[Gimp-user] flyers

2012-03-31 Thread clickedanad2
I used word 2000 to create a flyer  - inserted photo - typed text over photo - looked nice but it was a pain to finally convert to jpg - so I'd like to recreate it with the same photo using gimp I had to change from full color to grayscale so text would show my question - can I use the photo a

Re: [Gimp-user] flyers

2012-03-31 Thread Steve Kinney
On 03/28/2012 08:54 PM, clickedanad2 wrote: > I used word 2000 to create a flyer - inserted photo - typed text > over photo - looked nice but it was a pain to finally convert to jpg > - so > I'd like to recreate it with the same photo using gimp > I had to change from full color to grayscale so te

Re: [Gimp-user] avery labels

2012-03-31 Thread Kevin Cozens
On 12-03-30 04:08 AM, John wrote: One of the issues I have with the labels pattern in Word is getting the images to line up exactly along the border of the pattern. Alignment when printing is a common problem with a lot of printers. You have two options to deal with it. Either adjust page offs

Re: [Gimp-user] avery labels

2012-03-31 Thread Steve Kinney
On 03/31/2012 01:55 PM, Kevin Cozens wrote: > On 12-03-30 04:08 AM, John wrote: >> One of the issues I have with the labels pattern in Word is >> getting the >> images to line up exactly along the border of the pattern. > > Alignment when printing is a common problem with a lot of printers. > You

[Gimp-user] threshold function parameters that vary by position? (going to B&W from a book page photo)

2012-03-31 Thread Nick LaForge
Hello, I would like to obtain a black and white image of a photograph of a book page. My attempt to do this is by running the threshold function over the entire image. This appears to give the desired result, but only locally. It appears that the optimum parameters of the threshold function var

Re: [Gimp-user] threshold function parameters that vary by position? (going to B&W from a book page photo)

2012-03-31 Thread Owen
> Hello, > > I would like to obtain a black and white image of a photograph of a > book page. > > My attempt to do this is by running the threshold function over the > entire image. This appears to give the desired result, but only > locally. It appears that the optimum parameters of the thresho

Re: [Gimp-user] threshold function parameters that vary by position? (going to B&W from a book page photo)

2012-03-31 Thread Francesco Scaglioni
Just a thought : could you apply a gradient to a new layer to correct for the variation then apply the threshold tool to a "new from visible"? --- (Apologies for brevity, top posting and poor citation - this email was sent from a mobile device) --- -Original Message- From: Nick LaForge

Re: [Gimp-user] threshold function parameters that vary by position? (going to B&W from a book page photo)

2012-03-31 Thread Nick LaForge
Thanks for the replies. I've uploaded the original image, along with three modified images that are satisfactory at various distances along my imaginary gradient. original: http://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-zw3ICTEiurs/T3fwShHiK8I/AKU/fTTWnYCJyZA/s575/original.jpg contrast applied with

[Gimp-user] please remove me from the email list

2012-03-31 Thread Privacy Privacy
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