Re: [Gimp-user] adjusting a horizon

2009-09-29 Thread bgw
On 09/28/2009 02:29 AM, Jude T. wrote: >> Jude T. schreef: >> >>> I know I have seen, in the Gimp Manual, a way of adjusting a photo that's >>> > been > >>> taken on a bit of a slant - for instance a photo of a window. I have a >>> > photo > >>> where my horizon is on

Re: [Gimp-user] How to add transparency to half an image

2009-09-17 Thread bgw
On 09/15/2009 09:11 AM, mrlew wrote: > Okay, that makes sense. And that is what I was trying to do. But how do I > separate the image into halves? Top half& bottom half and only add > transparency mask to the bottom half? > > Thanks Another approach might be to -- rectangle select bottom half -- c

Re: [Gimp-user] Make Gimp like corel photo

2009-09-13 Thread bgw
On 09/12/2009 11:39 PM, Charles C. wrote: > Hi > I've been using Corel Photo for some time, but I'm trying to get used to > Gimp. I can't stand the interface, but I don't like photoshop UI either. > > 1) In corel photo, layers are like objects, I can easily make rectangle and > new layer will have

Re: [Gimp-user] Problems with image pasted into layer

2009-08-09 Thread bgw
On 08/09/2009 08:19 AM, saulgo...@flashingtwelve.brickfilms.com wrote: You need to hold down the SHIFT key while dragging your layer with the Move Tool, otherwise GIMP will move the topmost layer which contains a non-transparent pixel under the pointer (since your added layer was transparent, the

Re: [Gimp-user] transparent backgrounds?

2009-07-23 Thread bgw
On 07/23/2009 10:33 AM, Nels H. wrote: I would like to fill an image with faces copied from other photos. I am stumped with how to make the background of the copied faces transparent, so I don't have a bunch of little squares and ellipses. I am sure Gimp is capable of selecting the backgrounds o

Re: [Gimp-user] Can a New Layer be positioned during the Paste, or does it require a Move

2009-05-21 Thread bgw
DJ wrote: > Hi bgw, GimpUsers, > > b> Not quite - "paste as new layer" creates a new layer with the selection > b> in the upper left corner. "Paste" places it exactly on top, as Sven > b> noted, and then "Layer->New Layer" will transform t

Re: [Gimp-user] Can a New Layer be positioned during the Paste, or does it require a Move

2009-05-20 Thread bgw
Sven Neumann wrote: > Hi, > > On Wed, 2009-05-20 at 17:15 -0500, DJ wrote: > > >> I have a selection. I Edit/Copy and then Edit/Paste as "New Layer". >> I move the layer to position it exactly on top of the previous >> selection. >> >> Can the Paste positioning be controlled during the actual Pa

Re: [Gimp-user] Are these bugs? Missing/duped menu mnemonics & non-working keystrokes (per menus)

2009-05-05 Thread bgw
I'm using Fedora 10; GIMP 2.6.6. Jay Smith wrote: > Using Gimp 2.6.6 on Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy) Linux. > on K Desktop Environment 3.5.10 > > > I would like to check with others whether or not these issues are unique > to me, my installation, or my desktop environment > > If they are bugs, I will r

Re: [Gimp-user] Text outline and shadow

2009-04-25 Thread bgw
Owen wrote: >> Please show me how to outline text and vary the thickness of the >> outline. >> >> Please also show me how to add a shadow and can direction and length >> be >> altered? >> > > > > 1. Create your text > 2. Layer->text to selection > 3. Fill with background color > 4. Edit->S

Re: [Gimp-user] new user

2009-03-29 Thread bgw
Ernst W. Winter wrote: > hello, > > being new to Gimp I would like to ask how a few things work. > > I try to cut a picture in half and then mirror it. So far I had > little luck with it, can anyone helP? > > Thanks in advance. > > Ernst > Rectangle select tool (select half you want mirrored) Co

Re: [Gimp-user] HTML ??

2009-02-27 Thread bgw
Manuel QuiƱones wrote: 2009/2/28 : Are my emails still showing up as .html? I am trying to get the problem fixed. they are multipart, one part is ascii text, other part is htmland the second part and the se cond part is added by the emailer that Rlt46gem is using -- not sure anythi

Re: [Gimp-user] restoring faded transparencies

2009-02-22 Thread bgw
geoff wrote: > 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 put a technical arti

Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP 2.6.0 for Fedora 8/9 (Was: Re: ANNOUNCE: GIMP 2.6.0)

2008-10-04 Thread bgw
Thanks a bunch, Johan !! Johan Vromans wrote: > Okay, mission completed. > > < snip > > > -- Johan > > > ___ > Gimp-user mailing list > Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU > https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user > > _

Re: [Gimp-user] ANNOUNCE: GIMP 2.6.0

2008-10-04 Thread bgw
Sorry - I meant gegl.org provides babl and gegl downloads :-( bgw wrote: > Johan Vromans wrote: > >> Kevin Cozens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >> >> >>> What requirements "are out of reach" for Fedora 9? >>>

Re: [Gimp-user] ANNOUNCE: GIMP 2.6.0

2008-10-04 Thread bgw
Johan Vromans wrote: > Kevin Cozens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >> What requirements "are out of reach" for Fedora 9? >> > > It complains about babl (requires 0.0.22, version provided by Fedora > is 0.0.20) and gegl (requires 0.0.18, provided is 0.0.16). > > When I tried (forced) to bui

Re: [Gimp-user] Make transparent layer invisible

2008-10-02 Thread bgw
Adonj Adonj wrote: > That's exactly what I was looking for! To see the desktop through that > transparent area. Therefore I see there is no possibility of doing so while > using Gimp? Is that only achievable in other animation software and may be as > well in Gimp in a future version? > > Adonj

Re: [Gimp-user] Make transparent layer invisible

2008-10-02 Thread bgw
Adonj Adonj wrote: > Hi there, > > Can the transparent layer which is represented by the gray squares be made > invisible? > > Thanks, Adonj > > _ > > ___ > Gimp-user mailing list > Gimp-use

[Gimp-user] using gimp on Pavilion XF2510 screen in tablet mode

2008-07-12 Thread bgw
Does anybody have experience with the HP Pavilion notebooks (like XF1420 - XF2520) whose screen can apparently operate as a tablet? I'm thinking of buying one for the purpose. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF

Re: [Gimp-user] chromatic aberration

2008-03-18 Thread bgw
Simon Roberts wrote: > See Ken Rockwell's comments on "it's not the camera" at > http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/notcamera.htm > An excellent discussion, although Rockwell fails to mention Ansel Adams's darkroom artistry (see wikipedia on Ansel Adams and the associated reference 18). __

[Gimp-user] Problem with GIMP Perspective

2007-02-07 Thread bgw
, NOTHING HAPPENED TO THE IMAGE. I had expected the displayed image to have removed most of the keystoning. Shear, scale, and all that other stuff works fine. I'm using Fedora Core 6, and GIMP version 2.2.13. The image is a single layer xcf image, RGB format, 640x480 in size. Anybody know what