Re: [Gimp-user] Color Picker in Gimp 2.6

2011-08-21 Thread Greg Chapman
t > what you want. Then just close the screen shot, don't save. Nothing so complicated! Double-click the the Foreground colour square in the Toolbox to open the CHANGE FOREGROUND COLOR dialogue, then click the Colour Picker button to the right of the HTML NOTIFICATION field. (Works for t

Re: [Gimp-user] Default image dpi

2011-06-29 Thread Greg Chapman
mines the resolution, not GIMP. While Script-fu would probably be capable of doing this (never investigated it myself) you might be better off looking for a tool that can edit EXIF data in bulk across all files as you copy them from your camera to your hard disk. Greg Chapman http://www.gregt

Re: [Gimp-user] Collage "scaling up"

2011-05-15 Thread Greg Chapman
the status line on the GIMP. A typical 2.2Mb file from my 9Mpx camera expands to around 80Mb once uncompressed for editing within the GIMP. Greg Chapman http://www.gregtutor.plus.com Helping new users of KompoZer and The GIMP ___ Gimp-user mailing list G

Re: [Gimp-user] Image map- highlight on mouse-over?

2011-02-11 Thread Greg Chapman
cient. (My site doesn't cover this issue - but may be helpful in other ways!) Greg Chapman http://www.gregtutor.plus.com Helping new users of KompoZer and The GIMP ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

Re: [Gimp-user] Change background to tranparent?

2011-02-08 Thread Greg Chapman
. Add alpha channel 3. Hit DELETE 4. Re-save Depending on complexity of the image it will be Step #1 that could take a little time. Greg Chapman http://www.gregtutor.plus.com Helping new users of KompoZer and The GIMP ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@l

Re: [Gimp-user] Rotate a picture?

2011-02-04 Thread Greg Chapman
ound colour to pink 8. Save as JPG The book is still available but a bit dated these days. No royalties for the last five years. Greg Chapman http://www.gregtutor.plus.com Helping new users of KompoZer and The GIMP ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-use

Re: [Gimp-user] Tool Options Box hidden

2011-01-29 Thread Greg Chapman
that says 'You can drop dockable dialogs here'. My page at: http://www.gregtutor.plus.com/digphoto/customising.html may help. Greg Chapman http://www.gregtutor.plus.com Helping new users of KompoZer and The GIMP ___ Gimp-user mailing l

Re: [Gimp-user] Empty skull, vacated because I can't crop an image and its driving me to drink.

2011-01-20 Thread Greg Chapman
urs another answer appears at: http://www.gregtutor.plus.com/digphoto/cropping.html Greg Chapman http://www.gregtutor.plus.com Helping new users of KompoZer and The GIMP ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

Re: [Gimp-user] removing timestamps from a photo

2010-12-19 Thread Greg Chapman
it with the colours that would have been there had the camera not added the timestamp, then forget it. You cannot do that as a batch operation as every image would need to be treated individually. Greg Chapman http://www.gregtutor.plus.com Helping new

Re: [Gimp-user] Mikethedj4's Self Introduction

2010-12-04 Thread Greg Chapman
not all in the Twitter and Facebook generation! :-) Greg Chapman http://www.gregtutor.plus.com Helping new users of KompoZer and The GIMP ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

Re: [Gimp-user] Mikethedj4's Self Introduction

2010-12-04 Thread Greg Chapman
ur problem. I feel appropriately chastised. (Though I might have used the word, blunt, rather than heavy handed :-) ) Greg Chapman http://www.gregtutor.plus.com Helping new users of KompoZer and The GIMP ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF

Re: [Gimp-user] Mikethedj4's Self Introduction

2010-12-04 Thread Greg Chapman
having forum expectations) annoys some people here! Greg Chapman http://www.gregtutor.plus.com Helping new users of KompoZer and The GIMP ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

Re: [Gimp-user] Problem with GIMP draw straight line functionality

2010-11-27 Thread Greg Chapman
Hi Ian, On 28 Nov 10 00:01 Ian Nathaniel Cohen said: > All I need to be able to do is draw a simple straight line. 1. Click on start position. 2. Shift-click on end position The straight line appears between the two points Greg Greg Chapman http://www.gregtutor.plus.com Helping new users

Re: [Gimp-user] Image size manipulation

2010-11-21 Thread Greg Chapman
lose any image data, you just stretch/compress it to fit the desired size. Greg Chapman http://www.gregtutor.plus.com Helping new users of KompoZer and The GIMP ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

Re: [Gimp-user] Beginner's ? re selection/move

2010-11-13 Thread Greg Chapman
with RECTANGLE SELECT or CROP and you move the selection. Click on the selection with RECTANGLE SELECT and you confirm the selection Click on the selection with CROP and you crop the selection. Greg Chapman http://www.gregtutor.plus.com Helping new users of KompoZer and The GIMP _

Re: [Gimp-user] help changing a color

2010-10-11 Thread Greg Chapman
are indexed again and saved.) Greg Chapman http://www.gregtutor.plus.com Helping new users of KompoZer and The GIMP ___ 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

2010-09-29 Thread Greg Chapman
On 28 Sep 10 20:12 Ofnuts said: > Fuzziness may come from the "feathering". But lack of feathering can > also create another kind of fuzziness. JPEG artifacts are likely to give text or any area around solid colour "fuzziness" too! Greg Chapman http://www.gregtutor.

Re: [Gimp-user] Create web page?

2010-01-27 Thread Greg Chapman
Hi Nathan, On 27 Jan 10 16:05 Nathan Lane said: > W3Schools is a W3C website. I cannot see any evidence that the company Refsnes Data, which owns w3schools.com is related to the W3C. Greg Chapman http://www.gregtutor.plus.com Helping new users of KompoZer and The G

Re: [Gimp-user] Create web page?

2010-01-26 Thread Greg Chapman
use on the WEB. > > A well known GIMP-tutor recently recommended "Kompozer" to me for > building web-pages. See: http://www.gregtutor.plus.com Thanks for the recommendation André. For English speakers there's also a lot of help available for KompoZer at the forum: http://

Re: [Gimp-user] Create a clickable hotspot?

2010-01-20 Thread Greg Chapman
ould be better visiting: http://wysifauthoring.informe.com/forum/ where they'll be plenty of help. Greg Chapman http://www.gregtutor.plus.com Helping new users of KompoZer and The GIMP ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

Re: [Gimp-user] JPG file size increases with saving

2010-01-15 Thread Greg Chapman
noying . . But now you realise how much the data is compressed at even "normal" levels, you realise how good the algorithm was that the JPEG came up with! :-) Greg Chapman http://www.gregtutor.plus.com Helping new users of KompoZer and The GIMP

Re: [Gimp-user] JPG file size increases with saving

2010-01-15 Thread Greg Chapman
r compression levels. The control is more one of "reduce this if you can", rather than "reduce it whatever the consequenses". Greg Chapman http://www.gregtutor.plus.com Helping new users of KompoZer and The GIMP ___

Re: [Gimp-user] JPG file size increases with saving

2010-01-15 Thread Greg Chapman
Hi Philip, On 15 Jan 10 10:56 Philip Rhoades said: > - When saving as JPG with 85% quality am I losing information? Yes! > - How can saving as JPG with 100% quality increase information (file > size)? It doesn't throw so much info away. It's not actually bigger than the the raw data (i.e. to

Re: [Gimp-user] Outline people in photos

2009-12-16 Thread Greg Chapman
the image, one of the options there may prove useful. Greg Chapman http://www.gregtutor.plus.com Helping new users of KompoZer and The GIMP ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

Re: [Gimp-user] Tip of the day

2009-11-28 Thread Greg Chapman
Hi Sven, On 28 Nov 09 20:59 Sven Neumann said: > > The Tips of the Day can only be read from the Help menu currently. > There is no way to make it appear on startup. That, indeed is the complaint, along with: # There's no way to stop it appearing on start up (Having turned it on). # There's

Re: [Gimp-user] Tip of the day

2009-11-28 Thread Greg Chapman
alone. The same massively retrograde step was taken in the Windows implementation too! Greg Chapman http://www.gregtutor.plus.com Helping new users of KompoZer and The GIMP ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.

Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP 2.6.7 Design

2009-11-28 Thread Greg Chapman
y already opened files to do this. Rubbish! Just customise the GIMP to the way you want it! Greg Chapman http://www.gregtutor.plus.com Helping new users of KompoZer and The GIMP ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

Re: [Gimp-user] hi

2009-10-01 Thread Greg Chapman
hments. I suffered the same issues with Paul Hartman's response in this thread. All I'm saying is that you can't rely on people seeing those footers. Sorry not to be talking about the GIMP. Time to shut up, methinks! Greg Chapman http://www.gregtutor.plus.com Helping

Re: [Gimp-user] A "non-tool" selection...

2009-09-04 Thread Greg Chapman
27;t do a job it wasn't designed to do. Having said that, I am surprised that I can't find a way of to select my choice of default tool on start up. Greg Chapman http://www.gregtutor.plus.com Helping new users of KompoZer and The GIMP ___ Gim

Re: [Gimp-user] image window covered in 2.6.6

2009-09-03 Thread Greg Chapman
ey again will make it reappear. Greg Chapman http://www.gregtutor.plus.com Helping new users of KompoZer and The GIMP ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

Re: [Gimp-user] A "non-tool" selection...

2009-08-28 Thread Greg Chapman
ed. It's a warning that you may need to change tools, or a confirmation that the intended thing will happen as you click or drag. Greg Chapman http://www.gregtutor.plus.com Helping new users of KompoZer and The GIMP ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gi

Re: [Gimp-user] Modifying an image...

2009-08-28 Thread Greg Chapman
age. Using a soft-edged brush should allow you to obtain a very satisfactory result as it gives you finer control than trying to take a single lump of colour from one place to another. Greg Chapman http://www.gregtutor.plus.com Helping new users

Re: [Gimp-user] Modifying an image...

2009-08-28 Thread Greg Chapman
ore copying, apply some feathering to it. This provides a blurred edge which should achieve a subtle blend when pasted to cover the hole. Greg Chapman http://www.gregtutor.plus.com Helping new users of KompoZer and The GIMP ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-use

Re: [Gimp-user] Levels tool with Layers

2009-08-10 Thread Greg Chapman
my work and keep watching 'meetthegimp' Norman stole my words! :-) Greg Chapman http://www.gregtutor.plus.com Helping new users of KompoZer and The GIMP ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU

Re: [Gimp-user] Levels tool with Layers

2009-08-09 Thread Greg Chapman
u are protecting yourself from "mistakes". I'm going to assume you are working with a photograph. If that's the case, then this page might suggest some of the reasons you should use Levels: http://www.gregtutor.plus.com/digphoto/levels.html Greg Chapman

Re: [Gimp-user] How to drag a simple drawing

2009-07-29 Thread Greg Chapman
d it!)? I would apply each object that you draw to a new layer. That's like painting on a free floating clear sheet laying on top of the backgrond canvas. Layers can be added, deleted and moved around independently of each other. Greg Chapman http://www.gregt

Re: [Gimp-user] Minimize toolbars?

2009-07-12 Thread Greg Chapman
Hi Olivier, On 12 Jul 09 19:13 "Olivier Lecarme" said: > > It was not my intention to be mean, and I added a smiley. But you're > right, I should have pointed to the Preferences dialog. And I should have added a smiley too. Greg Chapman http://www.gregtutor.plus.

Re: [Gimp-user] Minimize toolbars?

2009-07-12 Thread Greg Chapman
Hi Oliver, On 12 Jul 09 16:56 "Olivier Lecarme" said: > And read the on-line documentation, it was made for this! :-) Why be mean? Give him a hint. EDIT > PREFERENCES > WINDOW MANAGEMENT But, I agree. Before complaining you do need to read the documentation!

Re: [Gimp-user] adjust shados/highlights

2009-04-09 Thread Greg Chapman
ools to adjust the brightness of shadows and highlights. Greg Chapman http://www.gregtutor.plus.com Helping new users of KompoZer and The GIMP ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

Re: [Gimp-user] On Close, the Save / Don't Save dialog is not paying attention to keyboard

2009-04-09 Thread Greg Chapman
dialogs. The same has been true > for RedHat Linux and SCO Unixware that I have used. I haven't been following the full details of this thread, but I can confirm that my systems works as you report and that I do not regard this as standard behaviour for a Windows Application. I am runn

Re: [Gimp-user] replacing colors

2009-02-11 Thread Greg Chapman
th a range of blueish colors instead of just one particular > > blue? Sounds like a case for the LEVELS dialogue to me, and then some playing with the CHANNELS and adjustment of light, dark and gamma settings on each of them. Greg Chapman http://www.gregtutor.plus.c

Re: [Gimp-user] lossless cropping?

2009-02-02 Thread Greg Chapman
e and rewrites that to the disk. It does NOT re-compress the file, hence the process is lossless (In as much as it doesn't run a second compression on the original compressed (and and admittedly lossy) data). Greg Chapman ___ Gimp-user mailing l

Re: [Gimp-user] lossless cropping?

2009-02-02 Thread Greg Chapman
Hi Alexander, On 02 Feb 09 09:26 Alexander Rabtchevich said: > I think you mix cropping and resizing :). I didn't mix them. I just assumed Johan had. Up till now this thread had been exclusively about cropping. Greg Chapman ___ Gimp-user

Re: [Gimp-user] lossless cropping?

2009-02-02 Thread Greg Chapman
th any required "housekeeping" bytes edited 5. Resave As others have said - not something that the GIMP does. Greg Chapman ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

Re: [Gimp-user] Resizing a larger image to smaller image causesdistortion

2009-01-22 Thread Greg Chapman
png I think I've overdone the unsharp mask on the right side of the image, but hopefully it will give you a few clues. With more time it could be done better! In short, you picked a pig of an image to reduce! :-) Greg Chapman http://www.gregtutor.plus.com Helping new users of KompoZ