[Gimp-user] Fonts
I'm a new user to GIMP. I have been thru Akkana Peck's book. I have used preferences to remove the reference to the Windows Font Folder and inserted my own Font Folder. GIMP sees my Font Folder but still picks up Windows Fonts. Is there a way to eliminate Windows Fonts from being seen by GIMP? Thanks, Charlie crutle...@knology.net -- Charlie (via www.gimpusers.com) ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] how to reproduce the carved in text style as in Window title bar in Mac OS
Hello. How can I reproduce the carved text effect as used on window title bars in Mac OS X? Here is a screenshot of Mac OS X in use: http://blandname.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/09/mac-os-x-1047-server-screenshot.png Please notice the text string, which looks a bit carved in. I could use drop-shadow (make text layer, make path out of it, make selection out of the path, cut the selection to alpha transparency, add drop-shadow) but it just doesn't look like what is is in Mac OS X, not as beautiful. I also tried to use script-fu layer effects http://registry.gimp.org/node/186 where there is an innerShadow tool. Doesn't produce nearly perfect image as Mac OS X does. Or did I just miss the right parameter to do so? Thanks. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] How Lighten Shadow Details In a Selected Area?
Tom, there are several ways to lighten up shadows, which to choose is difficult to say without the image. If you send me the image (RAW and your tiff) I would love to give them a try in my video podcast at http://meetthegimp.org. Rolf On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 4:10 AM, Tom for...@gimpusers.com wrote: What went wrong with the below photo when I tried to increase the brightness on the the darkest portions of the below photo? And what is a good way to selectively lighten the dark shadow areas of a photo? What I did 1. Created a 16bit tiff from a Canon CR2 RAW 2. Opened the photo in GIMP. 3. Made a new layer 4. Selected a dark part with the color selection tool which selected all the darkest parts of the photo as can be seen below. 5. Opened Colors/Brightness-Contrast 6. Increased the Brightness which yielded the below disastrous results. The selected parts just turned solid gray. http://www.flickr.com/photos/tombrooklyn/4173460922/sizes/o/ -- Tom (via www.gimpusers.com) ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Start Up Troubles
I just downloaded GIMP 2 last night and after installing it, I gave it a whirl. It pops up a near endless series of messages that read: The Procedure entry point g_return_if_Fail_warning could not be located in the dynamic link library libglib-2.0-0.dll. I tried renaming/removing the file but nothing has changed. Anyone know what could be wrong? I have windows Vista by the way. -- AJ (via www.gimpusers.com) ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Fonts
I took out all font folders using the preferences dialog and sometimes GIMP will hang for a long time looking for fonts. Weird! Charlie wrote: I'm a new user to GIMP. I have been thru Akkana Peck's book. I have used preferences to remove the reference to the Windows Font Folder and inserted my own Font Folder. GIMP sees my Font Folder but still picks up Windows Fonts. Is there a way to eliminate Windows Fonts from being seen by GIMP? Thanks, Charlie crutle...@knology.net ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Start Up Troubles
On Sun, 2009-12-13 at 17:44 +0100, AJ wrote: I just downloaded GIMP 2 last night and after installing it, I gave it a whirl. It pops up a near endless series of messages that read: The Procedure entry point g_return_if_Fail_warning could not be located in the dynamic link library libglib-2.0-0.dll. The Windows version of gimp should come with the appropriate library, but it may be that it isn't using it, but rather a previous version. See old.nabble.com/gimp-2.6.4-i686-setup.exe-win-gimp-td21490905.html I tried renaming/removing the file but nothing has changed. Anyone know what could be wrong? I have windows Vista by the way. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Start Up Troubles
On Sun, 13 Dec 2009 17:44:06 +0100 (CET), AJ wrote: I tried renaming/removing the file but nothing has changed. Anyone know what could be wrong? I have windows Vista by the way. Don't rename/remove the file that was installed by the installer, but the file that was dropped in your Windows\System32 directory by some broken program. -- Jernej Simončič http://eternallybored.org/ ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Start Up Troubles
On Sun, 13 Dec 2009 17:44:06 +0100 (CET), AJ wrote: I tried renaming/removing the file but nothing has changed. Anyone know what could be wrong? I have windows Vista by the way. Don't rename/remove the file that was installed by the installer, but the file that was dropped in your Windows\System32 directory by some broken program. Thanks to both of you for your suggestions. I tried everything and got frustrated enough to uninstall it and reinstall. It starts up fine now. I will have to use it for a bit to see if anything else comes up. Once again, thanks. -- AJ (via www.gimpusers.com) ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Start Up Troubles
On Sun, 13 Dec 2009 17:44:06 +0100 (CET), AJ wrote: I tried renaming/removing the file but nothing has changed. Anyone know what could be wrong? I have windows Vista by the way. Don't rename/remove the file that was installed by the installer, but the file that was dropped in your Windows\System32 directory by some broken program. Thanks to both of you for your suggestions. I tried everything and got frustrated enough to uninstall it and reinstall. It starts up fine now. I will have to use it for a bit to see if anything else comes up. Once again, thanks. Ok, the woes start again. I now get the same message, but with these: Plug-in crashed: file-jpeg.exe (C:\Program Files\GIMP-2.0\lib\gimp\2.0\plug-ins\file-jpeg.exe) The dying plug-in may have messed up GIMP's internal state. You may want to save your images and restart GIMP to be on the safe side. Opening 'C:\Users\AJ\Pictures\Me, Myself, I and Pals\1Jen huge smile.jpg' failed: Procedure 'file-jpeg-load' returned no return values Help! -- AJ (via www.gimpusers.com) ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] how to reproduce the carved in text style as in Window title bar in Mac OS
I've been playing with this over the last few days. Here are my thoughts on the subject: I think some designers call this the letterpress effect. There are different ways to do it. It takes a while to find the right way. For the particular effect on the image you link to, I might try this: Create text, create drop shadow in contrasting colour. Blur radius set to zero, offsets set to 1px. Play with blending modes of text level. With the above process, I created this: http://www.filefactory.com/file/a103552/n/demo.xcf Here are things to consider when doing this: 1)Consider the colour contrasts of your text, surface and lighting. 2)The width of your font will effect how you will want to create the letterpress illusion. 3) You will have to experiment to get it right. Play with blending modes. 4) Look very closely at the examples you want to emulate. I don't know about anyone else, but I found that getting this effect right to be not as easy as I thought it would be. There are some good photoshop tutorials that can be followed with gimp: http://line25.com/articles/web-design-trend-showcase-letterpress-text-effect -- bob (via www.gimpusers.com) ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] how to reproduce the carved in text style as in Window title bar in Mac OS
bob wrote: I've been playing with this over the last few days. Hi. Thank you very much for the detail explanation. What I overlooked is to try blending mode. I played various setting for drop-shadow but not get even close to the good image I got by using blending mode like Overlay and Soft Light. Best. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
