[Gimp-user] Selection woes...

2004-08-05 Thread iwantto keepanon
I have been trying (w/ use of the help screens) to do what I /thought/ would be a simple operation. I have an image w/ some text in it. I want to move *each* letter over by 2 pixels (to accomodate an outline). So here is what I do: 1. Select all 2. move image (good) 3. C+select to remove the

Re: [Gimp-user] script-fu text

2004-08-05 Thread Mark Andrachek, Jr.
> > I seem unable to specify the font_file correctly to be able to call it in > non-interactive mode though. The font file name is actually > "wmb_.pfm". I've tried that, with and without the full path > ("c:\Windows\fonts\wmb_.pfm"), and I've tried the font name by itself > ("Myriad Bold"

[Gimp-user] ANNOUNCE: GIMP 2.0.4

2004-08-05 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, GIMP version 2.0.4, the 'GIMP Tipsy' release is now available from ftp://ftp.gimp.org/pub/gimp/v2.0/. Please use one of the mirrors listed at http://www.gimp.org/downloads/#mirrors This is a bug-fix release in the stable 2.0 series. A number of build issues and bugs have been fixed

Re: [Gimp-user] script-fu text

2004-08-05 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, "Mark Andrachek, Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > So, some searching found that I need to use plug-in-freetype, which > takes care of all of this, and produces *perfect* text for me, at > least in interactive mode. > > I seem unable to specify the font_file correctly to be able to call > i

Re: [Gimp-user] script-fu text

2004-08-05 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, "Mark Andrachek, Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I've got some script's I'm porting over from 1.2 to 2.0. (I'm using the > windows version, if it makes a difference.) > > There have been some changes, but I've gotten the scripts working again. > > I had to add an alpha channel to my laye

Re: [Gimp-user] EXIF-data not saved

2004-08-05 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, Oskar Eyb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > the checkbox "Save EXIF data" is activated, but after saving the > file doesn't contain EXIF data any longer. > > GIMP 2.0.3 Win32 That's a known problem in GIMP 2.0.3 and it will be fixed in the upcoming 2.0.4 release. Sven

Re: [Gimp-user] script-fu text

2004-08-05 Thread Mark Andrachek, Jr.
Ok, turns out, I need to do both hinting and kerning (the letter spacing was off too). So, some searching found that I need to use plug-in-freetype, which takes care of all of this, and produces *perfect* text for me, at least in interactive mode. I seem unable to specify the font_file correctly

Re: [Gimp-user] EXIF-data not saved

2004-08-05 Thread Oskar Eyb
On Thu, Aug 05, 2004 at 01:09:23PM -0700, William Skaggs wrote: thanks for you reply. > Yes, you are right that it does not work: this is one of the > main reasons why Gimp 2.0.4 is going to be released very soon -- > in the next few days. It worked in 2.0.2, and it will work again > in 2.0.4.

Re: [Gimp-user] EXIF-data not saved

2004-08-05 Thread William Skaggs
Oskar Eyb wrote: > Hello, > > the checkbox "Save EXIF data" is activated, but after saving the file > doesn't contain EXIF data any longer. > > GIMP 2.0.3 Win32 Yes, you are right that it does not work: this is one of the main reasons why Gimp 2.0.4 is going to be released very soon -- in the n

Re: [Gimp-user] Gimp, transparent PNGs and Internet Explorer

2004-08-05 Thread David Neary
Hi Carol, Carol Spears wrote: > this makes no sense to me. it might be because i do not understand > alpha. the way i understand it is that each pixel is assigned a number > that represents a color That's right. The number is between 0 and 255. And that number gets mapped to the full color

Re: [Gimp-user] Gimp, transparent PNGs and Internet Explorer

2004-08-05 Thread Carol Spears
hi dave, On Thu, Aug 05, 2004 at 09:01:45AM +0200, Dave Neary wrote: > > Actually, no. That's how indexing works in the GIMP. But it is possible to have > alpha-blended indexed images in PNG. PNG indexes may have an RGBA value, as > opposed to just the RGB value that we limit things to. Here's the

Re: [Gimp-user] EXIF-data not saved

2004-08-05 Thread Dave Neary
Hi Oskar, Check that you have libexif installed, and that your JPEG plug-in is linked to it. Cheers, Dave. Quoting Oskar Eyb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hello, > > the checkbox "Save EXIF data" is activated, but after saving the file > doesn't contain EXIF data any longer. > > GIMP 2.0.3 Win32 > >

[Gimp-user] script-fu text

2004-08-05 Thread Mark Andrachek, Jr.
I've got some script's I'm porting over from 1.2 to 2.0. (I'm using the windows version, if it makes a difference.) There have been some changes, but I've gotten the scripts working again. I had to add an alpha channel to my layers so I could raise/lower them, add gimp-edit-fill after gimp-edit-c

[Gimp-user] EXIF-data not saved

2004-08-05 Thread Oskar Eyb
Hello, the checkbox "Save EXIF data" is activated, but after saving the file doesn't contain EXIF data any longer. GIMP 2.0.3 Win32 Greets, Oskar ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

Re: [Gimp-user] Gimp, transparent PNGs and Internet Explorer

2004-08-05 Thread Dave Neary
Hi again, Quoting Dave Neary <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > All PNGs produced in the GIMP display correctly in IE. Excuse me, this is just wrong :) > For other programs, here are the tips you asked for: > 1) alpha works fine in 32 bit pngs This is wrong too. Even with 32 bit RGBA PNGs, IE doesn't disp

Re: [Gimp-user] Gimp, transparent PNGs and Internet Explorer

2004-08-05 Thread Dave Neary
Hi Carol, Quoting Carol Spears <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Wed, Aug 04, 2004 at 04:07:41PM +0200, Dave Neary wrote: > > All PNGs produced in the GIMP display correctly in IE. This is because we > > basically have the same design flaw as them - we assumed everything > transparent > > would be a GIF,