Re: [Gimp-user] file extensions and when to use them

2008-03-21 Thread David Gowers
Norman, On Sat, Mar 22, 2008 at 10:48 AM, Patrick Shanahan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [03-21-08 13:06]: > > > I usually shoot in RAW and convert with UFraw plugged in GIMP. Then I > > have a choice of extensions to use for saving the file produced. I > > presume th

Re: [Gimp-user] Need Color Usage Help

2008-03-30 Thread David Gowers
Seems pretty simple to me. I agree they didn't explain in a friendly way. C is the result. easy. It's per-channel. That is, for 'Darken', the resulting value in a given channel is either A[channel] or B[channel] depending on which of A and B's value for that channel is lower. For example if A = #

Re: [Gimp-user] image sharpness

2008-03-30 Thread David Gowers
Hi norman, It certainly is possible -- I assume your jpeg is the blurry one, and both pictures were taken with a tripod so no chance of accidental blur -- then it's a matter of what quality you have it set to - on my camera it needs to be Fine or better.; For RAW, that kind of option is irrelevant

Re: [Gimp-user] image sharpness

2008-03-30 Thread David Gowers
Okay, in that case I have no idea what is happening there. On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 12:47 AM, norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I forgot to say that the JPEG is sharper than the RAW conversion. > > > > Norman > > ___ > Gimp-user mailing list > Gimp-

Re: [Gimp-user] image sharpness

2008-03-30 Thread David Gowers
On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 1:49 AM, Sven Neumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > > On Sun, 2008-03-30 at 15:17 +0100, norman wrote: > > I forgot to say that the JPEG is sharper than the RAW conversion. > > Most cameras do some sort of pre-processing which usually involves > sharpening the ima

Re: [Gimp-user] measure tool

2008-03-30 Thread David Gowers
No. almost all the information it provides is trivial to calculate. On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 1:48 PM, dorai iyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is there a pdb that uses measure tool? > > ___ > Gimp-user mailing list > Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU > h

Re: [Gimp-user] Need Color Usage Help

2008-04-01 Thread David Gowers
The simpelfilter url works for me as is. Also .. I'm confused. Didn't you provide that URL in the first place, suggesting you had been there? Are you saying you had been there and now cannot go there? http://www.simpelfilter.de/en/ works for me, if you are looking for the 'base' page of the site.

Re: [Gimp-user] whats the best way to learn script-fu

2008-04-02 Thread David Gowers
On Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 9:59 PM, rob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Whats the best way to learn script-fu? > Is there a good online tutorial? A book? > Seems to be a ton of instruction material on the web and I was wondering > if anyone can recomend something specific > that they thought was the b

Re: [Gimp-user] Automatically save curves file

2008-04-04 Thread David Gowers
Hi Kent, On Sat, Apr 5, 2008 at 4:36 AM, Kent Tenney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Howdy, > > I really want Gimp to automatically save the curves file > when I adjust color on an image. > > Can this be done with Python? No, Plug-ins don't get access to tool dialogs. The best you could do curren

Re: [Gimp-user] dilemma

2008-04-05 Thread David Gowers
On Sun, Apr 6, 2008 at 2:10 AM, Sven Neumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > > On Sat, 2008-04-05 at 11:21 +0100, norman wrote: > > I have recently started comparing final images with my son where we both > > start with the same RAW image. He uses Bibble Pro only, whereas I have > > been u

Re: [Gimp-user] Inversion of size due to pressure

2008-04-05 Thread David Gowers
Hi Ian, On Sun, Apr 6, 2008 at 9:52 AM, Ian Eborn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Greetings all, ^_^ > > I recently encountered an odd problem in my use of my tablet with the GIMP. > > At some point during work on a picture, the airbrush's response to pressure, > as applied to the brush size, inver

Re: [Gimp-user] dilemma

2008-04-06 Thread David Gowers
Hi norman, On Sun, Apr 6, 2008 at 8:13 PM, norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > It sounds to me like norman does have color management, but his viewer > > either doesn't support it or color management info isn't being saved. > > To avoid these kind of problems, I convert the final image to t

[Gimp-user] Fwd: dilemma

2008-04-06 Thread David Gowers
resultant conversation looks fragmented. -- Forwarded message -- From: David Gowers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sun, Apr 6, 2008 at 11:59 PM Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] dilemma To: norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hi norman, On Sun, Apr 6, 2008 at 11:12 PM, norman <[EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: [Gimp-user] OT: Stubborn PSD file

2008-04-09 Thread David Gowers
hi jmarco, On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 4:41 PM, jmarco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > Tobias Jakobs a écrit : > > > On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 8:04 PM, Chris Mohler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Hi list, > >> > >> I have a 14 Mb PSD file that I can't seem to open in GIMP or > >> imagemagick.

Re: [Gimp-user] Animation solution!

2008-04-10 Thread David Gowers
Hi, On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 9:27 AM, Lap1994 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As everyone know. A animation is various frames drawned one after other. > To create a animation, the current frame and the previous frame have to > looks like, however have to have a difference. To this happen you have to

Re: [Gimp-user] How I save the settings of a tool?

2008-04-12 Thread David Gowers
On Sat, Apr 12, 2008 at 11:46 PM, Lap1994 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am learning Pixel Art. And if you do not know what is, you have the idea > that iis about pixels. Well, I draw images at level of pixel. Then I have > to draw with pixels, and erase with hard edge. > > Everytime Gimp starts

Re: [Gimp-user] How I save the settings of a tool?

2008-04-12 Thread David Gowers
On Sun, Apr 13, 2008 at 1:13 AM, RalfGesellensetter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Am Samstag 12 April 2008 schrieb Lap1994: > > > I am learning Pixel Art. And if you do not know what is, you have the > > idea that iis about pixels. Well, I draw images at level of pixel. > > Then I have to draw w

Re: [Gimp-user] merge or flatten

2008-04-19 Thread David Gowers
Hi norman, On Sat, Apr 19, 2008 at 9:26 PM, norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Excuse my ignorance but how should I decide which to use, merge or > flatten? I have read the book definitions but these do not help me in > deciding which to use. If you want to preserve transparency (eg. create a

Re: [Gimp-user] Missing filters in GIMP-2.4.5

2008-04-21 Thread David Gowers
Hi Julien! On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 11:18 PM, julien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > All files in my /usr/local/gimp-2.4.5/ are root. Is this normal? You mean they belong to root? That's okay, it's normal. > > If I run gimp-2.4.5 in root mode, I have Decor, Alpha-to-logo and all > ite

Re: [Gimp-user] Exact crop question

2008-04-21 Thread David Gowers
Hi Zac! On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 1:45 PM, Zachary Leung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I'm wondering if there's an automated way to crop my images of all the white > areas on the outside. > > Basically I've produced quite a few MATLAB plots exported as JPEGs. There's > a lot of white

Re: [Gimp-user] Exact crop question

2008-04-22 Thread David Gowers
Hi Zachary, On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 6:27 PM, Zachary Leung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi David, > > Thanks for answering my question so quickly. > > I realized that I should have phrased my question more carefully. What > I want is to be able to autocrop all the images matching a pattern, >

Re: [Gimp-user] Missing filters in GIMP-2.4.5

2008-04-22 Thread David Gowers
Hi Julien, On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 7:22 PM, julien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi David, > > > > In my installation, scripts/ directory has permissions 755, and its > > contents have permissions 644. This happens automatically upon > > installation, so I believe something strange has happened

Re: [Gimp-user] Missing filters in GIMP-2.4.5

2008-04-22 Thread David Gowers
On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 11:32 PM, David Gowers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Julien, > > > On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 7:22 PM, julien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi David, > > > > > > > In my installation, scripts/ directory has permiss

Re: [Gimp-user] Feathering edges of an existing selection

2008-04-22 Thread David Gowers
Hi Jeffery, On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 1:35 PM, Jeffery Small <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I doubt that this can be done, but I thought I would ask in case I'm > missing some trick. > > Ofter I make a complicated selection with edge feathering turned off. > However, after I'm finished making the s

Re: [Gimp-user] Feathering edges of an existing selection

2008-04-23 Thread David Gowers
On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 9:07 PM, Elwin Estle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There is another way to feather an existing selection as well, it is my > preferred method, > since you can actually see how much feather you are gonna get beforehand. > > Simply this: Convert the selection to a quickmask

Re: [Gimp-user] Things GIMP do not have, or I do not know if have

2008-04-23 Thread David Gowers
Hi, On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 10:17 PM, Lap1994 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Here, a list of things GIMP do not have, in my mind: > > A ellipse tool to draw ellipse, as a rectangle tool to draw rectangle, and > a polygon tool to draw ah, you know. You are currently expected to use the appropriate

Re: [Gimp-user] transparency

2008-04-27 Thread David Gowers
Hi Norman, On Sun, Apr 27, 2008 at 6:47 PM, norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a photograph of a black hexagon on a white background and I would > like to make the background transparent so that I can lay this onto > another image. I have tried and not made much progress and would be >

Re: [Gimp-user] Drawing simple shapes.

2008-04-29 Thread David Gowers
On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 1:55 PM, Jason Cipriani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sorry for sending you this twice, Michael. Missed the "reply all" > button the first time through. > > One thing I do want to add to what's below is, just to clear it up: > I'm not pressing for a generic "solution" that

Re: [Gimp-user] Drawing simple shapes.

2008-04-29 Thread David Gowers
On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 2:53 PM, David Gowers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > There is not a popular graphics program in > > existence that requires these steps to draw primitive shapes such as > > boxes. It's no more complex than that. "A" solution is

Re: [Gimp-user] Drawing simple shapes.

2008-04-29 Thread David Gowers
Hi Ben, On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 3:50 PM, Ben Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > functionally across broad boundaries. The GIMP is not a "type" of > program. Definitely. > Furthermore, you should be cautious in saying what the GIMP > isn't. How can you say it is not a drawing program when m

Re: [Gimp-user] Drawing simple shapes.

2008-04-30 Thread David Gowers
Hi Jason, On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 11:32 PM, Jason Cipriani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 9:59 AM, Sven Neumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wed, 2008-04-30 at 09:43 -0400, Jason Cipriani wrote: > > > > > I'm reading what you are all saying and I do firmly believe t

Re: [Gimp-user] batch mode in gimp, add alpha, change color

2008-05-01 Thread David Gowers
Hi, On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 8:35 AM, Choi, JiHui <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 2:35 AM, Kevin Cozens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I think you would be better off doing this using ImageMagick and a shell > > script. The 'convert' program with the -alpha and -background op

Re: [Gimp-user] batch mode in gimp, add alpha, change color

2008-05-01 Thread David Gowers
Hi, On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 9:46 AM, Joao S. O. Bueno <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > For running gimp-python in windows, you need to install the Python > language (from www.python.org), python-cairo and python-gtk+ bidings > (I think just these). http://www.gimptalk.com/forum/topic/Python-And-G

Re: [Gimp-user] creative ideas for blending a cropped + rotated image?

2008-05-02 Thread David Gowers
Anthony, Exactly what you want to do is not clear to me. Trying to 'fake' the missing bits of photo is, while possible, a very time consuming choice. I think you would be better off making it seem like the missing bits are intentional, as in this example: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v449/neo

Re: [Gimp-user] python-fu script

2008-05-10 Thread David Gowers
On Sun, May 11, 2008 at 7:27 AM, Joao S. O. Bueno <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> The drawable you are passing looks just right. But doesn't the >> resynthesizer PDB procedure take run-mode as its first parameter? >> > When caling PDB stuff from a python plug-in, the run-mode > parameter is always om

Re: [Gimp-user] Save Layers

2008-05-13 Thread David Gowers
Hi, On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 12:18 PM, Jan Snyder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Update, I just managed to install Gimp 2.5, which took all day of fiddling, > on fedora 8, and this plugin is included in the upcoming version. 2.5 is > hard to install! Okay. Personally, I had no trouble, and just requi

Re: [Gimp-user] Color profiles in jpeg images

2008-05-27 Thread David Gowers
try making a script that deletes the icc-profile parasite on the image, using gimp-image-parasite-detach. On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 5:23 PM, Daniel James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi All, > > I thought it was impossible (after a few hours of searching) to save a > jpeg without a color profile fro

Re: [Gimp-user] History Brush

2008-06-03 Thread David Gowers
Hi Dave, On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 4:24 AM, Dave 77459 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I came across a neat doll recipe, written in PS: > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/evaxebra/532572791/ > > The use of the history brush has been called crucial by the writer. > > Knowing that GIMP does not have the his

Re: [Gimp-user] sharpening

2008-06-12 Thread David Gowers
Hi Andrew, On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 8:06 PM, Andrew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Good day, > > Can anyone tell me the practical differences between sharpening the L > channel in LAB, the L channel in HSL and the V channel in HSV? LAB gives best perceptual consistency, HSL gives worse, and HSV give

Re: [Gimp-user] Move tool specifics and paste alignment

2008-06-27 Thread David Gowers
Hi Michael, On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 11:57 AM, Michael Armida <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm getting used to the GIMP analogues to a few different operations I'm > used to under Photoshop, and having some trouble. Two questions > relating to the move tool: > > - I have read about the move tool m

Re: [Gimp-user] Is CMYK off the table for Gimp?

2008-06-29 Thread David Gowers
Hi John, On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 7:22 AM, John Culleton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A book by MIchael J. Hammel, _The Artist's Guide to Gimp Effects_, > published in 2007, states that the "next release" of Gimp is > scheduled to offer the CMYK color model. But that seems not to have > occurred,

Re: [Gimp-user] using grid on gimp

2008-07-12 Thread David Gowers
Hi Ellen, You can select 'cm' as the unit in the grid configuration dialog. whether this does exactly the right thing is something you'll have to check yourself. (personally, I would look at the pixel width and height, and divide them by 3. I'm not used to working in cm.) The grid configuration di

Re: [Gimp-user] Will Gimp support bamboo?

2008-07-15 Thread David Gowers
Hi Helen, On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 8:37 AM, Helen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Following the advice of several on this list, I bought the Wacom brand, > > Will SuSE11 support Bamboo? I bought the medium Bamboo, the $130 model,but > I don't see a model number. > I go to YAST, install hardware, tabl

Re: [Gimp-user] Color profiles & color spaces -- assignment v. conversion?

2008-07-17 Thread David Gowers
Hi Hedley, On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 4:22 PM, Hedley Finger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I know just enough about colour management to get myself into trouble. > > On Gimp 2.4.6, there are now some new options under the Image > Mode > > menu path, namely > > @ Assign to Color Profile // Actually

Re: [Gimp-user] Color profiles & color spaces -- assignment v. conversion?

2008-07-17 Thread David Gowers
Hi Hedley, On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 12:06 PM, Hedley Finger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > David, Sven: > > On Thu, 2008-07-17 at 16:52 +1000, Hedley Finger wrote: > > > I know just enough about colour management to get myself into trouble. > > On Gimp 2.4.6, there are now some new options under th

Re: [Gimp-user] AWN breaks the Gimp 2.4 in Ubuntu Hardy Heron

2008-07-24 Thread David Gowers
Hi, On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 12:09 PM, Joao S. O. Bueno <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thursday 24 July 2008, Robert Kennedy wrote: >> So it does look like a packaging issue. The gimpshop package should >> be modified to show a conflict with gimp. But since the gimpshop >> project appears to be dea

Re: [Gimp-user] Edit brushes bug?

2008-07-29 Thread David Gowers
Hi, On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 12:21 AM, Johnny Rosenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Tried to edit the pre-loaded brushes, but they are displayed as Write > protected. I located the brushes in /usr/share/gimp/2.0/brushes and I made > myself owner and I gave the files all rights and I even did that

Re: [Gimp-user] Edit brushes bug?

2008-07-30 Thread David Gowers
e list automatically. > It seems like I can never get used to having to enter the address of the > list manually or click Reply to all and then remove all addresses except the > list's address. > > 2008/7/29 David Gowers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> Hi, >>

Re: [Gimp-user] Colour correction affecting only particular colours

2008-08-02 Thread David Gowers
On Sun, Aug 3, 2008 at 7:48 AM, Milan Knížek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all! > > I have been struggling to correct skin tones in GIMP without affecting other > colours of the image. The problem is that whatever method I use (channel > mixer, colour mapping, hue/saturation on particular colour

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp script-fu

2008-08-02 Thread David Gowers
Hi Helen, On Sun, Aug 3, 2008 at 10:58 AM, Helen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thank you -- It's surprising how much time I can spend looking in the wrong > places (googling > for this instead of just asking). > I'm sure there are other script-fu filters I had been running, but can't > ask for the

Re: [Gimp-user] Image Resolution and Color Depth

2008-08-12 Thread David Gowers
Hi Paul, On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 6:02 PM, Csanyi Pal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I have a photo that I must to change so so the maximum Image File Size > will be 62,500 bytes, the 'Image Resolution' must be 320 pixels high > by 240 pixels wide, and the Image Color Depth must be 24-bit col

Re: [Gimp-user] Image Resolution and Color Depth

2008-08-12 Thread David Gowers
Hi Paul, On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 7:23 PM, Csanyi Pal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "David Gowers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Hi David, > >> Hi Paul, >> >> On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 6:02 PM, Csanyi Pal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >

Re: [Gimp-user] Colour correction affecting only particular colours

2008-08-16 Thread David Gowers
Hi Helen, On Sun, Aug 17, 2008 at 12:15 AM, Helen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Sat, Aug 2, 2008 at 8:26 PM, David Gowers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> On Sun, Aug 3, 2008 at 7:48 AM, Milan Knížek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >> > Hi

Re: [Gimp-user] Problem with installing 2.5.2

2008-08-19 Thread David Gowers
Hello John, On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 10:24 PM, John Culleton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Monday 18 August 2008 02:35:51 am you wrote: >> Hi, >> >> On Sun, 2008-08-17 at 23:53 -0400, John Culleton wrote: >> > Is there a way to bypass this part of gegl? All I want is the >> > parts that Gimp 2.5.

Re: [Gimp-user] Problem with installing 2.5.2

2008-08-19 Thread David Gowers
On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 5:30 AM, John Culleton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tuesday 19 August 2008 10:03:52 am Michael Schumacher wrote: >> > Von: "David Gowers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > >> > > On Monday 18 August 2008 02:35:51 am you wrot

Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP-2.6

2008-08-19 Thread David Gowers
On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 9:09 AM, Jan Snyder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Whatever happened to GIMP-2.6 releasing in July? I'm using GIMP-2.5.2 > and it has no flaws. LOL, I only wish. The last few weeks the ChangeLog has shown mainly a lot of cleaning up and minor bugfixes -- the usual thing that

Re: [Gimp-user] Enabling pressure control on gimp-2.4.7, slackware linux 12.1, G-Pen 450.

2008-08-23 Thread David Gowers
Hello Victor, On Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 6:30 AM, Victor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Problem solved. In extremely strange way. > --- > Section "ServerLayout" >Identifier "X.org Configured" >Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 >#InputDevice"Mouse0" "CorePointer" >InputDevice"Keyb

Re: [Gimp-user] Enabling pressure control on gimp-2.4.7, slackware linux 12.1, G-Pen 450.

2008-08-23 Thread David Gowers
Hello Victor, On Sun, Aug 24, 2008 at 12:21 AM, Victor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> When you described your problem, I thought 'his tablet is not sending >> core events -- or, it's only sending core events occasionally' > Did you notice that In the first message I mentioned that pressure > _works

Re: [Gimp-user] Importing and saving milti-page TIFF files

2008-08-25 Thread David Gowers
Hello, On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 4:17 AM, John Christopher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thank you for responding. I have a few questions about > your response: > > > --- On Mon, 8/25/08, Michael J. Hammel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> From: Michael J. Hammel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Subject: Re: [G

Re: [Gimp-user] 300dpi image from 72dpi

2008-09-10 Thread David Gowers
Hello Bob, On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 12:06 AM, Bob Meetin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > see: > > www.dottedi.biz/images/danger.gif > www.dottedi.biz/images/danger-300dpi.gif > www.dottedi.biz/images/danger-300dpi.jpg > > The danger.gif image - I created it from a couple pieces of clipart, the > doggi

Re: [Gimp-user] Best way to semi-flatten a transparent gif against a background image

2008-09-23 Thread David Gowers
Hi Justyn, On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 8:43 AM, Justyn Butler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I've been searching for the answer to this but I'm stumped. Maybe it's > so obvious that there's no need for it to be covered in the docs, or > perhaps I just don't know the correct terminology to search

Re: [Gimp-user] Best way to semi-flatten a transparent gif against a background image

2008-09-28 Thread David Gowers
On Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 9:48 PM, Justyn Butler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thank you both for your tips. > > I wasn't actually paying attention to the antialiasing/feather options > so it is useful to know to keep them unchecked when performing this > procedure. > > To David: The steps you describ

Re: [Gimp-user] web button makers and other presets gone in 2.6?

2008-10-03 Thread David Gowers
Hi, On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 7:41 PM, loksdok <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What happened to the web button creator makers, along with the other > preset creating things, that were in a menu that used to be in the > toolbox? This is what you use the plugin browser (Help->Plugin browser) for. Search f

Re: [Gimp-user] Make transparent layer invisible

2008-10-03 Thread David Gowers
Hi Olivier, On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 10:22 PM, Olivier Lecarme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sven Neumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> On Thu, 2008-10-02 at 17:02 -0600, Michael J. Hammel wrote: >> >> > You can preview the transparency by using the GAP player >> > (Filters->Animation->Pl

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

2008-10-05 Thread David Gowers
Here (Ubuntu 8.04). some of the actions work when there is no image open, and some don't. I believe this is based on sensitivity (eg. when there is no image open, it doesn't make sense to rotate anything) ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Ber

Re: [Gimp-user] Text-in-stitches on GIMP

2008-10-19 Thread David Gowers
Hi, On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 5:58 AM, Philippe D. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The biggest problem is to manage the brush orientation. Why? Doesn't it work to link the orientation with 'angle' parameter? David ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.X

Re: [Gimp-user] rectangular selection

2008-10-19 Thread David Gowers
Hi, On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 3:10 PM, presyesc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I use version 2.2.17 and what do you mean by "choose something else"? I am > needing a rectangle with curved edges. Thanks Upgrade to 2.4, and use the 'rounded' option. Feather has *nothing* to do with roundedness, only wi

Re: [Gimp-user] rectangular selection

2008-10-20 Thread David Gowers
Hi Daniel. On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 7:05 PM, Daniel Hornung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Monday 20 October 2008, David Gowers wrote: >> > I use version 2.2.17 and what do you mean by "choose something else"? I >> > am needing a rectangle with curv

Re: [Gimp-user] stroke selection not antialiased

2008-10-28 Thread David Gowers
On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 2:19 PM, Ernie Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Simon Budig wrote: > >> Nathan Lane ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: >> >>>So why not convert your selection to a path then stroke the path? This is a >>>good work around, and even in my mind now, this makes sense. The stroked >>>

Re: [Gimp-user] how to write a script to automate processing a multi-page PDF file?

2008-11-02 Thread David Gowers
Hi, On Sun, Nov 2, 2008 at 6:17 PM, Daryna Baikadamova <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi! > > I want to strip logo from every page of a PDF file and would like a script > that: > > - opens a file (say "foo.pdf", preferably allow me to specify source > filename) > - specify convert each page to a ima

Re: [Gimp-user] Flash flare

2008-11-05 Thread David Gowers
Hi Susan, On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 11:12 PM, Susan Penter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi I am relatively new to doing much beyond cropping, I have learnt to > correct the white balance etc recently. I was wondering whether there was a > plug in or built in tool that would remove the flare of flash

Re: [Gimp-user] gimpfu calling xsane

2008-11-09 Thread David Gowers
What happens if you type xsane (run_mode = 0) ??? (you can use this trick to trigger interactive calling for all PDB functions that support it) David -- Reticience and self-censorship is a farce. The deceiver does not himself know the truth, anything that he holds back he holds back not onl

Re: [Gimp-user] Easily copying selections to a file?

2008-11-10 Thread David Gowers
On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 6:55 AM, Joshua McGee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > I sell postage stamps. For inventory photos, I scan whole "stocksheets" > (black backing, acetate strips to hold the stamps) with the stamps in place, > then use GIMP to cut out the individual stamps for listing.

Re: [Gimp-user] Easily copying selections to a file?

2008-11-11 Thread David Gowers
On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 10:46 PM, Joao S. O. Bueno <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue 11 Nov 2008 03:00:11 am David Gowers wrote: >> On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 6:55 AM, Joshua McGee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > Hello, >> > >> > I sell pos

Re: [Gimp-user] Is there a lightweight Window Manager that properly supports utility windows?

2008-11-12 Thread David Gowers
Hi! On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 5:11 PM, Hood Family <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I guess the title says it all. The page for Gimp 2.5x said Metacity was the > only Window Manager that properly supported utility windows. The page for > 2.6 doesn't say this, so I presume it is no longer the case. > >

Re: [Gimp-user] Increasing DPI of image

2008-11-17 Thread David Gowers
Hi, 2008/11/17 Dotan Cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Can Gimp increase the DPI of a PSD file without affecting the physical > dimensions of the image? We have a wedding invitation in PSD that is > 72 DPI and the printer needs 300 DPI. Thanks in advance. You need to scale your image up to 300/72 (~416

Re: [Gimp-user] Increasing DPI of image

2008-11-17 Thread David Gowers
Hi, On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 1:24 AM, Dotan Cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2008/11/17 David Gowers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > That is actually what I had done, David, however I figured that it was > worth asking if there is a better way in Gimp. Lots of people smarter Wel

Re: [Gimp-user] PS scaling looks noticeably better then Gimp's

2008-11-28 Thread David Gowers
Hi, On Sat, Nov 29, 2008 at 7:39 AM, smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've noticed this on multiple occasions that when I scale pictures down in > Photoshop they look noticeably better when I do the same in Gimp. The scaled > down image PS leaves is sharp and crisp, while the Gimp scaled down i

Re: [Gimp-user] PS scaling looks noticeably better then Gimp's

2008-11-29 Thread David Gowers
Hi, On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 6:21 AM, Ruud Amesz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > After scaling down an image you have to use the filter USM (unsharp mask) to > sharpen your image. You did not mention if you did so. Are you saying that Photoshop automatically does that when you scale down? David

Re: [Gimp-user] Fwd: Re: Conversion to XGA

2008-12-06 Thread David Gowers
On Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 3:31 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> Can I, for instance, convert a 2277x3080 pixels image to a 1024x765 >>> (XGA) image and how should I do that? >>> > >>Yes, you can: >>http://docs.gimp.org/en/gimp-tutorial-quickie-scale.html > > Is it possible to resize about 3,000 p

Re: [Gimp-user] Tools window

2008-12-08 Thread David Gowers
If this bothers you, hide all the tools using the 'tools' dockable. The resultant toolbox is much smaller. On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 11:30 AM, Lap1994 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Whats up with the tools window? See my view: > All the tools can be selected pressing a key combination such as A, S, P,

Re: [Gimp-user] Default starting tool

2008-12-08 Thread David Gowers
Save the tool settings when you have them as you want. It's not at all hard. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

Re: [Gimp-user] GAP for version 2.6.2

2008-12-10 Thread David Gowers
Hi! On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 1:36 PM, M. Weborg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I just had GIMP 2.6.2 installed, My husband says he installed GAP as well, > however I can't seem to find the script-fu section to use it. Script-fu has very little to do with GAP. Only two functions are implemented in S

Re: [Gimp-user] GAP for version 2.6.2

2008-12-12 Thread David Gowers
On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 5:17 AM, Alchemie fotografiche wrote: > > "David Gowers" wrote > > >> It's perfectly capable of working with GIMP 2.6 -- I >> have installed it >> here, with no need for anything unusual. > >> However, chances are no

Re: [Gimp-user] Reduceing colors in the Alpha layer

2008-12-15 Thread David Gowers
Hello, On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 12:03 AM, Andrew R. wrote: > I have a problem. I am making flash games but there is a 10 meg limit on the > total size of the game I can make. In order to do what I want i need to > compress my sprites as much as can be done. I am using PNG files. > > I have in th

Re: [Gimp-user] normalmap and resynthesizer plug-ins and gimp 2.6

2008-12-15 Thread David Gowers
Hi, On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 4:35 AM, peter kostov wrote: > Hi, > > does anybody know if the normalmap and the resynthesizer plug-ins do > work with GIMP 2.6? > > I am on Gentoo and currently have two different versions of GIMP - 2.4 > installed system wide and 2.6 installed only for me. I use 2.4

Re: [Gimp-user] Don't reinvent the wheel department....

2008-12-15 Thread David Gowers
Hello, On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 12:04 PM, Noel Stoutenburg wrote: > Friends: > > A bit of help, if you would... > > I had access to a microfilm of an old (~400 years) manuscript of music, > from which I was able to make usable scans, which I am not in the > process of reviewing. Some images (cf. >

Re: [Gimp-user] normalmap and resynthesizer plug-ins and gimp 2.6

2008-12-16 Thread David Gowers
On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 10:08 PM, peter kostov wrote: > Doug wrote: >> peter kostov wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> does anybody know if the normalmap and the resynthesizer plug-ins do >>> work with GIMP 2.6? >>> >>> I am on Gentoo and currently have two different versions of GIMP - 2.4 >>> installed syste

Re: [Gimp-user] Reduceing colors in the Alpha layer

2008-12-17 Thread David Gowers
On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 7:48 PM, Andrew R. wrote: > Yes it does that but only to 1-bit. I want the colors reduced to a few colors. > If I transfer the alpha layer to a channel in the layers section I can save > the alpha layer. It can then be exported with the image as a PNG. However, > I've found

Re: [Gimp-user] How to update GIMP in Ubuntu?

2008-12-17 Thread David Gowers
On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 4:01 AM, Claus Cyrny wrote: > Hi Akkana, > > Akkana Peck wrote: > >> I'm building GIMP 2.6 on Ubuntu 8.04 and it's really no big deal. >> You don't need the whole gtk+ chain -- the ones installed on 8.04 >> are fine. You do need babl and gegl and there are a couple minor >>

Re: [Gimp-user] several images combined in a single file

2008-12-21 Thread David Gowers
On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 10:36 AM, Owen wrote: >> Dear All, >> >> I am using GIMP 2.6.1 on Ubuntu 8.10 >> >> I wonder if there is a way to combine a few images in one file, so >> that >> they will be placed side by side (something like tiles) in columns >> spanning across several rows? All images a

Re: [Gimp-user] Gimp Doc - Adding alpha channel

2008-12-26 Thread David Gowers
Hi! On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 9:13 AM, DJ wrote: > Hi Gimp-user, > > http://docs.gimp.org/en/gimp-using-web-transparency.html > > How does one go from Figure 6.8 to Figure 6.9? > > I did a right-click to the image in Figure 6.8 and saved the PNG to > my Desktop. I opened the PNG in Gimp and added t

Re: [Gimp-user] is there a way to change default brush spacing?

2009-01-04 Thread David Gowers
Hi, On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 8:12 AM, Dave wrote: > I'm reviewing Gimp 2.6.4 and this is the first in a long list of stupid > questions I'll be asking. Since pixmap brushes can't be edited and their > spacing isn't stored across relaunches, can you edit the default spacing of > brushes? 25 is w

Re: [Gimp-user] Special way to process more images

2009-01-05 Thread David Gowers
Hi, On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 7:51 PM, durumdara wrote: > Hi! > > My friend have a Photoshop and I created a COM/OLE based python script for > make some photo preprocessing in "batch mode". > This python script loads all files in a dir, and converts every simple photo > image with these modification

Re: [Gimp-user] Where is the Palettes Dialog in GIMP 2.6?

2009-01-12 Thread David Gowers
Hi! On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 6:26 AM, DJ wrote: > Hi Gimp-user, > > I found the Palettes Dialog on the ToolBox by clicking the tiny arrow on the > right-hand side with a pop-up "Configure this tab", then clicked "Add > Tab". In the list was "Palettes Dialog", and "Colormap". > > I looked on the Im

Re: [Gimp-user] Gimp latest version

2009-01-16 Thread David Gowers
Hello Nicholas, On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 7:04 PM, Nicholas I wrote: > Hi, > >I am using 8.04, is there any other so that i can work with 2.6. will it > work if i edit the /etc/apt/source.list...? There probably is an appropriate repository that someone is providing with the required dependenci

Re: [Gimp-user] SVG import problem

2009-01-18 Thread David Gowers
Hello, Has anyone tested this with a more recent version of librsvg? I noticed that in recent releases, rendering of somewhat dodgy/weird paths has been improved. I figure if a newer librsvg works better, then we can reasonably assume that gnuplot is producing dodgy paths.

Re: [Gimp-user] Resynthesizer

2009-01-19 Thread David Gowers
On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 12:54 PM, Mitja wrote: > Hi! > > I remember the plugin from the subject but I didn't find it for the GIMP 2.6. > Are the plugins that do the same job, please? Yes - resynthesizer. (I'm not joking, I'm using it right now.) This type of problem is brought up frequently here

Re: [Gimp-user] Loading plug-ins

2009-01-25 Thread David Gowers
On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 12:03 PM, Rem P Roberti wrote: > I have downloaded a couple of python scripts for use with the Gimp, but > I have so far > been unable to figure out how to invoke them. Both scripts have been > placed in my > ~/.gimp-2.6/plug-ins directory (this is a FreeBSD 7.1 system), a

Re: [Gimp-user] FW: GIMP on ASUS EEE 900? PLEASE HELP

2009-01-30 Thread David Gowers
On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 10:56 PM, P AA wrote: > > > > From: marmott...@hotmail.com > To: mail...@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu > Subject: FW: [Gimp-user] GIMP on ASUS EEE 900? PLEASE HELP > Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2009 12:17:45 + > > PLEASE POST! I AM A MEMBER. THIS BOUNCE

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