[Gimp-user] Changing the right mouse click to do something else
I've looked through the manual and done plenty of googling... but I can't quite figure out what to do here. I use a wacom bamboo tablet and I would like the right mouse click (the upper button on the shaft of the stylus) to switch to eraser, instead of displaying the menu. I tried mapping the "keys" field in the "configure input devices" to various things but it seems to have no affect. I tried all the numbers 1-10 in case the key numbers were unusual but still the "middle click" button does the grabber, and the "right click" button opens the context menu. I also tried with a mouse at the same time to see if there was any difference. Anyone know if this is (or isn't) possible... and how to do it? Thanks Josh ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Changing the right mouse click to do something else
>> I've looked through the manual and done plenty of googling... but I >> can't quite figure out what to do here. I use a wacom bamboo tablet and >> I would like the right mouse click (the upper button on the shaft of the >> stylus) to switch to eraser, instead of displaying the menu. I tried >> mapping the "keys" field in the "configure input devices" to various >> things but it seems to have no affect. I tried all the numbers 1-10 in >> case the key numbers were unusual but still the "middle click" button >> does the grabber, and the "right click" button opens the context menu. I >> also tried with a mouse at the same time to see if there was any difference. >> >> Anyone know if this is (or isn't) possible... and how to do it? > > This is a special case, and it is possible, at least with Intuos (no > idea about Bamboos) the pen will report different devices for the > "lead" and the "eraser". So all you have to make sure is that your > driver is reporting each tip as separate devices, and then enable the > different devices in preferences. Thanks for the reply, but that's not quite what I'm looking for. Flipping the pen around is actually very cumbersome for me. Yes, if I turn the pen around and use the "eraser" then the previous tool selected by the "eraser" will be activated again. However, I need the "eraser tool" far more often than I would use a normal eraser, and so I would like a quicker way to change tools. In particular, I would like to do like in Xournal, where the "right mouse click" event activates the eraser. Also, maybe I'm just tremendously uncoordinated, but I drop the pen half of the time when I'm trying to flip around to use the eraser. > > GSR > > ___ > 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] Banding in gradient creation
You might want to check the color depth of your document. If it's indexed color then the document may not be able to create smooth gradients because their aren't enough colors in the pallet. You can tell if this is the problem (on 2.6.8) by going through the menus to image->mode->... If image->mode->indexed is selected then the document is indexed color, and you should change it to image->mode->RGB. On 08/25/2010 02:35 AM, bob wrote: > Hi Miles. > > I'm afraid the technical details of bit-depths and monitor hardware are beyond > me. > > However, when playing with inkscape I can create gradients that don't have > bands. > > Also, when I'm viewing other peoples artwork online I don't get the bands. > > I'm guessing that this might mean that the problem might not be my monitor, > but is more likely to be the technique that I'm using in gimp. > Could this be the case? > > ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] fuzzy around text
> I'm new to Gimp and graphic design. I was able to create a logo with a > transparent background. However, when I convert to jpg gif or png and then > upload to my server (or insert into Word or PDF) it's fuzzy around the > letters. Scaling is one reason for the fuzziness, the second is compression. JPEG, GIF, and PNG are compressed formats (though PNG can be uncompressed), so the compression can lead to fuzziness around the edges. You could try to save in an uncompressed format, or reduce the compression (i.e. if you save JPEG and you get that slider during export, push it all the way up to 100). In general though, a logo is an image that gets a lot of use. It will likely be scaled or compressed for various different paper sizes, Internet publication, banners, etc. It's a good idea to do logo design in an inherently scalable (a.k.a vector) format (i.e. Scalable Vector Graphics Format... SVG). I don't mean to knock Gimp on the Gimp list, but it might not be the right tool for the job. Inkscape is an open source tool for designing scalable images. Adobe Illustrator is a proprietary alternative. They don't have the powerful tools that Gimp does for creating really exotic images, but that is likely a moot point for a logo. If you create your image in a scalable format you can also use it in your PDF documents without any loss of quality... regardless of whether that document is a letter-head, or a building-sized banner. If you include your logo as a 2 inch wide image, and then someone who is reading your document blows it up to 1000%, the logo will still be crystal clear. This, of course, depends on what you use to create your PDF. Word, for instance, may render the scalable image to a bitmap, and then save the bitmap in the PDF. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
