[Gimp-user] Larger paintbrush size

2006-10-26 Thread Michael Clark
Is there a way to make the paint brush size much larger than 20 pixels? ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

Re: [Gimp-user] Larger paintbrush size

2006-10-26 Thread Jakub Steiner
On Thu, 2006-10-26 at 13:36 -0600, Michael Clark wrote: > Is there a way to make the paint brush size much larger than 20 > pixels? Hi. This is quite a common request. There are two types of brushes in the GIMP -- bitmap and parametric. Unfortunately they expose a different settings UI. You cannot

[Gimp-user] GIMP used in prisons / secure institutions

2006-10-26 Thread Simon Davis
HI, Does anyone have any experience / anecdotal evidence of using the GIMP in prisons or situations where security was of paramount importance. Coming accross resistance and would like to be able to point to precedent. Thanks a lot, Si --

Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP used in prisons / secure institutions

2006-10-26 Thread Tom Purl
What are your requirements, other than "work in a prison"? To what type of security are you referring? > HI, > > Does anyone have any experience / anecdotal evidence of using the GIMP > in prisons or situations where security was of paramount importance. > Coming accross resistance and would like

Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP used in prisons / secure institutions

2006-10-26 Thread jim feldman
Draw a picture of a "shiv"? sorry. I can't imagine GIMP being a problem. That being said, it's linked to libraries that have occasionally had security issues. Both closed and open source rendering libraries have at various times suffered from buffer overflows. I tend to see resistance to

Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP used in prisons / secure institutions

2006-10-26 Thread Michael Schumacher
Simon Davis wrote: > Does anyone have any experience / anecdotal evidence of using the GIMP > in prisons or situations where security was of paramount importance. I can imagine that there's a high interest in controlling what exactly gets into a prison and what gets out. Dr. Mabuse (I forgot in w

Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP used in prisons / secure institutions

2006-10-26 Thread jim feldman
On a more practical note, when I'm looking at a new app, the first thing I do is search over at securityfocus.com to see what it's exploit history has been. If I see a pattern, or something I can't remediate, I pass. jim ___ Gimp-user mailing list G

Re: [Gimp-user] Larger paintbrush size

2006-10-26 Thread Tim Jedlicka
On 10/26/06, Michael Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Is there a way to make the paint brush size much larger than 20 pixels?In the Brush Dialogue (Dialogue -> Brushes or Shift-Ctrl-B ) select "new" at the bottom. You can then define the brush size you want. In the next version of gimp brackets [ ]

Re: [Gimp-user] Larger paintbrush size

2006-10-26 Thread David Hodson
Michael Clark wrote: > Is there a way to make the paint brush size much larger than 20 pixels? Open the brush dialog by clicking on the current brush indicator, or by selecting Dialogues->Brushes, or by typing shift-control-B. At the bottom of the dialog is a row of buttons - the second from the

Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP used in prisons / secure institutions

2006-10-26 Thread Simon Davis
That is exactly the type of resistance that I am expecting. Certain bodies will trust Micorsoft / Adobe etc because they never cause problems (ahem!) I think the fear is that the because the source code is open it could be tinkered with to allow a backdoor to do... something. Would have t