Re: [Gimp-user] Ppm 16bit handling

2012-05-06 Thread Kevin Cozens
On 12-05-06 11:57 PM, br...@buys.net.br wrote: My understanding is that current GIMP 2.8 can't handle 16bit, regardless of file format. Is that right? Correct. -- Cheers! Kevin. http://www.ve3syb.ca/ |"Nerds make the shiny things that distract Owner of Elecraft K2 #2172 | the

[Gimp-user] Ppm 16bit handling

2012-05-06 Thread br...@buys.net.br
Hi all, I noticed that when I open a 16bit ppm in GIMP 2.8, the file opens without the 'gimp can't handle 16bit, it will loose data, etc...' notification. But if I open a tiff version of the very same raw file, the notification does pop up. My understanding is that current GIMP 2.8 can't handl

Re: [Gimp-user] HATE the new save vs. export behavior

2012-05-06 Thread GSR - FR
Hi, ad...@pilobilus.net (2012-05-06 at 2324.04 -0400): > > -Why not add (to Gimp) the possibility to maintain an autosave copy > > in (.XCF format) each N minutes? And not delete it for X days? > > I would not use that. For instance, just a couple of minutes ago I > opened an XCF file, merged se

Re: [Gimp-user] HATE the new save vs. export behavior

2012-05-06 Thread Steve Kinney
On 05/06/2012 10:51 PM, John Coppens wrote: > -When starting to edit, why not immediately do a Save as xxx.xcf? That's what I do and it has come in very handy. > -Why not add (to Gimp) the possibility to maintain an autosave copy > in (.XCF format) each N minutes? And not delete it for X days?

Re: [Gimp-user] HATE the new save vs. export behavior

2012-05-06 Thread John Coppens
On Sat, 5 May 2012 12:32:22 +0400 Alexandre Prokoudine wrote: > > I'm not sure what this question means. > > The question should be understood literally :) Is GIMP the only tool > to get your job done? > I wrote a couple of macros in Guile which help me, so Gimp is my preferred tool, yes. Say

Re: [Gimp-user] For GIMP-2.8 I need Fedora 17 .. which isn't released yet

2012-05-06 Thread Kevin Cozens
On 12-05-05 04:14 PM, Andrea Verdi wrote: other requirements...python headers and something that i can't remember now for script-fu. Install the python developer package that has the header files. Script-Fu doesn't need anything special other than what would already be installed to allow GIMP

Re: [Gimp-user] Problem with Gimp 2.7.4 'Text' facility

2012-05-06 Thread Johan Vromans
Maurice writes: > I would be most grateful if someone could confirm this (as it might be > some setting I've missed): > > With Gimp 2.7.4 (and presumably later), if you select 'Text' (the big > 'A'), then click somewhere on an image, two things will appear: > > (1) At the place where you

Re: [Gimp-user] Problem with Gimp 2.7.4 'Text' facility

2012-05-06 Thread Maurice
During my trialling of Mageia-2 (Beta3) I find it provides Gimp 2.7.4, but the Text function doesn't work as in 2.6. I would be most grateful if someone could confirm this (as it might be some setting I've missed): With Gimp 2.7.4 (and presumably later), if you select 'Text' (the big '

Re: [Gimp-user] Introducing BIMP: Batch Image Manipulation Plugin

2012-05-06 Thread Alessandro Francesconi
If I understand well, actually I never had tested it for this purpose, Daniel. But surely you can start the plugin on a machine, then open images stored on one or more connected clients of the local network (selecting them through the classic File Chooser that appears by clicking on "Add image

Re: [Gimp-user] HATE the new save vs. export behavior

2012-05-06 Thread Andrea Verdi
i also have modified this code: *gimp base folder/app/paint/gimppaintoptions.c* *#define DEFAULT_BRUSH_SIZE 50.0* #define DEFAULT_BRUSH_ASPECT_RATIO 0.0 #define DEFAULT_BRUSH_ANGLE 0.0 *gimppaintoptions-gui.c* *scale = gimp_prop_spin_scale_new (config, "brush-size",* *_("Size"), **1, 1.0,