Re: [Gimp-user] Extracting text from a cover.

2003-10-01 Thread Joao S. O. Bueno
John Culleton wrote: Further on htis task: I took the 5.5 x 8.5 image, put up a similarly sized blank next to it, and extracted the text with the color select as you suggested. Because the new image was grayscale the text came out essentially black. That is the good news. The bad news is th

Re: [Gimp-user] Extracting text from a cover.

2003-09-30 Thread John Culleton
On Friday 26 September 2003 12:27, Jeff Trefftzs wrote: > On Fri, 2003-09-26 at 08:43, John Culleton wrote: > > > I have a cover image in JPEG format from a client. I want to extract > > > just > > > > > > > the typeset material (dark blue) from the jpg file, convert to > > > > grayscale and use it

Re: [Gimp-user] Extracting text from a cover.

2003-09-26 Thread Jeff Trefftzs
On Fri, 2003-09-26 at 08:43, John Culleton wrote: > > I have a cover image in JPEG format from a client. I want to extract just > > > the typeset material (dark blue) from the jpg file, convert to grayscale > > > and use it for the interior title pages. What is the quickest way to do > > > this?

Re: [Gimp-user] Extracting text from a cover.

2003-09-26 Thread John Culleton
> I have a cover image in JPEG format from a client. I want to extract just > > the typeset material (dark blue) from the jpg file, convert to grayscale > > and use it for the interior title pages. What is the quickest way to do > > this? > > If the typeset material is the only thing in that colo

Re: [Gimp-user] Extracting text from a cover.

2003-09-25 Thread Jeff Trefftzs
On Thu, 2003-09-25 at 13:53, John Culleton wrote: > I have a cover image in JPEG format from a client. I want to extract just the > typeset material (dark blue) from the jpg file, convert to grayscale and use > it for the interior title pages. What is the quickest way to do this? If the typese