[Gimp-user] Transparent Workspace Like in Mischief?

2016-11-26 Thread michaelgustavson
I sometimes use the software "Mischief" because it has this great feature where I can trace whatever image is on my screen. Does anyone know if there is a way to do that using GIMP? I've already thought of doing a screenshot and then pasting that into Gimp as a "background layer." It just takes

[Gimp-user] Driving me crazy!!!

2016-11-26 Thread ghart89
I am new at photography, and i recently took some engagement photos for a friend. I have been trying to edit a few of the pictures that are super bright (they wanted to take pictures at 11 am.) can anyone help me figure out how to edit the pictures without washing them out? Attachments: *

Re: [Gimp-user] Driving me crazy!!!

2016-11-26 Thread Rick Strong
Your attachment is a JPG so I assume that's what your camera produced. 1. Open your photo in GIMP. 2. Save it under a new name. 2b. If you know how to make a duplicate layer, start by making a duplicate layer and work on that. 3. Crop out the extra wall on the left and right sides. 4. Go to

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

2016-11-26 Thread Liam R. E. Quin
On Wed, 2016-11-23 at 22:54 +0100, rpdayton wrote: > [...] > If GIMP has a 48K (or whatever the number is) upper limit on pixel > count, that > is fine, I'll withdraw the bug report, as it is not actually > something broken, and I will try not to assume :) It appears to be unrelated to TIFF

Re: [Gimp-user] Driving me crazy!!!

2016-11-26 Thread Pat David
What did you want to do to the images? What sorts of edits are you thinking of doing? On Sat, Nov 26, 2016 at 12:45 PM Alexandre Prokoudine < alexandre.prokoud...@gmail.com> wrote: > They don't look super-bright to me. Just a tad too much highlights in a few > places. Did you shoot to JPEG or

[Gimp-user] Creating scroll saw patterns

2016-11-26 Thread Nitram
>Hi folks, I am wanting to create a scroll saw pattern of a motorcycle >in Gimp, hopefully using a similar technique to this guy on >youtube,except he is using Photoshop. >https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6y-iHDrvIdU >I have a very basic knowledge of Gimp and have used it for simple >patterns, but

Re: [Gimp-user] Driving me crazy!!!

2016-11-26 Thread Alexandre Prokoudine
They don't look super-bright to me. Just a tad too much highlights in a few places. Did you shoot to JPEG or RAW? Alex 26 нояб. 2016 г. 21:14 пользователь "ghart89" написал: > I am new at photography, and i recently took some engagement photos for a > friend. I have been

[Gimp-user] Driving me crazy!!!

2016-11-26 Thread ghart89
>What did you want to do to the images? What sorts of edits are you >thinking >of doing? >On Sat, Nov 26, 2016 at 12:45 PM Alexandre Prokoudine < >alexandre.prokoud...@gmail.com> wrote: Just basic, make it a little less bright. But when i do that the shadows on their faces get so dark you loose

[Gimp-user] Driving me crazy!!!

2016-11-26 Thread ghart89
>They don't look super-bright to me. Just a tad too much highlights in >a few >places. Did you shoot to JPEG or RAW? > >Alex > >26 нояб. 2016 г. 21:14 пользователь "ghart89" >написал: I feel like the background is really bright and their skin tone. When i darken it the

[Gimp-user] Driving me crazy!!!

2016-11-26 Thread ghart89
>Your attachment is a JPG so I assume that's what your camera produced. > >1. Open your photo in GIMP. >2. Save it under a new name. >2b. If you know how to make a duplicate layer, start by making a >duplicate >layer and work on that. >3. Crop out the extra wall on the left and right sides. >4. Go

Re: [Gimp-user] Where to put python file 2016

2016-11-26 Thread Mark Morin
do you have python installed? On 11/26/2016 4:51 PM, DKCrotty wrote: > I have just loaded the latest version of gimp 2.8.1. Nov 26 2016 > > I found a python script that I want to load (layer effects). Windows 64 bit > > I have downloaded the file and put it everywhere that all the posts I find

Re: [Gimp-user] Driving me crazy!!!

2016-11-26 Thread Partha Bagchi
My advice to you is to make sure that your monitor is calibrated before you decided whether an image is bright/dull etc. On Sat, Nov 26, 2016 at 7:12 PM, ghart89 wrote: > >What did you want to do to the images? What sorts of edits are you > >thinking > >of doing? > >On

Re: [Gimp-user] Driving me crazy!!!

2016-11-26 Thread Rick Strong
You are right. Changing the part you want changes the parts you DON'T want to change. That's why we try to get the light right when the shot is being taken. Some people even use the little flash on their camera to "fill in" the shadows when photographing people outdoors in strong light. Try

Re: [Gimp-user] Driving me crazy!!!

2016-11-26 Thread Noel Stoutenburg
ghart89 wrote: I am new at photography, and i recently took some engagement photos for a friend. I have been trying to edit a few of the pictures that are super bright (they wanted to take pictures at 11 am.) can anyone help me figure out how to edit the pictures without washing them out?