Re: [Gimp-user] newbie question!!!
The scope of this question is way beyond what can be imparted via mailing list in any practical way. I'd recommend you browse the Tutorial section at an art community. deviantArt, for example, has plenty of GIMP tutorials already: http://browse.deviantart.com/#order=9q=gimp+tutorial Have fun! - Original-Nachricht Von: Brad Pears br...@truenorthloghomes.com An: gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU Betreff: [Gimp-user] newbie question!!! Datum: 30/03/10 00:14 Hi all!! Well I am no graphic designer and am the dummest of the dumb - when it comes to graphics stuff. The guy who used to do all of this at our company left and I got stuck holding the bag. I've never used GIMP nor Photoshop. I have Gimp on my machine for some strange reason though - I guess because I was goiong to be the quot;chosen onequot; at some point! I am trying to create a custom image but I to do so, I need to join a couple of other .jpg images I have together to make this one new image. I am trying to make a quot;bannerquot; kind of a thing for a constant contact email we want to send out... Can someone point me to or send me quot;detailedquot; instructions on how I would open up two (or more) different images and then join them together - change the background colours (if need be), add some text to the new image - either beside or on top of the images, and then save it as a new image??? Thanks, Brad Pears Information Technology True North Log Homes br...@truenorthloghomes.com (705)-645-3096 www.truenorthloghomes.com ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] newbie question!!!
On Mon, 2010-03-29 at 17:13 -0400, Brad Pears wrote: Hi all!! Well I am no graphic designer and am the dummest of the dumb - when it comes to graphics stuff. The guy who used to do all of this at our company left and I got stuck holding the bag. I've never used GIMP nor Photoshop. I have Gimp on my machine for some strange reason though - I guess because I was goiong to be the chosen one at some point! I am trying to create a custom image but I to do so, I need to join a couple of other .jpg images I have together to make this one new image. I am trying to make a banner kind of a thing for a constant contact email we want to send out... Can someone point me to or send me detailed instructions on how I would open up two (or more) different images and then join them together - change the background colours (if need be), add some text to the new image - either beside or on top of the images, and then save it as a new image??? It is certainly possible to do what you say. You might find it would help to use the pandora plugin www.shallowsky.com/software/pandora/ I strongly recommend the book Beginning Gimp: From Novice to Professional by Akkana Peck. It is an excellent comprehensive introduction to gimp and contains a section on stitching panoramas, which will tell you what to do. Thanks, Brad Pears Information Technology True North Log Homes br...@truenorthloghomes.com (705)-645-3096 www.truenorthloghomes.com ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] newbie question!!!
Hi all!! Well I am no graphic designer and am the dummest of the dumb - when it comes to graphics stuff. The guy who used to do all of this at our company left and I got stuck holding the bag. I've never used GIMP nor Photoshop. I have Gimp on my machine for some strange reason though - I guess because I was goiong to be the chosen one at some point! I am trying to create a custom image but I to do so, I need to join a couple of other .jpg images I have together to make this one new image. I am trying to make a banner kind of a thing for a constant contact email we want to send out... Can someone point me to or send me detailed instructions on how I would open up two (or more) different images and then join them together - change the background colours (if need be), add some text to the new image - either beside or on top of the images, and then save it as a new image??? Thanks, Brad Pears Information Technology True North Log Homes br...@truenorthloghomes.com (705)-645-3096 www.truenorthloghomes.com ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] newbie question!!!
On Mon, 29 Mar 2010 17:13:30 -0400 Brad Pears br...@truenorthloghomes.com wrote: Can someone point me to or send me detailed instructions on how I would open up two (or more) different images and then join them together - change the background colours (if need be), add some text to the new image - either beside or on top of the images, and then save it as a new image??? Surprise... First line of googling 'gimp tutorial': http://www.gimp.org/tutorials/ John ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Newbie Question
On Monday 11 July 2005 20:30, Joao S. O. Bueno Calligaris wrote: Jonathan: You have to further trim down your selection, by using the selection by color and clicking on the desired color. In order for the new selection to be within the original selection, you have to use the select by color tool in the intersection mode - click on the fourth mode icon, at the top of the tool options dialog, afeter picking the select by color tool - check the tool tip to see if it is intersect selection. he can also increase or decrease the selected areas by moving the threshold slider and choosing anti-aliasing or feathering depending on the effect he wants to achieve. sammi ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Newbie Question
Jonathan Allen writes: I have a first-time question. In general terms, how can I change all the pixels of one colour within a hand-drawn selection into another colour ? Select by color, Fill But that selects all the black text in the guf, not just the one letter I need to colour. That was why I had started with a hard-drawn selection to isolate just the one letter. The Magic Wand (select contiguous regions) is a lot like Select by Color except that it won't spill off to the next letter. It might be exactly what you want for changing one letter. ...Akkana ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Newbie Question
Hi, Jonathan Allen [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I have a first-time question. In general terms, how can I change all the pixels of one colour within a hand-drawn selection into another colour ? Edit-Fill with FG Color The fact that you find it easier to ask this on a mailing-list than to locate it in the user interface makes me wonder if we have any chance at all to provide a somewhat intuitive user interface. Sven ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Newbie Question
Hi All, I have a first-time question. In general terms, how can I change all the pixels of one colour within a hand-drawn selection into another colour ? In specific terms, I have a gif file containing some black-on-white text. I want to be able to colour various parts of the black text to be red-on- white, or blue-on-white (whatever) for emphasis. I can't do that colouring on the originating system, so need to uyse the GIMP to do it. I tried the colour-to-alpha idea suggested in the first background-colour change tutorial, but colour-to-alpha is greyed out and I don't how know to get past that, if it is the right way to go. Any suggestions ? Jonathan ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Newbie Question
Andreas, I have a first-time question. In general terms, how can I change all the pixels of one colour within a hand-drawn selection into another colour ? Select by color, Fill But that selects all the black text in the guf, not just the one letter I need to colour. That was why I had started with a hard-drawn selection to isolate just the one letter. I tried the colour-to-alpha idea suggested in the first background-colour change tutorial, but colour-to-alpha is greyed out and I don't how know to get past that, if it is the right way to go. Image - Mode - RGB (while the image is in indexed mode, some things can't work) OK, I did that and colour-to-alpha turned on, but what I selected it, first it squared off the hand-drawn selection to include bits of other letters and secondly, it had made up its own mind about what was background and foreground so that I couldn't get at the black letter but only the white paper. Jonathan ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Newbie question - plugins in windows xp
Hi, Scott Binns [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: So, my question now is, how do I build the plugin? What configuration/tools do I need, and what steps to I follow to get the .exe? You need a C compiler and you need the libgimp header files. GIMP comes with a tool called gimptool that helps you to choose the right compiler flags to locate the headers and to link with the GIMP libraries. There's a Win32 version of gimptool but I am not sure if it is part of the installer. However it should be available from http://www.gimp.org/~tml/gimp/win32/downloads.html Sven ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Newbie question - plugins in windows xp
Hi, Matthew H. Plough [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: First of all, thank you to Carol for being so helpful on this issue. I praise your willingness to help people out, and go beyond the call of duty in providing useful information. If you and Sven were not high-ups, you would be banned for being trolls. This is the best I can do for now since I have a ton of work. Scott, I had a bit of trouble compiling plugins on Windows, but I have a method that worked well for RawPhoto. I have not been able to get gimptool-2.0 to do anything but crash, but this method circumvents gimptool. First of all, you'll need a compiler. Head over to http://www.cygwin.com and grab the Cygwin setup. Run it, and install for all users, and make the default text file type Unix (just for the heck of it). Choose a fast mirror -- mirrors.kernel.org works for me -- and download some packages. It might take some looking through the list, but you'll need *at least*: (devel) - gcc - gcc-core - g++ - binutils - make - pkgconfig - mingw runtime (interpreters) - gawk (libs) -- get doc, devel, and runtime just to be safe - atk - freetype - glib - gtk+ - libiconv - pango You only need all this if you want to compile GIMP and all it's dependencies from source. If you just want to compiler a GIMP plug-in you need nothing but a C compiler (not necessarily gcc) and the libgimp header file. Sven ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Newbie question - plugins in windows xp
Hi, Michael Schumacher [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Some users reported that the gimptool executable doesn't work correctly. I don't think anyone invested much time in this, since everyone who seems to be able to compile gimp and plug-ins so far uses cygwin and/or mingw and thus thze gimptool bash script. I'm a bit surprised that it shouldn't take more to get plug-ins compiled - wouldn't they at least need gtk+ and/or glib? Well, yes. You also need the GLib and GTK+ header files. These are also available from http://www.gimp.org/~tml/gimp/win32/downloads.html. It would probably be nice if the installer for Win32 would at least optionally install these header files as well as the gimptool executable. I am not claiming that this would solve all problems but at least it would give us a chance to find out what other measures need to be taken. Sven ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Newbie question - plugins in windows xp
On Sat, Nov 13, 2004 at 01:17:48AM -0700, Scott Binns wrote: I don't mind building it myself, I just don't know what the process to build is. I downloaded it from http://registry.gimp.org/ - is there some other place to get the binaries for plugins? this comes in the gimp source that you find on http://www.gimp.org. we are responsible to have this source code always available to you. we are not responsible to provide .exe's. someone was being nice to provide that. carol ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Newbie question - plugins in windows xp
So, my question now is, how do I build the plugin? What configuration/tools do I need, and what steps to I follow to get the .exe? Scott On Mon, November 15, 2004 1:04 pm, Carol Spears said: On Sat, Nov 13, 2004 at 01:17:48AM -0700, Scott Binns wrote: I don't mind building it myself, I just don't know what the process to build is. I downloaded it from http://registry.gimp.org/ - is there some other place to get the binaries for plugins? this comes in the gimp source that you find on http://www.gimp.org. we are responsible to have this source code always available to you. we are not responsible to provide .exe's. someone was being nice to provide that. carol ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Newbie question - plugins in windows xp
On Mon, Nov 15, 2004 at 02:41:49PM -0700, Scott Binns wrote: So, my question now is, how do I build the plugin? What configuration/tools do I need, and what steps to I follow to get the .exe? if i remember correctly, you are asking for the gimptool. i get this everytime i build gimp from the source code. this is a complete guess as for the reason that the gimp binaries for other apps do not include the gimptool. in order to use the gimptool, you need to be able to build it. looking past that self-definition part, it needs to have certain software building tools available to it. this sort of dependency and installation would make gimp never get installed on computers like windows that use only binaries. even the linux people need to install that same software building stuff to get a gimptool. so here is the thing. since this plug-in uses the tools to build software that you need to build the gimp with anyways, the only way to get it is to build your own. does that make sense? carol ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Newbie question - plugins in windows xp
Yes - but what do I need to do to build gimp (and by extension the plugin)? Thanks, Scott On Mon, November 15, 2004 3:48 pm, Carol Spears said: so here is the thing. since this plug-in uses the tools to build software that you need to build the gimp with anyways, the only way to get it is to build your own. does that make sense? ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Newbie question - plugins in windows xp
First of all, thank you to Carol for being so helpful on this issue. I praise your willingness to help people out, and go beyond the call of duty in providing useful information. If you and Sven were not high-ups, you would be banned for being trolls. This is the best I can do for now since I have a ton of work. Scott, I had a bit of trouble compiling plugins on Windows, but I have a method that worked well for RawPhoto. I have not been able to get gimptool-2.0 to do anything but crash, but this method circumvents gimptool. First of all, you'll need a compiler. Head over to http://www.cygwin.com and grab the Cygwin setup. Run it, and install for all users, and make the default text file type Unix (just for the heck of it). Choose a fast mirror -- mirrors.kernel.org works for me -- and download some packages. It might take some looking through the list, but you'll need *at least*: (devel) - gcc - gcc-core - g++ - binutils - make - pkgconfig - mingw runtime (interpreters) - gawk (libs) -- get doc, devel, and runtime just to be safe - atk - freetype - glib - gtk+ - libiconv - pango You might need more, but I think that's all. If you have a problem, I'll try to figure out what's happening. You'll also need the same libraries (so we don't depend on Cygwin stuff) from http://www.gimp.org/~tml/gimp/win32/downloads.html . Unzip all of these to the same folder, being sure to use folder names so you get a tree of folders and not just one directory filled with random files. Second of all, you'll need my makefiles and the like. Go to http://www.princeton.edu/~mplough/rawphoto.html and get the latest source file (1.18 currently). It's a .tar.gz, but Winzip opens those. THIS IS THE REALLY ANNOYING PART...SORRY...no automated builds here. I'm working on it... Now, you'll need to edit my Makefile. You can't use Notepad since Notepad doesn't like the Unix-style line breaks, so you can use jEdit, emacs, vi, or Wordpad (as a last resort). Change $BASE to wherever you unzipped the libraries to -- c:\libs would be /cygdrive/c/libs . Open up Cygwin, and type export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=base path/lib/pkgconfig For example, if you unzipped to c:\libs, type export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/cygdrive/c/libs/lib/pkgconfig Now, go to the folder in Cygwin, and type make. The rawphoto plugin should build fine. If it doesn't, stop here and email the list with whatever error it comes out with. If you feel comfortable with Cygwin and this kind of thing, feel free to hack on your own. However, it took me four days to figure this out, so it might take you a while. Put the source file for the plugin you want to compile in the same folder as the makefile. You'll need to change all instances of "rawphoto" to whatever your plugin is called without the .c extension. For example, if you're compiling randomplugin.c , do a find and replace on rawphoto, changing it to randomplugin. Get rid of all blackbody.h instances. Because of a stupid thing about the build system that I can't figure out, you'll either need to put export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=base path/lib/pkgconfig in your .bashrc or type it every time Cygwin starts up. Anyway, try building your plugin at this point. You should come out with a nice .exe as a reward for all that hassle. Put that .exe in gimp base path/lib/gimp/2.0/plug-ins I haven't tried building the GIMP on a Windows system, so I'm not sure what to say about that. I hope this helps with the plugins, even though it's a bit of a mess and not at all elegant. Matt Scott Binns wrote: Yes - but what do I need to do to build gimp (and by extension the plugin)? Thanks, Scott On Mon, November 15, 2004 3:48 pm, Carol Spears said: so here is the thing. since this plug-in uses the tools to build software that you need to build the gimp with anyways, the only way to get it is to build your own. does that make sense?
Re: [Gimp-user] Newbie question - plugins in windows xp
Gezim Hoxha wrote: As far as gimptool I wouldn't know...but I guess (big guess) that it's just some part of gimp--maybe toolbar! gimptool is a script that help you to compile gimp plug-ins. It knows about all the compiler switches that are needed, calls the compiler to build the plug-in and can even install it to the right place. For simple plug-ins that consist of only one .c file, it can replace a Makefile. (Older plug-in Makefiles used gimptool to get some values, mainly cflags and ldflags, but this is now discouraged in favor for pkg-config). HTH, Michael -- The GIMP http://www.gimp.org | IRC: irc://irc.gimp.org/gimp Wiki http://wiki.gimp.org | .de: http://gimpforum.de Plug-ins http://registry.gimp.org | ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Newbie question - plugins in windows xp
I don't mind building it myself, I just don't know what the process to build is. I downloaded it from http://registry.gimp.org/ - is there some other place to get the binaries for plugins? I am using Gimp 2.0.5 Thanks, Scott On Sat, November 13, 2004 1:01 am, Gezim Hoxha said: When I look in the folders listed, there .exe files there. the plugin I downloaded is a .c file - how do I get it from a .c to a .exe? I looked through the .c file, and it made mention of gimptool-2.0, so maybe I should be asking where do I get it? That's strange...well a .c file is a C file, meaning it's the source code of some C program. C is a programming language. In order to get it from .c to ..exe you need to compile it...if you have no idea what the heck I'm talking about just send the URL to the list and I or someone else will be happy to compile this file for you, and post the .exe file somewhere. And chances are you downloaded the wrong file of the plugin (i.e. the source). As far as gimptool I wouldn't know...but I guess (big guess) that it's just some part of gimp--maybe toolbar! p.s. do you have gimp 2.something ? snip __ Do you Yahoo!? Check out the new Yahoo! Front Page. www.yahoo.com ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Newbie question
I just downloaded and installed Gimp. I was browsing the plugin repository, and downloaded a couple of plugins, but don't know how to get them installed - they are just the source files. I am running Windows XP, and used the installer provided on the Gimp web site from Jernej Simoncic. Any help would be appreciated. ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Newbie question
Since I don't have windows XP I don't know the exact directory, but when you open up gimp, choose FilePreferences then on the left hand side click on Plug-ins under Foldersin here the directories where the plugins are stored should be listed. -Gezim P.S. when you post on the list please try and have a better subject (in this case something like plugins in windows xp ) --- Scott Binns [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just downloaded and installed Gimp. I was browsing the plugin repository, and downloaded a couple of plugins, but don't know how to get them installed - they are just the source files. I am running Windows XP, and used the installer provided on the Gimp web site from Jernej Simoncic. Any help would be appreciated. ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user __ Do you Yahoo!? Check out the new Yahoo! Front Page. www.yahoo.com ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Newbie question - plugins in windows xp
When I look in the folders listed, there .exe files there. the plugin I downloaded is a .c file - how do I get it from a .c to a .exe? I looked through the .c file, and it made mention of gimptool-2.0, so maybe I should be asking where do I get it? Thanks Scott On Fri, November 12, 2004 11:20 pm, Gezim Hoxha said: Since I don't have windows XP I don't know the exact directory, but when you open up gimp, choose FilePreferences then on the left hand side click on Plug-ins under Foldersin here the directories where the plugins are stored should be listed. -Gezim P.S. when you post on the list please try and have a better subject (in this case something like plugins in windows xp ) --- Scott Binns [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just downloaded and installed Gimp. I was browsing the plugin repository, and downloaded a couple of plugins, but don't know how to get them installed - they are just the source files. I am running Windows XP, and used the installer provided on the Gimp web site from Jernej Simoncic. Any help would be appreciated. ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user __ Do you Yahoo!? Check out the new Yahoo! Front Page. www.yahoo.com ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Newbie question -- OpenGL manual used on Mesa?
Dear All: I am truly a newbie to Mesa. If want to learn more about Mesa API, would an OpenGL manual/book be applicable? thanks --Vincent _ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
