[Gimp-user] Fonts and GIMP
Hi all, I managed to install the sharfonts and freefonts on my RH machine and they show in the font servers list of fonts but do NOT show in Gimp. Can anyone point me in the right direction please? I run GIMP under KDE if that makes any difference... Many thanks... -- Nick W ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Fonts in 1.3.15
* and then Sven Neumann declared > Yes, with 1.3 you need the tool options even more than you did with > 1.2. That's why the new default session setup has the tool-options > docked below the toolbox. Hi all, I'm having trouble working out where the color change is located on 1.2 can somone plese help? Many thanks... -- Nick W ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Font Plugin?
Hi all, I've been trying to get freefont and sharefont to show up in gimp 1.3.17 and try as I might, I have to conceed defeat. Is there a plugin or some other way to get extra fonts into gimp? many thanks... -- Nick W ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] GLIB not found in RH9 - Advice please?
Hi all, I tried compiling 1.3.9 on my RedHat9 system and it couldn't find GLIB 2.0 or higher. I do appear to have GLIB in /usr/lib/glib and I'm fairly sure it's the latest version. Could someone please point me in the right direction? Many thanks... -- Nick W ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] GLIB not found in RH9 - Advice please?
* and then Dave Neary declared > > > That said, all that you probably need to do is install the -devel packages > > for > > > the already-present gtk+ packages. > > > > Would you know how to check what I have or have not got? - I'm still > > getting the glib error on 3.17 > > rpm -qa | grep gtk > > will tell you what rpms with gtk in the name you have installed, and their > versions (you should have gtk+ in there, and it should be version 2.2.2 or > later, ideally). After that, you should check if you see a gtk+-devel package (a > similar search for glib and glib-devel could be helpful too). Right, here's what I have for gtk: gtk2-2.2.1-4 gnome-python2-gtkhtml2-1.99.14-5 authconfig-gtk-4.3.4-1 gtkam-0.1.7-3 gtk+-1.2.10-25 gtkhtml2-2.2.0-5 pygtk2-1.99.14-4 pygtk2-libglade-1.99.14-4 gtk+-devel-1.2.10-25 usermode-gtk-1.67-2 pygtk2-devel-1.99.14-4 gtkglarea-1.2.2-16 gtkhtml-1.1.9-0.9 ...and for glib: glib-1.2.10-10 glib2-2.2.1-1 glibc-2.3.2-27.9 glibc-devel-2.3.2-27.9 glibc-kernheaders-2.4-8.10 glib-devel-1.2.10-10 glibc-common-2.3.2-27.9 and the last few lines for the ./configure output: checking for pkg-config... /usr/bin/pkg-config checking for GLIB - version >= 2.2.0... no *** Could not run GLIB test program, checking why... *** The test program failed to compile or link. See the file config.log for the *** exact error that occured. This usually means GLIB is incorrectly installed. > > Thanks for taking time out to help Dave, much appreciated ;-) > > No problem. By the way, would you mind keeping this on the list? I guess there > might have been a reason to take it off list, but I don't see one :) So if you > have any other questions, could you put gimp-user on the cc, please? Thanks. heh! How odd. The first mail I got from you ended up straight in my inbox rather than the gimp mailbox so I figured you wanted the discussion off-list for some reason! ;-) - List now cc'd So, does that output give any clues? All it tells me is that I should be better at doing stuff like this heh! - I can't fathom it? -- Nick W ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] GLIB not found in RH9 - Advice please?
* and then Nick Wilson declared > * and then Dave Neary declared > > > > That said, all that you probably need to do is install the -devel packages > > > for > > > > the already-present gtk+ packages. > > > > > > Would you know how to check what I have or have not got? - I'm still > > > getting the glib error on 3.17 Right, for any that have the same problem: Follow the install instructions over at www.gtk.org BUT when installing do --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc and your installations will overwrite the current ones. THanks again.. -- Nick W ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Getting Freefong/Sharefont to show up in GIMP?
Well, I finally got 1.3.17 installed but I only have 25 or so fonts. Not ideal. I installed sharefont and freefont but not even the xset commands seem to work any more though here is what I have for chkfontpath: Current directories in font path: 1: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled 2: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi:unscaled 3: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi:unscaled 4: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc 5: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/freefont 6: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/sharefont 7: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1 8: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo 9: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic 10: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF 11: /usr/share/fonts/default/Type1 12: 13: /usr/lib/openoffice/share/fonts/truetype 14: /usr/share/AbiSuite/fonts So, can someone please suggest what I might do to get some damn fonts in GIMP? ;-) Many thanks... -- Nick W ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Font Plugin?
* and then Sven Neumann declared > On Wed, 2003-08-13 at 15:57, Nick Wilson wrote > > > I've been trying to get freefont and sharefont to show up in gimp > > 1.3.17 and try as I might, I have to conceed defeat. > > GIMP-1.3 uses fontconfig (http://fontconfig.org/) for font > configuration. All you need to do is to add the directories with fonts > to /etc/fonts/fonts.conf or ~/.fonts.conf. I love you. hehehehe! - ahem... jeez, this should be written up somewhere so people know about it, I've been trying to sort this for weeks! It's a small edit to an xml file. Even if you don't understand xml it's childlike simple once you take a look at the file... Thankyou very, very much -- Nick W ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] What's Wrong with this Image?
Hi all, These images will not show up in a browser? http://www.cookaholics.com/images/ I just saved by extension to .gif and .jpg but they will not show as you can see from this page: http://www.cookaholics.com/test.html The .xcf is in the image dir too. Could someone please put me on the right path here? Many, many thanks... -- Nick W ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] What's Wrong with this Image?
* and then John Dietsch declared > Hi Nick, I accessed your websight twice, once with Konqueror 3.1-12 RedHat > using KDE 3.1-10 and then with > Mozilla/5.0(X-11;U;Linuxi686;en;rv:1.2.1)Gecko/20030225. On both browsers > the websight image directory listing the images came right up. Clicking on > the .gif & .jpg images brought them up withot difficulty. Did you expect > them to come up without clicking on them? > I hope this helps, Sure does, I'm dreadfully sorry but it appears to have just beena programming error with .htacees ;-) THanks for the help guys! -- Nick W ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Drawing a Triangle
Hi everyone, Which tool do I use to 'connect the dots' for triangle? I tried all the ones I could find to no avail... If there is any good docs on basics in 1.3x that'd be cool too. Many thanks.. -- Nick W ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Border Around Text in 3.20?
Hi all, I was following this tutorial: http://www.obscurasite.com/artstuff/tutorials/gimp-text-outline/ But However many times I try it I get a *very* thick border. Could someone please point me in the right direction? many thanks -- Nick W ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Border Around Text in 3.20?
* and then [EMAIL PROTECTED] declared > It sounds like the size of the brush you're using is too large. What is > the size of the brush you're using? I was using a 1x1 or a 3x3 but they're all coming out the same -- Nick W ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Border Around Text in 3.20?
* and then Sven Neumann declared > > I was following this tutorial: > > http://www.obscurasite.com/artstuff/tutorials/gimp-text-outline/ > > I suggest you update to 1.3.21 first. This version introduces a much Hmmm.. tried but no joy. Can't seem to get fontconfig 2.2 installed... > nicer way of stoking based on libart2. What I suggest you do is to > create paths from the text object (there's a button in the text tool > options). Then on an empty layer above the text layer, invoke > "Edit->Stroke Path" and choose a suitable stroke width. Well, I tried your solution and it's undoubtably a more elegant approach but I still get the same result. Could there be somting wrong with my brushes? - Seems that whatever I chose I get this thick default...? many thanks.. -- Nick W ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Border Around Text in 3.20?
* and then Sven Neumann declared > Hi, > > Nick Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > * and then Sven Neumann declared > > > > I was following this tutorial: > > > > http://www.obscurasite.com/artstuff/tutorials/gimp-text-outline/ > > > > > > I suggest you update to 1.3.21 first. This version introduces a much > > > > Hmmm.. tried but no joy. Can't seem to get fontconfig 2.2 installed... > > Let us know what problems you had exactly and we will try to help you. > However it shouldn't be necessary to install fontconfig from source, > there should be binary packages for all major distributions. > > > > nicer way of stoking based on libart2. What I suggest you do is to > > > create paths from the text object (there's a button in the text tool > > > options). Then on an empty layer above the text layer, invoke > > > "Edit->Stroke Path" and choose a suitable stroke width. > > > > > > Well, I tried your solution and it's undoubtably a more elegant > > approach but I still get the same result. > > You can hardly try my suggestion if you didn't update to 1.3.21. > The version you are using doesn't have the new stroking yet (see > http://sven.gimp.org/stroke-dialog.png). Ah, well nearly then. I chose Edit > Stroke /selection/ not /path/ ;-) > > Could there be somting wrong with my brushes? - Seems that whatever > > I chose I get this thick default...? > > Perhaps you could describe how you are selecting the brush. You are > setting the brush in the paint tool, aren't you? The paintbrush is > active while you are stroking? Ah.. this appears to be it. I had not activated the brush tool. Of course it makes sense once pointed out but it didn't even occor to me. When I have it activated I click the brush I want in the tool options panel and then when I hit edit I get a new option: "Stroke active path" which seems to do a great job. Much thanks! I'll post seperately re installing 3.21, thanks again.. -- Nick W ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Resizing *many* images?
Hi everyone, Does anyone know if there is a way to 'batch resize'? - I have about 1000 images that all need to be 20% of the original size... Many thanks! -- Nick W ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Resizing *many* images?
* and then Geoffrey declared
> >Does anyone know if there is a way to 'batch resize'? - I have about
> >1000 images that all need to be 20% of the original size...
> >
> In ksh and I think it works in bash too:
>
> for fn in $(
> convert -resize 20% $fn 20-${fn}
> done
Great, that worked out just fine, thanks!
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Re: [Gimp-user] Resizing *many* images?
* and then David Hodson declared > > Does anyone know if there is a way to 'batch resize'? - I have about > > 1000 images that all need to be 20% of the original size... > > If you want to stay inside Gimp, try David's Batch Processor > (DBP) at http://members.ozemail.com.au/~hodsond/dbp.html Thanks, I gave it a miss for the moment but will look out for te 1.3 version! - much obliged! -- Nick W ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Selection Help Please
Hi all, I was hoping someone might point me in the direction of a tutorial (or just tell me what tools to use) for the following: I need to take a snapshot of someone and then select them out. IE to ditch the sofa in the background etc and just have a nice shot of the subject with a transparent bg suitable for use on a webpage. I know that isnt easily done, hence the email. Anyone know a good resource? I did search but didnt come up with much (sorry, not really an artist, sheesh, even a text logo takes me 2hrs lol!) Much thanks... -- Nick W ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Selection Help Please
* and then Carol Spears declared > > I need to take a snapshot of someone and then select them out. IE to > > ditch the sofa in the background etc and just have a nice shot of the > > subject with a transparent bg suitable for use on a webpage. > > > > I know that isnt easily done, hence the email. Anyone know a good > > resource? I did search but didnt come up with much > > > http://www.gimp.org/tutorials/Changing_Background_Color_1/ > http://www.gimp.org/tutorials/Changing_Background_Color_2/ Thanks Carol ;-) One question b4 i dive in: Is that suitable for varied backgrounds? Someone else is taking the shots and im certain it'll be done in the house with all manner of things behind the subject... -- Nick W ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Re: Selection Help Please
* and then olivier ripoll declared > Although the gimp interface has changed since it was written, have a > look at this section of the excellent "Grokking the gimp": > > http://gimp-savvy.com/BOOK/index.html?node47.html > > Read the whole chapter about selection and masks if you have time. [snipped for brevity] Thanks ever so much, that's great. It doesnt look all that difficult if you have a little patience, i guess it also helps to select roughly around the subject on a varied background so you have less pixels to choose by color I'll go and read that stuff, my thanks! -- Nick W ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Re: Selection Help Please
* and then Nick Wilson declared > Thanks ever so much, that's great. It doesnt look all that difficult if > you have a little patience, i guess it also helps to select roughly > around the subject on a varied background so you have less pixels to > choose by color Well, im no expert yet but i reckon this aint a bad attempt ;-) http://www.stylesheet.org/sam.png She was on the grass, many different shades... any idea of the best way to replace the pixels i accidently took off of her chin? thanks again... -- Nick W ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Re: Selection Help Please
* and then Bob Long declared
> On Wednesday, September 22, 2004 6:59 PM [GMT+1=CET],
> Nick Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Well, im no expert yet but i reckon this aint a bad attempt ;-)
> > http://www.stylesheet.org/sam.png
> >
> > She was on the grass, many different shades... any idea of the best
> > way to replace the pixels i accidently took off of her chin?
>
> Try the clone tool ("paint using patterns or image regions") - looks like a
> rubber stamp.
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Re: [Gimp-user] Re: Selection Help Please
* and then matt-nc declared > > >She was on the grass, many different shades... any idea of the best way > >to replace the pixels i accidently took off of her chin? > > Zoom in to highest magnification, use the clone tool to select shades from > the nearby facial area and reconstruct it by hand. > > Might not be the best way but you can do a lot with that technique. Actually Matt, that's exactly what I did ;-) I couldnt get the rubber stamp to work (couldnt figure it out anyway) and that seemed like the best way, and it was, for me. thanks! -- Nick W ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Advice on Best Tool for Job
Hi everyone, Im selecting a subject (my sister) from her background, for use as a transparent jpg on a webpage. Here is the pic so far: http://www.stylesheet.org/2.jpg I know i need to replace quite a few pixels that got inadvertently transparentized (?) but my question is this: I have roughly used the eraser to get as near to the body as possible. Is there a tool that will help me get closer? Ideally, i'd like to have the edges soft, but im a total novice at graphic design (cant u tell? ;-) and could really use a little push in the right direction. btw, hard edges are fine if they will look good, the only thing that really matters is that it looks great on a webpage. My thanks -- Nick W ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Re: Advice on Best Tool for Job
* and then olivier ripoll declared > I think the following tutorial corresponds more or less to what you want > to achieve. > http://www.gimpguru.org/Tutorials/ReplaceForeground/ > > The problem of loosing pixels you had with you dog and with your sister > would be easily avoided if: > > 1- You always work on a copy (thus you can get the lost data back). A... ok! > 2- You use either the layer mask or the quickmask, as I explained > yesterday. The eraser is definitely not the good tool for what you want. Right, do you think that photo is now rubbish? do i need to start over from the beggining? > PS: Your sister looks great! (forgive me, I am French ;) ) hehe, that's why she's the model, i want this site to make $$$s hehe ;-) -- Nick W ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Re: Advice on Best Tool for Job
* and then olivier ripoll declared > >Right, do you think that photo is now rubbish? do i need to start over > >from the beggining? > > No, but you will not obtain a final good result with only the eraser or > the magic wand selection tool. At some point you need a tool where you > can select and deselect easily, on a pixel-per-pixel level, and with a > border that will be "feathered" (smooth). The quickmask, with the paint > brush tool and a smooth small round brush (1, 3 or 5 pixels diameter) is > the perfect tool. Right, I actually got on really well with using a layer mask! - However, now i am down to the very fine details im not sure i have the right brush. You mentioned 'feathered' but i dont see that in the tool options? Im using a 3px fuzzy circle, is that the same thing? my lines are a little jagged ;( I didnt miss all your other points, thanks! Im just concenttrating on this one... -- Nick W ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Re: Advice on Best Tool for Job
* and then olivier ripoll declared > >Right, I actually got on really well with using a layer mask! - However, > >now i am down to the very fine details im not sure i have the right > >brush. You mentioned 'feathered' but i dont see that in the tool > >options? Im using a 3px fuzzy circle, is that the same thing? my lines > >are a little jagged ;( > > The fuzzy circle is fine, it is what I meant by 'feather'. With it, your > image should not look jagged then. I managed to get good results with > the circle fuzzy 7 and 9. 3 might be too small indeed. You must paint in > black in the mask not only what you want to delete, but also the pixels > at the border of what you want to keep. Hooray! This is a much better effort I think ;-) http://www.stylesheet.org/3.jpg You think that's okay Oliver or does it need some work? I think it looks great but like i said, im no graphic artist Thanks ever so much for all the help, very kind of you to take the time dude.. -- Nick W ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Making a Tile
Hi all, I've found a tutorial on making a tile (suitable for a web page background) but it talks about clicking the 'tileable' checkbox. The effect im using does not have this: I want to make a seemless tile of about 100px wide buy 80px deep. This is how i create the effect i want to tile PythonFu -> Effects -> add fog How can i make the left and right hand edges so that the image will tile nicely (horizontall) accross the screen? Much thanks... -- Nick W ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Making a Tile
* and then Joao S. O. Bueno Calligaris declared > > I want to make a seemless tile of about 100px wide buy 80px deep. > > > > This is how i create the effect i want to tile > > > > PythonFu -> Effects -> add fog > > > > How can i make the left and right hand edges so that the image will > > tile nicely (horizontall) accross the screen? > > I'd suggest that you would offset the layer by x/2 and y/2 > (layer->transforms->offset), and retouch the "seans" that now will be > in the middle of your image by hand using the clonetool, until it > becomes "seamless". Right, thanks. I've worked out how to offset (only need the x offset) but the clone tool has a cirle with a line through it? - looks like it wont work for some reason? Thanks again. -- Nick W ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Making a Tile
* and then Nick Wilson declared > Right, thanks. I've worked out how to offset (only need the x offset) > but the clone tool has a cirle with a line through it? - looks like it > wont work for some reason? Sorry, just worked it out. Too hard for me i think, the 'fog' pattern is way to complex, i'll try find a way to do it with somthing that has 'make tileable' Cheers -- Nick W ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Making a Tile
* and then Nick Wilson declared > > * and then Nick Wilson declared > > Right, thanks. I've worked out how to offset (only need the x offset) > > but the clone tool has a cirle with a line through it? - looks like it > > wont work for some reason? > > Sorry, just worked it out. Too hard for me i think, the 'fog' pattern is > way to complex, i'll try find a way to do it with somthing that has > 'make tileable' Eureka! - i think.. Is there a way that if i use the script-fu -> fog thing I can then make part of the layer fade away? - it's for a 80px deep 'header' so if i can make the right hand edge fade into the background it'd work? Sorry to be a pain ;-) i just really like this effect and would love to use it.. -- Nick W ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Making a Tile
* and then Joao S. O. Bueno Calligaris declared > It is also worth to note that the pyhon-fu "add fog" actually uses the > filters->render->clouds->plasma plug-in in a mask. The "plasma" > sibling on the same menu, "solid noise", does have a "tileable" > option. OK! i've kinda got what i want with the plasma thingy but it has a *black* background, regardless of what colors i have in the fg/bg - do you know how i might make the background transparent? - a mask? thanks for the help :-) -- Nick W ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
