Re: [Gimp-user] What is the scale of Levels?

2009-08-25 Thread Asif Lodhi
Hi David, Obviously, you're more concerned about the mailing list. I know about flame wars and never do that. I do 100% agree that I should have emailed him personally on his own email address instead of this list but it's really shocking to read your stern reply. Does the freedom to say what you

Re: [Gimp-user] What is the scale of Levels?

2009-08-24 Thread Asif Lodhi
Hi, On 8/23/09, dar...@chaosreigns.com wrote: I would believe only in a God that knows how to Dance. - Nietzsche Would you please stop using inappropriate language for God? -Asif ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU

Re: [Gimp-user] Gimp-user Digest, Vol 83, Issue 29

2009-08-22 Thread Asif Lodhi
Hi, On 8/22/09, gimp-user-requ...@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu gimp-user-requ...@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu wrote: Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2009 05:52:36 +0300 From: M. Bashir Al-Noimi mbno...@gmx.com Subject: [Gimp-user] Multi-page TIFF I want to know, How I can create multi-page TIFF file. If you're using

Re: [Gimp-user] Multi-page TIFF

2009-08-22 Thread Asif Lodhi
Sorry, I earlier forgot to change the subject. Please find the earlier message below - but it's not related to Gimp and Windows/MS-Office specific: On 8/22/09, gimp-user-requ...@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu gimp-user-requ...@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu wrote: Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2009 05:52:36 +0300 From: M.

[Gimp-user] Gimp 2.6 Features

2009-05-17 Thread Asif Lodhi
Hi, IIRC, in one or more earlier posts to this list, the Gimp people said that 2.6 would have enhanced color support (CYMK, etc???) and non-destructive layer work functionality, etc. Has this been implemented in 2.6? I downloaded the latest version of Gimp for Windows on an office machine and was

Re: [Gimp-user] suggestion: hide all/reveal all junk

2007-10-28 Thread Asif Lodhi
Hi Anthony, On Sat, 2007-10-13 at 11:13 -0700, Anthony Ettinger wrote: i saw teh full screen -- but i use it for icon dev...and i just want a original size view as I draw zoomed in. Perhaps there's a way to configure and save views? Though I don't have Gimp on my working hard disk right

[Gimp-user] Visible Layer Groups/Bundles

2007-10-28 Thread Asif Lodhi
Hi, Is it feasible for the developers to build a facility so that we mark layers in the eye-icon-column and press a Create Visible Layer Group button to create a group of visible layers (with a name or something) so that we can have a menu or something with a list of groups of layers that we want

Re: [Gimp-user] photo resolution

2007-10-04 Thread Asif Lodhi
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 height

Re: [Gimp-user] Bit-depth Processing

2007-10-02 Thread Asif Lodhi
Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2007 12:38:38 -0400 From: carol irvin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] Bit-depth Processing ... The instructors don't care about anything but the artistic merit of the results. If I were the student, I'd just go

Re: [Gimp-user] Bit-depth Processing

2007-10-02 Thread Asif Lodhi
Hi David, Message: 7 Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2007 11:35:36 -0700 From: David Southwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] Bit-depth Processing IMHO photoshop is NOT a tool designed for the average user. I would like to, respectfully, disagree. Photoshop IS meant for an average user. Just

Re: [Gimp-user] Selection Across Layers

2007-09-30 Thread Asif Lodhi
Hi, Message: 2 Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2007 12:29:14 -0400 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] Selection Across Layers Quoting Asif Lodhi [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I've begun using Gimp again after a long time. IIRC, one (more?) tool of Gimp had an option of making a selection that went

Re: [Gimp-user] Selection Across Layers

2007-09-30 Thread Asif Lodhi
Hi Owen, Message: 6 Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2007 12:51:50 +1000 From: Owen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] Selection Across Layers The crop tool cuts through them all. http://docs.gimp.org/en/gimp-tool-crop.html Yes, thanks. But I have found the tool option which is probably called

[Gimp-user] Selection Across Layers

2007-09-29 Thread Asif Lodhi
Hi, I've begun using Gimp again after a long time. IIRC, one (more?) tool of Gimp had an option of making a selection that went through all the layers right to the bottom layer. And, IIRC, having made that type of selection in one of the top layers and performing an operation on it would carry

Re: [Gimp-user] New view and layer masks

2007-09-25 Thread Asif Lodhi
? That could be useful in order to check results of a mask editing operation... On Mon, 2007-09-24 at 11:29 +0500, Asif Lodhi wrote: Though I don't exactly know your situation and don't even have Gimp in front of me right now but don't you think you could use the Quick Mask for checking

Re: [Gimp-user] New view and layer masks

2007-09-24 Thread Asif Lodhi
Hi Victor, Message: 4 Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2007 16:40:29 +0100 From: Victor Domingos [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Gimp-user] New view and layer masks Is it possible in GIMP to use different views to the same image, in a way that we can see a layer mask and the image itself at the same time?

Re: [Gimp-user] 16 Bit files

2007-07-21 Thread Asif Lodhi
Hi, On 7/21/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... While this is a major draw back with gimp I understand the need is recognised and will hopefully be remedied in the near future. When that happens gimp will be laying the foundation for

[Gimp-user] Re: Gimp-user Digest, Vol 50, Issue 11

2006-11-07 Thread Asif Lodhi
Hi Rob, On 11/7/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Message: 1 Subject: [Gimp-user] save 4 layers as 4 seperate mages I am stumped figured out how to save out ONE layer at a time while in the CYMK.jpg 4 layers greyscale image. Click the Dialog

Re: [Gimp-user] how to break down a photo into printing colors and newsprint shading

2006-11-06 Thread Asif Lodhi
Hi Rob, On 11/7/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message: 4 Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2006 03:25:48 -0500 Subject: [Gimp-user] how to break down a photo into printing colors and newsprint shading Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Is there a way in GIMP to take any JPG image and have GIMP output 4 color

Re: [Gimp-user] Opening PDF and PS files

2006-11-02 Thread Asif Lodhi
Hi Philip, On 11/3/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Message: 4 Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2006 06:11:52 +1100 From: Philip Rhoades [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] Opening PDF and PS files I tried using pstoedit to create other vector editing formats but they DO have problems

[Gimp-user] Re: Feathering and Masks

2006-07-08 Thread Asif Lodhi
Hi, Message: 3 From: A [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Gimp-user] Feathering and Masks anyone know something that explains Feathering REALLY well? ... Then ... how to turn that into a mask ... I would suggest that you go through Grokking the Gimp at

[Gimp-user] Re: Line tool with Arrows

2006-05-12 Thread Asif Lodhi
Hi Andy, On 5/13/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Gimp-user Digest, Vol 44, Issue 10 wrote: Message: 5 Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 13:18:44 -0500 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Is there anyway to draw a line in gimp and put arrows at the end of the line. Photoshop's line tool can apparently do

[Gimp-user] Re: Gimp-user Digest, Vol 39, Issue 9

2005-12-08 Thread Asif Lodhi
Hi Patrick, On 12/7/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: X. Message: 4 X.. The part I am having trouble figuring out would be the complete

Re: [Gimp-user] using a mask to help blend exposures

2005-12-08 Thread Asif Lodhi
Hi Patrick, On 12/7/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: X. Message: 4 X.. The part I am having trouble figuring out would be the complete

[Gimp-user] Re: Gimp-user Digest, Vol 38, Issue 36

2005-11-30 Thread Asif Lodhi
Hi Mike, On 11/30/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Michael B Allen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Send Gimp-user mailing list submissions to Subject: [Gimp-user] Distorted Text To: gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Is there any way to make the text tool in Gimp display the text as

[Gimp-user] Re: Gimp-user Digest, Vol 34, Issue 18

2005-07-20 Thread Asif Lodhi
in Gimp with at least comparable results of Mathematica? You might also want to try Scribus for EPS related work (www.scribus.net). Or may be a combination of Scribus and InkScape will do the job. -- Best regards Asif Lodhi ___ Gimp-user mailing

Re: Comic Book retro style dots [Re: [Gimp-user] Camera to Comic Book]

2005-06-01 Thread Asif Lodhi
Hi, Alan and Sven, thanks for the help. On Mon, May 30, 2005 at 2:20 AM, Sven Neumann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You are probably still using GIMP 2.0 then. Yes! 2.0.5. I did downloaded some dependencies for 2.2.6 and will now download any dependencies for 2.2.7 that differ from 2.2.6. As a

Re: Comic Book retro style dots [Re: [Gimp-user] Camera to Comic Book]

2005-05-29 Thread Asif Lodhi
Date: Sun, 29 May 2005 16:44:59 +0100 (BST) From: Alan Horkan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu Subject: Comic Book retro style dots [Re: [Gimp-user] Camera to Comic Book] The more detail you provide in your question the better chance you have of getting exactly the

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

2005-05-26 Thread Asif Lodhi
a key with the second hand disturbs the workflow less than to switch mouse buttons. But perhaps this needs actual user testing. Sven What about giving us a configurable option to configure any one or both of these facilities? -- Best regards Asif Lodhi

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

2005-05-26 Thread Asif Lodhi
a key with the second hand disturbs the workflow less than to switch mouse buttons. But perhaps this needs actual user testing. Sven What about giving us a configurable option to configure any one or both of these facilities? -- Best regards Asif Lodhi

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

2005-05-23 Thread Asif Lodhi
Hi Sven That's really a very good idea. It enables an artist to do image manipulation more comfortably. I am all for it. Best regards Asif -- Date: Sat, 21 May 2005 17:00:27 +0200 From:

[Gimp-user] Re: Re: Nobody does it better

2005-05-14 Thread Asif Lodhi
Hi Tom, Perhaps I posted a similar commentary before :) Recall something? :) Here is another quick one: In PS-CS8, draw a circular selection (perfect circle), run a linear gradient across it diagonally, shrink the selection by a few pixels (say 9 pixels) and then run a reverse linear gradient

[Gimp-user] Re: Re: Nobody does it better

2005-05-14 Thread Asif Lodhi
Hi Tom, Perhaps I posted a similar commentary before :) Recall something? :) Here is another quick one: In PS-CS8, draw a circular selection (perfect circle), run a linear gradient across it diagonally, shrink the selection by a few pixels (say 9 pixels) and then run a reverse linear gradient

[Gimp-user] Re: Gimp-user Digest, Vol 32, Issue 15

2005-05-11 Thread Asif Lodhi
fit here. A toggle button similar to the quickmask toggle would perhaps do the trick. But then there are a bunch of such toggles in the view... -- Best regards Asif Lodhi ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu http

[Gimp-user] Re: Gimp-user Digest, Vol 31, Issue 32

2005-04-30 Thread Asif Lodhi
could not handle well transparency (IIRC), so it could be something related to alpha channel. Try to flatten the image before exporting from gimp. Sincerely, Olivier. -- Best regards Asif Lodhi ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user

Re: [Gimp-user] Odd behavoir with big images and memory

2005-04-24 Thread Asif Lodhi
Hi Jim, Though I have never worked with such large images, don't you think it would be a good idea to save each TIFF as XCF, do whatever you want to do on XCF and then save the modified XCF as TIFF again? May be odd behavior will go away that way because XCF is the native file format. May be

Re: [Gimp-user] Gimp 2.2.6 on Fedora Core 3

2005-04-19 Thread Asif Lodhi
Hi Barton I went through the INSTALL file in 2.2.6's tar.gz and there I found the following text! Please make sure you don't have any old GTK+-2.x, jpeg, etc. libraries lying around on your system, otherwise configure may fail to find the new ones. Only after reading all the tech stuff (and

Re: [Gimp-user] Gimp 2.2.6 on Fedora Core 3 (Re: Gimp-user Digest, Vol 31, Issue 22)

2005-04-17 Thread Asif Lodhi
@lists.xcf.berkeley.eduDate: Sun, 17 Apr 2005 09:42:05 +1000 (EST)From: Owen Cook [EMAIL PROTECTED]To: gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.eduCc: Asif Lodhi [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] Gimp 2.2.6 on Fedora Core 3 OK, go to your gimp-2.2.6 directorytype ./configure --help

[Gimp-user] Gimp 2.2.6 on Fedora Core 3

2005-04-16 Thread Asif Lodhi
Hi all I have managed to get Fedora Core 3 installed on my computer through nightly downloads in around 26 days. But the Gimp version is 2.04. I can't find binaries on RedHat's website (Even if I found and downloaded a 2.2.6 binary, would I still be able to run it?). As a last resort, I

[Gimp-user] Re: Gimp-user Digest, Vol 30, Issue 24

2005-03-28 Thread Asif Lodhi
Hi Perhaps you can do it by selecting the option Select by Color and manipulating the threshold - perhaps increasing it. Best regards Asif Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 14:53:08 -0500 (EST) From: Sebastien Cabot [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] How

[Gimp-user] Re: Gimp-user Digest, Vol 30, Issue 24

2005-03-28 Thread Asif Lodhi
Hi Perhaps you can do it by first enclosing the image section you want to manipulate using the freeform selection tool and then selecting the option/tool Select by Color and manipulating the threshold - perhaps increasing it. Best regards Asif Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 14:53:08 -0500 (EST)

Re: [Gimp-user] How to select isolated pixels ?

2005-03-28 Thread Asif Lodhi
Hi IMHO perhaps you can do it by : 1)converting your image to RGB. 2)selecting the area(s) you want to manipulate using the free selection tool 3)using the Select by Color tool and manipulating (perhap increasing) the threshold. 4)converting the image back to the

Re: [Gimp-user] transforming with curves

2004-11-18 Thread Asif Lodhi
Hi http://gimp-savvy.com/BOOK/node67.html Best Asif =ben powers wrote I have an image of a teacup and a sign. I would like to transform the sign so it appears to be printed on the curved surface of the tea cup. how can i do that?

[Gimp-user] Re: Gimp-user Digest, Vol 26, Issue 23

2004-11-14 Thread Asif Lodhi
Hi I did something like this. I created a small line using the small-size brush tip from the brush styles. Click with your brush on the canvas to indicate the start of the line and then shift click on the canvas where you want the line to end. This will create a thin straight line - I used

Re: [Gimp-user] renaming the gimp

2004-11-07 Thread Asif Lodhi
Jakub Friedl Wrote THe name should imply/tell something about the application...GIMP doesn't say anything to me other With good brands it happens often the other way - Xerox comes to mind immediatelly. But there are many more such examples. YES. Apple Computers, for example.

[Gimp-user] Linux

2004-10-31 Thread Asif Lodhi
Hi All I have an older version of GIMP on my Red Hat Linux 9 - probably, 1.2. There is a utility in Xtns/Render/Random Art #2 in Linux GIMP. Can I get the same thing for Windows version? Any URLs, etc.? Thanks and best regards Asif ___ Gimp-user

Re: [Gimp-user] Adobe Illustrator like Paintbrush?

2004-10-24 Thread Asif Lodhi
Hi Todd Wrote In Adobe Illustrator the paintbrush tool will make a line you draw look like it was drawn perfectly and just kind of smoothes the line out. Is there a way I can get this same effect in GIMP? If so how. Thank you, The best tool I have seen so far that draws

[Gimp-user] PS's Elliptical Selection

2004-10-03 Thread Asif Lodhi
Hi All Just wanted to present a not-so-good result of Photoshop's equivalent (Select/Modify/Contract) of the Gimp's Selection/Shrink. Here is the scenarioa: When I use the elliptical selection marquee in Gimp to draw a full circle, use blend tool to fill the circle with a black-to-white

Re: [Gimp-user] Making a Tile

2004-10-01 Thread Asif Lodhi
Hi A related tile effect can be applied through Filter/Map/Make Seamless. Best Asif --- Nick Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: * and then Nick Wilson declared * and then Nick Wilson declared Right, thanks. I've worked out how to offset (only need the x offset) but the

[Gimp-user] GIMP Vs. Photoshop

2004-08-29 Thread Asif Lodhi
Hi All I always read posts regarding GIMP vs. Photoshop. As far as I have explored PS, there are lots of great quick-and-easy filters available and lots of tutorials to match on the Internet - however, many filters are missing the parameteric touch that GIMP does have - you get the same result

Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP Vs. Photoshop

2004-08-29 Thread Asif Lodhi
- and the online manual - no matter how much they refrain from reading books cover to cover. I close here now. No tool wars :) Best regards Asif --- Tom Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Asif Lodhi wrote: Hi All I always read posts regarding GIMP vs. Photoshop. Wow! Interesting

[Gimp-user] Locking a Layer

2004-08-28 Thread Asif Lodhi
Hi All I am currently exploring GIMP (and graphics) and want to know if there is a way to lock lower layers in a layer stack to make accidentally moving a layer impossible. I have noticed link-icons with the eye-icons in the layers dialog but haven't yet reached gone through the right material.

[Gimp-user] Re: Selection Woes .. Att: iwantto keepanon

2004-08-13 Thread Asif Lodhi
the selection. Now add or subtract selections the way you want. if you want to move your pasted selection, you can as this time it has been pasted not as a text layer but as a selection and you can select/de-select the way you like. Hope I correctly understood your problem. Regards Asif Lodhi

[Gimp-user] GFig Plug-In Documentation

2004-08-11 Thread Asif Lodhi
Hi Can someone give me links to GFig Tutorials, documentation? Thanks Asif Lodhi __ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail ___ Gimp

[Gimp-user] GIMP Layers

2004-08-10 Thread Asif Lodhi
of Photoshop. I usually work in GIMP but read all Photoshop tutorials as well. Lastly, GIMP is FREE while you have to pay for Photoshop. I am duly thankful and grateful to all the GIMP developers. I hope my response answers most of your questions. Best regards Asif Lodhi

[Gimp-user] Aligning horizontally or vertically

2004-08-10 Thread Asif Lodhi
, left-click on the vertical ruler and drag right to take the Vertical Guide to the appropriate intersecting point. Now you can use the Move tool to move adjust these Guides and use these to snap-align your selections horizontally and/or vertically. Best regards Asif Lodhi