[Gimp-user] Reading Nikon raw (NEF) files?

2006-01-16 Thread Simon Roberts
Hi all, Can The GIMP read the raw format from a Nikon D50 camera? I believe the format extension is .nef, but I can't try this out as I don't have the camera yet. I don't see this on the list of file types in the open dialog. Do I need a plugin (if so where do I find it) or am I out of luck?

Re: [Gimp-user] Reading Nikon raw (NEF) files?

2006-01-16 Thread Simon Roberts
--- Patrick Shanahan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can The GIMP read the raw format from a Nikon D50 camera? ... ufraw is *very* good http://ufraw.sf.net Patrick ShanahanRegistered Linux User #207535 Awesome, many thanks! Cheers, Simon You can tell whether a

Re: [Gimp-user] text bending

2006-01-18 Thread Simon Roberts
--- Vytautas Povilaitis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there a way to bend lines of text or just stripes in GIMP? I need to make text go around a circle. I'm a newbie with the GIMP, but you can do that in OpenOffice Draw which is more of a design and create type tool, while the GIMP seems to

[Gimp-user] 2.4 schedule estimate?

2006-01-18 Thread Simon Roberts
Having written some software in the past, I know this is an unfair question, but I'm interested in the color management that's slated for 2.4. Can anyone point me at a time (rough waving damp fingers in the air) estimate for when that might be released? Alternatively and also, anyone using the

Re: [Gimp-user] 2.4 schedule estimate?

2006-01-18 Thread Simon Roberts
--- Dave Neary [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Simon, Selon Simon Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Having written some software in the past, I know this is an unfair question, but I'm interested in the color management that's slated for 2.4. Can anyone point me at a time (rough waving damp fingers

Re: [Gimp-user] text bending

2006-01-18 Thread Simon Roberts
--- Carol Spears [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm a newbie with the GIMP, but you can do that in OpenOffice Draw which is more of a design and create type tool ... interesting. i would like to know if Vytautas Povilaitis had open office installed and i would also like to know what other

[Gimp-user] Fill transparent?

2006-03-10 Thread Simon Roberts
Hi All, I'm really sorry this is probably a dumb/rtfm type question but I guess I don't know enough to know what to look for. I simply want to make a selection transparent. I can make the selection OK, but when I click the little red eraser thingy (for which the tooltip says Erase to background

Re: [Gimp-user] Re: Fill transparent?

2006-03-10 Thread Simon Roberts
--- Olivier Ripoll [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Simon Roberts wrote: ... I simply want to make a selection transparent. ... Try Layer-Transparency-Add alpha channel. And then just cut your selection (ctrl-X). Oh, wow, that's easy. I guess I really just didn't know where to begin. Many thanks

Re: [Gimp-user] RAW support

2006-03-23 Thread Simon Roberts
--- Rhys Sage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is it likely that the GIMP will ever support RAW images such as those from my XT? It already does, via plugins. There are several, I use ufraw, which works and integrates with GIMP just great. Cheers, Simon You can tell whether a man is clever by his

[Gimp-user] Help with batch printing please?

2006-04-16 Thread Simon Roberts
Hi All, I'd like to be able to have gimp print something from a command line, so I can use it in a batch job. Well, to back up a little, I guess what I want is to be able to print high quality graphics from a command-line but so far, the only thing I have that I'm aware of that does this on my

[Gimp-user] How to draw a line? :(

2006-05-12 Thread Simon Roberts
I'm feeling particularly useless today, I'm pretty much a total beginner with GIMP, but I can't believe this is as hard as I seem to be making it. I want to draw a straight line. I'm using Gimp 2.2.4 I try the paintbrush, I have a color selected, and I can draw a squiggly line. The help says

Re: [Gimp-user] How to draw a line? :(

2006-05-12 Thread Simon Roberts
tutorial? It's here: http://www.gimp.org/tutorials/Straight_Line/ It details exactly what to do, step-by-step. Marco On May 12, 2006, at 9:02 PM, Simon Roberts wrote: I'm feeling particularly useless today, I'm pretty much a total beginner with GIMP, but I can't believe

Solved Re: [Gimp-user] How to draw a line? :(

2006-05-12 Thread Simon Roberts
the actual straight line tutorial? It's here: http://www.gimp.org/tutorials/Straight_Line/ Simon Roberts wrote: Nutshell version: no, I'd not seen this, yes, so far as I can make out, I'm doing what the tutorial says, but no, I don't get any line. I get two crosshairs and a line joining

[Gimp-user] Probably simple, need to know right approach

2006-07-31 Thread Simon Roberts
Hi all, I'm trying to put a bunch of photographs together as a collage. As I do so, I want to be able to resize and reposition each one repeatedly until I'm happy with the overall layout. So far what I'm doing is pasting each image into a new layer, however, this isn't very satisfactory because

Re: [Gimp-user] Probably simple, need to know right approach

2006-07-31 Thread Simon Roberts
--- VytautasP [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Simon Roberts wrote: Hi all, I'm trying to put a bunch of photographs together as a collage. As I do so, I want to be able to resize and reposition each one repeatedly until I'm happy with the overall layout. So far what I'm doing is pasting

Re: [Gimp-user] Probably simple, need to know right approach--SOLVED

2006-07-31 Thread Simon Roberts
--- Matthias Julius [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Simon Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'm trying to put a bunch of photographs together as a collage. As I do so, I want to be able to resize and reposition each one repeatedly until I'm happy with the overall layout. So far what I'm

Re: [Gimp-user] Colour management

2007-09-18 Thread Simon Roberts
Can I profile my monitor with this? If so, what are the supported profiling tools? I went to PS simply because I couldn't make head nor tail of the lcms stuff, but absolutely have to have a true monitor. Cheers, Simon - Original Message From: Alexander Rabtchevich [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[Gimp-user] Question about involuntary resizing

2007-11-08 Thread Simon Roberts
Hi all, I created a headshot for a friend, but the website she's posted it on, which is essentially out of her control, does some automatic resizing. Actually, I'm not sure if the resizing occurs in the server, or on the client browser. Anyway, the original image has been offered at a variety

Re: [Gimp-user] chromatic aberration

2008-03-18 Thread Simon Roberts
- Original Message From: norman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2008 8:52:22 AM Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] chromatic aberration snip Unfortunately, ca is controlled in lense manufacture and design and has two solutions, software or

Re: [Gimp-user] chromatic aberration

2008-03-18 Thread Simon Roberts
- Original Message From: norman [EMAIL PROTECTED] ... CA is indeed a function of the lens quality. You're also right that a smaller sensor makes CA more visible, that's just simple geometry. If the lens produces an abberation of any given size, then if the sensor is half the size,