.obscurasite.com/ "Everybody loves the GIMP!" http://www.gimp.org/

Re: Printing multiple copies

er results from printroom.com than I ever dreamed of from my inkjet printer. Checkit: http://www.printroom.com/ They make real photographic prints from your digital images. Lots of fun. -- Jon Winters http://www.obscurasite.com/ "Everybody loves the GIMP!" http://www.gimp.org/

Re: gdyntext & xfstt

"s@m" wrote: > > now that i got it to work [gdyntext] . i can't get it to recognize my TTF > fonts. > i use xfstt as a font server on port unix:/7100. > any suggestions? Hi, The answer you seek is here: http://fonts.linuxpower.com/ Enjoy! -- Jon Winters

Re: ANNOUNCE: GIMP 1.1.22

Compiled and installed without any problems! I'll test it tonight. -- Jon Winters http://www.obscurasite.com/ "Everybody loves the GIMP!" http://www.gimp.org/

Re: Toolbox always on top?

r windowmanager. I use Enlightenment and there is a menu in the title bar that lets you lock 'on top' and turn on 'stickey' so the toolbar stays put as I switch to different desktops. -- Jon Winters http://www.obscurasite.com/ "Everybody loves the GIMP!" http://www.gimp.org/

Re: Performance of Gimp vs. photoshop for large images

What have you set your tile cache size to in gimp perfs? Sounds like a simple misconfiguration. -- Jon Winters http://www.obscurasite.com/ "Everybody loves the GIMP!" http://www.gimp.org/

Re: Performance of Gimp vs. photoshop for large images

erformance hit would seriously hamper productivity and pretty much force the use photoshop. Tonight I'll run the same test on my computer at home. (Dual PIII 450, 256MB ram, 32MB G400, RedHat 6.2/Helix Gnome) Thanks -- Jon Winters http://www.obscurasite.com/ "Everybody loves th

Re: blur similar to layer mask

it work according to the quickmask. Enjoy! -- Jon Winters http://www.obscurasite.com/ "Everybody loves the GIMP!" http://www.gimp.org/

Re: A query on The Gimp

Complete details on installing xfstt can be found here: http://fonts.linuxpower.org/help.php3?title=Help Enjoy! -- Jon Winters http://www.obscurasite.com/ "Everybody loves the GIMP!" http://www.gimp.org/

Re: How to do this ?

most gimp plugins are pretty good about this) Thanks! -- Jon Winters http://www.obscurasite.com/ "Everybody loves the GIMP!" http://www.gimp.org/

Re: photo retouch

yes look smaller and I like big eyes. If the image were large I would have finished up by removing all pores and stuff with the convolver tool. -- Jon Winters http://www.obscurasite.com/jon/ "Everybody Loves The GIMP!" http://www.gimp.org/

Re: identifying objects in images

Nikolai Vladychevski wrote: > > I would like to ask, what are the methods or steps to successfully > identify objects in images. > [Image] I saw it right away... its a bird. :-) -- Jon Winters http://www.obscurasite.com/jon/ "Everybody Loves The GIMP!" http://www.gimp.org/

Re: cleaning images filters

uld eleminate this problem entirely) G.I.G.O. rule is in full effect here. ;-) Enjoy! -- Jon Winters http://www.obscurasite.com/jon/ "Everybody Loves The GIMP!" http://www.gimp.org/

Re: Wow! The Resynthesizer

compiled it) Thanks -- Jon Winters http://www.obscurasite.com/jon/ "Everybody Loves The GIMP!" http://www.gimp.org/

Re: red eye removal

| | This was greyscale in my email client > | (.)(.) I didn't even need the GIMP to fix it. > C _) Just removed the red and replaced with > | ,___| black. > | / > /\Enjoy! > / \ -- Jon Winters http://www.obscurasite.com/jon/ "Everybody Loves The GIMP!" http://www.gimp.org/

Gif Antialias trick...

I've seen a tutorial for this in the past and I've lost the link. I'm looking to teach a photoshop user how to create nice transparent gif images of white text for use on a blue background. Thanks for your consideration. -- Jon Winters http://www.obscurasite.com/ "

Gif Antialias trick... (fwd)

te" when saving images with alpha in the Gimp? Thanks in advance. -- Jon Winters http://www.obscurasite.com/ "Everybody loves the GIMP!" http://www.gimp.org/

Re: correcting lighting of photos

Try adjusting curves! -- Jon Winters http://www.obscurasite.com/ "Everybody loves the GIMP!" http://www.gimp.org/

Re: New tutorial at CubicDesign.com

server of choice > of the porn industry; is the gimp the image editor of choice? WTF does that have to do with anything? You could replicate the effects demonstrated in those tutorials any decent image editor. I thought the tutorials were great and I will use the stuff I learned when photographing my family and friends. -- Jon Winters http://www.obscurasite.com/jon/ "Everybody Loves The GIMP!" http://www.gimp.org/

Re: Arrghh!! Problems with Libraries!

Have you tried to compile it from the tarball? It should let you know what it needs during the ./configure process. -- Jon Winters http://www.obscurasite.com/ "Everybody loves the GIMP!" http://www.gimp.org/

Re: what digital camera?

that uses Compact Flash or any other memory that has an inexpensive PCMCIA adapter. -- Jon Winters http://www.obscurasite.com/ "Everybody loves the GIMP!" http://www.gimp.org/

Re: Looking for an image

be available tonight, just say the word. -- Jon Winters http://www.obscurasite.com/ "Everybody loves the GIMP!" http://www.gimp.org/

Re: Does this filter exist?

lter someone had made. That improved sharpening filter was warp sharp. Checkit: http://www.home.unix-ag.org/simon/gimp/warp-sharp.html I should also mention that I would scale things up only as a last resort. If possible re photograph or re scan at a higher resolution. Enjoy! -- Jon

Re: Looking for an image

ttle. Feel free to use 'em if you see something you like. I only ask that you give me proper credit as the photographer. Thanks and enjoy! -- Jon Winters http://www.obscurasite.com/jon/ "Everybody Loves The GIMP!" http://www.gimp.org/

Re: Simple jpg question

I do anything to edit one of the digicam images I revert to the .xcf.gz / .jpg system described above. Hope this helps. -- Jon Winters http://www.obscurasite.com/ "Everybody loves the GIMP!" http://www.gimp.org/

Re: Does this filter exist?

On Thu, 21 Sep 2000, Marc Lehmann wrote: > Use the scale tool or "Image->Scale Image". The answer is so obvious that > I still don't think this is what you wanted to know? Thats how I do it but I try to avoid scaling things UP. -- Jon Winters http://www.obscurasite.c

Re: Does this filter exist?

On Thu, 21 Sep 2000, Stephan Henningsen wrote: > On Fri, 22 Sep 2000, Jon Winters wrote: > > > I should also mention that I would scale things up only as a last > > resort. If possible re photograph or re scan at a higher resolution. > > Say I have a 640x480 JPG I us

Re: SPAM :-(

is mailing list at egroups.com? egroups.com offers all such facilities, plus all > mails remain archived. egroups.com attaches banner SPAM to EVERY POST! Good gawd! Just configure the current server to reject all posts from non-subscribers. If a list member spams us we'll lynch'em --

ENOUGH! SPAM :-(

Can we drop the SPAM / List Server thread and get back to the topic at hand? The Gimp! Thanks in advance for your consideration. -- Jon Winters http://www.obscurasite.com/ "Everybody loves the GIMP!" http://www.gimp.org/

Re: Fog?

ransparency to a fog-like effect. Bonus points for erasing some of it to get a more natural looking effect. -- Jon Winters http://www.obscurasite.com/ "Everybody loves the GIMP!" http://www.gimp.org/

Re: Transparencies

he stuff you want to be transparent you can export a .gif. Its a very nice way to do things. -- Jon Winters http://www.obscurasite.com/ "Everybody loves the GIMP!" http://www.gimp.org/

Re: Suggestion to toolbar buttons placement

uot;procedural undo" would be able to accomplish this without the additional step of creating a layer. (heh... I'm lazy) Thanks in advance for your consideration. (and I know we are in a "freeze" so I don't expect to see any new features any time soon) -- Jon Winters http://www.obscurasite.com/ "Everybody loves the GIMP!" http://www.gimp.org/

Re: Fog?

On Mon, 2 Oct 2000, clemensF wrote: > > Jon Winters: > > > > What's the best method to add a fog-like effect? > > > > One idea that comes to mind would be to add a layer and then fill it with > > plasma, desaturate, and then adjust the transparency to

RE: "apply" a channel

I knot this is probably not what you're looking for byt if you want to save exactly waht you "see on screen" you could do a screengrab and then save that. Cherrs! -- Jon Winters http://www.obscurasite.com/ "Everybody loves the GIMP!" http://www.gimp.org/

RE: "apply" a channel

Good morning, I apologize for posting before coffee. That last post had some awful spelling errors. Sorry about that. -- Jon Winters http://www.obscurasite.com/ "Everybody loves the GIMP!" http://www.gimp.org/

Loopers...

that will loop ten times and stop? Thanks in advance for your help. Happy Holidays! -- Jon Winters http://www.obscurasite.com/ "Everybody loves the GIMP!" http://www.gimp.org/

Re: resize script

Get Image Magick... It comes with a program called mogrify...it does what you need. Cheers! -- Jon Winters http://www.obscurasite.com/ "Everybody loves the GIMP!" http://www.gimp.org/

Re: Creating smoke?

Try the Plazma plugin on a blank layer, desaturate it and adjust the transparency. Erase the areas where you don't want smoke. Hope this helps! -- Jon Winters http://www.obscurasite.com/ "Everybody loves the GIMP!" http://www.gimp.org/

Re: Making Transparent from Non-Transparent

;re missing stuff that you need. I always compile because I like to know that its built perfectly for my system. Debs and RPMS have made people lazy or something... For important things like the Gimp I compile. -- Jon Winters http://www.obscurasite.com/jon/ "Everybody Loves The GIMP!" http://www.gimp.org/

Re: Levels histogram: gimp vs photoshop

toshop. :-) Photoshop does not have a Wilbur. (Its got that creepy eye) -- Jon Winters http://www.obscurasite.com/ "Everybody loves the GIMP!" http://www.gimp.org/

Re: Colors

One way to swap out color is to use select>by color to select all the color you want to replace and then edit>fill with FG color to fill the selected area with the foreground color. Cheers! -- Jon Winters http://www.obscurasite.com/ "Everybody loves the GIMP!" http://www.gimp.org/

RE: Colors

On Thu, 18 Jan 2001, Estevez Cherie J DLVA wrote: > Thanks! This is my first time asking a question herethe response time is > amazing! Heh... try and get that kind of support from Adobe! -- Jon Winters http://www.obscurasite.com/ "Everybody loves the GIMP!&q