Re: [Gimp-user] Convert text to path
> Hi, > > I'm reading in the manual http://docs.gimp.org/en/ch07s05s05.html that > I can convert tet to path, but I cannot find or I don't know how to > access the text tools option "Create path from text button" they are > talking about. What I am doing is double clicking on the text layer on > the layers window, maybe this is wrong? When you click on the Text tool, the associated text tool box has a "Text along Path" button So make your path, write your text, and press the button Owen ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] sky question
Marco Presi writes: > If you want to artificially change the colors, I think the best way to > do it, is to do it in a selective manner: > > 1) duplicate the layer of the original photo > 2) change the color of the duplicate layer by using the color balance > tool to reach the sky tonality you want (don't pay attention to want > happens to the rest of the photo) > 3) apply a layer mask to the modified layer (hiding all the modified > layer) > 4) select a brush with proper dimensions and draw with it over the layer > mask: this will reveal the modified layer. If you draw only over the sky > region, you will obtain the sky with your colors, while keeping the rest > of the image with original colors. You can play with different brushes > and different brush settings (I found the opacity setting very useful) > and see how to get the best results If you get tired of drawing manually on the layer mask to keep only the sky, there are ways of getting GIMP to select the sky for you. Basically, you use Decompose to split the image into various aspects (hue/saturation/value, red/green/blue or sometimes others) then use one or more of those layers to help you make a layer mask. There used to be a wonderful tutorial on that technique by Jenny Drake, but unfortunately the site is no longer online. The Internet Archive has the text of the tutorial but no inline images, but you can read the text here: http://web.archive.org/web/20050313031704/http://www.photojenic.co.uk/home-page/gimp-sky-colour.html And Carol Spears wrote a good tutorial based on it which *does* have images: http://carol.gimp.org/gimp2/photography/sky/compose/ If you can forgive a brief commercial note, there will be a couple of examples of the same technique in the 2nd edition of Beginning GIMP (expected in late December). Now that I see Jenny's tutorial is gone, maybe I'll try to find time to put some of it into a web tutorial ... -- ...Akkana "Beginning GIMP: From Novice to Professional" http://gimpbook.com ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Convert text to path
Hi, I'm reading in the manual http://docs.gimp.org/en/ch07s05s05.html that I can convert tet to path, but I cannot find or I don't know how to access the text tools option "Create path from text button" they are talking about. What I am doing is double clicking on the text layer on the layers window, maybe this is wrong? Thanks ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Moving text while typing it.
On Sun, 16 Nov 2008 11:03:40 +0100 Sven Neumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > On Sun, 2008-11-16 at 10:02 +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote: > > 2008/11/15 Sven Neumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > >> If I click the canvas on the in the text field, then I can move the > > >> text field with the arrow keys, but I still cannot drag it with the > > >> mouse. > > > > > > Why not? Works just fine here. > > > > > > > I really do not know why not. I am on a pretty stock Kubuntu 8.04 (KDE > > 3.5.10) installation, with proprietary ATI video drivers. > > Then your window manager is definitely misbehaving. The text editor > dialog is transient to the image window. It is not a modal dialog. If it > was modal, that would explain the behavior you are seeing. Perhaps your > window manager implements transient dialogs as modal? I suggest that you > file a bug report against your window manager. I'm not sure which version of GIMP you are talking about. I have 2.4.7, and even though the text editor isn't modal, I cannot move the text. The cursor remain in the 'edit' shape (double T) even when over the drawing. Clicking on the text doesn't do anything, outside the text starts a new one (as described). To be able to move the text, I have to select the move tool, which, of course, closes the text tool. I had been considering sending an RFE about this too. So, I confirm Dotan's report. My WM is xfce 4.4.2, if that influences things. (X11 is xorg 7.4) John ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Moving text while typing it.
2008/11/16 Sven Neumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Then your window manager is definitely misbehaving. The text editor > dialog is transient to the image window. It is not a modal dialog. If it > was modal, that would explain the behavior you are seeing. Perhaps your > window manager implements transient dialogs as modal? I suggest that you > file a bug report against your window manager. > Actually, I have been having problems with Compiz recently. After a reinstall that I plan for the next few weeks I will see if the problem returns and I will file bugs as appropriate. Thanks. -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת ä-ö-ü-ß-Ä-Ö-Ü ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Moving text while typing it.
Hi, On Sun, 2008-11-16 at 10:02 +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote: > 2008/11/15 Sven Neumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> If I click the canvas on the in the text field, then I can move the > >> text field with the arrow keys, but I still cannot drag it with the > >> mouse. > > > > Why not? Works just fine here. > > > > I really do not know why not. I am on a pretty stock Kubuntu 8.04 (KDE > 3.5.10) installation, with proprietary ATI video drivers. Then your window manager is definitely misbehaving. The text editor dialog is transient to the image window. It is not a modal dialog. If it was modal, that would explain the behavior you are seeing. Perhaps your window manager implements transient dialogs as modal? I suggest that you file a bug report against your window manager. Sven ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Moving text while typing it.
2008/11/15 Sven Neumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> If I click the canvas on the in the text field, then I can move the >> text field with the arrow keys, but I still cannot drag it with the >> mouse. > > Why not? Works just fine here. > I really do not know why not. I am on a pretty stock Kubuntu 8.04 (KDE 3.5.10) installation, with proprietary ATI video drivers. Anything else that might be affecting this? Should I try to build from Trunk and confirm the issue in a more recent version? -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת ä-ö-ü-ß-Ä-Ö-Ü ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
