[Gimp-user] restoring faded transparencies

2009-02-23 Thread geoff
Quoting geoff for...@gimpusers.com: I was scanning a lot of colour transparencies, some taken up to 40 years ago, and found that in some cases the colours had deteriorated badly. After a lot of experimenting I have developed an automatic way of improving the digital scans using gimp. I have

[Gimp-user] using levels on layer

2009-02-23 Thread Helen
I haven't found a way to use the levels tool on one layer only. Is it possible to do this, to adjust the color of a layer rather than the image? Thanks all, Helen, using Gimp 2.4.5 on SuSE 11.0 ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU

Re: [Gimp-user] using levels on layer

2009-02-23 Thread Daniel Hornung
On Monday 23 February 2009, Helen wrote: I haven't found a way to use the levels tool on one layer only. Is it possible to do this, to adjust the color of a layer rather than the image? Hello Helen, (nearly) all tools work just on the current layer, as does the levels tool. Maybe you merged

[Gimp-user] Fwd: Re: using levels on layer

2009-02-23 Thread Daniel Hornung
---BeginMessage--- No, I checked again -- I have background, background duplicate, and a top layer. On the top layer, I used the crop tool on that layer only, which leaves a lot of background showing around edges. I'd like to run levels just on bkgrd (or bkground duplicate). Maybe there a tool

Re: [Gimp-user] using levels on layer

2009-02-23 Thread norman
I haven't found a way to use the levels tool on one layer only. Is it possible to do this, to adjust the color of a layer rather than the image? Perhaps if you turned off the layers you do not want to change then used the levels tool on the layer left you would do want you want. Norman

Re: [Gimp-user] using levels on layer

2009-02-23 Thread Helen
Yes! Thank you! On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 11:41 AM, norman nor...@littletank.org wrote: I haven't found a way to use the levels tool on one layer only. Is it possible to do this, to adjust the color of a layer rather than the image? Perhaps if you turned off the layers you do not want to

[Gimp-user] briefing request

2009-02-23 Thread sean dodson
Hello, I'm a freelance journalist working for the Guardian. I am currently researching a piece about the growth in free software and open source applications. Would there anyone from Gimp who'd be free for a chat on the telephone some time tomorrow? best wishes, Sean -- blog:

[Gimp-user] [Fwd: Re: using levels on layer]

2009-02-23 Thread norman
---BeginMessage--- Yes! Thank you! On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 11:41 AM, norman nor...@littletank.org wrote: I haven't found a way to use the levels tool on one layer only. Is it possible to do this, to adjust the color of a layer rather than the image? Perhaps if you turned off the

[Gimp-user] emal address

2009-02-23 Thread Rodney Clay
cl...@usd430.k12.ks.us ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

[Gimp-user] Scanning into GIMP

2009-02-23 Thread Rodney Clay
I am new to using GIMP. Can I import images into GIMP from a scanner. If so what do I need to do to set up to do this. I have looked in the online manual but did not find an answer to my question. Thanks ___ Gimp-user mailing list

Re: [Gimp-user] Scanning into GIMP

2009-02-23 Thread Michael J. Hammel
On Mon, 2009-02-23 at 11:31 -0600, Rodney Clay wrote: I am new to using GIMP. Can I import images into GIMP from a scanner. If so what do I need to do to set up to do this. I have looked in the online manual but did not find an answer to my question. On Linux: install the SANE and

Re: [Gimp-user] Scanning into GIMP

2009-02-23 Thread norman
On Mon, 2009-02-23 at 11:31 -0600, Rodney Clay wrote: I am new to using GIMP. Can I import images into GIMP from a scanner. If so what do I need to do to set up to do this. I have looked in the online manual but did not find an answer to my question. Speaking from experience and

Re: [Gimp-user] Scanning into GIMP

2009-02-23 Thread John Culleton
On Monday 23 February 2009 02:07:16 pm norman wrote: On Mon, 2009-02-23 at 11:31 -0600, Rodney Clay wrote: I am new to using GIMP. Can I import images into GIMP from a scanner. If so what do I need to do to set up to do this. I have looked in the online manual but did not find an

Re: [Gimp-user] Scanning into GIMP

2009-02-23 Thread Jernej Simončič
On Mon, 23 Feb 2009 11:18:38 -0700, Michael J. Hammel wrote: On Windows: I think you need to configure your scanner with TWAIN, whatever that is. TWAIN: Technology Without An Interesting Name :) It's the standard scanner interface on Windows (although it's supposed to be replaced by WIA -

Re: [Gimp-user] Soft proofing in 2.6.5

2009-02-23 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, On Mon, 2009-02-23 at 15:12 -0500, John Culleton wrote: I copied the standard Gimp color wheel into a png image. I loaded the image into Gimp 2.65. I tried to soft proof it using viewdisplay and then selecting color management and color proof. There was no change in the image. In

[Gimp-user] Printing from a batch

2009-02-23 Thread Decimator Doseven
Could someone tell me the proper syntax for file-print-gtk? I am building a script to clean up scanned pdfs. (the originals are carbon copies, blech) I have a working script to clean up tiff files, and am now trying to make it work on pdfs. I want to open the pdf file with gimp, run the

Re: [Gimp-user] Printing from a batch

2009-02-23 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, On Mon, 2009-02-23 at 14:20 -0800, Decimator Doseven wrote: Could someone tell me the proper syntax for file-print-gtk? The Prodecure Browser (as found in the GIMP Help menu) should tell you. Sven ___ Gimp-user mailing list

Re: [Gimp-user] [Gimp-developer] Gimp w32 unstable releases (2.7) (was: Logo scripts crash gimp 2.7)

2009-02-23 Thread Alec Burgess
Jernej Simon i (jer...@ena.si) wrote (in part) (on 2009-02-23 at 08:13): On 23. februar 2009, 3:08:08, Alec Burgess wrote: Is there any way that Jernej could provide a debug-enabled exe for GIMP 2.7 win32 or do attempts to report bugs just get in the way of the real work being