Re: [Gimp-user] non-destructive editing

Greg wrote: > --- Sven Neumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I don't think though that we need more people pointing out the >> > obvious > >> flaws in GIMP. >> > > Obvious to whom? Do you speak for the list members? > > I think this theme has been arisen here many times. And I

Re: [Gimp-user] remember last location for "save as", "save a copy", "save", "open"

Hi, On Thu, 2007-10-04 at 17:12 +0200, Raphaël Quinet wrote: > On Tue, 02 Oct 2007 18:20:33 +0200, Sven Neumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If an image already has a filename associated to it, then open the Save > > file-chooser in that folder. Otherwise use the folder of the most recent > > sa

[Gimp-user] FW: Question on copy from selection

Apologies if people get this duplicated but I didn't receive my own message and thought it may have been lost. -- Hi there, I have a question on copying a portion of an image in gimp. First, a little context. I needed to create a layer

Re: [Gimp-user] photo resolution

Hi Leon, > Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2007 06:57:39 +1000 > From: Leon Brooks GIMP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] photo resolution > To: gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu > .. > One possible/partial answer is to use some JavaScript to read > the window's dimensions & alter the width & hei

Re: [Gimp-user] plug-in vs. script

A plugin is an executable - ie. it's a program you can run, like you can run Inkscape or GIMP. A script is a set of text instructions which are run by a script interpreter (script-fu). Thus, it's easy to tell the difference: * If it has a .scm extension, it's a script * Failing that, if you can op

Re: [Gimp-user] captcha

--- mike reqavey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > please point me in the direction of how I could make a captcha around > 8.5 x 11.0 inches. \ ---' / Sorry. Couldn't resist. :) __

Re: [Gimp-user] Image resizing based upon image content

Daniel Hornung wrote: > On Thursday 04 October 2007, Konstantin Svist wrote: > >> Kevin Cozens wrote: >> >>> Dotan Cohen wrote: >>> There is an amazing video describing an image resizing algorithm that removes (or adds) pixels based upon their importance to the subjecto >>>

Re: [Gimp-user] photo resolution

From: "David Heino" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > If I am producing images for the web, is 72 dpi still sufficient across > all > possible monitors--a little lap top screen to a large screen HDTV? Read here: http://scantips.com/no72dpi.html More information about resolution, "DPI" etc. from the main sit

Re: [Gimp-user] photo resolution

David Heino wrote: > If I am producing images for the web, is 72 dpi still sufficient > across all possible monitors--a little lap top screen to a large > screen HDTV? DPI has nothing to do with screen resolution. On screen, most images are displayed pixel-for-pixel (unless the application is t

Re: [Gimp-user] Image resizing based upon image content

On Thursday 04 October 2007, Konstantin Svist wrote: > Kevin Cozens wrote: > > Dotan Cohen wrote: > >> There is an amazing video describing an image resizing algorithm that > >> removes (or adds) pixels based upon their importance to the subjecto > >> of the photo. Can this be implemented in The Gi

Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP learning sites

On Friday 05 October 2007 00:22:59 carol irvin wrote: > http://en.flossmanuals.net/bin/view/Gimp/OptimisingImagesForWeb? > topic=WebHome > http://gimp.org/tutorials/ > http://meetthegimp.org/?cat=8 > http://www.gimpguru.org/ > http://gimp-savvy.com/BOOK/ > http://gug.sunsite.dk/ All mookbark

Re: [Gimp-user] photo resolution

On Friday 05 October 2007 00:03:14 David Heino wrote: > is 72 dpi still sufficient across all possible monitors--a > little lap top screen to a large screen HDTV? There ain't no simple answer to that. A simple laptop screen starts at about 1024x768 pixels (dots) so a 72DPI picture to cover that e

Re: [Gimp-user] Fwd: national park pictures (art & psychiatry)

On Friday 05 October 2007 04:21:32 carol irvin wrote: >  I've always suspected that this is because art is my escape from reality. Ah, well, at least you know what that is... & that an Open & Free escape is much safer & more useful than one of those complex psycho-whatsisnames. (-: Cheers; Leon _

Re: [Gimp-user] dodge & burn tutorial?

Am Donnerstag, den 04.10.2007, 21:03 +0100 schrieb norman: > > On Thursday 04 October 2007 13:51:41 Geoffrey wrote: > > > > > Yes on my install, it's the last icon, looks like a small black ball > > > with an extension on it. Keystroke shortcut is: Shift+D > > > > Thanks..I know gimp has it, BUT

Re: [Gimp-user] dodge & burn tutorial?

> On Thursday 04 October 2007 13:51:41 Geoffrey wrote: > > > Yes on my install, it's the last icon, looks like a small black ball > > with an extension on it. Keystroke shortcut is: Shift+D > > Thanks..I know gimp has it, BUT I'm looking for a tutorial. Why not ask meetthegimp, he does some

Re: [Gimp-user] Image resizing based upon image content

Kevin Cozens wrote: > Dotan Cohen wrote: > >> There is an amazing video describing an image resizing algorithm that >> removes (or adds) pixels based upon their importance to the subjecto >> of the photo. Can this be implemented in The Gimp? >> > Of course it can be implemented in GIMP. It

Re: [Gimp-user] non-destructive editing

--- Sven Neumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't think though that we need more people pointing out the obvious > flaws in GIMP. Obvious to whom? Do you speak for the list members? > We are all very well aware of them... We are? > ...and you are just stealing our precious time. Again, d

Re: [Gimp-user] dodge & burn tutorial?

On Thursday 04 October 2007 13:51:41 Geoffrey wrote: > Yes on my install, it's the last icon, looks like a small black ball > with an extension on it.  Keystroke shortcut is: Shift+D Thanks..I know gimp has it, BUT I'm looking for a tutorial. -- Gracia...Cooleemee, NC Registered Linux user #2

Re: [Gimp-user] floating selection--how it arose

--- carol irvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The way I cropped was to use the horizontal selection marquee tool > and then pressed Image>Crop in the menu of the image. When the crop > was completed, I had my nice cropped image BUT I also had a floating > layer and thus 2 layers in the layers pal

[Gimp-user] Fwd: national park pictures (art & psychiatry)

would you believe i won an award for one of those and from the park itself no less? LOL i will be the first to admit that i am at home in the abstract, surreal world and the closer you put me to realism artistically, the worse I get. I've always suspected that this is because art is my escape fr

Re: [Gimp-user] remember last location for "save as", "save a copy", "save", "open"

El dt 02 de 10 del 2007 a les 18:20 +0200, en/na Sven Neumann va escriure: > Hi, > > On Mon, 2007-10-01 at 23:31 +0200, Pere Pujal i Carabantes wrote: > > > I see the "Recently Used" (files) entry in file-chooser. Can it hold > > "Recently Used Dirs" ? > > For the Save dialog, this would probabl

Re: [Gimp-user] Bit-depth Processing

--- carol irvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I know it is terribly easy for me to end up with mud after I overdo it > with all the plug-ins, styles, custom shapes and so forth that I've > amassed in the PS program. Like your national park pics? :) Actually, I like the surrealistic look it gives

Re: [Gimp-user] dodge & burn tutorial?

Gracia M. Littauer wrote: > I found on for PS (which should be useful), but wondered if gimp has one Yes on my install, it's the last icon, looks like a small black ball with an extension on it. Keystroke shortcut is: Shift+D -- Until later, Geoffrey Those who would give up essential Liberty

[Gimp-user] dodge & burn tutorial?

I found on for PS (which should be useful), but wondered if gimp has one -- Gracia...Cooleemee, NC Registered Linux user #263390 -ZENWALK 4.4 http://www.flickr.com/photos/mynameistaken/ When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying the cross- Sinclair Lewis

Re: [Gimp-user] What's the opinion here of "Beginning GIMP: From Novice to Professional"?

Dick Moores <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What's the opinion here of "Beginning GIMP: From Novice to > Professional", by Akkana Peck, Apress, 2006? I think that Peck's book is by far the best available book about the subject. It has some slight defects (what book does not have?), but its coverage

[Gimp-user] plug-in vs. script

hi gimpusers! please, what is the difference between a plug-in and a script? I am asking because I never know if I should copy a plug-in (e.g. from the registry.gimp.org - site) in to the plug-in or the script folder. I'ts always a try and error thing. And most of the times it's working when I am

Re: [Gimp-user] remember last location for "save as", "save a copy", "save", "open"

On Tue, 02 Oct 2007 18:20:33 +0200, Sven Neumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If an image already has a filename associated to it, then open the Save > file-chooser in that folder. Otherwise use the folder of the most recent > save operation. Would that make sense? Definitely. That should be the

[Gimp-user] bit processing and deconstruct editing--AUTO delete

Since I read that many of us are in agreement about not wanting to continue reading about the ongoing feud, I just wanted to let everyone know that I will not be reading any more emails which have the above two headings. Those seem to be the two that the feuders are using. Thus, if a comment is ex

[Gimp-user] GIMP learning sites

http://en.flossmanuals.net/bin/view/Gimp/OptimisingImagesForWeb?topic=WebHome http://gimp.org/tutorials/ http://meetthegimp.org/?cat=8 http://www.gimpguru.org/ http://gimp-savvy.com/BOOK/ http://gug.sunsite.dk/ -- carol ___ Gimp-user mailing list G

Re: [Gimp-user] photo resolution

On Thursday 04 October 2007 07:03:14 David Heino wrote: > Hello, > If I am producing images for the web, is 72 dpi still sufficient across all > possible monitors--a little lap top screen to a large screen HDTV? Think in pixels. If you need to cater for full screen digital projection 1024x768 pix

[Gimp-user] photo resolution

Hello, If I am producing images for the web, is 72 dpi still sufficient across all possible monitors--a little lap top screen to a large screen HDTV? ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listin

Re: [Gimp-user] non-destructive editing

On Thursday 04 October 2007 04:42:55 Raphaël Quinet wrote: > On Thu, 4 Oct 2007 02:55:35 -0700, gimp_user <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tuesday 02 October 2007 13:02:02 Simon Budig wrote: > > > Not "just noise", his points have some merit. But they are directed to > > > the wrong audience and t

Re: [Gimp-user] non-destructive editing

gimp_user <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > [...] This layer would hold instructs that would apply my > adjustment [...] Yes! In fact, when I first started to work with layers I'd expected the layers to work like this (i.e. store change instructions instead of pixels). Being an old Unix hacker, I'd

Re: [Gimp-user] non-destructive editing

On Thu, 4 Oct 2007 02:55:35 -0700, gimp_user <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tuesday 02 October 2007 13:02:02 Simon Budig wrote: > > Not "just noise", his points have some merit. But they are directed to > > the wrong audience and the intended audience already knows about his > > points. That ironi

Re: [Gimp-user] non-destructive editing

On Thursday 04 October 2007 03:41:05 Michael Schumacher wrote: > > Von: gimp_user <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > If you regard my contributions as noise then please do not waste you time > > reading them unless you are trolling to start a flame war. If so you will > > not be successful here because I

Re: [Gimp-user] What's the opinion here of "Beginning GIMP: From Novice to Professional"?

On 10/4/07, Dick Moores <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What's the opinion here of "Beginning GIMP: From Novice to > Professional", by Akkana Peck, Apress, 2006? > > It's supposed to cover GIMP 2.4. > I'm a "novice", having used the Gimp to proces

[Gimp-user] What's the opinion here of "Beginning GIMP: From Novice to Professional"?

What's the opinion here of "Beginning GIMP: From Novice to Professional", by Akkana Peck, Apress, 2006? It's supposed to cover GIMP 2.4. Dick Moores ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Ber

Re: [Gimp-user] non-destructive editing

> Von: gimp_user <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > If you regard my contributions as noise then please do not waste you time > reading them unless you are trolling to start a flame war. If so you will > not be successful here because I will follow a policy I have followed > over 30 years on mail lists -- ke

Re: [Gimp-user] non-destructive editing

On Tuesday 02 October 2007 11:52:13 Patrick Shanahan wrote: > * gimp_user <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [10-02-07 13:47]: > Much unnecessary quote removed. > > > One thing I forgot to mention is that if you are simply trying to edit an > > image for your own use and can revisit the original then the abs

Re: [Gimp-user] non-destructive editing

On Tuesday 02 October 2007 13:02:02 Simon Budig wrote: > > Not "just noise", his points have some merit. But they are directed to > the wrong audience and the intended audience already knows about his > points. That ironically makes his mails pointless... > If you regard my contributions as noise

[Gimp-user] Creativity Ceilings

In response to an excellent suggestion from Carol I have reposted this item under the above title. Should anyone wish to continue this discussion then please do so here rather than under the Bit-depth Processing title as it gets a bit confusing when discussions drift off topic. Thanks Carol O

Re: [Gimp-user] can we change "bit processing" header in subject line?

carol irvin wrote: > "bit processing" is now such a huge email that I am having trouble > telling when I want to read it and when I don't. There is some really > good creative info coming in on it which I don't want to miss. But > there is also some sort of continuing feud going on under that