Re: Smoothing gradient Q...
Jonathan Gift wrote: > Hi, > > I'm doing a left to right gradient, dark blue to black so that a narrow > 2 inch bank of blue apperas before fading into black. the problme is > that the band has uneven bars of various hue there. I tried Blur to > smooth it out, and adding another deeper colored layer, etc. No go. How > can I smooth this out? > > Thanks. > > Jonathan > > "Hey, I think I finally got the hang of i-" i ,,i guess in a stupid midnight plunder ;)LOL..removed my "spool" directory..due to the message when i removed my the printer config in printtool remove "/var/spool/lpd/lp"..dah.. so now i can't even print..not with gimp nor any other utility and the "print ascii" won't print to my printer via printtool i recreated anacron in /var/spool ( after recreating spool dir ) but still nadda. what do i do to get printing back? :)LOL thanks lee
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unsubscribe syngin wrote: > > It was Fri, 12 Jan 2001 13:57:16 +0100, when you spake, > > JG> > JG> I notice the banding doesn't take place if I use the gradient red pipe > JG> plugin. It renders it and all gradients flawless. Just the standard... > JG> > JG> Any other thing you can think of s appreciated. It sort of ruins what > JG> I'm doing and so causes massive depression, loss of appetite, etc. > JG> > JG> Thanks for the feedback. > JG> > JG> Jonathan > > are you starting the gradient about an inch in from the edge of the page by chance? >if so, try starting the gradient on the edge of the layer (or outside the layer). > this might be from the all-to-obvious department, but who knows? > > -- > Nusbaum's Rule: > The more pretentious the corporate name, the smaller the > organization. (For instance, the Murphy Center for the > Codification of Human and Organizational Law, contrasted > to IBM, GM, and AT&T.)
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Dominic Knight wrote: I was looking for the native format and this was nicely explained. Thanks. Jonathan
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On Fri, 12 Jan 2001, Guillermo S. Romero / Familia Romero wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (2001-01-12 at 1746.52 +0100): > > Rebecca J. Walter wrote: > Uumm, eeeh... GIF, JPG and many other formats are like working in 16 > bit screen. Use PNG if you want compression but keep colors nicely. > This thing is becoming boring (sorry but day after day the lossy > compression thing appears... is there not a FAQ somewhere or what?). > > > What is the best file type to use? GIF only supports 256 colours. lossless compression (lzw patented). supports basic animation. One colour may be set to transparent. Useful for: Text, images/icons with few colours but sharp detail. Animations. Not good for highly detailed work with many colours. JPEG(JFIF) 24 bit colour, lossy compression, no transparency support, can blur sharp detail. Useful for photographs, highly detailed artwork. Not really suited to Internet use. PNG Supprts 256 colour, 16 bit greyscale, 48 bit true-colour. lossless compression (no patent), alpha channels with varying degrees of transparency, better interlacing, most cases compression is better than gif Useful for most things. 256 colour non dithered for web graphics, 48bit for photographic work, Does not support animations (what's happend to MNG ?). Not a FAQ but for a detailed discussion of the PNG format, one of the better resources is the W3C, try http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-png-multi.html or their frontdoor at http://www.w3.org/ Regards, Dominic. > > And is there a file type that can > > keep work in progress? ie Five layers open for editing later? > > Gimp native format is .xcf.bz2, .xcf.gz or .xcf (aka .xcf compressed > or not). IMHO .xcf.bz2 if your machine is fast, .xcf.gz if not, .xcf > if you want to waste HD. > > GSR
Re: Smoothing gradient Q...
syngin wrote: > > are you starting the gradient about an inch in from the edge of the page by chance? >if so, try starting the gradient on the edge of the layer (or outside the layer). > this might be from the all-to-obvious department, but who knows? Nope, on the edge and in about 2 inches on my 17 inch monitor. But I think the problem involves my saving it to jpg. That's when I see the problem. In the original it's not there. So, if that is it, is there any way around it? I tried putting a blur on it, etc, nothing. Thanks for the feedback. Jonathan
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It was Fri, 12 Jan 2001 13:57:16 +0100, when you spake, JG> JG> I notice the banding doesn't take place if I use the gradient red pipe JG> plugin. It renders it and all gradients flawless. Just the standard... JG> JG> Any other thing you can think of s appreciated. It sort of ruins what JG> I'm doing and so causes massive depression, loss of appetite, etc. JG> JG> Thanks for the feedback. JG> JG> Jonathan are you starting the gradient about an inch in from the edge of the page by chance? if so, try starting the gradient on the edge of the layer (or outside the layer). this might be from the all-to-obvious department, but who knows? -- Nusbaum's Rule: The more pretentious the corporate name, the smaller the organization. (For instance, the Murphy Center for the Codification of Human and Organizational Law, contrasted to IBM, GM, and AT&T.)
Re: Smoothing gradient Q- Solved!
Guillermo S. Romero / Familia Romero wrote: > > Uumm, eeeh... GIF, JPG and many other formats are like working in 16 I got an answer on this, thanks. > > > What is the best file type to use? > > For what task? Desktop bg? Web? Printing? Each job has a tool (or more > than one, but please do not hammer nails with the polisher machine). I had not added, as I should have, to work and store the original in so as to preserve layers, etc. Obviously once finished it has many uses and flavors. Thanks, Jonathan
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] (2001-01-12 at 1746.52 +0100): > Rebecca J. Walter wrote: > > save the image and email it to me and i will takea peek later and tell > > you how it looks. > Ok. thanks. I had a thought though. I remmeber the original didn't have > that. Could it be the format I'm saving in, namely jpg? After all, the > problem appears after I've saved it and put it up for background? Uumm, eeeh... GIF, JPG and many other formats are like working in 16 bit screen. Use PNG if you want compression but keep colors nicely. This thing is becoming boring (sorry but day after day the lossy compression thing appears... is there not a FAQ somewhere or what?). > What is the best file type to use? For what task? Desktop bg? Web? Printing? Each job has a tool (or more than one, but please do not hammer nails with the polisher machine). > And is there a file type that can > keep work in progress? ie Five layers open for editing later? Gimp native format is .xcf.bz2, .xcf.gz or .xcf (aka .xcf compressed or not). IMHO .xcf.bz2 if your machine is fast, .xcf.gz if not, .xcf if you want to waste HD. GSR
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Rebecca J. Walter wrote: > save the image and email it to me and i will takea peek later and tell > you how it looks. Ok. thanks. I had a thought though. I remmeber the original didn't have that. Could it be the format I'm saving in, namely jpg? After all, the problem appears after I've saved it and put it up for background? What is the best file type to use? And is there a file type that can keep work in progress? ie Five layers open for editing later? I'll post this and send another straight to you with the pic. Thanks again. Jonathan "Hey, I think I finally got the hang of i-"
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] (2001-01-12 at 1331.22 +0100): > I'm doing a left to right gradient, dark blue to black so that a narrow > 2 inch bank of blue apperas before fading into black. the problme is > that the band has uneven bars of various hue there. I tried Blur to > smooth it out, and adding another deeper colored layer, etc. No go. How > can I smooth this out? First, make sure you are not running in 16 bit (you should use 24 bit, or 32=24+8). Second, check that your monitor is adjusted and not damaged, it could be a hardware problem. Third, even after some people say that 24 bit is enough, sometimes is not enough (some people are more sensible, and some situations push that to the limits). GSR
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Jon Winters wrote: > > Sounds like your display is not set to 24 or 36 bit color. You'll > always see banding, even tho it may not really be in the image, if > you're running less than 24bit color. > Banding, eh? I'm on 24 bit. Always have been and just ran a check, still am... Even hough I have an 8MB card, I can't see to get 32bit whith the card's VGA server. I notice the banding doesn't take place if I use the gradient red pipe plugin. It renders it and all gradients flawless. Just the standard... Any other thing you can think of s appreciated. It sort of ruins what I'm doing and so causes massive depression, loss of appetite, etc. Thanks for the feedback. Jonathan "Hey, I think I finally got the hang of i-"
