Re: [Gimp-user] Masking for Contrast Control - Can this be done in Gimp?

2009-04-02 Thread Alec Burgess
Thanks Saul. (Leaving text below in case this s/b the basis for a bugreport ...) a) I can drag and drop in the Layers dialog - but never see the '+'-sign in the cursor. b) In your video (I stepped through it frame by frame so I'm pretty sure I have this correct) as soon as you grabbed the layer

Re: [Gimp-user] Reporting back: The Artist's Guide to GIMP effects

2009-04-02 Thread Ajay Gautam
I agree completely :) MJH did say that hes working on an updated revision. I am looking forward to the updated version... Ajay On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 12:33 AM, Patrick Horgan phorg...@gmail.com wrote: I mentioned some time ago that I was reading The Artist's Guide to GIMP Effects, by michael

Re: [Gimp-user] How to rotate part of an image without getting white triangles at the corners ?

2009-04-02 Thread Jay Smith
David, Thanks for the bug number. Regarding the float method, I beg to differ. Unless I am missing something, what we are doing for Floating before rotating is ... get selection tool (must be done anyway) draw selection (must be done anyway) Ctrl-Shift-L(the only additional

Re: [Gimp-user] Reporting back: The Artist's Guide to GIMP effects

2009-04-02 Thread Michael J. Hammel
On Wed, 2009-04-01 at 21:33 -0700, Patrick Horgan wrote: He does a great job of teaching you the basic principles that let you solve problems. You start thinking about what you want, instead of looking at what Gimp can do. It's nice to know I accomplished my goal, then. :-) It doesn't

[Gimp-user] Error on install: Entry Point Not Found

2009-04-02 Thread SChan
I was previously running Gimp 2.4. I just tried installing 2.6.6. It came up with this message. file-svg.exe - Entry Point Not Found The procedure entry point xmlNanoHTTPContentLength could not be located in the dynamic link library libxml2.dll. What should I do? Sara -- SChan

[Gimp-user] Error on install: Entry Point Not Found

2009-04-02 Thread SChan
P.S. I am running Gimp under Windows XP. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

Re: [Gimp-user] Masking for Contrast Control - Can this be done in Gimp?

2009-04-02 Thread saulgoode
Quoting Alec Burgess bura...@gmail.com: For improved discoverablity suggest that the '+' sign s/b added to drag-drop anywhere its legal to drop and in particular only be removed in the Channels dialog when cursor is over the components section but reappear when cursor is *anywhere* below the

[Gimp-user] Error on install: Entry Point Not Found

2009-04-02 Thread SChan
Okay, I renamed the file libxml2.dll, in my WINDOWS/System32 directory. Gimp now starts up. I would have preferred a more helpful error message, especially as searching with Google does not find anything easily. ___ Gimp-user mailing list

[Gimp-user] GSoC Proposal Review

2009-04-02 Thread Evan Kroske
Hi, my name is Evan Kroske, and I have submitted a proposal to GIMP for GSoC: http://socghop.appspot.com/student_proposal/show/google/gsoc2009/evankroske/t123811012811 I'd like to know if I've provided enough detail to get my project accepted to the GSoC program. Even if you're not a mentor, I'd

Re: [Gimp-user] Error on install: Entry Point Not Found

2009-04-02 Thread Jernej Simončič
On Thu, 2 Apr 2009 18:21:07 +0200 (CEST), SChan wrote: I would have preferred a more helpful error message, especially as searching with Google does not find anything easily. This is in the FAQ: http://gimp-win.sourceforge.net/faq.html#dllmissing The message comes from Windows, so there's

[Gimp-user] Gimp Printouts

2009-04-02 Thread Walter S.
Hi there. Thanks for allowing me to join this forum. I have been using Gimp for some time, but now that I have got as far as printing out some of my work I have come across a snag. I could not understand why the print was so much darker than the image on the monitor. Having scanned the help files

Re: [Gimp-user] Gimp Printouts

2009-04-02 Thread Olivier Lecarme
Walter S. for...@gimpusers.com wrote: Hi there. Thanks for allowing me to join this forum. I have been using Gimp for some time, but now that I have got as far as printing out some of my work I have come across a snag. I could not understand why the print was so much darker than the image on

Re: [Gimp-user] Gimp Printouts

2009-04-02 Thread Jay Smith
Walter, There are multiple issues involved. For example: - Since you did not mention anything about calibration, consider that the scanner, the monitor, and the printer are three different devices, each of which has to be properly calibrated (starting at the beginning with the scanner, then the

[Gimp-user] menu items

2009-04-02 Thread norman
Is it possible to move menu items from one heading to another, please? If it is then could some kind person please explain to a non-techie how to do it? Norman ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU

Re: [Gimp-user] menu items

2009-04-02 Thread Michael J. Hammel
On Thu, 2009-04-02 at 18:28 +0100, norman wrote: Is it possible to move menu items from one heading to another, please? If it is then could some kind person please explain to a non-techie how to do it? There is no user-accessible method for doing this in 2.6. You'd have to hack the code,

[Gimp-user] Scanning into GIMP

2009-04-02 Thread Foolster41
I'm having the same problems. I'm using a windows XP machine (so I don't think xsane works for me) with a Canon canoscan D646U scanner. I got the twain drivers and scan gear tool but it doesn't show on my list in gimp. I was able to use my scanner fine on the previous version of gimp. Help with

Re: [Gimp-user] Gimp Printouts

2009-04-02 Thread Hedley Finger
Walter S. wrote: I could not understand why the print was so much darker than the image on the monitor. Having scanned the help files in Gimp, I find the information, that this is because the monitor is showing the image in RGB,but the actual printout is in CMYK. I am wrestling with the logic

Re: [Gimp-user] Gimp Printouts

2009-04-02 Thread Chris Mohler
On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 11:40 AM, Walter S. for...@gimpusers.com wrote: Hi there. Thanks for allowing me to join this forum. I have been using Gimp for some time, but now that I have got as far as printing out some of my work I have come across a snag. I could not understand why the print was

Re: [Gimp-user] GSoC Proposal Review

2009-04-02 Thread Joao S. O. Bueno
[00:37] Evan Sorry, but I've got to go. My eyeballs are about to fall out and roll around my desk. Thanks for your time. [01:01] joao fine. Ie applied. Schumaml should aprove me by the morning. I will avaliate and vot on your project shrtly thereafter