[Gimp-user] Animation of text for home video editing

2005-11-01 Thread Preben Randhol
Hi

I'm looking for a tool to make some animations. I'm editing some home
videos and I want to add a title screen animation and a scrolling text
at the end. But let's concentrate on the first.

I have been looking at gap and as far as I see from the tutorials it
seems to be a lot of work to make some simple animation. Say I want a
black background and to fade a white text and then after a bit pause
fade it out again. I see how I can do this manually from the tutorials,
but if I want to do this many times with different texts then I imagine
that this should be something a script/macro in gimp could do? However,
I haven't found any and I don't know how to make scripts/macros. So I
was wondering if anybody has something like this laying around? Would be
nice to be able to specify the lenght of the fading in/out time and
pause and the text/image to fade.

If nobody have something like this it would be great with some hints as
to how I can make a script like this. Is Pyhton the most suitable
language to learn to make scripts?

Thanks in advance!

Preben
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Re: [Gimp-user] Problem with patterns

2005-11-01 Thread Jim Lynch
/usr/share/gimp/2.0/patterns
/home/jwl/.gimp-2.2/patterns

The former is where I'm trying to add the pattern.
No -s on this directory.
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root 4096 2005-11-01 07:57 .

I also attempted to add the file to the .gimp... directory but it still
isn't showing up.  I can open the file in gimp and it seems to
show up just fine.  I compared it to a good pattern and except for
the dimensions it's equivalent as far as I can see.  

When I'm in the pattern screen, and click on a pattern, there is a
short description of the pattern displayed, but I can't find any way to
see that description when I'm editing a pattern in gimp.  Is it
possible my converted jpeg image doesn't have that dispaly info in it
and that's why it isn't showing up?

Thanks,
Jim.On 10/31/05, michael chang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 10/31/05, Jim Lynch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> I'm trying to add a pattern and it's just not doing what I think it should.> I loaded a small image, 135x94 into gimp and saved it as a pattern (.pat).
> I then moved it to the /usr/share/gimp/2.0/pattern directory.  I quit gimp> and then brought it back up.  No pattern.  I decided maybe the patterns were> coming from somewhere else, so I did a locate on 
corkboard.pat.  Only one of> them.  OK, so I temporarily moved one of the .pat files to another location,> refreshed gimp again and it was gone.  Ah, so it is reading from that> directory.  Maybe there is something about my image that gimp doesn't like,
> so I copied pine.pat to a new name, 3dwood.pat.  I refreshed gimp again,> closing and restarting.  Nope, no 3dwood.>>  File attributes are just fine, all of them at 644.  Owner is root.root on
> all the files, old and new.>>  Can anyone tell me what's going on?>>  Running on a Debian Sarge release distro with gimp 2.2.In "File|Preferences", what directories are listed as resource sources
for patterns?IIRC, you can also put the pattern in ~/.gimp-2.2/patterns if you aredoing a per-user install (as opposed to system-wide).Also, does the pattern(s) folder have an -s or no?  I forget what the
actual one does have, although IIRC you can set any one you want, intheory.  I could be wrong though, I'm a bit rusty.--~Mike - Just my two cents - No man is an island, and no man is unable.
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Re: [Gimp-user] Problem with patterns

2005-11-01 Thread Carol Spears
On Tue, Nov 01, 2005 at 08:06:26AM -0500, Jim Lynch wrote:
> 
> When I'm in the pattern screen, and click on a pattern, there is a short
> description of the pattern displayed, but I can't find any way to see that
> description when I'm editing a pattern in gimp. Is it possible my converted
> jpeg image doesn't have that dispaly info in it and that's why it isn't
> showing up?
> 
when you saved it as a .pat did it give you the GIMP pattern save
dialog?  if you just changed the name from .jpg to .pat i don't think it
would work.

try saving the same file as a png there.  actually, maybe you should not
run gimp as root at all.  if you want the file to be used by everyone on
your computer (if there is only one, it should be sufficient to save in
your user directory) it is easier and better to move the file as root
from the commandline.  especially after the image is working in a user
directory.

i give that second advice (about not running things as root too often)
not from experience but from the advice that the people writing the
software gave me years ago.  i cannot imagine that things are "safer"
now.  the graphical interface on any computer or operating system is a
weird and perhaps suspicious layer in which the rules are not so direct. 

the gimp patterns are (if i remember correctly) a special case of png.
and since gimp2, png can be viewed as a pattern in that dialog as well.

carol

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[Gimp-user] Font Problem,

2005-11-01 Thread Michael Luich
Hey everyone,

I have a user who keeps getting :
font '-Adobe-Helvetica-Bold-R-Normal-*-*-540-72-72-P-*-ISO10646-1'  not found.

I can recreate it by trying to use the text tool to insert Helvetica bold.

RHEL 3
Everyhting seems to be default.

I can't seem to figure where it's trying to get this font from. I can't
find anything like ISO10646 fonts although I have ISO8859 fonts. I'm
sure I'm missing something simple.


Thanks for the Help.

Michael Luich


Re: [Gimp-user] Animation of text for home video editing

2005-11-01 Thread Carol Spears
On Tue, Nov 01, 2005 at 09:51:14AM +0100, Preben Randhol wrote:
> I'm looking for a tool to make some animations. I'm editing some home
> videos and I want to add a title screen animation and a scrolling text
> at the end. But let's concentrate on the first.
> 
> I have been looking at gap and as far as I see from the tutorials it
> seems to be a lot of work to make some simple animation. Say I want a
> black background and to fade a white text and then after a bit pause
> fade it out again. I see how I can do this manually from the tutorials,
> but if I want to do this many times with different texts then I imagine
> that this should be something a script/macro in gimp could do? However,
> I haven't found any and I don't know how to make scripts/macros. So I
> was wondering if anybody has something like this laying around? Would be
> nice to be able to specify the lenght of the fading in/out time and
> pause and the text/image to fade.
> 
for gap to do this is not so difficult as you seem to think.  you do not
need to remake the text layer each time for either effect mentioned
here.  make one text layer and add that as a layer to your image stack
with Video-->Move Path.  tell the dialog which image in the stack  to 
start adding the fade-in text layer to, and which position in each
images layers.  there is an opacity slider so for the first frame in a
fade in effect, move the slider to 0.  determine the frame in which you
would like the fade-in text to be completely faded in (only you know the
frames per second of your animation and how long you want the effect to
take), select Add Point, tell it the frame to finish the fade in with
and make certain that the opacity slider shows 100.  you can actually
continue all in one step (if you want the text layer to display for a
while and then fade out) by continuing to add points for each transition
in your effect.

it is much worse to write or read about it than it is to actually do
this.

> If nobody have something like this it would be great with some hints as
> to how I can make a script like this. Is Pyhton the most suitable
> language to learn to make scripts?
> 
i use python, but that is a personal preference.  it has documentation
and i have friends that are willing to help me with it.

perl has just as much documentation and i had friends around to help
with that when i was working on updating the scripts for gimp-2.2 --
there is a pre-release of gimp-perl in ftp://ftp.gimp.org/pub somewhere.
and then gimps own script-fu.  that works on windows and if you have
SIOD friends to help with that, there is nothing wrong with this method
to handle your gimp automation needs.  it is a matter of opinion and
resources as to which is the better language to use and underneath it
all it is just gimp anyways.

i have made some python scripts to make up for a few cases where i could
not use gap to do what i wanted.  my scripts are really minimal, gap
does most things already better than can be scripted, in my experiences.
for example, to script gimp to do what you want with gap, you would
still probably have to have places in your dialog where you tell your
script all of the same information you will need to tell gap.  the one
advantage that your script would have is that the dialog would appear
more simple (less options for other things).

gap has a little bit of a learning curve, but once you achieve this it
is more a matter of ignoring all of the parts of the dialog that you
don't need for the task at hand rather than learning a bunch of new
things.

carol

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Re: [Gimp-user] Font Problem,

2005-11-01 Thread Carol Spears
On Tue, Nov 01, 2005 at 01:07:11PM -0500, Michael Luich wrote:
> I have a user who keeps getting :
> font '-Adobe-Helvetica-Bold-R-Normal-*-*-540-72-72-P-*-ISO10646-1' not
> found.
> 
> I can recreate it by trying to use the text tool to insert Helvetica bold.
> 
> RHEL 3
> Everyhting seems to be default.
> 
> I can't seem to figure where it's trying to get this font from. I can't find
> anything like ISO10646 fonts although I have ISO8859 fonts. I'm sure I'm
> missing something simple.
> 
which gimp are you using? and what does RHEL 3 mean?

gimp-2.whatever doesn't ask for fonts this way.

carol

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Re: [Gimp-user] Problem with patterns

2005-11-01 Thread Jim Lynch
I found it.  The images are ordered alphabetically by the
comment.  I didnt realize I had left the default comment of "Gimp
pattern" in the image when I saved it.  

Sorry for the confusion.

Jim.
On 11/1/05, Carol Spears <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

On Tue, Nov 01, 2005 at 08:06:26AM -0500, Jim Lynch wrote:>> When I'm in the pattern screen, and click on a pattern, there is a short
> description of the pattern displayed, but I can't find any way to see that> description when I'm editing a pattern in gimp. Is it possible my converted> jpeg image doesn't have that dispaly info in it and that's why it isn't
> showing up?>when you saved it as a .pat did it give you the GIMP pattern savedialog?  if you just changed the name from .jpg to .pat i don't think itwould work.try saving the same file as a png there.  actually, maybe you should not
run gimp as root at all.  if you want the file to be used by everyone onyour computer (if there is only one, it should be sufficient to save inyour user directory) it is easier and better to move the file as root
from the commandline.  especially after the image is working in a userdirectory.i give that second advice (about not running things as root too often)not from experience but from the advice that the people writing the
software gave me years ago.  i cannot imagine that things are "safer"now.  the graphical interface on any computer or operating system is aweird and perhaps suspicious layer in which the rules are not so direct.
the gimp patterns are (if i remember correctly) a special case of png.and since gimp2, png can be viewed as a pattern in that dialog as well.carol



[Gimp-user] Can't get this image sharp with GIMP. Any suggestions?

2005-11-01 Thread qeldroma
Hello Gimp-users,

i've got a bad digital camera and want to work over the results. Bad in this 
case means, that i've got good resolution and good results concerning the 
light, but a bad sharpness.

My idea is, that if i've got a good resolution, what the fact is, there must 
be a way to sharpen it. Isn't it?

As example you can take the following picture:
http://www.rustedt.de/fileadmin/_temp_/Photo-0036.jpg

This is a good example of what i mean.

Of course, i could do it in Windows using the well known utilities, but i WANT 
to do it with the GIMP ;-)

And of course, i DID try out "sharpness", etc

Any suggestion is welcome, bye, qeldroma
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Re: [Gimp-user] Can't get this image sharp with GIMP. Any suggestions?

2005-11-01 Thread patman
On Tue, Nov 01, 2005 at 09:36:27PM +0100, qeldroma wrote:

> i've got a bad digital camera and want to work over the results. Bad in this 
> case means, that i've got good resolution and good results concerning the 
> light, but a bad sharpness.
> 
> My idea is, that if i've got a good resolution, what the fact is, there must 
> be a way to sharpen it. Isn't it?
> 
> As example you can take the following picture:
> http://www.rustedt.de/fileadmin/_temp_/Photo-0036.jpg

It's blurred, no sharpening can fix that. AFAIK, there are no good methods
to fix blurring, short of a tripod :-(

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Re: [Gimp-user] Can't get this image sharp with GIMP. Any suggestions?

2005-11-01 Thread Carol Spears
On Tue, Nov 01, 2005 at 09:36:27PM +0100, qeldroma wrote:
> 
> i've got a bad digital camera and want to work over the results. Bad in this 
> case means, that i've got good resolution and good results concerning the 
> light, but a bad sharpness.
> 
> My idea is, that if i've got a good resolution, what the fact is, there must 
> be a way to sharpen it. Isn't it?
> 
> As example you can take the following picture:
> http://www.rustedt.de/fileadmin/_temp_/Photo-0036.jpg
> 
> This is a good example of what i mean.
> 
Filters-->Enhance-->Unsharp Mask gives better results.

carol

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Re: [Gimp-user] Can't get this image sharp with GIMP. Any suggestions?

2005-11-01 Thread Brendan
On Tuesday 01 November 2005 04:48 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 01, 2005 at 09:36:27PM +0100, qeldroma wrote:
> > i've got a bad digital camera and want to work over the results. Bad in
> > this case means, that i've got good resolution and good results
> > concerning the light, but a bad sharpness.
> >
> > My idea is, that if i've got a good resolution, what the fact is, there
> > must be a way to sharpen it. Isn't it?
> >
> > As example you can take the following picture:
> > http://www.rustedt.de/fileadmin/_temp_/Photo-0036.jpg
>
> It's blurred, no sharpening can fix that. AFAIK, there are no good methods
> to fix blurring, short of a tripod :-(

Or ditching that case...that thing vibrates the space-time continuum.
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Re: [Gimp-user] Font Problem,

2005-11-01 Thread Matt Gushee
Carol Spears wrote:

>> On Tue, Nov 01, 2005 at 01:07:11PM -0500, Michael Luich wrote:
>>
>
I have a user who keeps getting :
font '-Adobe-Helvetica-Bold-R-Normal-*-*-540-72-72-P-*-ISO10646-1' not
found.


How exactly do they "get" this message? Does it appear in a GIMP error
dialog?


I can recreate it by trying to use the text tool to insert Helvetica
bold.

RHEL 3
Everyhting seems to be default.


Oh, well Red Hat would never configure anything wrong, so it must be
user error  ;-)  (Can you tell I'm a *former* Red Hat user?)


I can't seem to figure where it's trying to get this font from. I
can't find
anything like ISO10646 fonts although I have ISO8859 fonts.


Exactly. GIMP wants a Unicode font, but you don't have it.

I suspect the GIMP is trying to select fonts based on your locale
settings. I'm not up to date with this stuff, so I can't give you
anything authoritative, but a good starting point in diagnosis might be
to check your language settings. E.g. what does

  echo $LANG

tell you? If it says, e.g.,

  en_US.utf8

then that probably accounts for GIMP wanting an iso10646 font. If that
is the case, then try running the GIMP from the command line with

  LANG=en_US gimp &

or perhaps

  LANG=en_US.iso8859-1 gimp &

[there are several ways to spell the encoding; you might have to play
 with it a bit]

So, what if changing LANG does indeed solve the problem? There are
several options:

  1) Change the default LANG for your system ... this is the easiest
 solution, but could well cause problems with other applications.
 Best experiment thoroughly on yourself before inflicting this on
 anyone else.

  2) Install/configure Unicode fonts as needed.

  3) Create a wrapper script for the GIMP that does something like:

   export LANG=en_US
   exec /usr/bin/gimp

And there are probably other solutions too ...

 I'm sure I'm

missing something simple.

>
>>
>> which gimp are you using? and what does RHEL 3 mean?


RHEL is Red Hat Enterprise Linux.


>> gimp-2.whatever doesn't ask for fonts this way.


There are several layers involved in font handling, so the error could
be coming from a deeper level. However, I think you may be right anyway.
The not-found font name is an XLFD (X Logical Font Descriptor); GIMP 2.x
uses the newer Xft font mechanism. I don't think Xft uses XLFDs at all
... but then I really don't understand Xft, so I could easily be mistaken.

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[Gimp-user] double border script

2005-11-01 Thread Alexandre Prokoudine
Hi,

I'm new to Script-Fu (but not to GIMP) and I'm trying to customize
Double Border script by Pavel Antokolsky and Frank Ufie
(http://registry.gimp.org/plugin?id=4899).

The very first thing I did is replacing old calls (beginning with
gimp-palette-*) to new calls (gimp-context-*) to make it work with
GIMP 2.3.x. I also changed some defaults to the ones I usually use.

Then I changed menu to /Filters/Decor so that the obsolete
Script-Fu menu isn't created again.

There are 2 issues left

1. When I try to execute the script, I see the following message:

Error during execution
 (script-fu-border-with-copyright 1 2 1 '(255 255 255) 5 '(0 0 0)
"\302\251 Alexandre Prokoudine, 2004" "Verdana Italic" 11 '(105 81 71)
FALSE FALSE FALSE)
ERROR: Procedural database execution failed:
(gimp-edit-clear 4)

2. When I try to undo changes that the script managed to introduce
before failing, GIMP freezes i.e. stops responding.

I understand that using unstable version isn't a really good idea in
common cases, but for me CMS is critical. Thus, any idea about what
should be fixed is highly appreciated. My version of the script is
attached to this letter.

Thank you in advance.

Best regards,
Alexandre
;;
;; Freely distributed
;;
;; Version 1.0 by Pavel Antokolsky aka Zigmar ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
;;
;; Version 1.1 Fufie ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
;;
;; - Improved error-checking and undo works
;; - Addded support for copyright-notice
;; - Moved script to S-Fu/Decor
;;
;; Version 1.2 Fufie ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
;;
;; - Added blur-effect on copyright-notice
;;   as suggested by Eugene
;;
;; Version 1.2.1 Alexandre Prokoudine ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
;;
;; - changed API calls to 2.3.x ones
;; - changed position of plug-in's position in menu
;; - changed default font settings

(define (script-fu-border-with-copyright aimg adraw ib-width ib-colour ob-width ob-colour
	 text font-name font-size font-colour blur-text
	 work-on-copy flatten-image)

(let* ((type (car (gimp-drawable-type-with-alpha adraw)))
	   (img (if (= work-on-copy TRUE)
		(car (gimp-image-duplicate aimg))
		aimg))
	   (old-width (car (gimp-image-width img)))
	   (old-height (car (gimp-image-height img)))
	   (old-fg (car (gimp-context-get-foreground)))
	   (border-width (+ ib-width ob-width))
	   (new-width (+ old-width (* border-width 2)))
	   (new-height (+ old-height (* border-width 2)))
	   )
  
  ;; Start undo, make it simple.
  (gimp-image-undo-group-start img)

  ;;Add space for the border ("canvas resize")
  (gimp-image-resize img new-width new-height border-width border-width)

  ;; Create new layer for the border
  (set! border-layer (car (gimp-layer-new img 
	  new-width 
	  new-height 
	  type
	  "Photo-border" 
	  100 
	  NORMAL
	  )))

  ;; Clear newly created layer
  (gimp-edit-clear border-layer)
  ;; Add it to image
  (gimp-image-add-layer img border-layer -1)

  ;; Outer border fill, if it is bigger than zero
  (cond ((> ob-width 0)
	 (gimp-rect-select img 
			   0 0 
			   new-width new-height 
			   REPLACE 
			   0 0)
	 (gimp-rect-select img 
			   ob-width ob-width 
			   (- new-width (* ob-width 2)) (- new-height (* ob-width 2)) 
			   SUB 
			   0 0) 
	 (gimp-context-set-foreground ob-colour)
	 (gimp-edit-fill border-layer 0) 
	 ))
  
  ;; Inner border fill if width is > 0
  (cond ((> ib-width 0)
	 (gimp-rect-select img 
			   ob-width ob-width 
			   (- new-width (* ob-width 2)) (- new-height (* ob-width 2)) 
			   REPLACE 
			   0 0) 
	 (gimp-rect-select img 
			   border-width border-width 
			   old-width old-height
			   SUB 
			   0 0) 
	 (gimp-context-set-foreground ib-colour)
	 (gimp-edit-fill border-layer 0) 

	 ))
  
  ;; add the text if the text has size
  ;; doing it very iteratively and unschemy
  
  (cond ((> (string-length text) 0)
	 (let ((text-size '())
		   (text-width '())
		   (text-height '())
		   (written-text '())
		   )
	   
	   (gimp-context-set-foreground font-colour)
	   ;; get the extent of text when written out
	   (set! text-size (gimp-text-get-extents-fontname text font-size PIXELS font-name))
	   (set! text-width (car text-size))
	   (set! text-height (cadr text-size))

	   (set! written-text (gimp-text-fontname img
		  -1  ;; new layer
		  (- new-width text-width ob-width) ;; x-coord
		  (- new-height text-height) ;; y-coord
		  text
		  -1 
		  TRUE ;; anti-alias
		  font-size 
		  PIXELS ;; size is in pixels
		  font-name))

	   ;; if we're to blur anything, this is the time
	   (if (= blur-text TRUE)
		   (plug-in-gauss-rle TRUE img (car written-tex

Re: [Gimp-user] Can't get this image sharp with GIMP. Any suggestions?

2005-11-01 Thread michael chang
On 11/1/05, qeldroma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello Gimp-users,
>
> i've got a bad digital camera and want to work over the results. Bad in this
> case means, that i've got good resolution and good results concerning the
> light, but a bad sharpness.

How was the camera being held?  Was it sitting on something, or was it
in your hand?  If it was in your hand, try putting it on a stable
object (e.g. tripod, chair (risky, but sometimes it works)) or getting
a digital camera with auto-stabilization or whatever they call it
nowadays.

> My idea is, that if i've got a good resolution, what the fact is, there must
> be a way to sharpen it. Isn't it?

I would say, probably, no.  That said, try scaling it down using
linear or something, maybe that helps?  I doubt it, but maybe it's
worth a shot.  Generally, for something like this, the best thing
would be to get it right the first time, if possible.  Even if that
means taking the same picture 3 times just in case.

--
~Mike
 - Just my two cents
 - No man is an island, and no man is unable.
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Re: [Gimp-user] Can't get this image sharp with GIMP. Any suggestions?

2005-11-01 Thread Carol Spears
On Tue, Nov 01, 2005 at 09:36:27PM +0100, qeldroma wrote:
> 
> Of course, i could do it in Windows using the well known utilities, but i 
> WANT 
> 
since i do not use Windows and as a linux user, i do not have enough
time to discover all of the excellent and well known software available
to me, much less to keep up with Windows software of the day -- i would
be interested in hearing the names of the "well known" utilities that
could handle such a photograph that are available to windows.

i am sure your willingness to answer will be just as keen as your
willingness to ask for help here.

carol

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Re: [Gimp-user] Can't get this image sharp with GIMP. Any suggestions?

2005-11-01 Thread Patrick Shanahan
* Carol Spears <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [11-01-05 20:12]:
> 
> i am sure your willingness to answer will be just as keen as your
> willingness to ask for help here.
> 


touchette  ...
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Re: [Gimp-user] Can't get this image sharp with GIMP. Any suggestions?

2005-11-01 Thread Kirk Thibault
The image looks blurred by camera shake with the long shutter speed  
and a non-steady handheld photo.  unsharp masking probably won;t help.


Try going here:

http://registry.gimp.org/list?category=12

and looking at the plug-ins that "refocus" the blurry image.  I have  
not used these plug-ins, but they seem to be based on algorithms that  
detect the intent of the "focused" image and attempt to reconstruct  
it.  A bit more sophisticated sharpening.


Here:

http://refocus-it.sourceforge.net/

is an explanation of one of the refocusing plug-ins.

Good luck!

The advice about using a tripod or other steady surface is key.   
Another thing to consider is, if your camera has it, use a timer to  
release the shutter so you are not physically touching the camera  
when you open the shutter - this avoids camera shake as well.  Then  
you can open the shutter and can leave the shutter open for a while  
while maintaining a sharp image with no shake.




On Nov 1, 2005, at 3:36 PM, qeldroma wrote:



Hello Gimp-users,

i've got a bad digital camera and want to work over the results.  
Bad in this
case means, that i've got good resolution and good results  
concerning the

light, but a bad sharpness.

My idea is, that if i've got a good resolution, what the fact is,  
there must

be a way to sharpen it. Isn't it?

As example you can take the following picture:
http://www.rustedt.de/fileadmin/_temp_/Photo-0036.jpg

This is a good example of what i mean.

Of course, i could do it in Windows using the well known utilities,  
but i WANT

to do it with the GIMP ;-)

And of course, i DID try out "sharpness", etc

Any suggestion is welcome, bye, qeldroma
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Re: [Gimp-user] Can't get this image sharp with GIMP. Any suggestions?

2005-11-01 Thread Tim E. Jedlicka - wrk
gimp wise you could try Filters->Unsharp Mask.

But as for the camera - I couldn't tell from the sample pic if it is a focus 
problem. Is it focusing someplace else - easier to tell if there is more depth 
in the photo. Take a snap of a brick wall from an angle, or snap a photo of 
some stairs.

Is it a dirty lens? Take it into your local camera shop and ask them to clean 
the lens for you (should be free).

If you have the f-stop and shutter speed of the photo that would also help. 

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Timothy Jedlicka, [EMAIL PROTECTED], 1-630-713-4436, AOL-IM=tjbonzo
Network Entomologist, Lucent Technologies, LWS NOVE/SLRnet Lab Operations


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[Gimp-user] Select by color

2005-11-01 Thread Bruno Silva de Oliveira
Hi everyone!

I'm new in the list, but I think a can ask some things...

Does anybody knows how the select by color, or more precisely, the
threshold works. How does the GIMP makes the selection using the
threshold interval and how does this threshlold works in the tree
channels (R,G and B)?

I'm running a windows version, and I don't get the source code...

Thanks a lot, people!

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