Re: [Gimp-user] bucket fill

2013-07-29 Thread jfrazierjr
Madeleine Fisher animatrix1...@gmail.com wrote: You could make your path a selection and then fill that selection. There's a button at the bottom of the Paths tab that looks like a dotted-line square--that's Path to Selection. Click that, then fill. Should be fine. IMHO, this is a

Re: [Gimp-user] export vs save

2013-02-20 Thread jfrazierjr
Matthew Miller mat...@mattdm.org wrote: On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 02:43:12PM +0100, Simon Budig wrote: What would you say to We did it this way for reasons x, y, and z, but we recognize that what you're asking isn't like the broken spacebar comic. You have options a and b

Re: [Gimp-user] import vs open

2013-02-19 Thread jfrazierjr
Now, the objective of Gimp seems to stay in the fields of amateur and therefore to delegate the role of single photo$hop image editor for professionals. BS! I would posit that amateurs invoke DESTRUCTIVE editing techniques(because they don't know any better) while professionals do the

Re: [Gimp-user] Suggestions for the GIMP

2013-02-11 Thread jfrazierjr
maderios mader...@gmail.com wrote: On 02/11/2013 05:03 PM, jfrazie...@nc.rr.com wrote: - Libreoffice : the same This is a selective functionality comparison on your part based upon a specific file format(s) or lack of knowledge of the actual product you are comparing. For

Re: [Gimp-user] Suggestions for the GIMP

2013-02-11 Thread jfrazierjr
Example with gimp file = open = nut.png adjust contrast = ok I want to save it I can't... XCF ? But I don't want xcf now. Ok , I export # many many many files = export ok # many files later = export Arghhh..:

Re: [Gimp-user] Save Export Complaints

2012-09-12 Thread jfrazierjr
I use .xcf files but my friends, my family members and most people, I think, don't use .xcf. Yes, I think you have just about FINALLY hit the point. I am NOT a developer for GIMP, but I am enthusiastically in support of this new change so that I CANNOT loose my multi-layer composition

Re: [Gimp-user] Gimp-2.8_Save and save as bad behavior

2012-08-12 Thread jfrazierjr
So please, don't count my silence so far as indifference... Likewise... my silence is not indifference... I LOVE the new behavior. For what I do most, which is creating/editing images with multiple layer/mask support, the change is EXTREMELY welcome. First you have gotten rid of the

Re: [Gimp-user] Ubuntu version

2012-08-01 Thread jfrazierjr
Dave Kimble dave.kim...@gmx.com wrote: Thanks for your reply. The downloads page should at least have mentioned that, and given the magic four commands: Ummm... NO, IT SHOULD NOT. There is nothing official about this package at all(I have no problem with it working fine though).

Re: [Gimp-user] Fwd: GIMP Customization

2012-07-31 Thread jfrazierjr
Firstly thank you very much for the reply. *Final result :* What I intend to do is image interpretation for intelligence and refining the particulars of the image with tools like Sharpening, Color change(Contrast), Hue saturatiuon and finally get a WYSIWYG ICC matching profile as per the

Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP Customization

2012-07-30 Thread jfrazierjr
shyam megha shyamngui...@gmail.com wrote: Want to use GIMP for map publishing.Please help me with the links of source code download. 1. First is procedure for compiling. 2. Second is customization procedure for reducing menu structure. 3. Also tell me how can change the logo.

[Gimp-user] LOVE thread - resource tagging + sub folders = auto tag!!!!

2012-05-05 Thread jfrazierjr
This is a feature I learned about on IRC from Alexia Death. I have to thank her a TON for actually spending the time to really dig into what I was saying to show me the the new tagging feature actually did almost exactly what I was complaining about(I had said tagging was OK but I prefer the

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

2012-05-04 Thread jfrazierjr
It certainly is not intuitive. The operation should be symmetrical: If I open a PNG, save should save a PNG (unless I applied changes which would disappear if saved as a PNG, in which case I'd like a warning). And that's the point, GETTING rid of the damn warnings! For me, every single

[Gimp-user] Tweaking performance

2011-11-15 Thread jfrazierjr
Ok.. so I am working on a large image and want to see if I can increase performance speed any. I knew things would be slow, but was hoping I could get a bit better than what I currently have. The image will be a map(as in fantasy world map) I want to print(will scale down for web version to