[Gimp-user] Problems with Mandrake 9.0
Hi all, Has anybody else experienced problems when trying to change the color of individual pixels when creating or editing a graphic? When I try to change the color of individual pixels using the pencil ( with the smallest *point*) the pixel may or may not actually change; sometimes, actually quite often, the pixels are changed in a seemingly random order, substituting the surrounding pixels instead of the one that I clicked on (if I drag the pencil, then blocks of pixels are randomly changed). This also happens when using the eraser tool. It is not an actual problem with The Gimp because if I minimise, then restore the graphic's window then the actual changes made are seen rather than the *apparent* changes as seen when working on the graphic. It would seem then that the problem is a rendering one rather than a bug in The Gimp itself. I have the exact same problem on my laptop (also with Mandrake 9.0) - so it's not a problem with the video card - but never experienced it before using Mandrake 8.2 on either computer. Maybe I could install The Gimp from source in a directory of it's own away from Mandrake's installation and therefore avoiding the rendering issues - would this solve the problem? If so how do I do it and satisfy all the dependency requirements? cheers, Nigel Ridley. I AM Bible Studies and Resources http://www.i-amfaithweb.net Messianic E-Cards http://www.i-amfaithweb.net/cardcenter.htm OliveRoot Ministries http://www.oliveroot.net ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Looking for another technique
Mark Drummond writes: > I would like to take a photographic image and convert the image to > only two colours ... with the subject of the photograph (say, a > person) in the foreground colour and the rest in the background > colour, effectively making a silouette(sp) of the photo's subject. I'm pretty sure there are some projects like that in the book "Grokking the Gimp", at http://gimp-savvy.com/, as well as various ways of selecting the foreground object. The straightforward way is to use your favorite technique to make the selection around the subject (I usually end up making a Bezier path then doing Path to Selection, but sometimes you can use the magic wand or other selection tools, depending on the image), use the bucket fill tool to fill with the foreground color, do Selection->Invert, and use bucket fill to fill with the background color. ...Akkana ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Looking for another technique
Going back to the desktop wallpaper I created for myself: The wallpaper utilises only two colours, one for the background and one for any graphics/objects on the background, basically a "black & white" background but using two differant colours instead of b & w. I would like to take a photographic image and convert the image to only two colours ... with the subject of the photograph (say, a person) in the foreground colour and the rest in the background colour, effectively making a silouette(sp) of the photo's subject. So basically I need to rubber band the subject of the photograph (I would assume some method of masking would be best here) and convert the photo to only the two colours I am using, but my fiddling around has so far not gotten me anywhere. Any tips? Sorry, I am an absolute novice with image editing/manipulation. I am reading some of the online gimp guides/manuals but that only gets me so far! Thanks! -- Mark Drummond Technical Specialist STANTIVE Solutions Inc. - Kingston, ON, Canada Sun Microsystems Independent Sales Organization (ISO) T] 613.634.7410 ext.226 E] [EMAIL PROTECTED] F] 613.634.7412 W] www.stantive.com ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
