[Gimp-user] re: GUG mailing list
Maybe the GUG organisers have shut down the mailing list while they get their act together, John. I haven't received my digest for several days now. GUG recently changed its mail-list handler and the list was immediately submerged in spam, especially of a pornographic nature. You get more precise information from Michael Spunt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cheers, Denis McCauley [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://ata-tenui.ifrance.com __ ifrance.com, l'email gratuit le plus complet de l'Internet ! vos emails depuis un navigateur, en POP3, sur Minitel, sur le WAP... http://www.ifrance.com/_reloc/email.emailif ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] WMF conversions
Hi Bret, You did not specify your OS, but if you are using Windows convert your XCF files to something else (PNG for example) and download IrfanView from http:www.tucows.com .( IV is not cheap; it is FREE.) Cheers, Denis McCauley ORIGINAL MESSAGE >From: Bret Hughes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: gimp user list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: 02 May 2002 11:50:31 -0500 >Subject: [Gimp-user] any tools to convert raster to vector format? > >I have som floorplans that I would like to import into AutoCadLite but >since they are simple scans of printouts I can't. AutoCad Lite only >recognizes autocad file typs and wmf files. > >I have these grey scale scanned images in xcf format. Are there any >cheap tools that will read anything I can save as in gimp and then >convert them to wmf? > >Bret __ ifrance.com, l'email gratuit le plus complet de l'Internet ! vos emails depuis un navigateur, en POP3, sur Minitel, sur le WAP... http://www.ifrance.com/_reloc/email.emailif ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] re: Word 97 to html
Hello Mark, If you are restricted to Windows, there are a few possibilities I can suggest. The easiest solution is Word 2000 which can open your files and save them as html, though the html code is pretty lousy (there are several programs around especially to clean out the garbage in the html!!). If your pages are text only, Star Office 5.2 will do the trick, but if you have graphic content you will have problems. Another possibility is IMS Web Dwarf, a freeware WYSIWYG editor from http://www.virtualmechanics.com You can open Word or RTF pages in the Web Dwarf text editor then place them on the blank html page. The text editor will not import the images along with the text and you would have to import them separately. Cheers Denis McCauley -Original Message- From: Marc BENSOUSSAN ASPEN 9000 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2002 2:26 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Gimp-user] Word 97 to Html converter? Word 97 to Html converter? Hello everybody I have to convert WORD 97 text to HTML for 90 sheets Could you tell me what tool to use? Best regards Mark in EU __ ifrance.com, l'email gratuit le plus complet de l'Internet ! vos emails depuis un navigateur, en POP3, sur Minitel, sur le WAP... http://www.ifrance.com/_reloc/email.emailif ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Re: Gimp-user digest, Vol 1 #382 - 2 msgs
Hi Chris, The Photoshop plugins work OK on my Gimp 1.2.3 Windows installation but I have found a problem with this module. The number of PS filters accessible depends on screen resolution. Once the right-click filters menu reaches the bottom of the screen, the PS filters not already listed are ignored and consequently cannot be used. I believe this module is still in development but it seems the problem is not with the module but with the menu, and a sub-menu for the PS filters would fix things. If your problem is the same as mine, you can work around it by splitting your PS filters into groups of the same number that appear in your menu and copy them into separate repertories, then you can point to the repertory containing the filter you want to use through the EXT menu in the main Gimp interface. Cheers Denis McCauley >ORIGINAL MESSAGE >From: "Chris Coscina" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] Plasma >Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 20:21:19 -0400 > >Im sort of replying to my own topiclolbut I found out that it was >the photoshop plugins! ARRGH! anyways, the photoshop plugins wouldnt even >work anyway. Any ideas on how to get them to work, or are they not supposed >to work? > >-Chris > > > >From: "Chris Coscina" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: [Gimp-user] Plasma > >Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 00:28:17 -0400 > > > >Hello, im using the windows version of gimp and my Plasma feature doesnt > >work. I did import plugins from photoshop, and photoshop has a plasma > >plugin. Anyone got any idea of what the problem is? > > > > > > >--__--__-- > >___ __ ifrance.com, l'email gratuit le plus complet de l'Internet ! vos emails depuis un navigateur, en POP3, sur Minitel, sur le WAP... http://www.ifrance.com/_reloc/email.emailif ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Re Filling on a transparent background
At 12:01 06/07/02 -0700, Karl Auer wrote: >Message: 1 >Date: Sat, 6 Jul 2002 11:17:33 +0200 >From: Karl Auer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: GIMP user <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Organization: Biplane Software >Subject: [Gimp-user] Filling on a transparent background > >I have a closed outline on an otherwise transparent layer. I want to fill >the area inside the outline, but not the area outside the outline. More >accurately, I want to achieve the *effect* of a filled outline surrounded >by transparency - it doesn't have to happen on the layer with the outline :-) > >Using the fill tool, I can only fill inside the outline if the outline is >on a white or black layer. Using "sample merged" in the fill tool, I can >create a filled shape on a lower white or black layer too, of course. It >is as if the fill tool can only work on non-transparent points. Switching >"keep trans" off on the layer to be filled doesn't make a difference. I don't know any graphic program which will fill transparent regions >If I could start with a white or black layer, fill inside the outline with >my chosen pattern, then fill outside the outline with transparency, that >would solve the problem too. Unfortunately there doesn't seem to be a way >to fill an area with transparency, only with a colour. Just cut and paste your outline onto a colored background, select the interior of your outline with the magic wand then fill with whatever color or pattern you want. Now, add an alpha channel to the image, select the exterior of your outline with the magic wand and "edit > cut". Cheers Denis McCauley __ ifrance.com, l'email gratuit le plus complet de l'Internet ! vos emails depuis un navigateur, en POP3, sur Minitel, sur le WAP... http://www.ifrance.com/_reloc/email.emailif ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Re: new to list
At 12:01 16/07/02 -0700, mercy ukonline wrote: >Hello :) > >I'm new to this list & to linux. > >I'm really excited about learning more about Gimp. I used to use Paint >Shop Pro in windows like it was going out of style :) > >Now, i find myself in a foreign program, trying to figure out how to do >the same things I did in PSP. It is rather straight forward, but I >admit - I miss my plugins! :) > >I have read that filter factory plugins do work with gimp. Can someone >direct me to a howto page for installing them for use in gimp? I'm not >sure how to do that... > >I look forward to getting to know everyone, and the Gimp :) > >Mercy Hi Mercy, Welcome to the Gimping community. Filter factory plugins will not work in the Linux version of Gimp, but only in the Windows version; these plugins are, after all, binaries coded for Windows! If you are looking for special effects, there are several in the "Filters" menu and more yet in the "Script fu" menu. You can spend days checking out all the possibilities and you will find some of the things you did with PS/PSP plugins, but more importantly you will find things you could not do. Also, check out different Gimp sites (official and non-official) and you will find a number of tutorials on creating special effects. If you still can't find what you are looking for, pose the question to the list; there are several high-power Gimp users here who will give you some help. Cheers Denis McCauley http://ata-tenui.ifrance.com __ ifrance.com, l'email gratuit le plus complet de l'Internet ! vos emails depuis un navigateur, en POP3, sur Minitel, sur le WAP... http://www.ifrance.com/_reloc/email.emailif ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Re: Drawing Dashed Lines (new user question)
Hi Joel In the brush selection dialog select "new" and you'll get a box showing a basic brush and 4 sliders. For your dashed line leave the radius at 10, set hardness to 1 (to give the brush hard edges), set the angle to whatever you want (0=horizontal, 90=vertical), and put the width/height ration to the max. Overwrite "untitled" with whathever name you want then close the editor. The brush will be in the brush selection dialog. Set the interval you want and go. Cheers Denis McCauley http://ata-tenui.ifrance.com >From: "joel grimes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2002 09:13:01 -0700 >Subject: [Gimp-user] Drawing Dashed Lines (new user question) > >How do I draw a simple dashed line? I can see that by setting the interval >for my brush I can make a dotted line, but none of the brushes produce >dashes. __ Pour mieux recevoir vos emails, utilisez un PC plus performant ! Découvrez la nouvelle gamme DELL en exclusivité sur i (france) http://www.ifrance.com/_reloc/signedell ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Re: Drawing Dashed Lines (new user question)
Just a precision on my previous post: to change the length of your dash, play on the radius value, but keep it under 20 or you won't get a straight line (over 20 it will thicken in the middle) Cheers Denis McCauley http://ata-tenui.ifrance.com >Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2002 10:44:41 -1000 >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >From: Denis McCauley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: [Gimp-user] Re: Drawing Dashed Lines (new user question) > >Hi Joel >In the brush selection dialog select "new" and you'll get a box showing a >basic brush and 4 sliders. >For your dashed line leave the radius at 10, set hardness to 1 (to give the >brush hard edges), set the >angle to whatever you want (0=horizontal, 90=vertical), and put the >width/height ration to the max. >Overwrite "untitled" with whathever name you want then close the editor. >The brush will be in the brush selection dialog. Set the interval you want >and go. >Cheers >Denis McCauley >http://ata-tenui.ifrance.com > > > >From: "joel grimes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2002 09:13:01 -0700 > >Subject: [Gimp-user] Drawing Dashed Lines (new user question) > > > >How do I draw a simple dashed line? I can see that by setting the interval > >for my brush I can make a dotted line, but none of the brushes produce > >dashes. > __ Pour mieux recevoir vos emails, utilisez un PC plus performant ! Découvrez la nouvelle gamme DELL en exclusivité sur i (france) http://www.ifrance.com/_reloc/signedell ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Re: CMYK separation
John Culleton wrote: >By golly it works! Reddish colors are faded a bit. I suppose the cure >is to adjust in gimp to make the image overly red and then save and do >the conversion via pnmtotiffcmyk. > >I did the test by scanning the image in xsane, all default values, and >then converting that image. I compared the original scanned pnm image to >the converted image, both being viewed in kview. > >Interestingly enough the converted image when loaded into Gimp had >the same color balance (to my eye at least) as the converted image >viewed in Kview.=20 > >The two programs mentioned above by Roland are part of the netpbm=20 >package >available on sourceforge.net. netpbm replaces some older utilities >found in the pbmplus package.=20 > >Now I have a new toy to play with! But there is a very practical >application when creating book covers etc. where the printer wants the >image in a cmyk tiff. I have to play with color balancing, flesh >tones etc.=20 Hi John Before you go too far with your color experimentation it's better to check with your print shop, get some proofs of your basic experiments for comparison, ask the print shop's advice, etc, because what you see is NOT what you get when you export from screen to print, unless you're using something sophisticated and horribly expensive like PS (and even then) Cheers Denis McCauley http://www.tenui.tk ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Re: CMYK separation
At 16:19 09/10/2002 -0400, you wrote: >On Wednesday 09 October 2002 04:04 pm, Denis McCauley wrote: > > John Culleton wrote: > > >By golly it works! Reddish colors are faded a bit. I suppose the > > > cure is to adjust in gimp to make the image overly red and then > > > save and do the conversion via pnmtotiffcmyk. > >> > > Hi John > > Before you go too far with your color experimentation it's better to > > check with your print shop, get some proofs of your basic experiments > > for comparison, ask the print shop's advice, etc, because what you > > see is NOT what you get when you export from screen to print, unless > > you're using something sophisticated and horribly expensive like PS > > (and even then) Cheers > > Denis McCauley > > > > http://www.tenui.tk > > > >Thanks for reminding me. For non-photographic use some color shift >would not be a problem. For photos for covers only fleshtones would be >a major problem. I just hope to have the on-screen image look close to >the original photo. My experiments are just to compensate for color >shift caused by conversion. You are correct, the cmyk image on the >monitor is not going to be identical to what is printed. > >You mention "something horribly expensive like PS." PS to me is >PostScript but clearly you mean something else. Photoshop? If I had >the bucks for Photoshop I would not be looking for a free conversion >utility :-) > >My goal is to have a cmyk image that the printer can use, which I can >not obtain directly from Gimp. Some fiddling in prepress is >inevitable, for a variety of reasons. That's his problem. > >Thaniks for writing. > > >John Culleton For the PS, it's just that I don't like to speak its name out aloud. Even if I had the money I wouldn't buy it. When I started doing print work I tried it on a friend's computer and apart from CMYK conversion and print preparation it has virtually nothing The Gimp can't do. In the end I bought Freehand for my Windows partition to do print preparation -- around half the price and a top vector graphics application as well. But for lots of reasons, not just price, it would be great if Open Source (whether it's The Gimp or something else) could address this void. Cheers Denis McCauley http://www.tenui.tk ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] transparent
On Sun, 2002-10-13 at 13:25, Hans - Walter Gardt wrote: >>>> Did you select the bg you want to remove? If there is no selection the whole >>>> image will be removed. and how do i do that i tried clikcing on the bg and not luck @@ If your background is a plain color: use the Fuzzy Selection tool (fourth button top row of the toolbox), click on the background to select, then right-click the image, Edit > Cut. If your background is photographic then it's not so easy, and you should check out Grokking the Gimp as Jeff has suggested before going any further Cheers Denis McCauley ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Re: [OT]looking for icons (Philippe Rousselot)
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 16:46:48 +0100 From: Philippe Rousselot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: gimp-user <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] [OT]looking for icons Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Precedence: list Message: 4 If I use gimp, it is because I do not want to steal photoshop. ;-) Catherine McMillan wrote: > You could go to Google images, and just steal one. :-) If you add "freeware" to your search string it' s not even stealing. > > On Tue, 19 Nov 2002, Philippe Rousselot wrote: > > >>Hi, >> >>Sorry this is somewhat out of topics. >> >>I am not a talented artist, and I am looking for drawing indicating that >>the site is under construction. yellow cones, men at work sign etc. >>(copyright notice will be restected) >> >>I am also looking for a nice 'made with Gimp' logo >> >>Thanks in advance >> >>Philippe >> For the "made with the Gimp" logo it would be sacrilege not to try "Script Fu > Logos". There must be something there that grabs you. Cheers Denis McCauley ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Re: Gimp and PSD files
>With the 1.2.3 version of The Gimp I can read PSD files but I can't >write in the PSD format is there a way to do so ? > >-- >/// >La Photo du Jour > >Gérald Brosseau The PSD extension is not listed in the "save as" extensions but (with the Windows version, at least) Gimp 1.2.3 writes PSD files. Just add ".psd" to the title in the "Save as" dialog box. I often save my Gimp work in this format to pass to my nephew who runs Photoshop6. Cheers Denis McCauley ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Re: Gimp-user Digest, Vol 6, Issue 15
Description: GIF support for the GNU Image Manipulation Program This package includes GIF support for The GNU Image Manipulation Program. These files are not freely available; their use is disallowed by the UNISYS patent on LZW compression. . Use at your own legal risk. Enhances: gimp1.2 mmm kind of looks like its illegal to use, wouldn't be bothered but was intending to use it for commercial work . Any idea when the patent runs out ! Dave Theres no patent on the GIF format. Only LZW is patented. For some detail on the situation see http://cloanto.com/users/mcb/19950127giflzw.html All royalties on the LZW patent are paid by the software companies that use it in their applications and not by end users, commercial or not, so as long as you don't write "Made with The Gimp" on your work no-one will come after you with a big stick. Cheers Denis McCauley ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Re: Copying few layers at once.
On Wednesday 02 April 2003 01:55, Ireneusz Slonina wrote: > On Tue, 1 Apr 2003, Carol Spears wrote: > > hi, as far as i know, there is no way to do this. what i do is save i= t > > as a new name and delete the unnecessary layers. > > I mean that I want to first develope a small part of image, in layers > and then move it to bigger, main image - it's just more efficient > for me... It's a pity that I can't do it without flattening the image.. > There is a way to do this. Once your layered image is finalised change the canvas size to the size of your large image then create a new calque of this size. Copy your large image to the new calque, then move it down to the bottm of the calques list. Next you click each of your small layers between the eye and the thumbnail so that a cross appears. This allows you to move all the layers so selectionned together to the position you want. Cheers Denis McCauley ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Re: Copying few layers at once.
Martin Katz, Ph.D. wrote: (off-line) Dear Mr. McCauley, What is a "calque"? Is that the same as a Gimp layer? Sincerely, Martin Yes it is, Martin. Sorry for any confusion, the result of writing in English about a program I run in French. Cheers DM Denis McCauley wrote: On Wednesday 02 April 2003 01:55, Ireneusz Slonina wrote: > On Tue, 1 Apr 2003, Carol Spears wrote: > > hi, as far as i know, there is no way to do this. what i do is save i= t > > as a new name and delete the unnecessary layers. > > I mean that I want to first develope a small part of image, in layers > and then move it to bigger, main image - it's just more efficient > for me... It's a pity that I can't do it without flattening the image.. > There is a way to do this. Once your layered image is finalised change the canvas size to the size of your large image then create a new calque of this size. Copy your large image to the new calque, then move it down to the bottm of the calques list. Next you click each of your small layers between the eye and the thumbnail so that a cross appears. This allows you to move all the layers so selectionned together to the position you want. Cheers Denis McCauley ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
