[Gimp-user] install problem
i don't know if i can email this addres but it's the only addres i saw that could be useful on the gimp home page, but i downloaded gimp through cnet.com and when i try and open the 10.7 meg file it wants to associate the file to a program ( or in other words a program to open it with). is this a result of an incomplete file, or maybe a mac version, or could the problem just be that i need to open it with an install prgram? Thank you for you time. Gratefully, Gollum ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] rotate image script-fu
> would you can send me the script? I am very interested about using GIMP to > make/process animations, so a script that gets all the imagens in a > directory, and apply some kind of transformation in them would be very > useful for me. And I am still a Script-fu beginner :) > > thank you, > andrei Now *that* is a noble cause. ;-) I'm not really all that crazy about Scheme (Gimp's built-in scripting language), so I don't write with it. I really, really like Python, though, and there are Python bindings for the Gimp. You can download them at http://www.daa.com.au/~james/pygimp/ Use the documentation there, plus the PDB browser, to figure out everything you can do. In the meantime, here's a quick little script I whipped up to rotate a series of images in a directory. To avoid writing something that would be trivial to do with "convert," I've put in a little twist... The first image is slightly rotated, the second a little bit more, and so on, until the last image, which goes to the user-specified rotation. Enjoy! --Joel rotate.py - #!/usr/bin/env python # # rotate.py # # animate rotating all images in a directory; The first image gets rotated # very little, progressing to the final image, which gets rotated by # a user-specified degree. # # Copyright 2002, Joel Hatch # Licensed under the GNU GPL # 18 June 2002 from gimpfu import * import math, os, traceback Error = "Error" def rotateImages(directory, degrees): "Rotate images in a directory" # Make sure the directory is valid path = os.path.normpath(directory) if not os.path.isdir(path): raise Error, "Directory %s not found" % path # Get and sort a list of files in the directory oldDir = os.getcwd() os.chdir(path) files = os.listdir(path) files.sort() # figure out how far to rotate each image; we are going to get a # group of images, and rotate each image further until the last image # is the full rotation. (convert to radians) standardRotation = (float(degrees) * math.pi) / (len(files) * 180) currentRotation = 0 for file in files: try: # load the image graphicFile = pdb.gimp_file_load(file, file) # add an alpha channnel to the bottom layer, so the background # will be transparent pdb.gimp_layer_add_alpha(graphicFile.layers[0]) # calculate how big the containing box will need to be # (our picture is a rectangle, inside a circle (the rotation), # inside a square (the containing box size). The width and # height of the containing box are the same as the diameter of # the circle, which can be found from the rectangle with d^2=w^2+h^2 size = math.sqrt(graphicFile.width**2 + graphicFile.height**2) # calculate the top left position of our image inside the # containing box top = (size - graphicFile.height)/2 left = (size - graphicFile.width)/2 # resize the image to the containing box pdb.gimp_image_resize(graphicFile, size, size, left, top) # rotate every layer in the image currentRotation = currentRotation - standardRotation for layer in graphicFile.layers: pdb.gimp_rotate(layer, FALSE, currentRotation) left, top = layer.offsets pdb.gimp_layer_resize(layer, size, size, left, top) # save and close the file if len(graphicFile.layers) > 1: finalLayer = pdb.gimp_image_merge_visible_layers(graphicFile, CLIP_TO_IMAGE) else: finalLayer = graphicFile.layers[0] finalName = "n_%s.png" % os.path.splitext(file)[0] pdb.file_png_save(graphicFile, finalLayer, finalName, finalName, \ FALSE, 6, TRUE, TRUE, TRUE, TRUE, TRUE) pdb.gimp_image_delete(graphicFile) # If you want to display the image, instead of closing it, comment the # above line, and un-comment the line below # pdb.gimp_display_new(graphicFile) except: traceback.print_exc() # change back to the default directory os.chdir(oldDir) register( "python_fu_rotate", "Rotate all images in a directory", "", "Joel Hatch", "", "16 June 2002", "/Xtns/Python-Fu/Animation/Rotate", "RGB*, GRAY*", [ (PF_STRING, "Directory", "Directory containing files to rotate", ""), (PF_INT,"degrees","Degrees to rotate the final image", "") ], [], rotateImages) main() -- ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Prepress preparation
My $0.02: As of right now, your best option is to have the printer handle the conversion. Give them a nice RGB TIFF; they shouldn't have any problem converting it to CMYK. Your resulting image won't look quite as good coming from RGB as it would from something that started as CMYK, because the color spaces are a bit different, but generally it's not *that* big a deal. The printer will probably charge a bit to do the conversion, but if they do it, it'll definately work with their production equipment. It's likely to be the simplest, most cost-effective way of getting the project done. (That said, I have not created any book covers in the Gimp, but I *have* put together a few with Quark and Photoshop. I find that Gimp is *wonderful* for on-line stuff, and for automatic processing, but Photoshop is still needed for CMYK (and Pantone, and Hexachrome) support. Hopefully, Gimp 2.0 will fix some of this.) --Joel > Now, I want to make a book cover, four color. I know that cmyk is handled > only marginally in Gimp. I don't have and don't particularly want to have > Adobe Distiller (the Unix price is ridiculous.) So what is the best > strategy for me to follow, assuming that my printer will need to pick up > the prepress preparation burden at some point? Should I attempt to prepare > separations? Should I convert my Gimp-made cover to pdf via Ghostscript? > > And has anyone actually done a book cover in four colors using Gimp? > > All replies appreciated. > > John Culleton ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Prepress preparation
First, thanks to all who answered my border question. I am keeping all those messages for future reference. Now, I want to make a book cover, four color. I know that cmyk is handled only marginally in Gimp. I don't have and don't particularly want to have Adobe Distiller (the Unix price is ridiculous.) So what is the best strategy for me to follow, assuming that my printer will need to pick up the prepress preparation burden at some point? Should I attempt to prepare separations? Should I convert my Gimp-made cover to pdf via Ghostscript? And has anyone actually done a book cover in four colors using Gimp? All replies appreciated. John Culleton __ D O T E A S Y - "Join the web hosting revolution!" http://www.doteasy.com ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Re: Using text and anchor layer
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (2002-06-18 at 1442.30 +0200): > I have yet to see the "anchor layer" menu item activated. It seems > always to be greyed out. Is this normal? That is for floating layer, an old thing... I think it will disappear in the future. Basically every time someone sees "floating layer" in the dialog he should hit "new layer" button and keep working. > When I use the standard text tool and click on my background, a font > dialog pops up, and I can select all the desired font > characteristics. None of these are reflected in the "preview" > window, into which I've typed my text. Then when I click "OK", > absolutely nothing at all happens, except that the dialog > disappears. No text appears on the background. I'm fairly sure I'm > not creating text in the background colour, too. So, is the standard > text tool just unusably broken, or am I missing some vital step or > doing something else really dumb? Dunno, maybe out of screen or weird colour. You should forget about it anyway, use GDynText or the FreeType one. > So, I try the dynamic text tool. Much better, at least I can get > text to appear, and the preview *does* show me all the selected > characteristics. Placement is always at top left of the background > layer, on a separate GDynText layer. To position the text I have to > then position the text layer over the background. Not much of a > problem. However, I can't anchor this layer. "Merge down" works, but > then of course the text becomes one with everything and is no longer > separately manipulable. You can move it, and you can edit that layer and it will keep the new position. Merging down the layer is bad if you really do not need, cos you lose the edit feature, as well as the option to move the text. If you use GDynText in a GDynText layer, you ented edit mode (it has some bugs about forgeting the encoding, but it is pretty nice). > Now, maybe I don't actually *need* to anchor the text - however, a > great many articles and tutorials about the Gimp make use of this > feature, which seems to me to be permanently disabled. Have I > fundamentally misunderstood something here? OK, my prefered method for text: GDynText and keep the layers as they are, except renaming them to "T: ". Plain tool is not an option, nor good rendering nor save info, and the FreeType based text tool, while good rendering, does not keep the info for edition (my usage requires more editing than very high quality). For the record: what I have heard is that next version will have good quality and save info feature. Current solutions are band aids and will be kept in 1.2 (only bugs are solved in 1.2). GSR ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
RE: [Gimp-user] Border around image.
Correction that should be ->Script-Fu->Decor->Add Border. -Sam -Original Message- From: Walker, Sam Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 7:43 AM To: 'John Culleton'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [Gimp-user] Border around image. There is a Script-Fu plugin under ->Decor->Add Border. A dialog will ask the border width (x and y), color, and is does a beveling effect if you specify a "Delta Value on Color" > 1. -Sam -Original Message- From: John Culleton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, June 17, 2002 6:23 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Gimp-user] Border around image. I want to put a black border around a (mostly white) image so that it will stand out on a white web page. Any suggestions? I tried the shif/click method of creating a straight line with pencil but it didn't seem to work for me. Can someone walk me through it step by step? Thanks John Culleton __ D O T E A S Y - "Join the web hosting revolution!" http://www.doteasy.com ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Using text and anchor layer
Hi there. I'm using Gimp 1.2.3 (came with SuSE Linix 8.0). I have yet to see the "anchor layer" menu item activated. It seems always to be greyed out. Is this normal? When I use the standard text tool and click on my background, a font dialog pops up, and I can select all the desired font characteristics. None of these are reflected in the "preview" window, into which I've typed my text. Then when I click "OK", absolutely nothing at all happens, except that the dialog disappears. No text appears on the background. I'm fairly sure I'm not creating text in the background colour, too. So, is the standard text tool just unusably broken, or am I missing some vital step or doing something else really dumb? So, I try the dynamic text tool. Much better, at least I can get text to appear, and the preview *does* show me all the selected characteristics. Placement is always at top left of the background layer, on a separate GDynText layer. To position the text I have to then position the text layer over the background. Not much of a problem. However, I can't anchor this layer. "Merge down" works, but then of course the text becomes one with everything and is no longer separately manipulable. Now, maybe I don't actually *need* to anchor the text - however, a great many articles and tutorials about the Gimp make use of this feature, which seems to me to be permanently disabled. Have I fundamentally misunderstood something here? Yours in some mystification, K. -- ~~~ Karl Auer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) +41-43-2660706 (h) http://www.biplane.com.au/~kauer/ +41- 1-6327531 (w) ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
RE: [Gimp-user] Border around image.
There is a Script-Fu plugin under ->Decor->Add Border. A dialog will ask the border width (x and y), color, and is does a beveling effect if you specify a "Delta Value on Color" > 1. -Sam -Original Message- From: John Culleton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, June 17, 2002 6:23 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Gimp-user] Border around image. I want to put a black border around a (mostly white) image so that it will stand out on a white web page. Any suggestions? I tried the shif/click method of creating a straight line with pencil but it didn't seem to work for me. Can someone walk me through it step by step? Thanks John Culleton __ D O T E A S Y - "Join the web hosting revolution!" http://www.doteasy.com ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Border around image.
On Tuesday 18 June 2002 00:23 am, John Culleton wrote: > I want to put a black border around a (mostly white) image so that it will > stand out on a white web page. Any suggestions? Why not just use the border attribute in your html, eg: -- John NUMBER CRUNCHING: Jumping on a Computer. ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
