Re: photo cut-out
At 18:45 15/12/99 -0500, Zach Beane - MINT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Thu, Dec 16, 1999 at 10:37:32AM +1100, Ian Boreham wrote: >[snip] >> save selections). It is not quite as straightforward as clicking on the >> Selection/Mask toggle button, but is more general and flexible. And I guess >> I could always simulate the Photoshop behaviour when I get around to >> writing some scripts, if I still cared enough... > >GIMP 1.1.x has a clone of the Photoshop QuickMask feature you're talking >about. It's in the lower-left corner of every image. Thanks. I might look at upgrading. Does anyone know when the next stable release is expected? When I checked a couple of days ago, 1.0.4 (what I'm using) was still "it". I've subscribed to "announce" as well, but there's been no news since. Regards, Ian
Re: photo cut-out
On Thu, Dec 16, 1999 at 10:37:32AM +1100, Ian Boreham wrote: [snip] > save selections). It is not quite as straightforward as clicking on the > Selection/Mask toggle button, but is more general and flexible. And I guess > I could always simulate the Photoshop behaviour when I get around to > writing some scripts, if I still cared enough... GIMP 1.1.x has a clone of the Photoshop QuickMask feature you're talking about. It's in the lower-left corner of every image. Zach -- Zachary Beane [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP mail welcome. http://www.xach.com/pgpkey.txt
Re: photo cut-out
At 10:43 15/12/99 +, Peter Haworth wrote: >Ian Boreham wrote: >> . Can I explicitly set the tolerance of the select contiguous regions tool? >> There appears to be such an ability in the bucket fill tool. > >When using the tool, hold the button down after clicking, and drag left and >right. This is the same as setting the threshold in the tool options, but I'd >never done that until a few seconds ago. Thanks. I came across this last night in the GUM online, which also (I think) answered my question about selections and masks (using channels to save selections). It is not quite as straightforward as clicking on the Selection/Mask toggle button, but is more general and flexible. And I guess I could always simulate the Photoshop behaviour when I get around to writing some scripts, if I still cared enough... Ian
Re: photo cut-out
Ian Boreham wrote: > . Can I explicitly set the tolerance of the select contiguous regions tool? > There appears to be such an ability in the bucket fill tool. When using the tool, hold the button down after clicking, and drag left and right. This is the same as setting the threshold in the tool options, but I'd never done that until a few seconds ago. -- Peter Haworth [EMAIL PROTECTED] "A power so great, it can only be used for Good or Evil!" -- Firesign Theatre
Re: photo cut-out
Ian Boreham wrote: > > At 23:11 13/12/99 -0500, MCS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >What is the best way to remove a person from a digital photo(jpeg)? I > >want to extract the person (and nothing else) from the jpeg photo and > >paste the person onto another jpeg image. > > In the past when I used Photoshop, I often found the Magic Wand tool > (select contiguous regions) to be very good for this sort of thing, as long > as the background was not too complex. I would select the background and > then invert the selection. > > As far as I remember, it provided an anti-aliased selection, which allowed > insertion into new pictures to look more natural (under some circumstances). > > However, I have some questions about this for people knowledgeable about > both Gimp and Photoshop: > > . Can I explicitly set the tolerance of the select contiguous regions tool? > There appears to be such an ability in the bucket fill tool. > > . In Photoshop, I did a lot of flipping back-and-forth between the > selection and the mask, particularly in this sort of situation. Is there a > similar ability in Gimp? I'm sure it could be done somehow with the layers > dialogue, but I haven't read enough documentation yet. > > . I seem to remember reading somewhere that someone has written about > converting (oneself, not files) from Photoshop to Gimp. Would anyone know > where I can find such a document? [] Get the GUM - gimp user manual. It's great for those more tricky aspects of the GIMP and also has a section under "gimp installation" about "gimp for Photoshop users", including info about migration. A downloadable version in PDF format is available from http://manual.gimp.org/download/ (It's two files) K.
Re: photo cut-out
At 23:11 13/12/99 -0500, MCS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >What is the best way to remove a person from a digital photo(jpeg)? I >want to extract the person (and nothing else) from the jpeg photo and >paste the person onto another jpeg image. In the past when I used Photoshop, I often found the Magic Wand tool (select contiguous regions) to be very good for this sort of thing, as long as the background was not too complex. I would select the background and then invert the selection. As far as I remember, it provided an anti-aliased selection, which allowed insertion into new pictures to look more natural (under some circumstances). However, I have some questions about this for people knowledgeable about both Gimp and Photoshop: . Can I explicitly set the tolerance of the select contiguous regions tool? There appears to be such an ability in the bucket fill tool. . In Photoshop, I did a lot of flipping back-and-forth between the selection and the mask, particularly in this sort of situation. Is there a similar ability in Gimp? I'm sure it could be done somehow with the layers dialogue, but I haven't read enough documentation yet. . I seem to remember reading somewhere that someone has written about converting (oneself, not files) from Photoshop to Gimp. Would anyone know where I can find such a document? Regards, Ian
Re: photo cut-out
On Mon, 13 Dec 1999, MCS wrote: > What is the best way to remove a person from a digital photo(jpeg)? I > want to extract the person (and nothing else) from the jpeg photo and > paste the person onto another jpeg image. You'll need to use one of the selection tools to select the person and then cut or copy them to the clipboard. (and paste into the new image) Different users have different ways of selecting things. I prefer using the Bezier tool. There is a good tutorial at Tigert's site: http://tigert.gimp.org/gimp/tutorials/bezier/ Beyond that practice, practice, practice. It shouldn't take very long to get good at selecting things. After I graduated college when I applied for a job as a commercial photographer I was asked to use photoshop's bezier tool to select a shoe from an image. The guy who was interviewing me timed me with a stopwatch. I got the job and we used beziers to select everything we photographed. (commercial product photography for catalogs) Beziers were a way of life. :-) Good luck and enjoy! -- Jon Winters http://www.obscurasite.com/ OpenVerse http://www.openverse.org/
Re: photo cut-out
On Mon, 13 Dec 1999, MCS wrote: > What is the best way to remove a person from a digital photo(jpeg)? I > want to extract the person (and nothing else) from the jpeg photo and > paste the person onto another jpeg image. I think: click on the free-handle-selection-tool (or lasso) in toolbox. Then on the original image surround the person with left-mouse pressed and wait the appearance of the ouline. Now click right-mouse on the outlined person: Edit > Copy named. Type the of the buffer and OK. At this point open the new image and click rigth-mouse: Edit > Paste named. Type the of the buffer and OK. Good luck gal
