Re: [Gimp-user] What tablet provides pressure sensitivity when used with Gimp under Linux?

2007-07-07 Thread Johan Vromans
"Olivier Lecarme" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The Wacom Intuos tablets provide all you want, and in fact more, Is that also true for the older (serial) versions? If so, how to enable this? -- Johan ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berk

Re: [Gimp-user] What tablet provides pressure sensitivity when used with Gimp under Linux?

2007-07-08 Thread Johan Vromans
Stephan Hegel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Olivier provided you already a pointer to the Linux wacom project. > It deals with serial tablets as well and everything is explained > in detail there. Even an extra section is spend on how to enable > this in The Gimp. Thanks for the information. For

Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP video podcast / screencast

2007-08-18 Thread Johan Vromans
Eric P <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm absolutely confounded that no one has replied to you yet. I must have missed the original posting... The videos are GREAT! I only had time to watch the first two of them, and already learned several new things. (And I can hardly wait for 2.3 to come out.)

Re: [Gimp-user] exif

2007-09-11 Thread Johan Vromans
norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Is there some way I can obtain the exif information of a photograph > using Gimp, please? Not as far as I know (but my knowledge may be slightly outdated) but there are many tools easily installable that will tell you everything that's in the exif. -- Johan _

Re: [Gimp-user] photography

2007-09-13 Thread Johan Vromans
Alexander Rabtchevich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 1. Digital camera . ... > 2. DSLR - ... I'd say there's quite a lot of camera's in between. I'm still quite happy with my Sony DSC-V1 which has all the things a (semi-)professional photographer requires (even a flash mount shoe) without being a

Re: [Gimp-user] Problem with photo negative

2007-09-17 Thread Johan Vromans
"Kim B.Christensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I can invert the pic with Layer/Colour/invert, but due to the colour > mask in the negative, the result has a severe blue taint, and > strongly reduced contrast. Most scanner software have a setting for negatives. SANE does. -- Johan

Re: [Gimp-user] non-destructive editing

2007-10-04 Thread Johan Vromans
gimp_user <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > [...] This layer would hold instructs that would apply my > adjustment [...] Yes! In fact, when I first started to work with layers I'd expected the layers to work like this (i.e. store change instructions instead of pixels). Being an old Unix hacker, I'd

Re: [Gimp-user] photo resolution

2007-10-05 Thread Johan Vromans
Leon Brooks GIMP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > One possible/partial answer is to use some JavaScript to read > the window's dimensions & alter the width & height parameters > of the tag to scale whatever you provide, so it fits. This will still cause the whole image (which may be large) to be do

Re: [Gimp-user] photo resolution

2007-10-07 Thread Johan Vromans
gimp_user <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Friday 05 October 2007 00:44:14 Johan Vromans wrote: > This is not stictly "on topic" for this list To make it even more off-topic: it doesn't work for me (FireFox 2.0), even after fixing the quotes aroun

Re: [Gimp-user] Gimp Tutorials: Video Clips @ YT

2007-10-28 Thread Johan Vromans
RalfGesellensetter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Some of them are quite convincing. Maybe it's worth > starting a contest for the best Gimp 2.4 tutorial. Good idea. But first I think a repository would be nice, to have an overview of what topics there are tutorial videos for, and where to find

[Gimp-user] Redo paints after creating a new layer

2008-06-10 Thread Johan Vromans
Hi, When on vacation I often do this: - import an image of a map (download, digital photo) - enhance it until satisfactory - create a new layer - place a series of dots denoting a route I often discover after placing a whole lot of dots that I forgot to create the new layer first. Using undo, I

Re: [Gimp-user] Redo paints after creating a new layer

2008-06-10 Thread Johan Vromans
"Michael Schumacher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Maybe you should change the workflow from painting the dots yourself > to creating a path which can then be stroked? Yes, I use this for other (similar) purposes. Still, I'd like to know if it is possible to replay paint history after a layer cre

Re: [Gimp-user] ANNOUNCE: GIMP 2.6.0

2008-10-03 Thread Johan Vromans
Sven Neumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Finally we have done it and released version 2.6.0 of the GNU Image > Manipulation Program. Many thanks! Unfortunately, even though I'm running a recent version of Linux, Fedora 9, I cannot build this version. Some of the requirements are out of reach

Re: [Gimp-user] ANNOUNCE: GIMP 2.6.0

2008-10-04 Thread Johan Vromans
Kevin Cozens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > What requirements "are out of reach" for Fedora 9? It complains about babl (requires 0.0.22, version provided by Fedora is 0.0.20) and gegl (requires 0.0.18, provided is 0.0.16). When I tried (forced) to build with the provided versions I ran into compi

Re: [Gimp-user] ANNOUNCE: GIMP 2.6.0

2008-10-04 Thread Johan Vromans
bgw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > the announcement probably should have noted the dependency; Fedora 9 > hasn't yet caught up with all the changes to the gimp dependencies. I don't think F9 is the only distro suffering... The bottomline appears to be that the Gimp really depends on these very ne

Re: [Gimp-user] ANNOUNCE: GIMP 2.6.0

2008-10-04 Thread Johan Vromans
Johan Vromans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The bottomline appears to be that the Gimp really depends on these > very new versions of babl and gegl. Next bummer is GLIB. Where will it end... -- Johan ___ Gimp-user mailing li

[Gimp-user] GIMP 2.6.0 for Fedora 8/9 (Was: Re: ANNOUNCE: GIMP 2.6.0)

2008-10-04 Thread Johan Vromans
Okay, mission completed. For a limited time the necessary Fedora RPMs can be found here: http://www.squirrel.nl/pub/xfer/babl-0.0.22-1jv.fc8.src.rpm http://www.squirrel.nl/pub/xfer/babl-devel-0.0.22-1jv.fc8.i386.rpm http://www.squirrel.nl/pub/xfer/babl-0.0.22-1jv.fc8.i386.rpm http://www.s

Re: [Gimp-user] ftp address for 2.6.1 rpm

2008-10-18 Thread Johan Vromans
Sven Neumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > /usr/local/include/glib-2.0/glib/gspawn.h:22:2: error: #error "Only > > can be included directly." > > The gegl binary won't build with a brand-new GLib but an older copy of > GTK+. This is fixed in SVN. But to get the tarball compiled you need to >

Re: [Gimp-user] ftp address for 2.6.1 rpm

2008-10-19 Thread Johan Vromans
Johan Vromans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I seem to get good results by building Gegl 0.18 on Fedora 8, and then > install it in Fedora 9. I've made a complete set of RPMs available for Fedora 8 and Fedora 9. DISCLAIMER: They work for me. Your mileage may vary.

[Gimp-user] Changing events

2008-10-19 Thread Johan Vromans
Hi, I have a couple of databases where I entered the date that people were christened instead of date of birth, the latter being unknown. However, The Narrative Web Report seems to use the event Baptism instead of Christening. Is there an easy way to change Christening to Baptism for all entries

Re: [Gimp-user] Changing events

2008-10-20 Thread Johan Vromans
Daniel Hornung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > you're probably writing to the wrong mailing list? Yes [blush] ... Sorry. -- Johan ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

[Gimp-user] GIMP 2.6.2 RPMs for Fedora 8 and 9

2008-10-31 Thread Johan Vromans
I've made a complete set of RPMs available for Fedora 8 and Fedora 9. DISCLAIMER: They work for me. Your mileage may vary. WARNING: Installing the new glib2 will make it impossible to upgrade your Fedora kernel! This is a known bug (not mine). So before upgrading your Fedora kernel, downgrade gli

[Gimp-user] Update: GIMP 2.6.2 RPMs for Fedora 8 and 9

2008-11-08 Thread Johan Vromans
I've made a complete set of RPMs available for Fedora 8 and Fedora 9. DISCLAIMER: They work for me. Your mileage may vary. WARNING: Installing the new glib2 will make it impossible to upgrade your Fedora kernel! This is a known bug (not mine). So before upgrading your Fedora kernel, downgrade gli

Re: [Gimp-user] Puzzle about gimp version, continued. Please help!!!

2008-11-21 Thread Johan Vromans
Leonard Evens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Could someone who actually knows clue me in on just what is happening? The latest Gimp from Fedora 9 updates is 2.4.7. It's About box shows 2.4.7. gimp --version shows 2.4.7. The latest gimp-help from Fedora 9 is 2.4.1. Gimp 'About' still shows 2.4.7

[Gimp-user] GIMP 2.6.3 RPMs for Fedora 8 and 9

2008-11-22 Thread Johan Vromans
I've made a complete set of RPMs available for Fedora 8 and Fedora 9. DISCLAIMER: They work for me. Your mileage may vary. Fedora 8: WARNING: Installing the new glib2 will make it impossible to upgrade your Fedora kernel! This is a known bug (not mine). So before upgrading your Fe

[Gimp-user] GIMP 2.6.3 RPMs for Fedora 10, 9, and 8

2008-11-29 Thread Johan Vromans
I've made a complete set of RPMs available for Fedora 10, 9, and 8. DISCLAIMER: They work for me. Your mileage may vary. Fedora 10: Note that you don't need the devel and debuginfo RPMs for normal use. http://www.squirrel.nl/pub/xfer/gimp-2.6.3-1jv.fc10.i386.rpm http://www.squirr

[Gimp-user] Billboards

2008-12-06 Thread Johan Vromans
Hi, You probably know http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/billboard.php . It should be fairly easy to create billboards like this with GIMP. Bottom layer: an arbitrary background. Top layer: the billboard itself, with empty (transparent) contents. Then the billboard image, cropped to the right size,

Re: [Gimp-user] Billboards

2008-12-08 Thread Johan Vromans
"Nathan Lane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I don't really see what you're trying to do -- If you download that > billboard image, then take another image you want to put in that > white space on the billboard, then that is completely trivial. Can > you explain more please? What I want is a good

Re: [Gimp-user] perfect circle

2008-12-14 Thread Johan Vromans
Bob Meetin writes: > This seems simple, but I tried: > > convert -size 100x100 xc:none -fill red -draw 'circle 50,50 0,50' > red-circle.png > ... > And numerous other variations, it either pushes one side too much or seems to > be one pixel too small. convert -size 100x100 xc:none -fill red -

[Gimp-user] GIMP 2.6.4 RPMs for Fedora 10, and 8

2009-01-02 Thread Johan Vromans
I've made a complete set of RPMs available for Fedora 10, and 8. DISCLAIMER: They work for me. Your mileage may vary. Fedora 10: Note that you don't need the devel and debuginfo RPMs for normal use. http://www.squirrel.nl/pub/xfer/gimp-2.6.4-1jv.fc10.i386.rpm http://www.squirrel.n

[Gimp-user] 2.6.4 crashes on PDF import

2009-01-03 Thread Johan Vromans
Hi, I get crashes with 2.6.4 when trying to import a page from a PDF document. This happens on Fedora 10 and 8. It doesn't happen with 2.6.3. As a start, I noticed a different PDF import dialog[1]. 2.6.3 shows thumbnails of all PDF pages, 2.6.4 shows a simple dialog where to enter the resolution

Re: [Gimp-user] 2.6.4 crashes on PDF import

2009-01-03 Thread Johan Vromans
Sven Neumann writes: > Since there have been no changes in the GIMP code that could explain > this, you should have a look at the build process. Looks like you did > not build the poppler plug-in. I verified the crashes with the Fedora 10 version of Gimp 2.6.3. The Fedora version does not use t

Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP 2.6.4 RPMs for Fedora 10, and 8

2009-01-03 Thread Johan Vromans
Johan Vromans writes: > I've made a complete set of RPMs available for Fedora 10, and 8. These kits contain a build error due to a known bug (not mine). This bug could lead to Gimp crashes when trying to import PDF documents. Please use the corrected kits, with release "

Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP 2.6.4 RPMs for Fedora 10, and 8

2009-01-08 Thread Johan Vromans
Johan Vromans writes: > Johan Vromans writes: > > > I've made a complete set of RPMs available for Fedora 10, and 8. Fedora is catching up quickly. GIMP 2.6.4 is now available from the official Fedora (testing) F10 and F9 repositories: # yum --enablerepo=updates-te

Re: [Gimp-user] lossless cropping?

2009-02-02 Thread Johan Vromans
zhangwe...@realss.com writes: > Can any recommend such an editor for lossless cropping & rotating, > better even lossless resizing, Lossless resizing? How do you envision that? -- Johan ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https:

Re: [Gimp-user] lossless cropping?

2009-02-04 Thread Johan Vromans
David Hodson writes: > > For Linux, there's of course the command line based > > ImageMagick (http://www.imagemagick.org/). You can do > > really amazing stuff with it (see at http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/). > > But it doesn't do lossless jpeg processing! No, it is just like the GIMP: it r

Re: [Gimp-user] logo manipulation

2010-09-22 Thread Johan Vromans
"Leon" writes: > I am a complete beginner and I have to be honestI'm struggling. I > created a logo for my new business, but when I try to place the logo > in a box on indesign or such like, the logo comes out looking blurry > or smudged. I think it's to do with it being resized. Can anyone >

Re: [Gimp-user] Wacom tablet

2010-10-09 Thread Johan Vromans
gerard82 writes: > I browsed the web and noticed they come in different sizes. > Is size important and why? Size is important since it determines how accurately you can draw. And beware! The size of the tablet is misleading, it is the size of the active area that matters. For example, the Intuos

Re: [Gimp-user] Wacom Tablet For Flower Photographer and Software Developer

2010-10-12 Thread Johan Vromans
Rob Antonishen writes: > Some of the higher end tablets allow for screen toggling (i.e. toggle > the screen the tablet is active on) so you need to check that. I would have expected this to be the task of the operating system, not the tablet. -- Johan ___

Re: [Gimp-user] Square Pic in a Rectangular Hole

2010-11-24 Thread Johan Vromans
Julian Bryson writes: > In short, how can I use GIMP to add blank space to a given photo so that it > keeps the original data within the confines of a 4x6 (for example) aspect > ratio? If the original image is square it is simple: Image > Canvas Size Select units 'percent' Unlink width and he

Re: [Gimp-user] newbie: script for comverting eps line drawings to gif

2011-01-23 Thread Johan Vromans
Ray Tayek writes: > i agree. this looks like ghostscript is what i should be fooling > around with. You need antialiasing. Use explicit settings on the command line, e.g., -dTextAlphaBits=4 -dGraphicsAlphaBits=4 Why not use the tool I sent you? -- Johan