Re: [Gimp-user] Help to Write How To Compile the GIMP Stable Tarball

2002-02-12 Thread Tom . Williams
Wow I'm building gimp-1.2.3 on Linux (2.4.14 kernel, glibc-2.2.5, gcc-3.0.3, glib/gtk+-1.2.10) right now. :( About the ONLY bit of info I can contribute is building with the --enable-ansi configure option does NOT work as it causes compile problems with the signal handling code in GDK (I

Re: [Gimp-user] Help to Write How To Compile the GIMP Stable Tarball

2002-02-12 Thread Tom . Williams
: [Gimp-user] Help to Write How To Compile the GIMP Stable Tarball [ date ] 2002/02/12 | Tuesday | 09:51 AM [ author ] Tom Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] I tend to keep my ssytem fairly up-to-date so I don't have a lot of problems with missing libs (outside of NOT having the Parse:Descent Perl

Re: [Gimp-user] Help to Write How To Compile the GIMP Stable Tarball

2002-02-12 Thread Tom . Williams
My DVD Collection John Beppu [EMAIL PROTECTED] 02/12/02 03:46 PM To:[EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Re: [Gimp-user] Help to Write How To Compile the GIMP Stable Tarball [ date ] 2002/02/12 | Tuesday | 09:51 AM [ author ] Tom Williams [EMAIL

[Gimp-user] Gimp and dpi

2002-02-25 Thread Tom . Williams
Hi! I'm running Gimp 1.2.3 on both Linux and Windows NT. It works GREAT on BOTH platforms! I've been learning how to do stuff from a friend who is a big PhotoShop user and he often tells me I should save the JPEGs of photos I touch up at a resolution of 72 dpi. When I first installed the Gimp, I

Re: [Gimp-user] Installing xsane plugin

2002-03-26 Thread Tom . Williams
I thought the XSane site had GIMP plug-in installation instructions: http://www.xsane.org try there if you get no response here Peace Tom My DVD Collection John Culleton [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 03/23/02 11:52 AM Please respond to john To:

Re: [Gimp-user] KDE-gimp

2002-04-01 Thread Tom . Williams
I think he might be asking when gimp will be able to hook-in to KDE such that KDE themes, etc, will appy to gimp as with other KDE aware apps. In other words, when will gimp be a KDE-aware app or will it continue to be an X app on Linux? Peace. Tom My DVD Collection Carol Spears

[Gimp-user] Help needed with Gimp 1.2.3 and XFree86 4.2.0

2002-06-26 Thread Tom Williams
Hi! I'm running Gimp 1.2.3 on Slackware Linux 8.0 w/ custom 2.4.18 kernel, glibc-2.2.5, gcc-3.1, binutils-2.12.1, XFree86 4.2.0 upgrades.I run at 1280x1024 screen resolution at 16-bit color depth. Everything runs fine, UNTIL I try to use the Script-Fu logo tools to make a logo (like Cool

Re: [Gimp-user] Help needed with Gimp 1.2.3 and XFree86 4.2.0

2002-06-27 Thread Tom Williams
John Culleton wrote: On Wednesday 26 June 2002 09:37 pm, Tom Williams wrote: Hi! I'm running Gimp 1.2.3 on Slackware Linux 8.0 w/ custom 2.4.18 kernel, glibc-2.2.5, gcc-3.1, binutils-2.12.1, XFree86 4.2.0 upgrades.I run at 1280x1024 screen resolution at 16-bit color depth

Re: [Gimp-user] GIF support under Linux?

2002-07-13 Thread Tom Williams
Karl Auer wrote: Hello there. I seem to recall the question being asked already, but I don't recall any reply. The mailing list archives don't throw any light on the subject either. Under Linux, running the GIMP version 1.2.3, there is no support for the GIF file format. A search of the

[Fwd: [Gimp-user] GIF support under Linux?]

2002-07-13 Thread Tom Williams
Can this library be used for *some* GIF support on Linux: http://freshmeat.net/projects/angif/?topic_id=809 Peace. Tom ---BeginMessage--- Karl Auer wrote: Hello there. I seem to recall the question being asked already, but I don't recall any reply. The mailing list archives don't

Re: [Fwd: [Gimp-user] GIF support under Linux?]

2002-07-13 Thread Tom Williams
Jeff Trefftzs wrote: Karl Auer asks: Under Linux, running the GIMP version 1.2.3, there is no support for the GIF file format. A search of the plugins repository shows up a Windows extension, but that's it. Can the Windows one be used for Linux, and if so, how? If not, how do I get GIF

Re: [Gimp-user] Is there a checker plugin for GIMP?

2002-09-10 Thread Tom Williams
Umm... I think he meant that as a Joke. :) Have you seen the Psychobilly feature? It really makes ones head spin. I seriously doubt he was calling you a dope-head as an insult. Peace. Tom Philippe Rousselot wrote: and if you just are a jerk with no manners and obviously no

[Gimp-user] New Gimp FAQ: Call for questions

2002-12-18 Thread Tom . Williams
with gimp? I will post more as I think of them :) Peace Tom - Forwarded by Tom Williams/HQ/dssi on 12/18/02 02:05 PM - Carol Spears

Re: [Gimp-user] Re: makin pattern?

2002-12-19 Thread Tom Williams
Carol Spears wrote: hi, On 2002-12-19 at 0608.46 -0800, zeus typed this: How to make gimp pattern. is there any refference or some explanation how to make patterns, or someone khow ho to make it. Please i need your help.. I try to make it, with renaming xcf file to .pat. But, it

Re: [Gimp-user] 2-byte TTF font brokenness - are there any options?

2002-12-19 Thread Tom . Williams
This is a GREAT question as I've run into this a LOT. I've recently learned how to install Windows True-Type fonts in XFree86 (4.2.1) and I'm finding I can use the Windows fonts with gimp on Linux that I thought I had abandoned. An answer to the 2-byte font problem would be greatly

Re: [Gimp-user] Stripping an image from solid background

2002-12-25 Thread Tom Williams
Eric Pierce wrote: I've wondered for years if there's any way to perfectly strip an image from a solid colored background while maintaining any alpha channel info. Take this image for instance. http://epierce.freeshell.org/temp/index.html The background is 100% white. But there's some

Re: [Gimp-user] color picker

2003-01-14 Thread Tom Williams
Bettina Slottved wrote: Hi !! I am making a web-site for my baby and I have decided to add a fuzzy border to some of the pictures and then I have made a 1 pixel png with the same color and used as a repeating background. For the fuzzy border, I use the Script-Fu Fuzzy Border. But I have not

Re: [Gimp-user] scan an image in Gimp

2003-01-15 Thread Tom Williams
Jina wrote: That's it ! Installed sane on my brand new MDK 9.0 and it works fine. Now, I want to scan from the GIMP, so linked xscanimage in my ~/.gimp-1.2/plug-ins/ and it doesn't work ! Even tried to link it in /usr/lib/gimp./plug-ins/ and nothing more. What's the trick ? Try linking

Re: [Gimp-user] 2-byte TTF font brokenness - are there any options?(resend)

2003-01-27 Thread Tom Williams
Christopher Hicks wrote: [ I sent out a similar message before Christmas, but I'm hoping that sending this out again now that everybody's recovered might have a better chance of evoking a response. For those seeing this twice, sorry. ] I'm trying to get ttf fonts to work with gimp, but it

[Gimp-user] Question about the Fuzzy Border Script-Fu script

2003-01-27 Thread Tom . Williams
Hi! Ok, I've been beating my head against the wall trying to find out how to do this: 1. take an image (any image) 2. Make a round selection (image/Script-Fu/Selection/Round) 3. Apply a Fuzzy Border to the round selection (image/Script-Fu/Decor/Fuzzy Border) Is this even possible? Thanks in

Re: [Gimp-user] 2-byte TTF font brokenness - are there any options?(resend)

2003-01-27 Thread Tom Williams
Christopher Hicks wrote: On Mon, 27 Jan 2003, Tom Williams wrote: Christopher Hicks wrote: I'm trying to get ttf fonts to work with gimp, but it seems like most of the fonts that my users want to use are causing the This is a 2-byte font and may not display correctly. message

Re: [Gimp-user] Re: New Gimp FAQ: Call for Answers

2003-01-28 Thread Tom . Williams
Steve Crane [EMAIL

Re: [Gimp-user] USB scanner, Xsane and Gimp

2003-02-17 Thread Tom Williams
Nigel Ridley wrote: Hi all, I know this isn't exactly Gimp stuff - but I am trying to access my new USB scanner through the Gimp: File - Acquire - Xsane: Device dialog and I figured that lots of you guys must have already set up a USB scanner :-) Anyway, I've done a lot of google-ing but

Re: [Gimp-user] turn tools loose??

2003-03-01 Thread Tom Williams
Gracia M. Littauer wrote: a friend asked this question which I couldn't answer since I haven't really used the tools so far. I hate to ask such a dumb question on a public list, but I still can't figure out how to get a tool to turn loose! I pick up, for example, the rotator tool. I'm

Re: [Gimp-user] Re: Can't see fonts...

2003-03-07 Thread Tom . Williams
The Dynamic Text tool also works well with Windows fonts on Linux. Peace Tom Carol Spears [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Gimp-user] GIF format, where is it ?

2003-03-16 Thread Tom Williams
Dave Selby wrote: Im running gimp on Debian Linux 3.0 Woody, But thank you for the tip, I will search my DVD for a driver of some kind and e-mail you back with the results. Dave Try installing libungif: http://prtr-13.ucsc.edu/~badger/software/libungif/index.shtml Good luck! Peace

[Gimp-user] Gimp vs MosfetPaint

2003-06-07 Thread Tom Williams
Has anyone tried MosfetPaint: http://www.mosfet.org/mosfetpaint/status/index.html If so, how do you think it compares with the Gimp? The author acknowledges that the Gimp isn't a _paint_ app, like he's apparently developing. I was just curious as to your thoughts on MosfetPaint. :) Peace...

Re: [Gimp-user] GIFs GIMP PHOTOSHOP

2003-04-12 Thread Tom Williams
O'Smith wrote: IE should be able to view PNG files now as most modern browsers can. You could always add a note to your site: Best viewed with anything but IE and maybe get a message across to users of the inferior browser! ;o) PNGs can be viewed but some still won't display properly and

[Gimp-user] GIMP contest site

2003-06-06 Thread Tom Williams
What's up with the GIMP Contest site: http://contest.gimp.org/ It looks like it's been dormant since 1999. Peace... Tom ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

[Gimp-user] Question about magic wand selections and layer masks

2003-06-09 Thread Tom Williams
Hi! Ok, someone on a message board I moderate on asked how to make a composite image from two images to be used as a desktop background. Here are the source images: http://www.rytekmotorsports.com/neo-anime-big.jpg (1600x1200) http://www.yourwallpaper.com/pop/movies/matrix/matrix03-1024.phtml

Re: [Gimp-user] Question about magic wand selections and layermasks

2003-06-10 Thread Tom Williams
Sven Neumann wrote: Hi, Tom Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Why does my version have a white outline around Neo where the instructor's version doesn't? You are not yet finished preparing the mask. Parts of the white background of the neo layer are not being masked out properly. Did

Re: [Gimp-user] compilation error

2003-06-12 Thread Tom Williams
"info sylvax.net" wrote: /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lgpm collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make[3]: *** [aa] Erreur 1 make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/sylvax/soft/gimp/gimp-1.2.4/plug-ins/common' make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Erreur 1 make[2]: Leaving directory

Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP-1.2.5 Compile Fails

2003-06-15 Thread Tom Williams
Jeff Trefftzs wrote: Hi All - I just downloaded and began compiling the latest stable gimp, 1.2.5. Configure worked properly, but the compile failed with the following output: gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I..-I../intl

[Gimp-user] Help needed with creating a GIF image

2003-06-26 Thread Tom . Williams
Hi! I'm creating a GIF image with a colored background and some colored text. I'm using gimp 1.2.4 on Windows 2000. Here is what I do: 1. Load an existing GIF that I want to modify (since it already has the desired background) 2. Create a new layer and fill with FG color 3. Select the

Re: [Gimp-user] Help needed with creating a GIF image

2003-06-27 Thread Tom . Williams
Well, I tried it again and saved the image with the optimal color palette set to 256 and it looks exactly like I want! Thanks! Peace... Tom

Re: [Gimp-user] how to write vertical text

2003-07-20 Thread Tom Williams
John Culleton wrote: On Friday 18 July 2003 12:17, charkee berekeke wrote: fellow gimp users, Can anyone teach me how to write text vertically ( top to bottom ) ? TIA charkee do you mean text rotated 90 degrees? Or do you mean text like T H I S The solution

Re: [Gimp-user] how to write vertical text

2003-07-20 Thread Tom Williams
Sven Neumann wrote: Hi, charkee berekeke [EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > That piece on writing text on a curve is really > interesting =). I would still like to know if gimp can > > write vertical text, like > T > H > I > S It cannot do this. At least not without major hassle like moving the glyphs

Re: [Gimp-user] ANNOUNCE: GIMP 1.3.19

2003-08-28 Thread Tom Williams
What's up with Gimp.org being closed to protest software patents? Peace... Tom David Neary wrote: Hi all, The next release in the development series of the GIMP, version 1.3.19, is now available for download from ftp://ftp.gimp.org/pub/gimp/v1.3/v1.3.19/ or from one of the mirrors

Re: [Gimp-user] Testing 1.3.20

2003-09-09 Thread Tom Williams
Sven Neumann wrote: Hi, BandiPat [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The new Gimp compiled fine today and installed. Upon trying to run it though, it got to a load point and just died. I ran it from the shell to check for more messages and found it doing a Segmentation fault See

Re: [Gimp-user] Testing 1.3.20

2003-09-10 Thread Tom Williams
David Neary wrote: Tom Williams wrote: Thanks for posting a link to this bug report. I'm seeing a similar problem at startup but it's not font related and is related to the tool-safe-mode plugin: This is another commonly reported bug - see http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id

Re: [Gimp-user] ANNOUNCE: The GIMP 1.3.21

2003-10-08 Thread Tom Williams
Is Bugzilla the best way to report enhancements as well for gimp 1.3? Peace... Tom David Neary wrote: Hi all, The next release in the development series of the GIMP, version 1.3.21, is now available for download from ftp://ftp.gimp.org/pub/gimp/v1.3/v1.3.21/ or from one of the mirrors

Re: [Gimp-user] Border Around Text in 3.20?

2003-10-21 Thread Tom . Williams
It sounds like the size of the brush you're using is too large. What is the size of the brush you're using? Peace... Tom Nick Wilson

[Gimp-user] Question about sparkle effects

2003-11-22 Thread Tom Williams
Does anyone know how to make sparkle effects in the Gimp, like this: http://www.cosmicsparkle.co.uk/images/CSparkle.jpg I'm talking about the effects on the bottom of the letter k in sparkle and between the words cosmic and sparkle. Thanks... :) Peace... Tom

[Gimp-user] Re: Sparkle effect

2003-11-27 Thread Tom Williams
Judy Wilson wrote: Hi Tom, I never saw a reply to your sparkle question. This tutorial helped me. I put some sparkles in a family photo for a friend, in the blue background. Hope it helps. If not, maybe I can give you some hints. It does take a while to render. It's fun.

[Gimp-user] Question about JPEG image scaling

2003-12-23 Thread Tom Williams
Hi! Ok, I'm using Gimp 1.3.23 on Linux. I've got a JPEG taken by a digital camera at 1892x1992 (pixels) resolution. The Print Size Display Unit info is: Width: 26.278 in Height: 27.667 in Resolution X: 72.000 px/in Y: 72.000 px/in So, I take this to mean the image is 72dpi and

Re: [Gimp-user] Question about JPEG image scaling

2003-12-23 Thread Tom Williams
Marco Wessel wrote: On Tue, Dec 23, 2003 at 05:07:34PM -0800, Tom Williams wrote: Hi! Ok, I'm using Gimp 1.3.23 on Linux. I've got a JPEG taken by a digital camera at 1892x1992 (pixels) resolution. The Print Size Display Unit info is: Width: 26.278 in Height: 27.667 in Resolution X

[Gimp-user] Is this a Gimp 1.3.23 bug?

2003-12-30 Thread Tom Williams
Ok, I've been using Gimp 1.3.23 to do some image work and tried the Text Tool and LOVE it! :)I've been creating layers like crazy and noticed as I switch between images and create new layers, the name of the last layer created becomes the default name of the new layer being created. I

[Gimp-user] How do you remove guides in gimp-2.0?

2004-03-06 Thread Tom Williams
I'm able to use guides to help with selections,etc., and I can hide the guides but I want to remove the guides like in gimp 1.2.x. Is this possible? Thanks... Peace... Tom ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp-2.0pre4 and python-fu Drop Shadow and Bevel plugin

2004-03-07 Thread Tom Williams
Simon Budig wrote: Tom Williams ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: So, I'm running gimp-2.0pre4 on Linux and I've got python 2.2.3 and pygtk-2.2.0-RC1 installed. When I try to use the Python-FU Drop Shadow and Bevel plugin, I get the dialog allowing me to configure the effect but it doesn't run

[Gimp-user] Questions about Gimp 2.0

2004-03-22 Thread Tom Williams
Hi! Ok, I just installed Gimp 2.0rc1 on Linux. The build went smoothly and I noticed the executable was installed as gimp instead of gimp-1.3. I accidentally clobbered my Gimp 1.2.5 installation but I can build that again. :) Anywho, I was wondering if/when the Add Glow and the Perl-o-Tine

[Gimp-user] Re: Questions about Gimp 2.0

2004-03-22 Thread Tom Williams
Carol Spears wrote: On Mon, Mar 22, 2004 at 09:58:40PM -0800, Tom Williams wrote: Hi! Ok, I just installed Gimp 2.0rc1 on Linux. The build went smoothly and I noticed the executable was installed as gimp instead of gimp-1.3. I accidentally clobbered my Gimp 1.2.5 installation but I can

Re: [Gimp-user] Gimp 2.0 - Congrats!

2004-03-24 Thread Tom Williams
Eric Pierce wrote: Well done, everyone! It's been a pure joy following the 1.3 devel series and watching all the new goodies ideas pour into the Gimp. You are all a part of something truly big and beautiful! My sincerest appreciation, Eric Pierce I agree 100%! Gimp 2.0 rocks and everyone

Re: [Gimp-user] Where does 2.0 find its fonts?

2004-03-24 Thread Tom Williams
John Culleton wrote: I only got to play with rc1 for less than a day and along comes 2.0.0 the real thing. I did useful work already with 2.0.0rc1 But I had trouble configuring extra fonts. The usual drill is to install e.g., freefont according to the directions in the file, including a

Re: [Gimp-user] specify png background color?

2004-04-03 Thread Tom Williams
Zhang Weiwu wrote: Hello. I have a png logo with alpha channel, it looks good on every browser excepte IE, which rander the alpha channel to a single color. I wish to set the optional png background color to be #222, the background color of the webpage where the logo is. In this case even IE

[Gimp-user] Help needed stroking an eliptical selection

2004-04-03 Thread Tom Williams
Hi! I'm trying to make an elliptical border around part of an image, sort of like a picture frame. I use the Select Elliptical Regions tool to select my region. Then I choose the color I want for the selection and I choose a 5x5 solid circle brush to use for the stroke of the selection.

Re: [Gimp-user] Help needed stroking an eliptical selection

2004-04-03 Thread Tom Williams
Simon Budig wrote: Sven Neumann ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Tom Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi! I'm trying to make an elliptical border around part of an image, sort of like a picture frame. I use the Select Elliptical Regions tool to select my region. Then I choose the color I

Re: [Gimp-user] Web background

2004-05-07 Thread Tom . Williams
Depending on the JPEG quality threshold you specify, you might not see any change in the image itself even though the file size WILL be smaller. This is a GOOD thing to me. :) Crank the image quality down to 10% and see if you see any quality degredation. :) If you're specify quality in

[Gimp-user] Help needed with Gimp Bugzilla

2004-05-07 Thread Tom . Williams
Ok, I've forgotten my Gimp Bugzilla password and I've requested the password be sent to me. I was e-mailed the link to use to reset my password: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/token.cgi?a={some mangled token} and when I access that link I get 403 Forbidden errors. :( =

[Gimp-user] Question about Exif browser plug-in

2004-05-23 Thread Tom Williams
Hi! I was installing various Gimp 2.0 plugins on Linux this morning and installed the Exif browser so I could check it out: http://registry.gimp.org/plugin?id=4153 I can't seem to find any information on how to actually invoke the plugin to see the Exif data and I was wondering if anyone knew

Re: [Gimp-user] Question about Exif browser plug-in

2004-05-23 Thread Tom Williams
Jean-Luc Coulon (f5ibh) wrote: Le 23.05.2004 20:57:24, Tom Williams a écrit : Hi! I was installing various Gimp 2.0 plugins on Linux this morning and installed the Exif browser so I could check it out: http://registry.gimp.org/plugin?id=4153 I can't seem to find any information on how

Re: [Gimp-user] Question about Exif browser plug-in

2004-05-23 Thread Tom Williams
David Neary wrote: Hi Tom, (snip) Alternatively, and perhaps simpler for a normal user, is to open the plug-in details plug-in (Xtns-Plugin details), and search for exif in the list view, then switch to the tree view to see where it is in the menu tree. Thanks for this info! I was able to

Re: [Gimp-user] Making an image with a white background transparent?

2004-06-11 Thread Tom Williams
I was able to make the white background transparent following this procedure using Gimp 2.0.1 on Linux. This procedure should be platform independent and possibly release independent: 1) Open the image 2) On the Layers dialog, create a new transparent layer 3) Click on the Background layer

Re: [Gimp-user] ANNOUNCE: GIMP 2.0.2

2004-06-16 Thread Tom Williams
Sven Neumann wrote: Hi, GIMP version 2.0.2 is now available from ftp://ftp.gimp.org/pub/gimp/v2.0/. Please use one of the mirrors listed at http://www.gimp.org/downloads/#mirrors This is a bug-fix release in the stable 2.0 series. Quite some bugs have been fixed so an update is highly

Re: [Gimp-user] Help needed making a gradient in Gimp 2.0.1

2004-06-19 Thread Tom Williams
matt-nc wrote: At 08:07 PM 6/19/04 -0700, you wrote: Ok, I'm trying to make a gradient that looks exactly like this: http://www.bay-online-media.com/tom/graident.jpg FYI (spelling correction for the link) http://www.bay-online-media.com/tom/gradient.jpg Doh! Sorry about that! Thanks for the

[Gimp-user] Question about settings colors with the Text Tool in gimp 2.0.4

2004-08-21 Thread Tom Williams
I'm running Gimp 2.0.4 on Linux and I've got an image with some colored text loaded and I want to create a new image with different text with the same color. So, here is what I do: 1. Load the image with the colored text 2. Use the color chooser tool to choose the color of the text 3. Create a

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp 2.0.4

2004-08-22 Thread Tom Williams
Alf C Stockton wrote: 2) Text tool in the new gimp does not give me the option to select fonts or text size or colour. Again please tell me what I have missed? I'm also running Gimp 2.0.4 on Slackware (Slack 8) and the new text tool DOES allow you to select fonts and text size and color. Take a

Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP Vs. Photoshop

2004-08-29 Thread Tom Williams
Asif Lodhi wrote: Hi All I always read posts regarding GIMP vs. Photoshop. Wow! Interesting comments! How do you feel about comments comparing GIMP and PhotoShop like this: http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/04/30/217225tid=92tid=152tid=8 Peace... Tom

Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP Vs. Photoshop

2004-08-29 Thread Tom Williams
Asif Lodhi wrote: Though I am not fighting tool wars here ;), I would certainly like to present my humble replies to the honorary views presented by the poster on Slashdot. Thanks for the commentary! :) Peace... Tom ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL

[Gimp-user] Question about printing images

2004-09-03 Thread Tom Williams
I'm running Gimp 2.0.4 on Linux with glib-2.4.6, gtk+-2.4.7, XFree86 4.4.0, and gimp-print 4.2.6. When I open an image (JPEG), it looks perfect. When I print it to my Epson Stylus Photo 700, the image prints ok but it has a red tint to it. Would this be a problem with gimp-print or Gimp?

Re: [Gimp-user] New Splash Screen for Gimp

2004-09-16 Thread Tom Williams
Jozsef Mak wrote: I am new to this mailing list but I have been using Gimp, with great satisfaction, for about a year. When I download a new version of the application, one of the first things I usually do is replace its splash screen with my own design. I think, Gimp needs a clean, minimalist

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp in one window

2004-09-19 Thread Tom Williams
Sven Neumann wrote: Hi, William Skaggs [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: You might take a look at http://registry.gimp.org/plugin?id=3892 which is a plug-in called Windows Gimp Deweirdifyer. It is rather deprecated by the GIMP developers because of the obnoxious name and inelegant coding, but a

Re: [Gimp-user] Gimp 2.2, First impressions

2004-11-16 Thread Tom . Williams
The goal for 2.2 was to achieve a consistent and pleasant look. We followed the advices of the GNOME Human Interface Guidelines and used the spacings suggested there for most dialogs. Does this mean Gimp on Windows will have a GNOME feel to it? Peace... Tom

Re: [Gimp-user] ANNOUNCE: GIMP 2.2-pre2

2004-11-20 Thread Tom Williams
I'm getting this result running make check to test Gimp 2.2-pre2 build: Running gimp_composite_3dnow tests... gimp_composite_3dnow: Instruction set is not available. PASS: gimp-composite-3dnow-test PASS: gimp-composite-altivec-test Running gimp_composite_mmx tests... FAIL: gimp-composite-mmx-test

[Gimp-user] Question about scaling images in Gimp 2.2.1

2005-01-09 Thread Tom Williams
Ok, so I was trying to scale an image and I right-clicked and clicked Image, then Scale Image, and when the scale image dialog appears I changed the units from pixels to percentage and the number changed from pixels to some LARGE number (like over 2000). When I specify a percentage that I want

Re: [Gimp-user] Question about scaling images in Gimp 2.2.1

2005-01-10 Thread Tom Williams
Carol Spears wrote: okay, i am responding to my own email, i read somewhere that this is not the best way to start your day or something. the discussion was on this list and the promise was that it would be fixed in the 2.2.2 release which was out yesterday. i guess i just wish that it be restored

[Gimp-user] Question about Flares in Gimp

2005-02-21 Thread Tom Williams
Hi! Ok, I've used the GFlares that come with Gimp (I use Gimp 2.2.3 on Linux) and they're cool. I'm looking for some more basic flares, like the one in this image: http://www.missingimages.com/photoshopjokes/images/lens_flares.jpg or one like that in a + shape. Is it difficult to make flares

Re: [Gimp-user] GimpShop

2005-04-01 Thread Tom . Williams
Those who crave a PhotoShop interface almost finally have it. :) Thanks for the link. I will pass on this.. Peace... Tom wayne

Re: [Gimp-user] GimpShop

2005-04-01 Thread Tom Williams
wayne wrote: One thing good about GimpShop is that I am now able to run Gimp 2.2.4. Have not been able to install a RPM successfully till now. Wayne :) Peace... Tom ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu

Re: [Gimp-user] Re: GimpShop

2005-04-03 Thread Tom Williams
David Herman wrote: (snip) Not to disparrage the hard work that was put into this hack but... Let gimp be gimp and photoshop be photoshop. I completely agree. Peace... Tom ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu

Re: [Gimp-user] Re: GimpShop

2005-04-03 Thread Tom Williams
Frédéric wrote: (snip) If someone really want to use Gimp, he will find the menu. If gimpshop can help to migrate from Photoshop, this is OK. And if Gimp gives choice to arrange menus, this is great. Each one can choose the best solution for him. Based on the positive feedback on that blog, it

Re: [Gimp-user] Gimp/Gimpshop poll

2005-04-29 Thread Tom . Williams
Thanks for the info! :) I voted for Gimp. :) Peace... Tom wayne [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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

2005-05-04 Thread Tom Williams
j Mak wrote: Using them you can experiment with various settings without changing the set up of your layer structure. In addition, you can edit your artwork, even months or years after finishing it, simply by altering the Adjustment layer or changing the layer effects parameters. For instance, if

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

2005-05-05 Thread Tom Williams
Gezim Hoxha wrote: The drop shadow, I think, was just an example. What if, instead, I wanted to make a bevel depth of a button deeper? The layers wouldn't help me out, would they? In photoshop however, all I'd have to do is drag a slider! Gotcha. :) Peace... Tom

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

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

2005-05-10 Thread Tom Williams
David Marrs wrote: Easier for whom? the users or the developers? Since there's only one GIMP set-up anyway, I don't see how it makes a difference; any suggestion I make is going to be a direct result of the default GIMP set-up that I'm using. I'm not biased by Photoshop, PSP or anything

Re: [Gimp-user] Re: image preview in file selection

2005-05-11 Thread Tom . Williams
I'm running Gimp 2.2.6 on Windows 2000 and when I open a folder of images, a thumbnail preview appears for each image I select. I can send a screenshot if desired. Peace Tom Olivier Ripoll

[Gimp-user] Re: Nobody does it better

2005-05-12 Thread Tom Williams
Alan Horkan wrote: [please trim the subject line in your responses] Ok. :) I think most users are frustrated by the gimp and less frustrated by photoshop and the easiest way for them to express that is to make simple comparisons rather than being able to suggest better ways to do things. Yeah,

Re: [Gimp-user] Re: Nobody does it better

2005-05-14 Thread Tom Williams
Sven Neumann wrote: Hi, Tom Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Suh-weet One feature I would like to see added is the ability to select regions of the screen when taking a screenshot, like PrintKey on Windows can. The CVS version does that already. Suh-weet! Ship it! :D Peace... Tom

Re: [Gimp-user] Gimp 2.3 changes

2005-05-16 Thread Tom Williams
j Mak wrote: I like the implementation of transient window management system; it was a very good idea and works very well on my gnome desktop. What is the transient window management system? Peace... Tom ___ Gimp-user mailing list

Re: [Gimp-developer] Re: [Gimp-user] use of the Space key

2005-05-25 Thread Tom Williams
Sven Neumann wrote: Spacebar to switch temporarily to move is awfully useful. I didn't know about it until this discussion, but I've often wanted something like that See, that is exactly my point. The feature is not discoverable and it might make sense to exchange it for something which

[Gimp-user] Question about the exif browser

2005-07-29 Thread Tom Williams
Hi! I'm running Gimp 2.2.8 on Linux and I just noticed the EXIF browser doesn't seem to be working. I've got an image that is known to have EXIF data yet the EXIF browser reports there is none attached. Does the EXIF browser work for anyone else? Peace... Tom

Re: [Gimp-user] Question about the exif browser

2005-07-30 Thread Tom Williams
Ok, I'll try re-building to see if that fixes it. Thanks! Peace... Tom falolaf wrote: I have EXIF browser working with the same Gimp version as you are on MandrivaLinux 2005LE. /Anders Tom Williams wrote: Hi! I'm running Gimp 2.2.8 on Linux and I just noticed the EXIF browser

Re: [Gimp-user] ANNOUNCE: GIMP 2.3.3 What The GIMP development release

2005-08-10 Thread Tom . Williams
Is it advisable to install the current development glib/gtk+ 2.7 libs to go along with this Gimp development release or should the stable glib/gtk+ libraries be used? Peace... Tom Sven Neumann [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sven Neumann [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 08/10/2005 08:58

Re: [Gimp-user] printing GIMPed photos

2005-12-07 Thread Tom Williams
Helen wrote: Is anyone able to recommend the best (or a good) printer for a Gimp user on a Linux (SuSE) system? I want good quality prints, with good color. Cost is a factor, but is not the most important factor. Gimp is the only photo-editing program I use, but I don't have to use Gimp for

[Gimp-user] Question about scaling digital photos for prints

2005-12-08 Thread Tom Williams
A friend of mine took a bunch of photos using her Vivitar 3.2MP digital camera with the camera set at 640x480 resolution. She wanted 4x6 prints of those and printed a bunch that came out looking all pixelated and basically like crap. Since then, we've set her camera back to the max

Re: [Gimp-user] Image Resolution

2005-12-29 Thread Tom Williams
Sven Neumann wrote: Hi, Demetrius Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Is there way to change the default image resolution in the Gimp for Windows so that I do not get the following message [URL=http://imageshack.us][IMG]http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/3944

Re: [Gimp-user] One stupid thing

2006-02-03 Thread Tom Williams
Carol Spears wrote: does it fail this test if you ./configure --enable-mmx=no ? there is a chance that all of that mmx stuff was just Helvetix showing off. I don't know. It's not critical for me to have the 2.3.x development releases running. I was able to get 2.3.5 built and installed.

Re: [Gimp-user] One stupid thing

2006-02-04 Thread Tom Williams
John R. Culleton wrote: Tom, I never saw your original post but only Carol's reply. If you could help me dig my way out of the swamp off list or on list I would be grateful. I have Slack 10.2 installed. When Gimp 2.3.6 failed I tried to upgrade my libs and thoroughly messed them up. But I

Re: [Gimp-user] doing with the gimp what www.scanR.com does

2006-02-06 Thread Tom Williams
John R. Culleton wrote: On Monday 06 February 2006 01:10 am, peer miaskowski wrote: Hi list! Is it possible to do with the gimp (automatically?) what www.scanR.com does? On Linux systems Xsane, a scanner program, is a useful plugin. Yep, it works very well. :) John, I've

Re: [Gimp-user] One stupid thing

2006-02-10 Thread Tom . Williams
glib and gtk+ and other libs required by Gimp might be part of any current Linux distro but they might not be the right versions required by any given Gimp version. As for the XML::Parser perl module, perl installations that come with Linux distros will have some perl modules installed but not

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