[Gimp-user] Select the layer I click on
Hello, I have a GIMP project with more than 200 layers and since there are no "layer groups" (I can't remember the GIMP terminology for it) it's quite cumbersome to find the layer I'm looking for in the layer box. Is there any tool in GIMP for selecting (making active) the layer that I'm clicking? Thanks, Deniz Dogan ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Forcing GIMP to use English
I'm running GIMP on a Windows Vista machine which uses a Swedish locale (but it's in fact an English Vista installation). Now I'm trying to figure out if I can force GIMP to use English and thereby overriding my Windows settings. Is there any such functionality? Thanks, Deniz Dogan ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Forcing GIMP to use English
2009/11/25 Jaime Seuma : > I cannot say about vista, but with xp I have just created a new variable > at system level (control panel->system->advanced options->env variables) > called 'LANG' with value 'en'. > That does the trick. > > HIH > > Jaims Thanks, that did work! -- Deniz Dogan ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Select the layer I click on
2009/11/25 Martijn Weisbeek : > Deniz, > > Your question sounds very much like a question that was asked recently > on this mailing list. > See https://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/lists/gimp-user/2009-November/016022.html > > BTW, layer groups is something the GIMP developers are working on. > Expect this in GIMP 2.8 (and in the current GIMP 2.7 development branch). > See > www.gimpusers.com/news/2009-09-06/layer-groups-gimp-2-8-preview-update.html > > Kind regards, > > Martijn > http://gimp.startpagina.nl > Thank you! Sorry for not searching before asking. If anyone else finds this post looking for an answer to this question, the answer is something like this: The default behavior of the "move" tool is to move the layer you click. You can change this by doing this: Go to: Edit -> Preferences -> Tool options Check "Set layer or path as active" under the "Move Tool" section. It seems like there is no way to toggle this behavior by e.g. holding key. You'd think that holding the shift key would toggle the behavior, which the description in the toolbox implies. However, I can't get this to work! -- Deniz Dogan ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Trouble downloading GIMP w Vista for some reason
2009/12/3 gbb : > Hi all, > > I?m new here, though I?ve been using GIMP for about a year. I tried > downloading Gimp onto a new computer today and keep ngetting the message that > the startup files are corrupted from Vista. I used the installer downloader > listed on the gimp website. I?m curious if anyone here has had this problem > and can help me out. Thanks very much, > > GBB > > -- > gbb (via www.gimpusers.com) > ___ > Gimp-user mailing list > Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU > https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user > I've installed GIMP several times on a Vista machine without any problems. -- Deniz Dogan ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Actions on multiple layers at the same time
Is there any way to duplicate multiple layers in one action? Is there any way to toggle visibility of multiple layers in one action? I'm guessing it's possible using nested layers in the development version (which I can't seem to figure out how to install on Windows). Is it possible in GIMP 2.6.7? -- Deniz Dogan ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Preventing selections and such from flagging the image as modified
Whenever I click with the selection tool in an image GIMP regards the image as edited. I'm assuming there is a reason for this, but is there any way to turn this feature off? -- Deniz Dogan ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Preventing selections and such from flagging the image as modified
2009/12/18 Sven Neumann : > On Fri, 2009-12-18 at 19:48 +0100, Deniz Dogan wrote: >> Whenever I click with the selection tool in an image GIMP regards the >> image as edited. I'm assuming there is a reason for this, but is there >> any way to turn this feature off? > > No. The selection mask is part of the image and if you modify it, then > the image is modified and flagged dirty. > > > Sven > > > Is this mailing list also where I make my feature suggestions? :) -- Deniz Dogan ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Problems with GEGL.org?
2010/1/6 Programmer In Training : > Is anyone else having problems with the GEGL website? I know this > probably isn't the most appropriate forum to ask on, but it's the only > one I know of which is using gegl and babl. If you're referring to http://www.gegl.org I can't seem to access it either. In the future, you can use services such as http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com to figure these things out. :) -- Deniz Dogan ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] How to change a rectangle?
2010/1/22 BGP : > I'm new at this GIMP stuff. > > I want to change the corner radai (ray-dee-eye) on a rectangle I've > created. > > How do I do it? > > I'm using ver. 2.6.8 > ___ > Gimp-user mailing list > Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU > https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user > Choose the rectangle tool again, unless you have already, then click once on the rectangle that you have created. This will put it back into "edit" mode or whatever you want to call it. Then check "Rounded corners" and select your radius from there. -- Deniz Dogan ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Change rectangle size?
2010/1/22 BGP : > I've created a rectangular box. > > How do I change the size of it? > ___ > Gimp-user mailing list > Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU > https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user > What do you mean by "box"? -- Deniz Dogan ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Complaint
2010/1/22 BGP : > I'm sure you folks are all experts at GIMP but I've found it to be a > very hard to learn how to use. But how many hundreds of hours did it > take you to learn how to use it? > > For example- the "tutorials" are mostly out of date and they usually > tell you to click something that isn't even present in the latest > version. What a PAIN. > > > There has to be an easier waythey has to be. > ___ > Gimp-user mailing list > Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU > https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user > It didn't take me long at all to become productive in GIMP and I'm still learning! I'm in no way a professional, I mainly do web design using GIMP (which can be a pain at sometimes because it doesn't have layer groups like Photoshop). Try out different things, click stuff you have no idea about what they do. At least that's what I did... Tutorials helped me very little. -- Deniz Dogan ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Evenly distributed zig-zag selection
Hi I'm trying to make a "zig-zag" pattern selection in GIMP. By that I mean something like this: .. || |/\/\/\/\/\/\| (View it in a fixed-width font if you don't get it.) How do I accomplish this in GIMP? -- Deniz Dogan ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Create web page?
2010/1/26 Programmer In Training : > I use a plain text editor. If you're going to be doing any sort of even > half-serious web design, I highly recommend several methods of learning > HTML: > > Read the standard available at: > www.w3.org > It is not a good idea to just jump in and start reading standards and specifications. I suggest reading a good book about basic modern web design instead. -- Deniz Dogan ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Web resolution question
2010/1/27 : > Is there a typical or standard monitor resolution a web site should be > designed for? > I virtually always make the assumption that the user has at least 1024x768 and make my websites 960 pixels wide. Last time I checked only 4 percent of Internet users today had a resolution lower than 1024x768. > The problem I'm having is that when I make a web page the pictures are > in a different position as viewed from various computers. > I'm not sure what you mean (or how this relates to the monitor resolution). -- Deniz Dogan ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Create web page?
2010/1/27 Nathan Lane : > http://www.W3Schools.com has the most up-to-date tutorials on HTML and CSS, > which are the two technologies you need to learn to achieve the creation of > a decent website, even if it is simple. > Nathan > Lots of professional web developers ridicule W3 Schools often, but it's a good place to find quick (and dirty) information. -- Deniz Dogan ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Create web page?
2010/1/27 Nathan Lane : > I have not hear that. Why would "professional developers" ridicule the body > of computer scientists who work hard to make it possible for them to develop > more easily. W3C is the only reason that HTML works on every browser on > every operating system. It's the reason we have CSS. Without the W3C > JavaScript would still be useless. They also develop the standards for the > Internet in general. It's too bad that some developers ridicule they very > root reason they have a job or a hobby. W3Schools is a W3C website. > I'm not saying *W3C* is a bad thing and I'd doubt any serious web developer would say that either. All I'm saying is that the impression I've gotten from working with other web developers (in real life and on the Internet) is that W3 Schools is silly. I don't know why. W3 Schools is not associated with W3C as far as I know. Why would W3C have lots of ads and banners on any of their websites? -- Deniz Dogan ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Create web page? (correction)
2010/1/27 Claus Cyrny : > Deniz Dogan wrote: > > 2010/1/27 Nathan Lane : > > > http://www.W3Schools.com has the most up-to-date tutorials on HTML and CSS, > which are the two technologies you need to learn to achieve the creation of > a decent website, even if it is simple. > Nathan > > > My "At least I fail to understand that" was actually supposed to be > a comment on the following: > > Lots of professional web developers ridicule W3 Schools often, but > it's a good place to find quick (and dirty) information. > Not that I agree fully with the critics of W3 Schools, but I think it may be because much of the documentation on there is targeted towards older browsers. (Please, don't quote me on that.) -- Deniz Dogan ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Quick copy-pasting between Inkscape and GIMP
I understand that this could just as well have been posted on the Inkscape mailing list (if there is any) but I'm only a subscriber to this one, so here goes nothing. I'm looking for a faster way to copy-paste things from Inkscape into GIMP. My current procedure involves exporting the drawing from Inkscape to PNG, then opening the PNG in GIMP and copy-pasting it into the image I want to have it in. Is there any faster way? -- Deniz Dogan ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Quick copy-pasting between Inkscape and GIMP
2010/1/28 David Gowers <00a...@gmail.com>: > On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 10:13 PM, Gino D wrote: >> Hi. >> >>> I understand that this could just as well have been posted on the >>> Inkscape mailing list (if there is any) but I'm only a subscriber to >>> this one, so here goes nothing. >>> >>> I'm looking for a faster way to copy-paste things from Inkscape into >>> GIMP. My current procedure involves exporting the drawing from >>> Inkscape to PNG, then opening the PNG in GIMP and copy-pasting it into >>> the image I want to have it in. Is there any faster way? >> >> >> I've just noticed that, when you paste into GIMP any shape copied from >> Inkscape, such object is appended as new path rather than as new layer, and >> there seems to be no other possibility. However, once you exported an >> Inkscape object as a PNG file, a faster way to import this into a GIMP image >> is to select the special command ' File -> Open as Layers ' , through which >> you will be able to insert the PNG file as new layer along with its handy >> transparent background. > > You should also be able to open the SVG file directly rather than > first exporting a PNG with that same 'Open as Layers' command. > Cool, I didn't know that was what "Open as Layers" was for! Before, I opened the PNG, selected all the content, copy, switch to the other image, paste, create new layer. Useful! -- Deniz Dogan ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Create web page?
2010/1/29 Paul Hartman : > On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 1:15 PM, Nathan Lane wrote: >> W3C does only go over the very basics of everything they offer. Which may >> make it silly. > > You mean w3schools? :) The names are confusing... > > Anyway when I need a HTML or CSS reference I go straight to the source: > > http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-html401-19991224/ > http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/REC-xhtml1-20020801/ > http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/ Needless to say there are sources with the same information, but that are easier on the eyes. This is the syntax of the A element according to the W3C source: -- Deniz Dogan ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Create web page?
2010/1/29 Paul Hartman : > On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 5:19 PM, Deniz Dogan > wrote: >> 2010/1/29 Paul Hartman : >>> On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 1:15 PM, Nathan Lane >>> wrote: >>>> W3C does only go over the very basics of everything they offer. Which may >>>> make it silly. >>> >>> You mean w3schools? :) The names are confusing... >>> >>> Anyway when I need a HTML or CSS reference I go straight to the source: >>> >>> http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-html401-19991224/ >>> http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/REC-xhtml1-20020801/ >>> http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/ >> >> Needless to say there are sources with the same information, but that >> are easier on the eyes. >> >> This is the syntax of the A element according to the W3C source: >> >> >> > %attrs; -- %coreattrs, %i18n, %events -- >> charset %Charset; #IMPLIED -- char encoding of linked resource -- >> type %ContentType; #IMPLIED -- advisory content type -- >> name CDATA #IMPLIED -- named link end -- >> href %URI; #IMPLIED -- URI for linked resource -- >> hreflang %LanguageCode; #IMPLIED -- language code -- >> rel %LinkTypes; #IMPLIED -- forward link types -- >> rev %LinkTypes; #IMPLIED -- reverse link types -- >> accesskey %Character; #IMPLIED -- accessibility key character -- >> shape %Shape; rect -- for use with client-side image maps >> -- >> coords %Coords; #IMPLIED -- for use with client-side image maps >> -- >> tabindex NUMBER #IMPLIED -- position in tabbing order -- >> onfocus %Script; #IMPLIED -- the element got the focus -- >> onblur %Script; #IMPLIED -- the element lost the focus -- >> > > > Well, that is its definition from the DTD, which is what the document > is describing in the first place. They are taking the whole DTD and > going over each part piece by piece. You forgot to include the rest of > the chapter which explains what all of that means and has several > pages of human-language descriptions, examples and explanations about > all of it. :) While I see your point, I hope you see mine! :) Imagine a newbie going to W3C to learn how to make basic websites. He/she shouldn't have to know about the charset, type, name, hreflang, rel, rev, accesskey, shape, coords, tabindex, onfocus or onblur attributes. What the newbie *really* needs to know is Text! -- Deniz Dogan ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] chalk type logo creation does something ? (script-fu)
2010/2/2 jolie : >>I'm not sure what I should expect to see, but apparently there is >>nothing to see here. >>I mean File -> Create -> Logos -> Chalk... -> (all defaults) -> Ok => >>only an empty (?) blackboard appears. >> >>Am I missing something ? >> >>Cristi >> >> > > Doesn't work for me either. > > -- > jolie (via www.gimpusers.com) > ___ > Gimp-user mailing list > Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU > https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user > Thirded. I tried changing the font from the default "Cooper" which I don't have, but that didn't help either, just a black image. Then I restarted GIMP, chose text "EUEOUE", font size 12, font "Sans Bold", a reddish foreground color and a brownish background color and GIMP choked when running the "rippling" plugin. I'm using Windows Vista. Windows tells me "ripple.exe has stopped working". I debugged it using Visual Studio and saw the error "Unhandled exception at 0x00401a5c in ripple.exe: 0xC094: Integer division by zero." -- Deniz Dogan ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] printing
2010/2/7 jon s. : > Hi all, and thanks in advance for your help. I am a newbie with GIMP, and > usually use it for light touch up of digital photos of artwork. > > I am running windows xp on a nice dell optiplex. I believe the os is up to > date. Just upgrade to ..6.8. Gimp works fine, except that I cannot print! I > open a line drawing, do file, print, and nothing happens. There must be some > setup or plugin I am missing. The fix must be easy, but I am stumped. I > would appreciate some help. Thanks, > > Jon Stivers > For what it's worth, I have never been able to print from GIMP either. I have to save it to a "normal" image format, open it up in a "normal" image viewer and print it from there. -- Deniz Dogan ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] how to select & copy a circular part of photo
2010/2/10 Donna B. : > I need help with a newbie question (ver 2.6). I need to select a circular part > of a photo - the goal is to create a web page with circular photos arranged in > a circle. The only way I've found is to draw a circular selection, display the > QuickMask to show the outline of the circle and use the bezier tool to click > around the circle then select to Path and copy that to a new file. There must > be a better way; can anyone describe it? > I may very well have misunderstood your question, but can't you just make a circular selection, copy the selection and then paste into a new image? -- Deniz Dogan ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] GIMP plugin for faking a newspaper frontpage image
Recently a friend of mine showed me a picture where someone had taken a photo of a newspaper that laid on a table, slightly folded in the middle as newspapers often are. (See e.g. http://www.brogan.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/newspaper.jpg) This particular someone had then inserted a picture of himself, replacing some other picture that was on the front page. It looked pretty realistic, unless one looked closely. This got us discussing how this someone had put the picture of himself in there. The main problem would be to get the picture to "fold" according to the newspaper. We are both newbies when it comes to this sort of stuff, but my friend who is a computer graphics freak insisted that the person had used a 3D model of a newspaper and then simply "texturized" it with the image of himself. Personally, I thought (and still believe) that this can easily be done using a GIMP plugin in which one somehow selected the parts where the real image was located on the newspaper and then the plugin would perform some magic (skew etc.) to replace it with the other picture. Are there any plugins readily available for this sort of stuff? Is it "easy" to write a plugin which does this? -- Deniz Dogan ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] New Image from Visible Layers?
2010/4/4 Sacryd : > I'm new to both GIMP and this forum. Please forgive me if this question has > been asked - I don't see it anywhere. > > Is there a way to create a new image from visible layers? > > I'm creating a set of cards that includes arrows, shadows, text and > background. Each of these objects are in their own layer. All of the layers > are in a single .xcf file. > > I need to mix and match these layers down into multiple .png files. > > I could do this by: > 1. Making one variation of layers visible. > 2. Save as a .png file. > 3. Reload my .xcf file. > 4. Repeat until I have created all my cards. > > Is there a simpler way? > > Thanks! :) > > > > -- > Sacryd (via www.gimpusers.com) > ___ > Gimp-user mailing list > Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU > https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user > What I usually do is Ctrl+A Ctrl+Shift+C Ctrl+Shift+V. Ctrl+A: Select entire image Ctrl+Shift+C: Copy everything visible Ctrl+Shift+V: Paste into a new image -- Deniz Dogan ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Why doesn't "drawable area" follow the dimensions of a layer?
2010/4/15 Janne Kronback : > I used GIMP yesterday after a break of a few months and spend the first hour > being frustrated. > Part of it was because I was using a Swedish version which I haven't tried > before, so all the names were strange at first... > I think I managed to change this on my own installation by setting the environment variable "LANG" to "en". HTH, Deniz Dogan ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] diagonally striped background image tutorial
2010/4/24 Bob Meetin : > If someone can point me to a tutorial on how to do this it would be > nice. See: http://www.dottedi.biz/images/diagnostics/bot_bg.png. I > need to create something similar but in different colors. It is > diagonally striped and the stripes seem to merge at the bottom. The > finished size in 10x145 pixels. > > Thx, Bob > ___ > Gimp-user mailing list > Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU > https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user > Tutorials on diagonal stripes can easily be found on Google. To get the stripes to "merge" at the bottom, you can just use a standard gradient in a layer above the stripes. -- Deniz Dogan ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Listequette
Why do you guys even try to convince people that you're right when it comes to mailing list/Usenet etiquette? This has been discussed since the beginning of time and people have still to agree on anything other than where the signature goes. -- Deniz Dogan ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] The best way to make a rounded corner box with a border
Lately, I've been thinking whether the way I make bordered boxes with rounded corners is the "best" one or if I'm missing something essential. The way I do it is: 1. Use the rounded rectangle selection to make a rectangle. 2. Fill it with the color I want the border to have. 3. Shrink the selection by as many pixels as I want the border to take up. 4. Fill the new selection with the box background color. What ways are there to accomplish it? Are there any cons to using the method I use? I'm asking because I recently wrote a little Script-Fu for doing just this, since I do it so often. -- Deniz Dogan ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] The best way to make a rounded corner box with a border
2010/6/2 Branko Vukelic : > On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 11:16 AM, Branko Vukelic wrote: >> On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 10:33 AM, Deniz Dogan >> wrote: >>> The way I do it is: >>> 1. Use the rounded rectangle selection to make a rectangle. > > Sorry, missed one step: > > 1a: Fill the selection with color. > >> 2. Select -> Border... >> 3. Fill new selection with color >> 4. Enjoy. :) > > + it might be entirely possible to do a script that does this > automatically. It could take border with from the user, and use FG/BG > color to fill the selections. > > -- > Branko Vukelić > > bg.bra...@gmail.com > stu...@brankovukelic.com > > Check out my blog: http://www.brankovukelic.com/ > Check out my portfolio: http://www.flickr.com/photos/foxbunny/ > Registered Linux user #438078 (http://counter.li.org/) > I hang out on identi.ca: http://identi.ca/foxbunny > > Gimp Brushmakers Guild > http://bit.ly/gbg-group > I used to try it "your way" before, but I always get jagged edges on the border when I try that. This is what I get when I do a rounded rectangle with a 5 pixel corner radius, black background and white edge using your technique: http://pici.se/pictures/fWkVUUfxo.png This is what I get when I do it "my way": http://pici.se/pictures/xFAQhXVbC.png Is there something I'm missing? -- Deniz Dogan ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] The best way to make a rounded corner box with a border
2010/6/2 Branko Vukelic : > On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 12:48 PM, Cameron Gregory wrote: >> In some cases there is also "out by one" problem. >> >> Here is a patch for said issue (most noticeable when rounding is 100% >> (trying to make a pill) >> >> http://blog.bloke.com/2010/05/patch-for-gimp-select-rounded-rectangle/ > > The most straightforward way to create a pixel-perfect rounded > rectangle with border I can think of is to use Inkscape > (http://www.inkscape.org/) and import the SVG into Gimp. You get > perfect control over the rounding and border weight + the > rasterization of the SVG eliminates the jaggedness. > > Another way I can think of is to convert the rounded selection to > path, stroke it to create the border. This produces acceptable > results, but I've noticed some weird artifacts. > It's too bad one has to resort to using other programs for pixel perfect borders (as if there ever was such a thing). That means it's impossible to write a Script-Fu for it (unless you are *really* ambitious) and also that you can't use GIMP's gradients to fill the border or the background of the box. A sad day this is. -- Deniz Dogan ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] The best way to make a rounded corner box with a border
2010/6/2 Cameron Gregory : > you can still fill the border with gradients. > same way .. make a border. fill with gradient, make an inner border and bill > with BG... > > similar for gradient on the inside > > cameron > Sure, I'm just saying I can't use GIMP's gradients. I have to use the ones in Inkscape. :) -- Deniz Dogan ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Script-Fu for batch image conversion
2010/6/6 Dillon : > Thanks Saulgoode, that worked! It solved both of my problems. Interesting. > I'll have to puzzle through why it worked later, but now I'm on to my next > challenge. > The reason I'm writing my own script-fu, rather than using Daves Batch > Processor, is that my TIF files are multi-page, and when I load the image > and flatten it to a drawable, I end up with both pages flattened into one > drawable. I only want one of the pages (I think the first). > I need to find a way to select that page (which I assume is turned into a > layer when the TIF is loaded), and just set that layer to be my drawable. I haven't tried this myself, but maybe ImageMagick (the `convert' application) supports that already? Just an idea! -- Deniz Dogan ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Script-Fu for batch image conversion
2010/6/6 Dillon : > Someone off-list suggested ImageMagick. Some googling shows this command: > convert mulitple.tif single%d.tif > > I think this will create multiple files, each representing a page from the > tif. > Since I planned on wrapping all my script-fu in PowerShell, I could insert a > call to imagemagick to create a temp folder of split-up TIFs, which my > script-fu could convert to XCF. > I'd rather do the whole thing in script-fu, as I anticipate doing some > filtering and stuff via GIMP. > If I start down the ImageMagick route, I may just go with a > PowerShell/ImageMagick approach and leave out the script-fu. > Any strong suggestions on going one way or the other? I'll still do all my > manual editing in GIMP, but maybe not any of the batch work ... I personally don't think there's much of an advantage using Script-Fu as opposed to ImageMagick when it comes to batch processing. ImageMagick is widely used in all kinds of applications. It also has an abundance of filtering capabilities that you can easily use. That being said, I'm neither an ImageMagick wizard nor a Script-Fu/GIMP one. -- Deniz Dogan ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Changing Text tool defaults
2010/6/16 Noel Stoutenburg : > Friends, > > The current default values in the text tool for size of the type is 18.0 > pixels. I use a different size (12.0 points) so much that I'd like to > make this the default value, but I cannot find out where to do so. Is it > possible? What do I change? How do I find it? > > ns > ___ > Gimp-user mailing list > Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU > https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user > Open (or create) "~/.gimp-2.6/tool-options/gimp-text-tool" and add the following: (font-size 12.00) Also try going to Edit -> Preferences -> Tool Options and check "Save tool options on exit". -- Deniz Dogan ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Stripes spheres
2010/6/18 Branko Vukelic : > I don't think there's an easy way to do it. It has the back as well, > and I bet it was hand-drawn in a vector drawing app like Inkscape. > Couldn't you just apply the same "map to object" technique to two different layers and then put them over eachother? -- Deniz Dogan ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] [Offtopic] Design learning
2010/7/8 Matias : > Sorry for this completely offtopic question. > > I'm a systems administrator with programming experience (mostly python > and C) and I love web applications design/programming and I'm pretty > good with html, javascript, css, etc... but I have a really weak point > when it comes to "images" desing. I mean, I'd love to learn how to do > images like this: > http://www.freecsstemplates.org/previews/solutions/images/img01.gif > > (from the template http://www.freecsstemplates.org/preview/solutions/) > > I understand the basics, and I use quite frequently Gimp, but this is > not like coding, when you code, most of the times it is easy to > understand what is happenning (except if the code you are reading is > perl :-P ) and thus, you can learn but I still can't "read" images I > see out there, so, I guess there should be any learning path for this > also or maybe is that just the creative half of my brain is missing. > > Would you recommend any book? any website? or some other way to learn to > do "nice 3d looking menus, buttons"..etc? > > Thanks for your help, and sorry for the offtopic, but I didn't find a > better place to ask this. (didn't look for a lot also...) > I understand completely what you mean and I have felt the same way at times. It just takes some practice, but once you "get it" it's really simple. (Note that I'm not a GIMP pro by any means.) The image you linked can e.g. easily be created using the following steps: 1. On the background layer create a gradient from gray to white. 2. Create a new layer. 3. On the new layer create a completely white box - select rectangle and fill with white. 4. Create yet another layer. 5. On the new layer select a smaller rectangle and fill it with a gradient which goes from green to lighter green. 6. Create a new layer with the green stuff at the top. I know that this is not what you were asking for, but I hope this helped you understand something new. :) -- Deniz Dogan ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Language setting Windows 7 and GIMP 2.6
2010/7/12 meetthegimp.org : > Hi, > > I got a mail from a German in Saudia Arabia. He runs Windows 7 with > English as default language. He installed GIMP 2.6.9 and it comes up > in Arabic which he can't read. > > He sent me a screen shot which shows the menus of his mail program in > the back behind the Arabic GIMP. They are in German, but he says his > system is running in English. Localisation Hell? > > I haven't used Windows since 98SE, so I have no idea how to help him. > Any pointers? > Set the LANG environment variable to "en" without the quotation marks. -- Deniz Dogan ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
