Re: [Gimp-user] Transforming selections

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On 09/18/2011 03:51 AM, berniek wrote:
> I have checked the roadmap for GIMP and I have seen that the Unified 
> transform tool can be expected in version 3.8. (ugh)
>
> Now what I would like to ask is there any tool or plugin for GIMP that can 
> transform my selections? Or is there any open source image editor that can do 
> it.
>
> I'm not an artist and just for this I have to use Photoshop. For me PS is an 
> overkill for just cutting up an image.
>
>

I don't really know what you have in mind with "selection". In Gimp the 
"selection" is an ambiguous term that designates either:

- the "selection mask", which tells which pixels are selected
- the selected pixels.

So, "transforming a selection" is either selecting different pixels (1st 
case), or acting on selected pixels (2nd case). In Gimp you can do either.


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Re: [Gimp-user] splashscreen

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On 09/05/2011 08:54 AM, Frank Gore wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 2:48 AM, Julien Hardelin  wrote:
>> GIMP-2.7.3 splashscreen? I agree with you. Shocking!
> Call me a pervert, but now my curiosity is piqued... I wish I could see it :D
>

http://git.gnome.org/browse/gimp/plain/data/images/gimp-splash.png


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Re: [Gimp-user] Advice

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On 09/03/2011 04:00 AM, goy genius wrote:
> Dear Gimp,
>
> Sorry if this is rude...
>
> I used GIMP 5 or 6 years ago and was unimpressed.
>
> I used it over the past few days and was unimpressed.
>
> I want to get away from windows but I can't because quite frankly GIMP 
> is crap and I *need* photoshop. 

If you need Photoshop, run it under Wine. CS3 and CS5 run very well 
according to the Wine Compatibility list:
http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=17



> I could never use this buggy junk pile over photoshop...  I can't even 
> list the reasons. For f***s sake you could at least make some of the 
> keyboard commands the same, WHY NOT? ARE THEY PATENTED??

The crux of Open Source software is collaboration. This is an 
interesting question. Why don't you try to find the answer for us?

>
> Is pragmatism a word that is lost on all of the Linux "community"?
>
> Here is a piece of advice if you actually want to people to use your 
> software in any siginificant numbers...
>
> COPY PHOTOSHOP.

Doing so would certainly draw Gimp into the shallow waters of patent 
infringement.


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Re: [Gimp-user] 2.6.11 : C++ Runtime Error

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On 08/24/2011 09:58 PM, Jodko wrote:
> Hi everybody,
>
> First, I'd like to apologize concerning my English, but I'm French guy, so 
> sometimes, I might be hard to understand me...
>
> I post here because I got a big C++ runtime issue which has been noticed 
> several time as I could see in Google (not only concerning GIMP), but for 
> which almost no answer has been given.
>
> So let me describe a little bit the problem :
>
> I'm using GIMP 2.6.11 and try to use Resynthesizer downloaded here : 
> http://registry.gimp.org/node/9148
>
> And the problem is that when I try to use the smart removing plugin, on a 
> picture 16,6 Mo picture, I get the message :
>
> Runtime Error !
>
> C:\Program Files\GIMP-2.0\lib\gimp\2.0\plug-ins\resynth.exe
>
> The application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an unusual way.
>
> Please contact the application support team.
>
>
> Something to note is that I don't have the issue for a quite smaller picture.
>
>
> Can anyone help me to understand what I should do :
>
> Install some dll
> Upgrade the computer...
>
>
> Thank You in advance !
>
>
> Jodko.
>

There is a much more recent version available: 
http://registry.gimp.org/node/25219

On the whole, this kind of question is better asked to the plugin 
authors (usually reachable via the Registry  (plugin comments page), or 
sourceforge...).





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Re: [Gimp-user] Neon effect on jpg ?'s

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On 08/23/2011 08:17 PM, Longstreet wrote:
> Hello all. Noob here, with a question. I've used GIMP just enough to 
> humiliate myself at my lack of knowledge, and am trying to get a handle on 
> the whole image manipulation thing.
>
> For a first project, I'm trying to make a wallpaper for my phone. My idea 
> involves neon text (from the tutorial on this page 
> http://www.gimpusers.com/tutorials/neon-glow-text) on top of a logo I've 
> found in a jpg, both of those over a starry night sky.
>
> The text is no problem. The tutorial referenced above was easy to use and 
> understand. I thought I could apply the same steps to the black-and-white 
> image here http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb261/HHMACHSHOP/THEBOLT.jpg
> but it didn't work.
>
> I suppose the problem is that I'm starting with two different things, i.e. 
> starting from scratch with the text vs trying to manipulate a jpg. I've tried 
> experimenting along the way, but it's hard to experiment when I'm not sure 
> what I'm doing in the first place. I'm sure what I'm trying is possible, but 
> I'm not sure how to go about it.
>
> Any ideas or suggestions? Tia.
>

Another way is to create a "path" from the text and then use a Python 
script of mine to neon-ify the text. It's all explained here (with 
pointer to "engraving fonts" necessary in some cases):



The neon script is described in the "Decorations" page, and I recommend 
reading the "Paths FAQ" page.

An exemple of what you can get with the script;  
http://i26.servimg.com/u/f26/12/46/16/36/neonof11.png

Btw,  a better format for these computer graphics is PNG, that you phone 
will very likely accept.

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Re: [Gimp-user] Align tool: is there a way to select layers I can't see?

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On 08/21/2011 07:38 PM, bktheman34 wrote:
>> Whe I load a bunch of layers (File/Open as layers) they get loaded on
>> top of each other. If I want to distribute them with the Align tool, I
>> have to select them, but to select them, I have to see them, and to see
>> them, I have to distribute them. Catch 22. So is there a secret
>> handshake to select all layers without clicking on each of them (I tried
>> to link them but that didn't work)?
> To see them, you need to hide the layers above that are covering them - use 
> the eye icon next to each layer in the layers dialog to hide the layers you 
> don't want to see or select.
>

But I want to select them all :) Your method is better that the 
preliminary drag, though. Thx.


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[Gimp-user] Align tool: is there a way to select layers I can't see?

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Whe I load a bunch of layers (File/Open as layers) they get loaded on 
top of each other. If I want to distribute them with the Align tool, I 
have to select them, but to select them, I have to see them, and to see 
them, I have to distribute them. Catch 22. So is there a secret 
handshake to select all layers without clicking on each of them (I tried 
to link them but that didn't work)?
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Re: [Gimp-user] Problem script-fu gimp-text-layer-get-text

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On 08/08/2011 12:57 PM, Volker Lenhardt wrote:
> Gimp 2.6.8 on Linux openSUSE 11.3
>
> I need to extract text and font from a text layer. No problem, I
> thought, with gimp-text-layer-get-text and gimp-text-layer-get-font.
>
> But I find that the original text layer was cropped with
> plug-in-autocrop-layer. Nevertheless Gimp lets me edit the text with the
> text edit tool - after a confirmation dialog.
>
> But I can't get the text with script-fu. Is there a way to manage it?
> There are many files involved.

The layer name is "usually" the text contents, so instead of getting the 
text you can retrieve the name. Your Mileage May Vary.

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Re: [Gimp-user] I need to learn how to rotate the entire image

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On 08/08/2011 02:27 AM, FortKnox wrote:
> Is there any way to just rotate a rectangular image?  I have often scanned in 
> something that's not square, it's often a brochure that's taller than it is 
> wide.  But when I scanned it, I had turn it sideways to get the whole thing 
> visible to the scanner.  So it scans completely, but now I have an image of 
> it that's not "up is up"-- I have "up is right" or "up is left."  But  now I 
> have to do all this junkbutter: 1) Look at the canvas size, 2) make the 
> width&  height equal to the larger of the two, 3) use the Rotate tool to turn 
> the image 90 degrees, then 4) do some magic to move the image to start at the 
> upper-left, and 5) crop it back down to get rid of the blank space on the 
> bottom.  YUCKY!  Is there some magic tool I haven't found yet that will 
> rotate, move and crop all in one step?  I just want to turn the entire image 
> on it's side without any other fuss.  Is that possible somehow?  I have to 
> assume it is, but I sure couldn't find it...  thanks!
>

See Frank's answer for the fixed 90 degrees rotation.

For an arbitrary rotation, you don't need to enlarge the canvas 
beforehand. You can use a rotation in "corrective" mode, and then 
"Image/Fit Canvas to layers" which will enlarge and move the canvas as 
needed.


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Re: [Gimp-user] Help with batch processing

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On 08/04/2011 02:04 AM, Pablo Gustavo Rodriguez wrote:
> Hi everybody:
> I use Gimp just for personal pursposes like improving the colour of my
> photos, and I have a question that I couldn´t answer by myself so far. I
> use to take the same steps with every picture when improving the colour:
> I go to menu Colors / Levels, press the button Auto, then OK, Save and
> Close file. I have 200 photos taken in a tour and I´m looking for a way
> to do this in a batch mode, for all files at once, maybe from command
> line, but I couldn´t find how in the online user manual. It seems to me
> that script-fu may be useful but the manual didn´t help me. Is there a
> way to do waht I want to do?. Can any body tell me which is the function
> or recommend me a tutorial?.
> I run Gimp 2.6 under Windows 7-64 bits
> Very much thanks in advance.
Some people will likely give a very documented answer for Gimp batch. But

1) there is also an auto-level in ImageMagick convert 
(www.imagemagick.org) that will likely be both faster and easier to use 
from the command line:

 convert in.jpg --auto-level out.jpg

see 
http://www.imagemagick.org/script/command-line-options.php#auto-level 
for more similar options

2) if you have to run this on all/most pictures you take, you should 
investigate changing the settings on your camera.
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Re: [Gimp-user] Working with imported images and layers

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On 07/31/2011 05:32 PM, Fred J wrote:


This defaults to 100% IIRC. It only effects the *display* during
transform.

This is the time when it shouldn't display at 100%.

Let's say I have a bunch of layers with various graphical elements.  
The one at the bottom is a photo that needs to be scaled up and 
rotated, so that it fits in better with the layers above it.  The 
moment I attempt that, I am no longer able to see my layers because 
the photo layer is now displaying above everything.  What now?  It 
becomes hit-and-miss guesswork, which is counter intuitive.




That's why there is an opacity control in the layer transform tools 
(rotate/scale/shear/perpective) and why it applies only during the 
transform.


Btw if you are trying to move two layers to makje them match, there is 
an "exact-aligner' plugin which does everything in one transform (avoids 
blurriness). You pick two points on one layer, two points on the other, 
and it figures out the scale/rotation/offset to apply to the second to 
make the pair of points match:


http://registry.gimp.org/node/18961


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Re: [Gimp-user] Suggestions for GIMP layout

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On 07/30/2011 10:33 PM, John Culleton wrote:


I have a different problem. I am processing a series of screen shots 
through Gimp to desaturate them (color pages cost more then B/W 
pages.) Each time I retrieve a screen shot from:


/usr/local/active/scribusp

and desaturate it I must chase down the entire file tree to save it 
again in


/usr/local/active/scribusp.

I think Gimp should remember the directory from which an image was 
loaded.


Gimp 2.6.11 on Linux.




This is the way it works... Maybe Gimp  gets shy because /usr and 
/usr/local aren't writable by non-root users?
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Re: [Gimp-user] Color

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On 07/10/2011 06:36 PM, Steve221 wrote:
> For a person’s signature, I used the paint brush tool to make small changes 
> to  a text font and then saved the image  with a transparent background in  
> .xcf file. How do I now change the color of this image from black to another 
> color?  Thank You!
>
Lock the alpha channel in the Layers dialog ("Lock" next to checkerboard 
at the top) and paint over (you don't even need to be accurate, even 
bucket-fill will work).
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Re: [Gimp-user] Rotation witout cropping.

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On 06/26/2011 01:26 AM, John Culleton wrote:


On Saturday, June 25, 2011 06:50:04 pm Daniel Hornung wrote:

> Hi John,

> do you rotate the layer or the image?

>

> Cheers,

> Daniel

The image, using the tool on the left hand tool palette. How

do I rotate both simultaneously?

--



The thing on the palette rotates the layer wrt to the image, and not the 
global image (aka, the canvas)


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Re: [Gimp-user] Anyone know of a resize+export script?

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On 06/23/2011 11:30 AM, Kevin Brubeck Unhammer wrote:
>
> I really like the GIMP 2.7 Export menu, but one thing I've always felt
> missing was a resize-slider for just the exported image. I like keeping
> the xcf large to avoid loss of quality, and then exporting stuff which I
> then resize But it's a bore having to resize, then export, then resize
> back (or export, then open the rexport, then resize, then save).
>
> I'm sure I'm not the only one who has this problem, so does anyone know
> of a script that automates this? An interactive script that e.g. adds a
> menu item 'export resized' that lets me input a new size in pixels, then
> just calls the export item, but doesn't touch the original.

My 2 cents...

Once you have resized and exported you can Ctrl-Z to get back to the 
original size.

If you automate the process it has to be more robust: you can't avoid a 
preliminary blur to avoid artefacts that will appear in some cases, and 
possibly a little bit of sharpening on the result.

Otherwise, if you stick to some blind resizing, as said earlier an 
ImageMagick script is your best friend (it can read XCF).



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Re: [Gimp-user] How to change some default behaviours?

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On 06/18/2011 08:15 AM, Walter Dnes wrote:
>I'm starting to get serious about photography. I've shot a batch of
> photos that need manual processing. There are a couple of steps where I
> should be able to save one or two keystrokes every time. This may sound
> minor, but when I have to do it time after time after time, it gets
> annoying. This is not intended to be a rant, but rather a request for
> info about changing defaults to speed things up for me.
>
>I'm running Gimp 2.6.11 on Gentoo linux (64-bit). I've looked at
> "Edit ==>  Preferences", but can't seem to find what I'm looking for.
>
>1) I need to crop photos, but the manual "crop tool" is not the best
> fit. I prefer to use "Image ==>  Canvas Size". My problem is that the
> Width+Height aspect ratio defaults to staying constant. I.e. if I crop
> the X size, the Y size changes proportionally. I do NOT want that. I
> have to manually click on the link to break the linkage. Sometimes I
> forget, which can get really annoying, when cropping in one dimension
> crops the other as well. How can I change the default to not link the
> X+Y sizes?
Use the right tool. Changing the canvas size may work but this is really 
the bad way and it may bite you back some day. The Crop tool is designed 
for this (btw, what doesn't make it the best fit?). Or use the rectangle 
selection and Image/Crop to selection.

>2) Saving stuff to PNG
>*) After having done any cropping, I obviously want to save my work.
> Saving to PNG pops up a dialog about "Your image should be exported
> before it can be saved... blah, blah, blah". Yes folks, I know that. Is
> there any way to get the PNG save routine to "just do it", rather than
> popping up a dialogue?
>*) If I'm saving to a new PNG file, I get *YET ANOTHER DIALOGUE* with
> settings for compression/interlacing/etc/etc. I never change the default
> settings, so this is another extra annoyance to me. How can I get the
> "save as" command to "just do it"?
>
>   I know the above may sound minor, but it does get annoying after the
> umpteenth time

Make yourself a script to save the image to PNG, no questions asked. In 
Python that will be 20 lines tops. And you can assign  a keyboard 
shortcut to it.

Btw I'm wondering why you use PNG for photos?

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Re: [Gimp-user] WaterMark on photos

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On 06/04/2011 06:21 PM, Tom Williams wrote:

On 06/04/2011 06:14 AM, Ofnuts wrote:

On 06/04/2011 02:01 AM, MM wrote:

I am not an expert, however I like to play with panoramas etcetera.
I use Gimp to retouch them once completed and I was looking for the 
possibility of use a watermark copyright on those photos before 
publishing them on photobucket.

http://www.shutterfreaks.com/Actions/WatermarkSignatures/SampleDiagonal.jpg
I am looking for something similar to the above sample, is there any 
one able to help and let me know how I can make it with Gimp




This is a mere bump map:

- create a text layer with your copyright and make it invisible.
- select your image layer
- Filters/Map/Bump map, and use the copyright as the bump map.


I tried this and it didn't work.  Do you make the text layer with the 
copyright invisible by hiding the layer (clicking the eye in the 
layers dialog) or by reducing the opacity to 0?


When I tried this, the copyright didn't appear at all.

Peace...



Making the copyright layer invisible is just a way to get it out of the 
way, because that layer doesn't appear in the final image, it is only 
used to transform the one with the photo. You could also move it to the 
bottom of the stack so it is hidden by the main image.


For the rest, I was incomplete: the bump-map layer should have the size 
of the target layer, so:


- add layer to image
- fill with 50% gray (127,127,127)
- move to under text layer
- merge down text layer

and use that result as the bump-map

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Re: [Gimp-user] WaterMark on photos

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On 06/04/2011 02:01 AM, MM wrote:

I am not an expert, however I like to play with panoramas etcetera.
I use Gimp to retouch them once completed and I was looking for the 
possibility of use a watermark copyright on those photos before 
publishing them on photobucket.

http://www.shutterfreaks.com/Actions/WatermarkSignatures/SampleDiagonal.jpg
I am looking for something similar to the above sample, is there any 
one able to help and let me know how I can make it with Gimp




This is a mere bump map:

- create a text layer with your copyright and make it invisible.
- select your image layer
- Filters/Map/Bump map, and use the copyright as the bump map.

You'll likely find plenty of scripts to do that.

If you have very many picture to process, investigate using ImageMagick 
instead.


And remember the rule: the size of the logo should be proportional to 
your ego and inversely proportional to the quality and interest of the 
picture :)


You can put an invisible copyright in the Exif/IPTC fields of the photo 
(good cameras can be set up to put the copyright automatically. in the 
shots they take).
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Re: [Gimp-user] Advice on oddly-coloured images

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On 05/29/2011 10:40 AM, Christopher Dawkins wrote:
>
> Please excuse a non-GIMP query, but I have been a GIMP user (an
> inexpert one) since the last century and this is the only
> graphics-related list I am on.
>
> My query is on http://archives.felsted.org/pdfprob/
>
> The problem is that images obtained from a Quark pdf with pdf2html
> appear in silly (approximately negative) colours, and I need a
> scriptable method to restore them.

Couldn't that be a problem of CYMK<->RGB mixup by pdf2html?

Or the images from pdf2html are actually JPEG in CYMK mode, and that 
mode is overlooked by the software you use to view the results, in which 
case you would just need a utility to convert CYMK JPEG to RGB 
(ImageMagick will likely do it).



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Re: [Gimp-user] How to creat this ?

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On 05/26/2011 09:54 AM, michi17771 wrote:
> How to make this animation ?
> http://image24.net/uploads/980102b833zdwammw.gif

IMHO: motion blur (radial) and a couple of frames with that rotated 
10-15° CW and CCW, I'd say.


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Re: [Gimp-user] How to remove background of shadowed and/or low-resolution and/or more complex images

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On 05/24/2011 10:23 PM, peter kostov wrote:
> Another option is painting on a layer mask - it is like the eraser tool,
> but much more convenient to rework and correct. But it is almost
> impossible to achieve crisp edges this way. For hard and crisp edges it
> may be better to use the pen tool and trace the contour of the object
> with it creating a path, that you can edit and later turn into selection.
> Have in mind that "color to alpha" removes the selected color from the
> whole image (except if you already have a selection).
What I do usually is restriuct color to alpha to a thin border around 
the object edges;

1) magic wand to select background, if the background is not uniform 
(JPEG artifacts, for instance) and there are unselected spots, 
shift-click them to include them in the selection

2) save that selection

3) shrink the selection 3 pixels

4) erase, this takes care of most of the backgound

5) restore saved selection

6) extend it two pixels so that is extends slightly inside the object.

7) apply color-to-alpha

Done.

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Re: [Gimp-user] Reduce size of an image

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On 05/12/2011 12:46 AM, Adam Tong wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I made a 5x35 image using a gradient that i'll use as background for a div.
> I saved it as .jpg. Its size now is 325 bytes.
> Is there any additional method to make the size smaller?

325 bytes is already in the trivial size range... This said, you should 
be using PNG, a much better format for Web graphics outside of photos. 
In this format a 5*35 gradient image in 212 bytes, but you can likely 
reduce it to 1*35 (157 bytes)

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Re: [Gimp-user] Changing a Text Layer

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On 05/11/2011 08:18 PM, Noel Stoutenburg wrote:
> Rhino wrote:
>
>> What am I doing wrong? How do I access the layers that I created before
>> the current layer?
> If you want to make changes to an existing text layer, in the layer
> dialog, make the layer containing the text you want to change the active
> layer, and then click on any bit of the text in the layer. Note though,
> that every text window is an independant layer, and if you've applied
> nearly any other modification to the layer, even only merging it with
> another text layer, it is no longer a text layer, and you can't modify
> the text with the text editor. As long as each text element is an
> individual text layer, and has not been modified, except for the text
> attributes, you can edit the text in the layer.
>

Furthermore, for really crisp results it is better to avoid appling 
gemoetry transforms to the text layer. It is luch better to generate a 
"path" frol the text ("Path from text" button), and apply the 
geometrical transforms to the path (all transform tools can be applied 
to paths), and once everything is in place to make a selection from the 
path and fill it.

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Re: [Gimp-user] Explicit manipulation of Alpha Channel.

[Ofnuts]

On 04/19/2011 10:35 PM, Frederico Zveiter wrote:


Hi Folks,

Can anyone teach me how to do the steps described in the article "How 
do I Import Alpha Textures?" 
(http://unity3d.com/support/documentation/Manual/HOWTO-alphamaps.html) 
but with GIMP?


Is special, how can I create an explicit alpha channel that I can 
manipulate?





This is what layer masks are meant for.
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Re: [Gimp-user] How can you make files open in one instance of gimp?

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On 04/10/2011 08:09 PM, Rob Frohne wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I'm trying to streamline a daily activity processing photos with Gimp 
> by using incrontab (which makes it when you add files to a directory, 
> it will automatically run a program to deal with the event).  I have a 
> python-fu script that I need to run after selecting four corners of 
> what will be new photos.  It will run itself on all images open in 
> gimp which reduces my keystrokes or mouse clicks.  The problem I'm 
> having is that when I put four photos into the processing directory, 
> incron opens four instances of gimp instead of opening gimp once and 
> adding each photo to its open images.  I'm using Ubuntu Linux.  Are 
> there any ideas out there on how to get around this problem cleanly?  
> I'd really like to make the same instance of gimp open the photos, but 
> I'm not sure how to do that.
>
> Thanks,

Given that Gimp takes '-n' argument to force the use of  a new instance, 
I'd think that the behavior you see isn't normal. Perhaps the foiur Gimp 
calls are made too fast for Gimp to set up the first instance fully. I 
would call Gimp from a script that does some random wait (doesn't need 
to be very long) before calling it...


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Re: [Gimp-user] Error on the bash command line

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On 04/03/2011 11:25 AM, houghi wrote:
> -b --verbose
Shouldn't that be --verbose -b?

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Re: [Gimp-user] Image-defined Select Tool

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On 03/30/2011 07:21 AM, Giridhari wrote:
> Having performed this Edge Detect and obtaining something which does 
> cover the areas I would like to work with, I can then Select from this 
> and have a selection which is fairly close to all the area I would 
> like to then process.
There may be a simpler solution, but:

- Create new layer
- Layer/Mask/Add layer mask, and initialize from selection
- Layer/Mask/Apply layer mask
- Hide all layers but that one
- Select/All
- Edit/Copy visible
- Move to original image
- Edit/Paste as/New layer
- Layer/Transparency/Alpha to selection

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Re: [Gimp-user] white balance in JPG files.

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On 03/28/2011 05:08 PM, s.kortenweg wrote:
> I have some jpg files with a wrong white balance.
> Flash refused by taking the picture.
> How can i correct this in GIMP?

http://luca.dealfaro.org/Whitebalance

This is a very simple script to use:

- use the color picker to set the foreground color from some part of the 
picture that should be grey or white.
- call filter,
- done.

The colortemperature script by the same author is also a good catch.


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Re: [Gimp-user] Compatibility & Security Settings

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On 03/24/2011 10:16 PM, Stefan Maerz wrote:


We are trying to use GIMP in one of our online learning classes.  I 
am trying to verify if GIMP 2.6 is Windows7  compatible and will run 
on a computer whose users are not administrators.   Will  it run on 
computers with local user right set as power users?




Windows 7, yes.


It runs OK in a non-admin id on XP.
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Re: [Gimp-user] Batch file

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On 03/14/2011 06:59 AM, billn wrote:
>>> I have a folder of lots of images i want to resize for the web. Is
>>> there a decent batch plug in for gimp 2.6.10. I am using ubuntu. I am
>>> newbie. I need easy to follow install instruction...lol
>
>> Maybe this could help you, but it does need making and installing
>> which might be a bit hard for a "newbie"
>> Alternatively, use your synaptic to install imagickMagick (there is
>> even a front end for I beleive)
>> You can do mass resizings with that from the command line (try
>> googling it)
>> I am sure there are other approaches.
>> http://members.ozemail.com.au/~hodsond/dbp.html
> I can not find imagickMagick in synaptic or the software center..thanks
>
>

That's 'imagemagick', and I concur with the benefits of using it.

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Re: [Gimp-user] using script-fu draw arrow

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On 03/13/2011 10:38 PM, mamboze wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I want to use the draw arrow script in gimp. I've downloaded and installed 
> the .scm file in the gimp script folder. So far, so good! But I can't see how 
> to access the script,
>
> Any help would be much appreciated

If we are talking about the same thing,  the script ia activated by 
Tools/Arrow... (at the bottom)


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Re: [Gimp-user] Levels hardly ever work

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On 03/07/2011 08:50 AM, Jeremy Nell wrote:

Ubuntu 10.10, GIMP 2.6, image mode is SRGB.

That's about it, really.  I import a photo, for example, and sometimes 
the Levels work and sometimes they don't.  Curves work, so I use them 
instead.



On 07/03/2011 09:46, Olivier Lecarme wrote:

Jeremy Nell  wrote:


Unless I'm doing something wrong, Colour>  Levels only work half the time.  In
fact, right now, I have a photo open and Levels do absolutely nothing.  And
this happens regularly, but I've not figured out the pattern as to when they
work and don't work.

Curves, however, work fine.

Under what circumstances do Levels work?

For me, Levels always works, in every circumstance. Please describe
better your context: paltform, GIMP version, image mode, and so on.




Maybe you are not using Levels properly? Do you use the five sliders? Or 
can you post one of the "problem" pictures and tell us what you were 
trying to achieve?
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Re: [Gimp-user] Split Image into strips

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On 02/25/2011 06:13 PM, Burnie West wrote:
> On 02/25/2011 08:40 AM, Ofnuts wrote:
>> On 02/25/2011 04:55 PM, Dragonlord666 wrote:
>>> I've searched the forum but cannot find a way to do this.
>>> it's probably looking me in the face but..
>>>
>>> What I need to do is, take an image, split it into strips about 1/4 inch 
>>> wide but have them so I can put them back.
>>> the actual size of the slices can be varied but each slice has to be the 
>>> same size across the whole image.
>>>
>>> is there a way to do this using GIMP on a mac?
>>>
>>> I did see a add in but it was for windows only.
>> Put guides where you want the strips borders to be and use
>> Image/Transform/Guillotine that will create N images (you still have to
>> save each by hand).
>>
> Inkscape is an ideal tool for dividing images into multiple pieces. This would
> be done from the command line with a script. It might particularly well handle
> your case if you have several images, all the same size, and the strip 
> width(s)
> in pixels can be calculated.

Aren't you confusing Inkscape and ImageMagick here? Because I would also 
recommend ImageMagick if this were to be scripted.


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Re: [Gimp-user] Split Image into strips

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On 02/25/2011 04:55 PM, Dragonlord666 wrote:
> I've searched the forum but cannot find a way to do this.
> it's probably looking me in the face but..
>
> What I need to do is, take an image, split it into strips about 1/4 inch wide 
> but have them so I can put them back.
> the actual size of the slices can be varied but each slice has to be the same 
> size across the whole image.
>
> is there a way to do this using GIMP on a mac?
>
> I did see a add in but it was for windows only.
Put guides where you want the strips borders to be and use 
Image/Transform/Guillotine that will create N images (you still have to 
save each by hand).

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Re: [Gimp-user] Color Selection with color to alpha

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On 02/17/2011 11:24 PM, Suntot wrote
>> On 02/17/2011 03:00 AM, Suntot wrote:
>>> Well, I am new at this. Not even sure if what I am attempting is possible. 
>>> I am trying to change a specific color in an image. If I use 'color 
>>> selection' the edges don't change color. So I am trying to use color to 
>>> alpha... But, when I select by color, it seems to select all similar color 
>>> in the area, thus when I add a new layer it does the change the color I 
>>> wanted to change, but it also changes the rest of the image with a similar 
>>> color tone. What can I do to precisely select a specific color or portion 
>>> of an image with color to alpha?
>> Color-to-alpha only applies to the selection, so you can restrict its
>> effects by doing a selection first. For instance to remove a background,
>> use the wand to get a rough selection of the background, grow the
>> selection by  a couple of pixels so that it includes the edges of the
>> foreground, and perform color-to-alpha.
> I tried doing a selection but since both colors are similar it selects all. 
> Changed selection thresholds and it still doesn't work. Here is what I am 
> trying to change: 
> http://www.weddingclipart.com/wca/edittemplate.do?template=218069
>
> I am trying to change the colors of the scrolls on the wedding invitation. 
> The dark blue into a red, the lighter into a black. Yet I can't seem to get 
> it to work flawlessly. Please help. thanks

Some more thoughts on this... in my humble opinion, you cannot achieve a 
good-looking result if you change the anti-aliasing, and unfortunately 
all methods suggested so far alter it to some extent.

1) both parts of the clip art use the same hue, so they cannot be 
distinguished, in particular:

2) the anti-aliasing of the dark part on the white background uses 
colors found in the light one, and colors also used for the 
anti-aliasing of the light one

3) the anti-aliasing where light and dark intersect creates some 
intermediate colors very difficult to sort out

So a perfect cut will not be achieved without a lot of manual intervention.

However, the color of the whole clipart can be changed without adding 
aliasing by painting it over with a brush in "color" or "hue" mode 
(these modes won't affect the background) so you can change it to red 
tones fairly easily. Making the light one black will not work, because 
this will also affect the anti-aliasing pixels.Your best bet is to 
darken the dark one using the levels or curves tools, but you can't push 
it very far because this creates a light border around it (those $£à# 
pixels that are in the tone ranges of the light part...) (in other words 
you'll have to darken both parts if you want a very dark dark).

Conceal the trickery by flipping the clipart vertically :-)

Unless someone has a better solution?

--
Bertrand











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Re: [Gimp-user] How to make 1 image out of 2?

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On 02/17/2011 01:12 PM, mikepain...@safe-mail.net wrote:
> Dear experts,
>
> How can I make 1 image out of 2 images?
>
> I have made
> - 1 image with a black line on white background saved as xcf
> - 1 image with a black letter "A" on white background saved as xcf
> Both images are rectangulars.
> I scaled the height of both images to the same value.
>
> Output should be 1 image
> - with white background
> - one rectangular consisting of the old 2 rectangulars
> - area is the sum of the area of the 2 old rectangulars
> - on left side the "line" image
> - on right side the "A" image
> - new image can be saved as xcf
>
> Please give me the answer in a simply consecutive row of commands like:
>
> GIMP>  file>  open file: image with line>  right click on image>  image>  
> scale image>  ...
> GIMP>  file>  open file: image with letter>  ...
>
In one of the images (preferably the one on the left):
- change the canvas size (Image/Canvas size) of one image to the size 
necesary to hold the final image (unlink the dimensions in the dialog)
- file/open as layer the other image
- move that new layer to its final place (the align tool is your friend)
- move the original layer to its final place if not already there
- merge layers or flatten image if needed


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Re: [Gimp-user] Color Selection with color to alpha

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On 02/17/2011 03:00 AM, Suntot wrote:
> Well, I am new at this. Not even sure if what I am attempting is possible. I 
> am trying to change a specific color in an image. If I use 'color selection' 
> the edges don't change color. So I am trying to use color to alpha... But, 
> when I select by color, it seems to select all similar color in the area, 
> thus when I add a new layer it does the change the color I wanted to change, 
> but it also changes the rest of the image with a similar color tone. What can 
> I do to precisely select a specific color or portion of an image with color 
> to alpha?
>

Color-to-alpha only applies to the selection, so you can restrict its 
effects by doing a selection first. For instance to remove a background, 
use the wand to get a rough selection of the background, grow the 
selection by  a couple of pixels so that it includes the edges of the 
foreground, and perform color-to-alpha.



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Re: [Gimp-user] Export formats

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On 02/16/2011 05:13 PM, Jeremy Nell wrote:
> Is there a way to remove some of the "save as" file formats from the
> list (when saving a file as...)?  After numerous years in my field,
> there are a number of file formats I have - and probably never will -
> need to save my files as.  If I could remove some of them, then it would
> speed up my workflow (so that I don't have to scroll down every time I
> save a file).
>

I assume these come from the file codec plug-ins.


If you remove/rename some of the file-* plugins in lib/gimp/2.0/plug-ins 
the corresponding formats could disappear from the list. A scrub of 
pluginrc could also be necessary.

Note: I never tried the above but that would be my first shot at the 
problem.


I never said this and this post will self-destruct...



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Re: [Gimp-user] Change background to tranparent?

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On 02/08/2011 08:23 PM, . wrote:
> I made a web banner (728 x 90) but forgot to set the background to being
> transparent (so the web page background can show through).
>
> Do you know how I can easily change the background of the banner to
> transparent?
>

If the background is a rather different color from the rest: 
colors/color to alpha, and pick the background color.



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Re: [Gimp-user] Add brush?

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On 02/08/2011 01:45 PM, . wrote:
> How do I add a brush to Gimp that I downloaded

Copy it to the brushes directory in your Gimp profile (~/.gimp-2.6 on 
Linux, c:\users\{your_id}\.gimp-2.6 in Vista/W7), c:\Documents and 
Settings\{your_id}\.gimp-2.6 on WinXP).

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Re: [Gimp-user] Using Script-Fu, how can I get coordinates selected by a user on an image?

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On 01/28/2011 02:02 AM, Rob Frohne wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I am trying to write a script-fu script to process white board 
> photos.  I want to select four coordinates to do a 
> perspective-transformation and crop on.  Is there a way to 
> interactively let a user select points on a photo and get that 
> information back into the script?
>
> Thanks,
>

The "Exact aligner plugin" (http://registry.gimp.org/node/18961) 
requires a path with 4 points for this.

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Re: [Gimp-user] Sizing Question

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On 01/27/2011 08:47 PM, garfalz...@aol.com wrote:
I have a jpg file, sized at 8.5" x 11", resolution 300 dpi.  When I 
attempt to print that file, either directly to the printer or to pdf, 
the output size says it will be 8.5" x 11" but instead always prints 
at a fraction of that (about 2.5" x 4").  Why? and How can I print the 
original size?




Your image is actually 2550x3300 pixels? or is it more like 750x1200?
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Re: [Gimp-user] Scaling / rotating images and focus

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On 01/26/2011 09:22 AM, Jeremy Nell wrote:
The more I work in Gimp, the more I realise that this is something 
that needs to be looked at by the developers, as it is not very intuitive.


Again, I've found how the focus of the image being rotated / scaled 
interferes with the rest of the working area.  For example, if I set a 
particular layer's opacity to 20% and the layer is at the bottom of 
all other layers, why, then, does the opacity become 100% and the 
layer suddenly appear on top of all other layers?


This makes it very difficult to work efficiently.

Is there a way to fix this / work around it?


The Scale and Rotate tools have an opacity slider for the preview...


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Re: [Gimp-user] gimp 2.7.3

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On 01/24/2011 04:36 PM, Ed Redman wrote:
> I recently updated gimp to 2.7.3 on a ubuntu 10.10 x64 system.
> When I try to use levels, brightness contrast etc.
> Gemp segfaults.
>
> babl-format.c:389 babl_format_new()
>   Trying to reregister BablFormat 'R'G'B' double' with different id!
> Could not attach to process.  If your uid matches the uid of the target
> process, check the setting of /proc/sys/kernel/yama/ptrace_scope, or try
> again as the root user.  For more details, see /etc/sysctl.d/10-ptrace.conf
> ptrace: Operation not permitted.
>
> Could some one help me try to understand what is happening.

Where did you get the babl from? 2.7 will only work with a very recent 
babl, you have to install it from the tarball, too.



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Re: [Gimp-user] Filters Gone HELP PLEASE

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On 01/23/2011 08:20 AM, Jenette wrote
>> So let's fix this first... did you reinstall as recommended? Can you
>> open a command prompt, and do:
>>   dir "c:Program Files\Gimp2.6" /s>gimpinstall.txt
>>   and paste the results here (replace "c:Program Files\Gimp2.6" by
>> whatever directory Gimp has been installed in)
> Well it said :
> dir "c:Program Files (86x)\.gimp-2.6" /s>gimpinstall.txt
> The system cannot find the file specified.
>
> (Sorry for the long reply...)

Wrong directory. name ... .gimp-2.6 is a directory in your user file 
space where Gimp keeps your own settings. The directory I'm talking 
about must be called Gimp-2.0 (if my memory is good) without leading 
dot. It should be easy to spot with the file explorer.

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Re: [Gimp-user] newbie: script for comverting eps line drawings to gif

[Ofnuts]

On 01/22/2011 10:38 AM, Ray Tayek wrote:
> At 02:03 AM 1/21/2011, you wrote:
>
>> On 01/21/2011 09:13 AM, Ray Tayek wrote:
>>> what should the values be for bounding box?
>> current bounding box size/current scaling factor=235/.47166=498,24 (I
>> used 500)
> i understand that.
>
> what about a bounding box like: %%BoundingBox: -1 -21 101 214
>
> would this need some kind of translate or something?
>
 can you show me the values that you used and the convert command that
>>> had the great result?
>> Already sent you the fixed EPS (page3b.eps)
> yes. i got that from my mail folder.
>
>> I used a plain: "convert page3b.eps page3b.gif" (no parameters whatsoever)
> displaying this in my email reader (eudora), it looks great. in a
> browser it looks great.
>
> viewing with picasa shows a black background, gimp shows a checkerboard.


Very likely because by default it is a transparent GIF (btw, IMHO PNG is 
much better than GIF). Convert must have an option to set a background. 
But if you use the images in a web site, you can leave them that way, 
and have the HTML display them over a go-ban picture (or any wooden 
pattern).

(side note: at that point GIMP is no longer involved, so I'm wondering 
if this can can continue on the Gimp-user list).


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Re: [Gimp-user] newbie: script for comverting eps line drawings to gif

[Ofnuts]

On 01/21/2011 04:30 PM, Mike Williams wrote:



Would someone please post the differences between page3.eps and 
page3b.eps?


I tried changing scale to 1.0 1.0 and get an image with a thicker 
outer border, but the image is clipped, only the lower left corner of 
the figure is shown and the images is about 300x300 - tried changing 
the bounding box.  That did not help.




diff page3.eps page3b.eps
2c2
< %%BoundingBox: -1 -1 234 234
---
> %%BoundingBox: 0 0 500 500
17c17
< 0.47166 0.47166 scale
---
> 1 1 scale

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Re: [Gimp-user] newbie: script for comverting eps line drawings to gif

[Ofnuts]

On 01/21/2011 09:13 AM, Ray Tayek wrote:
>
> At 03:26 PM 1/20/2011, Ofnuts wrote:
>> ...
>>   All of them produce an image with less pixels than the conversion in
>> Gimp... (235x235 instead of 326x326).
>>
>> If you look at the EPS it specifies a 235x235 bounding box, and a scale
>> factor to shoehorn the diagram in it.
>
> the page.eps file that i am using has: %%BoundingBox: -1 -1 234 234 
> and identify says both the eps and convert gif are 235 by 235. gimp 
> says the eps is 236 by 236 when i import it.
>
>>  If you edit the EPS to work with a
>> 1:1 scale and a sufficient bounding box (2 lines to edit, no hard to
>> script), the output of convert is OK.
>
> what should the values be for bounding box?

current bounding box size/current scaling factor=235/.47166=498,24 (I 
used 500)

>
> can you show me the values that you used and the convert command that 
> had the great result?

Already sent you the fixed EPS (page3b.eps)

I used a plain: "convert page3b.eps page3b.gif" (no parameters whatsoever)



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Re: [Gimp-user] Filters Gone HELP PLEASE

[Ofnuts]

On 01/21/2011 03:48 AM, Jenette wrote:
> Ofnuts :
> This is one of the errors :
>   The prograam can't start because libgimppui-2.0-0.dll is
> missing from your computer. Try reinstalling the program
> to fix this program.
>
> and so much more o_o

So let's fix this first... did you reinstall as recommended? Can you 
open a command prompt, and do:

  dir "c:Program Files\Gimp2.6" /s >gimpinstall.txt

  and paste the results here (replace "c:Program Files\Gimp2.6" by 
whatever directory Gimp has been installed in)




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Re: [Gimp-user] newbie: script for comverting eps line drawings to gif

[Ofnuts]

On 01/20/2011 11:40 PM, Ray Tayek wrote:
>
> At 03:06 AM 1/20/2011, you wrote:
>
>> On 01/20/2011 02:24 AM, Ray Tayek wrote:
>> > hi, i have a lot of eps files that i need to convert to gif (or png).
>> > i was trying to use image magic, but not having any luck. ...
>>
>> Not with Gimp... this is the kind of work ImageMagick's convert is meant
>> for. Might be as simple as:
>>
>> convert image.eps image.gif
>>
>> but you also have a very large set of options...
>
> yes, i tried a bunch of them at http://tayek.com/bobt/images/gif.html 
> but none of them are very good
>
  All of them produce an image with less pixels than the conversion in 
Gimp... (235x235 instead of 326x326).

If you look at the EPS it specifies a 235x235 bounding box, and a scale 
factor to shoehorn the diagram in it. If you edit the EPS to work with a 
1:1 scale and a sufficient bounding box (2 lines to edit, no hard to 
script), the output of convert is OK. You can likely ask convert to 
scale down the graphic at that point and get correct results, scaling is 
always best done as the last thing in the process.

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Re: [Gimp-user] Colour picker

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On 01/20/2011 03:55 PM, Jeremy Nell wrote:
> What is the reason for the colour picker not being able to pick colours
> on layers outside of the currently active layer?  Is there a script /
> plugin that one could install to enable the picker to act more globally?
>

Maybe because

1) it's coherent with all other tools that act  on  the current layer

2) you would have to define what it does otherwise: color of top layer? 
Composite? And how do you pick colors in underlying layers?



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Re: [Gimp-user] Filters Gone HELP PLEASE

[Ofnuts]

On 01/20/2011 01:50 PM, Jenette wrote:
> 4) Started Gimp 2, and kept x-ing out the plug-in error.
What does that mean? What error? Any message? What does it say?

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Re: [Gimp-user] newbie: script for comverting eps line drawings to gif

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On 01/20/2011 02:24 AM, Ray Tayek wrote:
> hi, i have a lot of eps files that i need to convert to gif (or png).
> i was trying to use image magic, but not having any luck.
>
> i am a programmer, but i do not know lisp.
>
> if i import an eps into gimp and save it as a gif, it look pretty
> good. but i need to convert hundreds of these.
>
> can someone point me to some kind of starter script that would go
> throug the eps files in a directory and do the conversion.
>
> any pointers will be appreciated.
>
> thanks
>
>

Not with Gimp... this is the kind of work ImageMagick's convert is meant 
for. Might be as simple as:

convert image.eps image.gif

but you also have a very large set of options...


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Re: [Gimp-user] Deleting multiple layers

[Ofnuts]

On 01/19/2011 09:19 AM, Jeremy Nell wrote:
No, you can't select multiple layers.  I'm suggesting that there 
should be a way to do so (and delete them).


The ability to select multiple layers opens a rather large can of worms. 
What happens when you paint with several layers selected?



On Wed, 2011-01-19 at 09:16 +0100, Ofnuts wrote:

On 01/19/2011 07:03 AM, Jeremy Nell wrote:
If I select multiple layers (by, say, ctrl-clicking), I should have 
the option to drag all of them into the bin.


But can you select multiple layers? Not as far as I know...

Unless I've missed it somewhere, is there is a script enabling the 
deletion of multiple layers?




If you have so many layers than it's has become tedious to delete them 
one by one, is it because you created them by hand or because they have 
been auto-generated by a script?
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Re: [Gimp-user] Deleting multiple layers

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On 01/19/2011 07:03 AM, Jeremy Nell wrote:
If I select multiple layers (by, say, ctrl-clicking), I should have 
the option to drag all of them into the bin.


But can you select multiple layers? Not as far as I know...

Unless I've missed it somewhere, is there is a script enabling the 
deletion of multiple layers? 



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Re: [Gimp-user] Scaling images

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On 01/17/2011 10:31 AM, Jeremy Nell wrote:
> I am new to Gimp (converted from Photoshop because I migrated to
> Ubuntu).  Gimp is great and I'm enjoying its speed and power.  But I am
> struggling with a few things, some of which I'll mail to this list and
> hopefully get some feedback.
>
> When scaling an image, Gimp keeps the original image underneath the one
> being scaled.  I guess this is so that I can visually compare the
> difference in size before applying.
>
> However, this becomes less intuitive when you're dealing with, say, a
> detailed drawing.  When scaling, lines appear everywhere and it becomes
> messy.  I don't seem to have an option to hide the full-size image
> underneath; the closest is to give it a grid or outline, neither of
> which are helpful in this scenario.  Even making the underneath image
> 50% of its opacity would be more helpful.
>
> Or am I doing something wrong?
>
More like the latter I think... From what you describe, you are using 
the Scale tool, that is really meant to adjust layers over each other 
(and this will produce a smaller layer without reducing the global image 
size).

If you want to scale the whole image. you should use the aptly located 
and named Image/Scale image :-)

Advice: in Edit/Preferences/Tools make sure that your scaling method is 
the right one: normally the best one is Sinc, but since it takes some 
CPU (though it's really OK with most images on recent PCs), the default 
method is a somewhat less CPU-intensive one.

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Re: [Gimp-user] Templates...

[Ofnuts]

On 01/16/2011 02:48 PM, Cécile Barbe wrote:
> Hi I just discovered how to create templates.
> But I wonder how to apply it on a picture?
> When I open it it appears all black!
> Does anyone knows how to apply a template on picture alraedy open!
>
> Especially with a shape!

As the doc says: "Templates are templates for an image format to be 
created", so there are mere a starting point for images. Once an image 
is created, they serve little purpose. Why do you want to apply a 
template afterwards? If you want to resize the image, use Image/scale 
image or the Crop tool (or selection/crop to selection).

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Re: [Gimp-user] Filters Gone HELP PLEASE

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On 01/15/2011 01:38 PM, Jenette wrote:
> I've been using GIMP 2.6 for around 2 months now, and my filters haven't been 
> working... I've tried almost everything to make it work!
> When I click my filters tab, I only get three choices.
> Repeat Last ( Greyed out )
> Re-Show Last ( Greyed out )
> Reset all Filters
>
> I really want to use filters and make really cool art like all the people out 
> there. I've tried searching for this probelm, but it seems I'm the only one 
> who has this probelm..
>
> PLEASE HELP :)
>

1) check that you have files in your {gimp installation 
directory}/2.0/plug-ins/ and {gimp installation directory}/2.0/scripts/ 
directories (in Linux they are in /usr/lib/gimp and /usr/share/gimp 
respectively, in Windows, somewhere under c:\Program Files\gimp)  
(likely, otherwise you wouldn't be able to load/saves files). You should 
have about 200 files in the plugins directory.

2) erase the pluginrc and menurc files in your .gimp-2.6 directory 
(~/.gimp-2.6/pluginrc in Linux, c:\Documents en 
Settings\{your_id}\.gimp-2.6\pluginrc in WinXP and somewhere equivalent 
in Vista/W7) and restart Gimp, they should be rebuilt. In a normal gimp 
installation, pluginrc is several thousands lines and lists close to 200 
plugins, menurc is around  a thousand lines.



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Re: [Gimp-user] Gimp not Recognizing Tablet SOLVED?

[Ofnuts]

On 01/09/2011 01:13 AM, David Herman wrote:
> On Friday 07 January 2011, Ofnuts wrote:
>> On 01/02/2011 08:11 AM, sacrificed4ha...@aol.com wrote:
>>> I tried to "install" my wacom tablet into the Gimp program, but
>>> nothing happened. In Gimp,
>>>
>>> I went under Preferences, went to "Input Devices" and clicked on
>>> "Configure Extended Input Devices". A pop-up came up and said "No
>>> Extended Input Devices". I checked the current "Input Controllers" to
>>> see if the tablet was already listed there, but it wasn't.
> ---snip
>
> Solution:
>
>> I added DirectX DirectInput [in devicerc] as active controller in the
>> input controllers section of input devices. After a restart Gimp was
>> able to recognize my Wacom-device.
> Hi Ofnuts,
>
> I was just going through my mail and trying to figure out if I could offer
> some assistance. Only after re-reading a few of the mails on the list did I
> realize you had solved your issue...
>
> I added solved to the subject line so that if another user searches the
> archives with this problem they will find your solution more easily.
>
> If I am incorrect and you are still having problems try posting a bit more
> information
>
> see ya
> dh
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I'm not the one with the problem... the post you refer to is just 
quoting a post to GimpForums by someone with a similar problem, in case 
it helps the OP.

--
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Re: [Gimp-user] Gimp not Recognizing Tablet

[Ofnuts]

On 01/02/2011 08:11 AM, sacrificed4ha...@aol.com wrote:


I tried to "install" my wacom tablet into the Gimp program, but 
nothing happened. In Gimp,


I went under Preferences, went to "Input Devices" and clicked on 
"Configure Extended Input Devices". A pop-up came up and said "No 
Extended Input Devices". I checked the current "Input Controllers" to 
see if the tablet was already listed there, but it wasn't.


I really need some help with this please. Thanks!



From a W7 user in GimpForum:

I added DirectX DirectInput [in devicerc] as active controller in the 
input controllers section of input devices. After a restart Gimp was 
able to recognize my Wacom-device.
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Re: [Gimp-user] Fwd: Gimp not Recognizing Tablet

[Ofnuts]

On 01/06/2011 08:26 AM, sacrificed4ha...@aol.com wrote:


I still need help with this... :(


-Original Message-
From: sacrificed4happy 
To: ol 
Sent: Sun, Jan 2, 2011 12:41 am
Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] Gimp not Recognizing Tablet

I already have installed the software. All of it. That didn't help.


Did you run it (at least the set-up utility)? And is the tablet working 
with other software?


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Re: [Gimp-user] Gimp not Recognizing Tablet

[Ofnuts]

On 01/02/2011 08:11 AM, sacrificed4ha...@aol.com wrote:


I tried to "install" my wacom tablet into the Gimp program, but 
nothing happened. In Gimp,


I went under Preferences, went to "Input Devices" and clicked on 
"Configure Extended Input Devices". A pop-up came up and said "No 
Extended Input Devices". I checked the current "Input Controllers" to 
see if the tablet was already listed there, but it wasn't.


I really need some help with this please. Thanks!

If you are using Windows, run at least once the utilities provided with 
the tablet. One of them creates a tablet properties file and it seems 
Gimp uses that to determine if a tablet is available.  Sorry I can't be 
more specific, I'm now running Linux.
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Re: [Gimp-user] Merging n everything

[Ofnuts]

On 12/28/2010 08:41 PM, rainman400 wrote:
> now the way i know around it is to actually manually copy and paste each 
> layer of the xcf i got from saving the animated text onto the each layer in a 
> new xcf with the main background.. but for 70 odd frames that gonna be a 
> pain. and i was thinking it would probably work with the frames i got from 
> the video as well...

"File/Open as layers" wil insert all the layers from an XCF in the 
current image. And in that same dialog, you can also select several 
files so you can load several JPG/PNG/GIF as layers in a single shot...

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Re: [Gimp-user] gradient based on manual (lasso) selection

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On 12/26/2010 07:55 PM, Eric P wrote:
> GIMPers,
>
> Is there a way to create a gradient (black->white) based off a closed lasso 
> selection?  So the resulting gradient would
> start black along the edge of the selection and expand out to white in all 
> directions away from the selection.
>
> My end goal is to create a quick mask that I can blur to create a background 
> with an exaggerated out of focus look.
>
> Thanks for reading (hope that all made sense)!
> Eric

That's one of the uses of the WrapMap filter I wrote:

http://registry.gimp.org/node/24754
http://sourceforge.net/projects/gimp-wrapmap/

Added bonus: you can run WrapMap to create the wrapped gradient in the 
layer mask. And if you use the "curves" dialog/tool on the mask you can 
change the linear gradient to something else and thus control finely how 
the blur appears.



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Re: [Gimp-user] warp by points

[Ofnuts]

On 12/26/2010 04:28 AM, Peter Keller wrote:
> What I'd like to be able to do is something like georeferencing images
> in a GIS.  That is, having a base image I refer to, create a series of
> points on the base and another image of a different scale that
> correspond to the same places, and the new image will be adjusted to
> match.  Is there a way to do this with GIMP?  I have not been able to
> find anything like this so far in looking around.  Maybe I just don't
> know the correct terminology for GIMP.

What you want to do looks a lot like the "cage transform tool" in the 
current 2.7.

You can google it up. You'll find a quick demo video here: 




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Re: [Gimp-user] Just Getting Started

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On 12/22/2010 09:29 PM, sweetievee wrote:
> I'm just getting started with GIMP 2.6 and I have no idea what I'm doing. 
> I've tried doing an internet search for tutorials but I'm having trouble 
> finding ones specific to my needs and ones that are based on the version of 
> GIMP that I'm using. I tried clicking the tutorial tab on this website but it 
> only shows me the upgrades that GIMP made to the 2.6 version. I need some 
> sort of new user/layman tutorial. Does anyone know where I can get this?

Gimp isn't evolving so fast that tutorials writtten for 2.2 or 2.4  
can't be used on 2.6 with a grain of salt...

> I've done airbrushing and recently tried to paste transparent words as a 
> layer. However, when I want to move a layer I previously pasted GIMP won't 
> let me select another layer. How do I do this? I've searched over the GIMP 
> tabs and can't figure it out. Please help!

As long as your pasted layer is a  "floating selection" you won't be 
able to move anything else. You have to anchor it (ie, make it part of 
the active layer when you pasted) or create  anew layer from it before 
you can move the other layers again.


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Re: [Gimp-user] XP: GIMP is looking for plug-ins, cannot find anything....

[Ofnuts]

On 12/19/2010 01:02 AM, photocomix wrote:
> Since the plugin are initialized at loading time i may only think to same old 
> incompatible plugin left by previous version installed
>
> If that just go to C:/Documents and Settings/ YOUR NAME/
> and there just delete the gimp folder
>
> Then reload (no need to reinstall , that folder will be recreated 
> automatically
>

No need to be so radical, erasing the file "pluginrc" in said directory 
may be sufficient (il should be recreated) and will avoid losing 
brushes, gradients, scripts...

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Re: [Gimp-user] Lost pressure in 2.7

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On 12/18/2010 01:23 PM, d_rylander wrote:
> I recently upgraded to Gimp 2.7 from 2.6.x and I now find that I don't have 
> pressure sensitivity in it anymore.
> There's no "Pressure Sensitivity" dropdown menu in the tools.
> I think it is enabled in Input Devices, however my setup screen doesnt look 
> like any of the examples I find on the net where you got a dropdown-list 
> where you can select "stylus". Mine is just all devices in a long table to 
> the left. All pen related stuff is set to "screen" and I've tried to 
> individually enable them one by one. Nothing is working.
>
> I do have pen pressure in other apps like Xournal and Anime Studio. However I 
> can't get it to work in Inkscape either.
>
> I did upgrade my system from Ubuntu 9.04 to 10.04 some month or two ago and I 
> can't recall that I've used any pressure sensitive since that so it is 
> possible that it didn't work in Gimp 2.6 either after that upgrade.
>
> Ubuntu 10.04, 64-bit on a FujitsuSiemens T5010 tablet pc.

Still works with a Bamboo tablet on my just updated/rebuilt 2.7.2...


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Re: [Gimp-user] Why doesn't "drawable area" follow the dimensions of a layer?

[Ofnuts]

On 12/16/2010 06:21 AM, Lambertus wrote:
>> Hello David and thank you for the quick reply!
>> Now, using the word "Canvas" rather than "Drawable area" makes things a lot
>> more sane immediately, and your
>> explanation is accurate and acceptable.
> Maybe this is the same situation I have.
>
> I have a picture (picture 1).
> I expand the size of the canvas to make room to copy another picture beside 
> the original (picture 2).
> Picture 2 is copied from an open GIMP image and pasted into the enlarged 
> canvas area of picture 1.
> Picture 2 is invisible if it dragged outside the bounds of picture 1 into an 
> open area of the canvas.
> I can't figure out why that would be a useful design characteristic and how 
> to change the situation to make the imported pictures visible on the expanded 
> canvas.
>
> Probably something simple.

Because what you have at that point is  a floating selection, not a 
layer, and what Gimp is showing you is what you get if you anchor that 
selection *to your active layer*. Do this quick experiment: make a 
picture with two layers visible side by side: select one layer and paste 
something else: if you move the pasted selection it won't affect the 
other layer.










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Re: [Gimp-user] Gimp won't open

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On 12/11/2010 04:30 AM, Phillip Hatfield wrote:

Computer: MacBook Pro
OS: Mac OS X 10.6.5 Snow Leopard
Processor: 2.26 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
Memory: 2 GB 1067 MHz DDR3

Gimp will not open. I tried reinstalling it, but that didn't help. I 
tried reinstalling X11/XQuartz, logging out of my account, restarting

my computer, but it still won't open.



If the concept applies to OSX: start from a command prompt with a 
--verbose parameter, you may find what it is doing when it hangs. And 
check your plugins directory in your personal profile (or even more 
radically, get rid of your personal profile after backing up anything of 
interest: brushes, gradients, etc...
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Re: [Gimp-user] Refocus plug-in

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On 12/09/2010 04:55 PM, Dick Smith wrote:
> I think I didn't send this reply to the list only to Ofnuts, sorry 
> about that.
>
> Ok, I tried to install Refocus on Ubuntu 10.04.  Downloaded, untarred 
> to my home folder and ran ./configure, this is what I got:
>
> checking for a BSD compatible install... (cached) /usr/bin/install -c
> checking whether build environment is sane... yes
> checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... (cached) yes
> checking for working aclocal... missing
> checking for working autoconf... missing
> checking for working automake... missing
> checking for working autoheader... missing
> checking for working makeinfo... missing
> checking for gcc... (cached) gcc
> checking whether the C compiler (gcc  ) works... yes
> checking whether the C compiler (gcc  ) is a cross-compiler... no
> checking whether we are using GNU C... (cached) yes
> checking whether gcc accepts -g... (cached) yes
> checking for gcc3... no
> checking how to run the C preprocessor... (cached) gcc -E
> checking for ANSI C header files... (cached) yes
> checking for ranlib... (cached) ranlib
> checking for clapack_dgesv in -llapack... (cached) no
> using unoptimized lapack in lib
> checking for gimptool... (cached) no
> checking for GIMP - version >= 1.2.0... no
> *** The gimptool script installed by GIMP could not be found
> *** If GIMP was installed in PREFIX, make sure PREFIX/bin is in
> *** your path, or set the GIMPTOOL environment variable to the
> *** full path to gimptool.
> checking for pkg-config... (cached) /usr/bin/pkg-config
> checking for GTK+ - version >= 2.0.0... no
> *** Could not run GTK+ test program, checking why...
> *** The test program failed to compile or link. See the file 
> config.log for the
> *** exact error that occured. This usually means GTK+ was incorrectly 
> installed
> *** or that you have moved GTK+ since it was installed. In the latter 
> case, you
> *** may want to edit the pkg-config script: /usr/bin/pkg-config
> checking for pkg-config... (cached) /usr/bin/pkg-config
> checking for GLIB - version >= 2.0.0... no
> *** Could not run GLIB test program, checking why...
> *** The test program failed to compile or link. See the file 
> config.log for the
> *** exact error that occured. This usually means GLIB was incorrectly 
> installed
> *** or that you have moved GLIB since it was installed. In the latter 
> case, you
> *** may want to edit the pkg-config script: /usr/bin/pkg-config
> checking for gtkdoc-mkdb... (cached) false
> checking for erf in -lm... (cached) yes
> creating ./config.status
> creating Makefile
> creating src/Makefile
> creating lib/Makefile
> creating doc/Makefile
> creating gtk-doc/Makefile
> d...@dick-laptop:~/refocus-0.9.0$
>
> Obviously, I missed something, somewhere.
>
> Dick

AFAIK the 0.9.0 version is too ancient for current Gimp (and it seems 
for current Linuxen). You have to apply a few patches, like for instance 
Richar Lemieux':

http://www.cooptel.qc.ca/~rlemieu/refocus-0.9.0-gimp-2.2_rlx.diff

that produces a 0.9.1 version which should be OK.

Where did you get the 0.9.0 tarball? Most URLs I got were deadends...











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Re: [Gimp-user] Refocus plug-in

[Ofnuts]

On 12/08/2010 02:42 PM, rich wrote:
>
>> On 12/06/2010 10:08 AM, rich wrote:
>>  
>>>
>>>
>>>> Is there a new source for the "refocus" plug-in? Several web pages point
>>>> to http://hphsite.de/refocus/refocus-0.9.0-gimp-2.2.tar.gz but it says
>>>> 404... (and so does http://hphsite.de/refocus/  while http://hphsite.de/
>>>> baiscally says 403) (I understand this source requires patches to
>>>> work with recent versions of Gimp)
>>>>
>>>>  
>>>
>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Ofnuts
>>>>
>>>>  
>>> Don't know if this is any help but...
>>> both
>>> http://refocus.sourceforge.net/
>>> http://sourceforge.net/projects/refocus/ note refocus as version 0.9 (dated 
>>> 2003).
>>> I am currently migrating from a debian based system to a rpm based one.  
>>> Just tried the debian binary and it works.
>>> This came from the debian gimp-plugin-directory package which I unpacked 
>>> rather than try a conversion with alien or whatever.
>>> http://packages.debian.org/sid/gimp-plugin-registry
>>> It is listed as  Refocus (0.9.1)
>>> using Gimp 2.6.11 and PCLOS2010 KDE.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
>> Seems to be exactly what the doctor ordered.
>>  
> Apologies to Ofnuts
>
> The debian refocus v0.91 binary is not usable on my (rpm packaged) PCLOS2010. 
> I got confused copying to and fro between OS's.  What is usable on both, is 
> refocus-it (iterative refocus) which I got from "who-knows-where" but if you 
> want to try, its on my rapidshare account at: (about 150 KB)
> http://rapidshare.com/files/435661692/gimp_plugin-refocus-it
>
> Article about both
> http://www.linux.com/archive/feed/124567
>
>

Thanks a lot... installed it and it runs (well, crawls...) now, for a 
good user's manual :-)


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Re: [Gimp-user] Refocus plug-in

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On 12/06/2010 10:08 AM, rich wrote:
   

Is there a new source for the "refocus" plug-in? Several web pages point
to http://hphsite.de/refocus/refocus-0.9.0-gimp-2.2.tar.gz but it says
404... (and so does http://hphsite.de/refocus/  while http://hphsite.de/
baiscally says 403) (I understand this source requires patches to
work with recent versions of Gimp)
 
   

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Don't know if this is any help but...
both
http://refocus.sourceforge.net/
http://sourceforge.net/projects/refocus/ note refocus as version 0.9 (dated 
2003).
I am currently migrating from a debian based system to a rpm based one.  Just 
tried the debian binary and it works.
This came from the debian gimp-plugin-directory package which I unpacked rather 
than try a conversion with alien or whatever.
http://packages.debian.org/sid/gimp-plugin-registry
It is listed as  Refocus (0.9.1)
using Gimp 2.6.11 and PCLOS2010 KDE.

   


Seems to be exactly what the doctor ordered.




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[Gimp-user] Refocus plug-in

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Is there a new source for the "refocus" plug-in? Several web pages point 
to http://hphsite.de/refocus/refocus-0.9.0-gimp-2.2.tar.gz but it says 
404... (and so does http://hphsite.de/refocus/  while http://hphsite.de/ 
baiscally says 403) (I understand this source requires patches to 
work with recent versions of Gimp)

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Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP ignores my screen resolution settings

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On 12/04/2010 08:31 PM, Johnny Rosenberg wrote:
> Edit → Preferences → View → Screen resolution → Calibrate… → I measured on
> the screen and got 424 mm horisontally and 185,5 mm vertically. The result
> was a resolution of 95.849×95.849 dpi. Restarted GIMP, created a new image
> of 100×100 mm, viewed it at 100% zoom but it was still 75×75 mm, just like
> before I calibrated. Does the screen resolution thing work at all? I
> experimented with other settings too, but still a 100×100 mm image was
> 75×75 mm, no matter what values I used.
>
> The quick workaround for my screen is to view at 133% zoom, but that
> doesn't feel right…
>
> Tested this at 2 different computers with the same lack of results:
> Ubuntu 9.10, GIMP 2.6.8
> Ubuntu 10.10, GIMP 2.6.10
>
> Am I supposed to restart Ubuntu for these settings to take place?
>

You are looking at the wrong place; the screen resolution is one thing, 
but the DPI used to compute thje size of an image in pixels when you 
give a dimension in inches is part of the "Advanced options" in the "new 
image" dialog. Its default can be set in teh general preferences in the 
"default new image" section.


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Re: [Gimp-user] Mikethedj4's Self Introduction

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On 12/03/2010 03:21 PM, Jernej Simončič wrote:
> On Fri, 03 Dec 2010 12:13:01 +0100, mikethedj4 wrote:
>
>
>> Sorry didn't know BBCode wasn't enabled.
>>  
> There's no such thing as BBCode on Usenet.
>

Gimp-user being a mailing list, it's not Usenet either :-)




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Re: [Gimp-user] Questions About Creating Panoramas From Several Images

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On 11/30/2010 01:09 AM, Mark Phillips wrote:
> I followed the instructions for creating a panorama from 4 pictures in 
> the Beginning Gimp book (Apres - AkkanaPeck) and it looks great except 
> I have a dark vertical shadow where two of the images meet. How do I 
> get rid of it? I am working on Linux Debian testing with Gimp 2.6.10.
>
> Briefly, this is what I did:
> 1. Make an new image a little larger than 4 X the width of one picture
> 2. Add first picture as a layer.
> 3. Add the second as another layer
> 4. Overlap image two over image one until they line up.
> 5. Add layer mask to image 2
> 6. Add gradient to layer mask - black to white from edge of second 
> image to 3/4 of the way to edge of image 1
> 7. Repeat as needed for each new image
>
> By looking at the image, I would say the vertical band of darkness is 
> the area of the gradient/overlap of the two images. I am a complete 
> novice at this
>
> Thanks!
>
> Mark
>
> P.S. I have also tried Hugin, which I could not get to work, and the 
> gimp panorama plugin, which produce the same problem as above.

Your shadow on the seam is caused by a general color mismatch between 
the right part of the left image and the left part of the right one. 
Creating panoramas requires to set the camera in manual mode to make 
sure it won't change exposure parameters between the various shots. And 
even once you have done that you still have shadow problems to sort out 
because your photo has vignetting (slightly darker in the corners) and 
the seam may be done between the border of a picture (dark) and a more 
inner part of the next (slightly lighter). And this assumes of course 
that you have got the geometry right, and corrected any tilt in the 
pictures, etc...

To make it short, assembling panoramas in Gimp is a lot of hard work. 
The only pictures that aren't too hard to assemble in Gimp are those 
from a flatbed scanner.

Invest you time in making Hugin work. This will be a lot more rewarding 
in the end.

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Re: [Gimp-user] Opens only in 72 dpi

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On 11/25/2010 01:32 PM, anja80 wrote:
> Ok, I have a picture that is 300 dpi. When I open that one it states that it 
> is only 72 dpi. I can change it to 300 dpi again, but haven't I lost any data 
> from the image file then?
>

The DPI is just an indication... the only place where it really matters 
is in the "New image" dialog where instad of entering a dimension in 
pixels you can enter a size in inches/centimers and a DPI. Otherwise the 
only thing that really counts is the size in pixels.

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Re: [Gimp-user] Erasing with every Drawing tool

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On 11/24/2010 03:01 PM, hannes61 wrote:
>> 11/24/2010 12:13 PM keltezéssel, hannes61 írta:
>>  
>>> Wouldn't it be great if every tool could be used as an
>>> eraser?
>>> Using the Airbrush in one color and removing something
>>> with it by choosing transparency.
>>> This has the effect that the eraser has the same
>>> properties as the chosen tool.
>>> For example the softness of airbrush. The effect of
>>> smudging,...
>>> I would like to have something like that. :-)
>>>
>>>
>> Actually, this is possible. Change Mode to Color erase. If you have an
>> alpha channel on the layer, it will erase to transparency.
>>  
>
>> Best regards,
>> Abel
>>  
> This is not the same.
> This removes the color i had selected.
> If you use black and set the mode to color erase.
> Black is removed but all white parts stay.
> This is very cool, but does not work as the eraser,
> which does not differ on which color i selected.
>
> It could gibe a mode erase. That's what i miss.
> :-) (SOMETIMES)
>

Wouldn't that be merely applying the tool to the layer mask?

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Re: [Gimp-user] Pytho-Fu window not visible

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On 11/18/2010 11:44 PM, gnagflow wrote:
>
> Parsing 'C:\Users\wolfgang\.gimp-2.6\pluginrc'
> Querying plug-in: 'c:\Program Files 
> (x86)\GIMP-2.0\lib\gimp\2.0\plug-ins\pyconsole.py'
> Writing 'C:\Users\wolfgang\.gimp-2.6\pluginrc'
>
>

I'm on Linux so I can't help much, but in the plug-ins directory, 
besides pyconsole.py, I have:
pyconsole.py, py-slice.py, python-console.py, python-eval.py . Have you 
got these?



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Re: [Gimp-user] Pytho-Fu window not visible

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On 11/18/2010 03:17 PM, gnagflow wrote:
> I installed Python 2.6.6 - 32bit on a PC HP Elite 7100 with i7-860 processor 
> (64-bit) and the other necessary software components according to the install 
> pyton Fu tutorial on this web site.
> After that I installed gimp 2.6.11. I see the Menu-Item Python-Fu under 
> Filters after start of gimp.
> But if I klick on Python-Fu, the Python-Fu Panel doesn't open (at least not 
> visible). I can see that the mouse cursor changes for a short time but no 
> visible result. Did somebody have the same problem?
>
Start gimp from a command prompt/shell terminal session with the 
--verbose parameter and see if you see things in the output.


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Re: [Gimp-user] Pytho-Fu window not visible

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On 11/18/2010 03:17 PM, gnagflow wrote:
> I installed Python 2.6.6 - 32bit on a PC HP Elite 7100 with i7-860 processor 
> (64-bit) and the other necessary software components according to the install 
> pyton Fu tutorial on this web site.
> After that I installed gimp 2.6.11. I see the Menu-Item Python-Fu under 
> Filters after start of gimp.
> But if I klick on Python-Fu, the Python-Fu Panel doesn't open (at least not 
> visible). I can see that the mouse cursor changes for a short time but no 
> visible result. Did somebody have the same problem?
>
Start Gimp from a command prompt/shell terminal session with the 
--verbose parameter and see if you see things in the output.


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Re: [Gimp-user] (no subject)

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On 11/17/2010 06:56 AM, Yar wrote:
> I'm not an expert Gimp user so maybe I'm just not looking in the right place 
> for this.  I've been Googling for hours and finally gave up.
>
> I need to shape an image to follow a path or curve.  Since I can't do it, I'm 
> not sure how I can show you what I mean, but imagine the palm branch that 
> flows around the edge of a medal.  I have a long slender image of a braid 
> (3/4" x 10") I need to shape like that around a 5" circle.  Polar Coordinates 
> seems to be the place to start but it creates a huge curve and I can't see 
> how to force it any smaller.  This is much like making text follow a curve or 
> path, but I need my image to follow the path.  I've thought about converting 
> the image to a really big font symbol so I could manage it like a text 
> character but I've not figured out how to go about that.
>
> This is evidently something others have sought and no one has found a 
> solution for yet.  Is there none?
>
> Any help?
>
> Thanks.
>

Something like that? http://gimp-wrapmap.sourceforge.net/

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Re: [Gimp-user] reporting crashes

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On 11/15/2010 01:58 PM, Matteo Sisti Sette wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm using GIMP under Ubuntu and it is very unstable. It crashes and
> closes suddenly without any error message.
>
> Is there a place where I can find some kind of log, or dump or whatever?
>
> And if so, where can I post it? If there was any specific action that
> triggers the crash I would file a bug report, but I haven't found any
> pattern, it just crashes at random times...
>
> thanks
> m.
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You will get some logging by starting Gimp in a console with --verbose

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Re: [Gimp-user] gmic and Gimp 2.6

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On 11/14/2010 02:33 PM, Toonman wrote:

Hi I'm using Ubuntu 10.10 and I'm trying to install the gmic plugin.  Every 
time I try to drop the plugin into the plugin folder Ubuntu refuses to let me 
do it.  I get a notice saying I do not have permission. Any Ideas?
   


There are two plugin folders: your own: ~/.gimp-2.6/plug-ins and the 
common one: /usr/lib/gimp/2.0/plug-ins/. Adding stuff in the common one 
requires root access (or sudo), but you should be able to drop the 
plug-ins in your own.


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Re: [Gimp-user] Beginner's ? re selection/move

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On 11/13/2010 06:18 PM, hermitsoul wrote:
> I've been using Gimp for over a year for simple projects.  I've always been 
> able to use the rectangle select tool and then crop an image.  For some 
> reason, now whenever I try to use the rectangle select tool, it includes the 
> "move" function and just moves the image--won't let me select a rectangle to 
> crop, copy, etc . . . What can I do to get the simple select rectangle 
> function back?
>

The behavior your describe is the behavior of most tools when the Alt 
key is depressed before the mouse click. See if you have the same 
behavior in other tools. If so, find out why your Alt key is depressed. 
Wrist? Cat? Hardware malfunction? You can also reset your keybprd 
shortcuts to defaults (Preferences/Interface) but I don't see where this 
particular one is defined.



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Re: [Gimp-user] text processing script

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On 11/13/2010 11:12 AM, Damien wrote:

Hello the list !

I am totally new to the Gimp and would need to write a script that 
does the following:


There are two ways to script Gimp: Scheme (a LISP derivative) that is 
built-in, and Python that may be part of your install (and can be 
otherwise added later, even if it's not painless). I use Python.




1) generate text strings (with a specified font) using all consonants 
(except for "X", "W", "Y" and "Z") that look like this:

- B
-XBXXX
-XXBXX
-XXXBX
-B
I was wondering if doing this through the Gimp is really efficient (I 
was thinking of using a spreadsheet instead).


This would be done  by the script, likely light-years more efficient 
than a spreadsheet.




2) Insert the above made lines in one jpeg picture each (800x600), 
vertically and horizontally centred.


I suggest using PNG format for this instead. The files won't be bigger 
and you won't get any artifacts


3) Make five copies of every jpeg and manipulate contrast in order to 
fade from highest to lowest according to a certain step 
(luminance/square-root of 2).


For some definition of "contrast" :)

To those wondering, this is for stimuli building in a psychology 
experiment.


I would very much appreciate any hints on which tools to use.


Gimp may be usable, but the ImageMagick toolbox with a shell script is 
likely to be a much better solution. See here for some examples wit 
text,  while extenive image 
manipulation is shown here:  
(notet that you can even describe mathematically what you want...)







Cheers,
Damien.


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[Gimp-user] Connfiguration of Wacom Bamboo under Ubuntu

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Hooked my Wacom Bamboo to my new (K)Ubuntu PC and everything works 
nicely (even better than under Windows).

However the Bamboo has an area with four buttons and a touch pad that I 
would like to put to good use. So

1) where do I configure that?

2) what are typical good uses for it?

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Re: [Gimp-user] scaling image in centimeters

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On 11/02/2010 11:13 PM, Lorenzo Bettini wrote:
> Hi
>
> I must admit I'm kind of newbie in image editing... I was trying to
> resize a photo to 5x7 cm, using the scale image dialog, using
> centimeters...  however the resulting image is smaller, and also the
> grid, when set to cm, (using 100% zoom) uses something that's smaller
> than a centimeter...  what am I doing wrong?
>
> thanks in advance
>   Lorenzo
>

The size of a picture is related to its number of pixels for a given 
display definition (72 to 120PPI on screens, up to 600PPI on paper) 
(pixels/definition=size). However the actual definition of the output is 
so variable that in most cases one doesn't bother, and produces an image 
that will have "sufficient" pixels (so if you know you are going to 
print and doing the image from scratch you can set 300PPI in the "new" 
dialog).

In any case the actual output size will be specified when printing... 
(personally when I want very specific dimensions I put the image in a 
word processor (MS-Word, OpenOffice Writer) and set the image dimensions 
there).

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Re: [Gimp-user] Help in installing GIMP from source

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This is really a question to ask on gimp-deveoper. If you look in the 
recent archives of that list, the person who maintains the gimp-win 
installers answered the same question very recently (to sum it up: not 
for the faint of heart:-).


On 11/01/2010 07:07 AM, Benjamin Tan wrote:
> What libraries are needed to install GIMP from source on Windows OS?
> Thank you,
>


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Re: [Gimp-user] gimptalk.com

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On 10/28/2010 05:50 PM, gerard82 wrote:
> Hi,
> Does anyone know what happened to gimptalk?
> When try to open http://www.gimptalk.com I get a server not found error.
> Gerard.
>

I tried to register to it a couple of weeks ago, needed help (mistyped 
my email) and the "Contact us" page was jinxed. Mail to the usual ids 
didn't get any answer either. Even got someone I know with an id on 
gimptalk to use its internal mail to an admin and none of us ever got 
any answer.

So Gimptalk must have been on its own for quite some time... Maybe the 
server is still there if you find its IP address


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Re: [Gimp-user] OT - Having Problems Displaying Image Thumbnails

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On 10/23/2010 08:50 PM, Jay Smith wrote:
One caution that should be mentioned if the OP decides to use the Gimp 
option
Frank mentioned to generate thumbnails when saving JPG files.  If the 
JPG is
opened in gimp and then saved (even though "no changes" are made), the 
JPG will
suffer some amount of quality loss even if the highest quality level 
is selected
when saving.  I run into a _lot_ of people who are simply not aware 
that _every_

time a JPG is saved, the quality is reduced.


This is definitely not true...  Try this:

- load an image in Gimp
- save it as JPEG, using whatever settings you fancy (note; even if the 
file is alreay a JPEG, it's important to save it here...). Let's call it 
"original.jpg".

- close image
- reload "original.jpg"
- do a local edit on it (for instance, small circle selection plus 
bucket fill)
- save it with same settings (Gimp will normally reuse the ones used in 
the loaded image) as "edited.jpg"

- close image
- reload original.jpg
- load edited.jpg as a new layer
- put the "edited" layer in difference mode. You'll only see the bit of 
the image you replaced by a circle, the rest is black.
- to see how black is the black, flatten the image and open the 
histogram dialog.
- select any part of the image outside the edited circle. Under the 
histogram, if you use a minimum value above 0, the count is 0, in other 
words, the difference between the original and edited picture is 0 
everywhere, and there is no loss.


I have Perl a script that runs Imagemagick multiple times against the 
same image (a white dot is added each round)(*).
Then it uses imagemacick's compare to general the diff image. after two 
or three iterations the only thing in the diff image is the white dot 
added even with very low JPEG quality settings (the difference on the 
first iterations is due to imagemagick not using the same settings as 
the original image, in particular a different color subsampling)(this is 
why it was important to save the image from Gimp the first time above).


This is because the Jpeg algorithm is stable, and the decoded pixels get 
re-encoded in the very same values if encoding settings aren't changed.


Things are obviously different after a global change to the picture 
(contrast, white balance, etc...)


(*) I won't post it here but interested people can drop me a mail. It 
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Re: [Gimp-user] Layer masks: how do you memorize which color means opaque?

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On 10/19/2010 11:32 AM, yahvuu wrote:
> On 11.10.2010 18:29, Chris Mohler wrote:
>
>> On Sun, Oct 10, 2010 at 2:18 PM, Patrick Horgan   wrote:
>>  
 i'm curious how other people regard layer masks. In particular, which
 memory aids exist to remember when to use black and when to use white.

  
>>> I think of it like illumination.
>>>
>> Cool.  I think of it as a window or transparent overlay.
>>  
> Thank you very much, Patrick and Chris, for sharing your style of thinking.
> It's very interesting to learn how different the mental concepts/mnemonics 
> are.
>
> If other variations are in use, please keep em coming!
>

One can't look under the bride's dress  :-)



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Re: [Gimp-user] Error when importing svg files

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On 10/17/2010 08:25 AM, iwafflecopter wrote:
> I'm a beginner with gimp and I could use some help. When I try importing a 
> svg file, I get this message:
>
> "Failed to import paths from 'C:\Documents and Settings\(my name)\My 
> Documents\Downloads\Mister-Vector-Sample-Bundle\SUPER VECTOR BUNDLE I Sample 
> (Mister Vector).svg': Error on line 14: Entity name 'ns_extend' is not known"
>
> If someone could help me out I'd appreciate it.
>


Can you copy line 14 here?

Do you have a line that reads something like:

http://ns.adobe.com/Extensibility/1.0/";>

(however this could well be on line 14)


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Re: [Gimp-user] Making part of an existing image partially transparent

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On 10/16/2010 07:05 AM, BlackDalek wrote:
> Ok, what I want to do is turning out to be a little more difficult than usual.
> I can find plenty of tutorials on making parts of images transparent or 
> semi-transparent.
> I can work out how to do this from scratch, creating an image.
> The problem here is I am not creating an image from scratch - I want to take 
> an existing flat image with existing background and remove background and be 
> left with an image (complete with transparent and semi-transparent areas) 
> which I can then save to a PNG or use on any other background I wish.
>
> To illustrate what I want to do, I have made mockup images below.
> Image 1 shows an image with a black background. I want to remove the black 
> background but leave the image and semi-transparent "rays" intact so they can 
> be placed onto a different background, as in image 2. Note that the "rays" 
> appear over the new background colour.
>
> image 1 http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y265/BlackDalek/kbblack.png
>
> image 2 http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y265/BlackDalek/kbcolour.png
>
> If anyone knows how to achieve this, please ellaborate. Feel free to download 
> and use the above kbblack.png image to explain how to get from image 1 to 
> image 2.
>
> Thanks
>
>

I get fairly close results by using two layers for the cat from top to 
bottom:

1) Plain cutout from original by using the magic wand on the background 
(the goal being to get  a cutout of the center of the cat) with a 5pix 
grow/feather

2) "color to alpha" from original using black as the color.

3) Diagonal gradient using colors picked from your color version









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Re: [Gimp-user] Help with image alterations

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On 10/11/2010 08:09 PM, David Cooney wrote:


Hello List - I recently downloaded the GIMP2.6 and have been playing 
with it in an attempt to modify some existing pictures and generally 
play with the outcome.  Kind of like Mr. Potato Head (hopefully you 
know what that is) , I am trying to take a part of one picture, say 
the nose, and transpose it to another picture; or perhaps the lips, 
eyes, etc.  Once I have one aspect copied on the other picture I get 
stuck making it happen, both in context and melding of image sizes and 
a “seamless” transition.  Could you refer me to the right tutorial, or 
provide me a facile method to perform this feature using GIMP? Also, 
how do you rectify the image size so that if the pictures are of 
different sizes the transposed part looks of appropriate dimension to 
the host picture.


I very much appreciate your time and any input you might afford me.




The right way to do it is to keep all the added bits in their own layer 
until the end. Layers can be moved, scaled and rotated around with the 
move, scale and rotate tools in the tools palette. You can combine move 
and scale quite seamlessly (but if anyone knows how to rotate at the 
same time, I'll be glad to hear it).


Seamless transition between layers is achieved by gradual transparency 
on the edges. The easy way to achieve it is to "feather" the selection 
on a couple of pixels when you copy/paste. A more complete way is to use 
layer masks that give you full control of the amount of transparency of 
all pixels in a layer. Basicall you add a mask to the layer in the 
layers dialog and click on it to make the editable thing. Wherever you 
apply black the layer image is transparent and where it's white the 
layer is opaque. You can of course use various levels of grey... so you 
can literally paint transparency.


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Re: [Gimp-user] help changing a color

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On 10/11/2010 06:02 PM, tamss13 wrote:
> I have read and looked at tutiorals and I just cant get it to work.
>
> All I am trying to do is change the color of a gif and png.  They are for a 
> website and I just need to change the color of the objects.  That is all.
>
> Any help in very simple terms would help
>
>

Simple method if you have very clean colors borders (no antialiasing):

1) Set the foreground color to your final color

2) Start the color selection tool (betwen the magic wand and the 
scissors in the tools palette). Set the treshold to "0". Click any part 
of the icon that is with the "old" color. This will select all the parts 
of the image that have the very same colors

3) Start the bucket-fill tool (bucket icon). select "FG color fill", and 
"Fill whole selection". Click somewhere in the selected areas.

4) Done.

More complex method that also covers anti-aliased border:

1) Menu: Colors/Color to alpha... Click on  the color bar, and in the 
next dialog use the color picker on a spot of the color you want to 
change. This should replace the "old" color with a checkboard pattern 
(this indicates the image has become transparent at these places)

2) Set the background color to your final color

3) Open the layers dialog (Ctrl-L or Windows/Dockable dialogs/Layers)

4) Add a new layer (right click and Add new layer), or use the icon with 
the "+" at the bottom. In the dialog, use a fill t  original oneype of 
"Background color"

5) In the layer dialog, drag this dialog under the  original one. You'll 
see this layer through the "holes" punched at step 1) in the original 
layer, in effect replacing the color.

6) You can then save the picture directly as GIF/PNG/JPG (Gimp will 
"flatten" it automaticaly). Note that if at this point you also save the 
picture as XCF you can produce other versions with different colors by 
just replacing the color of the bottom layer.

Since I have often seen this question asked to match the color of some 
background over which the picture appears, and even better solution in 
this case is to save the picture  right after step 1) in a format that 
support transparency (PNG or GIF).

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Re: [Gimp-user] Circular Graphics

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  On 10/10/2010 21:25, Maureen wrote:
> This is probably old hat for most of you, but I just can't figure out how to 
> do this. I have a very nice rectangular jpg graphic that I want to change 
> into a circle to be used for a circular sticker application. I created the 
> graphic in PSE 8 and have saved the original psd file with the individual 
> layers, so I can start from this file instead of the jpg file if it is 
> easier. I am using Windows 7. Any help you can give me would be appreciated.
>
> Maureen
>

Filter/Distorts/Polar coordinates

It's also used to create so-called "planets" from photographs, so if you 
google on that you'll likely find detailed howto's

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Bertrand


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Re: [Gimp-user] Wacom tablet

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  On 09/10/2010 15:36, gerard82 wrote:
> I want to buy a Wacom tablet for use in Gimp.
> I browsed the web and noticed they come in different sizes.
> Is size important and why?

Not *that* important... bigger tablets mean wider moves, but bigger 
tablets are also more accurate. Personally I like my Bamboo One, it's 
small enough to be slipped in the PC bag when needed.

> Also some come with "touch" is it of any use in Gimp?

Yes... many Gimp tools are pressure-sensitive with a tablet, and will 
give you the choice of how to apply the pressure (opacity, width...). 
The "pro" tablets have a more accurate pressure scale (4096 values, vs 
256 for an entry-level Bamboo).

Another cool feature of most Wacom tablets is that both stylus tips are 
active, so you can switch tools by reversing the stylus (one isn't 
pressure sensitive and is usually asigned to the Eraser tool.

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Bertrand


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Re: [Gimp-user] Eps logo not appearing in gimp

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  On 06/10/2010 11:54, artlog wrote:
> I realize that the .eps file is white also when I open it with other programs 
> (it can't be a problem from this file, because I got it from professional).

This is an assumption I wouldn't make. Professionals make mistakes, too.

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