Re: [Gimp-user] translucent background?

2020-04-21 Thread Ofnuts
On 22/04/2020 01:30, Dave Stevens wrote: I want a rectangular text box with a translucent white background. I can make it transparent but don't see a way to get, say, 30% transparency. Can someone refer me? will RTFM. TIA. Dave You do it with two layers: - a plain text layer (letters at

[Gimp-user] translucent background?

2020-04-21 Thread Dave Stevens
I want a rectangular text box with a translucent white background. I can make it transparent but don't see a way to get, say, 30% transparency. Can someone refer me? will RTFM. TIA. Dave -- Affectionate tactile stimulation is a primary need, a need which must be satisfied if the infant is to

Re: [Gimp-user] SVG to PNG using a script

2020-04-21 Thread Liam R E Quin
On Tue, 2020-04-21 at 16:39 -0400, Tres Finocchiaro wrote: > Liam, > > After re-reading your post, is it safe to assume my original question > was written in scheme/script-fu? Probably the script you were running, the one you didn't includeand got from Web archive, was in Scheme, yes. It's a

Re: [Gimp-user] SVG to PNG using a script

2020-04-21 Thread Tres Finocchiaro via gimp-user-list
Michael, You're completely right, the web archive of that original post has it for download. Here's the web archive article, which specifically mentions downloading svg-to-raster.scm. https://web.archive.org/web/20140214102644/http://porpoisehead.net/mysw/index.php?pgid=gimp_svg Fortunately,

Re: [Gimp-user] SVG to PNG using a script

2020-04-21 Thread Michael Schumacher
On 4/21/20 9:47 PM, Tres Finocchiaro via gimp-user-list wrote: > The best resource I've found is here however, attempts to run this on my > machine are failing using GIMP 2.1.0. > > http://www.jasonhardin.com/programming/2012/08/23/Gimp-svg-to-png-script/#disqus_thread > > The script I'm

Re: [Gimp-user] SVG to PNG using a script

2020-04-21 Thread Tres Finocchiaro via gimp-user-list
Liam, After re-reading your post, is it safe to assume my original question was written in scheme/script-fu? If so, can someone direct me how to get a list of scheme commands that can be executed from a vanilla gimp install? - tres.finocchi...@gmail.com On Tue, Apr 21, 2020 at 4:36 PM Tres

Re: [Gimp-user] SVG to PNG using a script

2020-04-21 Thread Tres Finocchiaro via gimp-user-list
I'm confused, I'm attempting to use the gimp command line, is it no longer supported? Why am I being told to use other tools still? This is a specific attempt to use Gimp for a task. No additional software installed. If Gimp ships with a usable version of python in a reliable location, I'd be

Re: [Gimp-user] SVG to PNG using a script

2020-04-21 Thread Liam R E Quin
On Tue, 2020-04-21 at 15:47 -0400, Tres Finocchiaro via gimp-user-list wrote: > > > I was wonder if there was a way to utilize Gimp's scripting system to > convert an SVG to a PNG? Yes, from python, perl or scheme (script-fu). there's also batch mode add-ons such as phatch. You might prefer

Re: [Gimp-user] Toolbox into a single column (was: Lost icons)

2020-04-21 Thread Liam R E Quin
On Tue, 2020-04-21 at 14:00 -0400, Rick Strong wrote: > How do we do that? Remove all other docked tabs from the left and make the column narrow. you may also have to remove the image preview from the toolbox using preferences. i haven't tried this but have seen screenshots. slave

Re: [Gimp-user] SVG to PNG using a script

2020-04-21 Thread Tres Finocchiaro via gimp-user-list
Hmm... I'm not sure why the scripting system is continuously dismissed as a viable solution. Is your answer that it's not viable. Requoting: I understand there are many other tools for performing this conversion (and > I'm leveraging these tools in other parts of code) but I was hoping to >

Re: [Gimp-user] SVG to PNG using a script

2020-04-21 Thread Guy Stalnaker via gimp-user-list
Tres, Several perhaps better options are tools intended for command line use: https://www.imagemagick.org/script/download.php Or, for considerably more sophisticated image work (with correspondingly more detailed and opaque documentation) G'MIC (which also has a builtin tool for use inside GIMP

[Gimp-user] Readjust feature of Unified Transform moves pivot

2020-04-21 Thread BWK
Good day. I use Unified Transform to overlay very large layers where the actual points that I want to line up can be anywhere in the overlay and not just at the edges or near a transform handle. because of this requirement the new Readjust feature of the Unified Transform tool is very useful.

Re: [Gimp-user] SVG to PNG using a script

2020-04-21 Thread Tres Finocchiaro via gimp-user-list
Apologies, typo: Error: eval: unbound variable: file-svg Should have been: Error: eval: unbound variable: *svg-to-raster * - tres.finocchi...@gmail.com On Tue, Apr 21, 2020 at 3:47 PM Tres Finocchiaro wrote: > Hi, > > I'm looking into Gimp as a viable scripting solution for a project

[Gimp-user] SVG to PNG using a script

2020-04-21 Thread Tres Finocchiaro via gimp-user-list
Hi, I'm looking into Gimp as a viable scripting solution for a project however most of the scripting references I'm finding are either sparse or dated. I was wonder if there was a way to utilize Gimp's scripting system to convert an SVG to a PNG? The best resource I've found is here however,

[Gimp-user] Toolbox into a single column (was: Lost icons)

2020-04-21 Thread Rick Strong
How do we do that? Rick S ... it lets you make the toolbox into a single column down one side of the image window if you want. slave liam ___ gimp-user-list mailing list List address:gimp-user-list@gnome.org List membership:

[Gimp-user] Cant delete layered tif file

2020-04-21 Thread CharlesJ-J
I exported a .tif file with layers from Gimp to desktop. Now it wont delete. I look at task manager & Process/Memory is frozen. How do I get rid of this file, please? -- CharlesJ-J (via www.gimpusers.com/forums) ___ gimp-user-list mailing list List

Re: [Gimp-user] Lost icons

2020-04-21 Thread Liam R E Quin
On Tue, 2020-04-21 at 10:45 +0100, Kevin Cook wrote: > Dear Liam > > Thank you so much. Your advice has given me back all the tools I > need You are more than welcome sir. Not that i am very young myself i suppose :-) We are - the GIMP team is- considering changes to make it clearer what's