Re: [Gimp-user] Scaling Font Without Changing Layer Type

[Noel Stoutenburg]

AbsurdBlackBear wrote:

I was wondering if there is a way to scale font in GIMP without changing the
layer type. For example, I would like to change a font's horizontal size while
still being able to add more font to that layer. Is there a plugin that would
allow me to do this?


If the text you want to change is still in a text layer, then the answer 
is, "You don't need a plug-in; highlight the text you want to change, 
and make the changes using the text edit." If the font is no longer a 
text layer, the answer is likely, "not easily".


In your workflow, if you thing you're going to want to change a bit of 
text, don't merge it into anything but another text layer.


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Re: [Gimp-user] Replace text from given pic

[Noel Stoutenburg]

Chris1, unfortunately, when  wrote:

I'd like to replace a text from a given picture like:
- remove text
- change font
- write new text

How do I do this?
unfortunately, you did not provide as much information as you might have 
to answer the question, but in general, it's more likely than not that 
you won't be able to do what you want to do. There are a few sets of 
circumstances where it might be possible.  For example, it might be 
possible if the new text in the new font covers the old font completely, 
so that it is obscured. Also, if the file is in a format (like the 
native GIMP ~.xcf format) that supports layers, and the text is in a 
separate layer or layers, then you could delete the layers containing 
the text and replace the text with new layers. If the text is in ~.xcf 
format, and the text layers have been left separate, then you might be 
able to edit the particular text items directly specifying the new font, 
and editing in the new text.


But my hunch is that these combinations of characteristics will be rare, 
and in most cases, it will not be possible to do what you wish to 
accomplish.


ns


Certain details about the file format, including whether the images are 
in ~.xcf format or not, and if the layers of the original have been 
preserved or not, are very important facts which directly impact the 
ability to do a you wish.




In the case of an ~.xcf file (native GIMP format)
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Re: [Gimp-user] Resizing

[Noel Stoutenburg]

Melinda Ball via gimp-user-list wrote:

I need to take a digital image, resize it to a 2 x 2 inch image to fit into an 
ornament. What I previously did in photoshop was to crop it to 2x2 inches, save 
it, then place it into a 4 x 6 new document, then save it as a jpeg.
What I would do, after cropping the image to 2 inches square, is to 
select "Canvas size" in the Image menu. In the dialog menu, in the 
"Canvas Size" item, I would  change the unit from "px" (pixel) to "in" 
(inches), and set the height and width to the desired values. Below 
that, in the "offset" section, I would click the "center" button at the 
far right of the dialog box. The file is now ready to export to any 
supported file format you desire.


Having written that, it's not clear exactly what types of images you are 
using, and whether or not scaling is the best tool to use, but if you 
don't want to change the proportions of the elements in the image, you 
may want to "resize" rather than "scale" your source file.


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Re: [Gimp-user] Driving me crazy!!!

[Noel Stoutenburg]

ghart89 wrote:

I am new at photography, and i recently took some engagement photos for a
friend. I have been trying to edit a few of the pictures that are super bright
(they wanted to take pictures at 11 am.) can anyone help me figure out how
to edit the pictures without washing them out?


You might check some of the Youtube tutorials on using GIMP for image 
correction. You might find this video,  
particularly useful.


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Re: [Gimp-user] 2 pixil wide lines?

[Noel Stoutenburg]

Friends,

I'm confused when Hanbaal writes:

Hi folks. Heres a stupid question. how do you draw a line an even number of 
pixils wide?
There used to be an easy size changer, now theres just scale.
I can only get sizes 1,3,5,7 etc.
To reduce my confusion, perhaps you could advise what version of GIMP 
you are using, and exactly how you are trying to create your line.


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Re: [Gimp-user] rotate pasted image

[Noel Stoutenburg]

alin33 wrote:

Hello I pasted into a selection an image,so now its floating selection.I want to
rotate not the selection but to rotate the image that I have pasted into the
selection,but not move the selection at all.
What you call in the first sentence a "floating selection" is actually a 
"floating layer", and can be manipulated using the layer dialogs. In 
this case, if you make certain the floating layer is the active layer, 
use the "layer" menu item of the image, and in the "transform menu item" 
of the layers menu, you will find options to allow you to flip the layer 
horizontally, vertically, rotate it left or right. This works not only 
on floating layers, but real ones, as well.


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Re: [Gimp-user] Questions about normal maps and GIMP

[Noel Stoutenburg]

Alexandre

Thank you for taking the time to respond.

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[Gimp-user] Questions about normal maps and GIMP

[Noel Stoutenburg]

Friends,

In the past I have had the occasional need to produce a "normal map" 
from an image, and had good success from the plug in "Normal Map 1-2-3". 
But I hadn't used it for a while, in fact since before I upgraded my OS 
(to Windows 8 64 bit). I have not been able to install this plug-in 
successfully into my GIMP installation, perhaps because I have the 
installation in a custom place.


One of the other options I've looked at is the "Insane Bump" plug in, 
but I haven't decided to try to install that one either, because of a 
characteristic it seems to share with Normalmap, namely that it has been 
a while (though not as long as with  Normal map) since the package has 
been updated. Combined with the age of the 2.8.14 release of GIMP, it 
seems prudent to ask some questions.


Is the capability to produce a normal map from within GIMP something 
that is apt to be added to the native codebase in the next major release 
(3.0)?


Is anyone aware of a better  normal map plug-in than the two listed 
above available now, or under development for release in the near future?


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Re: [Gimp-user] greek letters

[Noel Stoutenburg]

Friends,

Even though I intended to reply through this list, I just noticed that I 
sent my reply to GP to the email list in his post by mistake.  In my 
response to his post, I suggested verifying that the font that he was 
trying to use for the label was a unicode implementation. On my windows 
system, the "True Type" fonts do not have the alpha character he's 
seeking, because they have no character in slot u03B1, but the Open Type 
fonts do. .


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Re: [Gimp-user] test - do not read

[Noel Stoutenburg]

Marco Ciampa wrote:

I said: "do not read!" ;-)


I didn't read; just looked at the picture.

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Re: [Gimp-user] Creating Transparent WaterMark

[Noel Stoutenburg]

Ofnuts wrote:


For photos, the best way to demonstrate ownership it to publish a
slightly cropped version and keep the full version for yourself (and
the courts, if necessary)


I am not a lawyer, but I understand that this may not be the best advice 
for users domiciled in the USA. US domiciled users may want to consider 
the what is written on page 7 about registration in copyright circular 1 
published by the US copyright office. It states there that for while 
copyright is automatic in the US, for an action on copyright 
infringement to be considered in US federal courts, the copyright must 
be registered.


Now, registration costs money, but I understand that one can assemble 
all of one's photos for a year, burn them to a set of optical media, and 
copyright the whole collection, including it's individual contents, for 
a single fee.


Turning to the original question, what I would do is to create a new 
layer with the copyright text in it, where the text is a very dark gray, 
with an RGB value of, say, 080808. I would then change the mode to 
"subtract" in the layer dialog window, and merge the two layers 
together. If you want the watermark more visible, use a lighter gray, 
0f0f0f, if less visible, use a smaller value: 040404, perhaps.


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Re: [Gimp-user] Where to download python script/plugin in gimp 2.8?

[Noel Stoutenburg]

glow7 wrote:

Re: Missing Script Fu > Layers > beveled/embossed in the new Gimp 2.8.4



Hello, Just recently upgraded from Gimp 2.7 to 2.8.4 and I'm totally
lost when it comes to Script FU and new to python. Is the
above-mentioned feature revised and renamed in Gimp 2.8.4? or did they
eliminated the layers beveled/emboss altogether? Where do I download
it FROM if it is still available for GIMP 2.8.4. Thank you. . . nel


Perhaps from the GIMP plug in repository, at 
. Both Python and 
Script-FU versions are available there.


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Re: [Gimp-user] export vs save

[Noel Stoutenburg]

Christen Anderson wrote:
It would be interesting to know how many list messages by Maderios are 
on this old, worn-out topic.
The first post I have from Maderios happens to be on this topic in 
August, 2012. Since then, he has made 91 posts, which on a cursory 
review, most, if not all, seem to be on this topic.


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Re: [Gimp-user] export vs save

[Noel Stoutenburg]

Sorry, madeiros, but when you write

maderios wrote:
> When you edit many kinds of files, jpeg, png, xcf, tiff, gif, etc...,
> you can't spend your time to watch and remember which kind of file
> you're working on.

I'm not buying in. Knowing what the final result will be used for is a 
critical part of the work flow from the beginning, and to a large degree 
this influences the decision as to the kind of file one is working on. 
To say one cannot spend time to watch and remember what kind of file one 
is working on, is /exactly/ the same as an automobile mechanic claiming 
to bes too busy to remember whether the current work is on a Volkswagen, 
or on a Mercedes, or a translator claiming to be too busy to remember 
whether the target language is Spanish or Korean. Or a woodworker 
claiming to be too busy to know whether the work at hand is being 
constructed in Cherry wood or in Teak.


Because of the different characteristics of the different file formats, 
knowing what use will be made of the final product is a critical 
requirement for the workflow, and I would suggest that forgetting the 
about the use of the final result during the workflow at any point 
before it is delivered is someone who has not yet progressed beyond the 
apprentice stage.


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Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP brushes for map making

[Noel Stoutenburg]

Thank you, Rob and Chris for your prompt replies.

What motivated my question was one of the ways I use GIMP. I am an 
afficianado of a particular game which supports user supported content, 
including landscapes. Sometimes when I don't have access to my computer, 
I'll create proposed landscapes in the form of hand drawn maps showing 
certain features: contour lines, bodies of water, railroad alignments, 
and various types of roadway. When I happen to create a map that I 
particularly like, I'll use a scanner, and scan the image into GIMP, 
which I use to trim the map into appropriately sized pieces (about 1/2 
mile square), and save them in the appropriate format. Sometimes what is 
clear when all of the pieces are in their original position, becomes 
less clear when the pieces are separated; when separated, it can become 
more of a challenge to remember which of the parallel lines running 
across all the way across a piece of landscape are contour lines, and 
which are a highway, or river, or other feature, which is running 
parallel (more or less) to those lines. I thought about how easy it 
might be if there were a set of lines, or brushes which I could use to 
indicate rights of way, adding a bit more clarity to these working 
documents, which are not likely to be seen by anyone other than me. I 
think Rob's suggestion of stroking a path with a colored line is a quite 
good solution to the problem I'm trying to solve. Since these map 
segments are unlikely to ever be published, I've no need for a full 
complement of cartographic symbols.


regards,
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[Gimp-user] GIMP brushes for map making

[Noel Stoutenburg]

Friends,

I'm seeking recommendations of GIMP brushes to use in making maps. I'm 
more interested in roadmap style, with different styles of lines to 
represent different characteristics of highways, crosshatched lines to 
represent railroads, etc. I'm less interested (at the moment, anyway) in 
texture brushes one might use on other styles of maps, e.g., stylized 
mountains, trees to represent forests, etc.


I'd think these would be common, and simple to find, but at this point 
this does not seem to be the case.


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Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP 2.8 per Windows, problem with the color picker

[Noel Stoutenburg]

I suspect that Francesco had the same problem I did. In the color picker 
dialog box, there is an icon, about 2/3 of the way from the top, which 
when one hovers the mouse cursor over the icon, reveals the context help 
that one can select a color from anywhere in the screen. When one's 
cursor is located over a GIMP window, this is true, one can select a 
color; when the cursor is over a part of the screen that is not part of 
a GIMP window, the cursor reverts from the eyedropper shape to the 
normal cursor shape, and in my experience, one was not able to select a 
color from any part of the screen that was not a GIMP related window.


This is a known gtk+ issue in windows (bug 653653) at bugzilla.gnome.org.

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Re: [Gimp-user] Rotate?

[Noel Stoutenburg]

Erik P. Olsen wrote:



Thanks a lot for the information. Makes sense but I am not yet this
experienced. At least I now know how to use it if the need arises.



You didn't ask, but I can't pass up a chance to plug my favorite book on 
GIMP,


/Beginning GIMP: From Novice to Professional/ by listmember Akkana Peck. 
(cf. )


I can say without question that it was hands down the best book on a 
software package I ever bought.


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Re: [Gimp-user] Rotate?

[Noel Stoutenburg]

Erik P. Olsen wrote:



Why can't I rotate images similarly with Gimp?



and I concur with the answer that BK gave, as far as it went. But to 
expand a bit, there are several ways to rotate an image. For the purpose 
Erik mentioned, I'd use the method BK mentioned:


Image > Transform > Rotate...

This is the equivalent of rotating the substrate upon which the image lies.

There is a second way, useful when one wants to modify some part (or 
all) of the image with respect to the substrate.


Layer > Transform > Rotate...

acts similarly to the method BK described, except that it rotates the 
layer containing the image, or some part of it, with respect to the 
rest. If one has an image that has unequal dimensions, like a rectangle 
or oval, and rotates the layer relative to the substrate (canvas is the 
term GIMP uses), then part of the layer is no longer over the substrate. 
This gives a result similar to what the OP describes: part of the image 
is no longer over substrate, and gets lost.


A third method works similarly to the method of the layer transform: the 
Rotate tool in the toolbox. The rotate tool will rotate a selection of 
the image (which may, but need not necessarily coincide with an image) 
and rotate that selection relative to the remainder of the image. And 
just like the layer transform I describe above, there is a risk that a 
selection with unequal dimensions will lose part of the information.


It turns out, though, that even if one seems to have lost the 
information by choosing layer or selection rotation instead of image 
rotation, that besides undo, there is a convenient way to recover the 
information no longer over substrate. One can resize the canvas. Once 
the canvas is resized with the dimensions of the image again matching 
the dimensions of the rotated part, the full image again becomes visible.


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Re: [Gimp-user] Ruler units

[Noel Stoutenburg]

Robert wrote:



I'm a first time GIMP user. I'm a long-time Adobe PhotoShop user.
What is the default ruler units. How can I change the ruler units and
divisions to whatever I want?


The default unit is the pixel. You can change the ruler units for an 
image by selecting the button at the left hand side of the information 
bar at the bottom of the image viewport window.


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Re: [Gimp-user] Help

[Noel Stoutenburg]

Alina Laue wrote:


Kind regards from Alina, - from Denmark


Alina,

One of the areas of law where there is least conformity between 
jurisdictions is in the area if intellectual property, which includes 
copyright. The answers to your post seem to be mostly from the US, and 
in my experience may be significantly not in conformity with the 
intellectual property laws of the EU. I would caution you to get 
competent legal advice in your own jurisdiction, or in the jurisdiction 
in which you propose to engage in commercial activity.


An example of the difference: in the US, a typeface cannot be 
copyrighted; in the EU it can. OTH, in the US, a digital representation 
of a typeface has been held to be a computer program, and thus eligible 
for copyright protection.


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Re: [Gimp-user] A good book - Beginning GIMP: From Novice to Professional

[Noel Stoutenburg]

Friends,

Steve Kinney wrote:


The other day I spent a couple of hours looking through this book at
the library:

Beginning GIMP: From Novice to Professional by Akkana Peck

http://gimpbook.com/


As it happens, I've recommended this book in past threads to other 
users, and am glad to see Steve's recommendations, too. Couple of points 
to mention: there are two editions to the book, the first edition used 
GIMP 2.4; the second GIMP 2.6. If you're buying it, the second edition 
is probably the one to get.


Also, the publisher used to have (and as far as I know, still does) the 
policy that if you purchase the print version, you can get the digital 
version for a nominal fee. This has proved useful to me; I've several 
Apress titles, and when I travel, I can carry a reference library on a 
thumb drive, or micro SD card, and not have to carry a briefcase full of 
reference books.


Finally, Akkana is a list member, which permits me to say, "Thank you."

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