[Gimp-user] Fonts and GIMP

2003-07-02 Thread Nick Wilson
Hi all, I managed to install the sharfonts and freefonts on my RH machine and they show in the font servers list of fonts but do NOT show in Gimp. Can anyone point me in the right direction please? I run GIMP under KDE if that makes any difference... Many thanks... -- Nick W ___

Re: [Gimp-user] Fonts in 1.3.15

2003-07-02 Thread Nick Wilson
* and then Sven Neumann declared > Yes, with 1.3 you need the tool options even more than you did with > 1.2. That's why the new default session setup has the tool-options > docked below the toolbox. Hi all, I'm having trouble working out where the color change is located on 1.2 can somone p

[Gimp-user] Font Plugin?

2003-08-14 Thread Nick Wilson
Hi all, I've been trying to get freefont and sharefont to show up in gimp 1.3.17 and try as I might, I have to conceed defeat. Is there a plugin or some other way to get extra fonts into gimp? many thanks... -- Nick W ___ Gimp-user mailing list [E

[Gimp-user] GLIB not found in RH9 - Advice please?

2003-08-14 Thread Nick Wilson
Hi all, I tried compiling 1.3.9 on my RedHat9 system and it couldn't find GLIB 2.0 or higher. I do appear to have GLIB in /usr/lib/glib and I'm fairly sure it's the latest version. Could someone please point me in the right direction? Many thanks... -- Nick W

Re: [Gimp-user] GLIB not found in RH9 - Advice please?

2003-08-14 Thread Nick Wilson
* and then Dave Neary declared > > > That said, all that you probably need to do is install the -devel packages > > for > > > the already-present gtk+ packages. > > > > Would you know how to check what I have or have not got? - I'm still > > getting the glib error on 3.17 > > rpm -qa | grep

Re: [Gimp-user] GLIB not found in RH9 - Advice please?

2003-08-14 Thread Nick Wilson
* and then Nick Wilson declared > * and then Dave Neary declared > > > > That said, all that you probably need to do is install the -devel packages > > > for > > > > the already-present gtk+ packages. > > > > > > Would you know

[Gimp-user] Getting Freefong/Sharefont to show up in GIMP?

2003-08-14 Thread Nick Wilson
Well, I finally got 1.3.17 installed but I only have 25 or so fonts. Not ideal. I installed sharefont and freefont but not even the xset commands seem to work any more though here is what I have for chkfontpath: Current directories in font path: 1: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled 2: /usr

Re: [Gimp-user] Font Plugin?

2003-08-14 Thread Nick Wilson
* and then Sven Neumann declared > On Wed, 2003-08-13 at 15:57, Nick Wilson wrote > > > I've been trying to get freefont and sharefont to show up in gimp > > 1.3.17 and try as I might, I have to conceed defeat. > > GIMP-1.3 uses fontconfig (http://fontconfig.o

[Gimp-user] What's Wrong with this Image?

2003-09-05 Thread Nick Wilson
Hi all, These images will not show up in a browser? http://www.cookaholics.com/images/ I just saved by extension to .gif and .jpg but they will not show as you can see from this page: http://www.cookaholics.com/test.html The .xcf is in the image dir too. Could someone please put me on the rig

Re: [Gimp-user] What's Wrong with this Image?

2003-09-07 Thread Nick Wilson
* and then John Dietsch declared > Hi Nick, I accessed your websight twice, once with Konqueror 3.1-12 RedHat > using KDE 3.1-10 and then with > Mozilla/5.0(X-11;U;Linuxi686;en;rv:1.2.1)Gecko/20030225. On both browsers > the websight image directory listing the images came right up. Clickin

[Gimp-user] Drawing a Triangle

2003-09-08 Thread Nick Wilson
Hi everyone, Which tool do I use to 'connect the dots' for triangle? I tried all the ones I could find to no avail... If there is any good docs on basics in 1.3x that'd be cool too. Many thanks.. -- Nick W ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTE

[Gimp-user] Border Around Text in 3.20?

2003-10-21 Thread Nick Wilson
Hi all, I was following this tutorial: http://www.obscurasite.com/artstuff/tutorials/gimp-text-outline/ But However many times I try it I get a *very* thick border. Could someone please point me in the right direction? many thanks -- Nick W ___ Gimp-

Re: [Gimp-user] Border Around Text in 3.20?

2003-10-21 Thread Nick Wilson
* and then [EMAIL PROTECTED] declared > It sounds like the size of the brush you're using is too large. What is > the size of the brush you're using? I was using a 1x1 or a 3x3 but they're all coming out the same -- Nick W ___ Gimp-user ma

Re: [Gimp-user] Border Around Text in 3.20?

2003-10-22 Thread Nick Wilson
* and then Sven Neumann declared > > I was following this tutorial: > > http://www.obscurasite.com/artstuff/tutorials/gimp-text-outline/ > > I suggest you update to 1.3.21 first. This version introduces a much Hmmm.. tried but no joy. Can't seem to get fontconfig 2.2 installed... > nicer wa

Re: [Gimp-user] Border Around Text in 3.20?

2003-10-22 Thread Nick Wilson
* and then Sven Neumann declared > Hi, > > Nick Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > * and then Sven Neumann declared > > > > I was following this tutorial: > > > > http://www.obscurasite.com/artstuff/tutorials/gimp-text-outline/ &

[Gimp-user] Resizing *many* images?

2003-11-13 Thread Nick Wilson
Hi everyone, Does anyone know if there is a way to 'batch resize'? - I have about 1000 images that all need to be 20% of the original size... Many thanks! -- Nick W ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/lis

Re: [Gimp-user] Resizing *many* images?

2003-11-17 Thread Nick Wilson
* and then Geoffrey declared > >Does anyone know if there is a way to 'batch resize'? - I have about > >1000 images that all need to be 20% of the original size... > > > In ksh and I think it works in bash too: > > for fn in $( > convert -resize 20% $fn 20-${fn} > done Great, that wor

Re: [Gimp-user] Resizing *many* images?

2003-11-17 Thread Nick Wilson
* and then David Hodson declared > > Does anyone know if there is a way to 'batch resize'? - I have about > > 1000 images that all need to be 20% of the original size... > > If you want to stay inside Gimp, try David's Batch Processor > (DBP) at http://members.ozemail.com.au/~hodsond/dbp.html

[Gimp-user] Selection Help Please

2004-09-22 Thread Nick Wilson
Hi all, I was hoping someone might point me in the direction of a tutorial (or just tell me what tools to use) for the following: I need to take a snapshot of someone and then select them out. IE to ditch the sofa in the background etc and just have a nice shot of the subject with a transparent

Re: [Gimp-user] Selection Help Please

2004-09-22 Thread Nick Wilson
* and then Carol Spears declared > > I need to take a snapshot of someone and then select them out. IE to > > ditch the sofa in the background etc and just have a nice shot of the > > subject with a transparent bg suitable for use on a webpage. > > > > I know that isnt easily done, hence the

Re: [Gimp-user] Re: Selection Help Please

2004-09-22 Thread Nick Wilson
* and then olivier ripoll declared > Although the gimp interface has changed since it was written, have a > look at this section of the excellent "Grokking the gimp": > > http://gimp-savvy.com/BOOK/index.html?node47.html > > Read the whole chapter about selection and masks if you have time.

Re: [Gimp-user] Re: Selection Help Please

2004-09-22 Thread Nick Wilson
* and then Nick Wilson declared > Thanks ever so much, that's great. It doesnt look all that difficult if > you have a little patience, i guess it also helps to select roughly > around the subject on a varied background so you have less pixels to > choose by color Well,

Re: [Gimp-user] Re: Selection Help Please

2004-09-22 Thread Nick Wilson
* and then Bob Long declared > On Wednesday, September 22, 2004 6:59 PM [GMT+1=CET], > Nick Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Well, im no expert yet but i reckon this aint a bad attempt ;-) > > http://www.stylesheet.org/sam.png > > > > She was on

Re: [Gimp-user] Re: Selection Help Please

2004-09-23 Thread Nick Wilson
* and then matt-nc declared > > >She was on the grass, many different shades... any idea of the best way > >to replace the pixels i accidently took off of her chin? > > Zoom in to highest magnification, use the clone tool to select shades from > the nearby facial area and reconstruct it by

[Gimp-user] Advice on Best Tool for Job

2004-09-23 Thread Nick Wilson
Hi everyone, Im selecting a subject (my sister) from her background, for use as a transparent jpg on a webpage. Here is the pic so far: http://www.stylesheet.org/2.jpg I know i need to replace quite a few pixels that got inadvertently transparentized (?) but my question is this: I have roughly u

Re: [Gimp-user] Re: Advice on Best Tool for Job

2004-09-23 Thread Nick Wilson
* and then olivier ripoll declared > I think the following tutorial corresponds more or less to what you want > to achieve. > http://www.gimpguru.org/Tutorials/ReplaceForeground/ > > The problem of loosing pixels you had with you dog and with your sister > would be easily avoided if: > > 1

Re: [Gimp-user] Re: Advice on Best Tool for Job

2004-09-23 Thread Nick Wilson
* and then olivier ripoll declared > >Right, do you think that photo is now rubbish? do i need to start over > >from the beggining? > > No, but you will not obtain a final good result with only the eraser or > the magic wand selection tool. At some point you need a tool where you > can sele

Re: [Gimp-user] Re: Advice on Best Tool for Job

2004-09-23 Thread Nick Wilson
* and then olivier ripoll declared > >Right, I actually got on really well with using a layer mask! - However, > >now i am down to the very fine details im not sure i have the right > >brush. You mentioned 'feathered' but i dont see that in the tool > >options? Im using a 3px fuzzy circle, is

[Gimp-user] Making a Tile

2004-10-01 Thread Nick Wilson
Hi all, I've found a tutorial on making a tile (suitable for a web page background) but it talks about clicking the 'tileable' checkbox. The effect im using does not have this: I want to make a seemless tile of about 100px wide buy 80px deep. This is how i create the effect i want to tile Pyt

Re: [Gimp-user] Making a Tile

2004-10-01 Thread Nick Wilson
* and then Joao S. O. Bueno Calligaris declared > > I want to make a seemless tile of about 100px wide buy 80px deep. > > > > This is how i create the effect i want to tile > > > > PythonFu -> Effects -> add fog > > > > How can i make the left and right hand edges so that the image will > > ti

Re: [Gimp-user] Making a Tile

2004-10-01 Thread Nick Wilson
* and then Nick Wilson declared > Right, thanks. I've worked out how to offset (only need the x offset) > but the clone tool has a cirle with a line through it? - looks like it > wont work for some reason? Sorry, just worked it out. Too hard for me i think, the 'fog

Re: [Gimp-user] Making a Tile

2004-10-01 Thread Nick Wilson
* and then Nick Wilson declared > > * and then Nick Wilson declared > > Right, thanks. I've worked out how to offset (only need the x offset) > > but the clone tool has a cirle with a line through it? - looks like it > > wont work for some reason? >

Re: [Gimp-user] Making a Tile

2004-10-01 Thread Nick Wilson
* and then Joao S. O. Bueno Calligaris declared > It is also worth to note that the pyhon-fu "add fog" actually uses the > filters->render->clouds->plasma plug-in in a mask. The "plasma" > sibling on the same menu, "solid noise", does have a "tileable" > option. OK! i've kinda got what i