[Gimp-user] Documentation - Behind/Color Erase modes

2011-09-08 Thread Richard Gitschlag
I do a lot of traditional drawing, so one of the common tasks I perform in GIMP is cleaning up the background after scanning a character I've sketched on paper (erasing stray pencil flecks and so on). I've frequently used the Erase (with alpha channel) to perform this task, because it means I

Re: [Gimp-user] Crop tool - highlight intensity

2011-08-06 Thread Richard Gitschlag
Not that I know of, but while we're on the subject I do notice that the tool's highlighting isn't particularly useful if you happen to be working with an exceptionally dark image -- as an idea, perhaps instead of darkening the outside areas by 50%, it could fade its opacity by 50%? -- Stratadr

Re: [Gimp-user] Explicit manipulation of Alpha Channel.

2011-04-20 Thread Richard Gitschlag
> > Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2011 22:42:24 +0200 > From: ofn...@laposte.net > To: gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU > Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] Explicit manipulation of Alpha Channel. > > This is what layer masks are meant for. > More specifically, on the Layers menu, selec

Re: [Gimp-user] Rule of thirds or golden ratio tool (suggestion)

2011-03-05 Thread Richard Gitschlag
> From: rob.antonis...@gmail.com > Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2011 13:07:05 -0500 > To: aldeaglo...@gmail.com > CC: gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu > Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] Rule of thirds or golden ratio tool (suggestion) > > hello > > I'd suggest a tool for photographic composition that has as options t

[Gimp-user] Lost mouse support after updating tablet

2011-02-25 Thread Richard Gitschlag
Running GIMP 2.6.10 on Windows XP system.  For a long time, my GIMP has had trouble detecting my Wacom Intuos3 tablet upon startup, with the result that GIMP would not respond to the tablet pen whatsoever (i.e: no extended input devices found).  I generally could work around this by starting