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2012-11-04 Thread Theuns Heydenrych
HI I am using GIMP 2.8.2 and cant use FX-Foundry->Layer Effects->Drop Shadow functionality, i keep getting this error. "Plug-In 'Drop Shadow' left image undo in inconsistent state, closing open undo groups" I followed the Gimp tutorial http://gimp-tutorials.net/volks-logo-tutorial Can anybody ple

Re: [Gimp-user] Error.

2012-11-04 Thread Olivier
2012/11/4 Steve Kinney > > Ubuntu 10 has worked great for me but alas, Canonical has gone the > way of the "dedicated touchscreen interface". I will be bailing out > when the version I am using reaches "end of life" next year. Can't > sit a very computer illiterate user in front of the "Unity"

[Gimp-user] Tool switching and preset troubles

2012-11-04 Thread MadMinstrel
Hi. I've been doing some painting and texturing with gimp recently and it's working out nicely for me. However, I don't understand how to switch tools correctly. It seems tool presets are the highest level since they can remember brush size, brush alpha, tool settings, blend type and so on. It

[Gimp-user] jpeg files not recognised

2012-11-04 Thread jenle
>All of a sudden my jpeg.jpg images are generating a popup message saying they >are an unrecognised file type! I'm using GIMP 2.6.12. I cleaned my system. >Rebooted - no joy. I uninstalled GIMP - rebooted - reinstalled GIMP - no joy. >Any suggestions. -- jenle (via gimpusers.com)

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2012-11-04 Thread Shlomi Fish
Hi Theuns, On Sun, 4 Nov 2012 09:21:03 +0200 Theuns Heydenrych wrote: > HI > I am using GIMP 2.8.2 and cant use FX-Foundry->Layer Effects->Drop > Shadow functionality, i keep getting this error. > "Plug-In 'Drop Shadow' left image undo in inconsistent state, closing open > undo groups" > > I fo

Re: [Gimp-user] Error.

2012-11-04 Thread Daniel Smith
Wow, thanks to both (all) of you! I'll have to taste the mint, so to speak. I was running Ubuntu 11 till my latest machinicide. I thought though when I installed it that Linux has come incredibly far in ease of use since when I used to use it back in the old Red Hat 4, 7 etc command line startup da

[Gimp-user] Monitor recommendations?

2012-11-04 Thread Daniel Smith
Hi all. I know this is kind of off topic from Gimp, but I am right now looking around at getting a new monitor and since I know obviously this list has as lot of graphics and image specialist type people on it... I am looking for the cheapest and best monitor I can get my hands on. So far I have se

[Gimp-user] Monitor recommendations?

2012-11-04 Thread Daniel Smith
Hi all. I know this is kind of off topic from Gimp, but I am right now looking around at getting a new monitor and since I know obviously this list has as lot of graphics and image specialist type people on it... I am looking for the cheapest and best monitor I can get my hands on. So far I have se

[Gimp-user] double exposure

2012-11-04 Thread jenn golden
Is there a way to use this program to create a double exposure effect? I can do it with my 35mm camera manually while taking pics. But was not sure if you can create the same digitally?? Thank you! Jenn ___ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gn

Re: [Gimp-user] double exposure

2012-11-04 Thread Richard Gitschlag
If it's the term I'm thinking of there are maybe twenty different ways to do this in GIMP. But all of them have one thing in common - you need to import both source images as separate layers in the same image window. >From that point you can: 1 - Set the top layer's mode to either Brightest or

Re: [Gimp-user] text tool chanes text properties when i paste over old text content

2012-11-04 Thread Tobias Lunte
Hello, I don't know the sourcecode and therefore cannot be sure about this, but here's what I've concluded from observation: Text in GIMP saves it's properties in two different places: One set of properties that is the standard for the entire text layer and then the modified parameters for eve

Re: [Gimp-user] double exposure

2012-11-04 Thread Tobias Lunte
Hello, afaik, the "Screen" blend mode is a more accurate reproduction of a double exposure. However, it will brighten up your image, so if the two photos weren't underexposed to begin with (which they are when you actually make a double-exposure on film), you'll have to adjust the values. Don

Re: [Gimp-user] Error.

2012-11-04 Thread Kevin Cozens
2012/11/4 Steve Kinney Mint is very pleasant and refreshing indeed, and I'll shift to it if combining Ubuntu 12.10 with Gnome 2 is impossible. I run Ubuntu 11.04 which came with Unity but I was able to remove all Unity packages and install Gnome 2. The one bug I found in Gnome 2 was the inab

[Gimp-user] Error.

2012-11-04 Thread Sleepingbeautiie
>On 11/03/2012 11:28 PM, Daniel Smith wrote: >> Because (left out) a Vista machine means it's probably about >> five years old or so, meaning that it could possibly be filled, and >> or replace the drive as well. It's gonna go sometime soon. Just thoughts. >> And they're so cheap now. >> Dan >Ubu

[Gimp-user] Please change the subject if you do so... [was: Re: Error.]

2012-11-04 Thread Michael Schumacher
On 04.11.2012 16:39, Kevin Cozens wrote: 2012/11/4 Steve Kinney Mint is very pleasant and refreshing indeed, and I'll shift to it if combining Ubuntu 12.10 with Gnome 2 is impossible. I run Ubuntu 11.04 which came with Unity but I was able to remove all Sorry to interrupt, but could you at

Re: [Gimp-user] Error.

2012-11-04 Thread Daniel Smith
Yeah, it's ok. Give it about ten years, you'll know what to do... :) On 11/4/12, Sleepingbeautiie wrote: >>On 11/03/2012 11:28 PM, Daniel Smith wrote: > >>> Because (left out) a Vista machine means it's probably about >>> five years old or so, meaning that it could possibly be filled, and >>> or

Re: [Gimp-user] Monitor recommendations?

2012-11-04 Thread Liam R E Quin
On Sun, 2012-11-04 at 05:46 -0600, Daniel Smith wrote: > I am right now looking > around at getting a new monitor and since I know obviously this list has > as lot of graphics and image specialist type people on it... Some things to look for - . contrast ratio (higher is better) . IPS screens gene

Re: [Gimp-user] Error.

2012-11-04 Thread Michael Schumacher
On 04.11.2012 03:00, Sleepingbeautiie wrote: I have no idea... and running out of memory? ._." That's... a bad thing, isn't it? I'm not working on any images - I haven't been able to access GIMP for three, four days, now, so... Patterns might be another cause for this problem. Fonts, too.

Re: [Gimp-user] Error.

2012-11-04 Thread Steve Kinney
On 11/04/2012 10:52 AM, Sleepingbeautiie wrote: > ...And how did all this shift into Unbuntu, whatever it is?... It looks like your problem is something wrong with MS Vista more than with the GIMP. I made a remark to the effect that the "right" way to fix that is to install "an operating system

Re: [Gimp-user] Error.

2012-11-04 Thread Kevin Cozens
On 12-11-04 11:13 AM, Olivier wrote: Unfortunately, Debian, which now has a live CD, also now comes with Gnome 3... Oh, nuts. Thanks for the info. I might still try a live CD just to see what Debian is like but looks like I'm back to Mint once they fix their install. -- Cheers! Kevin. http

[Gimp-user] Error.

2012-11-04 Thread Sleepingbeautiie
>On 04.11.2012 03:00, Sleepingbeautiie wrote: >> I have no idea... and running out of memory? ._." That's... a bad >> thing, isn't it? >> >> I'm not working on any images - I haven't been able to access GIMP >> for three, four days, now, so... >Patterns might be another cause for this problem

[Gimp-user] text tool chanes text properties when i paste over old text content

2012-11-04 Thread realbezo
Thanks for the tip, at least i have that feature back with setting my gimp to Single Window Mode from Windows menu. But it made my workspace area smaller, i got used to work with floating window mode. I don't know if it is a bug but it is annoying. Is this the official forum of gimp and where ca

Re: [Gimp-user] text tool chanes text properties when i paste over old text content

2012-11-04 Thread Alexandre Prokoudine
On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 3:49 AM, realbezo wrote: > Is this the official forum of gimp The gimpusers.com gate to the mailing list? No, it's not. > and where can i report a bug or request something about gimp http://www.gimp.org/bugs/ Alexandre Prokoudine http://libregraphicsworld.org ___

Re: [Gimp-user] Error.

2012-11-04 Thread Daniel Smith
You know, I used to think abut that, like letting the computer rest. That's very funny. But other than replacing the hard drive or the operating system, which you probably couldn't do either by yourself, here's what you really need to consider. I wish I had thought of it earlier. On Windows Vista y

Re: [Gimp-user] double exposure

2012-11-04 Thread Richard Gitschlag
Generally speaking, in terms of the resulting brightness when you blend two layers, Addition > Screen > Lighten Only. The online GIMP manual explains layer blending modes in more detail (albeit not in the same order they are shown in actual GIMP 2.8's dropdown menu of blending modes :\ ) htt

Re: [Gimp-user] Error.

2012-11-04 Thread Kevin Brubeck Unhammer
Olivier writes: > 2012/11/4 Steve Kinney [...] > Running an OS that works for not against the user is a very > addictive thing.  Token on-topic reference:  The GIMP was the > first > major gateway drug that started me down the path to a 100% Free > Software world.  Ubuntu s