[Gimp-user] Creating Transparent Text

2013-02-19 Thread Helen
the signature black with transparent background. Does my question make sense? How is that done? (The brush I made successfully has my name with 2008, and I just erase the date every time I use it, but I'd like to know how to do it again and do it right.) -- Helen Etters using Linux, suse 12

Re: [Gimp-user] Creating Transparent Text

2013-02-19 Thread Helen
) ___ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list -- Helen Etters using Linux, suse11.4 sig13.xcf Description: Binary data ___ gimp-user-list mailing

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] Creating Transparent Text

2013-02-19 Thread Helen
=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 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

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 ad

[Gimp-user] gradient tool

2013-03-24 Thread Helen
Rectangular SelectionBlend tool Gradient then pick oh, maybe Burning Transparency for example, or Tube Red -- Is there any way to choose the colors for those gradients? To make them FG BG Colors for example? Thanks, Helen Using GIMP 2.6.11 on linux, Suse 12

Re: [Gimp-user] gradient tool

2013-03-24 Thread Helen
Blend tool Gradient then pick oh, maybe Burning Transparency for example, or Tube Red -- Is there any way to choose the colors for those gradients? To make them FG BG Colors for example? In the Blend Tool options, you can set the gradient to FG to BG -- Owen -- Helen

Re: [Gimp-user] gradient tool

2013-03-25 Thread Helen
I appreciate the responses, which led me to experimenting. I don't seem to have the Gradient Editor. I guess it's time to upgrade from gimp 2.6. But even if I did have the Editor, I can see that it's beyond my level. Thanks all -- I'll keep playing with it. Helen On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 9:59

Re: [Gimp-user] gradient tool

2013-03-25 Thread Helen
, does something close to what I'm trying to do. Helen GIMP 2.6 on Suse Linux -- Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2013 21:00:17 -0400 Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] gradient tool From: etter...@gmail.com To: strata_ran...@hotmail.com CC: gimp-user-list@gnome.org I appreciate

[Gimp-user] GIMP print

2013-04-04 Thread Helen
blotches. Any ideas? -- Helen Etters ___ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list

Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP print

2013-04-04 Thread Helen
document) it prints ok. (But I want gallery quality, so can't just say, well, ok then, use OO.) On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 12:04 PM, Patrick Shanahan ptilopt...@gmail.comwrote: * Helen etter...@gmail.com [04-04-13 11:47]: Printing a picture in landscape mode, with GIMP. Picture has lakes, sky

[Gimp-user] gimp colors

2013-05-07 Thread Helen
I've been trying for days to print a small 4x6 picture that I drew in gimp. I've even spent quite a bit of $ putting new print cartridges in my printer, even though they were not empty. Just trying to cover everything I can think of. The picture just comes out pink. There should be no pink in

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp colors

2013-05-07 Thread Helen
Thanks Rolf, I'm not sure whether you overlooked that I'd already done that, or whether what you're suggesting is somehow different from what I did. On Tue, May 7, 2013 at 11:47 AM, Rolf Steinort i...@meetthegimp.org wrote: Hi Helen, On 07.05.2013 16:59, Helen wrote: I've been trying

[Gimp-user] gimp 2.8 brushes

2013-05-29 Thread Helen
may not work with 2.8, but may override them so that nothing works. -- Helen Etters using Linux, suse12.3 ___ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list

[Gimp-user] drop shadow

2013-06-03 Thread Helen
on the background, I've tried it with layers selected -- regardless of what I do, the drop shadow keeps applying to the entire image. I used to know how to do this! Help? Suse 12.3, gimp 2.8 Thanks much -- Helen Etters using Linux, suse12.3 ___ gimp-user-list

Re: [Gimp-user] drop shadow

2013-06-04 Thread Helen
Steve, that's wonderful -- hand roll my own shadows! Seems so simple and obvious after it's explained that I wonder why I ever thought I needed a plug-in for this. So cool! Thanks, Steve On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 11:50 PM, Steve Kinney ad...@pilobilus.net wrote: On 06/03/2013 10:32 PM, Helen

Re: [Gimp-user] A sad case of regression ?

2013-06-14 Thread Helen
. Juried exhibits ask for jpeg (I don't know why) but this change adds hours to a job that should take me half an hour. Helen On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 12:26 PM, Andrew Bridget andrew_brid...@btinternet.com wrote: Just because a program does not perform the way you would like it to, doesn't

Re: [Gimp-user] A sad case of regression ?

2013-06-14 Thread Helen
On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 9:57 PM, Helen etter...@gmail.com wrote: Ron said: Since Linux is all in favour of freedom of choice, how about offering the user an export / save choice in the Preferences dialogues ? I wish to endorse this. The export feature could have been added without disabling

Re: [Gimp-user] A Sad case of regression.

2013-06-14 Thread Helen
So you're saying that thinking of The Gimp as an image editing program is wrong then, it need to be primarily regarded as a project based compositing program ? That is what we've been saying for the past 7 years. GIMP= Gnu Image Manipulation Program. Right? -- Helen Etters

Re: [Gimp-user] A sad case of regression ?

2013-06-15 Thread Helen
reopenings except to make sure everything I do is perfect the first time, and that's even less likely than the developers reconsidering this. Thank you Tom. gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list -- Helen Etters using Linux

Re: [Gimp-user] A Sad case of regression

2013-06-15 Thread Helen
On Sat, Jun 15, 2013 at 4:01 PM, Alexandre Prokoudine alexandre.prokoud...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Jun 15, 2013 at 11:53 PM, Helen wrote: Here are the facts: every time you save your image as JPEG, you lose information. It is by design a lossy image format Exactly! We should

Re: [Gimp-user] A sad case of regression ?

2013-06-16 Thread Helen
it's no longer a .png. So my Q, is there a way to open that .png, keep it a .png, tweak it if I want to, save the .png and mail it? -- Stratadrake strata_ran...@hotmail.com Numbers may not lie, but neither do they tell the whole truth. -- Helen Etters using Linux

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

2013-10-10 Thread Helen
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Re: [Gimp-user] Looking back at 2013

2013-12-29 Thread Helen
-list mailing list List address:gimp-user-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list -- Helen Etters using Linux, suse12.3 ___ gimp-user-list mailing list List address:gimp-user-list@gnome.org List

[Gimp-user] gimp users matter

2014-01-08 Thread Helen
features. The disappearance of the file is what is causing the problem, not the (useful or unuseful) warning. -- Helen Etters using Linux, suse12.3 ___ gimp-user-list mailing list List address:gimp-user-list@gnome.org List membership: https

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter

2014-01-10 Thread Helen
apologize for being tiresome, but I just don'tunderstand what you are saying. On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 7:19 AM, Joao S. O. Bueno gwid...@mpc.com.brwrote: On 10 January 2014 00:43, Helen etter...@gmail.com wrote: yes, thank you for that, but I donw't want to to import it as a new gimp image

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter

2014-01-11 Thread Helen
Close. Not exactly but closer than anyone has understood so far. Mark said: Helen opens myfile.jpg with gimp. She saves myfile.jpg and it becomes myfile.xcf. She can't see myfile.jpg any more to see what it looks like I suppose that's true in some (trivial?) sense but doens't matter. I see

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter

2014-01-13 Thread Helen
to be creating difficulties for a number of users. I don't think we'd have had this mountain of complaints over something as trivial as an unwanted save warning. On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 4:26 PM, Liam R E Quin l...@holoweb.net wrote: On Fri, 2014-01-10 at 15:19 -0500, Helen wrote: Ok, I'm trying

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter

2014-01-14 Thread Helen
are actually working on. On 1/13/2014 11:27 AM, Helen wrote: which buttons exactly did you press in GIMP so that you no longer saw it? In other words tell us exactly what you're doing, in both versions of gimp ok First In gimp 2.6: open or create new file. Name it. I now have (e.g

[Gimp-user] brushes

2014-11-03 Thread Helen
Can Krita brushes be used in gimp? If yes, can someone give a direction as to how to access krita brushes while using gimp? -- Helen Etters using Linux, suse12.3 ___ gimp-user-list mailing list List address:gimp-user-list@gnome.org List

[Gimp-user] brushes

2014-11-04 Thread Helen
How can I get the airbrush to fade out? I have tried the fade slider at different lengths, but no position there makes any difference. What else do I need to do? Gimp 2.8.2 Thanks, -- Helen Etters using Linux, suse12.3 ___ gimp-user-list mailing list

[Gimp-user] paint with color from gradient

2014-11-16 Thread Helen
I used to know how to paint with color from gradient. Various help sites say hoose the dynamics Color From Gradient, but I haven't been able to find that option. How can I use airbrush with Color from Gradient? Thanks, -- Helen Etters using Linux, suse12.3

Re: [Gimp-user] paint with color from gradient

2014-11-17 Thread Helen
, On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 1:43 AM, Olivier oleca...@gmail.com wrote: 2014-11-17 0:11 GMT+01:00 Helen etter...@gmail.com: I used to know how to paint with color from gradient. Various help sites say hoose the dynamics Color From Gradient, but I haven't been able to find that option. How can I use

Re: [Gimp-user] paint with color from gradient

2014-11-17 Thread Helen
a smooth gradual transition like 2.6 does. I'm trying different settings in the text box to the right of the icon. Fade tapering seems to get the closest. On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 10:22 AM, Gary Aitken a...@dreamchaser.org wrote: On 11/17/14 07:49, Helen wrote: But there is nothing in the matrix

[Gimp-user] GIMP on Chromebooks?

2018-07-26 Thread Helen via gimp-user-list
. Thanks, Helen, using GIMP on Suse Linux ___ gimp-user-list mailing list List address:gimp-user-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list

[Gimp-user] resizing

2019-07-20 Thread Helen via gimp-user-list
I'm submitting a picture that needs to be 1.5 megapixels. How do I tell GIMP that this picture should be 1.5 M? The scaling feature doesn't offer me a chance to say that. Thanks you, -- Helen Etters using Linux, suse12.3 ___ gimp-user-list mailing