Re: [Gimp-user] [Offtopic] Design learning
On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 14:29, Mike Marchywka marchy...@hotmail.com wrote: I guess my question is , does anyone know of tools that can convert images to ASCII characters, This was the first hit on a google search for images to ASCII characters: http://asciiconvert.com/ -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Selecting area within area
I am using the Fuzzy Select Tool to select an area which is _roughly_ circular, however no matter how I set the tool I get either too much or too little selection. This would be a lot easier if I could specify a small section of the image, then let the tool only work in that section. Is this possible? Should I simply copy the small section to a different layer and work there? Thanks. -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Selecting area within area
Thanks Branko and Chris, layers it is then. I just wanted to make sure that I wasn't missing out on some fantastic technique made just for this. -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] HELP! FAST!
On 23 May 2010 17:04, bhaaluu bhaa...@gmail.com wrote: Hello Anna, When asking for help on any forum, it is a good idea to let people know a minimum of information: 1. Which platform are you using? [Mac OSX, Linux, FreeBSD, Other?] 2. Which version of The Gimp are you using? 3. Which file format did you save the work as? [.xcf, .jpg, .png, .other?] da Bear 4) A descriptive subject -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Fw: Re: toolbox
On 2 May 2010 15:38, Sven Neumann s...@gimp.org wrote: Is this available in the 2.7.0 development snapshot? No, this is not available in any released snapshot. Not even the code in git is in a state ready for general consumption yet. Thanks, Sven, I'm glad that I haven't gotten around to it yet! -- Dotan Cohen http://bido.com http://what-is-what.com ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Fw: Re: toolbox
On 29 April 2010 09:12, Martin Nordholts ense...@gmail.com wrote: On 04/29/2010 04:00 AM, Steve VanSlyck wrote: Is there no way to dock these darn things onto the main drawing window? (When I minimize an app I want the whole think gone, not just the subwindow I'm working on. Not in 2.6, but in 2.8 there will be a single-window mode. Is this available in the 2.7.0 development snapshot? I will compile and use that if it is available, but I don't want to go through the trouble if it is not. Thanks. -- Dotan Cohen http://bido.com http://what-is-what.com ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Fw: Re: toolbox
Is this available in the 2.7.0 development snapshot? I will compile and use that if it is available, but I don't want to go through the trouble if it is not. I should probably mention that I'm on Kubuntu Linux, that might matter. -- Dotan Cohen http://bido.com http://what-is-what.com ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Fw: Re: toolbox
2010/4/30 Jernej Simončič jernej.listso...@ena.si: On Fri, 30 Apr 2010 15:58:52 +0300, Dotan Cohen wrote: Is this available in the 2.7.0 development snapshot? I will compile and use that if it is available, but I don't want to go through the trouble if it is not. It is, however it's not currently remembered through restarts (you have to choose single-window mode every time you start GIMP). Thanks, I can live with that! -- Dotan Cohen http://bido.com http://what-is-what.com ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Fwd: Re: GIMP vs Photoshop
This is a common misconception. The single-window mode is just as much for Linux users as it is for Windows users. It is in many ways my own itch I am scratching: I run Linux but hate to manage windows and/or workspaces, and single-window mode will fix this for me. Same with me, on Kubuntu and I cannot stand the multiple-window Gimp. One Mac user I know actually prefers Gimp but uses something else (forgot what, but it's not Photoshop) because of the Gimp's multiple-windows. -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Fwd: Re: Completely off every imaginable topic;)
2010/1/18 Ken Warner kwarner...@verizon.net: Ohhh the horror And here you have illustrated that many top-posters do so just to spite people. I don't need to quote Voltaire to illustrate what that means. -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il ___ 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
I'm sure many professional photographers swear by these. Its up to you to decide if the quality of the results warrant the price. The only way to know - for you - is to compare both the commercial apps and the open source alternatives for what you're trying to accomplish. I would like to add one thing here: you _will_ find that the commercial apps are better, almost without a doubt. Therefore, please file bugs and feature requests at Digikam and F-spot to request the features missing from those apps. I was a heavy F-spot user some years ago, but I switched to Digikam for some feature that F-spot has since acquired. Both apps have serious development teams and they love bug reports and feature requests. So please, make sure that you request the features missing that only the commercial apps currently have, so that they can be ported to Digikam and F-spot. Just be sure to describe the feature in a way that assumes the dev reading the feature request is _not_ familiar with the commercial app, and has no access to it. That way the feature that gets added to the open source app is not a rip-off of the commercial counterpart, rather an independently-developed feature. For Digikam bugs and feature requests: http://bugs.kde.org For F-spot bugs and feature requests: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Urgently need to adjust photograph size
Its a passport photograph, so doing the little chain things doesn't really work, as it becomes distorted. Thats why I was trying to do what the previous poster suggested There is a plug-in called Liquid Rescale which would probably do exactly what you want. Depending to which nation he is applying for his passport, altering the photograph in that way may be illegal. The two nations for which I hold passports allow only cropping and resizing of the image, even colour adjustment and free rotation is forbidden. -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] How to move image when selecting?
I have a space-bar on my keyboard but nothing like MMB or LMB. What do these stand for? Middle Mouse Button and Left Mouse Button. On the other hand every one of the selection tools has four modes. The second one is Add to the present selection: highlighted on my picture of the rectangular tool attached. The first one and the default is Replace the present selection. I suggest you try the second mode. Thank you Andre, I will try that this evening. It looks to be just what I need. PS: my Gimp is now 2.6.7 and talks Dutch. My Dutch is weaker than my English, and Gimp in my native language is horrible! (Many UI problems) -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] How to move image when selecting?
There's always only one selection. Creating a selection will replace the current one. That has nothing to do with panning. If you want to add to an existing selection, then choose the Add mode from the tool options of the selection tool. Or use the modifier keys (as hinted in the status-bar). If you're trying to use the lasso it's frustrating like that, you have to do the whole thing in one complex wack. If instead you use the path tool you can keep adding the points to the path, edit them when you make a mistake, scroll the image around all you want, and then when you have it perfect convert the path the a selection. I think it's MUCH easier than the lasso. Here's a great tutorial on this, http://mailman.linuxchix.org/pipermail/courses/2005-March/001821.html. Thank you, Patrick, I will read that tutorial this evening. -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] How to move image when selecting?
In my link to the selection tutorial I should have given credit to Akkana Peck whose tutorial it is, and noted that her book: Beginning GIMP: from novice to professional ROCKS And also she helps people out here all the time and deserves a lot of credit for being such a good citizen of the net. I have heard of that book. When / if I decide to really learn the Gimp as it deserves to be learned (university and family schedule supporting) then I will definitely look for a copy. Thank you for the suggestion. -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] How to move image when selecting?
2009/8/17 Chris Mohler cr33...@gmail.com: On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 10:05 AM, Dotan Cohendotanco...@gmail.com wrote: When I am selecting an area with the freehand select tool, how can I move the image shown? I need to select an area that is larger than my screen size. Zooming out is not an option because I need the precision that zoom gives me. Thanks. Try middle-mouse or space bar... Thanks, Chris, but what I am looking for is a way to pan while selecting. As I cannot release the left mouse button (I have not selected all that I need to select) I need to pan with it depressed. -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Magic-lasso tool?
Try the scissors tool? I also make frequent use of the 'select by color' tool... The select by colour tools was having trouble with this spot, but magic scissors works great. Thanks! -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] How to move image when selecting?
Let go, pan using either MMB or space, then continue making the selection. There's no penalty for releasing LMB early :) When I do that, as soon as I finish making the second selection (after the pan) I loose the first selection. -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] How to move image when selecting?
2009/8/17 Sven Neumann s...@gimp.org: Hi, On Mon, 2009-08-17 at 22:36 +0300, Dotan Cohen wrote: Let go, pan using either MMB or space, then continue making the selection. There's no penalty for releasing LMB early :) When I do that, as soon as I finish making the second selection (after the pan) I loose the first selection. Are you using GIMP 2.6 or are you for whatever reason stuck to an older version? GIMP 2.6.6 -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Is it really that complicated to make a circle?
2009/7/1 Patrick Horgan phorg...@yahoo.com: Not that hard. On the site someone points to a tutorial that does the same thing using stroking and he incorrectly responds that it would create a more pixelated result. Thanks, I saw the comments after asking here! -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Is it really that complicated to make a circle?
Please take a look at this guide for making a circle in the Gimp: http://www.ghacks.net/2009/06/29/linux-tips-create-an-unfilled-circle-in-the-gimp/ 7 steps? Really? -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Is it really that complicated to make a circle?
2009/6/30 Jaime Seuma jaims.se...@gmail.com: Dotan Cohen wrote: Please take a look at this guide for making a circle in the Gimp: http://www.ghacks.net/2009/06/29/linux-tips-create-an-unfilled-circle-in-the-gimp/ 7 steps? Really? There are not really so much steps involved. Step 1. Create an empty image. This is not really an step, at least if you are already working in an image Step 2. Select the color for the image. Obviously; doesn't matter whether you are using The Gimp or other app. Step 3. Create a ellipse selection as a circle. Correct. Step 4. Fill in this circle. Instead of doing this, you want to do 'edit/stroke selection', specifying (number of pixels) the thickness. Step 5. Select none (ctrl+shift+'a') Hope it helps. Jaime So it is just three steps really, steps 3-5 in your list. I suppose that is reasonable. Is there any way to see the thickness of the circle when selecting? For instance, in Kolourpaint (I use KDE) the user selects the Elipse tool, and when he drags the tool he sees exactly what the result will be. Can this be done in Gimp? Thanks! -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Article: Handy Tweaks To Make GIMP Replace Photoshop
Article: http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/04/03/8-handy-tweaks-to-make-gimp-replace-photoshop/ Nice, thanks. I suppose that website is like lifehacker.com. -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Article: Handy Tweaks To Make GIMP Replace Photoshop
The step 8 does show some I write about it, but don't have a clue what it really is value, though. That is true, but it gives the reader a stepping off place to handle common Gimp issues. CMYK and windows-management, for example. The author really identified the most common Gimp objections and addressed them. That makes for a very valuable article in my opinion. -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] problem getting the thing to work
I am having an EXTREME AMOUNT OF TROUBLE getting this stupid thing to work. 1 I downloaded version 2.6.5 and opened it. It wouldn't run. It gave an error box but did not explain what the error was. 2 Somebody told me they thought it was because I have windows 2000. The web page says windows 2000 is ok. 3 I downloaded 2.4.0 and it wouldn't work. 4 I downloaded 2.2.17 and it wouldn't work. Could I get some help with this?? We would have to know what the error was. Can you post a screenshot? When you say doesn't work what exactly happened, and what did you expect to happen? -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת ا-ب-ت-ث-ج-ح-خ-د-ذ-ر-ز-س-ش-ص-ض-ط-ظ-ع-غ-ف-ق-ك-ل-م-ن-ه-و-ي А-Б-В-Г-Д-Е-Ё-Ж-З-И-Й-К-Л-М-Н-О-П-Р-С-Т-У-Ф-Х-Ц-Ч-Ш-Щ-Ъ-Ы-Ь-Э-Ю-Я а-б-в-г-д-е-ё-ж-з-и-й-к-л-м-н-о-п-р-с-т-у-ф-х-ц-ч-ш-щ-ъ-ы-ь-э-ю-я ä-ö-ü-ß-Ä-Ö-Ü ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Photo printing
It depends on the pixel dimensions - if the CD photos are only 360 px by 504 px ( which is 5x7 at 72 DPI), you will not get very high quality prints. However, I suspect the CD photos are probably much larger - so you should resize them to 5x7 with software like GIMP and see what the resulting PPI is... Wow, does that even make sense? Let me try again: even though the CD photos are at 72 DPI, they're probably much larger than 5x7 - if so you can resize them to 5x7 and end up with a higher PPI. Most drugstore labs (where I live) can print photos from a SD card or a USB stick... Actually, the DPI is adjusted on the fly in the shops that I am familiar with. You take a digital image of any dimensions, tell them on what size to print it, and that's it. Naturally, trying to print 320x240 px image on an A4 sized print will look terrible, but up to the technical limits of the machine it can be done. Therefore, make sure that the shop that gives you the disc used a high (at least 300 DPI, and 1200 would not be unreasonable) resolution setting so that the resultant prints will look decent. -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת ا-ب-ت-ث-ج-ح-خ-د-ذ-ر-ز-س-ش-ص-ض-ط-ظ-ع-غ-ف-ق-ك-ل-م-ن-ه-و-ي А-Б-В-Г-Д-Е-Ё-Ж-З-И-Й-К-Л-М-Н-О-П-Р-С-Т-У-Ф-Х-Ц-Ч-Ш-Щ-Ъ-Ы-Ь-Э-Ю-Я а-б-в-г-д-е-ё-ж-з-и-й-к-л-м-н-о-п-р-с-т-у-ф-х-ц-ч-ш-щ-ъ-ы-ь-э-ю-я ä-ö-ü-ß-Ä-Ö-Ü ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Win32: Use standard Windows File Open/Save dialog
2009/1/8 Elwin Estle chrysalis_reb...@yahoo.com: I eject mine every time. Gimp is the only program that has this problem. I use Inkscape with it and it works fine. The problem is not that any particular user (you) does not eject disks properly. The problem is that the OS is designed to have disks ejected improperly. -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת ا-ب-ت-ث-ج-ح-خ-د-ذ-ر-ز-س-ش-ص-ض-ط-ظ-ع-غ-ف-ق-ك-ل-م-ن-ه-و-ي А-Б-В-Г-Д-Е-Ё-Ж-З-И-Й-К-Л-М-Н-О-П-Р-С-Т-У-Ф-Х-Ц-Ч-Ш-Щ-Ъ-Ы-Ь-Э-Ю-Я а-б-в-г-д-е-ё-ж-з-и-й-к-л-м-н-о-п-р-с-т-у-ф-х-ц-ч-ш-щ-ъ-ы-ь-э-ю-я ä-ö-ü-ß-Ä-Ö-Ü ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Win32: Use standard Windows File Open/Save dialog
2009/1/7 Jernej Simončič jernej.listso...@ena.si: On Wed, 07 Jan 2009 22:19:03 +0100, Sven Neumann wrote: No, that is because your operating system of choice sucks at file I/O. Windows does not buffer access to flash and network drives. It does this with removable drives because users rarely bother to eject (unmount) them before unplugging them. You can enable caching (which greatly improves performance), but then you have to remember to eject the device before disconnecting it, or you risk filesystem corruption. No, users rarely bother to eject (unmount) them before unplugging them because the OS works like this. If the OS said bad boy! and lost data _once_ then the users would stop. This is a case of the OS fostering bad habits by treating the users as idiots who are unable to learn something so simple as pressing an eject button before physically removing hardware. -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת ا-ب-ت-ث-ج-ح-خ-د-ذ-ر-ز-س-ش-ص-ض-ط-ظ-ع-غ-ف-ق-ك-ل-م-ن-ه-و-ي А-Б-В-Г-Д-Е-Ё-Ж-З-И-Й-К-Л-М-Н-О-П-Р-С-Т-У-Ф-Х-Ц-Ч-Ш-Щ-Ъ-Ы-Ь-Э-Ю-Я а-б-в-г-д-е-ё-ж-з-и-й-к-л-м-н-о-п-р-с-т-у-ф-х-ц-ч-ш-щ-ъ-ы-ь-э-ю-я ä-ö-ü-ß-Ä-Ö-Ü ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Win32: Use standard Windows File Open/Save dialog
2009/1/3 Heinrich Moser use...@heinzi.at: Is it possible to make GIMP use the default Windows File Open/Save dialog*, for example, by setting some secret configuration option? I remember that there was a plug-in for this a long time ago (which added Windows Open and Windows Save As menu options) but I cannot find that anymore. There seems to be a NIH syndrome in many programs, Gimp included, where the devs feel (possibly rightly in many cases) that they must reimplement core OS functionality. File Chooser dialogs are among the most visible (and annoying) of these cases. Although you use Windows, here is my Kubuntu bug about the situation: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kubuntu-meta/+bug/281834 -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת ا-ب-ت-ث-ج-ح-خ-د-ذ-ر-ز-س-ش-ص-ض-ط-ظ-ع-غ-ف-ق-ك-ل-م-ن-ه-و-ي А-Б-В-Г-Д-Е-Ё-Ж-З-И-Й-К-Л-М-Н-О-П-Р-С-Т-У-Ф-Х-Ц-Ч-Ш-Щ-Ъ-Ы-Ь-Э-Ю-Я а-б-в-г-д-е-ё-ж-з-и-й-к-л-м-н-о-п-р-с-т-у-ф-х-ц-ч-ш-щ-ъ-ы-ь-э-ю-я ä-ö-ü-ß-Ä-Ö-Ü ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Increasing DPI of image
Can Gimp increase the DPI of a PSD file without affecting the physical dimensions of the image? We have a wedding invitation in PSD that is 72 DPI and the printer needs 300 DPI. Thanks in advance. -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת ä-ö-ü-ß-Ä-Ö-Ü ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Increasing DPI of image
2008/11/17 David Gowers [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi, 2008/11/17 Dotan Cohen [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Can Gimp increase the DPI of a PSD file without affecting the physical dimensions of the image? We have a wedding invitation in PSD that is 72 DPI and the printer needs 300 DPI. Thanks in advance. You need to scale your image up to 300/72 (~416.6%) of it's current size as well as setting DPI to 300. To understand why, you need to realize that your original question is like asking 'How can I make this small while keeping it big?' -- DPI is literally how many pixels are printed per inch. Less pixels in the source image == less physical size. David That is actually what I had done, David, however I figured that it was worth asking if there is a better way in Gimp. Lots of people smarter than myself have worked on Gimp, and I should imagine that my situation is not unique. Thanks! -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת ä-ö-ü-ß-Ä-Ö-Ü ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Moving text while typing it.
2008/11/17 John Coppens [EMAIL PROTECTED]: So, I confirm Dotan's report. My WM is xfce 4.4.2, if that influences things. (X11 is xorg 7.4) I should have mentioned: Gimp 2.4.6 Kubuntu 8.04 KDE 3.5.10 -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת ä-ö-ü-ß-Ä-Ö-Ü ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Increasing DPI of image
2008/11/18 David Gowers [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi, On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 1:24 AM, Dotan Cohen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2008/11/17 David Gowers [EMAIL PROTECTED]: That is actually what I had done, David, however I figured that it was worth asking if there is a better way in Gimp. Lots of people smarter Well, you could create a script which only requires you to specify target DPI, and it would then read the current DPI, calculate the scaling factor from that vs target DPI, scale the image, and finally set the DPI. gimp-image-(set|get)-resolution, gimp-image-scale (or scale-full) would be the PDB calls you'd need for this. Thanks. I'm only working on one image, but it is good to know for the future if I run into this again. -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת ä-ö-ü-ß-Ä-Ö-Ü ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Moving text while typing it.
2008/11/15 Sven Neumann [EMAIL PROTECTED]: If I click the canvas on the in the text field, then I can move the text field with the arrow keys, but I still cannot drag it with the mouse. Why not? Works just fine here. I really do not know why not. I am on a pretty stock Kubuntu 8.04 (KDE 3.5.10) installation, with proprietary ATI video drivers. Anything else that might be affecting this? Should I try to build from Trunk and confirm the issue in a more recent version? -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת ä-ö-ü-ß-Ä-Ö-Ü ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Moving text while typing it.
2008/11/16 Sven Neumann [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Then your window manager is definitely misbehaving. The text editor dialog is transient to the image window. It is not a modal dialog. If it was modal, that would explain the behavior you are seeing. Perhaps your window manager implements transient dialogs as modal? I suggest that you file a bug report against your window manager. Actually, I have been having problems with Compiz recently. After a reinstall that I plan for the next few weeks I will see if the problem returns and I will file bugs as appropriate. Thanks. -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת ä-ö-ü-ß-Ä-Ö-Ü ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Moving text while typing it.
2008/11/15 Sven Neumann [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi, On Sat, 2008-11-15 at 02:53 +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote: In KDE's KolourPaint one can open the Text tool, add text, and move the text insert location while the text is in edit mode. How does one do this in Gimp? You open the text tool, add text and move the text using your mouse or the cursor keys. How does one do this in KolourPaint? Thanks, Sven. It seems that on my system (Kubuntu 8.04) one must close the window labeled Gimp Text Editor in order to move the text. In KolourPaint there is no separate text window, rather, the user opens a text box in a fashion similar to the Select tool, and types directly in it. The dimensions and placement of the text box in KolourPaint can be dynamically resized via the mouse while the text is being edited. Although I can use and get used to the Gimp behaviour, I prefer the intuitive and versatile method presented in KolourPaint. As I am new to Gimp, would it be a waste of developers' time to file an Enhancement Request? I know that projects like KDE love these types of usability requests, and other projects such as Mozilla hate them. In which camp does Gimp lay? -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת ä-ö-ü-ß-Ä-Ö-Ü ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Moving text while typing it.
2008/11/15 Sven Neumann [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Thanks, Sven. It seems that on my system (Kubuntu 8.04) one must close the window labeled Gimp Text Editor in order to move the text. I don't see why you would have to close that window in order to move the text. What keeps you from moving the text if the text editor window is open? After more experimentation, I see that this is the situation: If I click the canvas outside the text field, then the Gimp Text Editor window gets focus and I cannot move the text with the keyboard (nor the mouse, because I was not clicking on the text field). If I click the canvas on the in the text field, then I can move the text field with the arrow keys, but I still cannot drag it with the mouse. GIMP in trunk already allows on-canvas text editing. This will be in GIMP 2.8. Excellent, thanks! However, the more general question stands: do the Gimp devs take kindly to feature requests regarding the usability of Gimp's tools? Or should I not even bother and waste their time? -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת ä-ö-ü-ß-Ä-Ö-Ü ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Moving text while typing it.
2008/11/15 Martin Nordholts [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Dotan Cohen wrote: 2008/11/15 Sven Neumann [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Excellent, thanks! However, the more general question stands: do the Gimp devs take kindly to feature requests regarding the usability of Gimp's tools? Or should I not even bother and waste their time? The developers appreciate high quality usability feedback which should go to the gimp-developer mailing list. We don't like people to file enhancement request to the bug tracker before they have been discussed on the mailing list however. Thanks, Martin. I will consider signing up at that list. -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת ä-ö-ü-ß-Ä-Ö-Ü ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Moving text while typing it.
In KDE's KolourPaint one can open the Text tool, add text, and move the text insert location while the text is in edit mode. How does one do this in Gimp? -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת ä-ö-ü-ß-Ä-Ö-Ü ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Calibrating monitors in Ubuntu
I have a Dell Inspiron E1505 / 6400 and I've done all my work on its built-in monitor. Now that I've gotten an external 22 Asus monitor, all my colours are off. What is the proper way to calibrate a monitor? Is there a reference image that one should use for calibration? I am more interested in calibrating the external Asus against a known reference implementation than against the Dell's internal monitor. Thanks. -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת ä-ö-ü-ß-Ä-Ö-Ü ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] No tools window
Often when tabbing through the Gimp windows I find that any particular window will be missing. Right now it is the Tools window. How does one reopen it? The obvious place to look (View) does not have it in there. Thanks. -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת ä-ö-ü-ß-Ä-Ö-Ü ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] No tools window
2008/10/3 Martin Nordholts [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Dotan Cohen wrote: Often when tabbing through the Gimp windows I find that any particular window will be missing. Right now it is the Tools window. How does one reopen it? The obvious place to look (View) does not have it in there. Thanks. What operating system are you on and what version of GIMP do you use? In GIMP 2.6 you should find the Toolbox under the Windows menu. BR, Martin I am sorry, I should have mentioned. I am on Gimp 2.4 on Kubuntu 8.04. I do not have a Windows menu, but I did find Toolbox under tools. Even better, there is a keyboard shortcut already defined. Thanks! -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת ä-ö-ü-ß-Ä-Ö-Ü ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] No tools window
2008/10/3 Simon Budig [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Dotan Cohen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Often when tabbing through the Gimp windows I find that any particular window will be missing. Right now it is the Tools window. How does one reopen it? The obvious place to look (View) does not have it in there. Thanks. Not sure if this is the problem you're seeing, but note that you can toggle the toolbox and dock-dialogs with the Tab-key. If you hit that by accident windows will go missing... Thank you, Simon, I think that it is safe to assume that it part of the problem. However, just a few minutes ago the Main Window disappeared on me as well. No prompt to save, nothing, it just is not there. I would suspect a problem with KDE or Compiz, but this only happens to Gimp. When the Main Window disappears, how to get it back? -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת ä-ö-ü-ß-Ä-Ö-Ü ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] printing only blue
2008/9/25 Rikard Johnels [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Spit is probably one of the worst cleaning solvents you can use... The nozzles are so small that particles in your spit will clog them. This is how the printer technician at my work does it: Place the cartridge head down in a shallow bowl with clean water. Leave it in for a few hours, wipe it of gently with a clean cloth rag. Do NOT use tissuepaper! Make sure its dry before you place it back into the printer again. This might have to be repeated, but its safe for the nozzles and ink. Thank you, I will try that. I am wary of water and electronics, but the cartridge is pretty much all PET or ABS, and I do believe that the ink is water based. -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת ä-ö-ü-ß-Ä-Ö-Ü ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] printing only blue
My printer has a stuck blue nozzle and I am trying to clean it. Of the blue, yellow, red, and black cartridges, I want to only print from the blue. I tried to configure a blue-255 colour and the rest 0, however the printed image still uses a bit from the red cartridge as the choice of colours differ from those in Gimp. What colour could I configure, that would translate to blue only from the printer? Thanks in advance. -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת ä-ö-ü-ß-Ä-Ö-Ü ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] printing only blue
2008/9/23 Kevin Cozens [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Dotan Cohen wrote: My printer has a stuck blue nozzle and I am trying to clean it. The simplest solution is to run multiple cleaning cycles to clear the nozzles. I had an inkjet printer where multiple nozzles were clogged. It took about three or four of the printers built-in cleaning cycles to fully unclog all holes in all of the cartridges. I've run tens of passes. Everything is clean but the blue reservoir, which is stuck real bad. I'm cleaning it with spit, printing, spit, printing, but I have a long ways to go and I'd like to not waste the ink from the other reservoirs. That's why I'd like to print only blue. -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת ä-ö-ü-ß-Ä-Ö-Ü ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] printing only blue
2008/9/23 Don Koch [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Cheaper printers are RBY, not CMYK. He never said he had an RGB printer. (I don't think anyone even makes an RGB printer.) My HP printer, for example, had a Red-Blue-Yellow cartridge and a black one. I do have another printer that is CMYK. I should have been clear about that, sorry. The printer cartridge has red, blue, and yellow reserviors, in fact, it is an HP model. Best suggestion so far is to use the printer's clean mode. Otherwise, I don't see a big problem with a little bit of red leaking through. I have used the printer's clean mode but it is wasting much ink from the other reserviors, and wasting the black as well. I figure that I need at least another ten or so passes, maybe more, so I'd like to save the other colours. -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת ä-ö-ü-ß-Ä-Ö-Ü ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Using shift with selection tools
I see that some modifier keys perform two different functions when used in conjunction with the select tools. Shift with the ellipse selector, for instance, forces circles if held while dragging. If it is held while releasing the mouse button, then it is used for adding to the selection (as opposed to replacing the selection). This dualty of shift's behaviour is troublesome. For instance, if I want to add to the current selection, but I do not want to force a perfect circle, how can I do that? Thanks in advance. Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Using shift with selection tools
On 16/10/2007, Daniel Hornung [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tuesday 16 October 2007, Dotan Cohen wrote: I see that some modifier keys perform two different functions when used in conjunction with the select tools. Shift with the ellipse selector, for instance, forces circles if held while dragging. If it is held while releasing the mouse button, then it is used for adding to the selection (as opposed to replacing the selection). This dualty of shift's behaviour is troublesome. For instance, if I want to add to the current selection, but I do not want to force a perfect circle, how can I do that? As you said, the moment when you press the modifier key is important. For effecting the shape, have it pressed while dragging the shape, esp. in the moment you let go of the mouse button. If you simply want to change the selection mode (such as add, subtract or intersect), make sure the modifier key is pressed while you _push the mouse button down_, you can let go of the key once the mouse button is down. I hope this helps, Daniel Thanks, Daniel. I did not realize that the deciding moment for [add||replace] was at the time that the mouse button is depressed. I will take this into account from now on. Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Using shift with selection tools
On 16/10/2007, Michael Beckwith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Personally, I'd suggest checking out the quick mask tool as well. I use it extensively. Thanks. Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Image resizing based upon image content
There is an amazing video describing an image resizing algorithm that removes (or adds) pixels based upon their importance to the subjecto of the photo. Can this be implemented in The Gimp? Apparently it will soon be a part of Photoshop. The video is here: http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/28/adobe-hires-co-inventor-of-image-resizer-technology/ Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com/what_is/gimp.html ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] A GIMP book
On 23/08/07, Michael J. Hammel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you're interested in dicussing the book or issues related to the GIMP, I set up a web site for the book: http://www.graphics-muse.org/artistsguide/ That site looks like an unofficial blog- it does not due justice to the sample chapters that I saw. It makes me think that the book is as cheap as the website. Change it, quick! Dotan Cohen http://lyricslist.com/ http://what-is-what.com/ ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] A GIMP book
On 22/08/07, DJ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Gimp-user, A friend sent me a link to a new GIMP book, The Artist's Guide to GIMP Effects to be published this month. There was a reference to it in the Javascript book he was reading from the same publisher. The sample tutorial looked good. http://nostarch.com/frameset.php?startat=gimp Just thought I'd pass it on. Very nice, the sample chapters were amazing. This seems to be written for Gimp 2.2, but 2.4 will have significant changes. Can you (or the author) address that issue? Dotan Cohen http://lyricslist.com/ http://what-is-what.com/ ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Fonts shown in correct font
Hi all, I run The Gimp 2.2 in KDE under Ubuntu on a Dell Inspiron laptop. I have STFW and read most of TFM but I cannot figure out how to have the list of fonts rendered in each font. To clarify, programs such as Open Office display each font in it's own glyphs, easing font selection. Is The Gimp capable of this? How is it configured? Thanks in advance. Dotan Cohen http://lyricslist.com/ http://what-is-what.com/ ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
