Re: [ubuntu-uk] GIMP Add-In Maybe?

2009-11-10 Thread Ian Pascoe
ated in the very near future! Cheers Ian -Original Message- From: ubuntu-uk-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com [mailto:ubuntu-uk-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com]on Behalf Of Norman Silverstone Sent: 10 November 2009 11:10 To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] GIMP Add-In Maybe? < snip > >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] GIMP Add-In Maybe?

2009-11-10 Thread Norman Silverstone
> > I have the pleasant task over the Winter months to start to scan in a few > > thousand 35mm colour negatives. f you are interested I have been restoring old colour slides and colour negatives for quite some time and there are some examples of the results to be found on:- http://www.23hq.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] GIMP Add-In Maybe?

2009-11-10 Thread Norman Silverstone
> >> > I have the pleasant task over the Winter months to start to scan in a few > >> > thousand 35mm colour negatives. > >> > > >> > However, before I start I wonder if anyone knows of anything that will > >> > turn > >> > a digitised colour negative into a colour positive. I've wandered > >>

Re: [ubuntu-uk] GIMP Add-In Maybe?

2009-11-10 Thread Norman Silverstone
< snip > > >> What scanning techniques, or equipment are you using please? > > > > I have an attachment that I fix to my point > > ? I do not understand this, sorry, is it a typo? I am very sorry, I must have been half asleep. I bought an attachment for may camera from a supplier in USA which e

Re: [ubuntu-uk] GIMP Add-In Maybe?

2009-11-10 Thread Philip Stubbs
2009/11/10 Norman Silverstone : > On Tue, 2009-11-10 at 06:46 +, Alan Bell wrote: >> Ian Pascoe wrote: >> > Evening all >> > >> > I have the pleasant task over the Winter months to start to scan in a few >> > thousand 35mm colour negatives. >> > >> > However, before I start I wonder if anyone k

Re: [ubuntu-uk] GIMP Add-In Maybe?

2009-11-10 Thread alan c
Norman Silverstone wrote: >> > I have the pleasant task over the Winter months to start to scan in a few >> > thousand 35mm colour negatives. >> >> What scanning techniques, or equipment are you using please? > > I have an attachment that I fix to my point ? I do not understand this, sorry, is i

Re: [ubuntu-uk] GIMP Add-In Maybe?

2009-11-09 Thread Norman Silverstone
On Tue, 2009-11-10 at 06:46 +, Alan Bell wrote: > Ian Pascoe wrote: > > Evening all > > > > I have the pleasant task over the Winter months to start to scan in a few > > thousand 35mm colour negatives. > > > > However, before I start I wonder if anyone knows of anything that will turn > > a dig

Re: [ubuntu-uk] GIMP Add-In Maybe?

2009-11-09 Thread Norman Silverstone
> > I have the pleasant task over the Winter months to start to scan in a few > > thousand 35mm colour negatives. > > What scanning techniques, or equipment are you using please? I have an attachment that I fix to my point and press camera and photograph them. This gives me freedom on what I cop

Re: [ubuntu-uk] GIMP Add-In Maybe?

2009-11-09 Thread Alan Bell
Ian Pascoe wrote: > Evening all > > I have the pleasant task over the Winter months to start to scan in a few > thousand 35mm colour negatives. > > However, before I start I wonder if anyone knows of anything that will turn > a digitised colour negative into a colour positive. I've wandered throug

Re: [ubuntu-uk] GIMP Add-In Maybe?

2009-11-09 Thread alan c
Ian Pascoe wrote: > Evening all > > I have the pleasant task over the Winter months to start to scan in a few > thousand 35mm colour negatives. What scanning techniques, or equipment are you using please? -- alan cocks Ubuntu user -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] GIMP Add-In Maybe?

2009-11-09 Thread Norman Silverstone
< snip > > Anyone know of any app that will do this conversion and do it well as once > completed and stored in multiple places, as you do, the negatives are to be > disposed of. There is very little problem in making colour positives from negatives I have done lots of them using GIMP. May I sugge

Re: [ubuntu-uk] GIMP Add-In Maybe?

2009-11-09 Thread Philip Stubbs
2009/11/9 Ian Pascoe : > Evening all > > I have the pleasant task over the Winter months to start to scan in a few > thousand 35mm colour negatives. > > However, before I start I wonder if anyone knows of anything that will turn > a digitised colour negative into a colour positive.  I've wandered t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] GIMP Add-In Maybe?

2009-11-09 Thread Paul Taylor
Hi Ian, I've done quite a bit of mass conversion work on images. I think Imagemagick, as opposed to GIMP, might help you out a lot. I asked my good mate Gareth Google, and he gave me this page :- http://polishlinux.org/apps/graphics/enchanting-pictures-with-imagemagick/ Take a look for the -ne

[ubuntu-uk] GIMP Add-In Maybe?

2009-11-09 Thread Ian Pascoe
Evening all I have the pleasant task over the Winter months to start to scan in a few thousand 35mm colour negatives. However, before I start I wonder if anyone knows of anything that will turn a digitised colour negative into a colour positive. I've wandered through the GIMP, but really haven't

Re: [ubuntu-uk] gimp

2007-02-11 Thread Robin Menneer
On 2/9/07, Caroline Ford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: London School of Puppetry wrote: > > > On 06/02/07, Caroline Ford <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > wrote: > > If you are running with kde libraries installed I'd recommend krita the > kde bitmap editor as well. > I'm not ru

Re: [ubuntu-uk] gimp

2007-02-08 Thread Caroline Ford
London School of Puppetry wrote: > > > On 06/02/07, Caroline Ford <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > wrote: > > If you are running with kde libraries installed I'd recommend krita the > kde bitmap editor as well. > > I really think the gimp is being oversold by the community in gen

Re: [ubuntu-uk] gimp

2007-02-08 Thread London School of Puppetry
On 06/02/07, Caroline Ford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Like many others, I enjoy processing digital photos. In the old days I played in the darkroom, now I like to think that my computer, plus software, is my digital darkroom. So, what do I want to do? I want to be able to selectively crop whilst m

Re: [ubuntu-uk] gimp

2007-02-07 Thread Robin Menneer
On 2/7/07, Scrase, Eddie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm the more confused. You both seem to say that I can use KDE software > on Gnome (ubuntu) if I go to a lot of trouble (and knowledge that I lack) > to make it work. Or am I just not understanding the issues. What I want, > in the ide

Re: [ubuntu-uk] gimp

2007-02-07 Thread Scrase, Eddie
> I'm the more confused. You both seem to say that I can use KDE software > on Gnome (ubuntu) if I go to a lot of trouble (and knowledge that I lack) > to make it work. Or am I just not understanding the issues. What I want, > in the ideal situation, is a list of software, as in ADD/REMOVE wi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] gimp

2007-02-06 Thread James Dalley
>norman wrote: >results achieved by Alana Pope, I am not sure that I could meet the Is that your weekend alter-ego?? James _ Live Search: Better results, fast http://get.live.com/search/overview-- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://

Re: [ubuntu-uk] gimp

2007-02-06 Thread Caroline Ford
Alan Pope wrote: > On Tue, 2007-02-06 at 18:26 +, Caroline Ford wrote: > >> If you are running with kde libraries installed I'd recommend krita the >> kde bitmap editor as well. >> >> I really think the gimp is being oversold by the community in general. >> It is very badly designed and do

Re: [ubuntu-uk] gimp

2007-02-06 Thread Alan Pope
On Tue, 2007-02-06 at 18:26 +, Caroline Ford wrote: > If you are running with kde libraries installed I'd recommend krita the > kde bitmap editor as well. > > I really think the gimp is being oversold by the community in general. > It is very badly designed and doesn't do 32 bit colour. The

Re: [ubuntu-uk] gimp

2007-02-06 Thread Caroline Ford
David Morley wrote: > Like many others, I enjoy processing digital photos. In the old days I > played in the darkroom, now I like to think that my computer, plus > software, is my digital darkroom. So, what do I want to do? I want to be > able to selectively crop whilst maintaining a fixed aspect,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] gimp

2007-02-06 Thread Robin Menneer
On 2/6/07, norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Like many others, I enjoy processing digital photos. In the old days I played in the darkroom, now I like to think that my computer, plus software, is my digital darkroom. So, what do I want to do? I want to be able to selectively crop whilst maintain

Re: [ubuntu-uk] gimp

2007-02-06 Thread norman
On Tue, 2007-02-06 at 14:44 +, Alan Pope wrote: > On Tue, Feb 06, 2007 at 01:51:31PM +, norman wrote: > > The only application I have found which will give me all of the few > > things I use is Gimp. I know there are those who say Gimp is too > > complicated but, by a bit of judicious selec

Re: [ubuntu-uk] gimp

2007-02-06 Thread norman
On Tue, 2007-02-06 at 14:32 +, gord wrote: > On Tue, 2007-02-06 at 13:51 +, norman wrote: > > > The only application I have found which will give me all of the few > > things I use is Gimp. I know there are those who say Gimp is too > > complicated but, by a bit of judicious selection, a r

Re: [ubuntu-uk] gimp

2007-02-06 Thread norman
snip > > Happy birthday for next week wish my old Dad would switch to Ubuntu. Thank you Caroline. Tell your Dad that Ubuntu is the best thing since sliced bread. Norman -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] gimp

2007-02-06 Thread norman
< snip > > > I'm sure I've seen an e-book on the Gimp? Might be worth hitting search > engine of choice. There is Grokking the Gimp which is very helpful and also several websites such as:- http://www.gimpguru.org/Tutorials/ http://gimpguru.org/AskTheGuru/G20050312/ Norman -- ubuntu-uk@list

Re: [ubuntu-uk] gimp

2007-02-06 Thread David Morley
Like many others, I enjoy processing digital photos. In the old days I played in the darkroom, now I like to think that my computer, plus software, is my digital darkroom. So, what do I want to do? I want to be able to selectively crop whilst maintaining a fixed aspect, usually 7 x 5 because I prin

Re: [ubuntu-uk] gimp

2007-02-06 Thread Alan Pope
On Tue, Feb 06, 2007 at 01:51:31PM +, norman wrote: > The only application I have found which will give me all of the few > things I use is Gimp. I know there are those who say Gimp is too > complicated but, by a bit of judicious selection, a relatively few key > presses, plus patience. gives m

Re: [ubuntu-uk] gimp

2007-02-06 Thread Alan Pope
On Tue, Feb 06, 2007 at 02:36:52PM +, baza wrote: > On Tue, 2007-02-06 at 13:51 +, norman wrote: > > > > > The only application I have found which will give me all of the few > > things I use is Gimp. I know there are those who say Gimp is too > > complicated but, by a bit of judicious se

Re: [ubuntu-uk] gimp

2007-02-06 Thread Daniel Watkins
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 norman wrote: > > Perhaps it could make a useful > subject for a video or perhaps there is a piece of software other than > Gimp to give the same end result. You could find your local (G)LUG and offer to give a tutorial on the GIMP... -BEGIN PGP S

Re: [ubuntu-uk] gimp

2007-02-06 Thread baza
On Tue, 2007-02-06 at 13:51 +, norman wrote: > > The only application I have found which will give me all of the few > things I use is Gimp. I know there are those who say Gimp is too > complicated but, by a bit of judicious selection, a relatively few key > presses, plus patience. gives me m

Re: [ubuntu-uk] gimp

2007-02-06 Thread gord
On Tue, 2007-02-06 at 13:51 +, norman wrote: > The only application I have found which will give me all of the few > things I use is Gimp. I know there are those who say Gimp is too > complicated but, by a bit of judicious selection, a relatively few key > presses, plus patience. gives me my e

Re: [ubuntu-uk] gimp

2007-02-06 Thread London School of Puppetry
On 06/02/07, norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Like many others, I enjoy processing digital photos. In the old days I > played in the darkroom, now I like to think that my computer, plus > software, is my digital darkroom. So, what do I want to do? I want to be > able to selectively crop whilst m

[ubuntu-uk] gimp

2007-02-06 Thread norman
Like many others, I enjoy processing digital photos. In the old days I played in the darkroom, now I like to think that my computer, plus software, is my digital darkroom. So, what do I want to do? I want to be able to selectively crop whilst maintaining a fixed aspect, usually 7 x 5 because I pri