[Gimp-user] "Edit with GIMP" gone from the context window in Windows 10?
I always found the "Edit with GIMP" option in the context window very helpful, and one day it disappeared. I finally got around to try adding it back through a tutorial I found online, but afterwards, I got an error message saying, "This file does not have an app associated with it for performing this action" Any reason the option was removed from the context window in the first place? The tutorial: https://brianreiter.org/2010/07/21/fix-edit-with-gimp-context-menu-in-windows-7-x64/ -- Maxomega (via www.gimpusers.com/forums) ___ gimp-user-list mailing list List address:gimp-user-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list
[Gimp-user] Book cover image density /resolution etc..
>Greetings all, >I am a noob where Gimp is concerned. I have used it as a photo >editor on a fairly cursory level and absolutely love it. UNTIL, I >decided to try to use it to design the cover for my first book. >I tried, I tested and stretched and ran myself mad trying to get it to >do what I wanted and in the end I gave up and gave it to someone else >to do in Photoshop because it was a quick fix and I only have a >limited amount of spare time I can dedicate to these projects. >I am now preparing to publish my second book and I am back to the same >issues I was having before.. >I have a Hi Definition JPG image ( I am currently away from the image >or I could provide the resolution) that I have attempted to put into >GIMP and the book cover I have is 6x9 inch cover, and the image needs >to be a minimum of 300 dpi and when I go in to adjust the size of the >image according to the instructions I have, (entering the dpi level in >the X and then the cover size in the appropriate location, it resets >the DPI level to something smaller. >I had this same issue before. but could not get around it.. I spent >hours going over how to interlace multiple images and it would cause >a sane man to go mad... >And so I am hoping that I can get some help in figuring out this >process. >Thanks in advance.. >Mark This is so easy as to be untrue. One thing to remember is Gimp is a bitmap editor and works in pixels, however 1. Your Hi Definition JPG might need cropping to the correct 6:9 aspect ratio 2. Use Image menu -> Scale Image then 2a. First set the horizontal and vertical resolution to 300 ppi 2b. Now set the image size to 1800 x 2700 pix (or 6 x 9 inches if pixels really baffle you) The whole thing can be done in a minute. Really dragging it out to 2 minute video demo https://youtu.be/BiXv-dgT1DE -- rich404 (via www.gimpusers.com/forums) ___ gimp-user-list mailing list List address:gimp-user-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list
Re: [Gimp-user] Book cover image density /resolution etc..
Hi Mark, I suspect that you are trying to make a small image bigger and using "Image > print size" to resize it. Use "Image > Scale Image" instead. Enter "300" px/in in the X resolution box making sure it is linked to the "Y" resolution box so both resolutions are the same. Then, go up to the "Height" box and put in "9" plus a bit for bleed, say 0.25 (1/8" bleed top and bottom). Make sure the width is at least 6" plus 0.25 for bleed on the outside and spine side. Your printer's bleed settings may be slightly different. The 300 dpi should stay the same. Click on "Scale". Make sure you know whether you should be working in CMYK or something else. Save as .png or hi-rez .jpg. Good luck, Rick S, Ottawa. -Original Message- From: Mark Banschbach, OFS via gimp-user-list Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2020 7:57 AM To: gimp-user-list@gnome.org Subject: [Gimp-user] Book cover image density /resolution etc.. Greetings all, I am a noob where Gimp is concerned. I have used it as a photo editor on a fairly cursory level and absolutely love it. UNTIL, I decided to try to use it to design the cover for my first book. I tried, I tested and stretched and ran myself mad trying to get it to do what I wanted and in the end I gave up and gave it to someone else to do in Photoshop because it was a quick fix and I only have a limited amount of spare time I can dedicate to these projects. I am now preparing to publish my second book and I am back to the same issues I was having before.. I have a Hi Definition JPG image ( I am currently away from the image or I could provide the resolution) that I have attempted to put into GIMP and the book cover I have is 6x9 inch cover, and the image needs to be a minimum of 300 dpi and when I go in to adjust the size of the image according to the instructions I have, (entering the dpi level in the X and then the cover size in the appropriate location, it resets the DPI level to something smaller. I had this same issue before. but could not get around it.. I spent hours going over how to interlace multiple images and it would cause a sane man to go mad... And so I am hoping that I can get some help in figuring out this process. Thanks in advance.. Mark ___ gimp-user-list mailing list List address:gimp-user-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list ___ gimp-user-list mailing list List address:gimp-user-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list
Re: [Gimp-user] Book cover image density /resolution etc..
Hi Mark, I think you are trying something impossible. 300 dpi = 300 dots per inch (or better ppi = pixel per inch). If your book is 6x9 your image bust be (6x300)x(9x300) = 1800x2700 pixel. Every thing else will not work! You can't change the dpi without changing the number of pixel and the other way around. Regards, Tobias Am Di., 4. Feb. 2020 um 13:58 Uhr schrieb Mark Banschbach, OFS via gimp-user-list : > Greetings all, > I am a noob where Gimp is concerned. I have used it as a photo editor on > a fairly cursory level and absolutely love it. UNTIL, I decided to try to > use it to design the cover for my first book. > I tried, I tested and stretched and ran myself mad trying to get it to do > what I wanted and in the end I gave up and gave it to someone else to do in > Photoshop because it was a quick fix and I only have a limited amount of > spare time I can dedicate to these projects. > I am now preparing to publish my second book and I am back to the same > issues I was having before.. > I have a Hi Definition JPG image ( I am currently away from the image or > I could provide the resolution) that I have attempted to put into GIMP and > the book cover I have is 6x9 inch cover, and the image needs to be a > minimum of 300 dpi and when I go in to adjust the size of the image > according to the instructions I have, (entering the dpi level in the X and > then the cover size in the appropriate location, it resets the DPI level > to something smaller. > I had this same issue before. but could not get around it.. I spent > hours going over how to interlace multiple images and it would cause a > sane man to go mad... > And so I am hoping that I can get some help in figuring out this process. > Thanks in advance.. > Mark > ___ > gimp-user-list mailing list > List address:gimp-user-list@gnome.org > List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list > List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list > ___ gimp-user-list mailing list List address:gimp-user-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list
[Gimp-user] Book cover image density /resolution etc..
Greetings all, I am a noob where Gimp is concerned. I have used it as a photo editor on a fairly cursory level and absolutely love it. UNTIL, I decided to try to use it to design the cover for my first book. I tried, I tested and stretched and ran myself mad trying to get it to do what I wanted and in the end I gave up and gave it to someone else to do in Photoshop because it was a quick fix and I only have a limited amount of spare time I can dedicate to these projects. I am now preparing to publish my second book and I am back to the same issues I was having before.. I have a Hi Definition JPG image ( I am currently away from the image or I could provide the resolution) that I have attempted to put into GIMP and the book cover I have is 6x9 inch cover, and the image needs to be a minimum of 300 dpi and when I go in to adjust the size of the image according to the instructions I have, (entering the dpi level in the X and then the cover size in the appropriate location, it resets the DPI level to something smaller. I had this same issue before. but could not get around it.. I spent hours going over how to interlace multiple images and it would cause a sane man to go mad... And so I am hoping that I can get some help in figuring out this process. Thanks in advance.. Mark ___ gimp-user-list mailing list List address:gimp-user-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list
[Gimp-user] Gimp loses settings if computer crashes
>So I have been using Gimp to deal with some very large files that are >demanding >on the computer resources, using 100 GB swap for the tile cache at >times. I am >quite accepting that some processes on the computer are slow at times >working >with such large images. > >What I do not understand is why, having edited my preferences file and >closed >down the software to ensure it has properly saved the preferences, >then start up >again and it remembers all those preferences. > >But if the whole computer crashes for some reason and Gimp is open, >which it >actually is most of the time on this computer anyway, Gimp loses all >the >settings I have put into it and I have to set them all up again. > >Obviously, we cannot predict when our computer is going to crash, so >we want to >see software that doesn't behave in this way, as it is hard enough >having to >redo work we lost in a crash, without also having to spend a lot of >time putting >software settings, especially when no other software behaves in this >way. By default, Gimp saves settings when it closes, for use the next time it is used. The settings are held in various files in the user Gimp profile. Guessing you already know this but for other users. For Windows: C:\Users\"yourname"\AppData\Roaming\GIMP\2.10 For Linux: ~/.config/GIMP/2.10 Appdata is a hidden folder see: C:\Users\"yourname"\AppData\Roaming\GIMP\2.10\brushes https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4028316/windows-view-hidden-files-and-folders-in-windows-10 When your computer crashes, the changes made are not written back to the Gimp profile, you get settings from the last time Gimp correctly closed. You can change the default situation in Edit -> Preferences Set up Gimp tools and settings to the way you want, and use the tool options and Input Device options as shown here. https://i.imgur.com/hNZOQ0O.jpg If you want to alter anything in the future, repeat the process. The next time you start Gimp up, it will have those settings. In case you fear the Gimp profile might corrupt on a crash then back up the Gimp profile somewhere safe. Guessing you are a MS Windows user. I use Gimp 2.10 in Linux with very reasonable resources for these days (8 GB memory ..etc) without a crash. Not always a Gimp problem. ...quote Obviously, we cannot predict when our computer is going to crash, so we want to see software that doesn't behave in this way, as it is hard enough having to redo work we lost in a crash, without also having to spend a lot of time putting software settings, especially when no other software behaves in this way. ...unquote You need to find out why the computer is crashing. You set the tile cache up, but when manipulating very large images that spool out to disk, it might be lack of physical disk space. Or it might be some other application using resources. ...and of course the usual for any application. Save your work frequently as you go along. Gimp does not (as yet) have an automatic backup although there are plugins that go part of that way. -- rich404 (via www.gimpusers.com/forums) ___ gimp-user-list mailing list List address:gimp-user-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list
