Re: [Gimp-user] dotted text

[Alexandre Prokoudine]

On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 6:53 PM, komsinica wrote:
> I am using Gimp to create worksheets for kids learning a foreign
> language.  I would like to make my text dotted so kids can trace
> it to practice writing.  I am using a Cyrillic alphabet so a dotted
> font is not an option for me.  It would have to be done by
> manipulating the text.

Wrong choice of a tool, I'm afraid. You _can_do that with GIMP, but it
would be counterproductive.

Use Inkscape. For text objects remove fill, use black stroke and dashed outline.

http://i.imgur.com/AEezO.png

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Re: [Gimp-user] dotted text

[scl]

On 25.10.12 at 6:15 pm Xes Garcia wrote:


Other option is to use convert text to path and trace the path
You'll now have a text outline with no fill
Your kids could draw along and inside the two text "walls"  instead a
dotted line


A good start. To draw a dotted line you just have to stroke with a 
dotted line style.


All steps together:
1. Type your text.
2. Select Layer/Text to path.
3. In the Layers tab hide the text layer and select the layer you want 
your dotted lines on.

4. In the Path tab select the newly created path.
5. Go to Edit/Stroke path. Select 'Stroke line', check 'Solid color', 
click 'Line style', from the Dash presets listbox select 'Dense dots' 
for instance.


You're done.

Kind regards,

Sven
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Re: [Gimp-user] dotted text

[Xes Garcia]

I can't think on a easy way to do this
One option is to make your own quick&dirty font something like this:
http://fhoerni.free.fr/comp/make_a_font.html


Other option is to use convert text to path and trace the path
You'll now have a text outline with no fill
Your kids could draw along and inside the two text "walls"  instead a
dotted line
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Re: [Gimp-user] GIF animation automation and revert diff

[Rob Antonishen]

Take a look at AnimStack http://registry.gimp.org/node/26501which provides
a whole batch of features for creating animations.

And to revert a diff animation layer stack, try the unoptimoze filter
http://docs.gimp.org/2.8/en/plug-in-optimize.html

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  Ok... just to clarify. It seems there are no ideas so I actually do
have to develop it myself... :)

Bests
Bgs


On 10/09/2012 09:58 PM, Bgs wrote:
>
>  Hi,
>
> I've been playing a bit with GIF animations and there are two things
> I'd like to do but haven't found any trivial solution for.
>
> 1) I have a background type of layer and several smaller ones. I want
> to make an animation where these additional layers appear and
> disappear. The hard way to animate this is to duplicate the background
> and merge in all variations I want and create an animation from that.
> This has three drawbacks: a) It's a rather long handiwork to do it b)
> by default it produces a full-frame animation that needs to be
> optimized c) the default differential optimization might not produce
> the best result in terms of size.
>
> My question for the more experienced ones is: Is it possible to script
> creation of such images without creating a full fledged plugin?
> Example: I have background and layer1 through layer8 as small
> overlaying layers. I want to create a blinking/glowing effect by
> turning on and off layer1-8 in a random(like) way. Let's say I create
> a dozen of such layer on/offs and cycle the result as a GIF animation.
>
> 2) Once I created an optimized GIF animation (differential) is there
> an easy way to convert it back to a full-frame layer structure? (This
> has practical sense for example with a couple of frames taken from a
> video).
>
> Thanks
> Bgs
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Re: [Gimp-user] GIF animation automation and revert diff

[Bgs]

 Ok... just to clarify. It seems there are no ideas so I actually do 
have to develop it myself... :)


Bests
Bgs


On 10/09/2012 09:58 PM, Bgs wrote:


 Hi,

I've been playing a bit with GIF animations and there are two things 
I'd like to do but haven't found any trivial solution for.


1) I have a background type of layer and several smaller ones. I want 
to make an animation where these additional layers appear and 
disappear. The hard way to animate this is to duplicate the background 
and merge in all variations I want and create an animation from that. 
This has three drawbacks: a) It's a rather long handiwork to do it b) 
by default it produces a full-frame animation that needs to be 
optimized c) the default differential optimization might not produce 
the best result in terms of size.


My question for the more experienced ones is: Is it possible to script 
creation of such images without creating a full fledged plugin? 
Example: I have background and layer1 through layer8 as small 
overlaying layers. I want to create a blinking/glowing effect by 
turning on and off layer1-8 in a random(like) way. Let's say I create 
a dozen of such layer on/offs and cycle the result as a GIF animation.


2) Once I created an optimized GIF animation (differential) is there 
an easy way to convert it back to a full-frame layer structure? (This 
has practical sense for example with a couple of frames taken from a 
video).


Thanks
Bgs

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Re: [Gimp-user] copying and pasting layer groups as layer groups

[Richard Gitschlag]

> Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2012 02:16:04 +0200
> From: for...@gimpusers.com
> To: gimp-user-list@gnome.org
> CC: t...@gimpusers.com
> Subject: [Gimp-user] copying and pasting layer groups as layer groups
> 
> I'd like to be to select a layer groups and copy them over to another 
> pre-existing image.
> 
> I've been struggling with this for an hour or so, and I haven't found a way 
> to do this.
> 
> Is is possible to do this in GIMP?
> 
>
 The closet I've found is a kind of paste where you do this: drag the 
tab of the origin image over to the tab of the target image. The result 
is a new layer in the target image called "dropped buffer". However, the
 entire origin image is imported flattened.
> 
> I've been 
trying other drag and drop operations, but without success. Usually when
 I drop the selection to the target image, the icon under the mouse 
dissapears, and nothing actually happens.
> 
> I thought this might be a window manager problem. But I get the same results 
> across kde, gnome and xfce.
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Hmm, you're right - the closest I can find is to click and drag the layer group 
into the GIMP toolbox (which creates a new image using the layer group), but 
there does not seem to be a way to do the same with a pre-existing image (SWM 
or otherwise), at least not via click and drag.

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Re: [Gimp-user] dotted text

[Xiella Harksell]

As a partial answer to the original question, if you can get hold of a path
version of your text (vector) you can paint the path with a brush using
wide spacing between strokes. This creates dots along the path.

I just can't think of a way to get a single line path for text in the first
place. My usual solution would be colour selecting the desired outline and
turning selection to path. This would create an outline (double line) path,
though, which is probably not what you want.

Or the lower transparency option as mentioned by Jay would make much sense
and be less work too.

Good luck!

Xiella
On 26 Oct 2012 04:03, "Jay Smith"  wrote:

> On 10/25/2012 10:53 AM, komsinica wrote:
>
>> I am using Gimp to create worksheets for kids learning a foreign
>> language.  I would like to make my text dotted so kids can trace it to
>> practice writing.  I am using a Cyrillic alphabet so a dotted font is not
>> an option for me.  It would have to be done by manipulating the text.
>>
>> Thank you very much.
>>
>
> Hi,
>
> I would suggest completely rethinking your approach to the problem.
> Sometimes the answer is in simplicity.
>
> Consider either printing the text in a _pale_ color, or if you only wish
> to use "black" printing, consider setting the "color" of the text to a
> light "color", but printing it on a black printer -- the result will be
> some shade of gray.
>
> The students could then trace around the outside of the pale color / gray
> text.
>
> Would this work and solve the problem without having to create anything
> special?
>
> Furthermore, this solution does not involve Gimp or any image program. You
> can do this in any word processor program.
>
> Best of luck.  Educating children in different languages is very important
> work -- something that has been mostly forgotten in the USA.
>
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Re: [Gimp-user] dotted text

[Jay Smith]

On 10/25/2012 10:53 AM, komsinica wrote:

I am using Gimp to create worksheets for kids learning a foreign language.  I 
would like to make my text dotted so kids can trace it to practice writing.  I 
am using a Cyrillic alphabet so a dotted font is not an option for me.  It 
would have to be done by manipulating the text.

Thank you very much.


Hi,

I would suggest completely rethinking your approach to the problem. 
Sometimes the answer is in simplicity.


Consider either printing the text in a _pale_ color, or if you only wish 
to use "black" printing, consider setting the "color" of the text to a 
light "color", but printing it on a black printer -- the result will be 
some shade of gray.


The students could then trace around the outside of the pale color / 
gray text.


Would this work and solve the problem without having to create anything 
special?


Furthermore, this solution does not involve Gimp or any image program. 
You can do this in any word processor program.


Best of luck.  Educating children in different languages is very 
important work -- something that has been mostly forgotten in the USA.


Jay
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[Gimp-user] dotted text

[komsinica]

I am using Gimp to create worksheets for kids learning a foreign language.  I 
would like to make my text dotted so kids can trace it to practice writing.  I 
am using a Cyrillic alphabet so a dotted font is not an option for me.  It 
would have to be done by manipulating the text.  

Thank you very much.

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Re: [Gimp-user] background question

[Patrick Shanahan]

* Michael Natterer  [10-25-12 08:36]:
> On Thu, 2012-10-25 at 13:10 +0200, Chrispy wrote:
> > I am trying to remove the background of an image I have scanned of a
> > Newspaper.  The paper was thin and the back side of the paper is
> > visible on the image.  Is there an easy way to remove this?
> > 
> > The reverse image is also visible over the main image I am looking at
> > (the image is a News Headline, not a Picture.
> > 
> > Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> If you can, scan again, and put *black* paper on top of the other side
> while scanning.

That *and* pick a black point when scanning.  It will make the text that
does "bleed thru" appear much lighter.

Then play with the contrast of the product.

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Re: [Gimp-user] background question

[Michael Natterer]

On Thu, 2012-10-25 at 13:10 +0200, Chrispy wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I am trying to remove the background of an image I have scanned of a 
> Newspaper.
> The paper was thin and the back side of the paper is visible on the image.
> Is there an easy way to remove this?
> 
> The reverse image is also visible over the main image I am looking at (the 
> image is a News Headline, not a Picture.
> 
> Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

If you can, scan again, and put *black* paper on top of
the other side while scanning.

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Re: [Gimp-user] background question

[Daniel Smith]

the best way i can think of would be to put a backing on the paper,
not to affix it but just lay it behind the newspaper, when you scan it
so the light doesn't emanate the paper so you don't see the other
side?
just my 2...
dan

On 10/25/12, Chrispy  wrote:
> Hi
>
> I am trying to remove the background of an image I have scanned of a
> Newspaper.
> The paper was thin and the back side of the paper is visible on the image.
> Is there an easy way to remove this?
>
> The reverse image is also visible over the main image I am looking at (the
> image is a News Headline, not a Picture.
>
> Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
>
> All the best
>
> Chris P
>
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Re: [Gimp-user] trial fit new colours on car picture

[Daniel Smith]

saving also...
>:)
thanks
dan

On 10/24/12, Steve Kinney  wrote:
> On 10/24/2012 01:44 PM, Jim Clark wrote:
>> Wow--
>>
>> I will save this. Incredibly clear and detailed--I have never rally
>> understood those masks. Still don't, but am sure closer!
>
> Hey Jim,
>
> Glad it makes sense to you!  I have saved it and I will probably do
> an illustrated version for my website sometime soon.
>
> Figuring out how to use layer masks is one of the real
> "breakthroughs" that make the GIMP a powerful tool.  I have been
> using the GIMP for around 10 years, but I still remember how
> difficult it was for me to wrap my brain around what masks can do.
>
> You can:
>
> * Make templates that enable you to quickly and easily create lots
> of different versions of an image, i.e. with different colorization
> as in the present example, or as frames that smaller images will
> appear in, etc.
>
> * "Remove" part of a layer, spend a half hour working on the image,
> then "undo" an error you just found in your removal by painting a
> little white on the corresponding part of the layer's mask.  I
> almost never use the "Eraser" tool - if you have to go back and undo
> it, you lose all the work you did after using the Eraser.
>
> * You can "paint with any filter" by applying filters and effects to
> a copied layer, adding a black mask to make the altered layer
> vanish, then painting the mask with white to make the changes come
> back only where you want them in the visible image.  (Or vice versa:
>  Paint black on a white mask to wipe away the filter effect where
> you don't want to see it.)  I find this method especially useful
> when working on portrait shots.
>
> * Isolate under-exposed elements from over-exposed elements in
> photographs, by making a layer copy and masking out the under-
> exposed part of the top layer.  Then you can adjust the brightness
> and colors of the bright and dark parts of the picture separately.
> If the contrast between over- and under-exposed areas is strong
> enough, you can use the Threshold tool on a throw-away layer to
> create a nearly perfect mask in seconds, that would have taken a
> LONG time to paint by hand - some call this "finding the natural mask."
>
> * Use a black/white gradient on a layer mask to give the layer a
> smooth transition from visible to invisible.  This sometimes comes
> in handy when processing flash photographs, i.e. a line of people on
> a stage where those at the near end are fully exposed and those at
> the far end are under-exposed.
>
> ... and a whole lot more.
>
> :o)
>
> Steve
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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[Gimp-user] background question

[Chrispy]

Hi

I am trying to remove the background of an image I have scanned of a Newspaper.
The paper was thin and the back side of the paper is visible on the image.
Is there an easy way to remove this?

The reverse image is also visible over the main image I am looking at (the 
image is a News Headline, not a Picture.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

All the best

Chris P

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