[Gimp-user] resize image, loss of quality / successive saves

2008-01-17 Thread Bob Meetin
if this question has been asked before please point me to the answer. whenever i open a vanilla image in gimp then resize to a smaller dimension it becomes fuzzy, soft focus. to get the sharpness back i select filters - sharpen - then about 50 sharpness and all is well again. is this a settin

[Gimp-user] layers dialogue

2008-01-17 Thread Helen
On the layers dialogue, there is a small rectangular image of each layer. All lined up vertically. Some of the layers have a second rectangular image, to the right of the lineup. What is the significance of the 2nd image?What is it? Where does it come from? Does it have any use? Thanks, Hele

Re: [Gimp-user] layers dialogue

2008-01-17 Thread Kevin Cozens
Helen wrote: > Some of the layers have a second rectangular image, to the right of the > lineup. What > is the significance of the 2nd image?What is it? Where does it come > from? Does it > have any use? The second image would be the layer mask. Yes, it does have a use. Take a look at htt

Re: [Gimp-user] resize image, loss of quality / successive saves

2008-01-17 Thread Owen
On Thu, 17 Jan 2008 09:02:13 -0700 Bob Meetin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > if this question has been asked before please point me to the answer. > > whenever i open a vanilla image in gimp then resize to a smaller > dimension it becomes fuzzy, soft focus. to get the sharpness back i > select f

Re: [Gimp-user] resize image, loss of quality / successive saves

2008-01-17 Thread Øyvind Kolås
On Jan 17, 2008 7:15 PM, Owen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Eventually, successive saves in jpg will cause a degradation of quality, > that's why it is best to work in xcf To be pedantic; and perhaps clarify slightly. Successive save to JPEG is completely OK, successive save/load cycles are not. G