Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP template and tutorial for designing business card
Hi, OOWriter. Otherwise I have to do the work on GIMP or Inkscape and import the image on OOWriter for printing. Another layout program out there is scribus - I suppose scribus is similar to PageMaker, FrameWork, Ventura, etc., a desktop publisher. I went across it before but never use it. I ran PageMaker while I lived in Windows world long time ago. If you've worked with PM back then, you'll probably have no problem with scribus. Actually the bar preventing me to edit professional business cards on OOoWriter is without layers there. There also is another bar, I suppose, when you have to have the cards printed with offset printers. Again, scribus is the solution. OOo is nice for the occasional home office cards though, that you can print on those pre-cut card sheets - but that's not the professional way. not sure if runs well on windows though (they've been working on that for a while). Scribus is multi-platform. Should be no problem for you when you run Linux (just make sure that you have properly working fonts as scribus can be quite picky about incomplete font sets which sometimes are to be found in free/shareware fonts). a very rare case except IE, the buggy Internet browser. Some Internet sites require visitors running IE. It is rather funny. Not funny I'd say - but that'd lead off-topic ;-) Torsten signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP template and tutorial for designing business card
satimis writes: I have been googling a while searching for Gimp template and tutorial to design business card without result, only Photoshop tutorial found. Can any folk point me to the right direction. TIA I've made business cards with GIMP: I wrote a script to generate an image of the right aspect ratio, then another script to take one such image and turn it into an image with the right aspect ratio to be a US-Letter sized page to print with gutenprint. (It also does various other types of labels, not just business cards.) You might have to adjust the offsets a bit for your templates and printer. Here are the scripts: http://shallowsky.com/software/gimplabels/ To be honest, it's probably easier most of the time to use a program that's designed for making labels and business cards, like gLabels; or design one business card in gimp then import it into gLabels for printing (or Open Office, even). Anyway, lots of options. [/quote] Hi Akkana, Thanks for your advice and script. It is quite interesting. I can finish preparing and printing simple business cards on OOWriter. For professional cards with graphics, I'm now search a solution to edit it on different layers and merge them after finish. If I found a solution to the same then I can edit professional business cards on OOWriter. Otherwise I have to do the work on GIMP or Inkscape and import the image on OOWriter for printing. I did lot of graphics editing 10 years ago before turning to Server side, working on CorelDraw, Corel PhotoPaint, PhotoShop, Illustratior, etc. Because I don't expect injecting too much time and effort on this simple task, I started searching around for a simple solution to finish the work with a few clicks. B.R. satimis -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/GIMP-template-and-tutorial-for-designing-business-card-tp17151005p17189886.html Sent from the Gimp User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP template and tutorial for designing business card
On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 12:25 PM, satimis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] It is quite interesting. I can finish preparing and printing simple business cards on OOWriter. For professional cards with graphics, I'm now search a solution to edit it on different layers and merge them after finish. If I found a solution to the same then I can edit professional business cards on OOWriter. Otherwise I have to do the work on GIMP or Inkscape and import the image on OOWriter for printing. Another layout program out there is scribus - not sure if runs well on windows though (they've been working on that for a while). Chris ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP template and tutorial for designing business card
Chris Mohler wrote: On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 12:25 PM, satimis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] It is quite interesting. I can finish preparing and printing simple business cards on OOWriter. For professional cards with graphics, I'm now search a solution to edit it on different layers and merge them after finish. If I found a solution to the same then I can edit professional business cards on OOWriter. Otherwise I have to do the work on GIMP or Inkscape and import the image on OOWriter for printing. Another layout program out there is scribus - Hi Chris, Thanks for your advice. I suppose scribus is similar to PageMaker, FrameWork, Ventura, etc., a desktop publisher. I went across it before but never use it. I ran PageMaker while I lived in Windows world long time ago. Actually the bar preventing me to edit professional business cards on OOoWriter is without layers there. I can insert picture/image on its template as background making it x% transparent according to my requirement. I can edit text on its top. But I can't insert another picture/image on top. Unless I treat it on OOoDraw. In this way I prefer going back to GIMP to do the job. I'm stuck there. not sure if runs well on windows though (they've been working on that for a while). I'm running 100% Open Source packages here on Linux/Unix boxes. I don't have Windows box. To running Windows application I need wine. It is in a very rare case except IE, the buggy Internet browser. Some Internet sites require visitors running IE. It is rather funny. B.R. satimis -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/GIMP-template-and-tutorial-for-designing-business-card-tp17151005p17199308.html Sent from the Gimp User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP template and tutorial for designing business card
satimis writes: I have been googling a while searching for Gimp template and tutorial to design business card without result, only Photoshop tutorial found. Can any folk point me to the right direction. TIA I've made business cards with GIMP: I wrote a script to generate an image of the right aspect ratio, then another script to take one such image and turn it into an image with the right aspect ratio to be a US-Letter sized page to print with gutenprint. (It also does various other types of labels, not just business cards.) You might have to adjust the offsets a bit for your templates and printer. Here are the scripts: http://shallowsky.com/software/gimplabels/ To be honest, it's probably easier most of the time to use a program that's designed for making labels and business cards, like gLabels; or design one business card in gimp then import it into gLabels for printing (or Open Office, even). Anyway, lots of options. ...Akkana ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] GIMP template and tutorial for designing business card
Hi folks, I have been googling a while searching for Gimp template and tutorial to design business card without result, only Photoshop tutorial found. Can any folk point me to the right direction. TIA B.R. satimis -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/GIMP-template-and-tutorial-for-designing-business-card-tp17151005p17151005.html Sent from the Gimp User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Gimp template
I am trying to do some DVD authoring, using the Gimp as a tool to create menus and other objects required for the job. I have found a very nice intro to the subject in http://fixounet.free.fr/avidemux/doc/en/DVD/index.html, where a Gimp template is presented for the purpose above. Alas, the problem is that the instructions to modify the template given in that document seem to be for Gimp 1.*, rather than Gimp 2.*. I am scanning the user manual, but if anybody with experience can give a few hints on how to proceed, that would be most appreciated. ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
