Re: [Gimp-user] Photo protection - transparent foreground

2012-12-17 Thread Daniel
The reason what you are talking about works is because of CSS. Consider this: div style=background-image: url(../images/test-background.gif); height: 500px; width: 500px; img src=glass_pane_watermark.png alt=My protected image height=500 width=500 / /div This

Re: [Gimp-user] Photo protection - transparent foreground

2012-12-18 Thread Daniel
What you seek to do is something content publishers all over the globe have been seeking to do. The problem with the internet is that it has to trust the client endpoint. You can limit the trust as much as possible, but any data which is to be displayed must also be received and decoded by the

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

2013-02-28 Thread Daniel
Sorry to pipe in here. I hope I am the only list responder. I'm against the behavior, but I'm MORE against further discussion of it. So please, if you would like to respond to this comment, let's not clutter the list any further. I hope the FAQ regarding this and other topics arrives soon so

Re: [Gimp-user] Funding a Microsoft developer

2013-04-03 Thread Daniel
A very good idea. I cannot contribute much, but if someone were to put the effort together and a paypal link, I would be happy to kick in what I could. On Wed, 2013-04-03 at 13:38 -0400, Steve Kinney wrote: Hey, I wonder if it would be a good thing to do a Kickstarter type of campaign, to

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

2013-08-09 Thread Daniel
On Fri, 2013-08-09 at 21:02 +0200, Ofnuts wrote: On 08/09/2013 12:42 PM, pitibonom wrote: It's quite natural to hope saving a pic in the format it has been loaded. Load a jpg ? ok, modify it and save it as jpg. Why is it natural ? just because jpg format ( though it degrades the image

Re: [Gimp-user] enhance logo for large print

2015-12-24 Thread Daniel
On 12/24/2015 06:03 PM, Steve Kinney wrote: On 12/24/2015 10:43 AM, Jernej Simončič wrote: On Wed, 23 Dec 2015 09:10:26 +0100, carvar wrote: Ask whoever designed the logo to give you the original vector file. Big help :) I'm serious - the only way to "enhance" it is to redraw it, and it's

Re: [Gimp-user] Fwd: Re: Conserving layer groups in mockup export

2017-01-23 Thread Daniel
Le 14/12/2016 à 12:35, Daniel a écrit : > Le 13/12/2016 à 11:46, Ofnuts a écrit : >> On 13/12/16 10:58, Daniel wrote: >>> Hey all, >>> >>> I'm working on creating multi-layer website mockups using layer groups >>> to organize the elemen

[Gimp-user] Fwd: Re: Conserving layer groups in mockup export

2016-12-14 Thread Daniel
Le 13/12/2016 à 11:46, Ofnuts a écrit : > On 13/12/16 10:58, Daniel wrote: >> Hey all, >> >> I'm working on creating multi-layer website mockups using layer groups >> to organize the elements of each section (header, menu, footer, etc). >> The client wou

[Gimp-user] Conserving layer groups in mockup export

2016-12-13 Thread Daniel
this type of issue. Anyone have any suggestions? Thanks in advance, Daniel ___ gimp-user-list mailing list List address:gimp-user-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org

Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP forgets I'm using a tablet mid-project.

2016-12-29 Thread Daniel
I don't understand what you're trying to demonstrate. Would you mind narrating what I'm supposed to be observing? On 12/29/2016 01:04 AM, Freaksake wrote: look https://youtu.be/WHNv6H3dVhY look at it and please help ___ gimp-user-list mailing

Re: [Gimp-user] Crash

2011-12-01 Thread Daniel Smith
This thread brings back such memories. I used to work in graphics making the phone book and we used Canvas and Photoshop on 486DX, not even pentium, PCs! Talk about slow! I can remember actually remaking bitmaps from old files etc, taking parts out or adding, etc, by hand, pixel by pixel. I used

Re: [Gimp-user] Need help repairing image

2011-12-26 Thread Daniel Smith
Hey Ronald From what I understand, slides are open to the same kind of degradation that any plastic is, the same thing that we found out that can happen to cds that we thought would live forever. I have a whole family history's worth that I'm afraid to even begin to evaluate, but have to begin

Re: [Gimp-user] Need help repairing image

2011-12-26 Thread Daniel Smith
Oh, thanks for some post holiday friviolity! I always liked the name Gimp, it's in an ironical humorous tone, no? @gerard82 Thanks for the details about slide construction. Very useful, I would have never known. Better look at my own slides soon... On with the Xmas name calling!!! :) Dan On

Re: [Gimp-user] Need help repairing image

2011-12-28 Thread Daniel Smith
wow, this turned into the most useful thread to teach me a lot about GIMP. I would'a used the program for a few years and wouldn't have known what you told us. Now to go back to first email and try it all out. Thanks Steve. Dan On 12/28/11, Steve Kinney ad...@pilobilus.net wrote: On 12/27/2011

Re: [Gimp-user] OT: Was: Gimp name-picking

2011-12-28 Thread Daniel Smith
Steve, if you don't mind, what kind of work do you do? Just wondering, you can reply off list if you'd rather, or on. Thanks Dan On 12/28/11, Steve Kinney ad...@pilobilus.net wrote: On 12/28/2011 11:02 AM, Daniel Smith wrote: It's just funny! It's a play on the idea that it's the not-quite

Re: [Gimp-user] Huge library of public domain photos from NOAA

2011-12-30 Thread Daniel Smith
That's a great resource, Steve! Here's a few others that I know of, on Mark Pilgrim's credits for his html5 book. http://diveintohtml5.info/about.html Dan On 12/30/11, Steve Kinney ad...@pilobilus.net wrote: Greetings, I was just looking at sunsets through the eyes of other people, living and

Re: [Gimp-user] Photoshop vs Gimp for mobile dev?

2011-12-31 Thread Daniel Smith
: On Sat, Dec 31, 2011 at 9:14 PM, Daniel Smith wrote: or has anyone heard of using/modifying Gimp for mobile dev purposes? It doesn't make a terrible lot of sense :) Alexandre Prokoudine http://libregraphicsworld.org ___ gimp-user-list mailing

Re: [Gimp-user] Photoshop vs Gimp for mobile dev?

2012-01-01 Thread Daniel Smith
Well I'm glad I asked. Thanks for all the great info and answers. But one thing I forgot to mention in my first big spiel, (I'm very new to Gimp so am just trying to get the capabilities of it) is, whether anyone knows of has personal experience using Gimp for incorporation with video editing or

Re: [Gimp-user] Use GIMP for commercial / business purposes?

2012-02-11 Thread Daniel Smith
But what about fonts? I assume that all fonts would have to be registered, or how do you work that? Just wondering. Dan ___ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list

Re: [Gimp-user] Use GIMP for commercial / business purposes?

2012-02-12 Thread Daniel Smith
thanks all. dan ___ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list

Re: [Gimp-user] Use GIMP for commercial / business purposes?

2012-02-13 Thread Daniel Smith
Have there been lawsuits or fines regarding open source cases though? It's funny, for all the times I've heard of for example Microsoft or Adobe or whoever being involved in these evaluations of businesses where they check for licenses etc, and massive levies afterward, (whether the stories were

[Gimp-user] Web development question?

2012-02-16 Thread Daniel Smith
Hey all. I would hope this might get some responses... I just today saved my first png file. In doing so Gimp came up with a choice box, as to parameters you can choose or not: Interlacing (Adam7) (whatever that is) Save background color Save gamma Save layer offset Save resolution Save creation

Re: [Gimp-user] Web development question?

2012-02-17 Thread Daniel Smith
Wow, thank you all so much for the helpful, detailed responses. What a nice body of background for me to work from. I worked for a long time in Photoshop for print, but not web stuff. Thanks again. I love this gimp list... Have a great week and weekend. Dan

Re: [Gimp-user] Switching to Mac, any advice?

2012-03-05 Thread Daniel Smith
for the help. I love this list, btw. Lots of very nice, smart and helpful people here. Daniel Houston On 3/5/12, Kevin Brubeck Unhammer unham...@fsfe.org wrote: Daniel Smith opened...@gmail.com writes: Hi all. I'm switching from Gimp on Windows to a Mac. (It's an older one, a G5 tower with Leopard

Re: [Gimp-user] Review: The Artists Guide to GIMP, 2nd edition

2012-04-22 Thread Daniel Smith
While we're on this topic, can anyone mention any other best Gimp books they might know of? (Not to detract from the ones mentioned already, but I am already planning on getting them and would like to know any others.) Gotta get up to speed with any advanced techniques I can find. I've often found

Re: [Gimp-user] Review: The Artists Guide to GIMP, 2nd edition

2012-04-23 Thread Daniel Smith
and, I am amazed to see all the gimp books on amazon! didn't even know. thnkx dan On 4/23/12, Daniel Smith opened...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for all the references (and any others that still may show). Just for archive/reference, I was going to mention the Packt book they have on Gimp

Re: [Gimp-user] How can I create huge billboard sized files in super high dpi?

2012-04-25 Thread Daniel Smith
Well, I got it to work, at least theoretically. I think it's in the same way that you would create a large image in Photoshop, but to test it I opened an image that I already had that was 72 d[i and about 35 inches wide, an old pic of my cat. With ImageScale Image I bumped up the resolution, then

Re: [Gimp-user] How can I create huge billboard sized files in super high dpi?

2012-04-25 Thread Daniel Smith
with a bitmap or photo etc, and edit in gimp, however you begin the images, then convert to vector. I did a search for Exporting from Gimp to vectors and it came up with some pretty interesting stuff, especially the svg stuff. http://registry.gimp.org/node/15375 Dan On 4/25/12, Daniel Smith opened

Re: [Gimp-user] How can I create huge billboard sized files in super high dpi?

2012-04-25 Thread Daniel Smith
So, the 144 would be basically twice the web resolutio of 72 to make for better resampling on resize, or no relation? Dan On 4/25/12, Liam R E Quin l...@holoweb.net wrote: On Tue, 2012-04-24 at 21:44 -0400, Tara Gover wrote: Hi guys, I am printing super high res images onto fabric. My print

Re: [Gimp-user] Convert PS USM settings to Gimp

2012-04-26 Thread Daniel Smith
there are some great pages out there on this. thanks for making me look for them. feels like i'm back in graphics... :) http://www.brighthub.com/multimedia/photography/articles/15080.aspx http://www.tankedup-imaging.com/unsharp.html http://gimpguru.org/tutorials/smartsharpening/

Re: [Gimp-user] Convert PS USM settings to Gimp

2012-04-27 Thread Daniel Smith
Sven, Yes I haven't found any direct conversions yet, but in the meantime here is a page that is a great article in that the guy compares how to use USM in Gimp, Photoshop, and ImageMagick, which I only came across lately via Linux and mobile development research I was doing:

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

2012-05-04 Thread Daniel Jensen
Alexandre, That change is there for a reason. And the reason is that we are trying to target a special group of users who have certain workflows and work on files in certain ways. As I said in my previous email, I understand the reasons and fundamentally agree with the change, and I really

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

2012-05-04 Thread Daniel Smith
So 2.8 saves the history as well? Just wondering. On a Mac and still looking...Course'n, it's a ppc mac so it probably won't work even when they do offer... Thanks. Dan On 5/4/12, jfrazie...@nc.rr.com jfrazie...@nc.rr.com wrote: It certainly is not intuitive. The operation should be

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

2012-05-04 Thread Daniel Smith
Can I just ask Alexander Prokoudinea question then, since he's obviously very tied to the project intimately? Can I ask if this decision to go to export vs. save, is it somewhat based around needs of people running gimp without the interface, as a server component? Just wondering. Dan Houston

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

2012-05-05 Thread Daniel Smith
files or something, right? Dan On 5/5/12, Alexandre Prokoudine alexandre.prokoud...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, May 5, 2012 at 6:42 PM, Daniel Smith wrote: Is it really that complicated to change the menus and dialog boxes or the existence of them based around user preferences? Is there a link

Re: [Gimp-user] QUESTION OF ETHICS

2012-05-10 Thread Daniel Smith
Well, I looked at some of the auctions of Gimp there, and one was for 99 cents, others for like 4 bucks highest i saw was 20 dollars. Some of these sales are packages including open office, etc. It's basically the price to get a version burned to a cd. It's like when I wanted to install Ubuntu,

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

2012-05-14 Thread Daniel Smith
Since we're on this topic, does anyone have any recommendations for good artpad/pen sets to buy? Used, good price, etc? I have an old Wacom/Intuos1 pad, and have lost it's pen, and was thinking about finding a replacement, but on second thought I figured it's probably a waste of time and should

Re: [Gimp-user] The Book of GIMP

2012-05-31 Thread Daniel Smith
Nice font. Rammetto? Dan On 5/31/12, Olivier oleca...@gmail.com wrote: Although The Book of GIMP will be published by No Starch only at the end of August, its companion website is already available: http://the-book-of-gimp.org -- Olivier Lecarme

Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP corrupted photo now unable to open! PLEASE HELP!!!

2012-06-17 Thread Daniel Smith
Just a thought, that I don't think anybody's suggested yet, is what operating system are you using? I mean I know you said you did a lot of work on it before you took it into Gimp, so perhaps you have still a version of it that is pre-Gimp somewhere else, CD USB etc, or better yet, might be able

Re: [Gimp-user] Why I went back from GIMP 2.8 to 2.6.x

2012-06-30 Thread Daniel Smith
Can't we all get along? http://abcnews.go.com/meta/search/imageDetail?format=plainsource=http://abcnews.go.com/images/US/ap_obit_rodney_king_swimming_pool_jt_120617 Thanks, Dan On 6/30/12, Francesco Scaglioni f...@mossdog.net wrote: Hi, I seem to be in a minority opinion on this list. For my

[Gimp-user] Cannot enter Japanese text?

2012-07-22 Thread Daniel Hauck
The causes of this could be all sorts of things so I do not expect other users to have this trouble at all. But here are my circumstances: 1. Running CentOS 6.3 (running GNOME 2.x and all that) 2. I have mozc installed as my Japanese input method 3. I compiled GiMP 2.8 (and a boat-load of

Re: [Gimp-user] Cannot enter Japanese text?

2012-07-22 Thread Daniel Hauck
On 07/22/2012 05:20 PM, Liam R E Quin wrote: On Sun, 2012-07-22 at 15:47 -0400, Daniel Hauck wrote: You may need to open tool options for the text tool and choose use input editor. Liam Did that... should have added that to my original message. The results are the same. I believe

Re: [Gimp-user] DON'T HATE the new save vs. export behavior

2012-07-29 Thread Daniel Hauck
Agreed on that point. But since you brought up the tabbed interface, I thought I would bring up an expectation/usability problem I came across while looking 2.8.0 over... (I'm still learning it actually... not enough time to really sit and play... when I use it, there is a purpose and a

Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP-2.8, SAVE and SAVE AS : why complicate things so that everything could be simpler ?

2012-08-13 Thread Daniel Hauck
Someone will have to write a patch or eventually a fork to make this happen. The argument is dead. The implementation and behaviors are somewhat inconsistent. You can open any format you want, you just can save any format you want. It has to be export. Why not have the only way to get

Re: [Gimp-user] Timeline for sequenced layers - a hybrid compositor

2012-08-13 Thread Daniel Smith
day/night, all. Dan On 8/13/12, Aditia A. Pratama ibnu.h...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Daniel, Yes, the latest open movie project by blender foundation known as mango project or Tears of Steel will about to release by the next couple of week. You can follow their progress in their official website

Re: [Gimp-user] Timeline for sequenced layers - a hybrid compositor

2012-08-13 Thread Daniel Smith
Aditia, Indonesia. Man, the power of the internet. Wonderful. Just my two cents, you probably already know, but it looks like the Lightworks is almost ready for Ubuntu: http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_itempx=MTEyMjE God, I remember the days of like Mac 8500 being state of the art.

Re: [Gimp-user] Layers in reverse

2012-08-14 Thread Daniel Smith
I think she's talking about something like this in p-shop, saving the psd plus flattened image: http://www.laughing-lion-design.com/2007/09/photoshop-tip-create-a-flattened-layer-and-keep-all-your-layers-intact/ Dan On 8/13/12, Alexandre Prokoudine alexandre.prokoud...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon,

Re: [Gimp-user] how to exposing more tiff load options for scripting

2012-08-18 Thread Daniel Smith
I don't exactly get what you mean by 200 page tiffs? You mean one continuous image that takes 200 pages worth of sub-images? But anyways, are you using the batch mode? I've never done it but I understand there are a lot of options there from non-interactive command line mode?

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

Re: [Gimp-user] Creating of metal textures?

2012-10-17 Thread Daniel Smith
can i just ask what 3d software you're using? daniel On 10/17/12, Alfhak712 for...@gimpusers.com wrote: I am new to GIMP and to the forum. I am in the learning curve and also read an excellent book Beginning GIMP by Akkana Peck! I am working on a 3D object (a bus) and want to add a deep metal

Re: [Gimp-user] trial fit new colours on car picture

2012-10-25 Thread Daniel Smith
saving also... :) thanks dan On 10/24/12, Steve Kinney ad...@pilobilus.net wrote: On 10/24/2012 01:44 PM, Jim Clark wrote: Wow-- I will save this. Incredibly clear and detailed--I have never rally understood those masks. Still don't, but am sure closer! Hey Jim, Glad it makes sense to

Re: [Gimp-user] background question

2012-10-25 Thread Daniel Smith
the best way i can think of would be to put a backing on the paper, not to affix it but just lay it behind the newspaper, when you scan it so the light doesn't emanate the paper so you don't see the other side? just my 2... dan On 10/25/12, Chrispy for...@gimpusers.com wrote: Hi I am trying to

Re: [Gimp-user] Error.

2012-11-03 Thread Daniel Smith
Seeing how you said it was running fine for a while... how full is your hard drive? I did a google search on gmem.c errors, and it would seem a lot of them had to do with high memory intensive operations being performed. Here is one specific to gimp:

Re: [Gimp-user] Error.

2012-11-03 Thread Daniel Smith
I really have grown fond of avg's pc tuneup. Normally I in the past didn't use such utilities, but I tried (and paid!) for it once, and love it. Still use the free avg antivirus though. I would have recommended to upgrade to Win 7 and wipe the whole drive. Never really liked Vista that much.

Re: [Gimp-user] Error.

2012-11-03 Thread Daniel Smith
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 On 11/3/12, Daniel Smith opened...@gmail.com wrote: I really

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

Re: [Gimp-user] Error

2012-11-15 Thread Daniel Smith
Did you ever check the amount of storage left on the drive? Do you have an updated antivirus software?/Infected? Did you keep Windows updated? The problem with older computers is there's a lot of stuff on them, over a long period of time. Maybe it's a conflict with another program or hardware

Re: [Gimp-user] 8x10 photo without cropping...

2012-11-16 Thread Daniel Smith
wishes, and then re-add and size or position the text and/or graphics according to taste, right? Hoping you did save with layers intact somewhere. Daniel On 11/16/12, Tobias Lunte tobias.lu...@hfg-gmuend.de wrote: Am 16.11.2012 22:30, schrieb jenn golden: Hi - I am a bit of a newbie to this prog

Re: [Gimp-user] finding layers after file has been closed

2012-11-18 Thread Daniel Smith
what he said. that's what i meant when i said before that you would still have the layers, that you had the .xcf file somewhere. :) dan On 11/18/12, Burnie West w...@ieee.org wrote: On 11/18/2012 12:09 PM, jenn golden wrote: Is there a way to get back all of your layers once you save a file and

[Gimp-user] gimp help offline

2012-11-28 Thread Daniel Conklin
I downloaded gimp help but can't access it offline. Any solution? ___ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list

[Gimp-user] gimp help offline

2012-12-01 Thread Daniel Conklin
I downloaded gimp help and installed it.All OK when i'm connected but not when I'm offline . Any solution? ___ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list

Re: [Gimp-user] Questions about gimp compairing gimp to PS

2012-12-14 Thread Daniel Smith
about that creative cloud is photoshop is just the entry point, it also has After Effects, Premiere Pro, etc. Lots of good stuff. For 30 a month? Daniel On 12/14/12, Chris Mohler cr33...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 5:44 PM, Steve Kinney ad...@pilobilus.net wrote: In re adjustment

Re: [Gimp-user] Questions about gimp compairing gimp to PS

2012-12-16 Thread Daniel Smith
On 12/16/12, Alexandre Prokoudine alexandre.prokoud...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Dec 16, 2012 at 5:46 AM, Ofnuts wrote: On 12/15/2012 01:39 AM, Daniel Smith wrote: it also has After Effects, Premiere Pro, etc. Lots of good stuff. For 30 a month? You mean, 360 a year? For plenty of stuff I may

Re: [Gimp-user] Questions about gimp compairing gimp to PS

2012-12-16 Thread Daniel Smith
, Alexandre Prokoudine alexandre.prokoud...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Dec 16, 2012 at 5:08 PM, Daniel Smith wrote: Alexandre, well, design has never really been considered a high paid occupation now, has it? By whom? :) Besides, a lot depends on lifestyle. Living frugally on $60K vs. living

Re: [Gimp-user] Suggestions for the GIMP

2013-02-10 Thread Daniel Hornung
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Re: [Gimp-user] export vs save

2013-02-17 Thread Daniel Hauck
On 02/17/2013 07:21 PM, Alexandre Prokoudine wrote: On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 3:16 AM, Jeffery Small wrote: In the nearly 10 years of using the gimp I can't think of a single time where this would be useful. I've never had a problem differentiating between xcf and other formats. That use case is

Re: [Gimp-user] export vs save

2013-02-17 Thread Daniel Hauck
On 02/17/2013 09:27 PM, Alexandre Prokoudine wrote: On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 5:36 AM, Daniel Hauck wrote: For now, there is no alternative to GiMP. Krita is a very nice alternative for a number of use cases. But if one were to appear, can you imagine what factors might come into play when

Re: [Gimp-user] export vs save

2013-02-18 Thread Daniel Hornung
I can't believe this was not brought up by someone already... https://xkcd.com/1172/ (Or my mail search function is broken, which is possible) -- Mein öffentlicher Schlüssel / My public key: 4096R/600ACB3B 2012-04-01 Fingerabdruck / Fingerprint: 9902 575B B9A0 C339 CFDF 250B 9267 CA6B 600A

Re: [Gimp-user] how to draw interrupted lines

2013-04-05 Thread Daniel Hauck
I think you can't really do that. But I will write up a little on how to work with the paths tool to achieve what you want. It was Inkscape which taught me how to use the paths tool the best, I think, because the way Inkscape works, it's all lines and paths and the like. I have to go to

Re: [Gimp-user] A Sad case of regression

2013-06-15 Thread Daniel Smith
well, i gotta say, that were i ever to actually use the gimp in any heavy capacity, or a company i worked at would, these saving lists would be required reading due to the variety of formats/procedures detailed. thanks, i guess. :) dan On Sat, Jun 15, 2013 at 1:18 PM, Chris Mohler

Re: [Gimp-user] A Sad case of regression

2013-06-15 Thread Daniel Hauck
On 06/15/2013 01:53 PM, Grue wrote: Wow, just wow. Here are the facts: every time you save your image as JPEG, you lose information. It is by design a lossy image format that uses an algorithm to conserve your disk space via throwing away some insignificant information (which works well for

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

2013-07-18 Thread Daniel Hauck
This is a valid point of human behavior on software. It doesn't matter how many warnings software might offer, the user develops habits and eventually, for convenience sake, clicks on things very habitually. THIS is why malware still gets installed on users' machines despite all of the UAC

Re: [Gimp-user] feature request: alpha level

2013-07-22 Thread Daniel Hornung
On Monday, 22. July 2013 08:38:00 Alex Vergara Gil wrote: Hello GIMP developers: I am working on a project where I need to set all pixels below a level as alpha channel, is there a quick way to achieve this? The level can be both set a priori or adjusted dinamically, the second way is

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter

2014-01-02 Thread Daniel Hauck
, Alexandre Prokoudine wrote: On 2 January 2014 19:52, Daniel Hauck wrote: I think you're missing the point. MOST users, just as with almost all other software, do not use the advanced features of advanced software. Frankly, this is the first time I hear about a culture where it's socially

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter

2014-01-02 Thread Daniel Hauck
Actually there is a crucial point of workflows that you are missing. In order to make workflows work well for everyone, everything should be done in approximately the same way. Each function in a GUI should use similar hotkeys, similar menu functions and all that. This was a well

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter

2014-01-02 Thread Daniel Hauck
If I intended it only for you, why would you be so rude as to publish something I wrote only to you in a public list? On 01/02/2014 08:04 PM, Joao S. O. Bueno wrote: On 2 January 2014 19:52, Daniel Hauck dan...@yacg.com wrote: I think you're missing the point. MOST users, just as with almost

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter

2014-01-02 Thread Daniel Hauck
answer Dvorak, you win. But if you answer Querty, you lose because the world knows querty was inefficient by design and yet we continue to use it for the very reasons I have stated and that you implicitly and in practice agree. On 01/02/2014 08:58 PM, Alexandre Prokoudine wrote: Daniel, We've

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter

2014-01-02 Thread Daniel Hauck
also noticed mention of keyboard entry methods which are most certainly more efficient and speedy including stenotype and plover. On 01/02/2014 10:35 PM, Simon Budig wrote: Daniel Hauck (dan...@yacg.com) wrote: But if you answer Querty, you lose because the world knows querty was inefficient

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter

2014-01-04 Thread Daniel Hauck
It does not matter what anyone else thinks. That part should be clear. It doesn't matter what people want. That much should be clear. What matters is the perception of the perception of the program in question. (Yes, I said perception twice like that) Some people think a thing needs to

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter

2014-01-04 Thread Daniel Hauck
You know, when you put it that way, I have to concede your point. There are some things in future-GiMP which are more important than a UI change. (Though I dare say few as trivial as the UI change under discussion.) But we, the users, aren't asking for something new. We're asking for

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter

2014-01-15 Thread Daniel Hauck
On 01/15/2014 12:47 AM, Bob Long wrote: Sorry, I don't follow... Why can't you simply open a .png file in GIMP 2.8 that was created earlier (and then close it, without any prompts, if you've made no changes)? It's simple, really. GiMP has an image problem. Like so many other F/OSS

Re: [Gimp-user] Gimp

2014-03-13 Thread Daniel Hauck
That's okay, the GiMP will get by without you. But you're right about many things. Among these is that it is written, maintained and directed by tech people with the notion that they are taking on the big boys and that they have a professional workflow in mind as they continue to develop.

Re: [Gimp-user] Processing RAW pics?

2015-01-01 Thread Daniel Smith
can anyone say whether they have had operations that compare in any way to Lightroom? Thanks Dan On Thu, Jan 1, 2015 at 12:29 PM, Alexandre Prokoudine alexandre.prokoud...@gmail.com wrote: 1 янв. 2015 г. 18:28 пользователь Dutchbert for...@gimpusers.com написал: Please install UFRaw from

[Gimp-user] Rosie Hardy's artwork

2015-01-28 Thread Daniel Doyle
Hello guys and gals, Not sure whether this is the right place to email this but just thought you might like to check out http://www.rosiehardy.com/, I'm pretty sure she uses GIMP exclusively and her photo's are fantastic Cheers Daniel Doyle ___ gimp

Re: [Gimp-user] What causes random (in error) image color-inverting of TIFFs, over time? Is it correctable?

2015-05-31 Thread Daniel Smith
when you say youre seeing thison a web page, can i ask what type of system yure serving the pages with? wordpress etc? or is it an image generation with php or something? thanks dan On Sun, May 31, 2015 at 4:25 PM, Jay Smith j...@jaysmith.com wrote: Greetings fellow Gimp Users, I make images

[Gimp-user] ufraw

2016-04-10 Thread Daniel Glueck
I want to load photos from my Canon. They are already on the Mac in CR2 format. When I try to open one I get a bunch of errors about tiff’s. Huh? How to enable/load/whatever AFRAW. Is it really bundled with my download? How do I know this? What menu to go to? Nothing in Help or anything in the

Re: [Gimp-user] ubuntu PPA additional

2016-07-15 Thread Daniel Smith
Can I ask if you notice any appreciable diff with subunit and the plasma vs ubuntu,? Thanks Dan On Jul 15, 2016 10:43 AM, "rich" wrote: > Sam Ashley mailnew.com> writes: > > > > > Sorry this time I forgot to add that I'd like to use a version of gimp > > that features more

[Gimp-user] No Filenames Recognized By Gimp

2016-10-27 Thread Daniel Banks
Gimp will not open any file type other than it's own native format. It will not recognize and open a .JPG or .GIF, for example. Also, it will not allow me to export a .XCF file with to any other extension/filetype. There are no filename extensions listed in the File Type box under By

Re: [Gimp-user] Cleaning up a Blueprint

2017-03-12 Thread Daniel Smith
This is just my two cents but I used to work in graphics for ten years now I do construction hopefully not too much longer  But this seems to be a continual issue, the art haha of the office computer ops vs reality of jobsite people getting and or using and or contributing to prints etc. My

Re: [Gimp-user] Retrieving Graphic Designs From Crashed Hard Drive (How To)

2017-03-08 Thread Daniel Smith
you didnt say whether you were on windows or mac, but i would search your pc for the name of any files you know the name that you saved it to. that will show you the folder(s) where all or some of the files are. if i were you i'd try to install the same version that you were using so it makes a

Re: [Gimp-user] Color Fonts`

2017-06-06 Thread Daniel Smith
Remember too that in case you're doing this type thing for the web that you can do some wild text styles with JavaScript or css etc. Dan http://www.google.com/search?q=css+JavaScript+font+animations= On Jun 6, 2017 2:28 PM, "Carol Spears" wrote: > On Thu, Jun 1, 2017 at

[Gimp-user] Download to Windows

2015-12-08 Thread Daniel Del Carlo
Downloaded and installed fine but did not drop the icon on Desktop; any ideas why? Del Carlo Engineering PO Box 14581 Santa Rosa, CA 95402 707-570-1946 ___ gimp-user-list mailing list List address:gimp-user-list@gnome.org List

Re: [Gimp-user] Layer groups seriously broken - huge resource hog

2018-06-19 Thread Daniel Smith via gimp-user-list
Also, I have found in graphics the more cores you can have, the better. Dan Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 19, 2018, at 11:13 AM, BWK wrote: > > I doubt you've ever tried doing a selection rectangle to that size and getting > it exactly the right size and boundaries. It is a very slow and

Re: [Gimp-user] Font disappeared

2018-08-11 Thread Daniel Smith via gimp-user-list
Have you recently upgraded the OS? Or any other software? https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7494544?answerId=29921455022#29921455022 Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 11, 2018, at 8:31 AM, totte22 wrote: > > Libre Franklin Blank > font ___

Re: [Gimp-user] Huge image problem

2019-07-06 Thread Daniel Smith via gimp-user-list
How about converting to vector directly from gimp? https://www.google.com/search?q=convert+gimp+to+vector=UTF-8=UTF-8=en-us=safari On Sat, Jul 6, 2019 at 12:21 PM rich404 wrote: > >Hi, > >So I am working on a many years long map making project. I am using a > >scale of 1" to 10 miles and hand

Re: [Gimp-user] Almost no tools working

2019-12-23 Thread Daniel Smith via gimp-user-list
i was looking at the keyboard, thats awfully small, im just saying it may not have all the same functions on every computer, but i saw this video, that the keyboard itself may have lost some of the functions in transferring from mac to pc, and needs rebooted? thats a lot of factors. i dont suppose

Re: [Gimp-user] A problem

2020-04-03 Thread Daniel Smith via gimp-user-list
Apple invented the desktop  On Fri, Apr 3, 2020 at 4:24 AM Cliff Pratt via gimp-user-list < gimp-user-list@gnome.org> wrote: > On the desktop? That's probably not the best place. Unless that is a > mac-ism that I don't understand. > > Cheers, > > Cliff > > On Fri, Apr 3, 2020 at 9:24 PM Bob

Re: [Gimp-user] A problem

2020-04-03 Thread Daniel Smith via gimp-user-list
there on the “desktop“. And I think that was all part of the lawsuit between Apple and Microsoft over “windows”. On Fri, Apr 3, 2020 at 3:55 PM Ofnuts wrote: > On 03/04/2020 17:32, Daniel Smith via gimp-user-list wrote: > > Apple invented the desktop > >  > > >

Re: [Gimp-user] A problem

2020-04-03 Thread Daniel Smith via gimp-user-list
Yeah I meant general use On Fri, Apr 3, 2020 at 4:48 PM Liam R E Quin wrote: > On Fri, 2020-04-03 at 10:32 -0500, Daniel Smith via gimp-user-list > wrote: > > Apple invented the desktop > >  > > Actually they pinched it from Xerox, who did invent it. > > Unlike S

Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP on Chromebooks

2020-08-27 Thread Daniel Smith via gimp-user-list
I’m sure you can do it, all you need to do is look up “gimp on chromebook” on Google and it shows you how to do it. But there are also online alternatives that you can use cloud-based photo editing that may not have all the features of game but might be a lot easier that’s why they don’t want you

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