Re: [Gimp-user] Strugglign with Smooth Edges

2014-09-20 Thread akovia
Hi again, Sorry I haven't responded sooner but my main computer took a dump and am just checking my mail from my laptop. I'm not exactly sure what you are having trouble with, but it kinda sounds like you are not understanding how paths work. The path you created is available to use on any layer.

Re: [Gimp-user] Strugglign with Smooth Edges

2014-09-20 Thread Ofnuts
On 20/09/14 17:45, NoWhizzKid wrote: Me again! OK, I've got to grips with everything, right up until I've finished my path. Once my path is finished, I struggle to get the path and take it to a new layer. I'm getting it wrong every time. I am trying to make a screen video to show you what I mean

Re: [Gimp-user] Strugglign with Smooth Edges

2014-09-19 Thread Steve Kinney
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 09/19/2014 12:34 PM, NoWhizzKid wrote: Sorry you don't have time to explore a little more. Hopefully this will help with your exact situation. Cheers https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/93550827/temp/nowhizzkid.mkv Thanks so much for that -

Re: [Gimp-user] Strugglign with Smooth Edges

2014-09-08 Thread akovia
Sorry you don't have time to explore a little more. Hopefully this will help with your exact situation. Cheers https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/93550827/temp/nowhizzkid.mkv On Mon, Sep 8, 2014, at 10:10 AM, NoWhizzKid wrote: Maybe look at http://www.gimp.org/docs/ and not only peruse the help

Re: [Gimp-user] Strugglign with Smooth Edges

2014-09-07 Thread Steve Kinney
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 09/07/2014 01:12 PM, NoWhizzKid wrote: OK, I'm losing the will to live with this now! I started out with the first attached image - a photograph of a blue paint footprint. I then used the path tool and once I had completed the path of the

Re: [Gimp-user] Strugglign with Smooth Edges

2014-09-07 Thread akovia
Image Scale I understand wanting to jump right in and wanting it to work, but if you don't have a basic understanding of image editing programs in general, it can be hard to grasp at first. If you aren't the type that learns from book or manual reading, (I'm not) you might try one a the various

Re: [Gimp-user] Strugglign with Smooth Edges

2014-09-07 Thread Owen
I'm sorry, I really am... I just don't understand. I just don't know HOW to do these things. I don't know my way around the menus well enough and/or know the language of the program well enough. Maybe look at http://www.gimp.org/docs/ and not only peruse the help but do some of the basic

Re: [Gimp-user] Strugglign with Smooth Edges

2014-09-05 Thread Ofnuts
On 05/09/14 19:18, NoWhizzKid wrote: I'm so sorry - I haven't had an email to notify me of your reply, just popped on over to check your advice again! I can't remember what I did with that previous attachment now, sorry. I am getting better with the paths tool at creating smooth lines though - I

Re: [Gimp-user] Strugglign with Smooth Edges

2014-09-03 Thread Ofnuts
On 03/09/14 18:54, NoWhizzKid wrote: Please, can anyone give me a really simple step by step to achieve smooth edges on an image in GIMP? I've tried the tutorials I can find online, but I must be missing something. I just don't understand how to make the edges of my image smooth? This footprint

Re: [Gimp-user] Strugglign with Smooth Edges

2014-09-03 Thread Ofnuts
On 03/09/14 19:38, NoWhizzKid wrote: I think we have a question for you: how did you create that? Because it's likely more an error you do than a wrong technique. If you want smooth outlines, you should create them using the path tool http://docs.gimp.org/en/gimp-using-paths.html, then create a

Re: [Gimp-user] Strugglign with Smooth Edges

2014-09-03 Thread Ofnuts
On 03/09/14 22:56, NoWhizzKid wrote: Thank you!!! I'm slowly getting the hang of it, though not very accurate with my nodes at the minute!!! I'm struggling to fill the image though with an alternative colour? I don't understand where 'bucket fill' is? The tilted bucket in the Toolbox palette,

Re: [Gimp-user] Strugglign with Smooth Edges

2014-09-03 Thread Ofnuts
On 03/09/14 23:35, NoWhizzKid wrote: OK, this is my first attempt. It looks dreadful. I used the paths tool and followed this tutorial... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bMJH6aQwsw It's so bad though! Where am I going wrong?! Thanks again for your help - I very much appreciate it :)