Re: [Gimp-user] Menu problem

2008-11-28 Thread Martin Nordholts

Song Zhiwei wrote:
> Is it a bug or not?
>   

It is a bug of course. I think this problem have been reported before
but I can't recall if it was resolved. You should probably contact those
that made the build for Mac you are using.

- Martin
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Re: [Gimp-user] Menu problem

2008-11-28 Thread Song Zhiwei
Is it a bug or not?

2008/11/28 Song Zhiwei <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Hi all,
>
> I install the Mac Gimp 2.6.3. But the menu text can not be displayed,
> see the attached file.
> Could you help me?
>
> Zhiwei
>
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Re: [Gimp-user] PS scaling looks noticeably better then Gimp's

2008-11-28 Thread David Gowers
Hi,

On Sat, Nov 29, 2008 at 7:39 AM, smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I've noticed this on multiple occasions that when I scale pictures down in
> Photoshop they look noticeably better when I do the same in Gimp.  The scaled
> down image PS leaves is sharp and crisp, while the Gimp scaled down is more
> blurry.
You have omitted to mention what scaling method you used in PS and
Gimp respectively.
Without this information, I can't help you with this problem.

David
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[Gimp-user] PS scaling looks noticeably better then Gimp's

2008-11-28 Thread smith
I've noticed this on multiple occasions that when I scale pictures down in
Photoshop they look noticeably better when I do the same in Gimp.  The scaled
down image PS leaves is sharp and crisp, while the Gimp scaled down is more
blurry. 

Does anybody know why this is the case and if there is any setting I am
missing that would improve the quality of pictures when they they get scaled
down (this is especially true for scaled down fonts that were flattened and
unrecoverable).


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Re: [Gimp-user] managing monitor profile

2008-11-28 Thread Leonardo Canducci
2008/11/28 Mogens Jæger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:

> That should do it - I now have a working ICC profile, that I can load
> into GIMP, but how to make it work 'all over' on the desktop, is still
> to come. I have it installed on my desktop, using 2 monitors, and
> regarding the page: http://www.argyllcms.com/doc/Installing_Linux.html
> it should be no problem, just I have not yet figured out how. I am
> running a Suse 10.3 with GIMP 2.4.6 where I can install the ICC-profile
> to be used on the specific screen within GIMP, but not generally.

You set 'color managed display' and load icc profile for 'monitor
profile' I guess.
any other change? How do you set 'rgb profile'?
If you want to set icc profile globally you can use xicc (for icc aware
applications like gimp or eog) or xcalib.
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Re: [Gimp-user] managing monitor profile

2008-11-28 Thread Mogens Jæger
doug skrev:
> 
> Some of your correspondence hasn't appeared on the gimp-user list -
> I also have a Spyder2 colorimeter but haven't had it working under Linux.
> Can you give some more details and/or links?
> 
Sorry - yes I have a bad habit just hitting the Reply button, and not
checking who I am writing to.

First of all, you need to have the Argyll installed:
http://www.argyllcms.com/ If it's not a part of your distribution,  you
can follow the link given, on what to do after download of the program.

Then you can follow the instructions given in "On Line Documentation".
Scroll down and click the 'Spyder 2' link.

Here you click the 'spyd2en' link. The program spyd2en is part of the
Agryll installation. Note that the installCD from DataColor must be
accessible.

On one of the former pages, there is a link to some tutorials,
describing typical usage: http://www.argyllcms.com/doc/Scenarios.html

That should do it - I now have a working ICC profile, that I can load
into GIMP, but how to make it work 'all over' on the desktop, is still
to come. I have it installed on my desktop, using 2 monitors, and
regarding the page: http://www.argyllcms.com/doc/Installing_Linux.html
it should be no problem, just I have not yet figured out how. I am
running a Suse 10.3 with GIMP 2.4.6 where I can install the ICC-profile
to be used on the specific screen within GIMP, but not generally.

I have additional an small laptop with a Suse 11.0 on. It comes with a
GIMP 2.6.1, and here I can load the profile generally, so I can set the
GIMP to show colors with printer ICC-profile simulation.

I my opinion, that should give the best result for printing purpose -
screen calibrated to give correct(ed) colors, and 2' with simulation to
fit my printers 'behavior'.

If I'm wrong - please tell me.

My desktop is not yet a Suse 11.0, because it's a 64 bit CPU, and I will
not accept having to run all in 32 bit, just so I can reach my bank
(java-problems) - I have it working in Suse 10.3, but all  the
dependencies problems in the 11.0 makes me wait. I guess I will have to
install a 32 bit on the laptop, and use that for banking-needs. Not good
- but acceptable.

Sincerely Mogens Jaeger
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Re: [Gimp-user] managing monitor profile

2008-11-28 Thread norman
My apologies, I gave the wrong reference for where I post some of my
images, it should have been www.23hq.com/littletank. There are lots of
classifications on www.23hq.com and meetthegimp is one of them.

Norman

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Re: [Gimp-user] managing monitor profile

2008-11-28 Thread Akshay Narayan


my question was: what's best for the casual photographer whose workflow is:
camera -> gimp editing -> printing in a shop or publish in a web gallery
I'd better get and use an icm/icc profile or not?



as a casual photographer, what i did is this :

print a RGB color disc selecting R(FF00)G(00FF00)B(FF) from GIMP
that gives an idea how your printer will show the full colors.
Now compare the print colors with the monitor colors, i trusted my eye.
Change the brightness/contrast/gamma value of the monitor manually to suit the 
print colors.

after this not so professional method, i took a few prints of  my pictures.
I m pretty happy!

If i need exhibit quality prints, i take the image to a nearest photo print guy 
ask him to do the necessary adjustments
and then print it.
I am satisfied :)

pls note! this is the very very crude method i followed..

Thanks,
Akshay



  

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Re: [Gimp-user] managing monitor profile

2008-11-28 Thread norman
< snip >

> > I've got a Spyder2 colorimeter, and I have it working under Linux - in
> > my case Suse 10.3 and 11. - have a look at Argyll.
> >
> > Second - A manufacturer profile can be better than just using the
> > monitor as-is, but you get a false feeling of correctness. It can still
> > be far apart from 'reality'.
> I'm sure that's the way to go if you're serious about color
> consistency,  but again
>  my question was: what's best for the casual photographer whose workflow is:
> camera -> gimp editing -> printing in a shop or publish in a web gallery
> I'd better get and use an icm/icc profile or not?

I am a casual photographer and, as far as I am concerned, I am content
to take my images from the camera, convert the raw images using Ufraw
and adjust them with Gimp. My monitor is set in the default setting and
I both print and, from time to time, put an image on a site such as
meetthegimp.org and I have rarely had a complaint about colour. I intend
to try getting a profile for my printer because it seems to me to be
worthwhile trying to control the printing. Perhaps I am not critical
enough.

Norman

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Re: [Gimp-user] managing monitor profile

2008-11-28 Thread doug
Leonardo Canducci wrote:
> 2008/11/28 Mogens Jæger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>> Leonardo Canducci skrev:
>>> I don't plan to buy a device for monitor calibration. They're not cheap nor
>>> supported on linux, and they look like overkill for my purpose: getting
>>> acceptable color consistency across different pcs, web galleries and lab 
>>> prints.
>>> I just thought that loading the specific icm profile for my lcd
>>> monitor (obtained
>>> from the manufacturer) was better than nothing. Of course I also changed lcd
>>> osd settings - with almost no ambient  light - according to some test 
>>> charts and
>>> images found on the internet. Since pictures looked really different before 
>>> and
>>> after loading the icm profile I don't get what's better for my workflow.
>>> Anyway I don't get why it shouldn't make sense using this profile. 
>>> Shouldn't I
>>> get an better result with that?
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>> I've got a Spyder2 colorimeter, and I have it working under Linux - in
>> my case Suse 10.3 and 11. - have a look at Argyll.

Some of your correspondence hasn't appeared on the gimp-user list -
I also have a Spyder2 colorimeter but haven't had it working under Linux.
Can you give some more details and/or links?

Many thanks,

Doug


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Re: [Gimp-user] managing monitor profile

2008-11-28 Thread Leonardo Canducci
2008/11/28 Mogens Jæger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Leonardo Canducci skrev:
>> I don't plan to buy a device for monitor calibration. They're not cheap nor
>> supported on linux, and they look like overkill for my purpose: getting
>> acceptable color consistency across different pcs, web galleries and lab 
>> prints.
>> I just thought that loading the specific icm profile for my lcd
>> monitor (obtained
>> from the manufacturer) was better than nothing. Of course I also changed lcd
>> osd settings - with almost no ambient  light - according to some test charts 
>> and
>> images found on the internet. Since pictures looked really different before 
>> and
>> after loading the icm profile I don't get what's better for my workflow.
>> Anyway I don't get why it shouldn't make sense using this profile. Shouldn't 
>> I
>> get an better result with that?
>>
>> Thanks!
>
> I've got a Spyder2 colorimeter, and I have it working under Linux - in
> my case Suse 10.3 and 11. - have a look at Argyll.
>
> Second - A manufacturer profile can be better than just using the
> monitor as-is, but you get a false feeling of correctness. It can still
> be far apart from 'reality'.
I'm sure that's the way to go if you're serious about color
consistency,  but again
 my question was: what's best for the casual photographer whose workflow is:
camera -> gimp editing -> printing in a shop or publish in a web gallery
I'd better get and use an icm/icc profile or not?

Thanks
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Re: [Gimp-user] managing monitor profile

2008-11-28 Thread Leonardo Canducci
2008/11/28 Hedley Finger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Leonardo Canducci wrote:
>>
>> 'rgb profile' is set
>> >> to 'none'.
>>
>
> I am curious.  The DSLR is RGB, the monitor is RGB so why would you not want
> an RGB profile?  Most reasonable inkjet printers capable of printing
> photographs do a good job of RGB --> CMYK translation, so RGB is not an
> issue.
>
> What am I missing or failing to understand here?
AFAIK, RGB by itself is not enough (sRGB, Adobe RGB, ecc.) to define color
space. Anyway 'none' is gimp default for 'RGB profile' and I assumed (because
there is no documentation about this option) this meant standard sRGB color
space. My d50 slr uses sRGB (IIIa) and I don't know about my cheap acer al718
monitor. I don't care about the printer cause I go to a photo lab shop
rather than print
myself with my super cheap inkjet.
AFAIK there should be camera profile that translate camera colour into
workspace
color space that must be rendered and translated in monitor color space.

Bye
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