Re: [Gimp-user] Why are my filters disabled
On Saturday 20 November 2010, peter kostov wrote: > On 11/20/2010 04:23 PM, bill purvis wrote: > > Hi, > > I've been using Gimp for a good while, but today I tried to edit a TIFF > > image of an old document with lots of speckles on it. No problem - use > > the despeckle tool! However, when I try to invoke it, all the enhance > > filters are greyed out. I then tried a similar file, this time a jpeg > > and the filters are all enabled. I then thought maybe it doesn't like to > > image type so I saved it as a PNG file, killed Gimp and restarted. The > > filters are still disabled. > > > > Can someone suggest why the filters are disabled for this image, and how > > I can fix it? > > > > Many thanks > > > > Bill > > The image should be in RGB mode for these tools to work. Check Image -> > mode. > > Peter > ___ > Gimp-user mailing list > Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU > https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user Thanks, Peter. I learn something new every day! Bill -- +---+ | Bill Purvis, Model Engineer | | email: b...@billp.org| +---+ ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Why are my filters disabled
Hi, I've been using Gimp for a good while, but today I tried to edit a TIFF image of an old document with lots of speckles on it. No problem - use the despeckle tool! However, when I try to invoke it, all the enhance filters are greyed out. I then tried a similar file, this time a jpeg and the filters are all enabled. I then thought maybe it doesn't like to image type so I saved it as a PNG file, killed Gimp and restarted. The filters are still disabled. Can someone suggest why the filters are disabled for this image, and how I can fix it? Many thanks Bill -- +---+ | Bill Purvis, Model Engineer | | email: b...@billp.org| +---+ ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Banding in gradient creation
I think your problem may be more to do with your computer display settings. Mines is on 32 bit - and I get no banding at all. -- Bill (via www.gimpusers.com) ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] [Offtopic] Design learning
There are literally thousands of gimp tutorials out there, many concentrate on web graphics. Here's what I'd do. 1. Create your new image using the desired dimensions (make it slightly wider than you need, you can crop it later) 2. click on the gradient tool. Choose foreground colour white, choose background colour grey click and drag the gradient tool from the top of the image to the bottom. 3. Choose green as foreground colour, use the rectangular selection tool to select a thin line at the top of the image (doesn't matter if you go the edges of the image) then click EDIT > FILL WITH FG COLOUR 4. Use the same tool to select a second rectangle further down (again it doesn't matter if your selection goes off the edges), and fill with FG colour again 5. Then choose white as foreground colour. Click EDIT > STROKE SELECTION - choose line width of the stroke in pixels, click OK. 6. Now crop your image to size. -- Bill (via www.gimpusers.com) ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Smoothing inked lines?
Here's what I'd do. Gaussian blur, by 8 pixels radius. Then do COLOURS > BRIGHTNESS-CONTRAST, increase the contrast slider to 70. -- Bill (via www.gimpusers.com) ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Gimp Install Trouble
>On Mon, 29 Mar 2010 22:29:14 +0200 (CEST) >"Bill T." wrote: > >> When I searched synaptic I found libgegl-0.0-0 but not the one in the >> error message. > >I don't know Synaptic, but I'm guessing the libgegl-0.0-0 package will >install as the correct .so.0 library. Package names usually don't include >'so', as the installation will frequently include other files too. > >John > I was given the command to purge and reinstall and everything id solved, Thanks. -- Bill T. (via www.gimpusers.com) ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Gimp Install Trouble
This was a mistake and now I know it but I added the repository for Gimp 2.7.3 for Karmic and tried to upgrade using Synaptic. Now I have about seventy photos I need to work on and Gimp will not run. I went back to sources and removed the repository and then uninstalled Gimp. Then Gimp 2.6.xx was there and I installed it but still no Gimp. I did a restart and Repair Broken Packages but no help. Can somebody help me out of my own manure? I'm running a K8M800 BioStar MB with an AMD dual core and 2 gig of RAM. When I start Gimp from the command line I get; th1b...@th1bill-desktop:~$ gimp gimp: error while loading shared libraries: libgegl-0.0.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory th1b...@th1bill-desktop:~$ When I searched synaptic I found libgegl-0.0-0 but not the one in the error message. Thanks in advance to anyone that can help. -- Bill T. (via www.gimpusers.com) ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Channel Mixer Problem?
As a newbee... When I open the Channel Mixer, Red is the the selected 'output' colour and appears at 100, with the other two at zero. When I select Green or Blue, the selected RGB colour appears at 100 and the other two are zero. When I tick on Monochrome, Red shows at 100; Green and Blue are zero. I have a feeling this is not right and that I have somehow changed the default settings. I was practising with the excellent 'Hair' tutorial when I began to suspect that something had changed and I could no longer achieve the differentiation of Greys. Can anyone advise, please? Thank you -- Bill Y. (via www.gimpusers.com) ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Important menu options are missing
>On Sat, Sep 5, 2009 at 12:41 PM, Bill S. wrote: >> I'm using GIMP 2.6.6 that came with my Ubuntu 9.04 distro. I've been trying >> to learn about GIMP. I bought a book about GIMP for $45. The book says there >> should be a menu item called DIALOGS in the FILE menu but my GIMP doesn't have >> the DIALOGS option. The option is very essential, but I don't have it. Also >> there should be a menu bar at the top of my toolbox but my GIMP has no menu >> bar there. Also there is something called Script-Fu or maybe TinyScheme that >> is missing from my GIMP. Probably many other things are missing but I don't >> know because I am not familiar enough. >> >> Is there some plug-in or upgrade package that will give me the menu option >> called DIALOGS in the FILE menu? Has anybody here had these problems I >> described? > >Yes, there is a downgrade package called 'Gimp 2.4' that will give >you the obsolete menus you described. > >Chances are, there is nothing missing; it just isn't where you expect it to be. > >1. there is no script-fu menu any more (although there is a >'script-fu' submenu in the filters menu, which AFAIK contains just the >script-fu console). Script-fu now register in appropriate menu >locations according to their respective function -- for example logo >creation scripts are registered in File->Create->Logo, IIRC. >2. the Windows->Dockable Dialogs menu is probably what you actually >want when you talk about the DIALOGS menu. >3. various other rationalizations and reorganizations of the menu >structure have been done since your book was written. > Thanks for the info -- Bill S. (via www.gimpusers.com) ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Important menu options are missing
I'm using GIMP 2.6.6 that came with my Ubuntu 9.04 distro. I've been trying to learn about GIMP. I bought a book about GIMP for $45. The book says there should be a menu item called DIALOGS in the FILE menu but my GIMP doesn't have the DIALOGS option. The option is very essential, but I don't have it. Also there should be a menu bar at the top of my toolbox but my GIMP has no menu bar there. Also there is something called Script-Fu or maybe TinyScheme that is missing from my GIMP. Probably many other things are missing but I don't know because I am not familiar enough. Is there some plug-in or upgrade package that will give me the menu option called DIALOGS in the FILE menu? Has anybody here had these problems I described? TIA -- Bill S. (via www.gimpusers.com) ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Problem porting 1.x-Perl script to 2.x
On Sat, 2009-08-29 at 13:34 -0300, Joao S. O. Bueno wrote:
> On Tuesday 25 August 2009, Michael wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I'm trying to use a Perl script that makes use of Perl's Gimp module (the
> > simplified version Gimp::Fu) for Gimp Gimp versions 2.x. (I have GIMP 2.6.2
> > under OpenSUSE 11.2).
> >
> > Whenever I try to execute the script from the Filters > Perl-Fu menu option
> > I
> >
> > get error messages like:
> > > Calling error for procedure 'gimp-procedural-db-proc-info':
> > > Procedure 'gimp-gimp-image-new' not found.
> >
> > The funny thing is that my procedures are correctly called in the script
> > ('gimp-image-new', 'gimp-layer-new' ...), but somehow a 'gimp' is prepended
> > here.
>
> Hi Michael --
> the sad news is that I haven't heard, in recent years of anyoen amitaining
> teh
> GIMP-PERL bindings It may very well be that they are in an unusable state.
>
> Maybew someone cna come with more promising news for you - but otherwise, I'd
> suggest porting your scripts to gimp-python for the time being.
>
> js
> -><-
>
I wrote some plug-ins back in February and remember seeing this problem.
I'm using Gimp 2.6.6 on Ubuntu 9.04 with libgimp-perl 2.0.dfsg
+2.2pre1.dfsg-5.
If I remember correctly, this isn't really an error, it's an
informational message that keeps popping alert boxes up. I got around
it by setting the message handler to console while the script was
running and then resetting it to it's previous value on exit.
In case I don't remember correctly here is a Perl-Fu script that runs
under gimp 2.6.6. Feel free to play with it, reuse whatever part you
want or just trace it and watch what happens (uncomment the trace and
start it from a terminal).
drop_shadow.pl
#!/usr/bin/perl
eval 'exec /usr/bin/perl -S $0 ${1+"$@"}'
if 0; # not running under some shell
# create a drop shadow
# and framing it. Derived from drop-shadow.scm
#
# Created by Bill Ferguson
use Gimp qw(:auto __ N_);
use Gimp::Fu;
#Gimp::set_trace(TRACE_ALL);
sub max {
$_[0] > $_[1] ? $_[0] : $_[1];
}
sub min {
$_[0] < $_[1] ? $_[0] : $_[1];
}
sub drop_shadow {
my($img, $drawable, $shadow_transl_x, $shadow_transl_y, $shadow_blur,
$shadow_color, $shadow_opacity, $allow_resize) = @_;
my $old_handler = message_get_handler();
message_set_handler(CONSOLE);
my $old_fg = context_get_foreground();
my $old_bg = context_get_background();
eval { $img->undo_group_start };
$shadow_blur = max($shadow_blur, 0);
$shadow_opacity = max(min($shadow_opacity, 100), 0);
my $imgtype = $drawable->type_with_alpha();
my $image_height = $img->height();
my $image_width = $img->width();
my($from_selection, $active_selection, $shadow_layer) = 0;
#
# code goes here
#
my $cur_layer = $img->get_active_layer();
$drawable->layer_add_alpha();
if($img->selection_is_empty()){
$drawable->selection_layer_alpha();
$from_selection = 0;
}
else{
$from_selection = 1;
$active_selection = $img->selection_save();
}
my($not_empty, $x1, $y1, $x2, $y2) = $img->selection_bounds();
my $select_width = $x2 - $x1;
my $select_height = $y2 - $y1;
my $shadow_width = $select_width + ($shadow_blur * 2);
my $shadow_height = $select_height + ($shadow_blur * 2);
my $shadow_offset_x = $x1 - $shadow_blur;
my $shadow_offset_y = $y1 - $shadow_blur;
if($allow_resize){
my $new_image_width = $image_width;
my $new_image_height = $image_height;
my($image_offset_x, $image_offset_y) = 0;
if(($shadow_offset_x + $shadow_transl_x) < 0){
$image_offset_x = 0 - ($shadow_offset_x +
$shadow_transl_y);
$shadow_offset_x = 0 - $shadow_transl_x;
$new_image_width += $image_offset_x;
}
if(($shadow_offset_y + $shadow_transl_y) < 0){
$image_offset_y = 0 - ($shadow_offset_y +
$shadow_transl_y);
$shadow_offset_y = 0 - $shadow_transl_y;
$new_image_height += $image_offset_y;
}
if(($shadow_width + $shadow_offset_x + $shadow_transl_x) >
$new_image_width){
$new_image_width = $shadow_width + $shadow_offset_x +
$shadow_transl_x;
}
[Gimp-user] Text to Path.,..add color
I have found the simple answer and I post it for anyone that might, like myself, have over looked the obvious. Ignore the Tool Box and click Select and in the Drop Menu choose From Path. Choose the color, select the fill tool and click once on the text, you'll see the ants marching when the tect is selected. -- Bill T. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Text to Path.,..add color
I am designing lightscriibe disk covers and high contrast is required. I'm designing on Gimp 2.6.3 and as of this point I am doing my Text Along Path, as per the most offered tutorial. The problem is that on a white background ff ff ff and for the contrast use Absolute Black, 00 00 00. When I used the Text Along Path it placed a ghost of my text there and step six or the tutorial, add new layer and use paint bucket to fill, does nothing to color my text, just the outline is there and will not print, nor is it in the saved png. The only method I have come up with is to create each letter with the Text tool, one at a time. Having the letter I then need to move it into place and to rotate it until it fills the outline and it is just to difficult to accomplish. I have found a Photo Shop template of circle text where both the top and the botom have the text pointed up and running left to right but I cannot figure out how to edit it. -- Bill T. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Path Tool inop.
[snip] It might be stuck in the Edit mode currently. > >Hope this helps, >Simon > Thank you Simon. Sometimes it is just so hard to be senile and hard-headed, that was what I had done. -- Bill T. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Path Tool inop.
I have finally ghotten the use of Text Circle to an easily used function for creating circular text at the top of my CD lables when suddenly I get a forbidden synbol attached to Path Tool for creating upright circular text at the bottom. OUCH! It was working perfectly 29 hours ago. I'm running a Biostar motherboard, an AMD dual core Athlon with two gig of DDR2 667mhz Kingston memory. The unit is built by myself and is loaded with Ubuntu Linux in the form of Ubuntu Studio v.8.10, the Intrepid Ibex and it is running Gimp 2.6. -- Bill T. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP and a SMARTBoard?
Hi Jurgen, I just checked it out and the Smartboard does recognize all the gimp tools. You can do your editing on the Smartboard. (tested with Gimp 2.2) Cheers, BW - Original Message - From: ""Jürgen Hubert"" To: Sent: Friday, March 06, 2009 3:34 AM Subject: [Gimp-user] GIMP and a SMARTBoard? My department just got itself a SMARTBoard: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMARTBoard I'm curious - has anyone here tried out a SMARTBoard with GIMP before? Would GIMP recognize the different pens or the eraser? - Jürgen Hubert Art Tutorials Wiki: http://artwiki.wikidot.com/ ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Cut and paste from specific channels.
Ben's answer was exactly what I was looking for. Thanks! For the sake of the archives I'll slightly modify his answer for other new users like myself to follow in the future: PROBLEM: >> I have two images, A and B, which are black and white, from a >> proprietary program but saved as TIFFs. They open as RGB in the GIMP >> 2.2 on my Mac, with the image visible in all three channels. >> >> I want to create a final image, C, consisting of image A in the red >> channel and image B in the blue channel, and no image in the green >> channel. SOLUTION: > 1) Open the images representing each channel. > 2) Convert these images to grayscale mode (as any given single > channel > could be represented as a grayscale image.) (Image --> Mode --> > Greyscale) > 3) If necessary, open a third image/layer as a blank one, since you > wanted nothing in the green channel. (A new blank image such as > this must be > black and also in greyscale mode) To do this: File --> New, then > OK. Then Edit --> Fill with FG Color (which should be black). > Finally make it greyscale as in #2. > 4) Perform the "compose" function found in Filters --> Colors --> > Compose and > choose the layers for the appropriate channels. The compose dialog is straightforward and easy to use, and generates a new file with the desired result. Thanks again, Ben. This is very useful to scientists who have single channel images from microscopes. This way those images are false colored and merged in one step. Bill Jackson ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Cut and paste from specific channels.
I'm migrating from Photoshop and everything I read says what I want to do in the GIMP should be easy, but here I am... I have two images, A and B, which are black and white, from a proprietary program but saved as TIFFs. They open as RGB in the GIMP 2.2 on my Mac, with the image visible in all three channels. I want to create a final image, C, consisting of image A in the red channel and image B in the blue channel, and no image in the green channel. If there's a tutorial or plugin or previous mailing list post please give me a pointer and you have my thanks. I just can't find it myself. If you need more info about my problem here's some. When I copy, cut or paste I can't seem to figure out how do so in a channel-specific manner. In other words, I deselect two layers from one image and copy, then similarly attempt to paste into one channel of the second image either through the Selection Editor Menu --> Save to Channel or by simple pasting after deselecting two layers. Neither has the desired effect of taking one channel's information from image A and copying into a single channel of image B. At best the paste goes into all three channels of the second image, overwriting the original information. Thanks in advance for your help. Bill Jackson ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Further on the Gimp print thing
O.k., now that we have the Gimp-Print 5.0/Gutenprint issue solved, the next question is: How from within gimp do you manage printers? I have several printers defined in my print tool, none of which are any longer "with me". Yes, I think I know how to add a new one, but how do you tell Gimp print management to delete an existing printer? Regards, Bill Lee Gimp 2.2.13 Gutenprint Version 5.0.0 Linux FC5 ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] problem saving as png
FF1.5.0.9 running under FC5: no visible difference. Your problem is NOT a FF/Linux issue. Bill Lee Scott Bicknell wrote: > On Tuesday 23 January 2007 12:10 pm, Jeffrey Brent McBeth wrote: > >> As he has repeatedly stated, the problem is under FF/Linux. >> There are many things in which FF/Win FF/Max and FF/Linux are >> different. It looks like FF/Linux isn't up to date with Gamma >> correction for some reason > > Still, it seems to be specific to your setup. Mine, as I said in > an earlier post, shows no color differences using FF 2.0 and > SUSE 10.1. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] delete a file
I use the "Save As" feature an awful lot. Am I missing something? Bill Lee Helen wrote: > With all due respect and admiration to the GIMP developers, I do believe > that the inability to at least rename a file from the camera's default > of dsc00405 to something meaningful is a serious impediment to > convenient use of the GIMP. > Once I have made some color adjustments, and maybe some cropping, etc., > I will decide whether I want to keep the photo or whether it is not > worth keeping. It's a real inconvenience to have to go into Konqueror > (e.g .) to do the simple task of renaming it. > > I love the GIMP, I admire the GIMP community immensely, and am reluctant > to find a fault -- but I do believe > that would be a worthwhile improvement. > > Helen, using Gimp 2.2.10 on Linux SuSE 10 > > > On 1/8/07, *Patrick Shanahan* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > * Robin Laing <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> [01-08-07 16:20]: > [...] > > In linux I use GQview for this purpose. I can browse files, delete, > > rename, etc. I can even open the image in gimp for editting. I > > don't know if I want GIMP to do this or not. Not the way I normally > > do things. > > I agree and have a similar work-flow. I shoot raw and convert with > ufraw in batch (or sometimes bibblepro) with settings based of averages > from previous experiences. Then I open with gqview and cull and also > look for particular shots that would have been better converted with > individual attention. I re-convert the individuals, then go thru them > all in gqview, editing with gimp-remote when and where necessary. > > I cannot remember ever looking for a delete function in gimp. > > -- > Patrick ShanahanRegistered Linux User #207535 > http://wahoo.no-ip.org@ http://counter.li.org > HOG # US1244711 Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 > OpenSUSE Linux http://en.opensuse.org/ > ___ > Gimp-user mailing list > Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU > <mailto:Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU> > https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user > > > > > > ___ > Gimp-user mailing list > Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU > https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Gimp vs. Photoshop
Anthony Ettinger wrote: > On 12/17/06, norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Sun, 2006-12-17 at 14:23 +0100, Olivier Lecarme wrote: >>> Here is my own modest grain of salt in the discussion: >> < snip > >>> Somebody in this list said that teachers have the duty to teach what is >>> an industry standard. My own strong opinion is that one of my duties as >>> a university teacher is to try changing the industry standards, if I >>> think they are inappropriate. If my students need later to learn using >>> Photoshop or Vista, they will be able to learn them quickly and easily, >>> and with an acutely critical mind (hopefully). For the present, I prefer >>> to teach them Gimp and GNU/Linux, and to teach them not to accept any >>> so-called standard without discussion and thought. >> Surely, it is most important to teach students the principals involved >> in a subject so that, at a later stage, they are better informed when it >> comes to choosing in which direction to proceed. It is the >> responsibility of Industry, not universities, to provide the training >> needed for its employees to do the jobs required of them. The new >> graduate should be able to bring fresh ideas to the world of work not >> perpetuate the status quo and, thereby, help to ensure that we all >> benefit from progress and change. I could go on but this is probably not >> the place to do so. >> >> Norman > > > As a career development student I'd have to agree that it's more > important to learn general ideas and concepts, vs. the nitty gritty of > one particular application/language, unless you want to learn that > specific level of detail in an application. > > My wife teaches Gimp to her Jr. High computer class, about 90 students > a quarter...she wasn't teaching any advanced graphic editor at all > until I showed her Gimp and how it was just as good if not better than > the "industry standard" Photoshop, which is around $600+ for one > license (there probably is a "school edition", but you get my point). > Her students and school would never be able to afford that (nor should > they in my opinion) when there is a competing product that is open > source and available to all. > > Also, the "industry standard" is subjective at best and from my > perspective limited simply by choice. Take for excample programming - > what would you say is the "industry standard" language? There are so > many choices it's impossible to say. > > Not to mention that "industry standard" is a often a function of marketing as opposed to technical superiority or codification by some sort of standards body. E.g., Windows. Bill Lee ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] GAP questions
Is there a better place to ask questions regarding GAP? I am trying to compile and install and am getting compile errors. Thanks. Bill Lee ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] GIMP -> mpeg or similar
I want to create a graphic ala an animated gif but need to write the output as an mpeg or avi or some-such. Can this be done with the Gimp? Is there a better application to be using? (Suggestions?) Thanks. Bill Lee ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] gradient lighten
Hi all, Quick newbie question. I have a photo that is full bright on one side, the left; and subdued light on the right. It seems to be an excellent job for gradient and layers but I'm not sure how to go about getting started. I checked in tutorials and couldn't find anything on this specifically. tia, Bill W. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] tif support
Hi everyone, I run Gimp on Mandriva 2006.kernel 2.6.12-12 I uninstalled the standard Gimp installation from the Mandriva cd's in order to install Gimp 2.3.6 It compiled reasonably well but I did get the error that I couldn't have tif support so I used the 'without tif support' option. Now, of course, I would like to add that missing tif support. Is there a tutorial or web page detailing the process. Thanks for your advice, Bill W. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] alignment tool
Hi, I have been lookiing at the gimp development version 2.3.6. I noticed an alignment tool has been added. Can someone give me a quick tutorial on it's use? It doesn't seem intuitive to me. tia, Bill W. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] dcraw is not recognized .....
Hi, A question about using dcraw with Gimp 2.2.4 in Windows. My new digital camera (Olympus C-8080) can use raw files so I have installed rawphoto.exe in C:\Program Files\GIMP-2.0\lib\gimp\2.0\plug-ins\ I have installed dcraw.exe in C:\Program Files\GIMP-2.0\bin\bin Whenever I open any graphics file I get the error message as Gimp boots up 'dcraw' in not recognized as an internal or external command., operable program or batch file. After a second the error message disappears and Gimp boots normally but it won't recognize my .orf raw graphics files. I have tried to access the Gimp archives on this but there seems to be some server error whenever I try to search the archives. Also, I know that most here run Gimp in linux but I am trying to utilize it for my purposes in MS Windows so I can also access it at work. Anyone successfully install this in the Windows versions? Thanks, Bill W. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] zooming in and out - percentages
Hi Everyone, I have upgraded to version 2.2. There are some very nice changes and improvements all round. I think the open and save dialogues are much more user friendly. One thing that seems to have changed is the percentage indicator on the title bar of any image. I used to rely on that quite extensively. Is there a way to turn that on in this version? Terrific release, developers! Thanks, Bill W. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] installation directories
Hi, I just introduced a friend to Gimp (win32). We used the GTK installer first and the Gimp2 installer second. I noticed that the installer says that we were installing version 2.2. Anyway Gimp would not run citing an error that it could not find a bunch of dll's. I checked on my machine (I dual boot) and found them in C:\Program Files\GIMP-2.0\bin. That's where they were installed on my friend machine, as well. The error message said it was looking for those dll's in C:\Program Files\GIMP-2.0\lib\gimp\2.0\plug-ins. So we just copied all the dll's from the bin directory to the appropriate plugins directory. Not the most elegant fix but the Gimp now works. Is this an issue with the installer? I guess this might be a bug report but I'm not sure where to report it. Anyway, Thanks and regards, Bill W. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Re: Is delivered mail (carefull!)
Chances are nobody else on the GIMP list got it in the first place. The infected machine sent it To: an e-dress it found locally. The From: e-dress is one also found locally. In this case, the infected machine had both Andy's e-dress in it as well as the gimp-users list e-dress. The virus didn't go through the list. Regards, Bill Lee Jonesy wrote: On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 19:35:14 +0100, Andy wrote: ... I hereby advice ALL WINDOWS USERS DO NOT OPEN THE MESSAGE "Re: Is delivered mail" instead DELETE IT (if you are using outlook, disable the preview pane before trying to delete the message and also delete the message from the trashcan) Then, how would you suggest they read your warning? :-0 ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Default JPEG quality setting - where?
Just an observation from a rank novice: why save as a jpeg if you don't want any compression? Bill Lee Antti Mäkelä wrote: Hi, Where can I set the default quality when saving JPEG images? The default 85 is too low, I want to use 98. I could not find a suitable setting anywhere, either in config files or in menus. Where is it hidden? Right now I'm just using "Save as" as a workaround because then I actually see the dialog asking for the Q setting, but this is not really all that smooth. (No lectures on the default 85 being "enough", thank you - it is not enough, and I can clearly see artifacts on my edited digital photographs if saved with 85.). Thanks. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Print dialog size
The image with all its parameter settings is simply too big for my screen, at any resolution. The action keys roll off the bottom, even when I hide the panel. I am using KDE 3.3.1, ProMepis distro, kernel 2.6.7, Gimp 2.2.0 Appreciate your help with this problem. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] installing bump plugin
Hi, I am a brand new member of this list so excuse my newbie questions. I checked the archive but it doesn't seem to be 'searchable' (it returns an error message). Anyway, I am trying to install the bump plugin; which is just bumpmap.c, in order to do the tutorial but I can't seem to get it working. I think I'm supposed to use gimptool-2.0 but I get the command not found error. Is this tool itself a plugin? Where do I obtain it? I am running mandrake 10.1 official on an Inspiron 9100 laptop. Thanks and regards, Bill W. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Gimp version's outdated
misfit-x wrote: On Tue, 2004-01-13 at 11:53, Timothy E. Jedlicka - wrk wrote: On 13 Jan 2004, "Sven" == Sven Neumann wrote: Sven> Is there a particular reason you are running such an outdated version? I see this statement a lot - i.e. users using really old versions of Gimp. Would it be reasonable/feasible to add a hook into gimp that checks it's age and gives a warning if it is more than x months old? Would it possibly be that at gimp.org the latest "stable" version is 1.2.5 and that is what might be included in most distros (not sure what distros all include, but my RH9 I got was 1.2.something)? And maybe other folks would not want to "risk" using an "unstable" yet newer version? FWIW, I'm using 2.0pre1 and keeping up with stuff. But I can imagine some would rather wait for a "stable" release...? Right on! I just moved to FC1 and 1.2.5 is what's there. Regards, Bill Lee ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] get toolbox to stay on top
Is there a way to get the toolbox to stay on top. If I am editing a window fullscreen, everytime I do something in the window, the toolbox disappears underneath. BillK ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Webpage Help
Hello, Natalie; I brought up the two web sites you mentioned using IE 6 and that browser reacts differntly than mozilla or ... whatever.(Why am I not surprised?!? :-) As an example, the very first example in your _moz example has a blazing white line separating the first row and the second using IE, as opposed to Mozilla where all four cells of the table abut nicely. This was the sample with the However in the second (where are all on one line, IE renders the table with NO white line between the rows. Oh, well.. Regards, Bill Lee Nat wrote: Daniel Carrera - Wednesday 20 August 2003 03:33 - about Re: [Gimp-user] Webpage Help: Hi Daniel, Oh no, you missed the issue. It was not about a whitespace, it was about creating a NEWLINE. There was a whole blank line BELOW the image. Unless... a whitespace could somehow create that newline... maybe it wrapped around? I've created two html pages, one for Mozilla and one for Konqueror and Netscape, with examples of You might have a look http://www.latinae.demon.nl/img_tables_moz.html http://www.latinae.demon.nl/img_tables_konq.html I can't test this in IE, but you should be able to adapt the pages. Hope that helps, [rest snipped] Natalie ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] stegano compile problem
Hi Everyone, My apologies to Sven on this one. I automatically hit reply and sent a private message regarding this list item. That was not my intention at all. Thanks for the work in this patch. When I tried to apply the patch this is the process I followed. I saved the code in your email as stegano.diff and applied the patch using the command you supplied. This information was returned. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Stegano]$ patch -p0 < stegano.diff patching file stegano.c Hunk #3 FAILED at 57. Hunk #4 succeeded at 83 with fuzz 1. Hunk #6 FAILED at 134. Hunk #8 FAILED at 161. Hunk #9 FAILED at 174. Hunk #10 FAILED at 191. 5 out of 13 hunks FAILED -- saving rejects to file stegano.c.rej I have no knowledge of the coding itself so I return it to you in hopes that it makes some sense. If required, I can send the printout of the stegano.c.rej file, it is only about 3.2 kb. Also, to others that responded, thanks. Regards, Bill W. ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] stegano compile
Hi, I am having some difficulty getting the Stegano plug to compile. My system is a basic Mandrake 9 with default directory structures. When I run 'make', I get pages of info ending with an 'Error 1'. Is this a problem plugin? tia, Bill W. ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] transparency with png
Carl Constantine wrote: > > On 3/12/2001 07:35, Carl Constantine at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > On 3/12/2001 06:58, Jason P. Holland at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > >> Thanks for the quick response. In IE 5.5, the background is light blue. In > >> netscape 4.76 on my linux box, its black. the graphic is at > >> http://jholland.nichware.net/alivepreview.html. i have no clue. seems like > >> it would work. thanks for the help. > > > > It appears properly in MSIE 5.0 on the Mac. Netscape has a black background. > > > > I would hazard to guess that MSIE 5.5 on Winblows isn't fully alpha-png > > compatible just as suggested by Rebecca Walter. It must be supported in the > > browser for it to work. > > > > I just thought of another approach, since the graphic looks quite nice with > the exception of the boarder around the main image, you can always try > cropping the image so there is no boarder/background. Then it won't matter > what browser you use, it will look correct. > > -- > > __ _ Carl B. Constantine >/ / (_)__ __ __[EMAIL PROTECTED] > / /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / (2.4.1)ICQ: 26351441 > //_/_//_/\_ _/ /_/\_\ Stormix 2000 > PGP key available on request > > > Up the line - out the server- past the firewall - nothing but Net!! This approach works just fine unless the image has rounded corners, as many of mine do. Cropping leaves you with a rectangular image which, without a transparent background, causes annoying white (or whatever your background color is) artifacts outside the rounded corners. Regards, Bill Lee ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] transparency with png
Bill Lee wrote: > > "Jason P. Holland" wrote: > > > > Thanks. Why would it behave this way? Does that have to do with the way > > the browser handles the png graphic format? And why is it not transparent? > > Anyone have a clue? i could use jpg, but i like the quality of png better. > > I appreciate all the help! > > > > Jason > > > > > -Original Message- > > > From: Jeffrey Goldberg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Monday, March 12, 2001 9:11 AM > > > To: Jason P. Holland > > > Cc: 'Rebecca J. Walter'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: RE: [Gimp-user] transparency with png > > > > > > > > > On Mon, 12 Mar 2001, Jason P. Holland wrote: > > > > > > > In IE 5.5, the background is light blue. In > > > > netscape 4.76 on my linux box, its black. the graphic is at > > > > http://jholland.nichware.net/alivepreview.html. > > > > > > Opera (for Linux, v5-beta6) gives a black background. > > > > > > -j > > > > > > -- > > > Jeffrey Goldberg > > > I have recently moved, see http://www.goldmark.org/jeff/contact.html > > > Relativism is the triumph of authority over truth, convention > > > over justice > > > > > Opened in Netscape 4.61 under Linux. Using Plugger plugin for png files. It > displays as black, too. Opened the graphic in GIMP and then saved with the "Save > background color" unchecked: no difference. I suspect the plugin doesn't handle > the transparency properly. > > Regards, > > Bill Lee In addition: saved as a gif and the transparency worked just fine. Interesting comparison: 81561 Mar 12 09:37 test2.png 31034 Mar 12 09:49 test2A.gif 46725 Mar 12 09:39 test2A.png (The A files are the saved alternatives from the test2.png original) Of course, the "fade to transparent" shadow of the graphic is lost with the gif, replaced by a solid black shadow. Would that work properly with the png format? Regards, Bill Lee ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] transparency with png
"Jason P. Holland" wrote: > > Thanks. Why would it behave this way? Does that have to do with the way > the browser handles the png graphic format? And why is it not transparent? > Anyone have a clue? i could use jpg, but i like the quality of png better. > I appreciate all the help! > > Jason > > > -Original Message- > > From: Jeffrey Goldberg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Monday, March 12, 2001 9:11 AM > > To: Jason P. Holland > > Cc: 'Rebecca J. Walter'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: [Gimp-user] transparency with png > > > > > > On Mon, 12 Mar 2001, Jason P. Holland wrote: > > > > > In IE 5.5, the background is light blue. In > > > netscape 4.76 on my linux box, its black. the graphic is at > > > http://jholland.nichware.net/alivepreview.html. > > > > Opera (for Linux, v5-beta6) gives a black background. > > > > -j > > > > -- > > Jeffrey Goldberg > > I have recently moved, see http://www.goldmark.org/jeff/contact.html > > Relativism is the triumph of authority over truth, convention > > over justice > > Opened in Netscape 4.61 under Linux. Using Plugger plugin for png files. It displays as black, too. Opened the graphic in GIMP and then saved with the "Save background color" unchecked: no difference. I suspect the plugin doesn't handle the transparency properly. Regards, Bill Lee ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] GIMP and Macromedia Flash
I saw a note somewhere that said work is being done in GIMP to output swf (Macromedia Flash) formatted files. Does anybody have a report on this effort? Will we have Flash-authoring capability in GIMP? Thanks, Bill Lee ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
