Re: [Gimp-user] Re: when even free advertising fails

2005-05-09 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, I see the point of displaying the status of the selection but I don't think the statusbar will do for this. The statusbar is supposed to be used for context-sensitive information. GIMP 2.4 will also make a lot more use of the statusbar for displaying hints. I don't see how a static information

Re: [Gimp-user] Save dialog: can I get some sort of history?

2005-05-09 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, Mikhail Ramendik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I use the Gimp to take files from one directory (raw photos), > process them, and save them into another directory (photos for > sending/publishing/printing/etc). > > Each time I save a photo, I have to navigate to the saving directory > manuall

Re: [Gimp-user] Save dialog: can I get some sort of history?

2005-05-09 Thread Owen
On Sun, 08 May 2005 13:20:41 +0200 Sven Neumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Is it possible to somehow have the Save dialog store this directory > > iin some form of history, so I could easily select it? > > There's the bookmarks pane on the left. You can add your directory > there for quick ac

Re: [Gimp-user] Re: when even free advertising fails

2005-05-09 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, David Marrs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > A message in the status bar makes sense to me. Huh? The application is supposed to tell you all the time that your selection is toggled off? There's only one statusbar and it should be used for useful things. > Alternatively, rather than use the sta

Re: [Gimp-user] Re: when even free advertising fails

2005-05-09 Thread Carol Spears
On Sat, May 07, 2005 at 02:46:48PM +0100, David Marrs wrote: > > > Hmm, I can't imagine when I did this, but I suppose I must have clicked > on one of the other buttons at some point. It would be nice if there was > a toolbar in the canvas window itself with the main tool options > repeated ther

Re: [Gimp-user] Re: when even free advertising fails

2005-05-09 Thread David Marrs
Sven Neumann wrote: Having all possible toggles visible in a toolbar in the image window be a major waste of screen estate. Sven Not being able to maximse the image window to full screen is a major waste of screen estate. All I'm talking about is sacrificing 20 pixels' worth of height. If you

Re: [Gimp-user] Set default resize method

2005-05-09 Thread Carol Spears
On Sun, May 08, 2005 at 01:07:01AM +0400, Mikhail Ramendik wrote: > Hello, > > I would like to set the default resize method to cubic rather than linear; I > want the best quality and have enough CPU horsepower, so I need cubic, right? > > I'm tired of switching the setting every time. Is there

[Gimp-user] Re: Newbie having trouble with layers, text and otherwise

2005-05-09 Thread Olivier Ripoll
John's Mac wrote: [...] Now, to the point: [...] > OK, so I have tried using resize canvas. That added some space at the bottom. Here's what I'm seeing now: My central image has white space on three sides as a result of previous layer resizing. The layer containing the central image has a yellow

Re: [Gimp-user] Set default resize method

2005-05-09 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, Mikhail Ramendik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I would like to set the default resize method to cubic rather than > linear; I want the best quality and have enough CPU horsepower, so I > need cubic, right? > > I'm tired of switching the setting every time. Is there a way to > change the defau

Re: [Gimp-user] Layer Style python plugin..

2005-05-09 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, Rene Jensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm surprised nobody has hacked on that before. After all, it's all > there: Parasites that gets saved with the image/layer, a python > module that can update the editor-view live, a complete scripting > language with gtk bindings. > > I spend a handf

[Gimp-user] Re: Disadvantage of GIMP when compared to Photoshop

2005-05-09 Thread Kent Tong
Alan Horkan maths.tcd.ie> writes: > I'll try and keep this factual and give you information to work with. Alan, Thanks a lot of your information! I've forwarded to my colleague for reference. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.e

Re: [Gimp-user] when even free advertising fails

2005-05-09 Thread Tom Williams
Kalle Ounapuu wrote: The bug-tracker serves it's purpose, but you can't expect everyone to be reading it over before making any comment about GIMP. I agree. People use Gimp (or try to) and have a problem or criticism and post their feedback here instead of filing bug/enhancement reports or lookin

Re: [Gimp-user] Layer Style python plugin..

2005-05-09 Thread Rene Jensen
LOL! Yes, I see that it has :-] It does look good too, very much indeed. Thanks for pointing it out, Sven, saved me of quite a bunch of working hours. Sorry for the many posts (and thanks those who helped). How can you work with a 24 hour timedelay? Oh well.. See ya all -centipede > > This h

Re: [Gimp-user] Tricks and tutorials (A FWD from Rene)

2005-05-09 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, Rikard Johnels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I use the same thread as before to send a forward from Rene; Sorry, but may I ask why? The posts from Rene seem to have shown up on this list just fine. Sven ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.

[Gimp-user] Re: Disadvantage of GIMP when compared to Photoshop

2005-05-09 Thread Kent Tong
Olivier Ripoll yahoo.fr> writes: > > I wasn't aware of this "grouping" ability. Can you please tell me how I > > would group a bunch of layers? > > > I think he means you can group them with respect to move and transform > tools, using the "chain" or "link" icon between the "eye" icon and the

[Gimp-user] Re: Disadvantage of GIMP when compared to Photoshop

2005-05-09 Thread Kent Tong
Carol Spears gimp.org> writes: > > -- Compare to PhotoShop, managing the layers is not that easy. You can > > define > > layers to groups in Photoshop. You can even target an action to a group. No > > group idea in GIMP. > > > it is interesting that photoshop is considered to have better layers

Re: [Gimp-user] Save dialog: can I get some sort of history?

2005-05-09 Thread Joao S. O. Bueno Calligaris
On Saturday 07 May 2005 06:54, Mikhail Ramendik wrote: > (reposting as first letter apparently got lost) > > Hello, > > I use the Gimp to take files from one directory (raw photos), > process them, and save them into another directory (photos for > sending/publishing/printing/etc). > > Each time I

Re: [Gimp-user] when even free advertising fails

2005-05-09 Thread delriaan
It seems that some Photoshop users have this notion that GIMP was meant to be the David to Adobe's Goliath. Maybe it's just me, but I see GIMP as developing into its own application rather than being a mere Photoshop clone. I think that unfortunately, some people who slam GIMP are of the

Re: [Gimp-user] Re: when even free advertising fails

2005-05-09 Thread David Marrs
Carol Spears wrote: it would be better and "easier" to insist that people work with the default gimp set up before making suggestions about where to put the information. thanks, carol "Easier" for whom? the users or the developers? Since there's only one GIMP set-up anyway, I don't see how it

[Gimp-user] Re: when even free advertising fails

2005-05-09 Thread Olivier Ripoll
David Marrs wrote: Sven Neumann wrote: Having all possible toggles visible in a toolbar in the image window be a major waste of screen estate. Sven Not being able to maximse the image window to full screen is a major waste of screen estate. View->Fullscreen (or simply F11) will maximize the ima

Re: [Gimp-user] configuration of a Wacom Intuos tablet

2005-05-09 Thread Akkana Peck
Olivier Lecarme writes: > I just bought a Wacom Intuos tablet, A5 format. [ ... ] > and my tablet is now recognized by Gimp (2.2), with the three devices > (stylus, eraser, and mouse). > > However, I cannot manage to have a different behavior for these three > devices. In the Devices dialog, only

Re: [Gimp-user] modular GIMP

2005-05-09 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, David Marrs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I quite like the idea of seeing the signal path laid out in a > modular form. You can see the channels flowing through the layers, > which layers have filters operating on them and how this affects the > signal. It would certainly be useful from the p