[Gimp-user] where is Image/Mode/Decompose ?

2008-05-27 Thread Cristian Secară
I followed the tutorial here http://www.gimpguru.org/Tutorials/SmartSharpening/ and stopped at the "Right-click on the duplicate image and select Image/Mode/Decompose.". There is no "Decompose" here. What now ? I'm on Win32, GIMP 2.4.5. Cristi ___ Gimp

Re: [Gimp-user] where is Image/Mode/Decompose ?

2008-05-27 Thread Cristian Secară
On Tue, 27 May 2008 21:26:51 +0200, Sven Neumann wrote: > > I followed the tutorial here > > http://www.gimpguru.org/Tutorials/SmartSharpening/ > > and stopped at the "Right-click on the duplicate image and select > > Image/Mode/Decompose.". > > There is no "Decompose" here. > > Image->Colors->Co

Re: [Gimp-user] where is Image/Mode/Decompose

2008-05-28 Thread Cristian Secară
On Wed, 28 May 2008 03:27:04 +0200 (CEST), Alchemie foto\grafiche wrote: > 2) this do not seems a question for the developer list will be better > ask to the gimp user list or to some gimp forum as > http://www.gimptalk.com/forum.php ? I have sent that message to the _user_ list. Even the subject

[Gimp-user] value invert is for luminance only, or can be also other thing ?

2008-06-10 Thread Cristian Secară
In Colors menu there are two invert positions, one is Invert and other in Value invert. For the first invert, the floating help says "Invert the colors". For the second invert, the floatig help says "Invert the brightness of each pixel". My first question is why are the menu names not self-explai

[Gimp-user] strange workaround for slow GIMP start (WinXP) (resent)

2008-06-26 Thread Cristian Secară
GIMP developers too :) Cristi -- Cristian Secară http://www.secarica.ro/ ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

[Gimp-user] strange workaround for slow GIMP start (WinXP)

2008-06-26 Thread Cristian Secară
subject), Pidgin and GPA. So I installed Pidgin (2.4.2), et voilà, GIMP now starts immediately ! So who knows, maybe this info can be of some help for others too ... (and perhaps for GIMP developers too :) Cristi -- Cristian Secară http://www.secarica.ro

Re: [Gimp-user] strange workaround for slow GIMP start (WinXP) (resent)

2008-06-26 Thread Cristian Secară
ost each and every ~10 minutes in order to check my strings. These days I rarely use GIMP for image processing ... Cristi -- Cristian Secară http://www.secarica.ro/ ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.

Re: [Gimp-user] strange workaround for slow GIMP start (WinXP) (resent)

2008-06-26 Thread Cristian Secară
On Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:11:19 +0300, Cristian Secară wrote: > > Have you tried starting GIMP twice without Pidgin installed? > Yes, I started it dozen of times, [...] ... other than that, I am not alone – the internet is full of complains about the program lock at fonts cache splash s

Re: [Gimp-user] switch interface language?

2008-10-04 Thread Cristian Secară
On Sat, 04 Oct 2008 15:37:44 +0200, Rene Veerman wrote: > Is it possible to switch interface languages? I've been fed dutch, > but like english better. You can make a simple *.bat file on the desktop and then click that one instead of the original shortcut. That way you can launch whatever versio

Re: [Gimp-user] Keyboard shortcuts not working in Windows Gimp 2.6

2008-10-05 Thread Cristian Secară
On Sun, 5 Oct 2008 07:03:38 -0700 (PDT), D.Jones (aka) Capnhud wrote: > In Gimp 2.6 when I open the gimp and try to use keyboard shortcuts in > an empty environment nothing happens. But if I go to the menu item > and select new, recent file, or screenshot it works. It appears to work fine here.

Re: [Gimp-user] Fw: need help 2.6.1 in windows vista

2008-10-15 Thread Cristian Secară
On Wed, 15 Oct 2008 03:25:26 +0200, Francois du Toit wrote: > Those menu options are probably disabled because you haven't opened an > image yet. The "New" menu option disabled before creating a new blank image ? Right now I am on XP (where it works well), will try to make some experiments by th

Re: [Gimp-user] how to add new fonts?

2008-11-08 Thread Cristian Secară
On Sat, 8 Nov 2008 05:25:18 -0800 (PST), Akshay Narayan wrote: > i am under the impression that any font in window$ must be detected > by GIMP text tool. unfortunately, it is not happening so. > is there any specific method to add the fonts to gimp? > if so how? Try to use the "Rescan font list"

Re: [Gimp-user] Pasting into MS Word from Gimp?

2008-11-23 Thread Cristian Secară
On Sun, 23 Nov 2008 03:06:22 +0100 (CET), Ed S. wrote: > I don't know if this helps, but the Windows XP clipboard viewer > (clipbrd.exe) says that Gimp is offering images of type "DIB Bitmap" > and "Bitmap". It appears there s a problem with the Bitmap format. If I try to view the Bitmap format w

Re: [Gimp-user] interface language

2008-12-17 Thread Cristian Secară
On Wed, 17 Dec 2008 22:52:58 +0100, denemigen wrote: > Under winXP at the start menu>programmes you can find the 'GTK+ > Runtime Enviroment' folder with an application called 'select > language'. with it you can select your favoured language without a > problem. On my WinXP there is no such thing

[Gimp-user] plugin or something for broadcast video images ?

2009-01-08 Thread Cristian Secară
I need to handle 4:3 or 16:9 images, all based on 720:576 pixels (D1 or anamorphotic). This means non-square pixel. Is there a plugin available for GIMP to handle such particular format ? (which perhaps can handle also 720:480 or 720:486 for NTSC, etc.) Cristi _

[Gimp-user] I don't understand how GIMP treat pasted selection -- something with a floating anchor

2009-01-08 Thread Cristian Secară
I am doing this: - I open an ordinary .jpg file - I choose a selection tool (say, rectangle) - I select some small region - copy (from menu) - paste (from menu) - the pasted selection appears as a "Floating Selection / (Pasted Layer)" - I choose the move tool - I move the pasted layer to my desired

Re: [Gimp-user] Gimp latest version

2009-01-16 Thread Cristian Secară
On Fri, 16 Jan 2009 10:08:04 +0100, Claus Cyrny wrote: > I tried this myself, but found it very difficult. IMHO, the easiest > way would be to upgrade to Ubuntu 8.10. Then you have all the latest > libraries installed. And then when GIMP goes to 2.7+ will have to upgrade also the OS to Ubuntu 8.2

Re: [Gimp-user] Fwd: Gimp latest version

2009-01-16 Thread Cristian Secară
On Fri, 16 Jan 2009 09:17:53 -0500, Mark J. Reed wrote: > its not the Gimp team's job to package things. Of course it is not. My comment was related to „the easiest way would be to upgrade to Ubuntu 8.10” statement, given as a solution to be able to use a newer version of an application (no matt

Re: [Gimp-user] SVG import problem

2009-01-16 Thread Cristian Secară
On Fri, 16 Jan 2009 14:46:51 +0100 (CET), mike510 wrote: > after I have upgraded Gimp to 2.6.4 (Windows), it stopped to inport > SVG files (neither via File -> Open, nor via Paths Dialog - Import > path). In the last case it seems to work but no paths are seen in a > picture, only in path layers d

Re: [Gimp-user] How do I change text color in existing object?

2009-04-05 Thread Cristian Secară
On Sun, 5 Apr 2009 16:32:25 +0930, David Gowers wrote: > Yes. If you want to be respectful of the people posting here, to this > mailing list (gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu) , then please stop > using the 'forum' interface on gimpusers.com and instead, genuinely > subscribe to this mailing list

Re: [Gimp-user] How do I change text color in existing object?

2009-04-05 Thread Cristian Secară
On Sun, 05 Apr 2009 07:40:45 +0100, norman wrote: > May I take this opportunity to add another thing. When replying to an > item always use 'Reply to list' or the equivalent and not 'Reply to > all'. All the GIMP mailing lists have a configuration problem, in that when I reply to a message it goe

Re: [Gimp-user] How do I change text color in existing object?

2009-04-05 Thread Cristian Secară
On Sun, 5 Apr 2009 19:51:55 +0930, David Gowers wrote: > Re: the reply-to issue: > [...] OTOH, what exactly do you expect your mailer to do when you > choose 'reply' rather than 'reply to all'? I am expecting to reply to the Reply-To: field, if existing. If not, to the From: field. The GIMP mail

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

2010-01-15 Thread Cristian Secară
ome CAD drawing export), where large areas use exactly the same pixel value from one pixel to the other. Cristi -- Cristian Secară http://www.secarica.ro/ ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mail

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

2010-01-15 Thread Cristian Secară
ple for minimum file size: http://www.secarica.ro/misc/monopoly.bmp http://www.secarica.ro/misc/monopoly.png http://www.secarica.ro/misc/monopoly_gimp_hi_quality.jpg http://www.secarica.ro/misc/monopoly_gimp_minim_size.jpg Take the .bmp and do further tests with the save options. Cristi -- Crist

[Gimp-user] what is fisheye and what is eyefish ? (flame render plugin)

2010-01-23 Thread Cristian Secară
while the second is "Oeil de poisson". In Spanish translation the first one is "Ojo de pez", while the second is "Gran angular" (photo lens type, I assume) In German translation the first one is "Fischauge", while the second one is "Augenfish"

[Gimp-user] chalk type logo creation does something ? (script-fu)

2010-02-01 Thread Cristian Secară
I'm not sure what I should expect to see, but apparently there is nothing to see here. I mean File -> Create -> Logos -> Chalk... -> (all defaults) -> Ok => only an empty (?) blackboard appears. Am I missing something ? Cristi -- Cristian Secară

[Gimp-user] whan means "tube button" ?

2010-02-03 Thread Cristian Secară
with gimp.org ? Example from a tooltip: "Create an image of a Tube Button Label using the gimp.org webpage theme". Ok, I go to http://gimp.org. Where are the tubes ? (what should I search for ?) Cristi -- Cristian Secară http://www.secarica.ro/ ___

Re: [Gimp-user] whan means "tube button" ?

2010-02-03 Thread Cristian Secară
On Wed, 3 Feb 2010 12:44:33 +0100, Simon Budig wrote: > > Ok, I go to http://gimp.org. Where are the tubes ? > In the past. The tube on our homepage is long history... :-) If so, then it would be better to remove the particular reference to gimp.org from that tooltips ? Cristi --

Re: [Gimp-user] whan means "tube button" ?

2010-02-03 Thread Cristian Secară
on. Thank you anyway, Cristi -- Cristian Secară http://www.secarica.ro/ ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

Re: [Gimp-user] printing

2010-02-08 Thread Cristian Secară
ta printer, the dialog hangs and I have to close it by force, giving a GIMP message about the plug-in "print.exe" which has crashed, blah, blah. Cristi -- Cristian Secară http://www.secarica.ro/ ___ Gimp-user mailing list

Re: [Gimp-user] fuzzy around text

2010-03-23 Thread Cristian Secară
ve I opened the document I copied the image in clipboard I opened Paint and pasted the clipboard there I saved the image from Paint as .png Ok, the saved image has fewer colors (so it is no longer the perfect original), but as it looks it has *never* been in JPEG format. Cristi -- Crist

Re: [Gimp-user] fuzzy around text

2010-03-23 Thread Cristian Secară
ightly layout differences are not strict) and create the .pdf with the OO built-in menu command (Scribus is also a good option, but may be a different thing/scope) Otherwise I tried Ghostscript & GSView, or PDFWriter, but I have never been able to find an option to force the creation of a .pdf

Re: [Gimp-user] Open a file r/o

2010-03-24 Thread Cristian Secară
hod for me than to browse for a file via the open dialog each time I want to open something; unfortunately the save by drag and drop is not possible :) Cristi -- Cristian Secară http://www.secarica.ro/ ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Ber

[Gimp-user] how can I change the direction of bevel lightning ?

2010-07-25 Thread Cristian Secară
I need to make some simple rectangle buttons and the Filters -> Decor -> Add Bevel... looks just what I need for. However, it only generates a single direction of the bevel highlight and shadow sides. How can I change the direction of where the light appears to come from ? Cristi -- Cr

[Gimp-user] what does "enter tags" ? (in the new / development version)

2011-09-05 Thread Cristian Secară
for another word. I don't understand a thing (but perhaps I am not familiar with the meaning of the English word "tag"). Thank you, Cristi -- Cristian Secară http://www.secarica.ro ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley

Re: [Gimp-user] what does "enter tags" ? (in the new / development version)

2011-09-05 Thread Cristian Secară
nd" tag will be displayed. Oh. After several attempts I finally realized that this field works in conjunction with the "find" field. It appears this is not self-explanatory, it should be "assign or remove a tag", or something similar (IMO). Thank you very much, at least I

Re: [Gimp-user] Advice

2011-09-05 Thread Cristian Secară
On Fri, 2 Sep 2011 21:00:52 -0500, goy genius wrote: > I want to get away from windows but I can't because quite frankly > GIMP is crap and I *need* photoshop. That's easy -- buy a Mac. That way you can both get away from Windows and continue to use Photoshop. Cristi -- Cris