re: New tutorial at CubicDesign.com
Hi, Well there are several ways to I could've done this...only reason I chose the alpha mask layer, was so I could introduce this feature... Because of the mask, only the parts visible were blurred, and these would include the light spots (mainly the skin tones)... Also, it is so that the background or surrounds wouldn't be blurred... Actually it would make sense, but the layer mask IMHO does not define the active area like a selection does. That way the filter is applied to the whole layer not the masked area. It's only a mean of making pixels of the layer transparent acording to the grayscale mask bitmap. A channel mask on the other hand can be easily converted to a selection and be used for this purpose. If there is a special thing you called alpha layer mask, that works differently then I missed it, but I'm kinda sure it doesn't. Jakub Steiner -- -[ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-[ http://hideout.musichall.cz ]- "even a stopped clock gives a right time twice a day"
being geekish on a a1200
You can view this stuff at home... hmm... Are you a true computer geek if you don't do stuff at home? Are there not other Gimp tutorial sites? Just a few questions... who has to be a true computer geek? do people not use the Gimp for what it is/does rather than what computer or OS they use? Hell, I must be, like, 100% geekish because I run the Gimp on a PowerPC linux system on my Amiga A1200 with PPC board and BVision 24bit gfx expansion. I dont care, I use the Gimp as a tool to do a job...it even almost beats the AmigaOS gfx programs out there ;-) Offtopic: Are there any gfx programs left on the amiga which still being developed? I hope Photogenics(http://www.paulnolan.com) will work well with linux. The drawing modes are very nice. The alpha preview for linux from paul nolan felt great, and was quite a bit faster on my PC than on my A1200/040/603/bvision. Of course. Arteffect is nothing compared to the GIMP. Artstudio is, well, ancient. Something I'd really like to see for the GIMP is a plugin like "Eye Candy" for Photoshop or "Candy Factory" for Amiga. Ok, you can do all of the stuff with GIMP too, but it doesn't have the nice GUI where everything is in one place. :-) -- mat
Image Mirror
Hi! I am new with gimp, I would like to do horizontal and vertical mirrors of an image, not rotations, but I cannot find it, though I think it should be pretty obvious. Thanks in advance, Marielle
Re: New tutorial at CubicDesign.com
yeah, right...sorry, but European laws and campaigns by women equality groups mean we no longer have those freedoms. oh, I remember when the mechanical workshops were wall to wall with page-3 cutouts and Perrelli Calenders. no porn, just glamour photography. no longer allowed. Oh no! This didn't reached to Czech republic yet, but I think when we join the EU it will be no longer allowed here too. :-( I still can't understand the reason. I don't mind if some woman hangs some pictures of semi-naked man on the wall, so why it shouldn't be allowed the other way? Tom Mraz
Re: being geekish on a a1200
Am Fre, 18 Aug 2000 schrieben Sie: hi, Offtopic: Are there any gfx programs left on the amiga which still being developed? yes, PG, IFX, AE and a few more. I hope Photogenics(http://www.paulnolan.com) will work well with linux. The It look like it will...whether it can compete with the free Gimp is another matter...it was the subject of an interview earlier this year. (in AmigActive magazine I believe) It's so different, I doubt they'll compete. The brushes and drawing modes are great. Wow! All you Linux gals/guys, be sure to check Photogenics, it's really worth it. Another great Amiga app coming to linux, and more is to come. -- mat
gimp links and problems with naked humans
Hi, Hm...it seems that some people are against my idea, while others seem supportive... Different countries, different mentalities. I can't see the problem either. I see women like her everyday when I go swimming. And to be honest, I've haven't seen any kid going blind, nor do I go nuts about naked breasts... Anyway, the model is far from being naked. The tutorial is just fine, you can use a man for the next tutorial, equal rights and so on. :-) Or maybe Barbie and Ken... Is there a link page somewhere where all GIMP tutorial are listed? gimp.org is really not up to date. Don't let any of this get to you, maybe some of the more technical replys make sense, the others are just jokes, or simply nonsense. next time when you use a picture of a whale you'll probably get people of GreenPeace at your throat. You use a picture of a steak, and it's the vegetarians, you use a picture of glass of milk, and it's the veganists, and so on. ;-) In the USA, it ok to: -know about the KKK and the michigan militia and claim Germany has a nazi problem -have the highest per head polution of the world -vote for the candidate with the best PR without having a clue of what he stands for. -tell the rest of the world what to do But it is not ok to: -have a natural relationship to your body and sex and even admit it, which doesn't matter, since you can see a bank robbery live in TV at 3pm right after school, so sex is boring, killing is cooler -drink alc. under 21, which doesn't matter, since you can get crack everywhere -accept that the rest of the world has an opinion too -admit you have an atom bomb problem in front of Greenland (Please don't take this too serious) Oh, BTW, I am american. :-) -- mat
Re: gimp links and problems with naked humans
At 15:38 18/08/00 +0200, Mat Colton wrote: Is there a link page somewhere where all GIMP tutorial are listed? gimp.org is really not up to date. I haven't come across one yet, all I can do is give you some tutorial URL's I collected, here goes: http://tigert.gimp.org/gimp/tutorials/ http://www.cubicdesign.com/ http://jimmac.musichall.cz/tutor.php3 http://personal.eunet.fi/pp/olf/things/graphics/gimptut/ http://gimp-savvy.com/ http://www.gw.total-web.net/~chr/e/ http://www.gtk.org/~otaylor/IfsCompose/index.html That's all, sad eh? Maybe other people on the list know of more sites. If we can come up with a nice list, maybe I could put that up on my webspace, it's empty now, and it would be nice if I could flex my HTML/GFX muscles a bit. :-) (Please don't take this too serious) Oh, BTW, I am american. :-) hahaha, lol, the day they started broadcasting the Jerry Springer show in The Netherlands, was the day I stopped taking Americans serious grin. Regards, Eric.
Smoothing tutorial corrected at CubicDesign.com
Hi, I have updated my tutorial on Smoothing in the Photographic Effects section. The error was I used the Alpha Mask feature improperly. Thanks to Jakub Steiner for mentioning this to me. Thanks again... Bye! -- Gautam N. Lad http://www.cubicdesign.com
A chance to demonstrate expertise
Hello all-- I am a fairly long term, but still mostly not-very-good, GIMP user. I received a roll of pictures back that are dreadful. I cannot imagine what happened--you know how these whiz-bang cameras do everything for you--but most of the pictures look like this: http://www.bsmanagement.com/llywelyn/images/cyruscyrusxcf.jpg I have placed an xcf version (whopper!) of this charming boy out there--and I would be eager to see how to improve it. I have struggled with it, playing with a number of settings, but cannot really improve it. The boy has rather pale skin, the tiles should be white. If anyone wanted to work on it and send me a description of the steps they took, I'd be more than happy to post them and let people evaluate different methods of repair. The tutorials I've read are useful, but this picture has so many things wrong that I just don't know what to do in what order. Any takers? -- Thanks! Jim Clark
Correction
Oops--noticed I did not include the URL of the xcf: it's http://www.bsmanagement.com/llywelyn/images/cyrus/cyrus.xcf Thanks! Jim Clark
Re: Correction
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (2000-08-18 at 1227.23 -0500): Oops--noticed I did not include the URL of the xcf: it's http://www.bsmanagement.com/llywelyn/images/cyrus/cyrus.xcf Thanks! Jim Clark Two things, the first link was wrong, I got something with cyrus.jpg but not with your link. And the second is that never ever use xcf! You should use xcf.bz2 or xcf.gz, at least for web. And for HD too, IMO, cos saves space and only adds a bit (maybe too much for some people?) to load / save times. As the compression is loseless and cmd line reversible, I do not see other problem to avoid it. Could you repost both links after testing? BTW, using JPG as intermediate format is bad. If you are scanning at home, use another format, if scanning in a bureau, ask for another format. IMO PNG is OK for all these jobs. GSR
No more corrections---this is it!
OK-- I put a jpg photo for a quick view and a now-compressed version of the photo I wonder if anyone wants to take a look at and play with at (how's that for a long-winded description?): http://www.bsmanagement.com/llywelyn/docs/cyrus.html And if you want me to eprform any particular steps in any order, I'll do my best to oblige. -- Thanks! Jim Clark
Re: being geekish on a a1200
hi, Offtopic: Are there any gfx programs left on the amiga which still being developed? yes, PG, IFX, AE and a few more. I hope Photogenics(http://www.paulnolan.com) will work well with linux. The It look like it will...whether it can compete with the free Gimp is another matter...it was the subject of an interview earlier this year. (in AmigActive magazine I believe) Something I'd really like to see for the GIMP is a plugin like "Eye Candy" for Photoshop or "Candy Factory" for Amiga. Ok, you can do all of the stuff with GIMP too, but it doesn't have the nice GUI where everything is in one place. :-) not just Candy Factory...but also Wildfire, thats got some great stuff in it. strange, you didnt mention ImageFX anywhere. surely one of the best programs for gfx on the Amiga currently alan
