[Gimp-user] Any plans to improve TIF support?

2016-11-23 Thread rpdayton
Perhaps I've mis-spoken. Government contractors must follow a mil spec for digital storage of technical drawings. The common term is "blueprint," but that word is actually used specifically for the old ammonia-stenched physical paper dimensioned drawings. The modern-day term is "Drawing," and

[Gimp-user] Unused fonts

2016-11-23 Thread TimH
Thank you for your suggestion. Good memory though! Tried this, but no effect, sadly. >Hazy memory (I have not used Windows recently) but look for a >"fontcache" directory somewhere in your "Application Data" directory >tree. Then remove it. Next Gimp startup will take a while rebuilding >it,

Re: [Gimp-user] Unused fonts

2016-11-23 Thread Michael Schumacher
On 11/23/2016 11:12 PM, TimH wrote: > Thank you for your suggestions. I actually used a script to actually delete > the > font files, so I think they genuinely are moved at an OS level. I'd like to point out two recent mails from this list:

[Gimp-user] Unused fonts

2016-11-23 Thread TimH
Thanks - the issue I could find in this forum was around OS X and indicating the issue wasn't so much with GIMP as with OS X core services. >Somebody had the same problem not too long ago. If there is a GIMP >list >archive, check there. > >Rick S. > >-Original Message- >From: TimH >Sent:

Re: [Gimp-user] Unused fonts

2016-11-23 Thread Mark Morin
On 11/23/2016 5:12 PM, TimH wrote: > Thank you for your suggestions. I actually used a script to actually delete > the > font files, so I think they genuinely are moved at an OS level. The OS doesn't delete fonts, it uninstalls them. There's a difference. If you go to you fonts folder in

Re: [Gimp-user] Any plans to improve TIF support?

2016-11-23 Thread Rick Strong
I very much enjoyed the precise description of your problem and the reasons behind needing a good TIFF conversion. Tiff is also a very handy format for working on art or photographs in the graphic design field, which is my speciality. You may be interested in an online conversion service

[Gimp-user] Resyntheszer

2016-11-23 Thread Scott Jacobs via gimp-user-list
I have downloaded Resynthesizer, to get Heal Selection and Heal Transparency. I made the .py files executable, and transferred them and the resynthesizer[-gui] files to the location that GIMP specifies is where plug-ins should go /usr/lib/gimp/2.0/plug-ins "Heal-___" appear in the menu, but

Re: [Gimp-user] Unused fonts

2016-11-23 Thread Michael Schumacher
On 11/23/2016 09:11 PM, TimH wrote: > I went through and cleaned a whole load of fonts out of my Windows 8 system - > including a lot of system fonts. That change is not reflected in GIMP, which > persists in showing me the old system fonts including the non-western > languages, > which, being

Re: [Gimp-user] Resyntheszer

2016-11-23 Thread Ofnuts
On 24/11/16 03:49, Scott Jacobs via gimp-user-list wrote: I have downloaded Resynthesizer, to get Heal Selection and Heal Transparency. I made the .py files executable, and transferred them and the resynthesizer[-gui] files to the location that GIMP specifies is where plug-ins should go

[Gimp-user] Unused fonts

2016-11-23 Thread TimH
I went through and cleaned a whole load of fonts out of my Windows 8 system - including a lot of system fonts. That change is not reflected in GIMP, which persists in showing me the old system fonts including the non-western languages, which, being a Westerner, I do not use. I can confirm that

Re: [Gimp-user] overlapping images

2016-11-23 Thread Rick Strong
Export images to PNG which supports transparency: 1. Put your images on a layer above the white base layer. (I assume you are creating the images.) 2. Crop out the excess background to just the image. 3. Delete the base layer. Your image should be floating above a checkerboard, indicating

Re: [Gimp-user] Unused fonts

2016-11-23 Thread Rick Strong
Somebody had the same problem not too long ago. If there is a GIMP list archive, check there. Rick S. -Original Message- From: TimH Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2016 3:11 PM To: gimp-user-list@gnome.org Cc: notificati...@gimpusers.com Subject: [Gimp-user] Unused fonts I went

Re: [Gimp-user] Unused fonts

2016-11-23 Thread Ofnuts
On 23/11/16 21:11, TimH wrote: I went through and cleaned a whole load of fonts out of my Windows 8 system - including a lot of system fonts. That change is not reflected in GIMP, which persists in showing me the old system fonts including the non-western languages, which, being a Westerner, I

[Gimp-user] Any plans to improve TIF support?

2016-11-23 Thread rpdayton
>Yes, only with tiff files. > >Unfortunately, I cannot attach the files; the tiff files are from >automotive, aerospace, and military sources, and I am not able to use >gimp to edit out any branding in the title blocks. And since I have >an nda with every source, I cannot share the files without

[Gimp-user] Any plans to improve TIF support?

2016-11-23 Thread rpdayton
>As the file ceases to be a TIFF file in GIMP, it is quite curious if >this only happened with TIFF files. Have you tried this with images >imported from other file formats? > >You should file it as a bug and attach a sample file. Yes, only with tiff files. Unfortunately, I cannot attach the

Re: [Gimp-user] Any plans to improve TIF support?

2016-11-23 Thread Michael Schumacher
On 11/23/2016 07:33 PM, rpdayton wrote: > Update > Filed a bug report, https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=774941 > but was informed that it is different for files that are 5 pixels or more > in width. No, this is not what you were informed about. The width and height of the

[Gimp-user] overlapping images

2016-11-23 Thread squashblossom
I am assembling several .jpg images into one file for a sheet of stickers. How do I get the background (which is white on everything) not to cover any of the other images on the sheet? -- squashblossom (via www.gimpusers.com/forums) ___ gimp-user-list