Re: [Gimp-user] floating selection

2007-10-02 Thread Michael Schumacher
Von: carol irvin [EMAIL PROTECTED] It kept happening no matter what I tried UNTIL I tried this anchoring. You can also turn floating selections into new layers. The interesting question is how you did get crop to produce a floating selection in the first place. Either the definition of crop

Re: [Gimp-user] floating selection

2007-10-02 Thread carol irvin
Also Carol you can right mouse click on the floating layer and select new layer which can be very useful. Regards Pete PS Welcome to the gimp The Mac doesn't have right click. Instead, you use with your left hand the control key and with your right the mouse bar on the macbook (or a left mouse

Re: [Gimp-user] Bit-depth Processing

2007-10-02 Thread gimp_user
On Monday 01 October 2007 16:09:23 jim feldman wrote: Patrick Shanahan wrote: * Greg [EMAIL PROTECTED] [10-01-07 13:29] In any event, from what you've told me, GIMP may not be the right tool for me at this time. I want to retain all my bits. So until GIMP natively supports 12-bits or

Re: [Gimp-user] Bit-depth Processing

2007-10-02 Thread gimp_user
On Friday 28 September 2007 17:28:36 jim feldman wrote: Greg wrote: I appreciate all the info and discussion on this. It's a lot more than I expected...and that's a good thing. I guess what I really want to know is, am I going to see any noticeable loss if image quality from my 12-bit

Re: [Gimp-user] Bit-depth Processing

2007-10-02 Thread gimp_user
On Monday 01 October 2007 16:41:02 carol irvin wrote: I've done some photography but usually I end up painting over it and converting it to mixed media as I really prefer painting to photography. I think for users who are drawn to art and painting, GIMP may satisfy their needs more easily.

Re: [Gimp-user] floating selection

2007-10-02 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, On Tue, 2007-10-02 at 09:57 -0400, carol irvin wrote: The Mac doesn't have right click. Instead, you use with your left hand the control key and with your right the mouse bar on the macbook (or a left mouse button if you were using an actual mouse). I have used this on the floating

Re: [Gimp-user] Bit-depth Processing

2007-10-02 Thread carol irvin
i used to teach in a college setting but in a non-art dept. the commercial art courses were all given with adobe products. this was good from one standpoint, i.e. that the students would be using the programs that an ad agency or similar would be using. It was bad from the standpoint though

[Gimp-user] non-destructive editing

2007-10-02 Thread gimp_user
On Thursday 27 September 2007 08:00:45 George Farris wrote: Though you object to selective discussion of your discorse, you have at least twice falsely referred to gimp's lack of a tool for non- distructive editing.  The term is a contradiction in itself.  Perhaps you can take the time to

[Gimp-user] Creating grub-splash screens with GIMP

2007-10-02 Thread Frank Lanitz
Hi, I've got a small problem with creating splash screens for grub with my GIMP. I need to create a file *.xpm.gz with this things: Basic instructions: * xpm file format * 640x480 * 14 colors only and I have no idea, how to mange it. Any hints? ;) Frank P.S. I'm using 2.4rc1.

Re: [Gimp-user] Bit-depth Processing

2007-10-02 Thread David Southwell
On 10/2/07, gimp_user [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Monday 01 October 2007 16:09:23 jim feldman wrote: Patrick Shanahan wrote: * Greg [EMAIL PROTECTED] [10-01-07 13:29] In any event, from what you've told me, GIMP may not be the right tool for me at this time. I want to

Re: [Gimp-user] non-destructive editing

2007-10-02 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, while your explanation of non-destructive editing is all fine, I still think that your postings to this list are nothing but noise. This list is about using GIMP. The users who are interested in development know very well that everything you asked for is already on our roadmap. You can even

Re: [Gimp-user] Creating grub-splash screens with GIMP

2007-10-02 Thread Michael J. Hammel
On Tue, 2 Oct 2007 18:32:02 +0200 Frank Lanitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've got a small problem with creating splash screens for grub with my GIMP. I need to create a file *.xpm.gz with this things: Basic instructions: * xpm file format * 640x480 * 14 colors only and I have no

Re: [Gimp-user] Bit-depth Processing

2007-10-02 Thread Elwin Estle
I am hardly an expert on this whole issue. I would like to see a side by side comparison of prints made from 8 bit vs 16 bit images to see just exactly what the difference might be. I think your average person probably wouldn't care. It has been mentioned that monitors are poor venues on

Re: [Gimp-user] Bit-depth Processing

2007-10-02 Thread David Southwell
On Tuesday 02 October 2007 10:50:44 Elwin Estle wrote: I am hardly an expert on this whole issue. I would like to see a side by side comparison of prints made from 8 bit vs 16 bit images to see just exactly what the difference might be. I think your average person probably wouldn't care. It

Re: [Gimp-user] Noise-non-noise

2007-10-02 Thread Geoffrey
David Southwell wrote: On Tuesday 02 October 2007 10:05:51 Sven Neumann wrote: Hi, while your explanation of non-destructive editing is all fine, I still think that your postings to this list are nothing but noise. This list is about using GIMP. The users who are interested in development

Re: [Gimp-user] carol the floating selection (now working in layers!)

2007-10-02 Thread Greg
--- carol irvin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i opened gimp and just used the default black brush and made a bunch of black squiggles on a white canvas. then i altered that version with a filter. and, drum roll please, made them into two layers! I did this in 2.2.17 and I didn't get another

Re: [Gimp-user] non-destructive editing

2007-10-02 Thread Patrick Shanahan
* gimp_user [EMAIL PROTECTED] [10-02-07 13:47]: Much unnecessary quote removed. One thing I forgot to mention is that if you are simply trying to edit an image for your own use and can revisit the original then the absense of non-destrucitve editing features may not be a handicap. The

Re: [Gimp-user] Bit-depth Processing

2007-10-02 Thread Greg
--- Patrick Shanahan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Then you need to abandon the jpeg format as it is lossey (google for it) and you need to shoot RAW. I know, but if you can retain your original bit-depth, the lossyness isn't as noticeable, especially if you set the compression to the lowest

Re: [Gimp-user] Bit-depth Processing

2007-10-02 Thread Jeffrey Brent McBeth
On Tue, Oct 02, 2007 at 11:58:47AM -0700, Greg wrote: --- Patrick Shanahan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Then you need to abandon the jpeg format as it is lossey (google for it) and you need to shoot RAW. I know, but if you can retain your original bit-depth, the lossyness isn't as noticeable,

Re: [Gimp-user] carol the floating selection (now working in layers!)

2007-10-02 Thread carol irvin
no, my habit on this type of thing is to separately save the two versions (to desktop while working; to be moved when done). I then pick one of the images with SelectAll and EditCopy. I then go to the other image and hit EditPaste. I now have 2 layers which show up in the layers palette, one

Re: [Gimp-user] non-destructive editing

2007-10-02 Thread Simon Budig
Patrick Shanahan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: * gimp_user [EMAIL PROTECTED] [10-02-07 13:47]: Much unnecessary quote removed. One thing I forgot to mention is that if you are simply trying to edit an image for your own use and can revisit the original then the absense of non-destrucitve

Re: [Gimp-user] Bit-depth Processing

2007-10-02 Thread Asif Lodhi
Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2007 12:38:38 -0400 From: carol irvin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] Bit-depth Processing ... The instructors don't care about anything but the artistic merit of the results. If I were the student, I'd just go

Re: [Gimp-user] Bit-depth Processing

2007-10-02 Thread Asif Lodhi
Hi David, Message: 7 Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2007 11:35:36 -0700 From: David Southwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] Bit-depth Processing IMHO photoshop is NOT a tool designed for the average user. I would like to, respectfully, disagree. Photoshop IS meant for an average user. Just

[Gimp-user] captcha

2007-10-02 Thread mike reqavey
greetings please point me in the direction of how I could make a captcha around 8.5 x 11.0 inches. It'd be a one shot deal for a poster, not something generated randomly on a website. I was thinking using layered letters and rotating each letter, but any suggestion would be helpful. thanks

Re: [Gimp-user] captcha

2007-10-02 Thread Tim Jedlicka
On 3 Oct 2007 01:23:24 -, mike reqavey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: greetings please point me in the direction of how I could make a captcha around 8.5x 11.0 inches. Closest I could come up with was the Filters-Animation-Rippling -- Tim Jedlicka, Network Entomologist [EMAIL PROTECTED],

Re: [Gimp-user] captcha

2007-10-02 Thread Chris Mohler
On 3 Oct 2007 01:23:24 -, mike reqavey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: greetings please point me in the direction of how I could make a captcha around 8.5 x 11.0 inches. It'd be a one shot deal for a poster, not something generated randomly on a website. I was thinking using layered