Re: [Gimp-user] Save Export Complaints
On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 04:35:06PM +0200, maderios wrote: Print shops ask for png, jpeg or tiff, not psd Maybe your consumer quick printer, not offset print shops that do professional work. They want usually, PDF and/or PSD. PSD not being their first choice. Yep, and that's their right... why are you pushing so hard to keep them with a software that is not targeting them as it's core demographic? Especially when it's not a commercial project where anyone makes money from? Strange and interesting point of view... Your message to these people is go out. Welcome in the Happy World of Free Software... Happily, you're not representative. Free Software philosophy is opening, not closing. About GNU/Linux philosophy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cathedral_and_the_Bazaar I hope that gimp does not become a cathedral You're quite out of your depth of knowledge. You seem to think you have some sort of right to get what you want. You don't, OSS/FOSS doesn't work like that, unless you're the one developing. FOSS development isn't a democracy. ___ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list
[Gimp-user] what's with the auto-insert of run-mode as the first arg for script-fu methods?
There's half an explanation in this e-mail chain: http://www.gimpusers.com/forums/gimp-developer/10891-run-mode-enums But essentially, if you start your procedure name with script-fu- then the run mode is implicit and you shouldn't include it in any definitions. The fact that it turns up in the procedure browser is confusing, but knowing when to ignore it is just one of those things to learn. -- paynekj (via gimpusers.com) ___ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list
Re: [Gimp-user] Save Export Complaints
On 09/19/2012 05:44 PM, Stephen Allen wrote: On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 04:35:06PM +0200, maderios wrote: Print shops ask for png, jpeg or tiff, not psd Maybe your consumer quick printer, not offset print shops that do professional work. They want usually, PDF and/or PSD. PSD not being their first choice. Yep, and that's their right... why are you pushing so hard to keep them with a software that is not targeting them as it's core demographic? Especially when it's not a commercial project where anyone makes money from? Strange and interesting point of view... Your message to these people is go out. Welcome in the Happy World of Free Software... Happily, you're not representative. Free Software philosophy is opening, not closing. About GNU/Linux philosophy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cathedral_and_the_Bazaar I hope that gimp does not become a cathedral You're quite out of your depth of knowledge. You seem to think you have some sort of right to get what you want. You don't, OSS/FOSS doesn't work like that, unless you're the one developing. FOSS development isn't a democracy. I just think that every user can contribute to the development not only for bugs but also for improvements. Greetings -- Maderios Art is meant to disturb. Science reassures. L'art est fait pour troubler. La science rassure (Georges Braque) ___ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list
Re: [Gimp-user] Save Export Complaints
maderios (mader...@gmail.com) wrote: You're quite out of your depth of knowledge. You seem to think you have some sort of right to get what you want. You don't, OSS/FOSS doesn't work like that, unless you're the one developing. FOSS development isn't a democracy. I just think that every user can contribute to the development not only for bugs but also for improvements. Every user can try (assuming that the project actually provides a feedback channel, which is not a requirement of OSS/FOSS) to suggest stuff to the developers. However, it is up to their discretion if they consider the suggestion as worth implementing. And it also is at their discretion to judge on the suggestion based on the reputation of the person suggesting it. It has happened in the past that people managed to lose all their respect among the developers, so that their suggestions don't even get read anymore. The main power of FOSS is, that each user has the right (regardless of respect issues) to start and/or fund their own fork of the project where they of course then can steer the development. Forks are not desirable (and it can be argued that the FOSS license requirements are also a way of discouraging forks), but they are entirely legitimate, provided the FOSS requirements are met. Bye, Simon -- si...@budig.de http://simon.budig.de/ ___ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list
Re: [Gimp-user] Save Export Complaints
On 09/20/2012 11:32 AM, Simon Budig wrote: maderios (mader...@gmail.com) wrote: I just think that every user can contribute to the development not only for bugs but also for improvements. Every user can try (assuming that the project actually provides a feedback channel, which is not a requirement of OSS/FOSS) to suggest stuff to the developers. A good feedback channel example here: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_name=enlightenment-usersmax_rows=25style=ultimateviewmonth=201209 E17 project http://www.enlightenment.org/ Greetings -- Maderios Art is meant to disturb. Science reassures. L'art est fait pour troubler. La science rassure (Georges Braque) ___ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list
[Gimp-user] remove dust problems
Hi All, I tried to remove a dust spot using resynthesize but I can still see where it was, although it looks a lot better.I was using this tutorial. http://dodonov.net/blog/2009/12/29/cleaning-dust-on-photos-or-in-gimp-we-trust/ Any ideas?Here is the original http://www.flickr.com/photos/14586608@N08/8007061865/in/photostreamthe modifiedhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/14586608@N08/8007047321/in/photostream Thanks a lot in advance ___ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list
[Gimp-user] Xcf file Corrupt!? Please Help!
So I have been working on this painting for over a week…it is VERY important that I get it in by my deadline. However, I went to open it back up this morning to do some work on it and…it only had three layers. I tried to stay calm and closed the program and reopened it but a little popup came up and it said “This XCF file is corrupt! I have loaded as much of it as I can, but it is incomplete.” Please, please, please tell me I can just restart my computer, or if there is a “fix all” button somewhere! I have GIMP 2...and it has never done this to me before. -- Kfayejessee (via gimpusers.com) ___ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list
Re: [Gimp-user] remove dust problems
On 20.09.12 at 9:51 pm David Holland wrote: I tried to remove a dust spot using resynthesize but I can still see where it was, although it looks a lot better. I was using this tutorial. http://dodonov.net/blog/2009/12/29/cleaning-dust-on-photos-or-in-gimp-we-trust/ Any ideas? Hi David, this is easy: 1. Create a new transparent layer above the image layer and activate it. 2. Use the Clone tool, enable 'Sample merged' and use a soft brush for cloning. 3. Select the source region. It should have the same or a very similar color and structure as the destination region. 4. Clone the dust spot away. Use the Healing tool and layer opacity to refine your work. 5. To make the outline softer, you can blur it with the Gaussian blur filter. To undo some cloned parts and uncover the original image use the Eraser tool on the upper layer. This is based upon a tutorial in Michael Fryes book 'Digital landscape photography'. Kind regards, Sven ___ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list
Re: [Gimp-user] Xcf file Corrupt!? Please Help!
On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 3:43 PM, Kfayejessee for...@gimpusers.com wrote: So I have been working on this painting for over a week… Rule #1: Perform regular backups Rule #2: See Rule #1 Sorry for the semi-snarky response, but it is a good set of rules and will save you time and heartache when things really go wrong ;) When I'm working on File-01.xcf, after an hour or two of work I do Save As and name that File-02.xcf, and so on. And there are plug-ins in the registry that automatically make incremental backups. My first guess as to the the cause of the corruption is hardware. A full or failing disk, corrupt RAM, etc. Or I've had issues with saving to flaky shared storage. The prognosis is not good if it's any of these. What version of GIMP are you using (see Help-About)? What operating system? Are you saving to an internal hard drive, or external storage? Can you post a link to the XCF online somewhere? Chris ___ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list
[Gimp-user] Converting Screen Shots
Hi list, I'm a newbie and have the following problem: I have about 2500 screen shots in png-format. I need to convert them all into b/w-pictures. How could this be done easily? Furthermore (but I guess that will be the issue in another list), I will have to run all these screenshots through an OCR-program. So what would be the best output-format for these screen shots? (And yes: If someone has an idea how I could run these screenshots through an OCR-program, I'd be very happy) Cheers Paul -- crouching_ant (via gimpusers.com) ___ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list
Re: [Gimp-user] Converting Screen Shots
On Fri, 2012-09-21 at 01:55 +0200, crouching_ant wrote: Hi list, I'm a newbie and have the following problem: I have about 2500 screen shots in png-format. I need to convert them all into b/w-pictures. Use imagemagick's mogrify program on a cpoy of the images. How could this be done easily? Furthermore (but I guess that will be the issue in another list), I will have to run all these screenshots through an OCR-program. The best OCR package still seems to be Abby FineReader, which is commercial but about a gazillion times better than any of the Free/Libre ones I've tried. You tell it to Read Images, select the first image, shift-click on the last image to select them all, and go for a short walk (barefoot, of course). Abby can handle colour PNG files just fine. If you are using some other OCR program you'll need to tell us what it is before we can suggest anything in more detail. Note that text on screens often has resolution too low to get good results with OCR. What is the text?? Liam -- Liam Quin - XML Activity Lead, W3C, http://www.w3.org/People/Quin/ Pictures from old books: http://fromoldbooks.org/ Ankh: irc.sorcery.net irc.gnome.org freenode/#xml ___ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list
[Gimp-user] Converting Screen Shots
Use imagemagick's mogrify program on a cpoy of the images. Thanks for the hint. Just read the tutorial and it seems as if this is perfect. The best OCR package still seems to be Abby FineReader, which is commercial but about a gazillion times better than any of the Free/Libre ones I've tried. Note that text on screens often has resolution too low to get good results with OCR. What is the text?? I'll give Abby FineReader a try. The screenshots show some text which is blurry, but hopefully, the result will be better than everything I've got until now. At the end, a script will sort all output in a cvs-file... if the OCR does what I hope it will :-) Thanks again! -- crouching_ant ___ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list
[Gimp-user] Xcf file Corrupt!? Please Help!
So I have been working on this painting for over a week…it is VERY important that I get it in by my deadline. However, I went to open it back up this morning to do some work on it and…it only had three layers. I tried to stay calm and closed the program and reopened it but a little popup came up and it said “This XCF file is corrupt! I have loaded as much of it as I can, but it is incomplete.” Please, please, please tell me I can just restart my computer, or if there is a “fix all” button somewhere! I have GIMP 2...and it has never done this to me before. -- Kfayejessee (via gimpusers.com) ___ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list
[Gimp-user] Display Filters not saving between sessions
Hi, When I add any display filters ( View - Display Filters ) and quit gimp they aren't saved and I need to add them all over again. Is there a config file to force gimp to load the ones I want? Cheers David -- Studioware http://www.studioware.org ___ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list
[Gimp-user] interface to ufraw -- save options
Hi all, I've got a script for processing a bunch of files which starts by bringing up ufraw. I would like to have ufraw save the list of modifications made before returning to gimp. (.ufraw file) However, when gimp starts ufraw, it passes some option to ufraw which causes ufraw to not display the save tab which allows setting what to save. Is there a way to tell gimp to bring up ufraw differently, or is the problem in ufraw? Thanks for any insights, Gary ___ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list
Re: [Gimp-user] interface to ufraw -- save options
On Thu, 2012-09-20 at 22:37 -0600, Gary Aitken wrote: Is there a way to tell gimp to bring up ufraw differently, You can run ufraw outside of gimp, not as a plugin. There are also other raw camera image processing tools, including for example darktable, although that has a really confusing user interface and I always end up using google to search for how to save files! But it's still useful if you don't mind its weirdness. Liam -- Liam Quin - XML Activity Lead, W3C, http://www.w3.org/People/Quin/ Pictures from old books: http://fromoldbooks.org/ Ankh: irc.sorcery.net irc.gnome.org freenode/#xml ___ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list
Re: [Gimp-user] remove dust problems
Hi David, All this is too complicated. Just use the Healing Tool. Elmer On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 10:47 PM, scl scl.gp...@gmail.com wrote: On 20.09.12 at 9:51 pm David Holland wrote: I tried to remove a dust spot using resynthesize but I can still see where it was, although it looks a lot better. I was using this tutorial. http://dodonov.net/blog/2009/12/29/cleaning-dust-on-photos-or-in-gimp-we-trust/ Any ideas? Hi David, this is easy: 1. Create a new transparent layer above the image layer and activate it. 2. Use the Clone tool, enable 'Sample merged' and use a soft brush for cloning. 3. Select the source region. It should have the same or a very similar color and structure as the destination region. 4. Clone the dust spot away. Use the Healing tool and layer opacity to refine your work. 5. To make the outline softer, you can blur it with the Gaussian blur filter. To undo some cloned parts and uncover the original image use the Eraser tool on the upper layer. This is based upon a tutorial in Michael Fryes book 'Digital landscape photography'. Kind regards, Sven ___ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list ___ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list
