Re: [Gimp-user] Image luminosity

2018-03-10 Thread Ofnuts
On 03/07/18 15:10, WMusc wrote: Something like: Color>Desaturate (luminosity) and check the average or median in the Histogram dialog. Thanks for the tip. Do you know whether that approach provides the mean (median, etc.) luminosity value before or after desaturation? It looks to apply the effe

Re: [Gimp-user] Opperateing systems

2018-03-06 Thread Ofnuts
On 03/05/18 18:36, Heepaw wrote: I was wondering why GIMP will not work on an Android OS? https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.gimp.inkscape ___ gimp-user-list mailing list List address:gimp-user-list@gnome.org List membership: https

Re: [Gimp-user] Image luminosity

2018-03-06 Thread Ofnuts
On 03/06/18 15:46, WMusc wrote: Hi, I am brand new to GIMP and am trying to statistically match 2 picture sets on brightness, contrast, and luminosity for a psychology research study. I've done a ton of online searching and figured out how to find values for brightness and contrast. Using the hi

Re: [Gimp-user] Question about fonts and XCF files

2018-02-24 Thread Ofnuts
On 02/24/18 17:20, Tom Williams wrote: The fonts aren't embedded in the XCF. That won't prevent your friend to see your text as you designed it, but if she wants to change the text she will ned to install the fonts on her system. Really? Even though the fonts aren't installed, the font face wil

Re: [Gimp-user] Question about fonts and XCF files

2018-02-23 Thread Ofnuts
On 02/23/18 03:55, Tom Williams wrote: Hi! I created some logo samples for a friend using various Google and other free fonts. I saved all of the samples in an XCF file. If I send her the XCF file, will the fonts be embedded in it, such that she won't have to have the fonts actually installed

Re: [Gimp-user] Why is this color mapping not working?

2018-02-22 Thread Ofnuts
On 02/13/18 23:55, laredotornado wrote: HI, I'm using Gimp 2.8.18 on Mac High Sierra. I want to do what I hope is very simple -- switch out one color with another. I wanted to change the white to a dark gray and teh black to a lighter gray. I first changed the white color, which went ok. The

Re: [Gimp-user] Layer paintbrush randomly stopped working.

2018-02-22 Thread Ofnuts
On 02/12/18 02:34, RunSebastian wrote: Nevermind. Got it figured out. The eraser tool is a nice substitute for the paintbrush tool in this situation. ;) The Eraser tool creates transparency only if the layer has an alpha channel (Layer>Transparency>Add alpha channel). Otherwise erasing is l

Re: [Gimp-user] Frustrating path tool behaviour

2018-02-21 Thread Ofnuts
On 02/20/18 20:47, rogerhase wrote: Hello! New user here. I am trying to remove a background using the path tool. So I am following a video that shows how to use the tool. What I do is to select the path tool and drawi carefully the inner part of the drawing but halfway doing so, when I have mar

Re: [Gimp-user] Drawing tools stopped working all of a sudden

2018-02-21 Thread Ofnuts
On 02/12/18 06:29, FangoWolf wrote: In case this helps others, this happened to me. I had a rectangle selected on a different layer. Turn rectangle on and click a spot on the current layer and then back to pencil. You don't select "on another layer" since the selection is image-wide. When yo

Re: [Gimp-user] Export glitch

2018-02-13 Thread Ofnuts
On 02/09/18 17:08, Christopher Pova wrote: Hello, I am using v2.8.22 and have been for a number of months. As of the last week or so, I've noticed that when I export my projects to psd and then reenter them, all of my branched layers have compressed to the root layer and cannot be expanded. Thi

Re: [Gimp-user] bubble bug

2018-01-13 Thread Ofnuts
On 01/11/18 13:08, Matthieu RIDOLFO wrote: Hi everybody, texts in bubble infos are white in my gimp : Not very handy is it ? :) Already re installed (sudo apt remove gimp --purge then sudo apt install gimp), no change... :( Does anyone know how to fix this ? Thx in advance, Possibly a probl

Re: [Gimp-user] How to Lock layers?

2017-12-14 Thread Ofnuts
On 12/14/17 17:53, Maisie wrote: How do you lock layers or a particular layer on Gimp? I've searched youtube for this, watched several videos on basics of layers (which is really time consuming), and the videos I watched didn't cover this tiny piece of info I'm looking for TIA If "lock" means

Re: [Gimp-user] Image Rotation Auto Center

2017-12-10 Thread Ofnuts
On 11/26/17 20:56, Stratos wrote: I'm looking for a way to set the auto center for rotation to 53, 672 instead of the image center. I have 1200 images to process and reducing even a few keystrokes makes a big difference. tks, S Several ideas, depending on what you have to do and how good you are

Re: [Gimp-user] halftone images exporting...

2017-12-10 Thread Ofnuts
On 11/28/17 23:50, Danielle Mihm via gimp-user-list wrote: Hi, all the images I am exporting are only coming through halftone. Can anybody think of a reason why? The preview looks fine, but when it is put into our website, it comes up halftoned. The first two things to do: 1) check that t

Re: [Gimp-user] View rotation great. now we need grid rotation etc ?

2017-11-20 Thread Ofnuts
On 11/20/17 09:05, Patrick Dunford wrote: Well I have been trying out 2.9.7 to get the view rotation, which is a great feature. But of course the issue when using view rotation is all the existing tools are aligned to the image borders, so rectangle select and the regular grid for example wil

Re: [Gimp-user] Pan tool rebind

2017-11-14 Thread Ofnuts
On 11/11/17 02:06, Emily Herring wrote: I found the pan tool by accident today, and would love to rebind it to a different key. It's currently spacebar, and it would be easier if it were somewhere I could choose. I couldn't find it in the key configuring list. Can someone tell me how I can swit

Re: [Gimp-user] Need to HIre somone for minor Gimp edit.

2017-11-14 Thread Ofnuts
On 11/11/17 08:13, markebenson wrote: Have a small job for somone. Glad to pay. Just minor Text changes on skin. Let me know if anyone is interested! Since you are hiring, I assume you are not skilled enough to do it yourself, so you likely can't tell how "minor"(*) these changes are. The

Re: [Gimp-user] why Text is semi-transparent?

2017-11-09 Thread Ofnuts
On 11/09/17 11:35, rich404 wrote: I can't figure it out for the last hour or some going through everything and googling. Why my text (even the text tool box) is semi-transparent even though the layer is 100% opaque? The text tool box is normally semi-transparent, at least it is on my installatio

Re: [Gimp-user] Saving indexed images as CSV?

2017-10-29 Thread Ofnuts
On 10/26/17 00:32, scottbeebiwan wrote: Is there any way I can save an indexed image as CSV? Specifically, I'd like to open the CSV in a text editor and paste it into a basic interpreter so I can make this cool cga jimby nutrin ( https://scottbeebiwan.neocities.org/uploads/jimby.png ) with DATA s

Re: [Gimp-user] image information disappearing

2017-10-14 Thread Ofnuts
On 10/14/17 21:25, Per Funke wrote: in the attached image there are two property windows, both from Gimp. The left showing an image before doing a crop in Gwenview, the right after doing a crop WITHOUT removing anything from it. The difference in size is 7.2MB! There is no quality deterioration a

Re: [Gimp-user] Making a gif or video from time-lapse photos

2017-10-02 Thread Ofnuts
On 10/02/17 05:56, GimpyGapper wrote: HI! i have tried searching all over the web and here and other gimp forums, and youtube for this, but surprisngly i cannot find the info i need. i enjoy taking various speeds of time-laps photographs, and would love to now elarn how to animate them, and hear

Re: [Gimp-user] Copy text layers as text or python script to mass generate text layers

2017-09-26 Thread Ofnuts
On 09/26/17 03:58, The Tick wrote: On 9/25/2017 8:36 PM, Scott Jacobs via gimp-user-list wrote: Maybe I am missing something, but why do you not just drag-n-drop the desired layer to the new image? I just File->New 'd two images, created a text layer in one, and drag-n-drop 'd it into the other

Re: [Gimp-user] Copy text layers as text or python script to mass generate text layers

2017-09-26 Thread Ofnuts
On 09/25/17 18:37, The Tick wrote: I found the docs for gimp python; now: 1) How to get "print" statments? I started filters->python fu->console but apparently a "print" does not write to the console? It does for me... if you enter the "print" on the console. "Print" from a script started for

Re: [Gimp-user] What have I installed?

2017-09-24 Thread Ofnuts
On 09/20/17 11:45, Peter Wadeson wrote: I have installed version 2.8.22 of GIMP on an iMac running MacOS Sierra. The GIMP web site suggests that either 32 or 64 bit software will be installed depending on the MacOS of the machine. Is there any way of finding out which version has act

Re: [Gimp-user] How to do a simple erase

2017-09-20 Thread Ofnuts
On 09/20/17 21:47, The Tick wrote: I'm using Gimp 2.8.22, win7x64 I managed to create a simple square "brush" since I saw nothing but fuzzy brushes by default. When I use the eraser tool, select my square, set the size to a nice big square and then drag the mouse, I get a very large stairste

Re: [Gimp-user] Point Guides aka guide points aka Anchors

2017-08-28 Thread Ofnuts
On 08/27/17 19:42, Jehan Pagès wrote: As a general rules, our guides are currently quite basic and would deserve to improve. We also have a lot of requests around better guide management too. For instance: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=754515 In any case, propositions and patches wel

Re: [Gimp-user] grainy scanned images

2017-08-08 Thread Ofnuts
On 08/08/17 18:37, Olivier wrote: I'm using GIMP 2.9 on Ubuntu Studio with MATE window manager. I'm scanning black-and-white photos taken slightly less than 50 years ago. This is working generally well, although of course I have to rotate, crop, and sharpen the images, and use the Levels tool a

Re: [Gimp-user] selection by value threshold

2017-07-12 Thread Ofnuts
On 07/12/17 02:18, Carol Spears wrote: On Tue, Jul 11, 2017 at 6:45 PM, Ofnuts <mailto:ofn...@gmx.com>> wrote: On 07/10/17 08:33, Mitti Mithai wrote: Gimp 2.9 loads by 16-bit astrophotography files either TIF or FITS just great. I've never

Re: [Gimp-user] selection by value threshold

2017-07-11 Thread Ofnuts
On 07/10/17 08:33, Mitti Mithai wrote: Gimp 2.9 loads by 16-bit astrophotography files either TIF or FITS just great. I've never had to to this with gimp yet, but I need to make a selection by value threshold (I want to "cut out" stars that are hitting saturation in my image with values of 64k).

Re: [Gimp-user] Certification plans

2017-06-18 Thread Ofnuts
On 06/18/17 21:09, Steve Kinney wrote: On 06/18/2017 03:22 AM, mikolaskova wrote: Hello, I'm working on a project, where existing raster graphic software is being replaced by GIMP. There was a question about available certification. Are there any official plans? Certification of what, by who,

Re: [Gimp-user] Move tool locks; what's triggering it?

2017-06-14 Thread Ofnuts
On 06/14/17 00:40, Steve Kinney wrote: The word "humongous" comes to mind. Some things I would suggest is cropping layers that do not fill the entire image, so they do not eat up any more memory than necessary; avoid converting text layers to image layers where and as possible; and maybe most i

Re: [Gimp-user] Move tool locks; what's triggering it?

2017-06-13 Thread Ofnuts
On 06/13/17 12:16, Nate Owens wrote: The answers need to come from the programmers. - I post observations (not solutions) from my own experience. -- 1: Some software allows choosing of the amount of ram that it will access. 2: Some software will only access a certain amount of ram regardless of

Re: [Gimp-user] Move tool locks; what's triggering it?

2017-06-13 Thread Ofnuts
On 06/11/17 04:00, OldPhotog wrote: I have repeatedly had the recent problem in 2.8 on a Windows 10 machine, that in the midst of editing a photo, the move tool gets selected and "locks," preventing any other action whatsoever in GIMP -- nothing I have tried releases it, and the only way to stop

Re: [Gimp-user] Open / Edit Nikon D5500 NEF files ?

2017-06-12 Thread Ofnuts
On 06/12/17 16:57, Rick Strong wrote: Nothing wrong with proprietary software. This is FREE. I’m a professional graphic designer and amateur photographer. I use what works and suits my purposes. “Religion” plays no part in it. Did I mention that CaptureNX-D and ViewNX-i are FREE? They are free

Re: [Gimp-user] 3D Text to infinity

2017-06-06 Thread Ofnuts
On 06/04/17 02:52, Logansfury wrote: Hello, Im trying to create a 3D text that appears to go off into the distance into infinity. I followed this tutorial at youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfeIBK1k_PY and tried to create a vanishing point at the bottom left of canvas. What I got wasnt

Re: [Gimp-user] Fixed size select

2017-06-03 Thread Ofnuts
On 06/02/17 11:02, Justice Taiwan wrote: Is there a way to set a fixed size in select, a select mask, so that each crop from the select would get exactly same size? Thanks in advance for advice. See the Tool options dialog when the Rectangle select is activated. There is a "Fixed" selector in w

Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP ---> Pixi: suggested name change

2017-05-27 Thread Ofnuts
On 05/28/17 00:34, mdn wrote: Le 27/05/2017 23:24, Ofnuts a écrit : On 05/27/17 17:47, mdn wrote: Because recursive acronyms aren't funny ? GIMP Gnu Image Manipulator Program GIMP Is My Photoshop Heresy But very nice find X) I would have preferred GINP, as in "GINP Is Not

Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP ---> Pixi: suggested name change

2017-05-27 Thread Ofnuts
On 05/27/17 17:47, mdn wrote: Because recursive acronyms aren't funny ? GIMP Gnu Image Manipulator Program GIMP Is My Photoshop ___ gimp-user-list mailing list List address:gimp-user-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailm

Re: [Gimp-user] 2.8.22 is wacky

2017-05-26 Thread Ofnuts
On 05/26/17 07:07, Steve Kinney wrote: A big deficiency in the Scale, Rotate, Shear and Perspective tools when applied to paths, is that they present a draggable grid the size of the whole image canvas, not a box around the currently active path. But they do work. I trick I often use is to lin

Re: [Gimp-user] Toggle Visibility of two layers

2017-05-25 Thread Ofnuts
On 05/24/17 16:00, programmer_ceds wrote: I can't see a way of selecting the current tool. If I'm wrong and there is a function call for this and (ideally) an enumeration of the tools for a drop-down selection box then it would be possible. There is none. AFAIK it's a conscious design decision

Re: [Gimp-user] Using the Gradient tool

2017-05-24 Thread Ofnuts
On 05/24/17 02:23, SayCheeze wrote: Thanks Rich. I did find the solution. It was starring me in the face the whole time. I'm usually under a crunch for time, so I need to find an editor, and I think GIMP will do. All I really do to these images is barely tweak exposure, gradient white to trans

Re: [Gimp-user] Filters

2017-05-12 Thread Ofnuts
On 05/09/17 17:21, tom wrote: I have a line drawing that is damaged. It is black ink on white paper. Looks like it got wet and colors bled through from something else. Is there a way to filter out everything except the black lines on white background? Heavy handed: use the threshold tool (you

Re: [Gimp-user] Stitching Photos

2017-05-04 Thread Ofnuts
On 04/05/17 04:11, DERoss wrote: I have two JPEG files, each with a photo. I want to creat a single file that has the photos stitched together side-by-side. While I know how to export an image from GIMP into a JPEG file, I cannot figure out how to stitch two images together. How do I do this?

Re: [Gimp-user] Brushes won't work properly. Help!

2017-05-03 Thread Ofnuts
On 29/04/17 01:47, Anatak wrote: Is it a standard brush? If so which? Otherwise can you post the file somewhere? I did some experimenting and it works normally if I use my mouse, but the moment I switch to using the graphics tablet it goes all wonky? I'm confused because it used to work before.

Re: [Gimp-user] Brushes won't work properly. Help!

2017-04-28 Thread Ofnuts
On 04/28/17 01:32, Anatak wrote: I just tried that, on both extremes, going to 1.0 spacing right up to the end of the bar but both have the same results? The brsh still will only do one dot and refuses to drag? Is it a standard brush? If so which? Otherwise can you post the file somewhere? _

Re: [Gimp-user] White background instead of transparent

2017-04-28 Thread Ofnuts
On 04/28/17 03:49, stefanped wrote: Hi, here is what things look like from my end. Attachments: * http://www.gimpusers.com/system/attachments/563/original/layers.PNG Exporting such an image as a PNG works for me, but for a similar-sized image, the PNG is 32MB, slow to export, and slow to load.

Re: [Gimp-user] White background instead of transparent

2017-04-27 Thread Ofnuts
On 04/27/17 17:46, stefanped wrote: I want to make a transparent background, so first I go layer - transparency - add alpha channel. I select around my image and then go select - invert selection. Then I delete the background I am left with the image I want and the transparent checkerboard back

Re: [Gimp-user] Brushes won't work properly. Help!

2017-04-27 Thread Ofnuts
On 04/27/17 03:37, Anatak wrote: I have a windows ten laptop, with the latest gimp downloaded. Everything was fine for the first few days but yesterday when I opened up gimp the brush won't drag anymore, it will only do dots? My graphics tablet works on every other programme I have, its just gimp

Re: [Gimp-user] Odd tool behavior: pencil, eraser, and airbrush

2017-04-17 Thread Ofnuts
Ross On Apr 15, 2017, at 2:52 PM, Ofnuts <mailto:ofn...@gmx.com>> wrote: On 15/04/17 21:14, Ross Martinek wrote: OS 10.11.6, GIMP 2.8.18, Huion Tablet Driver 11.0.8. Problem 1: I have several custom pencils and erasers. The erasers are 1 pixel wide, 3 pixels wide, and 10 pixels

Re: [Gimp-user] Scale and rotate at same time

2017-04-17 Thread Ofnuts
On 14/04/17 16:22, Gimpgreenhorn wrote: Good morning! I am working on a project where I have to bring in about 40 different layers into this project. As I bring them in, I need to put them into position, by rotating them at different angles, while they are still in the scale mode. Apparently, s

Re: [Gimp-user] Odd tool behavior: pencil, eraser, and airbrush

2017-04-15 Thread Ofnuts
On 15/04/17 21:14, Ross Martinek wrote: OS 10.11.6, GIMP 2.8.18, Huion Tablet Driver 11.0.8. Problem 1: I have several custom pencils and erasers. The erasers are 1 pixel wide, 3 pixels wide, and 10 pixels wide. All the pencils are 1 pixel wide, but different colors, one of which is the defaul

Re: [Gimp-user] Trying to sharpen an image

2017-04-09 Thread Ofnuts
On 08/04/17 09:14, acctingman wrote: I'm trying a quick way, hopefully, to sharpen a png file I have. Is there a tutorial on how to do this? It's an image of a collectible card game but the image is a little blurry. If it's overly complicated to do this in GIMP can someone be so kind as to offe

Re: [Gimp-user] how to obtain the same adjustment in GIMP like this one in Photoshop Express

2017-04-07 Thread Ofnuts
On 07/04/17 03:13, Scott Jacobs via gimp-user-list wrote: ...a useful adjustment that increases the gain in deep shadow portions,while at the same time keeps *untouched* the already bright areas(above a certain predefined level) Experts: is there a way to select just Shadows or just Midtones,

Re: [Gimp-user] 4K screen - icon sizing in Linux

2017-04-06 Thread Ofnuts
On 06/04/17 05:28, RoseyXulel wrote: Can anyone guide me in resizing the icons and brushes in GIMP 2.8 for Linux Mint 18? The text automatically adjusts with system settings but the icons remain miniscule, which makes it almost impossible to choose a brush or tool! I discovered the themes made fo

Re: [Gimp-user] Does GIMP have automated macro / batch processing?

2017-04-03 Thread Ofnuts
On 03/04/17 19:10, Susmita/Rajib wrote: Dear Sir, Thank you for your quick and informative reply. I am encouraged to ask: Is there a Script-Fu forum? I found some posts in Ubuntu:Forum by Google search with the string, "script-fu forum linux" but they are threads. Any dedicated forum for Script-F

Re: [Gimp-user] Who Owns Images Created Using Gimp Tool

2017-04-02 Thread Ofnuts
On 01/04/17 21:02, Rick Strong wrote: Probably not very many. Rick S. -Original Message- From: Kevin Cozens Sent: Saturday, April 01, 2017 1:38 PM To: gimp-user-list@gnome.org Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] Who Owns Images Created Using Gimp Tool ... When I see this question pop up now and

Re: [Gimp-user] How to create a live filter (e.g. drop shadow)

2017-03-26 Thread Ofnuts
On 26/03/17 23:14, AgeOfAsparagus wrote: HI! Is there a way to create a live/active drop shadow filter, that changes when the layer it is acting on also changes? For example, If I have an empty layer with this "live" filter active on it (whether it's part of a layer group or the layer above or

Re: [Gimp-user] Displace filter question

2017-03-26 Thread Ofnuts
On 25/03/17 07:34, crj414 wrote: I posted a similar question before but I think I gave too much detail and it wasnt clear. When I choose displace under map not all the layers show up. Still not very clear... The Layers that can be used as a map in Filter>Map>Displace must have the same size as

Re: [Gimp-user] map all colors that aren't already white/gray/black, to #808080?

2017-03-24 Thread Ofnuts
On 24/03/17 23:09, ottenm wrote: I think I got it all crammed into the subject line! I have some images with color spots in them that I would like to turn gray, but I want all the color spots replaced with the same shade of gray (not to darker/lighter shades of gray depending on how dark/light t

Re: [Gimp-user] Removing background with images with a lot of inner detail of image

2017-03-24 Thread Ofnuts
On 23/03/17 21:23, Gimpgreenhorn wrote: Hi, gotta question for my fellow gimpsters. Working on a project, need to use pictures of pine boughs and pine cones in project. One can go around the outer image, and remove the background. But "how" does one remove the background coming through between th

Re: [Gimp-user] Please unsubscribe me from this list - no method to do it myself

2017-03-19 Thread Ofnuts
See the List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list lkink at the bottom. On that page, you 'll find at the bottom a section "/To unsubscribe from gimp-user-list, get a password reminder, or change your subscription options/". On 19/03/17 14:42, Dora Smith wrote:

Re: [Gimp-user] New user question- fitting canvas to layers

2017-03-19 Thread Ofnuts
On 17/03/17 22:51, carla wrote: Thanks Pat, I tried that a bunch of times but absolutely nothing happens. If you have done this after "Layer>Layer to image size" then the layer has been cropped and "Image>Fit canvas to layers" won't to anything since the layer is already the same size as the

Re: [Gimp-user] Hi Listing

2017-03-17 Thread Ofnuts
On 17/03/17 15:15, Lavonas wrote: Anybody knows how the hell do i increase preview windows in all off the GIMP? I use GIMP all the time and this kind of thing makes me so nervous and frustrated, that i decided to search for solution :D There is no setting to change the size of the preview i

Re: [Gimp-user] why autocrop layer would not cut all the blanks?

2017-03-17 Thread Ofnuts
On 16/03/17 00:22, bsmile wrote: 1) Image>Autocrop image, once you have fixed 2) on the two layers. 2) You white background is not uniform it contains pixels with 253 instead of 255, http://imgur.com/zHn0KH9 ... and autocrop only works with completely uniform backgrounds. You can fix this with

Re: [Gimp-user] How to input multiple lines of text onto seperate photos

2017-03-15 Thread Ofnuts
On 16/03/17 05:18, Rick Strong wrote: Yes, it would be nice if GIMP had simple a scripting language. I.E. "Get text from here. "Format it. "Place it here. The devils is in the details... In "place it here": what is "it": the center? a corner (which)? the baseline? the middle of the upper

Re: [Gimp-user] why autocrop layer would not cut all the blanks?

2017-03-15 Thread Ofnuts
On 15/03/17 19:53, bsmile wrote: Three questions, (1) can I group the layers together and then request autocrop? right now, I seem to have to merge layers to be one to request autocrop. But that prevents me from the ability to do changes as needed. (2) After I merge to just a single layer, it

Re: [Gimp-user] why would the input png automatically get blurred?

2017-03-15 Thread Ofnuts
On 15/03/17 21:14, bsmile wrote: The image is in indexed colors mode. Use Image > Mode to switch to RGB. It is a very fast way to create a new layer from exactly what's visible in the image as a whole. This is useful if you want to reuse the current result in another image, for example. Thanks,

Re: [Gimp-user] Cleaning up a Blueprint

2017-03-14 Thread Ofnuts
On 14/03/17 15:36, fender6strat wrote: Thanks for the input, I imagine this will take some practice on my part. Do you think I'd be better off using a vector based program? If that opens the image as vectors (and not as a background bitmap), yes. __

Re: [Gimp-user] Cleaning up a Blueprint

2017-03-12 Thread Ofnuts
On 12/03/17 03:42, fender6strat wrote: Hello all, I'm new to photo editing, especially gimp so I was hoping to get some help with this. My new job would require me to scrub images like this down on a somewhat regular basis (down to bare floor plan), what would be the best way to go about it? Basi

Re: [Gimp-user] Problems Opening 2.8.20

2017-03-12 Thread Ofnuts
On 12/03/17 12:42, LeccyD wrote: Hi all, I have problems opening my new installation of GIMP 2.8.20. As its opening, it stops at the Querying New Plugins shift.exe phase and doesn't want to respond. Any clues? Ta ;) Find that shift.exe (from memory in c:\Program Files\Gimp2\usr\lib\2.0\gimp\pl

Re: [Gimp-user] How to add text NEXT TO an image

2017-03-10 Thread Ofnuts
On 09/03/17 12:56, Jan Ekström wrote: How can I add a text box NEXT TO an image, or alternatively tile two separate images next to each other, one containing the original image and one the text. * Image>Canvas size and increase the width of the canvas to make space for the additional text

Re: [Gimp-user] Batch resize issues.

2017-03-06 Thread Ofnuts
On 04/03/17 16:13, lupussonic wrote: Hi, just got GIMP 2.8.20... downloaded 'Daves batch Resizer' and put it in the plugin folder. Using this page... http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/use-gimp-to-batch-edit-your-images-windows-specific-instructions/ it should show an xtns dropdown menu, but mine d

Re: [Gimp-user] Samsung Galaxy>Windows 7 Setup Help

2017-02-25 Thread Ofnuts
On 25/02/17 13:02, J Albrecht wrote: Not sure that I’d want to do it due to potential lag or resolution issues but, there are a number of apps available which enable one to control their computer’s cursor from an android. Quick search on Play or Fdroid should help. You still don't get the equi

Re: [Gimp-user] Scaling Font Without Changing Layer Type

2017-02-25 Thread Ofnuts
On 23/02/17 22:54, AbsurdBlackBear wrote: I was wondering if there is a way to scale font in GIMP without changing the layer type. For example, I would like to change a font's horizontal size while still being able to add more font to that layer. Is there a plugin that would allow me to do this?

Re: [Gimp-user] Scaling Font Without Changing Layer Type

2017-02-25 Thread Ofnuts
On 24/02/17 10:20, rich2005 wrote: Thank you for your response. Yeah I'm not merging the font, but just that when I use the scale tool the text layer turns into an image layer though the scale tool is the only tool that seems to do what I want for editing the size of the font. You are not using

Re: [Gimp-user] Teeny tiny icons

2017-02-22 Thread Ofnuts
On 22/02/17 23:14, squirrel wrote: I just downloaded GIMP, and the icons are reeeaaally small. Like, smaller than half the size of my pinky nail small. I've gone to preferences and tried to change the theme, but the only ones there are default and small. Is there any way to make them bigger? Tha

Re: [Gimp-user] Text Characters

2017-02-22 Thread Ofnuts
Much better IMHO to avoid the post-stroke deletion by stroking the text outline on a new layer... In addition select-by-color does a "binary" selection so the pixels on the edge are either completely removed (jagged line) or left (faint colored rim). On 22/02/17 19:19, Rick Strong wrote: A s

Re: [Gimp-user] batch remove layer

2017-02-22 Thread Ofnuts
On 22/02/17 16:04, matroosje wrote: Hi, I have some drawings (a couple of hundreds) that have a paspartout around them, a white border. The paspartout is on a different layer, also called 'paspartout'. Is there a way to remove the 'paspartout' layer in all the files at once in batch mode? The f

Re: [Gimp-user] Cant move signature

2017-02-22 Thread Ofnuts
On 22/02/17 11:57, asd345 wrote: Hi, I want to digitalize my signature. But when I insert it I can ont mov it. Here is what I do: can it, black on white paper. add alpha channel Magic stick tool, take it. remove background save as xcf. Insert as layer. Now, I con only move the document I

Re: [Gimp-user] Can't remember where to find this tool...

2017-02-21 Thread Ofnuts
On 22/02/17 00:02, zukias wrote: nah, all that does it... blur... it :p The tool I'm thinking of used to intelligently detect what the predominant theme was for the local area. For example if the wall was in the background and I had a bit of hair sticking out, this tool would make the hair disapp

Re: [Gimp-user] Can't remember where to find this tool...

2017-02-21 Thread Ofnuts
On 21/02/17 23:11, zukias wrote: Hi, I am trying to find a tool which I can't remember, which I used to use years ago. There used to be a tool where if for example I have a bit of hair sticking out, I would use this tool on it, and it would disappear and become the same colour as the background.

Re: [Gimp-user] Problem Lasso Tool For Shading

2017-02-21 Thread Ofnuts
On 20/02/17 05:32, Mawkza wrote: Is the white line on the base layer or in the copy/pasted one? Copy/Paste Layer 1) remove the selection 2) Set the alpha-lock on the layer (checkerboard icon at top of the Layers list) 3) Paint over the layer, the alpha-lock preserves the opacity of the p

Re: [Gimp-user] Problem Lasso Tool For Shading

2017-02-19 Thread Ofnuts
On 19/02/17 08:45, Mawkza wrote: What I am doing- I am using the Lasso Tool for shading. I lasso where the shading will go, click edit > copy > edit > paste as > new layer. Move the shading to correct spot and color it in. My Problem - In between base color and shade color, I get a s

Re: [Gimp-user] Stop

2017-02-19 Thread Ofnuts
On 19/02/17 10:41, Shlomi Fish wrote: Hi Mr. Stevens! What do you wish to "stop" exactly? Please reply to all recipients - see http://www.shlomifish.org/philosophy/computers/netiquette/email/reply-to-list.html . In some countries you can request the sending of unwanted SMS messages by replyi

Re: [Gimp-user] Automatic flattening when exporting

2017-02-14 Thread Ofnuts
On 14/02/17 05:29, Jaguar wrote: I'm using GIMP 2.8.18. In previous versions, if you exported (saved as it used to be) to a format that doesn't support layers, but does support transparency (such as PNG), you would get a dialog asking if you wanted to merge or flatten. This dialog has disappeare

Re: [Gimp-user] Copy png to clipboard via gimp-console

2017-02-14 Thread Ofnuts
On 14/02/17 12:03, pUlI wrote: Hi all, I would like to copy a png file to the clipboard using (for instance): gimp-console-2.8 -i -d -f -b '(png-copy "snapshot1.png")' -b '(gimp-quit 0)' The scheme code I have for the same is attached "png-copy.scm" However, it does not work as expected. Only

Re: [Gimp-user] 400 photos to one whit 400 google maps

2017-02-13 Thread Ofnuts
On 13/02/17 18:58, Bebo wrote: Please help whit this campaign against waist. I want to make ONE photo with information of where the different photos where taking (found) so a Goggle map is showing, when your have the mouse over the photo. It should be like 400 goggle maps - one for each can pho

Re: [Gimp-user] (no subject)

2017-02-13 Thread Ofnuts
On 13/02/17 03:03, Paula Koval wrote: Hello, All! Thanks to Ofnuts and others I have learned how to add a text layer on top of a gif image. Interleave Layers is a great plug-in. I have taken it a step further and using Merge Layers I now add Drop Shadow to the text. It works very well but I

Re: [Gimp-user] Ending a selection

2017-02-12 Thread Ofnuts
On 11/02/17 14:18, Boxman wrote: The lack of a general select tool as in P'shop is really throwing me for a loop. I seem to be missing the general concept of this that is very basic to successful use of this program. As they say, the problem is not learning Gimp, it is unlearning Photoshop. Wh

Re: [Gimp-user] Weird forum and layout

2017-02-11 Thread Ofnuts
On 11/02/17 14:58, Boxman wrote: Man, I'm having trouble understanding the layout of this website and forums, as well as the design philosophy behind GIMP user interface. For starters, on the home page its hard to tell what the content is when so much of it looks like advertisements. Then, on the

Re: [Gimp-user] How to enlarge an outline?

2017-02-11 Thread Ofnuts
On 10/02/17 18:18, eatdirt13 wrote: Hi, I am after a bit of advice please which is to make the lines of this car slightly more prominent and slightly thicker. Can someone please explain how to do this? Thank you Attachments: * http://www.gimpusers.com/system/attachments/476/original/McLaren_O

Re: [Gimp-user] Make a text layer with semi-transparent background?

2017-02-11 Thread Ofnuts
On 10/02/17 20:34, billlee wrote: I wish to place a text layer with a semi-transparent background on a photo so it'll stand out on the somewhat cluttered photo. I expect this is easy, but I'm not getting how to put the steps together in the correct order. I think I'm stuck at making text layer's

Re: [Gimp-user] Smooth/Blend Edges to second layer and adjust hue/contrast

2017-02-08 Thread Ofnuts
On 08/02/17 04:26, Kshlomo wrote: I'm layering several pictures, but I can figure out how to blend the edges of the 2nd and 3rd layers to smooth into the 1st. As well, I know how to adjust hue/contrast, but I want to specifically adjust the 2nd and 3rd layers to that of the first. How do I accomp

Re: [Gimp-user] Editing a stroke

2017-02-08 Thread Ofnuts
On 08/02/17 01:46, KayInFL wrote: After I have created a path and applied a stroke, is it possible to edit the stroke (to change color, width, dash/dot, etc.)? I am annotating a map and am not sure what the best line characteristics should be, and won't really be able to tell until I have all the

Re: [Gimp-user] Crop

2017-02-08 Thread Ofnuts
On 08/02/17 18:53, Shantyman wrote: After setting the crop tool to 6in X 4in including aspect the values alter as I crop the image and it is taking further steps to achieve a postcard size with a reduced resolution. How do I lock the crop dimensions ? Coming from Elements 14 I like being able to

Re: [Gimp-user] Changing color scheme across all layers in a gif

2017-02-03 Thread Ofnuts
On 02/02/17 19:39, trevard wrote: Hmmm. Several layers... then only the colormap method would work. Now, "cold" and "warm" have no meaning in Gimp. What has a meaning is "this R,G,B triplet becomes this R,G,B one". If you post a frame of your GIF, we could better understand what you want to do.

Re: [Gimp-user] Changing color scheme across all layers in a gif

2017-02-02 Thread Ofnuts
On 02/02/17 16:05, trevard wrote: I appreciate the reply but I'm not even getting close with either of those methods. -Thanks Hmmm. Several layers... then only the colormap method would work. Now, "cold" and "warm" have no meaning in Gimp. What has a meaning is "this R,G,B triplet becomes t

Re: [Gimp-user] Changing color scheme across all layers in a gif

2017-02-02 Thread Ofnuts
Two ways: Simple: Image>Mode RGB Colors>Rotate colors Hardcore: Windows>Dockable dialogs>Color map Edit the color values in the color map On 02/02/17 00:39, trevard wrote: I have a gif that is a cool (blue) color scheme and I need the same exact gif but warm (red) colors. Is there a way to

Re: [Gimp-user] Adding text layer to gif image

2017-01-29 Thread Ofnuts
On 29/01/17 05:56, Paula Koval wrote: Hello, All, I don't wish to be a pain-in-the-ass, but I have found a YouTube video that I have been able to follow, however, it does not yield a gif image with a fixed text image on its top layer. The layer that I have added flashes at the playback rate of

Re: [Gimp-user] (no subject)

2017-01-28 Thread Ofnuts
On 28/01/17 05:36, Paula Koval wrote: Hello, All! I am a casual user of Gimp and I was trying to re-learn how to put a text layer on top of a gif image. I found a gif image to use for practice and I copied its URL to use to Create Image From Webpage. I did that because I figured that the gif i

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