[Gimp-user] Re: Gimp-user Digest, Vol 30, Issue 24

2005-03-28 Thread Asif Lodhi
Hi Perhaps you can do it by selecting the option "Select by Color" and manipulating the threshold - perhaps increasing it. Best regards Asif > Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 14:53:08 -0500 (EST) > From: Sebastien Cabot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu > Subject: Re: [Gimp-us

[Gimp-user] Re: Gimp-user Digest, Vol 30, Issue 24

2005-03-28 Thread Asif Lodhi
Hi Perhaps you can do it by first enclosing the image section you want to manipulate using the freeform selection tool and then selecting the option/tool "Select by Color" and manipulating the threshold - perhaps increasing it. Best regards Asif > Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 14:53:08 -0500 (EST)

Re: [Gimp-user] How to select isolated pixels ?

2005-03-28 Thread Asif Lodhi
Hi IMHO perhaps you can do it by : 1)converting your image to RGB. 2)selecting the area(s) you want to manipulate using the free selection tool 3)using the "Select by Color" tool and manipulating (perhap increasing) the threshold. 4)converting the image back to the

[Gimp-user] Sorry for extra posts

2005-03-29 Thread Asif Lodhi
Sorry folks! The extra messages were most likely posted because of some glitch in my system when I was trying to post. The system failed twice when sending the message and finally sent it when I tried the third time. Now I see that my system did deliver the failed posts somehow. Sorry again, an

[Gimp-user] Gimp 2.2.6 on Fedora Core 3

2005-04-16 Thread Asif Lodhi
Hi all I have managed to get Fedora Core 3 installed on my computer through nightly downloads in around 26 days.  But the Gimp version is 2.04.  I can't find binaries on RedHat's website (Even if I found and downloaded a 2.2.6 binary, would I still be able to run it?).  As a last resort, I downloa

Re: [Gimp-user] Gimp 2.2.6 on Fedora Core 3 (Re: Gimp-user Digest, Vol 31, Issue 22)

2005-04-17 Thread Asif Lodhi
]> wrote:Send Gimp-user mailing list submissions to gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.eduDate: Sun, 17 Apr 2005 09:42:05 +1000 (EST)From: Owen Cook < [EMAIL PROTECTED]>To: gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.eduCc: Asif Lodhi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Subject: Re: [Gim

Re: [Gimp-user] Gimp 2.2.6 on Fedora Core 3

2005-04-19 Thread Asif Lodhi
Hi Barton I went through the INSTALL file in 2.2.6's tar.gz and there I found the following text! "Please make sure you don't have any old GTK+-2.x, jpeg, etc. libraries lying around on your system, otherwise configure may fail to find the new ones." Only after reading all the tech stuff (and

Re: [Gimp-user] Odd behavoir with big images and memory

2005-04-24 Thread Asif Lodhi
Hi Jim, Though I have never worked with such large images, don't you think it would be a good idea to save each TIFF as XCF, do whatever you want to do on XCF and then save the modified XCF as TIFF again? May be odd behavior will go away that way because XCF is the native file format. May be inc

[Gimp-user] Re: Gimp-user Digest, Vol 31, Issue 32

2005-04-30 Thread Asif Lodhi
> When you say you import it into a pdf document, could you detail the > process ? In particular, what intermediary file format do you use ? In > the (distant) past, pdf could not handle well transparency (IIRC), so it > could be something

[Gimp-user] Re: Gimp-user Digest, Vol 32, Issue 15

2005-05-11 Thread Asif Lodhi
ts. I don't see how a > Vstatic information such as "The selection outline is toggle off" would > > fit here. A toggle button similar to the quickmask toggle would > perhaps do the trick. But then there are a bunch of such toggles in > the view... --

[Gimp-user] Re: Re: Nobody does it better

2005-05-14 Thread Asif Lodhi
Hi Tom, Perhaps I posted a similar "commentary" before :) Recall something? :) Here is another quick one: In PS-CS8, draw a circular selection (perfect circle), run a linear gradient across it diagonally, shrink the selection by a few pixels (say 9 pixels) and then run a reverse linear gradient

[Gimp-user] Re: Re: Nobody does it better

2005-05-14 Thread Asif Lodhi
Hi Tom, Perhaps I posted a similar "commentary" before :) Recall something? :) Here is another quick one: In PS-CS8, draw a circular selection (perfect circle), run a linear gradient across it diagonally, shrink the selection by a few pixels (say 9 pixels) and then run a reverse linear gradient

Re: [Gimp-user] use of the Space key

2005-05-23 Thread Asif Lodhi
Hi Sven That's really a very good idea. It enables an artist to do image manipulation more comfortably. I am all for it. Best regards Asif -- > Date: Sat, 21 May 2005 17:00:27 +0200 > From:

[Gimp-user] Re: Gimp-user Digest, Vol 32, Issue 39

2005-05-24 Thread Asif Lodhi
Hi Adam, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (2005-05-22 at 1710.22 +0100): > > Any opinions on that, anyone? > > , regardless of what The Other program > does, though we DO have a super-handy little single-click panning > tool on the image window already, so overall I don't thin

[Gimp-user] My apology

2005-05-24 Thread Asif Lodhi
Hi all, I am sorry I have forgotten to CC my reply to the senders in my past posts somehow and lately I forgot to change the subject line to reflect the correct subject. Sorry again. -- Thanks and regards Asif p.s. Is there any way I can change my subscription to individual e-mails instead o

Re: [Gimp-developer] Re: [Gimp-user] use of the Space key

2005-05-26 Thread Asif Lodhi
and I made the experience that it pressing a key > with the second hand disturbs the workflow less than to switch mouse > buttons. But perhaps this needs actual user testing. > > > Sven What about giving us a configurable option to configure any one or both of th

Re: [Gimp-developer] Re: [Gimp-user] use of the Space key

2005-05-26 Thread Asif Lodhi
and I made the experience that it pressing a key > with the second hand disturbs the workflow less than to switch mouse > buttons. But perhaps this needs actual user testing. > > > Sven What about giving us a configurable option to configure any one or both of th

Re: Comic Book retro style dots [Re: [Gimp-user] Camera to Comic Book]

2005-05-29 Thread Asif Lodhi
> Date: Sun, 29 May 2005 16:44:59 +0100 (BST) > From: Alan Horkan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu > Subject: Comic Book retro style dots [Re: [Gimp-user] Camera to Comic Book] > > The more detail you provide in your question the better chance you have of > getting exactl

Re: Comic Book retro style dots [Re: [Gimp-user] Camera to Comic Book]

2005-06-01 Thread Asif Lodhi
Hi, Alan and Sven, thanks for the help. On Mon, May 30, 2005 at 2:20 AM, Sven Neumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You are probably still using GIMP 2.0 then. Yes! 2.0.5. I did downloaded some dependencies for 2.2.6 and will now download any dependencies for 2.2.7 that differ from 2.2.6. As a l

[Gimp-user] Re: Gimp-user Digest, Vol 34, Issue 18

2005-07-20 Thread Asif Lodhi
help me out > edit a EPS image in Gimp with at least comparable results of > Mathematica? You might also want to try Scribus for EPS related work (www.scribus.net). Or may be a combination of Scribus and InkScape will do the job. -- Best regards Asif Lodhi __

Re: [Gimp-user] Merge pictures??

2005-07-21 Thread Asif Lodhi
Hi Hans, On 21-Jul-2005, Hans Henrik Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Subject: [Gimp-user] Merge pictures?? > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Message: 3 > Simple (and stupid?) question: > > I have two 'picture halves' (JPEG), that I would like to 'combine' in one > single .jpg-file - is th

[Gimp-user] Re: Gimp-user Digest, Vol 38, Issue 36

2005-11-30 Thread Asif Lodhi
Hi Mike, On 11/30/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Michael B Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Send Gimp-user mailing list submissions to >Subject: [Gimp-user] Distorted Text >To: gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU >Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Is there any way to make the text tool in Gimp display the

[Gimp-user] Re: Gimp-user Digest, Vol 39, Issue 9

2005-12-08 Thread Asif Lodhi
Hi Patrick, On 12/7/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: X. > Message: 4 X.. > The part I am having trouble figuring out would be the "complete > repl

Re: [Gimp-user] using a mask to help blend exposures

2005-12-08 Thread Asif Lodhi
Hi Patrick, On 12/7/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: X. > Message: 4 X.. > The part I am having trouble figuring out would be the "complete > repl

[Gimp-user] Re: Line tool with Arrows

2006-05-12 Thread Asif Lodhi
Hi Andy, On 5/13/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED] - Gimp-user Digest, Vol 44, Issue 10> wrote: Message: 5 Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 13:18:44 -0500 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Is there anyway to draw a line in gimp and put arrows at the end of the line. Photoshop's line tool can apparently do t

[Gimp-user] Re: Feathering and Masks

2006-07-08 Thread Asif Lodhi
Hi, Message: 3 From: A <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Gimp-user] Feathering and Masks anyone know something that explains "Feathering" REALLY well? ... Then ... how to turn that into a mask ... I would suggest that you go through "Grokking the Gimp" at http://www.gimp

Re: [Gimp-user] Opening PDF and PS files

2006-11-02 Thread Asif Lodhi
Hi Philip, On 11/3/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Message: 4 Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2006 06:11:52 +1100 From: Philip Rhoades <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] Opening PDF and PS files I tried using pstoedit to create other vector editing formats but they DO have problems

Re: [Gimp-user] how to break down a photo into printing colors and newsprint shading

2006-11-06 Thread Asif Lodhi
Hi Rob, On 11/7/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message: 4 Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2006 03:25:48 -0500 Subject: [Gimp-user] how to break down a photo into printing colors and newsprint shading Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Is there a way in GIMP to take any JPG image and have GIMP output 4 color

[Gimp-user] Re: Gimp-user Digest, Vol 50, Issue 11

2006-11-07 Thread Asif Lodhi
Hi Rob, On 11/7/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Message: 1 Subject: [Gimp-user] save 4 layers as 4 seperate mages I am stumped figured out how to save out ONE layer at a time while in the CYMK.jpg 4 layers greyscale image. Click the Dialog menu

Re: [Gimp-user] save 4 layers as 4 seperate mages ....I am stumped

2006-11-07 Thread Asif Lodhi
Hi Rob, On 11/7/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Message: 1 Subject: [Gimp-user] save 4 layers as 4 seperate mages I am stumped figured out how to save out ONE layer at a time while in the CYMK.jpg 4 layers greyscale image. Sorry, I just forgot

Re: [Gimp-user] 16 Bit files

2007-07-21 Thread Asif Lodhi
Hi, On 7/21/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ... While this is a major draw > back with gimp I > understand the need is recognised and will hopefully be remedied in the near > future. When that happens gimp will be laying the foundatio

Re: [Gimp-user] New view and layer masks

2007-09-24 Thread Asif Lodhi
Hi Victor, > Message: 4 > Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2007 16:40:29 +0100 > From: Victor Domingos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [Gimp-user] New view and layer masks > Is it possible in GIMP to use different views to the same image, in a > way that we can see a layer mask and the image itself at the same >

Re: [Gimp-user] New view and layer masks

2007-09-25 Thread Asif Lodhi
image itself at the same > time? That could be useful in order to check results of a mask > editing operation... > > On Mon, 2007-09-24 at 11:29 +0500, Asif Lodhi wrote: > > Though I don't exactly know your situation and don't even have Gimp in > > front of me right no

[Gimp-user] Selection Across Layers

2007-09-28 Thread Asif Lodhi
Hi, I've begun using Gimp again after a long time. IIRC, one (more?) tool of Gimp had an option of making a selection that went through all the layers right to the bottom layer. And, IIRC, having made that type of selection in one of the top layers and performing an operation on it would carry out

Re: [Gimp-user] Selection Across Layers

2007-09-30 Thread Asif Lodhi
Hi, > Message: 2 > Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2007 12:29:14 -0400 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] Selection Across Layers > Quoting Asif Lodhi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > I've begun using Gimp again after a long time. IIRC, one (more?) tool &g

Re: [Gimp-user] Selection Across Layers

2007-09-30 Thread Asif Lodhi
Hi Owen, > Message: 6 > Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2007 12:51:50 +1000 > From: Owen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] Selection Across Layers > The crop tool cuts through them all. > > http://docs.gimp.org/en/gimp-tool-crop.html Yes, thanks. But I have found the "tool option" which is probabl

Re: [Gimp-user] Bit-depth Processing

2007-10-02 Thread Asif Lodhi
> Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2007 12:38:38 -0400 > From: "carol irvin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] Bit-depth Processing > > ... The instructors don't > care about > anything but the artistic merit of the results. If I were the student, I'd

Re: [Gimp-user] Bit-depth Processing

2007-10-02 Thread Asif Lodhi
Hi David, > Message: 7 > Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2007 11:35:36 -0700 > From: David Southwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] Bit-depth Processing > > IMHO photoshop is NOT a tool designed for the "average user". I would like to, respectfully, disagree. Photoshop IS meant for an "average u

Re: [Gimp-user] photo resolution

2007-10-04 Thread Asif Lodhi
Hi Leon, > Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2007 06:57:39 +1000 > From: Leon Brooks GIMP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] photo resolution > To: gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu > .. > One possible/partial answer is to use some JavaScript to read > the window's dimensions & alter the width & hei

Re: [Gimp-user] suggestion: hide all/reveal all "junk"

2007-10-28 Thread Asif Lodhi
Hi Anthony, > On Sat, 2007-10-13 at 11:13 -0700, Anthony Ettinger wrote: > > i saw teh full screen -- but i use it for icon dev...and i just want a > > original size view as I draw zoomed in. Perhaps there's a way to > > configure and save views? > Though I don't have Gimp on my working hard disk

[Gimp-user] Visible Layer Groups/Bundles

2007-10-28 Thread Asif Lodhi
Hi, Is it feasible for the developers to build a facility so that we mark layers in the eye-icon-column and press a "Create Visible Layer Group" button to create a group of visible layers (with a name or something) so that we can have a menu or something with a list of groups of layers that we wan

[Gimp-user] Gimp 2.6 Features

2009-05-17 Thread Asif Lodhi
Hi, IIRC, in one or more earlier posts to this list, the Gimp people said that 2.6 would have enhanced color support (CYMK, etc???) and non-destructive layer work functionality, etc. Has this been implemented in 2.6? I downloaded the latest version of Gimp for Windows on an office machine and was

Re: [Gimp-user] Gimp-user Digest, Vol 83, Issue 29

2009-08-22 Thread Asif Lodhi
Hi, On 8/22/09, gimp-user-requ...@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu wrote: > Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2009 05:52:36 +0300 > From: "M. Bashir Al-Noimi" > Subject: [Gimp-user] Multi-page TIFF > > I want to know, How I can create multi-page TIFF file. If you're using Microsoft Office on Microsoft Windows then "Micr

Re: [Gimp-user] Multi-page TIFF

2009-08-22 Thread Asif Lodhi
Sorry, I earlier forgot to change the subject. Please find the earlier message below - but it's not related to Gimp and Windows/MS-Office specific: On 8/22/09, gimp-user-requ...@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu wrote: > Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2009 05:52:36 +0300 > From: "M. Bashir Al-Noimi" > Subject: [Gimp-us

Re: [Gimp-user] What is the scale of Levels?

2009-08-24 Thread Asif Lodhi
Hi, On 8/23/09, dar...@chaosreigns.com wrote: > "I would believe only in a God that knows how to Dance." - Nietzsche Would you please stop using inappropriate language for God? -Asif ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://l

Re: [Gimp-user] What is the scale of Levels?

2009-08-25 Thread Asif Lodhi
nsive and can really start way more than a flame war. Please stop it. -Asif On 8/25/09, David Gowers <00a...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 9:00 AM, Asif Lodhi wrote: >> Hi, >> >> On 8/23/09, dar...@chaosreigns.com wrote: >>> "I would believ

[Gimp-user] GIMP Layers

2004-08-09 Thread Asif Lodhi
) than those of Photoshop. I usually work in GIMP but read all Photoshop tutorials as well. Lastly, GIMP is FREE while you have to pay for Photoshop. I am duly thankful and grateful to all the GIMP developers. I hope my response answers most of your questions. Best rega

[Gimp-user] Aligning horizontally or vertically

2004-08-09 Thread Asif Lodhi
Same way, left-click on the vertical ruler and drag right to take the Vertical Guide to the appropriate intersecting point. Now you can use the Move tool to move adjust these Guides and use these to snap-align your selections horizontally and/or vertically. Best regards

[Gimp-user] GFig Plug-In Documentation

2004-08-11 Thread Asif Lodhi
Hi Can someone give me links to GFig Tutorials, documentation? Thanks Asif Lodhi __ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail ___ Gimp

[Gimp-user] Re: Selection Woes .. Att: iwantto keepanon

2004-08-12 Thread Asif Lodhi
selection. Now add or subtract selections the way you want. if you want to move your pasted selection, you can as this time it has been pasted not as a text layer but as a selection and you can select/de-select the way you like. Hope I correctly understood your problem. Regards Asif Lodhi

[Gimp-user] Re: Selection Woes .. Att: iwantto keepanon

2004-08-12 Thread Asif Lodhi
selection. Now add or subtract selections the way you want. if you want to move your pasted selection, you can as this time it has been pasted not as a text layer but as a selection and you can select/de-select the way you like. Hope I correctly understood your problem. Regards Asif Lodhi

Re: [SPAM] Re: [Gimp-user] Moving objects strictly on the X or Y axis

2004-08-12 Thread Asif Lodhi
Thanks for replying. I am a normal Linux user and using Red Hat Linux 9 (Shrike?) and though a developer also but not an OS-level developer. I don't know how my message turned into spam but in this part of the world (Pakistan, Asia), Internet connections are real slow and, instead of downloading

[Gimp-user] Locking a Layer

2004-08-28 Thread Asif Lodhi
Hi All I am currently exploring GIMP (and graphics) and want to know if there is a way to lock lower layers in a layer stack to make accidentally moving a layer impossible. I have noticed link-icons with the eye-icons in the layers dialog but haven't yet reached gone through the right material.

[Gimp-user] GIMP Vs. Photoshop

2004-08-29 Thread Asif Lodhi
Hi All I always read posts regarding GIMP vs. Photoshop. As far as I have explored PS, there are lots of great quick-and-easy filters available and lots of tutorials to match on the Internet - however, many filters are missing the parameteric touch that GIMP does have - you get the same result ou

Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP Vs. Photoshop

2004-08-29 Thread Asif Lodhi
o through "Grokking the Gimp" - and the online manual - no matter how much they refrain from reading books cover to cover. I close here now. No tool wars :) Best regards Asif --- Tom Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Asif Lodhi wrote: > > >Hi All > > &g

Re: [Gimp-user] Making a Tile

2004-10-01 Thread Asif Lodhi
Hi A related tile effect can be applied through Filter/Map/Make Seamless. Best Asif --- Nick Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > * and then Nick Wilson declared > > > > * and then Nick Wilson declared > > > Right, thanks. I've worked out how to offset > (only need the x offset) > >

[Gimp-user] PS's Elliptical Selection

2004-10-03 Thread Asif Lodhi
Hi All Just wanted to present a not-so-good result of Photoshop's equivalent (Select/Modify/Contract) of the Gimp's Selection/Shrink. Here is the scenarioa: When I use the elliptical selection marquee in Gimp to draw a full circle, use blend tool to fill the circle with a black-to-white diagonal

Re: [Gimp-user] Adobe Illustrator like Paintbrush?

2004-10-24 Thread Asif Lodhi
Hi Todd Wrote > In Adobe Illustrator the paintbrush tool will make a line you draw look like > it was drawn perfectly and just kind of smoothes the line out. Is there a > way I can get this same effect in GIMP? If so how. Thank you, > The best tool I have seen so far that draws _

[Gimp-user] Linux

2004-10-31 Thread Asif Lodhi
Hi All I have an older version of GIMP on my Red Hat Linux 9 - probably, 1.2. There is a utility in Xtns/Render/Random Art #2 in Linux GIMP. Can I get the same thing for Windows version? Any URLs, etc.? Thanks and best regards Asif ___ Gimp-user mai

Re: [Gimp-user] renaming the gimp

2004-11-07 Thread Asif Lodhi
Jakub Friedl Wrote >> THe name should imply/tell something about the >> application...GIMP doesn't say anything to me other > With good brands it happens often the other way - Xerox comes to mind > immediatelly. But there are many more such examples. YES. Apple Computers, for example. Mac

Re: [Gimp-user] renaming the gimp

2004-11-07 Thread Asif Lodhi
Tom wrote . > The name is fine. It's unusual and easy to remember. > It never made me think of a disabled person until it > was mentioned here. ... PhotoChop? ... now that makes > me think of 'butcher'. Please follow this dictionary link: http://dictionary.ref

[Gimp-user] Re: Gimp-user Digest, Vol 26, Issue 23

2004-11-14 Thread Asif Lodhi
Hi I did something like this. I created a small line using the small-size brush tip from the brush styles. Click with your brush on the canvas to indicate the start of the line and then shift click on the canvas where you want the line to end. This will create a thin straight line - I used defa

Re: [Gimp-user] transforming with curves

2004-11-18 Thread Asif Lodhi
Hi http://gimp-savvy.com/BOOK/node67.html Best Asif =ben powers wrote I have an image of a teacup and a sign. I would like to transform the sign so it appears to be printed on the curved surface of the tea cup. how can i do that?