Re: [Gimp-user] Wacom pens with rotation supported ?

2012-05-16 Thread Olivier
2012/5/15 Gwenouille for...@gimpusers.com: OK, thanks a lot ! I've got almost all my questions answered now ! Last one would be : why can't i use the wheel on my airbrush... but that's a different subject ! It should work, provided there is at least one box checked in the Wheel column of the

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

2012-05-16 Thread Sicofante
Count me in too. Here's my point of view: every sane app out there uses Save, Save as... and Export for a conventional and now well assumed behaviour: “Save” means “overwrite the original file”, period (it turns itself into Save as... when the file is new and has never been saved). “Save as…”

[Gimp-user] Question About Gimp

2012-05-16 Thread Candy
I tried to get into the IRC to ask this question but I kept getting a 404 message. My question isis filling with transparent the same as tinting? (explanation: In the image editor that Photobucket used to have I could change the color of something in a picture without losing the original

Re: [Gimp-user] Question About Gimp

2012-05-16 Thread Olivier
2012/5/15 Candy cjhe...@msn.com: I tried to get into the IRC to ask this question but I kept getting a 404 message.  My question isis filling with transparent the same as tinting?  (explanation: In the image editor that Photobucket used to have I could change the color of something in a

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

2012-05-16 Thread Ofnuts
On 05/16/2012 10:13 AM, Sicofante wrote: “Save as…” means “save to a new file with a different name and/or format”. “Export” means “put the contents of the current document in a file of a nature this app isn’t intended to handle”. (At the same time “Import” means “bring data from an alien

Re: [Gimp-user] HATE thread

2012-05-16 Thread Alexandre Prokoudine
On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 12:17 PM, Sicofante wrote: Do you think ignoring basic usability issues and maybe half of your user base is a good way of achieving anything? Do you think overreacting helps people understanding each other? :) Alexandre Prokoudine http://libregraphicsworld.org

[Gimp-user] For GIMP-2.8 I need Fedora 17 .. which isn't released yet

2012-05-16 Thread eduperez
Bummer... Anyone managed to build Gimp 2.8 on Fedora 16, 15, 14, ...? Yes, I'm currently using Gimp 2.8 on Fedora 16, compiled it from source. There is a guide in this site at http://www.gimpusers.com/tutorials/compiling-gimp-for-ubuntu; it talks about Ubuntu, but pretty much everything

[Gimp-user] Any use for the TOUCH in a Pen Touch tablet

2012-05-16 Thread eduperez
I own a Wacom Pen Touch tablet. I use the PEN capabilities extensively, and I'm happy with it; but still have not found any use for the TOUCH part. Does anybody here use the TOUCH functions? How? Many thanks! -- eduperez (via gimpusers.com) ___

Re: [Gimp-user] a question about drwaing circles!

2012-05-16 Thread Alexandre Prokoudine
On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 2:27 PM, Mehrdad wrote: my teacher read the book fast and i should draw as fast as him. That sounds like sketching to me. Why not just use the brush or the pencil tool? Alexandre Prokoudine http://libregraphicsworld.org ___

Re: [Gimp-user] Hurray - 2.8 Ubuntu

2012-05-16 Thread Steve Kinney
On 05/16/2012 07:08 AM, Jerrysvoice wrote: GIMP 2.8 was just pushed out by Ubuntu Software Center to my PC. I'm a happy camper now. Yikes! Time for little ole me to lock version so I don't carelessly wipe out my 2.6 installation. I am a late adopter when it comes to production tools -

Re: [Gimp-user] For GIMP-2.8 I need Fedora 17 .. which isn't released yet

2012-05-16 Thread Johan Vromans
eduperez for...@gimpusers.com writes: Yes, I'm currently using Gimp 2.8 on Fedora 16, compiled it from source. There is a guide in this site at http://www.gimpusers.com/tutorials/compiling-gimp-for-ubuntu; it talks about Ubuntu, but pretty much everything applies to Fedora, or is easy to

Re: [Gimp-user] HATE thread - and it's farewell from me

2012-05-16 Thread kevin
I've subscribed to this list for a while and have found it extremely informative. Unfortunately threads like this are taken the fun out of it. I'm taking a break for a while in the hope that things will settle down once 2.8 has been in the wild for a month or three. That does not mean that

Re: [Gimp-user] Wacom pens with rotation supported ?

2012-05-16 Thread Olivier
2012/5/16 Gwenouille for...@gimpusers.com: It should work, provided there is at least one box checked in the Wheel column of the mapping matrix of your current paint dynamics. Well, there is one, I've created a custom dynamic with pressure mapped to the wheel. But in the Input peripherals

[Gimp-user] a question about drwaing circles!

2012-05-16 Thread Mehrdad
On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 2:27 PM, Mehrdad wrote: my teacher read the book fast and i should draw as fast as him. That sounds like sketching to me. Why not just use the brush or the pencil tool? Alexandre Prokoudine http://libregraphicsworld.org you mean using brush (or pencil) is the last

Re: [Gimp-user] a question about drwaing circles!

2012-05-16 Thread Alexandre Prokoudine
On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 4:43 PM, Mehrdad wrote: my teacher read the book fast and i should draw as fast as him. That sounds like sketching to me. Why not just use the brush or the pencil tool? you mean using brush (or pencil) is the last chance??? no other way? There is no faster way to do

[Gimp-user] Wacom pens with rotation supported ?

2012-05-16 Thread Gwenouille
I don't think you need anything there. But are we speaking about the same thing? In Image: Edit - Input Devices there are Axes and Keys. Axes is used for setting the answer curve of the pressure. Keys is not used at all. But that's with GNU/Linux. Yes, input devices, not peripherals (says

Re: [Gimp-user] Wacom pens with rotation supported ?

2012-05-16 Thread Olivier
2012/5/16 Gwenouille for...@gimpusers.com: I don't think you need anything there. But are we speaking about the same thing? In Image: Edit - Input Devices there are Axes and Keys. Axes is used for setting the answer curve of the pressure. Keys is not used at all. But that's with GNU/Linux. Yes,

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

2012-05-16 Thread Richard Gitschlag
Date: Wed, 16 May 2012 14:38:43 +0200 From: si...@budig.de To: gimp-user-list@gnome.org Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] HATE the new save vs. export behavior If you use CTRL-E for Export to filename (which is available after the first export after saving to xcf) it does not ask for permission to

Re: [Gimp-user] Hurray - 2.8 Ubuntu

2012-05-16 Thread Marco Ciampa
On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 07:57:01AM -0400, Steve Kinney wrote: On 05/16/2012 07:08 AM, Jerrysvoice wrote: GIMP 2.8 was just pushed out by Ubuntu Software Center to my PC. I'm a happy camper now. Yikes! Time for little ole me to lock version so I don't carelessly wipe out my 2.6

Re: [Gimp-user] Hurray - 2.8 Ubuntu

2012-05-16 Thread Olivier
2012/5/16 Marco Ciampa ciam...@libero.it: On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 07:57:01AM -0400, Steve Kinney wrote: On 05/16/2012 07:08 AM, Jerrysvoice wrote: GIMP 2.8 was just pushed out by Ubuntu Software Center to my PC.  I'm a happy camper now. Yikes!  Time for little ole me to lock version so

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

2012-05-16 Thread Lyle
I won't use the word hate; just dislike. I still remember when they changed the function by swapping what dilate and erode did. Also, when the redefined how Script-fus were to be formated; what a debacle.lol GIMP's changed over time and getting better. I know the arguments for doing

Re: [Gimp-user] HATE thread - and it's farewell from me

2012-05-16 Thread bruno
On Wed, 16 May 2012 19:31:01 +1000, kevin wrote: I've subscribed to this list for a while and have found it extremely informative. Unfortunately threads like this are taken the fun out of it. I'm taking a break for a while in the hope that things will settle down once 2.8 has been in

[Gimp-user] GIMP 2.8 on Fedora 17

2012-05-16 Thread Mark Morin
Fedora 17 is available as a pre release (which I'm running with no problems) and GIMP is available from the Fedora repo and I haven't had any problems with it (yet). ___ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org

[Gimp-user] Wacom pens with rotation supported ?

2012-05-16 Thread Gwenouille
Did you select one of the components of the tablet, in the list on the left? This list mentions the various peripherals. For example, for me it contains four entries for the Wacom tablet. If I select one of them, all entries under Axes specify a number. Yes i did, in fact there are 3 entries:

Re: [Gimp-user] For GIMP-2.8 I need Fedora 17 .. which isn't released yet

2012-05-16 Thread Johan Vromans
eduperez for...@gimpusers.com writes: Yes, there are dependencies within the dependencies, but all of them can be installed using the same procedure; and, if you put everything under a separate directory (I used /opt/gimp-2.8, for example), dependencies included, then you should not

Re: [Gimp-user] Install 2.8 alongside 2.6 in windows?

2012-05-16 Thread Jernej Simončič
On Wed, 16 May 2012 11:20:42 -1000, scott s. wrote: The release notes for 2.8 I found suggest that it isn't possible to install 2.8 alongside 2.6 in Windows (7 x64 in my case) at least using the pre-built windows installer? The installer for GIMP 2.8.0 will uninstall older versions first,

[Gimp-user] No use gradient checkbox

2012-05-16 Thread subeeds
2012/5/14 subeeds for...@gimpusers.com: I'm using Windows7 Home Premium. I'm new to GIMP. I was following one of the tutorials to get used to GIMP and I don't have a check box by the gradient box so I can use color from gradient. Here's a link to a screen shot I took.