[Gimp-user] Windows XP PRO x64 question

2012-09-23 Thread doug fish
Hi:   I am using Windows XP PRO x64  with  SP2 (they didn't do a 3).  Will there be problems using the New Gimp 2.8.2 ? If so is there certain settings I need to adjust?  Or should I go for an older version of Gimp ? I have been using Microsoft Paint for ever and a friend said , hey  go

[Gimp-user] Photo Restoration

2012-09-23 Thread Lorgach
Hi All, I'm a relative newbie at using Gimp or any Photo Editing software but I have tried out some adjustments on photos using Gimp and am happy with the results. I have recently been asked if I could try to restore an old black and white photo that is in quite bad shape, full of bends, scratche

[Gimp-user] Can the Color Picker shortcut in brush mode ("ctrl") be changed?

2012-09-23 Thread Jehan Pagès
Hi, when in brush mode, clicking "ctrl" switchs to color picker until you release. Is this shortcut editable? What if I want this to be set on Alt instead, for instance? I could not find any shortcut which looks like it would do this in the keyboard shortcuts list. Is there one? How to change this

Re: [Gimp-user] Photo Restoration

2012-09-23 Thread Steve Kinney
On 09/23/2012 07:45 AM, Lorgach wrote: > Hi All, > I'm a relative newbie at using Gimp or any Photo Editing software but I have > tried out some adjustments on photos using Gimp and am happy with the results. > I have recently been asked if I could try to restore an old black and white > photo th

Re: [Gimp-user] Photo Restoration

2012-09-23 Thread Daniel Smith
Also if you post the photo somewhere like flickr or google picasa maybe we can get an idea what the restoration might need. Unfortunately, a lot of that type of stuff can come down to doing it by hand (mouse), so be prepared to learn the various replication tools. Great experience though. By the ti

[Gimp-user] reconstructing printed pages

2012-09-23 Thread leopoldo cerbaro
I need to reconstruct printed pages, whose last line was cut; I know what is missing, i'm thinking to use the characters on page to reconstruct the missing lines. How can I create a collection of characters (or group of characters) so that I can do a montage? thanks

[Gimp-user] Printing out Greyscale on Photo Paper is very dark.. ideas?

2012-09-23 Thread David Woodfall
Hi, I've been printing out a lot of black and white photos on photo paper on a HP Photosmart 7510e. The printouts are very dark so I've had to boost the brightness levels in GIMP prior to printing. The problem is that this takes extra time and I also don't want to save these levels in the XCF fil

Re: [Gimp-user] Printing out Greyscale on Photo Paper is very dark.. ideas?

2012-09-23 Thread David Woodfall
On (18:50 23/09/12), David Woodfall put forth the proposition: Hi, I've been printing out a lot of black and white photos on photo paper on a HP Photosmart 7510e. The printouts are very dark so I've had to boost the brightness levels in GIMP prior to printing. The problem is that this takes ex

Re: [Gimp-user] Printing out Greyscale on Photo Paper is very dark.. ideas?

2012-09-23 Thread Alexandre Prokoudine
On Sun, Sep 23, 2012 at 9:50 PM, David Woodfall wrote: > Hi, I've been printing out a lot of black and white photos on photo > paper on a HP Photosmart 7510e. > > The printouts are very dark so I've had to boost the brightness levels > in GIMP prior to printing. The problem is that this takes extra

Re: [Gimp-user] PDF files

2012-09-23 Thread cine+arte konsciente Bucaramanga
Right. I'm using Windows XP. On Sat, Sep 22, 2012 at 9:35 PM, Bob Long wrote: > George D. Brown wrote: > > Probably, you can help me with this easily. I can't open PDF files on >> GIMP 2.6 and manipulate it. Before, it was possible, but now don't. I >> don't know what changed on my computer.

Re: [Gimp-user] Printing out Greyscale on Photo Paper is very dark.. ideas?

2012-09-23 Thread David Woodfall
On (23:20 23/09/12), Alexandre Prokoudine put forth the proposition: On Sun, Sep 23, 2012 at 9:50 PM, David Woodfall wrote: Hi, I've been printing out a lot of black and white photos on photo paper on a HP Photosmart 7510e. The printouts are very dark so I've had to boost the brightness level

[Gimp-user] reconstructing printed pages

2012-09-23 Thread lc
I need to reconstruct printed pages, whose last line was cut; I know what is missing, i'm thinking to use the characters on page to reconstruct the missing lines. How can I create a collection of characters (or group of charactes) so that iI can do a montage? thanks

Re: [Gimp-user] Photo Restoration

2012-09-23 Thread Norman Silverstone
I'm a relative newbie at using Gimp or any Photo Editing software but I have tried out some adjustments on photos using Gimp and am happy with the results. I have recently been asked if I could try to restore an old black and white photo that is in quite bad shape, full of bends, scratches and

Re: [Gimp-user] Photo Restoration

2012-09-23 Thread Norman Silverstone
On 23/09/12 16:39, Norman Silverstone wrote: I'm a relative newbie at using Gimp or any Photo Editing software but I have tried out some adjustments on photos using Gimp and am happy with the results. I have recently been asked if I could try to restore an old black and white photo that is in q