Re: [Gimp-user] How to use bleed and cropping: BIG correction
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Re: [Gimp-user] How to use bleed and cropping: BIG correction
How do I stop getting all of these Gimp emails? Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone. Original Message From: heviiguy Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2015 6:40 AM To: Steve Kinney; gimp-user-list@gnome.org Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] How to use bleed and cropping: BIG correction I noticed Steve's gracious and very detailed answer. Yet, I did not see a subsequent "thank-you". That was rather disappointing. So, in the effort of maintaining the spirit of altruistic assistance alive, I'll say it: Thanks Steve ! I hope that when I need the inevitable helping hand or push in the right direction somebody as generous as Steve will be there to help. -Original Message- From: Steve Kinney <ad...@pilobilus.net> To: gimp-user-list@gnome.org Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] How to use bleed and cropping: BIG correction Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2015 12:46:27 -0400 On 10/20/2015 12:41 PM, Steve Kinney wrote: No, I don't use Inkscape for the stuff described below. The program is Scribus. Sory about the brain fart, the rest of the post seems to be correct. Inkscape is a vector editor - one I have spent waaay to much time using lately, making labels for machine tools. :D Here's the program I "meant to" suggest: http://www.scribus.net/ > I use Inkscape to prepare images for commercial printing: This is a > Free desktop publishing program. Sorry about the "first get this > other program and learn how to use it" answer, but if you do you > will be glad you did. > > Open Inkscape and start a new file, open File > Document Setup, and > select double sided. Set the width & height, etc. as the job > requires, to match the dimensions of the stock it will be printed > on. Save the file early & often, of course. > > Set up guide lines to position your images on the pages, and for > each image do Insert > Insert Image Frame. Right click inside the > resulting frame and select Get Image. (I typically export my images > from the GIMP as PNG files, after building them to scale so that at > full size they are 300 DPI; i.e. an image 2" x 2" would be 600 x 600 > pixels.) Once you have got the image in the frame, right click in > the frame again and select Adjust Frame To Image. Then drag and > drop the frame into place as indicated by the guide lines you set up > earlier. > > You can add cut marks using guide lines and the simple drawing tool > in Inkscape. > > When both pages are done, save the file then export it as PDF @ 300 > DPI (or whatever the native resolution of your images is). Open it > up with a PDF viewer, check your work, and if possible print a > double sided test sheet to verify alignment of the two sides. > > That's about all there is to it. If your print vendor has other > specifications, Inkscape will be able to accommodate them - but PDF > is pretty much universal and expected. > > :o) > > Steve > > > ___ 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/archives/gimp-user-list ___ 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/archives/gimp-user-list
Re: [Gimp-user] How to use bleed and cropping: BIG correction
I noticed Steve's gracious and very detailed answer. Yet, I did not see a subsequent "thank-you". That was rather disappointing. So, in the effort of maintaining the spirit of altruistic assistance alive, I'll say it: Thanks Steve ! I hope that when I need the inevitable helping hand or push in the right direction somebody as generous as Steve will be there to help. -Original Message- From: Steve Kinney <ad...@pilobilus.net> To: gimp-user-list@gnome.org Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] How to use bleed and cropping: BIG correction Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2015 12:46:27 -0400 On 10/20/2015 12:41 PM, Steve Kinney wrote: No, I don't use Inkscape for the stuff described below. The program is Scribus. Sory about the brain fart, the rest of the post seems to be correct. Inkscape is a vector editor - one I have spent waaay to much time using lately, making labels for machine tools. :D Here's the program I "meant to" suggest: http://www.scribus.net/ > I use Inkscape to prepare images for commercial printing: This is a > Free desktop publishing program. Sorry about the "first get this > other program and learn how to use it" answer, but if you do you > will be glad you did. > > Open Inkscape and start a new file, open File > Document Setup, and > select double sided. Set the width & height, etc. as the job > requires, to match the dimensions of the stock it will be printed > on. Save the file early & often, of course. > > Set up guide lines to position your images on the pages, and for > each image do Insert > Insert Image Frame. Right click inside the > resulting frame and select Get Image. (I typically export my images > from the GIMP as PNG files, after building them to scale so that at > full size they are 300 DPI; i.e. an image 2" x 2" would be 600 x 600 > pixels.) Once you have got the image in the frame, right click in > the frame again and select Adjust Frame To Image. Then drag and > drop the frame into place as indicated by the guide lines you set up > earlier. > > You can add cut marks using guide lines and the simple drawing tool > in Inkscape. > > When both pages are done, save the file then export it as PDF @ 300 > DPI (or whatever the native resolution of your images is). Open it > up with a PDF viewer, check your work, and if possible print a > double sided test sheet to verify alignment of the two sides. > > That's about all there is to it. If your print vendor has other > specifications, Inkscape will be able to accommodate them - but PDF > is pretty much universal and expected. > > :o) > > Steve > > > ___ 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/archives/gimp-user-list signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part ___ 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/archives/gimp-user-list
Re: [Gimp-user] How to use bleed and cropping: BIG correction
On 10/20/2015 12:41 PM, Steve Kinney wrote: No, I don't use Inkscape for the stuff described below. The program is Scribus. Sory about the brain fart, the rest of the post seems to be correct. Inkscape is a vector editor - one I have spent waaay to much time using lately, making labels for machine tools. :D Here's the program I "meant to" suggest: http://www.scribus.net/ > I use Inkscape to prepare images for commercial printing: This is a > Free desktop publishing program. Sorry about the "first get this > other program and learn how to use it" answer, but if you do you > will be glad you did. > > Open Inkscape and start a new file, open File > Document Setup, and > select double sided. Set the width & height, etc. as the job > requires, to match the dimensions of the stock it will be printed > on. Save the file early & often, of course. > > Set up guide lines to position your images on the pages, and for > each image do Insert > Insert Image Frame. Right click inside the > resulting frame and select Get Image. (I typically export my images > from the GIMP as PNG files, after building them to scale so that at > full size they are 300 DPI; i.e. an image 2" x 2" would be 600 x 600 > pixels.) Once you have got the image in the frame, right click in > the frame again and select Adjust Frame To Image. Then drag and > drop the frame into place as indicated by the guide lines you set up > earlier. > > You can add cut marks using guide lines and the simple drawing tool > in Inkscape. > > When both pages are done, save the file then export it as PDF @ 300 > DPI (or whatever the native resolution of your images is). Open it > up with a PDF viewer, check your work, and if possible print a > double sided test sheet to verify alignment of the two sides. > > That's about all there is to it. If your print vendor has other > specifications, Inkscape will be able to accommodate them - but PDF > is pretty much universal and expected. > > :o) > > Steve > > > ___ 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/archives/gimp-user-list
