Re: [Gimp-user] Unskewing images of flat rectangular objects in Gimp

2013-02-07 Thread Elmer Wix
Thanks for everyone's help with the corrective mode (inverse) for the perspective tool. This makes my workflow noticeably more streamlined! ___ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list

Re: [Gimp-user] Unskewing images of flat rectangular objects in Gimp

2013-02-04 Thread Elmer Wix
Øyvind Kolås pip...@gimp.org wrote: On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 4:11 PM, Elmer Wix elmer.cabekaziruronometu@gmail.com wrote: I often use my digital camera to take pictures of flat, rectangular objects, like framed paintings on a wall, book or album covers, or pages of documents. Of course, I

Re: [Gimp-user] Unskewing images of flat rectangular objects in Gimp

2013-02-04 Thread Liam R E Quin
On Mon, 2013-02-04 at 00:46 -0800, Elmer Wix wrote: The size and aspect ratio of the rectified quadrilateral isn't always close to what I want it to be, though. I use it like this when I can: 1. crop the image so the object is in the middle, approximately (or float it to a new layer together

Re: [Gimp-user] Unskewing images of flat rectangular objects in Gimp

2013-02-04 Thread Gary Aitken
On 02/04/13 11:19, Steve Kinney wrote: On 02/04/2013 03:46 AM, Elmer Wix wrote: Øyvind Kolås pip...@gimp.org wrote: [...] The perspective tool has an inverse mode, if you align the grid lines from the wireframe preview with the lines desired to become horizontal/vertical and then do the

[Gimp-user] Unskewing images of flat rectangular objects in Gimp

2013-02-03 Thread Elmer Wix
I often use my digital camera to take pictures of flat, rectangular objects, like framed paintings on a wall, book or album covers, or pages of documents. Of course, I can't take these pictures straight on and perfectly level, but that's OK. I know what the dimensions of the objects are, so I

Re: [Gimp-user] Unskewing images of flat rectangular objects in Gimp

2013-02-03 Thread Øyvind Kolås
On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 4:11 PM, Elmer Wix elmer.cabekaziruronometu@gmail.com wrote: I often use my digital camera to take pictures of flat, rectangular objects, like framed paintings on a wall, book or album covers, or pages of documents. Of course, I can't take these pictures straight on