Re: [Gimp-user] how to make condensed text along path
Owen wrote: I wonder why you can't use Inkscape to do this? Because I tried. In inkscape you can make the text object as thing as you want, but as soon as you make it follow a path it automatically change back to the original ratio. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Modify text on a jpg file with gimp 2.6.4
I want to modify text on a jpg file with gimp 2.6.4. After I click the text with a mouse, the gimp text editor appear without the text I just clicked. I had read that I should select the text layer. What does it mean? Please help. Thanks. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Modify text on a jpg file with gimp 2.6.4
Hello! On Monday 15 June 2009, powah wrote: I want to modify text on a jpg file ... I had read that I should select the text layer. What does it mean? That means that there is no text layer. jpg files don't know about text, just about pixels. If you saved the image yourself as jpg, you should have received a small warning box saying you'll lose all layer information in that format. If someone else gave you the jpg, complain to them :) If you want to keep all (or nearly all) information about your layers, modes, masks, selection and text, you should save the image as xcf, that's GIMP's own format. I hope this isn't too bad news for you... Daniel signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Modify text on a jpg file with gimp 2.6.4
The jpg file is exported from a visio file embedded in a ms word document. Instead of using the jpg file format, what else should I use to keep the text information? What about gif file? ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] How do I effectively use a blue screen scanning method with gimp
On 06/13/2009 02:46 PM, Chris Mohler wrote: On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 1:08 PM, Jay Smithj...@jaysmith.com wrote: [big snip] So I am hoping for suggestions as to a) how to avoid the color shadow of using a colored background and b) if it cannot be avoided, how to fix it in gimp without a lot of messing around and/or other color distortion problems. Have you tried putting something heavy on the colored background (I tend to use a thick book)? This may reduce or eliminate the shadow. Have you tried reducing the wand (or select by color) tool's threshold when selecting the black background? I would guess that the postmark color and the background color differ at least slightly. A couple of the raw scans of the stamps might be useful for analysis. Chris Yes, we have weighted the item on the scanning bed. The scanner is able to pick up the thickness of the postage stamp paper (the shadow caused thereby) because from either the leading or trailing direction, the light source causes a very slight shadow that the scanner detects. And, yes, we have played extensively with the selection tool's threshold. Doing so solves problems in some spots, but creates problems in others. The shades of black are quite variable. === Using a blue screen method in which I would use a background of some outrageous color that is not present anywhere in the items to be scanned, what would the best tool/method to use to select and eliminate ALL of that color? Again, the problem is that the background itself can be removed, but at the above described shadow edge, there is a gradation of color. Of course the catch is that there is no background color will work all the time. I can't simply delete all reds or all blues or all ...whatever. Ideas? Jay ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Modify text on a jpg file with gimp 2.6.4
powah (wong_po...@yahoo.ca) wrote: The jpg file is exported from a visio file embedded in a ms word document. Instead of using the jpg file format, what else should I use to keep the text information? Unfortunately I don't see a way for you to keep the text information here. You probably have to just use visio to edit the text until it shows the text you want, and then import it into the GIMP and apply whatever graphical effects you wanted to add. Keep in mind that GIMP is a pixel based program and not a diagram editor. What about gif file? Won't help. Basically our own XCF format is the only format that can store GIMPs text layer information in an editable manner and there are no other programs writing such files, especially not from microsoft... :-) Bye, Simon -- si...@budig.de http://simon.budig.de/ ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Modify text on a jpg file with gimp 2.6.4
On Monday 15 June 2009, powah wrote: The jpg file is exported from a visio file embedded in a ms word document. Instead of using the jpg file format, what else should I use to keep the text information? You could try to export to either svg (better) or pdf (not quite as good) and open the result in Inkscape (another free program). I sometimes have good results with that. If you need to open it in GIMP, there's not much you can do, I'm afraid. Daniel signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] how to make condensed text along path
On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 6:58 AM, Zhang Weiwuzhangwe...@realss.com wrote: Owen wrote: I wonder why you can't use Inkscape to do this? Because I tried. Yeah - I tried Inkscape first too - there seems to be no way to condense the text once it's on a path. Did you try Scribus? Chris ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] How do I get a smooth diagonal line
Hi Gimp-user, See the plain-old wooden fence at the top of this page. http://www.artsconnected.org/toolkit/encyc_linetypes.html Simply, right :-) I wanted practice drawing lines, shapes, and coloring them. I created the vertical and horizontal with the Rectangle Select Tool and Select Stroke Selection, Paint Tool set to Pencil Circle (01), Scale set to 2. To create the diagonal I still used the Rectangle Select Tool, then Rotate Tool, then Select Stroke Selection. But the line is very jagged, and it looks different than the horizontal and vertical. I tried just using the Pencil, then the Paint brush (holding the Shift key to get a straight line). I changed to a fuzzy brush. How does one get a smooth diagonal line, like the one in the picture. Thank you. -- __ DJ ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] How do I get a smooth diagonal line
Are you looking for click, move to line end, shift-click?? On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 7:48 AM, DJdelphit...@yahoo.com wrote: Hi Gimp-user, See the plain-old wooden fence at the top of this page. http://www.artsconnected.org/toolkit/encyc_linetypes.html Simply, right :-) I wanted practice drawing lines, shapes, and coloring them. I created the vertical and horizontal with the Rectangle Select Tool and Select Stroke Selection, Paint Tool set to Pencil Circle (01), Scale set to 2. To create the diagonal I still used the Rectangle Select Tool, then Rotate Tool, then Select Stroke Selection. But the line is very jagged, and it looks different than the horizontal and vertical. I tried just using the Pencil, then the Paint brush (holding the Shift key to get a straight line). I changed to a fuzzy brush. How does one get a smooth diagonal line, like the one in the picture. Thank you. -- __ DJ ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user -- The point of making mistakes is to make the best mistakes you can make, and to keep making them to keep up your courage and keep improving the quality of your mistakes. There is a place and time for everything -- here and now! I have a strict policy of interference. Just do one thing. Let go of everything else as you do that one thing -- all your concerns and worries, hopes. fears and desires. This is what leads to knowing what you are doing and what you want to do. Misunderstandings are valuable. You want to improve? Get busy failing! Attempt things you believe out of your reach, until you learn how to reach them. Treating your feelings as less important than what you know is only the first step. The second, more challenging step is treating others feelings as less important than what they know. individuality is being the first value in your life, beyond your feelings, others feelings, your or others convenience. You are the star of your own life, there is no thing that can stand against achieving your chosen path. Nothing others do is particularly related to you; only what you do is particularly related to you. Your gratitude is what frees you to use your powers to the full. Your powers have: maximum capacity = 100% commonly safe capacity = 90% actual comfortable excellent regular pace capacity = 75% so-called 'breakneck pace' capacity = 60% other-perceived safe capacity = 45% self-perceived safe capacity = 30% typical usage = 20% lazy/cowardly usage = 5% Reason is no substitute for communication. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] How do I get a smooth diagonal line
Hi David, gimp-users, Are you looking for click, move to line end, shift-click?? I can draw, or a better way to say it, I can create a line or selection for that matter -- the marching ants. I can technically create a line with the Pencil and Paint Brush. But, I can't make it look nice. I can't get the diagonal to look like the picture, so it just looks like another board. I can very clearly see the steps of the diagonal. If I enlarge the image the diagonal line looks similar to (assumes fixed font email): ^ ^ ^ Thank you. DJ On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 7:48 AM, DJdelphit...@yahoo.com wrote: Hi Gimp-user, See the plain-old wooden fence at the top of this page. http://www.artsconnected.org/toolkit/encyc_linetypes.html Simply, right :-) I wanted practice drawing lines, shapes, and coloring them. I created the vertical and horizontal with the Rectangle Select Tool and Select Stroke Selection, Paint Tool set to Pencil Circle (01), Scale set to 2. To create the diagonal I still used the Rectangle Select Tool, then Rotate Tool, then Select Stroke Selection. But the line is very jagged, and it looks different than the horizontal and vertical. I tried just using the Pencil, then the Paint brush (holding the Shift key to get a straight line). I changed to a fuzzy brush. How does one get a smooth diagonal line, like the one in the picture. Thank you. -- __ DJ ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] How do I get a smooth diagonal line
On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 8:27 AM, DJdelphit...@yahoo.com wrote: Hi David, gimp-users, Are you looking for click, move to line end, shift-click?? I can draw, or a better way to say it, I can create a line or selection for that matter -- the marching ants. I can technically create a line with the Pencil and Paint Brush. But, I can't make it look nice. I can't get the diagonal to look like the picture, so it just looks like another board. I can very clearly see the steps of the diagonal. If I enlarge the image the diagonal line looks similar to (assumes fixed font email): ^ ^ ^ Even with paintbrush? (pencil tool does no 'smoothing', whereas most other tools do by default) If that is the case, it's possible your image is in INDEXED mode. Check the Image-Mode menu and convert it to RGB before trying again, if that is the case David ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] File Open Location - No such file or directory
Hi Akkana, gimp-users, GIMP 2.6.3. It's the last rpm that was available for OpenSuSE 10.3. As to how it was compiled. Um, don't know. Can I view compiled options somewhere in Gimp interface or console command? KDE is my desktop, but I run a lot of GNome apps. Cause errors? By that do you mean the Gimp message box? I do get the GIMP message box, but it doesn't say how it was going to be done, just that it couldn't find it. It says: + GIMP Message Opening 'http://gif' failed: Could not open 'http//gif' for reading: No such file or directory. + I guess I should find out how Gimp is compiled for OpenSuSE :-) If Gimp knows the app that is failing, it would be helpful to the end user if it was included in the message ;-) Thank you. DJ DJ writes: Whenever I have used File Open Location, I've gotten an error. I thought I'd revisit it again while going through a tutorial on blending modes. I got the same error, No such file or directory. Yet, I can right-click and Save Image As with no problem. I got the url by right-clicking and Copy Image Location. I searched, but did not see anything. You don't mention what platform you're on, or what version of GIMP or where you got it. But GIMP has several different ways of opening remote files -- gvfs, gnome-vfs, libcurl, wget -- and if your gimp is compiled to use a method you don't have, that'll cause errors. The choice is made at compile time; the runtime code doesn't fall back to use other methods if the preferred method fails. For instance, Ubuntu's GIMP is compiled to need gvfs, so if you don't have that installed (for instance, if you're running Xubuntu or some other window manager instead of a Gnome desktop) then Open Location or dragging from a browser probably won't work unless you build your own gimp with --without-gvfs. ...Akkana ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Needing sympathy and help
Hi, Do a google search for water damaged photographs: http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8q=water+damaged+photographs This one had some helpful suggestions: http://www.imphotorepair.com/waterdamagedphoto.html I figured with all the flooding these days there had to be some discussion about it. My mother was into gluing and taping photos. Between the that and the quality of the paper (acid), it's been a job. I have some old diaries and autograph books from the 19th century. They are brittle and yellow. I carefully scanned those for preservation. I created a DVD slideshow of everything and gave them as presents. One of my favorite sites for photography is: http://www.retouchpro.com/ Do a search there for water damage. I found some there too. Good Luck. DJ PS: New Zealand is gorgeous, especially the south island. I think at times you may be faced with a hard decision - do I want to get the image or keep the photo? Drying old photos can be a problem, as they sometimes curl up strongly when dry. (If you allow them to dry emulsion side down on an unheated print dryer, they're liable to stick on the surface). When the image is very important, it may be worth running the risk of losing the photo by placing the wet print, emulsion side down, on a sheet of glass and allowing it to dry. You can photograph the flattened image (with any cracks minimised) through the glass; but you may not be able to soak the photo off again without damaging it. Best of luck! Let us know how you get on. Doug Emrys Williams wrote: Another thought is to consider copying the photos while they are still under water, before they have any chance to dry out and wrinkle. Personally, I'd photograph each photo through the water surface, as it lay on top of the pile, then remove the top photo. Then if the drying process wrecks them, you've still got a reasonable image. If they dry well, you can always scan them again later. Photographing through the water surface might need some practice, but I have done this very successfully with rock pools. Feel free to email me direct if you'd like some suggestions. More good luck! Emrys Duncan Lithgow wrote: Hi there all. On my last night in my home country of New Zealand I've been going through yet another box of family stuff. My grandfather was proloffic in creating and keeping documents of all kinds. I've just found several envelopes of photos so damaged by water that they are stuck together and I can only see enough to know that they include some very old family photos of which there are unlikely to be other copies. I'm feeling terrible about finding them. I know my mother would be horrified if she knew that they were in one of the boxes she stored poorly and which became water damaged. So I've put the clumps of paper into a bag and will take them home with me to Denmark. That's the sob story... Now the question is what can I do to make the best of this tragic situation? I know a bit about restoring the photos once I have them, but for no they are caked together in a clump. Please does anyone know what I can do? All I've come up with so far is taking the whole clump with me on a ong visit to the local sauna! Maybe that would separate them with some encouragement?! Help and advice appreciated. Duncan -- Crystal Reports - New Free Runtime and 30 Day Trial Check out the new simplified licensing option that enables unlimited royalty-free distribution of the report engine for externally facing server and web deployment. http://p.sf.net/sfu/businessobjects ___ Gramps-users mailing list gramps-us...@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gramps-users ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Edit Stroke Selection, Line width odd/even and antialiasing
Hi Gimp-user, Just wondering why, odd pixel widths look different than even pixel widths when using Edit Stroke Selection? The odd pixel lines looked aliased, while the even pixel lines don't (only their corners). When drawing icons and shapes, do you make a conscious decision to stroke the line with an odd or even line width? I tested this by drawing a selection on a layer and stroking it with line width 1, then adding a layer, moving the selection to the right, and stroking it with line width 2. I repeated that 4 times increasing the line width each time. Thank you. -- __ DJ ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Edit Stroke Selection, Paint Tool=Paintbrush verses using the same Paintbrush Tool directly
Hi Gimp-user, After creating a rectangle with the Rectangle Select Tool, rotating it -40 degrees, I selected Edit Stroke Selection. I clicked the radio button next to Stroke with a paint tool and then Paintbrush in the Paint tool drop down. I then created a rectangle parallel to the one above using the same Paintbrush. I made no changes to the Paintbrush Tool Options. I created this rectangle freehand, clicking where the 4 corners would be while holding the shift key. Should the 2 painted rectangles look alike? Even though I used the same Paintbrush, the lines of the two rectangles are very different. I would have thought that they would have been the same (and I was going to prove it to myself :-)), since I'm creating colored lines with the same tool (Paintbrush) - one via Stroked Selection, one via freehand. The freehand rectangle has anti-aliasing. The one created by Stroke Selection using the same Paintbrush does not. The lines are very choppy. Did I miss an option in the Stroke Selection Dialog? I tried some of the options in the Rectangle Select Tool, before Rotating and Stroking, but they didn't change anything. I'm not sure why in the Rectangle Select Tool anti-aliasing is grayed out unless rounded corners is enabled. In one try, I made rounded corners radius 0 and anti-aliasing enabled before rotating and stroking the selection. No difference. I'm using Paintbrush Circle (01), Scale 3. I'm great at creating straight lines on 180 or 90 degrees :-), but add an angle, slant (like above) or a curve, and I need a little more practice. Thank you. -- __ DJ ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Edit Stroke Selection, Paint Tool=Paintbrush verses using the same Paintbrush Tool directly
On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 2:41 PM, DJdelphit...@yahoo.com wrote: Hi Gimp-user, After creating a rectangle with the Rectangle Select Tool, rotating it -40 degrees, I selected Edit Stroke Selection. I clicked the radio button next to Stroke with a paint tool and then Paintbrush in the Paint tool drop down. I then created a rectangle parallel to the one above using the same Paintbrush. I made no changes to the Paintbrush Tool Options. I created this rectangle freehand, clicking where the 4 corners would be while holding the shift key. Should the 2 painted rectangles look alike? No. I understand your problem now. The rectangle selection you made is constraining painting during the stroking of the selection., just like any other selection would. If you want the stroking to disregard the selection when applying paint, you are better off converting the selection to a path then stroking the path (with no selection active). To illustrate -- use the paths tool to create a rectangle, and stroke that path. The resultant stroking should display exactly the same appearance as your freehand rectangle. David ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
