[Gimp-user] GEGL - run C2g batch in command line

[waldauf]

Hello,

just small attempt to highlight this question... :]

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[Gimp-user] How to enlarge an outline?

[eatdirt13]

Hi,

I am after a bit of advice please which is to make the lines of this car
slightly more prominent and slightly thicker.

Can someone please explain how to do this?

Thank you

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[Gimp-user] Plug-ins noise generator & BIMP

[DGG]

I have heard a lot of great things about GIMP and wanted to give it a try.  I
downloaded GIMP 2.8.20 ok.

I wanted the following plugins -
- layer via copy/cut
- noise generator
- BIMP

http://registry.gimp.org/glossary/a appear to have a lot of broken links but
after some seraching I downloaded 'layer via copy/cut' from DeviantArt and this
installed ok.

I downloaded noise-generator.exe but when opening it get the message 'the
program can't start because libgimpiu-2.0-0.dll is missing from your computer' 
I downloaded the dll file and put in the same folder as noise-generator.exe but
still get the same message.

I downloaded BIMP.exe which when I open crashes the computer - blue screen with
stop code 'memory management'.

I am running Windows 10.

Hopefully there is a simple answer to the above as these plugs should be pretty
standard.

thanks

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[Gimp-user] Plug-ins noise generator & BIMP

[rich2005]

>I have heard a lot of great things about GIMP and wanted to give it a
>try.  I downloaded GIMP 2.8.20 ok.
>
>I wanted the following plugins -
>- layer via copy/cut
>- noise generator
>- BIMP
>
>http://registry.gimp.org/glossary/a appear to have a lot of broken
>links but after some seraching I downloaded 'layer via copy/cut' from
>DeviantArt and this installed ok.
>
>I downloaded noise-generator.exe but when opening it get the message
>'the program can't start because libgimpiu-2.0-0.dll is missing from
>your computer'  I downloaded the dll file and put in the same folder
>as noise-generator.exe but still get the same message.
>
>I downloaded BIMP.exe which when I open crashes the computer - blue
>screen with stop code 'memory management'.
>
>I am running Windows 10.
>
>Hopefully there is a simple answer to the above as these plugs should
>be pretty standard.
>
>thanks

I think you have the idea of using Gimp plugins wrong.

Layer-via-copy-cut is a python plugin and for installation (if you call it that)
put the file layer-via-copy-cut.py into your Gimp profile plugins folder

C:\Users\your-name\.gimp-2.8\plug-ins.  

It puts menu entries bottom of the Gimp layer menu.

The noise plugin is a little different, it is a **compiled** plugin, a little
bit on the old site but still works.

Guessing you  got this from
http://photocomix-resources.deviantart.com/art/Gimp-Noise-generator-plugin-110164748
as a zip file.

Again there is no installer, put the file noise-generator.exe in
C:\Users\your-name\.gimp-2.8\plug-ins.  If you use English do not bother with
the other stuff (translations)

Where are you going wrong? 

***Do not try and run a Gimp plug-in from outside Gimp***. see attachment 1 - no
need for additional dll's

The plugin will be in the menu system, in this case see attachment 2. 

Any valid script or plugin can be located in the menu system using Help ->
Plugin Browser.

BIMP for Windows in this case is an installer, the file 
gimp-plugin-bimp_win32.exe

After installation, do not run bimp.exe, use the Gimp menu entry File -> Batch
Image Manipulation... see attachment 3

rich: www.gimp-forum.net

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* http://www.gimpusers.com/system/attachments/478/original/noise.jpg
* http://www.gimpusers.com/system/attachments/479/original/bimp.jpg

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[Gimp-user] Make a text layer with semi-transparent background?

[billlee]

I wish to place a text layer with a semi-transparent background on a photo so
it'll stand out on the somewhat cluttered photo.

I expect this is easy, but I'm not getting how to put the steps together in the
correct order. I think I'm stuck at making text layer's transparent background
semi-transparent.

I'll be very grateful for any assistance!

..Bill..

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[Gimp-user] How to open GIMP using F1 key

[Marcel Valz]

Dear users,

3 of our users have GIMP 2.8.14 installed on their systems: HP Laptops with Win 
7.

With the app closed, if they press the F1 key it opens the selection tool of 
GIMP and they can select and paste whatever captured in Outlook, Word, etc.

1 of the users got a new laptop with Win 10, after completing setup and 
installing the current version of GIMP - I cannot find where or how to map the 
F1 key to perform this function. Is that still available with Win 10?

I already disabled the F1 = Win Help.

Any help would be appreciated,

Marcel Valz
IT Support Specialist
Catharsis Managed IT Ltd.
Office: 416-865-3376
www.catharsis-it.com
mar...@catharsis-it.com

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Re: [Gimp-user] How to open GIMP using F1 key

[Michael Schumacher]

On 02/10/2017 11:17 PM, Marcel Valz wrote:

> 3 of our users have GIMP 2.8.14 installed on their systems: HP
> Laptops with Win 7.
> 
> With the app closed, if they press the F1 key it opens the selection
> tool of GIMP and they can select and paste whatever captured in
> Outlook, Word, etc.

This is either a very custom GIMP (and I have no idea who'd have  done
this), or a totally different application. Maybe the Windows snipping tool?

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/13776/windows-use-snipping-tool-to-capture-screenshots


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Re: [Gimp-user] How to open GIMP using F1 key

[Alexandre Prokoudine]

On Sat, Feb 11, 2017 at 1:17 AM, Marcel Valz wrote:

> With the app closed, if they press the F1 key it opens the selection tool of 
> GIMP and they can select and paste whatever captured in Outlook, Word, etc.

How do you know it's GIMP?

And what does "whatever captured" mean?

Alex
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Re: [Gimp-user] Plug-ins noise generator & BIMP

[Alexandre Prokoudine]

On Fri, Feb 10, 2017 at 6:03 PM, DGG wrote:
> I have heard a lot of great things about GIMP and wanted to give it a try.  I
> downloaded GIMP 2.8.20 ok.
>
> I wanted the following plugins -
> - layer via copy/cut
> - noise generator
> - BIMP
>
> http://registry.gimp.org/glossary/a appear to have a lot of broken links but
> after some seraching I downloaded 'layer via copy/cut' from DeviantArt and 
> this
> installed ok.
>
> I downloaded noise-generator.exe but when opening...
> I downloaded BIMP.exe which when I open...

http://libregraphicsworld.org/blog/entry/gimp-add-ons-types-installation-management

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Re: [Gimp-user] Missing SHA1SUMS, SHA256SUMS entries for babl-0.1.24.tar.gz

[Jeremy Henty]

Jeremy Henty (ie. me) wrote:

> babl-0.1.24.tar.bz2  has been  available from  download.gimp.org and
> ftp.gtk.org for a week now, but the SHA1SUMS and SHA256SUMS files do
> not contain  its hashes.  Judging by  the dates, they have  not been
> updated since babl-0.1.22.tar.bz2 was released.  Can this be fixed?

Fixed now!  Thanks to whoever was responsible.

Regards,

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Re: [Gimp-user] How to open GIMP using F1 key

[Jernej Simončič]

On Fri, 10 Feb 2017 22:17:22 +, Marcel Valz wrote:

> 1 of the users got a new laptop with Win 10, after completing setup and 
> installing the current version of GIMP - I cannot find where or how to map 
> the F1 key to perform this function. Is that still available with Win 10?

That's got nothing to do with GIMP, and probably nothing to do with Windows
either - I'm guessing that the old laptops default to having the F-keys
mapped to media keys (and you need to press Fn+F1 to actually get F1), and
have HP's driver installed which interprets those media keys to run
different programs. You might be able to do the same on the new laptops by
changing the setting in BIOS and installing HP's hotkey program.

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Re: [Gimp-user] Make a text layer with semi-transparent background?

[Ofnuts]

On 10/02/17 20:34, billlee wrote:

I wish to place a text layer with a semi-transparent background on a photo so
it'll stand out on the somewhat cluttered photo.

I expect this is easy, but I'm not getting how to put the steps together in the
correct order. I think I'm stuck at making text layer's transparent background
semi-transparent.

I'll be very grateful for any assistance!

..Bill..



What you want to be semi-transparent doesn't need to be the text 
background(*). It can be any layer. So just add a transparent layer, 
move it behind the text layer, make a (rectangular or else) selection, 
and bucket-fill the selection (with white or some other color), then use 
the opacity slider at the top of the layers list to reduce the opacity.


http://imgur.com/2i3pqom.jpg

(*) It isn't even a good idea, because the text layer is usually a tight 
fit on the sides  with big top and bottom margins. You likely want 
something more balanced.

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Re: [Gimp-user] How to enlarge an outline?

[Ofnuts]

On 10/02/17 18:18, eatdirt13 wrote:

Hi,

I am after a bit of advice please which is to make the lines of this car
slightly more prominent and slightly thicker.

Can someone please explain how to do this?

Thank you

Attachments:
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Try Filters>Generic>Erode with likely some contrast changes before and 
after.


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[Gimp-user] Ending a selection

[Boxman]

I was advised that there is no general purpose cursor to make selections in GIMP
- that the selection is made with the tool used. If that's the case, when a
selection is created by a tool (example text tool) how do you get rid of the
selection mode outlines? And say for example I add text, but then want to move
it when there is no cursor to move it with? I can't figure out how to deselect
things - there's nothing in help about this.

The lack of a general select tool as in P'shop is really throwing me for a loop.
I seem to be missing the general concept of this that is very basic to
successful use of this program.




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Re: [Gimp-user] Ending a selection

[Michael Schumacher]

On 02/11/2017 02:18 PM, Boxman wrote:

> I was advised that there is no general purpose cursor to make selections in 
> GIMP
> - that the selection is made with the tool used. If that's the case, when a
> selection is created by a tool (example text tool) how do you get rid of the
> selection mode outlines? 

There, you're not seeing a selection, but the layer boundary.

> And say for example I add text, but then want to move
> it when there is no cursor to move it with? 

You can use the move tool.


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[Gimp-user] Weird forum and layout

[Boxman]

Man, I'm having trouble understanding the layout of this website and forums, as
well as the design philosophy behind GIMP user interface.
For starters, on the home page its hard to tell what the content is when so much
of it looks like advertisements. Then, on the forums, only bits and pieces of
them are shown. I don't see any display of the overall listing of posts and
responses as we get with other forums. Although I found a longer list of just
post topics, most of them were labled as awaiting moderator approval. Not much
help.

Even in making this post, I got confused at the lack of a "post" button.
Instead, there is a captcha box that looks like an ad directly above a real ad
that has
TWO captcha words in it. Which one am I to use? Took me 4 tries to get it right,
not knowing whether they were case sensitive. Then, outside the box, in tiny
letters is a button "create discussion,"

What I am saying is that it is so radically different that I find it very hard
to use. There must be some point behind the design of layout, but I'm not
getting it. Like GIMP itself, I don't understand why the developers would want
to create something so different from what we are familiar with, and have
invested huge amounts of time learning, so that to use GIMP we now have to
relearn everything we  thought we knew. This situation is really giving me
second thoughts about whether I want to go through with this steep re-education
curve unless there is some great benefit here that I fail to understand.

While I appreciate the huge voluntary effort that made in creating a free app,
and it is not my intention to take anything away from that, I just can't
comprehend why it was done the way it was. It seems to me its radical
differences won't do much to attract new users.

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Re: [Gimp-user] Weird forum and layout

[Pat David]

This is not a forum, it's a bridge to a traditional mailing list that can
be found here:

https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list

Or you can use the archives to see threaded conversations:

https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list

This website is _not_ run by the official GIMP team - that can be found at
https://wwe.gimp.org.

I suggest you have a look at the official website and check out the user
documentation (help) and tutorials there.
On Sat, Feb 11, 2017 at 8:01 AM Boxman  wrote:

> Man, I'm having trouble understanding the layout of this website and
> forums, as
> well as the design philosophy behind GIMP user interface.
> For starters, on the home page its hard to tell what the content is when
> so much
> of it looks like advertisements. Then, on the forums, only bits and pieces
> of
> them are shown. I don't see any display of the overall listing of posts and
> responses as we get with other forums. Although I found a longer list of
> just
> post topics, most of them were labled as awaiting moderator approval. Not
> much
> help.
>
> Even in making this post, I got confused at the lack of a "post" button.
> Instead, there is a captcha box that looks like an ad directly above a
> real ad
> that has
> TWO captcha words in it. Which one am I to use? Took me 4 tries to get it
> right,
> not knowing whether they were case sensitive. Then, outside the box, in
> tiny
> letters is a button "create discussion,"
>
> What I am saying is that it is so radically different that I find it very
> hard
> to use. There must be some point behind the design of layout, but I'm not
> getting it. Like GIMP itself, I don't understand why the developers would
> want
> to create something so different from what we are familiar with, and have
> invested huge amounts of time learning, so that to use GIMP we now have to
> relearn everything we  thought we knew. This situation is really giving me
> second thoughts about whether I want to go through with this steep
> re-education
> curve unless there is some great benefit here that I fail to understand.
>
> While I appreciate the huge voluntary effort that made in creating a free
> app,
> and it is not my intention to take anything away from that, I just can't
> comprehend why it was done the way it was. It seems to me its radical
> differences won't do much to attract new users.
>
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Re: [Gimp-user] Weird forum and layout

[Pat David]

Typo in the URL: https://www.gimp.org
On Sat, Feb 11, 2017 at 8:05 AM Pat David  wrote:

> This is not a forum, it's a bridge to a traditional mailing list that can
> be found here:
>
> https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list
>
> Or you can use the archives to see threaded conversations:
>
> https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list
>
> This website is _not_ run by the official GIMP team - that can be found at
> https://wwe.gimp.org.
>
> I suggest you have a look at the official website and check out the user
> documentation (help) and tutorials there.
> On Sat, Feb 11, 2017 at 8:01 AM Boxman  wrote:
>
> Man, I'm having trouble understanding the layout of this website and
> forums, as
> well as the design philosophy behind GIMP user interface.
> For starters, on the home page its hard to tell what the content is when
> so much
> of it looks like advertisements. Then, on the forums, only bits and pieces
> of
> them are shown. I don't see any display of the overall listing of posts and
> responses as we get with other forums. Although I found a longer list of
> just
> post topics, most of them were labled as awaiting moderator approval. Not
> much
> help.
>
> Even in making this post, I got confused at the lack of a "post" button.
> Instead, there is a captcha box that looks like an ad directly above a
> real ad
> that has
> TWO captcha words in it. Which one am I to use? Took me 4 tries to get it
> right,
> not knowing whether they were case sensitive. Then, outside the box, in
> tiny
> letters is a button "create discussion,"
>
> What I am saying is that it is so radically different that I find it very
> hard
> to use. There must be some point behind the design of layout, but I'm not
> getting it. Like GIMP itself, I don't understand why the developers would
> want
> to create something so different from what we are familiar with, and have
> invested huge amounts of time learning, so that to use GIMP we now have to
> relearn everything we  thought we knew. This situation is really giving me
> second thoughts about whether I want to go through with this steep
> re-education
> curve unless there is some great benefit here that I fail to understand.
>
> While I appreciate the huge voluntary effort that made in creating a free
> app,
> and it is not my intention to take anything away from that, I just can't
> comprehend why it was done the way it was. It seems to me its radical
> differences won't do much to attract new users.
>
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Re: [Gimp-user] Ending a selection

[Pat David]

There is no "general purpose select tool" in Ps either that I'm aware of.
You choose a tool to do what you want, the "selection" is a function of
what you want to accomplish.
On Sat, Feb 11, 2017 at 8:00 AM Michael Schumacher  wrote:

> On 02/11/2017 02:18 PM, Boxman wrote:
>
> > I was advised that there is no general purpose cursor to make selections
> in GIMP
> > - that the selection is made with the tool used. If that's the case,
> when a
> > selection is created by a tool (example text tool) how do you get rid of
> the
> > selection mode outlines?
>
> There, you're not seeing a selection, but the layer boundary.
>
> > And say for example I add text, but then want to move
> > it when there is no cursor to move it with?
>
> You can use the move tool.
>
>
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Re: [Gimp-user] Weird forum and layout

[Simon Budig]

Boxman (for...@gimpusers.com) wrote:
> For starters, on the home page its hard to tell what the content is when so 
> much
> of it looks like advertisements. Then, on the forums, only bits and pieces of
> them are shown.

gimpusers.com is not an official gimp forum. In fact on our official web
site there is no forum.

> This situation is really giving me
> second thoughts about whether I want to go through with this steep
> re-education curve unless there is some great benefit here that I fail
> to understand.

Please feel free to stick to your previous solution. If using GIMP is
too much effort for you, then don't. It really is that simple.

Gimp has a long and convoluted history, and it most certainly is not
designed to be a clone of some other tool - since that would be quite
boring for us developers. I consider it good to have different
approachas to the same problem.

And no, that does not mean that we don't want you as a new user - but we
certainly won't force you into unhappiness.

Bye,
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[Gimp-user] Ending a selection

[rich2005]

>I was advised that there is no general purpose cursor to make
>selections in GIMP - that the selection is made with the tool used. If
>that's the case, when a selection is created by a tool (example text
>tool) how do you get rid of the selection mode outlines? And say for
>example I add text, but then want to move it when there is no cursor
>to move it with? I can't figure out how to deselect things - there's
>nothing in help about this.
>
>The lack of a general select tool as in P'shop is really throwing me
>for a loop. I seem to be missing the general concept of this that is
>very basic to successful use of this program.

Do not like the mailing list format? There are other active forums where you can
get assistance.

try

http://gimpchat.com

http://bakon.ca/gimplearn

www.gimp-forum.net

For examples of the gimp selection tools and usage try

http://www.gimp-forum.net/Thread-Gimp-selection-tools-for-beginners?pid=296#pid296


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Re: [Gimp-user] Weird forum and layout

[Elle Stone]

On 02/11/2017 08:58 AM, Boxman wrote:

Like GIMP itself, I don't understand why the developers would want
to create something so different from what we are familiar with, and have
invested huge amounts of time learning, so that to use GIMP we now have to
relearn everything we  thought we knew.


I used PhotoShop for several years. When I switched to Linux and started 
using GIMP, to me the GIMP UI seemed "just like PhotoShop".


I've heard people say that the Krita UI seems "just like PhotoShop". 
Personally I disagree - I do use Krita as well as GIMP, but it was a 
long rocky road to get used to the Krita interface.


I know a few other people who think the Krita UI is very different from 
the PhotoShop UI. These same people think the GIMP UI is very similar to 
the PhotoShop UI.


Does anyone have any possible explanations for why different people with 
a background using PhotoShop have such wildly diverse reactions to the 
GIMP and Krita User Interfaces?


I'm wondering if people's reactions are linked to GIMP's default 
Multi-Window Mode vs Krita's default Single-Window Mode.


I always had PhotoShop configured with the main window as small as 
possible, and with a lot of free-floating dockers. So to me GIMP's 
default Multi-Window Mode is very comfortable to use (and I don't like 
Single Window Mode at all).


Elle



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Re: [Gimp-user] Editing a stroke

[Steve Kinney]

On 02/09/2017 08:21 AM, akovia wrote:
> 
> 
> On Tue, Feb 7, 2017, at 07:46 PM, KayInFL wrote:
>> After I have created a path and applied a stroke, is it possible to edit
>> the
>> stroke (to change color, width, dash/dot, etc.)? I am annotating a map
>> and am
>> not sure what the best line characteristics should be, and won't really
>> be able
>> to tell until I have all the paths stroked so I can see how they all look
>> together.
>>
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> 
> You can't dynamically edit the stroke effect (yet?), but as long as you
> are applying the stroke to a separate layer/layers and not on the map
> layer, you can change it as much as you want. Either use the undo
> (CTRL+z) if you don't like the results, or make a bunch of stroke layers
> with different effects and turn the visibility on and off for each so
> you can see the differences.

Another way:  Make your paths, and make them visible on the image canvas
by clicking in the left-most column in the Paths dialog dock - an
eyeball will appear where you clicked, and the paths you make visible
will appear on the image canvas as thin red lines.  This, so you can see
them and make sure they are all present and in the right places as you
proceed.

Then, add a transparent layer, and save your XCF file.  Save your XCF
file again, with a new name - i.e. add "-2" to the end of the name.  If
anything goes wrong with the steps that follow, you will be able to
reopen the first XCF file you saved per above, re-save it with another
name and proceed, with no work lost.

Add a transparent layer.  In the Layers dialog dock, left click and do
"Merge visible paths."  If some paths will have a different color,
width, or etc. than others, merge the paths in groups by making only the
one that are all going to have the same appearance visible.

Now you can stroke your paths (or groups of paths) on the transparent
layer (or different transparent layers for groups of paths), undo with
Control+z, redo with different stroke settings, etc., until you get the
results you want.

To change just the color of paths already stroked on a transparent
layer, go to the Layers dialog dock and lock the layer's alpha channel
(this toggles off and on via a small buton at the top of the Layers
dialog dock, with a checkerboard pattern on it).  Drag and drop your
color of choice from the color picker, and/or make adjustments with any
of the color tools (i.e. Hue-Saturation, or etc.).

The ability to edit the "stroke" applied to a path directly will not be
likely to appear in the GIMP any time soon, as that would require adding
a lot of code that is already native to vector editors like Inkscape.
In fact, Inkscape might be a better tool for creating line drawings (and
text) over a bitmap image; you could import the bitmap image of your map
into Inkscape, select it as an object, and adjust the Page to the size
of the selection.  Then create, manipulate, stroke and edit your lines
and text any old way you want.

Since you are already familiar with the GIMP, Inkscape might not be the
best option for your current project; it has quite a learning curve.
But if you do this kind of work a lot, it may be worth looking into.

:o)

Steve


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Re: [Gimp-user] Weird forum and layout

[Elle Stone]

On 02/11/2017 09:05 AM, Pat David wrote:

This is not a forum, it's a bridge to a traditional mailing list that can
be found here:

https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list

Or you can use the archives to see threaded conversations:

https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list


Pat, do you know who actually owns/runs gimpusers.com? There doesn't 
seem to be an "about" link anywhere (or else I missed it). Same question 
and comment applies to gimpchat.com - I don't see an "about" link.


It would be nice if these (and similar) sites would supply a little 
clarifying information including a statement about their official or 
unofficial relationship with GIMP.


Best,
Elle
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Re: [Gimp-user] Weird forum and layout

[Pat David]

Elle,

Pat, do you know who actually owns/runs gimpusers.com? There doesn't
seem to be an "about" link anywhere (or else I missed it). Same question
and comment applies to gimpchat.com - I don't see an "about" link.


I don't know who runs gimpusers.com, and gmipchat.com recently changed
owners.


It would be nice if these (and similar) sites would supply a little
clarifying information including a statement about their official or
unofficial relationship with GIMP.


 I agree 100%.  This has been a point of contention in various ways for a
while now but I'm not sure what the best solution would be.

I have some ideas, but I'll need some time a little later to collect them
into something more cohesive...

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Re: [Gimp-user] Weird forum and layout

[Ofnuts]

On 11/02/17 14:58, Boxman wrote:

Man, I'm having trouble understanding the layout of this website and forums, as
well as the design philosophy behind GIMP user interface.
For starters, on the home page its hard to tell what the content is when so much
of it looks like advertisements. Then, on the forums, only bits and pieces of
them are shown. I don't see any display of the overall listing of posts and
responses as we get with other forums. Although I found a longer list of just
post topics, most of them were labled as awaiting moderator approval. Not much
help.

Even in making this post, I got confused at the lack of a "post" button.
Instead, there is a captcha box that looks like an ad directly above a real ad
that has
TWO captcha words in it. Which one am I to use? Took me 4 tries to get it right,
not knowing whether they were case sensitive. Then, outside the box, in tiny
letters is a button "create discussion,"

What I am saying is that it is so radically different that I find it very hard
to use. There must be some point behind the design of layout, but I'm not
getting it. Like GIMP itself, I don't understand why the developers would want
to create something so different from what we are familiar with, and have
invested huge amounts of time learning, so that to use GIMP we now have to
relearn everything we  thought we knew. This situation is really giving me
second thoughts about whether I want to go through with this steep re-education
curve unless there is some great benefit here that I fail to understand.

While I appreciate the huge voluntary effort that made in creating a free app,
and it is not my intention to take anything away from that, I just can't
comprehend why it was done the way it was. It seems to me its radical
differences won't do much to attract new users.



Shameless plug: if you are looking for a more "traditional" Gimp-related 
forum, try: http://gimp-forum.net


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Re: [Gimp-user] GEGL - run C2g batch in command line

[Partha Bagchi]

I don't know what to tell you. :(

I loaded your original image in McGimp (my Mac GIMP build) and then used
the gegl command line with same parameters: rad = 300, samples = 4, iter =
10 and I got identical results.

$ date; gegl res_WLDF1130.jpg -o res_WLDF1130-GEGL-CLI.jpg  -- c2g
> radius=300 samples=4 iterations=10; date
> Sat Feb 11 22:59:19 EST 2017
> eEeek! 1 GeglBuffers leaked
> Sat Feb 11 22:59:21 EST 2017


On Fri, Feb 10, 2017 at 4:47 AM, waldauf  wrote:

> Hello,
>
> just small attempt to highlight this question... :]
>
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Re: [Gimp-user] Weird forum and layout

[Joel Rees]

On Sat, Feb 11, 2017 at 11:46 PM, Elle Stone
 wrote:
> [...]
> Does anyone have any possible explanations for why different people with a
> background using PhotoShop have such wildly diverse reactions to the GIMP
> and Krita User Interfaces?

version of Photoshop? OS platform?

in addition to user preferences, as you mention.

> I'm wondering if people's reactions are linked to GIMP's default
> Multi-Window Mode vs Krita's default Single-Window Mode.

in some cases, probably.

> I always had PhotoShop configured with the main window as small as possible,
> and with a lot of free-floating dockers. So to me GIMP's default
> Multi-Window Mode is very comfortable to use (and I don't like Single Window
> Mode at all).

Users have a tendency to think the subsection of the UI that they use
most is the app.

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Re: [Gimp-user] Ending a selection

[Joel Rees]

On Sat, Feb 11, 2017 at 10:18 PM, Boxman  wrote:
> I was advised that there is no general purpose cursor to make selections in 
> GIMP
> - that the selection is made with the tool used.

That seems to be an odd point of view to take to me.

> If that's the case, when a
> selection is created by a tool (example text tool) how do you get rid of the
> selection mode outlines?

Aside from the difference between layer and path and selection,
selection can be canceled in the Edit menu. But you knew that, I
suppose.

> And say for example I add text, but then want to move
> it when there is no cursor to move it with?

I wouldn't call the temporary/floating text layer a selection.

As Michael says, though, the move tool can help you there. It moves
floating layers too, if you do it right.

> I can't figure out how to deselect
> things - there's nothing in help about this.

Combining floating layers with lower layers is maybe what you want to do?

> The lack of a general select tool as in P'shop is really throwing me for a 
> loop.
> I seem to be missing the general concept of this that is very basic to
> successful use of this program.

Photoshop also has paths and layers. I'm not sure about Photoshop Elements.

Am I being obtuse?

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