Re: [Gimp-user] Suggestions for the GIMP

2013-02-16 Thread Alexandre Prokoudine
On Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 11:44 AM, WhoCares wrote: You've claimed that my responses weren't constructive, did they make people think? I claimed that some of them were, and some of the weren't. You would know that if you read before commenting. Did they challenge the status-quo of beat people

Re: [Gimp-user] Suggestions for the GIMP

2013-02-14 Thread Alexandre Prokoudine
On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 3:07 PM, WhoCares wrote: I came here to contribute to a piece of software which I actually use. In the hope that my tiny contribution might be something that is accepted by the 'community'. What did I encounter? Character assassination. But I've come to realize how

Re: [Gimp-user] Suggestions for the GIMP

2013-02-11 Thread maderios
On 02/10/2013 06:14 PM, Alexandre Prokoudine wrote: On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 9:06 PM, maderios wrote: Why complicate things ? This is a false problem. Any editor (gimp,libreoffice, krita, etc..) user must (learn to) save his work and should not rely on automation that slows work. Gimp should

Re: [Gimp-user] Suggestions for the GIMP

2013-02-11 Thread maderios
On 02/11/2013 12:50 PM, Alexandre Prokoudine wrote: On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 3:32 PM, maderios wrote: On 02/10/2013 06:14 PM, Alexandre Prokoudine wrote: On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 9:06 PM, maderios wrote: Why complicate things ? This is a false problem. Any editor (gimp,libreoffice, krita,

Re: [Gimp-user] Suggestions for the GIMP

2013-02-11 Thread Alexandre Prokoudine
On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 5:39 PM, maderios wrote: - Scribus-1.4 : the same Wrong. Scribus is built around its own file format and isn't suited for editing PDF which is its primary target file format. You don't open and save a PDF back in Scribus. file = open recent = open document.sla

Re: [Gimp-user] Suggestions for the GIMP

2013-02-11 Thread Alexandre Prokoudine
On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 7:39 PM, maderios wrote: file = open recent = open document.sla save document .sla save as document-2.sla export document.sla = save as image, pdf, etc With scribus you can only work with .sla And that proves your point exactly how? :) It just shows that

Re: [Gimp-user] Suggestions for the GIMP

2013-02-11 Thread maderios
On 02/11/2013 05:03 PM, jfrazie...@nc.rr.com wrote: - Libreoffice : the same This is a selective functionality comparison on your part based upon a specific file format(s) or lack of knowledge of the actual product you are comparing. For example, Libreoffice has PDF as an EXPORT option, NOT

Re: [Gimp-user] Suggestions for the GIMP

2013-02-11 Thread jfrazierjr
maderios mader...@gmail.com wrote: On 02/11/2013 05:03 PM, jfrazie...@nc.rr.com wrote: - Libreoffice : the same This is a selective functionality comparison on your part based upon a specific file format(s) or lack of knowledge of the actual product you are comparing. For

Re: [Gimp-user] Suggestions for the GIMP

2013-02-11 Thread maderios
On 02/11/2013 05:03 PM, jfrazie...@nc.rr.com wrote: - Libreoffice : the same Of course, I am not aware of your version of the product, so perhaps you have the older version installed rather than the latest version after this change in functionality was made. I tested 3.6 version too, it's

Re: [Gimp-user] Suggestions for the GIMP

2013-02-11 Thread maderios
On 02/11/2013 05:54 PM, jfrazie...@nc.rr.com wrote: maderios mader...@gmail.com wrote: On 02/11/2013 05:03 PM, jfrazie...@nc.rr.com wrote: - Libreoffice : the same This is a selective functionality comparison on your part based upon a specific file format(s) or lack of knowledge of

Re: [Gimp-user] Suggestions for the GIMP

2013-02-11 Thread jfrazierjr
Example with gimp file = open = nut.png adjust contrast = ok I want to save it I can't... XCF ? But I don't want xcf now. Ok , I export # many many many files = export ok # many files later = export Arghhh..:

Re: [Gimp-user] Suggestions for the GIMP

2013-02-11 Thread maderios
On 02/11/2013 07:58 PM, Kevin Cozens wrote: On 13-02-11 12:52 PM, maderios wrote: U = it saves as, depending on the extension you want to choose, or the new name you choose. Why U? That wouldn't be an easy one to remember as having anything to do with a save operation. It's ok for french

Re: [Gimp-user] Suggestions for the GIMP

2013-02-11 Thread Steve Kinney
On 02/10/2013 05:56 PM, WhoCares wrote: FYI: This thread was turned into a useless exchange of no it isn't - yes it is! nonsense by one post: An anonymous post from WhoCares, a sock puppet post made through a web interface to evade detection. Let's disassemble that post. The GIMP is

Re: [Gimp-user] Suggestions for the GIMP

2013-02-11 Thread A. den Oudsten
Op 11-02-13 21:21, Steve Kinney schreef: On 02/10/2013 05:56 PM, WhoCares wrote: FYI: This thread was turned into a useless exchange of no it isn't - yes it is! nonsense by one post: An anonymous post from WhoCares, a sock puppet post made through a web interface to evade detection. Let's

Re: [Gimp-user] Suggestions for the GIMP

2013-02-10 Thread maderios
On 02/10/2013 03:52 AM, Richard Gitschlag wrote: Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2013 16:40:54 +0100 From: mader...@gmail.com To: gimp-user-list@gnome.org Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] Suggestions for the GIMP On 02/07/2013 02:16 AM, WhoCares wrote: Hi Whomever is listening, I don't use

Re: [Gimp-user] Suggestions for the GIMP

2013-02-10 Thread Alexandre Prokoudine
On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 9:06 PM, maderios wrote: Why complicate things ? This is a false problem. Any editor (gimp,libreoffice, krita, etc..) user must (learn to) save his work and should not rely on automation that slows work. Gimp should follow the standards available in all editors. Every

Re: [Gimp-user] Suggestions for the GIMP

2013-02-10 Thread Daniel Hornung
On Sunday, 10. February 2013 18:06:25 maderios wrote: Much noise about common functions... Why complicate things ? This is a false problem. Any editor (gimp,libreoffice, krita, etc..) user must (learn to) save his work and should not rely on automation that slows work. Gimp should follow

Re: [Gimp-user] Suggestions for the GIMP

2013-02-09 Thread maderios
On 02/07/2013 02:16 AM, WhoCares wrote: Hi Whomever is listening, I don't use The GIMP very much, but today I pulled out 2.8.2 (Ubuntu + MATE) so I could put some screenies together. 2 things hit me immediately: - Firstly, I can't really use the toolbox anymore. This could be more specific to

Re: [Gimp-user] Suggestions for the GIMP

2013-02-08 Thread Liam R E Quin
On Fri, 2013-02-08 at 08:25 +0100, Gunold Brunbauer wrote: Is there any way to save the undo-history ? Not currently, no. It may happen after the move to GEGL,which is currently in progress but a lot of work. -- Liam Quin - XML Activity Lead, W3C, http://www.w3.org/People/Quin/ Pictures from

Re: [Gimp-user] Suggestions for the GIMP

2013-02-07 Thread Liam R E Quin
On Thu, 2013-02-07 at 09:44 -0800, Richard Gitschlag wrote: There are not many applications where the undo history is considered a tangible part of the current document/project being worked on. No, although I've encountered it. Most programs are indeed lossy in this regard. (On the same

Re: [Gimp-user] Suggestions for the GIMP

2013-02-07 Thread Gunold Brunbauer
Am 07.02.2013 18:44, schrieb Richard Gitschlag: From: l...@holoweb.net To: w...@ieee.org Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2013 07:43:46 +0100 CC: gimp-user-list@gnome.org Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] Suggestions for the GIMP All GIMP's formats (even xcf) are lossy - at the very least you lost undo history

Re: [Gimp-user] Suggestions for the GIMP

2013-02-06 Thread Richard Gitschlag
Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2013 02:16:34 +0100 From: for...@gimpusers.com To: gimp-user-list@gnome.org CC: t...@gimpusers.com Subject: [Gimp-user] Suggestions for the GIMP - Secondly (and more importantly) it would seem that The GIMP is now enforcing that I use Ctrl + E to save my images, else it

Re: [Gimp-user] Suggestions for the GIMP

2013-02-06 Thread Steve Kinney
On 02/06/2013 08:16 PM, WhoCares wrote: Hi Whomever is listening, I don't use The GIMP very much, but today I pulled out 2.8.2 (Ubuntu + MATE) so I could put some screenies together. 2 things hit me immediately: - Firstly, I can't really use the toolbox anymore. This could be more

Re: [Gimp-user] Suggestions for the GIMP

2013-02-06 Thread Myke C. Subs
On 02/06/2013 10:54 PM, Steve Kinney wrote: Doing likewise with, for instance, GIMP .xcf files and generic .png or .jpg files may take some getting used to. But there is a certain logic to it. This new feature has caught me by surprise but I understand it and am adjusting my habits to

Re: [Gimp-user] Suggestions for the GIMP

2013-02-06 Thread bgw
On 02/06/2013 08:08 PM, Myke C. Subs wrote: Is there a way to make it automatically save in .xcf.gz format instead of uncompressed .xcf? Does this save very much? I have a 45 megabyte xcf file; it reduces to 37 megabytes using gzip. The time taken vs the total compression makes the exercise