Re: [Gimp-user] Pure black n white with smooth curves

2018-04-29 Thread Liam R E Quin
On Sun, 2018-04-29 at 07:22 -0500, Frank Turk wrote: > If there was a way to extract the "K" layer in a "CMYK" > image, > it might be easier to grab just the black. You can use the separate+ plugin to do that, although what people think of as "pure black" for printing is not actually 0 in CMYK

Re: [Gimp-user] Pure black n white with smooth curves

2018-04-29 Thread Frank Turk
Hi -- just to show the results from the x-hatch version of the solution I proposed, take a look at the images in these links: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1D6WRmoq4bSJj_708GkfPKz52FaVvmKlA/view?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hNtBPO2nMavE0XGnJBRyNzi9oaF0uGSb/view?usp=sharing Just o

Re: [Gimp-user] Pure black n white with smooth curves

2018-04-26 Thread Carol Spears
On Wed, Apr 25, 2018 at 3:56 PM, ociebieda wrote: > I am already using gimp for years, not professionally, but I know most > basics. > I also already used google to find proper solution, but all tutorials are > not > exactly about what I need, so please do not send me links about simple > black n

Re: [Gimp-user] Pure black n white with smooth curves

2018-04-26 Thread Frank Turk
It also occurs to me you might want to try this approach: http://gimp-university.blogspot.com.es/2014/03/x-hatch.html On Fri, Apr 27, 2018 at 1:56 AM ociebieda wrote: > I am already using gimp for years, not professionally, but I know most > basics. > I also already used google to find proper

Re: [Gimp-user] Pure black n white with smooth curves

2018-04-26 Thread Frank Turk
I think you are doing everything you can to get the colors out or reduced. I think the major problem you are going to have with this image is original resolution. It’s just too jaggy to start with. But I have an interesting approach you might try anyway: 1. Scale the image up to 4x in height and

[Gimp-user] Pure black n white with smooth curves

2018-04-26 Thread ociebieda
I am already using gimp for years, not professionally, but I know most basics. I also already used google to find proper solution, but all tutorials are not exactly about what I need, so please do not send me links about simple black n white or greyscale conversions. What I need is to convert colo