Re: [Gimp-user] Simple Radial Lines
heres an idea for this: you can check out a .gif here: http://www.tellim.com/random/starburst1.gif 1) make a new image significantly larger than your final project needs to be, twice the size to be safe I wanted one that was 500 x 500, so i started with a 1000 x 1000 image 2) fill the background layer with white, create a new layer called BLACK1 3) select the left half of BLACK1 (in this example, select from x=0,y=0 to x=500,y=1000 4) fill that selection with black and deselct 5) rotate the BLACK1 layer exactly -10 degrees. the edge of the black will now probably be pretty poorly anti-aliased, so you can guassian blur it and then play with the curves of the alpha channel to fix the anti-aliasing, but thats optional and can potentially mess up your end product. i just did a guassian blur of 1 for the example i'm using here 6) duplicate the BLACK1 layer to produce BLACK1 copy, flip BLACK1 copy horizontally 7) merge the visible layers. the resulting layer should be called Background 8) duplicate Background and flip the Background copy layer vertically. set the Background copy layer mode to Screen 9) merge the visible layers again 10) duplicate the Background layer again, set the new layer mode to Screen and rotate it 45 degrees 11) duplicate the Background layer twice more, set both the new layer modes to Screen and rotate one of them 90 degrees and the other -45 degrees 12) merge the visible layers and crop out the edges to your hearts content in step 5 i mentioned the antialiasing thing. blurring it and messing with the alpha channel can make it so that your black sections dont connect in the middle. not blurring and messing with the alpha channel will ensure that they do connect but the lines may look jagged also, i know the black and white lines arent the same width in my example. to get them perfect, i believe you need to rotate exactly -11.25 degrees in step 5 instead of -10 degrees. if i did my math right, that should take care of it. good luck & happy gimping! David Millet _ MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Re: smooth outline to scripture
Hago, About the best technique I've found for doing something like that is: 1. use the select contiguous regions tool to select all the black 2. click the quickmask button in the lower left hand corner 3. use filters>blur>blur to blur the whole thing (aka smooth it, you'll have to blur it alot to get it smooth) 4. use image>colors>layers to sharpen up your selection 5. click the turn off quickmask button in the lower left hand corner, giving you a smooth selection 6. fill the selection with black cheers! david millet http://david.azdeveloper.com _ Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] layer manipulation question, scripting, etc.
a couple of thoughts: 1) if you want to save a layer separately, the easiest way i know of to do that is to click on the layer in the layers, channels, and paths dialoge, drag it to the toolbar, and it will create a new image with just that layer. then save it to whatever you need 2) to move the different colored text to a different layer and keep it in the same spot, i would do the following: 1. use the select contiguous regions tool, select the red letters 2. hit ctrl-c to copy, then ctrl-k to clear whats in the selection 3. create a new layer 4. right click on the image and choose Edit>Paste Into if you know how to customize keyboard shortcuts you could make this process really ez cheers, david _ STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Stroke selection
Anthony, I tried using the Edit -> Stroke command to stroke the outline of a selection. It gave me the message "Paint operation failed. Message repeated once." Am I using the Stroke command in a wrong manner? I am using 1.3.10 (compiled from source) on RedHat 8.0 ^^ That is your mistake right there. The only stable version of the gimp (meaning where everything is supposed to work) is 1.2.3. 1.3.10 is a development version. David Millet _ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] cool gimp effect!
hey all, just did a cool effect with the gimp without even meaning too, thought i'd tell ya about what i did. looks like that green astro turf stuff (you know, the stuff on the football field?) created a background layer, filled it with dark green (about #002200) created a layer above that, filled it with grey (about #99) on the grey layer, i applied filters>artistic>cubism and set tile size to 13.6 and tile saturation to .5 i adjusted the image>colors>levels of that layer, adding a bunch of green voila! astroturf! if anybody uses this effect or has an improvement for it, please let me know! david millet _ MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
