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Today's Topics:
1. Re: Feathering and Masks (Asif Lodhi)
2. RE: Re: GIMP can induce De Quervain's disease (david burzota)
3. Re: Re: GIMP can induce De Quervain's disease (Rikard Johnels)
4. Re:Re: GIMP can induce De Quervain's disease (Hector Noriega)
5. Re: Re: GIMP can induce De Quervain's disease (VytautasP)
6. Re: Re: GIMP can induce De Quervain's disease (Michael Schumacher)
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Message: 1
Date: Sun, 9 Jul 2006 02:22:06 +0500
From: "Asif Lodhi"
Subject: [Gimp-user] Re: Feathering and Masks
To: gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu
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Hi,
> Message: 3
> From: A
> Subject: [Gimp-user] Feathering and Masks
> anyone know something that explains "Feathering" REALLY well?
> ...............................
> Then ... how to turn that into a mask ...
I would suggest that you go through "Grokking the Gimp" at
http://www.gimp-savvy.com/ - that's an excellent book even though some
of the material is rather old. Secondly, I would suggest that you
read Graphics articles at http://www.webreference.com by Wendy Peck
and others. Though those articles are mostly about other tools (no
Gimp stuff) but you will certainly get an idea as to what the graphics
stuff like feathers, masks, etc. is all about. Also, go through the
Gimp Tutorials on Gimp's website.
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Asif
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 08 Jul 2006 23:10:20 -0700
From: "david burzota"
Subject: RE: [Gimp-user] Re: GIMP can induce De Quervain's disease
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Another alternative would be to signal the start and end of the draw
operation with a key on
the keyboard.
It would require 2 hands, but at least relieve the need to constantly be
pressing
with a finger on the mouse.
David
>From: Roel Schroeven
>To: gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu
>Subject: [Gimp-user] Re: GIMP can induce De Quervain's disease
>Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2006 17:34:11 +0200
>
>Joao S. O. Bueno Calligaris schreef:
>>On Friday 07 July 2006 12:13 am, Hector Noriega wrote:
>>>Hello,
>>>
>>>This might be a common experience (or a well-known fact) among GIMP
>>>users. I just want to say that I just recovered from De Quervain's
>>>disease after an intensive week using GIMP. I'm not familiar with
>>>the new versions of this software, but mine requires keeping both
>>>my thumb and index finger pressed against the mouse while painting
...
>>The motive I am writing however is another one: Mr. Noriega, can you think
>>of a better way of handling painting with the input devices found in most
>>computers? (i.e. keyboard and mouse - maybe mic).
>>The GIMP is comunity based, and you can help us build a better software.
>>Even one that gets ahead the commercial counterparts in some respects.
>
>There's one relatively simple change I can think of, that could reduce
>problems as the one experienced by Hector: instead of requiring the user to
>hold the mouse button pushed down during a drawing operation, it's possible
>to signal the start and the end of a drawing operation with separate mouse
>clicks. I.e. instead of "mouse down -> paint operation -> mouse up" you
>could do "mouse click -> paint operation -> mouse click".
>
>
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>
>Roel Schroeven
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Message: 3
Date: Sun, 9 Jul 2006 12:43:17 +0200
From: Rikard Johnels
Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] Re: GIMP can induce De Quervain's disease
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On Sunday 09 July 2006 08:10, david burzota wrote:
> Another alternative would be to signal the start and end of the draw
> operation with a key on
> the keyboard.
>
> It would require 2 hands, but at least relieve the need to constantly be
> pressing
> with a finger on the mouse.
>
> David
>
> >From: Roel Schroeven
> >To: gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu
> >Subject: [Gimp-user] Re: GIMP can induce De Quervain's disease
> >Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2006 17:34:11 +0200
> >
> >Joao S. O. Bueno Calligaris schreef:
> >>On Friday 07 July 2006 12:13 am, Hector Noriega wrote:
> >>>Hello,
> >>>
> >>>This might be a common experience (or a well-known fact) among GIMP
> >>>users. I just want to say that I just recovered from De Quervain's
> >>>disease after an intensive week using GIMP. I'm not familiar with
> >>>the new versions of this software, but mine requires keeping both
> >>>my thumb and index finger pressed against the mouse while painting
>
> ...
>
> >>The motive I am writing however is another one: Mr. Noriega, can you
> >> think of a better way of handling painting with the input devices found
> >> in most computers? (i.e. keyboard and mouse - maybe mic).
> >>The GIMP is comunity based, and you can help us build a better software.
> >>Even one that gets ahead the commercial counterparts in some respects.
> >
> >There's one relatively simple change I can think of, that could reduce
> >problems as the one experienced by Hector: instead of requiring the user
> > to hold the mouse button pushed down during a drawing operation, it's
> > possible to signal the start and the end of a drawing operation with
> > separate mouse clicks. I.e. instead of "mouse down -> paint operation ->
> > mouse up" you could do "mouse click -> paint operation -> mouse click".
> >
> >
> >--
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> >on the shoulders of giants. -- Isaac Newton
> >
> >Roel Schroeven
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But that would induce repetetive ovements of the arms and shoulders as you
lift and move your hands. That is the same type of stress a supermarket clerk
has. And we all know the problems they get...
I think the tablet idea is the most functional alternative to mouse/keyboard.
Maybe combined with left hand on the keyboard (if you are right handed) using
the short cut keys. As little "meta-ctrl-alt" combos as possible to relieve
finger stress
It would be cool to colorcode a keyboard a la the ones available for the video
editing software "Final Cut Pro".
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Message: 4
Date: Sun, 09 Jul 2006 11:16:39 -0500
From: "Hector Noriega"
Subject: Re:[GIMP-user] Re: GIMP can induce De Quervain's disease
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Hi,
Thanks for all the comments and suggestions. My message about De
Quervain�s disease-GIMP
connection was not meant to be a complaint about the GIMP or any other
software. I just
wanted to point out two things: 1) that we can definitely end up with
painful, inflamed
tendons after pressing the mouse for several hours non-interrupted,
regardless of the software
we are using and as harmless as a mouse might look and 2) that we
don�t really know how
much is too much as for the pressure and time our wrists/hands can
resist until we actually get
the carpal tunnel syndrome or De Quervain�s disease. I don�t play
computer games, but just like
the few previous times of intensive use of my mouse, I felt naturally
confident that the
numbness in my hand/wrist (after n hours of tension painting and
retouching with GIMP) should
disappear after stretching, relaxing and taking a reasonable rest.
That�s maybe true for one day
of work, but not for 5 days like my case, when I had to paint and
retouch a bunch of old
pictures in one week and GIMP was my first choice. De Quervain�s
disease is subtle and
somehow deceptive: you don�t feel any pain nor any remote trace that
your tendons are
getting inflamed. In the morning of my last day of work, I woke up
with an uncomfortable
sensation in my wrist that I could not call a true pain, but I kept
going anyway and finished my
work. An increasing pain came afterwards, in the next days after using
the GIMP and would not
disappear even with relaxing exercises and long rest. I reached the
point of not being able to
move my right hand. Even so, I still believed the pain would go away
in the next days. I was
wrong, the pain increased and it took me 2 � months to make it
disappear. After the first
month, my doctor even suggested surgery. Fortunately, the
corticosteroid injection, powerful
medication and ice prevented me from investing at least $1500 more in
wrist surgery.
The conclusion : Beware of irresponsible use of the mouse. De
Quervain�s disease is definitely
deceptive and resembles a broken bone: it takes weeks/months to heal.
H. Noriega
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Message: 5
Date: Sun, 09 Jul 2006 20:32:03 +0300
From: VytautasP
Subject: Re: [GIMP-user] Re: GIMP can induce De Quervain's disease
To: Hector Noriega
Cc: gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU
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> The conclusion : Beware of irresponsible use of the mouse. De
> Quervainâs disease is definitely
> deceptive and resembles a broken bone: it takes weeks/months to
> heal.
>
> H. Noriega
And it takes 5min break per hour to avoid it.
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Message: 6
Date: Sun, 09 Jul 2006 20:31:41 +0200
From: Michael Schumacher
Subject: Re: [GIMP-user] Re: GIMP can induce De Quervain's disease
To: GIMP User
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VytautasP wrote:
> H. Noriega wrote:
>> The conclusion : Beware of irresponsible use of the mouse. De
>> Quervainâs disease is definitely deceptive and resembles a
>> broken bone: it takes weeks/months to heal.
> And it takes 5min break per hour to avoid it.
There are even tools to remind you of this, e.g.
http://www.workrave.org/
HTH,
Michael
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Sorry for the double posting I did place my response in the correct area. I also failed to correctly indicate a possible way to alleviate stress from using the mouse when painting. If you would go to your mouse setting and check enable clicklock this will allow you to select any tool and once you begin an operation with the tool all you have to do is hold the mouse button for a second and the tool is engaged without you having to hold the mouse button down while you performing you operation. Then when you are finished all you have to do is click again and the mouse is back to normal. This is a real time saver when doing long operations using the mouse. Hope this helps.
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