[Gimp-user] GIMP
Good morning, Have a customer requesting GIMP 2.6.x for project starting within 2 weeks. IT department requires the software to be tested and approved prior to any new software being installed within our Enterprise. Basically I understand GIMP to operate at the desktop... It is an application that receives services from the OS ? what system ports (if any) are utilized by GIMP ? does the program traverse internet (80, 8080, 443 etc ) ? are there any known vulnerabilities Appreciate your time and assistance. Thanks Rick ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Python-fu installation fails
>>For one of the many usual reasons, I had to wipe my c:\ hard drive and >>re-install Vista Home Premium and all my software. > >>specifically, I followed the directions in >>http://www.gimpusers.com/tutorials/install-python-for-gimp-2-6-windows.html >>to get Python-Fu working again -- NOT! >Can anybody tell me where I went wrong and what I should install instead of >the above and/or what to do about the DLL(s) in the error message? HELP! >I've had a similar experience with python 2.6, the all-in-one package has not >improved things. I also followed that tutorial to no avail. >Helping someone install python in win7 a couple of weeks ago and various >combinations from latest-to-older of cairo-gobject-gtk failed. In the end >resorted to python 2.5 which at least does work. I dare say that there will be >python scripts that will not work with 2.5 but so far photivo launcher, gurm, >etc work. >These are the packages I know do work >pycairo-1.4.12-2.win32-py2.5.exe >pygobject-2.14.2-2.win32-py2.5.exe >pygtk-2.12.1-3.win32-py2.5.exe >python-2.5.4.msi >And FWIW a video installing in Win7 (about 5 minutes) >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5G3U1hKlxo >If you do find a mix of python 2.6 that works please inform & I will be >eternally grateful. Sir, you are a scholar and a gentleman and all of the above worked like a charm and GIMP now starts just fine. However, I had all kinds of Python 2.6 stuff lurking on my PC. Here is how a hard-bitten (because I have been bitten hard many times by Windows) Windows victim...er...I mean Windows user cleans up his or her PC: How to really un-install software. 1. Go to http://eusing.com/free_registry_cleaner/registry_cleaner.htm and download and install the Eusing Free Registry Cleaner. 2. Go to Start - Computer, find your hard drive (c:\), select it, on the Windows Explorer Toolbar, click on Organize, and then Folder and Search Options. In the tabbed wizard that comes up, click on the View tab, and then click on the radio button that reads "Show hidden files and folders," click "Apply" and then click "Apply to Folders" and click Yes in the little box that pops up. Close Windows Explorer and open it right back up again. 3. Go to C:\windows\system32 and scroll down until you see "regedit32" or "regedit32.exe" (depending on whether you have the stupidest Windows default ever -- "Hide extensions for known file types" -- checked in the aforementioned "Folder and Search Options" wizard), right click on it and select "Run as an administrator." 4. Try uninstalling all the Python-related software usi9ng the Windows installer. If you do not know how to do this, RTFM (read the "fine" manual!). That is, fire up the Windows help menu and look up "uninstall." 5. Chances are, the Windows uninstaller will leave bits and pieces of Python all over the place which might mess things up. Let's vaporize everything! 5a. Open Windows Explorer and delete the Phython folder (ex. C:\Phthon26). 5b. Above the usual "C:\Program files" you should now see the hidden "C:\Program data" folder. Poke around in its sub-folders and delete anything that looks Python-ish. 5c. Find C:\users. Under this folder should be a sub-folder for each "user" on your PC. Open each one, look for an "AppData" folder. Under the "AppData" folder will be a bunch of sub-folders. Open each one and delete anything Python-ish. 5d. This is hard-core Windows stuff but it has to be done. In the Registry Editor navigation pane are two folders: HKEY_CURRENT_USER and HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE. Open each one. Go down to "software." Open each "software" and delete anything that looks Python-ish. Then close RegEdit. 6. Run the Eusing Free Registry Cleaner. When it comes up, click Skip on the registration wizard. Then click on Scan registry issuers. When the scan finishes (you will probably see some Python-ish stuff in the list), click on Repair registry issues. After that finishes, close the Cleaner. Now all the Python 2.5 stuff should install cleanly. Chuck "The Technomasochist" Small -- charlessmall18 (via gimpusers.com) ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP
On Tuesday, July 05, 2011 09:39:39 am Baughman, Richard P USA CIV (US) wrote: > Good morning, > > Have a customer requesting GIMP 2.6.x for project starting within 2 weeks. > > IT department requires the software to be tested and approved prior to any > new software being installed within our Enterprise. > > Basically I understand GIMP to operate at the desktop... > It is an application that receives services from the OS > > ? what system ports (if any) are utilized by GIMP > ? does the program traverse internet (80, 8080, 443 etc ) > ? are there any known vulnerabilities > > Appreciate your time and assistance. > > Thanks > Rick > > > ___ > Gimp-user mailing list > Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU > https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user Gimp is an Open Source program that runs on MSWin, OS X and Linux. It is similar in purpose to Photoshop but does not produce CMYK output, just RGB. To install Gimp you download it over the Internet. Please visit http://www.gimp.org for details. The user can click on the help facility and view the Gimp Manual in an html viewer. Other than that there is no operational connection to the internet. No ports are opened. It is a stand-alone local program. Gimp has been in use for many years on many systems in many shops. It is not scary. I know of no vulnarabilities. But I operate on Linux where vulnerabilities are seldom an issue. -- John Culleton Former manager, Systems Application Programming, Link Group, Singer-General Precision Former manager, Systems and Data Processing, Penberthy Div of Houdaille Industries. Former Chief, Automated Systems Office, Baltimore City Department of Social Services. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] A layer idea
Hi there (I'm new). I've been using Gimp for about 6 months and am happy with it (after migrating from Windows / Photoshop to Ubuntu / Gimp). I do have a question about layers though. Let's say I open a new blank canvas. I then decide to make the canvas larger (Image > Canvas Size). The canvas is made larger. However, I am unable to draw over the new area unless I create a new layer and then merge the two. This seems a bit counter productive. Is there a way / a plugin to make it so that, when I adjust the canvas size, the layer adjusts with it? It makes logical sense. Why would I make the canvas larger and not be able to work in that additional area? ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] A layer idea
Let's say I open a new blank canvas. I then decide to make the canvas larger (Image > Canvas Size). The canvas is made larger. However, I am unable to draw over the new area unless I create a new layer and then merge the two. This seems a bit counter productive. Is there a way / a plugin to make it so that, when I adjust the canvas size, the layer adjusts with it? I don't think so. However there is a more intuitive workaround. After adjusting the canvas: From the top menu: Layer>Layer to Image Size This method uses 2 clicks instead of 4 or 5 :) -Stefan Maerz ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] A layer idea
On 7/5/2011 3:27 PM, Stefan Maerz wrote: Let's say I open a new blank canvas. I then decide to make the canvas larger (Image > Canvas Size). The canvas is made larger. However, I am unable to draw over the new area unless I create a new layer and then merge the two. This seems a bit counter productive. Is there a way / a plugin to make it so that, when I adjust the canvas size, the layer adjusts with it? I don't think so. However there is a more intuitive workaround. After adjusting the canvas: From the top menu: Layer>Layer to Image Size This method uses 2 clicks instead of 4 or 5 :) -Stefan Maerz My apologies, I was wrong. The Layer>Layer to Image size workaround works, but not as well as this: In the resize canvas dialog box you will notice a "Layers" Section. Under this section there is a "Resize Layers" option. This is what you want. -Stefan Maerz ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Python-fu installation fails
On Wed July 6 2011 00:42:09 charlessmall18 opined: > Sir, you are a scholar and a gentleman and all of the above worked like a > charm and GIMP now starts just fine. However, I had all kinds of Python > 2.6 stuff lurking on my PC. Here is how a hard-bitten (because I have been > bitten hard many times by Windows) Windows victim...er...I mean Windows > user cleans up his or her PC: > > How to really un-install software. 1) Install Linux! ;) Sorry, couldn't help myself. :blush: ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] R: Gimp (certification)
I think the poster was not asking about facts (is GIMP safe?), but about certifications (is GIMP certified as safe?). I don't think it is possible to reassure him about this. In fact, the GPL has a "NO WARRANTY" clause. If he/his customer wants something certified, I think he has to pay for the certification - which does not imply that the software is actually safe (there is no a priori way to tell this), but only that it has passed some tests. By the way... > > It is an application that receives > services from the OS ? I don't know of any program that does not receive services from the OS. At the bare minimum, memory management (virtual memory) and process management (process startup and scheduling, execution) are up to the OS in all cases. I don't know how this question should be interpreted. --Stefano > On Tuesday, July 05, 2011 09:39:39 am Baughman, Richard P > USA CIV (US) wrote: > > Good morning, > > > > Have a customer requesting GIMP 2.6.x for project > starting within 2 weeks. > > > > IT department requires the software to be tested and > approved prior to any > > new software being installed within our Enterprise. > > > > Basically I understand GIMP to operate at the > desktop... > > It is an application that receives > services from the OS > > > > ? what system ports (if any) are utilized by GIMP > > ? does the program traverse internet (80, 8080, 443 > etc ) > > ? are there any known vulnerabilities > > > > Appreciate your time and assistance. > > > > Thanks > > Rick > > > > > > ___ > > Gimp-user mailing list > > Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU > > https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user > > Gimp is an Open Source program that runs on MSWin, OS X and > > Linux. It is similar in purpose to Photoshop but does not > produce CMYK output, just RGB. > > To install Gimp you download it over the Internet. Please > visit http://www.gimp.org for details. > > > The user can click on the help facility and view the Gimp > Manual in an html viewer. Other than that there is no > operational connection to the internet. No ports are > opened. It is a stand-alone local program. > > > > Gimp has been in use for many years on many systems in > many shops. It is not scary. > > I know of no vulnarabilities. But I operate on Linux where > > vulnerabilities are seldom an issue. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP
On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 9:49 AM, John Culleton wrote: > The user can click on the help facility and view the Gimp Manual in an html > viewer. Other than that there is no operational connection to the internet. That's not entirely true: the user can select 'File->Open Location' and enter/paste a URI, which is then downloaded and opened in GIMP. Of course GIMP does not open or listen to any ports on the local machine. Chris ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] R: Gimp (certification)
Given the the OP's email address is in the .mil domain "safe" could mean anything from "plays nicely with other apps" to "wont endanger national security". Perhaps a little clarification would be in order. On Wed July 6 2011 07:20:13 Stefano Rovetta opined: > I think the poster was not asking about facts (is GIMP safe?), > but about certifications (is GIMP certified as safe?). > > I don't think it is possible to reassure him about this. In fact, > the GPL has a "NO WARRANTY" clause. > > If he/his customer wants something certified, I think he has to pay > for the certification - which does not imply that the software > is actually safe (there is no a priori way to tell this), but only > that it has passed some tests. > > By the way... > > > > It is an application that receives > > > > services from the OS ? > > I don't know of any program that does not receive services from the OS. > At the bare minimum, memory management (virtual memory) and process > management (process startup and scheduling, execution) are up to the OS > in all cases. I don't know how this question should be interpreted. > > --Stefano > > > On Tuesday, July 05, 2011 09:39:39 am Baughman, Richard P > > > > USA CIV (US) wrote: > > > Good morning, > > > > > > Have a customer requesting GIMP 2.6.x for project > > > > starting within 2 weeks. > > > > > IT department requires the software to be tested and > > > > approved prior to any > > > > > new software being installed within our Enterprise. > > > > > > Basically I understand GIMP to operate at the > > > > desktop... > > > > > It is an application that receives > > > > services from the OS > > > > > ? what system ports (if any) are utilized by GIMP > > > ? does the program traverse internet (80, 8080, 443 > > > > etc ) > > > > > ? are there any known vulnerabilities > > > > > > Appreciate your time and assistance. > > > > > > Thanks > > > Rick > > > > > > > > > ___ > > > Gimp-user mailing list > > > Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU > > > https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user > > > > Gimp is an Open Source program that runs on MSWin, OS X and > > > > Linux. It is similar in purpose to Photoshop but does not > > produce CMYK output, just RGB. > > > > To install Gimp you download it over the Internet. Please > > visit http://www.gimp.org for details. > > > > > > The user can click on the help facility and view the Gimp > > Manual in an html viewer. Other than that there is no > > operational connection to the internet. No ports are > > opened. It is a stand-alone local program. > > > > Gimp has been in use for many years on many systems in > > > > many shops. It is not scary. > > > > I know of no vulnarabilities. But I operate on Linux where > > > > vulnerabilities are seldom an issue. > > ___ > Gimp-user mailing list > Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU > https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP
On 05.07.2011 23:26, Chris Mohler wrote: > Of course GIMP does not open or listen to any ports on the local machine. Unless you start the Script-Fu server. Regards, Michael -- GIMP > http://www.gimp.org | IRC: irc://irc.gimp.org/gimp Plug-ins > http://registry.gimp.org | .de: http://gimpforum.de ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
