[Gimp-user] Smallest possible transparency size on disk

2009-04-10 Thread VR
I'm new to Gimp and experimenting trying to make the smallest possible transparent image. As an Off-topic aside, I run local DNS in my LAN and redirect spammy ad domains to localhost so I don't have to look at their garbage when ad blockers fail, like with flash content. My 1 x 1 image will be

[Gimp-user] Font scaling looks choppy

2009-11-01 Thread vr
I'm working with scratchy looking fonts trying to give them something to stand out. I create a transparent canvas about 348x67 then pick a font, select white for the color, and set the font at around 34. Then using the scale tool I stretch the text to fill more of the canvas space. Then I right c

Re: [Gimp-user] Font scaling looks choppy

2009-11-01 Thread vr
On Sun, 1 Nov 2009 22:18:27 +0530, phanisvara das wrote: > On Sunday 01 November 2009 09:30:17 pm vr wrote: >> >> I'm working with scratchy looking fonts trying to give them something to >> stand out. >> >> I create a transparent canvas about 348x67 the

[Gimp-user] Reduce or crop an image by N pixels?

2009-11-20 Thread vr
I've used edit mode of a program called Thumbsplus to take an image of 200H x 210W and reduce image by 10W starting from the left. Is there a similar feature in the crop tool of GIMP for quickly reducing a height or width without free selecting the whole image minus 10W? When I try the "fixed" I se

Re: [Gimp-user] Reduce or crop an image by N pixels?

2009-11-20 Thread vr
On Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:03:37 -0500, vr wrote: > I've used edit mode of a program called Thumbsplus to take an image of > 200H x 210W and reduce image by 10W starting from the left. Is there a > similar feature in the crop tool of GIMP for quickly reducing a height or > width witho