Re: [Gimp-user] export vs save

2013-02-19 Thread Matthew Miller
On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 12:54:41AM +0100, Daniel Hornung wrote: I can't believe this was not brought up by someone already... https://xkcd.com/1172/ So, okay: should the response to that person be: - You should get longer fingers or: - Okay, so you won't be able to do that anymore, but

Re: [Gimp-user] import vs open

2013-02-19 Thread Alexandre Prokoudine
On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 1:59 PM, Daniel Hauck wrote: There needs to be an FAQ about GiMP which covers this topic and all arguments to date. I too say, let it go. WIP Alexandre Prokoudine http://libregraphicsworld.org ___ gimp-user-list mailing list

Re: [Gimp-user] export vs save

2013-02-19 Thread Oon-Ee Ng
On Feb 19, 2013 7:31 PM, Matthew Miller mat...@mattdm.org wrote: On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 12:54:41AM +0100, Daniel Hornung wrote: I can't believe this was not brought up by someone already... https://xkcd.com/1172/ So, okay: should the response to that person be: - You should get longer

[Gimp-user] Wacom Tablet problems

2013-02-19 Thread Massimo Corinaldesi
I have the following problem with wacom tablet and GIMP 2.8.4 (win XP sp3): a) Can't drag the guide inside canvas image (vertical and horizontal). Mouse works well. b) Can't use Text tool (text dialog disappear when try to click on canvas). Mouse works well. Any info or help on

[Gimp-user] Creating Transparent Text

2013-02-19 Thread Helen
I apologize if this goes out twice. I believe my first effort bounced. On Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 11:42 AM, Liam R E Quin l...@holoweb.net wrote: It's usually better just to have an opaque signature: it's harder to remove and can become a part of the artwork. Browsing and reading this I'm

Re: [Gimp-user] Creating Transparent Text

2013-02-19 Thread Gunold Brunbauer
Am 19.02.2013 17:33, schrieb Helen: I apologize if this goes out twice. I believe my first effort bounced. On Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 11:42 AM, Liam R E Quin l...@holoweb.net mailto:l...@holoweb.net wrote: It's usually better just to have an opaque signature: it's harder to remove and

Re: [Gimp-user] Creating Transparent Text

2013-02-19 Thread Steve Kinney
On 02/19/2013 11:56 AM, Gunold Brunbauer wrote: Color - Color to Transparency a.k.a. Colors Color to Alpha :o) ___ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list

Re: [Gimp-user] Creating Transparent Text

2013-02-19 Thread Helen
I guess I need more detail. I've done this, and I'm attaching the result. In case attachments aren't allowed, or you can't see it, I'll tell you that there is messy white space all the way around the sig. The steps I took were to open the scanned sig, copy, paste as brush, and then used it to

Re: [Gimp-user] Creating Transparent Text

2013-02-19 Thread Helen
Sorry!!! I can't see to do this in one mailing! I did do the color - color to alpha before I did the copy/paste as brush. Thanks for your patience. On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 12:22 PM, Helen etter...@gmail.com wrote: I guess I need more detail. I've done this, and I'm attaching the result.

Re: [Gimp-user] import vs open

2013-02-19 Thread maderios
On 02/19/2013 10:59 AM, Daniel Hauck wrote: On 02/18/2013 10:09 PM, Liam R E Quin wrote: On Mon, 2013-02-18 at 14:06 -0600, Chris Mohler wrote: Current File-Open makes sense as it is, at least to me. File-Save made sense to people too. But if GIMP is an XCF editor that can only save xcf

Re: [Gimp-user] import vs open

2013-02-19 Thread Alexandre Prokoudine
On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 1:59 PM, Daniel Hauck wrote: That Save/Save As has been established since the creation of the the standard GUI behaviors is not relevant to the developers. It's not professional despite the fact that the most professional tools out there still do it this way. In a

Re: [Gimp-user] Creating Transparent Text

2013-02-19 Thread Tobias Lunte
I've created a quick screencap. Hopefully, this will clear any misunderstandings. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXKPKMiUko8 bw, Tobias Lunte//Tobl Am 19.02.2013 18:22, schrieb Helen: I guess I need more detail. I've done this, and I'm attaching the result. In case attachments aren't

Re: [Gimp-user] Free licenses by gimp ?

2013-02-19 Thread Joao S. O. Bueno
On 14 February 2013 16:17, Steve Kinney ad...@pilobilus.net wrote: On 02/14/2013 12:39 PM, Simon Budig wrote: Hi Henrik. A Gain Crayon License (lice...@againcrayon.com) wrote: Can you confirm that your license is free for end user and for professional use ? Yes. You might have to take a

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] Free licenses by gimp ?

2013-02-19 Thread Alexandre Prokoudine
On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 11:11 PM, Joao S. O. Bueno gwid...@mpc.com.br wrote: This page includes a link to a copy of the GNU Public License v.2: http://www.gimp.org/about/COPYING EK! GPL v. 2? GIMP has been GPL v. 3 or later for a couple of years now. That page should really be

Re: [Gimp-user] Free licenses by gimp ?

2013-02-19 Thread Steve Kinney
On 02/19/2013 02:11 PM, Joao S. O. Bueno wrote: EK! GPL v. 2? GIMP has been GPL v. 3 or later for a couple of years now. That page should really be updated. js -- Actually that was my error. The relevant page is: http://www.gimp.org/about/COPYING :o) Steve

[Gimp-user] samjcreations gone?

2013-02-19 Thread Dave Bodenstab
[Sorry if duplicate; got weird error from Thunderbird -- which disappeared too fast to read -- something about try again later.] I had (at my own snail's pace) been downloading, compiling myself and installing various Gimp plugins for Win7x64 from:

Re: [Gimp-user] samjcreations gone?

2013-02-19 Thread Kevin Payne
According this her comments some reorganisation is going on: http://gimpchat.com/viewtopic.php?f=7t=6441#p80135 Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2013 13:38:38 -0600 From: dave_bodens...@sbcglobal.net To: gimp-user-list@gnome.org Subject: [Gimp-user] samjcreations gone? [Sorry if duplicate; got weird

Re: [Gimp-user] Creating Transparent Text

2013-02-19 Thread Steve Kinney
On 02/19/2013 01:37 PM, Burnie West wrote: It looks to me like the original signature scan had the artifacts around it. Same here - and very low resolution. The signature itself is only 64 x 142 pixels, and the artifacts look like they could have come from scaling an earlier copy in an

Re: [Gimp-user] Creating Transparent Text

2013-02-19 Thread Helen
Thank you! I'm going through it now. Open Source users are such a generous lot! Thanks On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 2:00 PM, Tobias Lunte tobias.lu...@hfg-gmuend.dewrote: I've created a quick screencap. Hopefully, this will clear any misunderstandings.

Re: [Gimp-user] Creating Transparent Text

2013-02-19 Thread Helen
Wow! I've never done a vector path, but what you did is so clear and clean that I only wish I had not cropped off my last name before sending the file! Is vector path a gimp tool? I'll look it up. Something new to learn. Thank you! Helen On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 3:25 PM, Steve Kinney

Re: [Gimp-user] Creating Transparent Text

2013-02-19 Thread Steve Kinney
On 02/19/2013 04:26 PM, Helen wrote: Wow! I've never done a vector path, but what you did is so clear and clean that I only wish I had not cropped off my last name before sending the file! Is vector path a gimp tool? I'll look it up. Something new to learn. Thank you! I was looking for