Re: [Gimp-user] Changing a Text Layer

2011-05-11 Thread Akkana Peck
click on the layer in the Layers dialog and choose the first item in the menu, "Text tool". ...Akkana ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

Re: [Gimp-user] Gimp 2.8

2011-03-20 Thread Akkana Peck
velopment. There's been quite a bit of discussion and planning going on there lately. ...Akkana ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

Re: [Gimp-user] Problem with pandora script resolved

2011-02-21 Thread Akkana Peck
don't see why renaming it would make any difference. ...Akkana ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

Re: [Gimp-user] Fwd: Questions About Creating Panoramas From Several Images

2010-11-29 Thread Akkana Peck
I always try Hugin first for panoramas, and I only fall back on GIMP for the occasional set that Hugin won't handle. ...Akkana ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

Re: [Gimp-user] Removal of yellow and green eyes

2010-11-03 Thread Akkana Peck
7;s hard to make it turn black. Sometimes I have to paint in some black. Also, the animal pupil colors tend to be a lot less saturated than human redeye, so it might be harder to write a tool to select it in an automated way. Anybody have a reliable way to deal with animal greeneye? Please sh

Re: [Gimp-user] curving text (text to path?)

2010-09-12 Thread Akkana Peck
script Saul pointed to looks a lot more flexible, though, especially if you really want the same curve (not concentric curves) on the top and bottom. ...Akkana ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.

Re: [Gimp-user] Create a clickable hotspot?

2010-07-12 Thread Akkana Peck
;ll probably need specifics of what goes wrong when you try to import it: the message you quoted didn't mention that. ...Akkana ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP 2.6.8

2010-04-28 Thread Akkana Peck
ubscribe to that bug if you want to keep up with what happens. ...Akkana ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

Re: [Gimp-user] Rotate selection without content?

2010-04-18 Thread Akkana Peck
Philip U. writes: > Is there no way to do this? I want to use an elliptical selection, but at an > angle. Use the "Transform selection" button in the tool options for the Rotate tool. Described here: http://docs.gimp.org/2.6/en/gimp-tools-transform.html#gimp-tool-transform

Re: [Gimp-user] Gimp and Turboprint

2010-03-27 Thread Akkana Peck
6, under Files > Plug-ins, for possible locations. ...Akkana ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

Re: [Gimp-user] Text tool options menu, where is it?

2010-03-12 Thread Akkana Peck
u should have a text size button in Tool Options. See Figure 13.170 in the online GIMP manual, http://docs.gimp.org/2.6/en/gimp-tool-text.html If you've closed your Tool Options somehow (normally it's docked under the Toolbox), Windows->Dockable Dialogs->Tool Options

Re: [Gimp-user] Beginner: Selected tool has no effect

2010-02-11 Thread Akkana Peck
section called "Getting Unstuck": http://docs.gimp.org/en/gimp-getting-unstuck.html When you get stuck (and it happens to all of us sometimes), it's helpful to go through that list. There are a few other possibilities that aren't in that list (for example, drawing tool modes

Re: [Gimp-user] How to crop with defined aspect ratio ???

2010-02-03 Thread Akkana Peck
nd a field where you can type in 8:10 or 5:8 or whatever you need. ...Akkana ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

Re: [Gimp-user] Web resolution question

2010-01-27 Thread Akkana Peck
to use as part of a web page. Perhaps try an HTML forum to figure out where your HTML is going wrong? ...Akkana ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

Re: [Gimp-user] How to enhance low resolution graphic for larger modified image ???

2010-01-26 Thread Akkana Peck
figure, sometimes you can get amazingly smooth edges that way. ...Akkana ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

Re: [Gimp-user] Fwd: Re: GIMP vs Photoshop

2010-01-20 Thread Akkana Peck
dow" setting really isn't usable any more, and the only choice is to put up with the Toolbox covering part of the image window. ...Akkana ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

Re: [Gimp-user] JPG file size increases with saving

2010-01-15 Thread Akkana Peck
in quality versus size. It's too bad it's not enabled by default. ...Akkana ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

[Gimp-user] Printing (was Re: running out of hair)

2009-12-28 Thread Akkana Peck
CUPS settings and now I get unpredictable margin sizes, and I haven't found the magic setting to turn borderless back on. I didn't have any better luck when I had an Epson and used Gutenprint. Accurate printing from GIMP still involves some luck and black magic. ...Akkana

Re: [Gimp-user] Outline people in photos

2009-12-15 Thread Akkana Peck
he easiest to preview since you can compare several different algorithms easily. You'll probably need to clean up the output afterward, though, so Owen's suggestions may be easier. ...Akkana ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Be

Re: [Gimp-user] Reduce or crop an image by N pixels?

2009-11-20 Thread Akkana Peck
rtainly help you avoid going over the edges. In 2.6, you have to set it on each image separately. In 2.8 it will be possible to make that the default. Though you may not want that; I find I always want it for Rect Select, but it gets in the way for the Move tool, so I have

Re: [Gimp-user] Urgently need to adjust photograph size

2009-11-17 Thread Akkana Peck
John Meyer writes: > Then you're probably going to want to crop out a square part of the picture > and adjust that. Agreed -- Crop is what you want. ...Akkana ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkele

Re: [Gimp-user] WHat are my options, here

2009-09-21 Thread Akkana Peck
as needed (those white edges between the blue edge and the black contour line). The important thing is that the shaped gradient gives you a nice fade in the right directions without your needing to airbrush anything. ...Akkana "Beginning GIMP: From Novice to Professional": http://g

Re: [Gimp-user] how to use layers

2009-08-25 Thread Akkana Peck
tp://apress.com/book/view/1430210702 ...Akkana "Beginning GIMP: From Novice to Professional": http://gimpbook.com ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

Re: [Gimp-user] How to move image when selecting?

2009-08-18 Thread Akkana Peck
Patrick Horgan writes: > If you're trying to use the lasso it's frustrating like that, you have to do > the whole thing in one complex wack. If instead you use the path tool you can (and in another message) > In my link to the selection tutorial I should have given credit to

Re: [Gimp-user] Chalk Logo doesn't work.

2009-07-31 Thread Akkana Peck
black background layer and merge it with the white chalk layer before running Sobel, or set the background color to white and then remove alpha on the text layer, it works. I don't know whether that change to Sobel was intentional. I've filed a bug: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show

Re: [Gimp-user] File > Open Location - No such file or directory

2009-06-13 Thread Akkana Peck
d to need gvfs, so if you don't have that installed (for instance, if you're running Xubuntu or some other window manager instead of a Gnome desktop) then Open Location or dragging from a browser probably won't work unless you build your own gimp with --without-gvfs.

Re: [Gimp-user] How to import Photoshop .pat files?

2009-06-03 Thread Akkana Peck
dback on whether it's working okay for anyone besides myself. I'd especially like to hear whether it works on Windows, since it builds up paths with "/" (which I think script-fu is supposed to translate automatically). ...Akkana ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

Re: [Gimp-user] How to import Photoshop .pat files?

2009-06-02 Thread Akkana Peck
in GIMP I get "GIMP pattern plug-in could not open image". I get the same for the brick textures pattern. Has GIMP's support of PS patterns changed? The animal print page says it should be compatible with GIMP 2.2.6+. ...Akkana

Re: [Gimp-user] Green Stripes On Tools?

2009-05-29 Thread Akkana Peck
imprc file (located in your gimp profile, ~/.gimp-2.6/gimprc): (xor-color (color-rgb 1.0 1.0 1.0)) Try that and see if it helps. Good luck! ...Akkana ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

Re: [Gimp-user] Snap to Guides by default

2009-04-08 Thread Akkana Peck
In GIMP 2.6, no. In GIMP 2.7, yes (as of a couple of weeks ago), but so far only by editing your gimprc. A patch has been submitted to add it to the prefs dialog but that has to be reviewed by the UI team ... I don't know if Peter has had a chance to think

Re: [Gimp-user] labels (was: Change ruler to inches)

2009-03-22 Thread Akkana Peck
ion. I always keep in mind that this isn't really what gimp is for, so if I have to do a little extra fiddling compared to glabels, it's my choice. ...Akkana ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

Re: [Gimp-user] Cropping to multiple aspect ratios (was Using "Tool Options" in Scripts)

2009-02-04 Thread Akkana Peck
script to correct for that, as well as adding something to save automatically to a directory chosen based on the size.) But I thought I'd share the script since it might give you ideas, or might help someone else who does desktop backgrounds like I do. ...Akkana ___

Re: [Gimp-user] Bubble effect

2009-02-01 Thread Akkana Peck
o your example, but with a more 3-d look. If you explicitly don't want the 3-d you might be able to get rid of it by playing with the settings. ...Akkana ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.E

Re: [Gimp-user] How to update GIMP in Ubuntu?

2008-12-16 Thread Akkana Peck
d babl and gegl and there are a couple minor gotchas there. I have the complete list of packages you'll need here: http://shallowsky.com/linux/gimpbuild.html ...Akkana ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

Re: [Gimp-user] Puzzle about my version of gimp

2008-11-21 Thread Akkana Peck
7, from > > which I conclude it is really gimp 2.4.7. > > Help -> About is much more reliable than the package name. Also, run gimp --version from a terminal and compare that to what Help->About tells you. ...Akkana ___ Gimp-u

Re: [Gimp-user] sky question

2008-11-16 Thread Akkana Peck
in the 2nd edition of Beginning GIMP (expected in late December). Now that I see Jenny's tutorial is gone, maybe I'll try to find time to put some of it into a web tutorial ... -- ...Akkana "Beginning GIMP: From Novice to Professional" http://gimpbook.com __

Re: [Gimp-user] Identify old GIMP font

2008-10-28 Thread Akkana Peck
eeding to make a change there in some past versions). ...Akkana ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

Re: [Gimp-user] Empty skull, vacated because I can't crop an image and its driving me to drink.

2008-09-05 Thread Akkana Peck
aste it somewhere else. If none of us has guessed right about what you're trying to do and you're still frustrated, try telling us what sort of image you're starting with and explaining the steps you *are* following, what happens and what you expected to happen. That might clear things

Re: [Gimp-user] gimpshop breaks Gimp 2.4 in Ubuntu Hardy Heron

2008-07-24 Thread Akkana Peck
hough maybe they just assume that no one would ever want both gimp and gimpshop on the same system (but in that case, it should be marked as a conflict in the package dependencies, as you say). Failing that, you could probably fix it by moving all the gimpshop stuff to some other place and us

Re: [Gimp-user] subtract selection control

2008-07-08 Thread Akkana Peck
current one, with the positions seemingly random (at least, I can't see any regularity to which handle creates jumps in which direction). Is that a bug? If it's not, why does it happen? (I'm seeing this with the Ubuntu gimp 2.4.5.) ...Akkana ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP template and tutorial for designing business card

2008-05-10 Thread Akkana Peck
nto gLabels for printing (or Open Office, even). Anyway, lots of options. ...Akkana ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

Re: [Gimp-user] How to make text fit a shape, not just follow a path?

2008-04-11 Thread Akkana Peck
the upper and lower shapes separately. ...Akkana ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

Re: [Gimp-user] Q: How to apply transparent gradient to image?

2008-03-24 Thread Akkana Peck
be outlined in black, not vice versa. (This saves you from getting "You are about to save a layer mask" errors when you save.) If you save it as anything but .xcf, you'll probably get warnings about how layer masks aren't preserved, but don't worry about th

Re: [Gimp-user] 300 dpi screen capture

2008-02-22 Thread Akkana Peck
about not using Windows Print Screen, and more warnings about various other programs to avoid under Windows (mostly color depth issues, I believe). None of that was a problem with the GIMP screenshots, which worked fine. -- ...Akkana "Beginning GIMP: From Nov

Re: [Gimp-user] digital camera photo settings

2008-02-15 Thread Akkana Peck
Michael Schumacher writes: > > Von: Akkana Peck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Is there any way to get to the old registry to grab a copy of > > older plug-ins? > > Yes, there is. The link to the archive is given in the switch announcement: > http://registry.gim

Re: [Gimp-user] digital camera photo settings

2008-02-10 Thread Akkana Peck
eek (right now I'm away from the machine that has the source). The updates were pretty straightforward. ...Akkana ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

Re: [Gimp-user] new cute python line drawing script

2008-01-08 Thread Akkana Peck
Alex Feldman writes: > I haven't upgraded to 2.4 yet. Is the notion of an active vector new to > 2.4, or is it something I have been missing all along? Try making a path with two disconnected parts. ...Akkana ___ Gimp-user mailin

Re: [Gimp-user] Alt Key

2007-12-20 Thread Akkana Peck
ld Shift before I start the drag, it doesn't do anything as far as I can tell. Is that intentional? That said, I love the new crop tool. I do a lot of fixed aspect ratio crops, and it's SO much easier now than it was with 2.2. ...Akkana __

Re: [Gimp-user] Feathered selections

2007-11-14 Thread Akkana Peck
ame place (now it looks like a red square) to get out of quickmask mode. While you're in quickmask mode, you can also do useful things like changing the selection by painting with the various paint tools. -- ...Akkana "Beginning GIMP: From Novice to Professional": http://g

Re: [Gimp-user] Dislike new crop tool

2007-11-08 Thread Akkana Peck
op of the image, since tool options stay docked beneath the Toolbox. And the Fixed: Aspect Ratio works great for keeping it square (or 4x3 or whatever other aspect ratio I need). I find fixed aspect ratios SO much easier now with the new crop tool.

Re: [Gimp-user] 2.4 Print dialog

2007-11-03 Thread Akkana Peck
gt; non-techies using Ubuntu. However, according to the image in Akkana > Peck's book it looks the same as in earlier versions of Gimp as does the > page in Gimp 2.4 rc3. The new GTK print system wasn't introduced into GIMP until after "Beginning GIMP" went to press, so

Re: [Gimp-user] How to set default value for Script-Fu scripts?

2007-09-16 Thread Akkana Peck
ault value before calling script-fu-register. But of course that doesn't help if you want a new default calculated each time the dialog comes up based on some property of the image; you can only calculate a one-time application-wide default that way. -- ...Akkana "Begin

Re: [Gimp-user] I need to know how much was cropped with autocrop

2007-08-08 Thread Akkana Peck
not just the active one, I have one: http://shallowsky.com/software/gimp/autocropall.c -- ...Akkana "Beginning GIMP: From Novice to Professional": http://gimpbook.com ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF

Re: [Gimp-user] galen rowell filter?

2007-08-05 Thread Akkana Peck
ct, making it more gradual, or lower, or cutting out that tree sticking up above the horizon, or whatever other editing you need, without losing the contrast effect you've already done on the sky. -- ...Akkana "Beginning GIMP: From Novice to Professional": http://gimp

Re: [Gimp-user] Using Wacom Graphire 4 in GIMP (Mac OS X/X11)

2007-06-30 Thread Akkana Peck
rstanding is that Apple's X11 doesn't support tablets (so a tablet will look like an ordinary mouse), but the open-source version of X11 does support at least some tablets. I don't have a Mac myself, so I'm just passing on what I've been told. Any Mac users able to fill in the

Re: [Gimp-user] Clone Tool Not Responding as Expected

2007-06-29 Thread Akkana Peck
seem to do nothing, just as you describe.) -- ...Akkana "Beginning GIMP: From Novice to Professional": http://gimpbook.com ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

Re: [Gimp-user] How to spot fix a large area that is too light

2007-05-23 Thread Akkana Peck
eriment with both and see which works best). You'll probably want a large fuzzy brush. -- ...Akkana "Beginning GIMP: From Novice to Professional": http://gimpbook.com ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

Re: [Gimp-user] (no subject)

2007-05-16 Thread Akkana Peck
ke". Does anyone know of a > tool that that will make this as painless as possible? jpegtran is what you want. It can rotate jpegs losslessly: just tell it how much (90, 180, 270). ...Akkana ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lis

Re: [Gimp-user] cropping respecting ratio

2007-05-14 Thread Akkana Peck
all get a lot better in 2.4, with any luck. The crop tool has been completely redesigned and is much better than 2.2 already, though the aspect ratio part of it still needs some work. -- ...Akkana "Beginning GIMP: From Novice to Professional": http://gimpbook.com ___

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp or inkscape?

2007-04-06 Thread Akkana Peck
t. It's a lot of work getting everything scaled just right (it would be so much easier if this info was all available in open GIS formats that worked in free mapping software ... maybe some day!) but the results can be very useful. -- ...Akkana "Beginnin

Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP won't support installed printer?

2007-02-23 Thread Akkana Peck
l list. https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gimp-print-devel They'd also be the ones who would know whether or not a particular printer model is supported. Glance at the archives first (at that same url) to see if anyone has talked about your printer model recently. -- ...

Re: [Gimp-user] Copy the alpha channel from an image to another

2007-02-13 Thread Akkana Peck
doesn't actually give you an image with an alpha channel, as the OP asked; it gives you a layer with a layer mask that mimics the original image's alpha channel. But "Merge visible layers" will turn that layer mask into an alpha channel if you c

Re: [Gimp-user] CD Labels

2007-01-10 Thread Akkana Peck
CDs to a group, labels do make sense and they're fun to make. -- ...Akkana "Beginning GIMP: From Novice to Professional": http://gimpbook.com ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

Re: [Gimp-user] Color selectors, which one do you use?

2006-12-05 Thread Akkana Peck
ry (maybe because the hue slider is a circle), but in practice it's too slow: it lags way behind my mouse drags, even on my fastest machine. I don't find the others very useful. -- ...Akkana "Beginning GIMP: From Novice to Profession

Re: [Gimp-user] Re: rect-select: suppress 'expand from center' key or gesture shortcut

2006-11-05 Thread Akkana Peck
on improving those tools. And sure enough, it no longer happens in current CVS (and hasn't for the past week or two). It looks like it was just a short-lived bug, now squashed. Rect and ellipse select are working fine now. -- ...Akkana "

Re: [Gimp-user] Building perspective objects

2006-07-21 Thread Akkana Peck
ansform Is that basically the same sequence you've been using? -- ...Akkana Check out my book, "Beginning GIMP: From Novice to Professional". For more information, see http://gimpbook.com ___ Gimp-user mailing list

Re: [Gimp-user] Re: GIMP can induce De Quervain's disease

2006-07-07 Thread Akkana Peck
s an option, of course). If it was implemented at a systemwide level, it would have to be smarter than merely making clicks sticky; for instance, you could say that any drag of more than [threshold] pixels remains a drag even if the button is released during the drag, until the button is clicked again. --

Re: [Gimp-user] re: Drop Shadow Question

2006-06-29 Thread Akkana Peck
It sounds like you're looking at Drop Shadow and Bevel, not Drop Shadow. Those are two completely different plug-ins. Drop Shadow (written in script-fu) has a color button, Drop Shadow and Bevel (written in python) does not. -- ...Akkana Check out my book, "Beginning GIMP: Fr

Re: [Gimp-user] Lines and arrowheads in GIMP?

2006-06-28 Thread Akkana Peck
ing like that: http://www.graphics-muse.com/gfxmuse/gfxarrows.html -- ...Akkana Check out my book, "Beginning GIMP: From Novice to Professional". Now shipping! For more information: http://gimpbook.com ___ Gimp-user mailing

Re: [Gimp-user] centering layers(newbie)

2006-05-18 Thread Akkana Peck
John Minson writes: > Is there a bult in function to center layes ? There isn't exactly, but you can cheat: Cut, then Paste. When pasted, the layer shows up centered instead of where it was before. ...Akkana http://gimp

Re: [Gimp-user] Startup values

2006-04-05 Thread Akkana Peck
Carol Spears writes: > On Tue, Apr 04, 2006 at 08:49:52PM -0700, Akkana Peck wrote: > > That works for me, but if it doesn't work for you, try the > > "Input Devices" category of Preferences and click on "Save Input > > Device Settings Now". That sh

Re: [Gimp-user] Startup values

2006-04-04 Thread Akkana Peck
; is toggled off. That works for me, but if it doesn't work for you, try the "Input Devices" category of Preferences and click on "Save Input Device Settings Now". That should save the tool, colors, brush, pattern and gradient for ea

Re: [Gimp-user] lcd or crt monitor

2006-03-19 Thread Akkana Peck
ou see on display in your local computer store), all those differences are still true. But you can get better resolution and better color in an LCD monitor if you pay for it. ...Akkana ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.

Re: [Gimp-user] torn edge

2006-03-18 Thread Akkana Peck
matt1027 writes: > Does anyone have any tips or tutorials for making an edge that looks like > torn paper, ragged and semi-transparent? Is the script-fu Decor->Fuzzy Border similar to what you're looking for? ...Akkana ___ Gim

Re: [Gimp-user] newbie: does adding transparent square has to be so complicated?

2006-03-14 Thread Akkana Peck
llow why you were using a layer mask, but it's not needed for a simple task like this. ...Akkana ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

Re: [Gimp-user] blue + yellow = green

2006-02-25 Thread Akkana Peck
ther mode will blue and yellow combine to make green, even though that is the combination you'd expect if you're used to mixing paints. ...Akkana ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

Re: [Gimp-user] Printing success stories? (more info)

2006-02-19 Thread Akkana Peck
ough the default black level is sometimes too high (that might have something to do with the paper; I haven't done much experimenting yet). ...Akkana ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

Re: [Gimp-user] Re: Smoothing Brush Strokes

2006-01-26 Thread Akkana Peck
platform you were on, but it might be worth adding a line to your gimprc (that's a text file located in your GIMP profile directory -- just edit it when gimp is not running, and add the line) and try both settings to see if one of them makes it better. ...Akkana ___

Re: [Gimp-user] Uninstaller?

2006-01-24 Thread Akkana Peck
even though you didn't select the checkboxes, I'm sure the windows gimp maintainer would want to hear about that. (But GIMPwin-users might be a better place to ask about that.) When we tried it here, it worked fine and didn't claim any image

Re: [Gimp-user] Page Curl filter

2005-12-12 Thread Akkana Peck
w much is curled by adjusting the size and shape of the selection. ...Akkana ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

Re: [Gimp-user] compiling on SuSE (was "Add Glow" and "Center Layer")

2005-12-11 Thread Akkana Peck
ev. I don't know if it's needed for gimp-perl, but it's needed for some plug-ins and isn't pulled in automatically. ...Akkana ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

Re: [Gimp-user] Scaling cartoons

2005-12-09 Thread Akkana Peck
e to sharpen up the scaled images somewhat, but I wonder if there are better ways. Any tips? ...Akkana ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

Re: [Gimp-user] How to create jpeg files compatible with a sony camera?

2005-12-03 Thread Akkana Peck
checkbox for that in the JPEG Save As dialog). If you experiment a bit you can probably find a way to copy all the EXIF *except* the thumbnail (leaving that unchanged) so that your Sony will be happy. With any luck GIMP will get better EXIF suppor

Re: [Gimp-user] Can't get this image sharp with GIMP. Any suggestions?

2005-11-02 Thread Akkana Peck
a and fix the lens alignment, though I haven't had time to try it yet. Of course, if this is your only camera and you paid significant money for it you might be better off trying a camera repair place. ...Akkana ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gim

Re: [Gimp-user] lighten background

2005-10-24 Thread Akkana Peck
adjusting the brightness of the background, to make sure you don't get an obvious looking jump at the selection boundary (if you do, try feathering more). That should give you enough to get you started, anyway. Good luck! ...Akkana __

Re: [Gimp-user] Problem Printing

2005-09-12 Thread Akkana Peck
y set gimp-print to the right printer type, then I'm out of ideas and maybe someone with an HP can help. What OS/distro are you running? ...Akkana ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

Re: [Gimp-user] Livre sur Gimp

2005-09-05 Thread Akkana Peck
michael chang writes: > On 9/5/05, Akkana Peck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > currently aiming at April 2006. It will cover 2.4 as well as 2.2. > > How can you do that? We're on 2.3.3... [or do you write about what's > in CVS and hope that it doesn't chang

Re: [Gimp-user] Livre sur Gimp

2005-09-05 Thread Akkana Peck
y aiming at April 2006. It will cover 2.4 as well as 2.2. ...Akkana ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

[Gimp-user] Crop Tool Use Cases

2005-08-23 Thread Akkana Peck
ume there's a use case for Zealous Crop, but I'm not clear what it is. When I try it I usually end up with an image with a bunch of blank layers because anything with information has been cropped away. Can a Zealous Crop user speak up? Okay, crop users, tell me what I missed!

Re: [Gimp-user] tutorial/screenshots

2005-08-14 Thread Akkana Peck
7;ll only get the part of the menu that overlaps the window borders. When you click ok in the dialog, you choose the window or region immediately, then the delay starts, giving you time to place the cursor or pop up any menus you need. Disclaimer: This works on Linux, anyway ... ...Akkan

Re: [Gimp-user] Newbie Question

2005-07-11 Thread Akkana Peck
e exactly what you want for changing one letter. ...Akkana ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

Re: [Gimp-user] drawing a simple rectangle ; drawing an arrow (newbie)

2005-07-09 Thread Akkana Peck
John Que writes: > can anybody be more specific ? What you're looking for is Edit->Stroke Selection. As for arrows, I usually draw all the lines by hand (click at one end, shift-click at the other). I don't know if there's a shortcut for making good arrowhead

Re: [Gimp-user] Digital camera - Macro to normal

2005-07-04 Thread Akkana Peck
mit yourself to GIMP tutorials; tutorials for other image processing programs can often be applied to GIMP. ...Akkana ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

Re: [Gimp-user] Export and Print vs Save then Print ( Bug ? )

2005-06-28 Thread Akkana Peck
lattened. But if you do that, you can always Undo the flattening, then Save again ...) michael chang writes: > The GIMP's print module will only print the current layer by default. This must be a platform difference, and a different print plug-in from the Linux gimp-print one I'm us

Re: [Gimp-user] script-fu int to string

2005-06-16 Thread Akkana Peck
base 10 might be optional). ...Akkana ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

Re: [Gimp-developer] Re: [Gimp-user] use of the Space key

2005-05-26 Thread Akkana Peck
ots of other tips like that which would make good startup tips. Is http://wiki.gimp.org/gimp/FortuneCookies a good place to collect such tips, or does that just reflect the current checked-in list? Would it be better to add tip suggestions as a patch in a bug? ...Akkana

Re: [Gimp-user] use of the Space key

2005-05-24 Thread Akkana Peck
to a mouse? (That would be understandable.) Or is this just because ... that other program does it that way, and its users are used to it? ...Akkana ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

Re: [Gimp-user] configuration of a Wacom Intuos tablet

2005-05-09 Thread Akkana Peck
allowsky.com/linux/wacom.html Perhaps something there will help with your Intuos. Good luck! ...Akkana ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

Re: [Gimp-user] Re: when even free advertising fails

2005-05-08 Thread Akkana Peck
able like %S that I could put into statusbar preferences, to say "Selection Off" or something. Though an icon with a red X, like David describes, would be easier to notice. ...Akkana ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

Re: [Gimp-user] Making image sizes smaller

2005-04-27 Thread Akkana Peck
much smaller number of colors. Though it's worth trying the conversion to indexed before cleaning up the page; if the colors are similar, the indexed conversion might do a lot of that work for you. (It seldom seems to in my experience, but it always seems like it *sho

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