[Gimp-user] Layers

2011-05-09 Thread Bob Meetin
options where to get to a Layers dialog where I can move layers, rename them, etc. Advice please? -Bob ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

Re: [Gimp-user] Can't read file header

2011-04-09 Thread Bob Long
le to copy the image to a directory other than "C:\Documents and Settings\Ábel\My Documents\My Pictures\2009-04-25\Esküvo\" and open it from there? -- Bob Long ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

Re: [Gimp-user] commercial use

2011-01-13 Thread Bob Long
ve the rights to modify someone else's existing design is another matter unrelated to GIMP itself. -- Bob Long ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

Re: [Gimp-user] No new colours

2010-12-15 Thread Bob Meetin
GIMP draws the line in WHITE > > BTW I am using 2.6.6 on Win Vista. > > Many thanks > > This may not be the problem, but make sure it's in RGB mode ( Image --> Mode --> RGB). Maybe put the image up on a website and send out a link to it to the email group

Re: [Gimp-user] Documentation 404s

2010-11-09 Thread Bob Long
so, specifically what site/page are you trying to view? -- Bob Long ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp.tutorials.net

2010-10-05 Thread Bob Long
links there is that list you mention. In my case, "Gimp-Tutorials.net" does indeed go to http://gimp-tutorials.net/ So either that has very recently been fixed, or there is a problem elsewhere. -- Bob Long ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp

Re: [Gimp-user] Rear page of scanned image visible when printing

2010-09-26 Thread Bob Smits
On September 12, 2010 02:41:04 am Andreas Moroder wrote: > Hello, > > I have scanned page from a book. On the screen all looks ok. Near the > images I wanted to scan I see only light shades on the white background, > but when I print the page this shades becomes much darker and visible > and show

Re: [Gimp-user] How to edit text in both Gimp & Photoshop

2010-09-07 Thread Bob Meetin
i have never used it, but when you save, click on "Select File Type (by Extension)". psd is in the list. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

Re: [Gimp-user] Importing EPS

2010-09-06 Thread Bob Long
Ghostscript installation? > > Thanks in advance for any assistance! A Google search for me for: +gimp +ghostscript gives this as the first response: http://community.contractwebdevelopment.com/install-ghostscript-windows-and-gimp -- Bob Long _

Re: [Gimp-user] logo manipulation

2010-08-29 Thread Bob Meetin
a diminutive space and retain the same clarity. -- Bob Meetin dotted i 303-926-0167 (home/business) www.dottedi.biz/blog.php ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

[Gimp-user] Banding in gradient creation

2010-08-24 Thread bob
this might mean that the problem might not be my monitor, but is more likely to be the technique that I'm using in gimp. Could this be the case? -- bob (via www.gimpusers.com) ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://

Re: [Gimp-user] Combine two images

2010-08-22 Thread Bob Meetin
ked marvelously. If you have command line access to ImageMagick/convert, this is easy: % convert image1.jpg image2.jpg +append -quality 85 combined_images.jpg i.e. if I understand the need -- Bob Meetin dotted i 303-926-0167 (home/business) www.dottedi.biz/blog.php __

[Gimp-user] Using channels to select pixels

2010-07-28 Thread bob
stand that. But I'm afraid that I couldn't figure out how to drag a channel of the newly decomposed image into the channels panel of the original image. -- bob (via www.gimpusers.com) ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XC

[Gimp-user] Using channels to select pixels

2010-07-28 Thread bob
als,+and+more!) Step 24 is interesting. Water spray is seperated from a background colour, using a manipulation of channels. I can't seem to figure out how to the same thing in gimp. Any idea how I can do it? -- bob (via www.gimpusers.com) ___ Gimp

[Gimp-user] Banding in gradient creation

2010-07-28 Thread bob
t I can create a smooth gradient? Will switching to another colour mode help? How can I work this out for myself in the future? -- bob (via www.gimpusers.com) ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/ma

Re: [Gimp-user] Copy trick ??? chocolate fountain

2010-07-12 Thread Bob Long
gt; Thank you SO MUCH for writing! > Harry -- Bob Long ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

[Gimp-user] strange window behaviour

2010-07-12 Thread bob
Thanks guys. It looks like I did deselect "auto follow active image". With it reselected, everything is back to normal. :) -- bob (via www.gimpusers.com) ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Be

Re: [Gimp-user] Copy and paste chocolate fountain

2010-07-12 Thread Bob Long
I am stumped. How do I change the selection to reverse and > select the fountain instead of the dark background? If I understand you, you have the background selected (excluding the fountain), but you really want to simply invert that selection so the fountain is selecte

[Gimp-user] strange window behaviour

2010-07-12 Thread bob
a new image: I close the lcp window, and then open it again from the 'windows' menu. What could be going on here? Maybe I accidently switched a setting? Is there a way to switch back? -- bob (via www.gimpusers.com) ___ Gimp-user mailing li

Re: [Gimp-user] Can't get Gimp to work

2010-07-02 Thread Bob Long
p three more times and each time it failed and > I had to restart. Does anyone know what is wrong and how I can get Gimp to > work. What is your operating system? What version of GIMP? From where did you download it? What exactly did you "click to add a

Re: [Gimp-user] how to create something like harvey balls

2010-06-16 Thread Bob Meetin
also take substantial time/effort. If anyone wishes to see a tutorial with diagrams I could probably do that this weekend. Thx, Bob Chris Mohler wrote: On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 12:07 PM, Bob Meetin wrote: I gave it a try last night using the measure tool to mark up approximate angles

[Gimp-user] how to create something like harvey balls

2010-06-15 Thread Bob Meetin
redone befor golive, but it seems like there should be a smarter way to do this. My first set of images: http://www.dottedi.biz/images/ratings Thx, Bob ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman

[Gimp-user] smooth fine stroke

2010-06-01 Thread bob
p://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=34h8f9e&s=6 I'm setting the stroke width to 1px. But the lines still seem coarse to me. Is it just my eye? My monitor perhaps? Or can I get the stroke to appear to be finer? -- bob (via www.gimpusers.com) ___ Gim

[Gimp-user] removing layer area

2010-05-09 Thread bob
'd love to know why I'm getting these results. I'd also like to know how I can remove the white area and get transaparency without closing and re-opening the image. -- bob (via www.gimpusers.com) ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-use

[Gimp-user] diagonally striped background image tutorial

2010-04-23 Thread Bob Meetin
pixels. Thx, Bob ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

Re: [Gimp-user] A question that has never been asked....

2010-04-03 Thread Bob Smits
On April 1, 2010 02:34:37 pm Chris Mohler wrote: > On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 4:08 PM, wrote: > > Who was the clever soul that came up with the name GIMP? > > Not this again :( This has been discussed to death already. > Sure it has. But unless the developers stop getting defensive about this unf

[Gimp-user] pixellation of text.

2010-03-21 Thread bob
That does the trick. Thank you. -- bob (via www.gimpusers.com) ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

[Gimp-user] pixellation of text.

2010-03-21 Thread bob
selected, I add the gradient manually, with the gradient tool. >From that point onwards, my text looks rough. Is there a way to apply a gradient to the text, while keeping the text smooth ? -- bob (via www.gimpusers.com) ___ Gimp-user

[Gimp-user] How can I place a guide precisely

2010-03-17 Thread bob
That does it. Thank you. -- bob (via www.gimpusers.com) ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

[Gimp-user] How can I place a guide precisely

2010-03-17 Thread bob
Hi. I'd like to place guides at exact positions. Is there a way to place the guides without doing it manually ? -- bob (via www.gimpusers.com) ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/ma

[Gimp-user] Removing a layer (part of jpg) from graphic.

2010-02-05 Thread Bob
I have a .jpg graphic that I want parts of it removed. I am new to Gimp, can anyone help/guide me how to do that. Thanks -- Bob (via www.gimpusers.com) ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman

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

2010-01-15 Thread Bob Long
, cropping and saving original file as a PNG file with > defaults (compression 9): > > PNG 4722953 8 2048x1536 There's something funny there. If the image has been cropped, how can it be the same dimensions as the original (2048x1536) (unless you have then done a "re

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

2010-01-15 Thread Bob Meetin
Actually, you get almost no further degradation if you save the image > again with the same settings that were used for the first save. The JPEG > plug-in even stores information in the image when the image is opened > and it will use that information to save it in the best possible way > when you

Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP and transparency

2010-01-07 Thread Bob Long
nsparent background. I assume GIMP can handle it, but > would someone please tell me where the necessary information to do so > is cloistered, > > Thanks Layer|Transparency|Add Alpha Channel Delete areas you want to be transparent. -- Bob Long _

[Gimp-user] how to reproduce the "carved in" text style as in Window title bar in Mac OS

2009-12-13 Thread bob
;t know about anyone else, but I found that getting this effect right to be not as easy as I thought it would be. There are some good photoshop tutorials that can be followed with gimp: http://line25.com/articles/web-design-trend-showcase-letterpress-text-effect -- bob (v

[Gimp-user] How do I create a rough, noisy concrete texture

2009-12-07 Thread bob
sandy surface, where the tutorial pattern looks the opposite - the product of a mechanized process. Thanks for chipping in, but I'm after an effect that is quiet different. -- bob (via www.gimpusers.com) ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user

[Gimp-user] How do I create a rough, noisy concrete texture

2009-12-06 Thread bob
I can get kind of close with just gaussian noise, stdev set to 2.5. But my result seems a little blurry. How would you guys create this effect ? -- bob (via www.gimpusers.com) ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF

[Gimp-user] convert an image into an outline

2009-11-24 Thread Bob Meetin
I have an image roughly 600 px square which in which the picture was taken on a white-ish background. I managed to crop it well enough to now have a silhouette of the object, black object on white background. Is there a way to convert it to an outline, say with a 1-3 pixel border? It is curr

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

2009-11-17 Thread Bob Meetin
with a big pic. If you resize an image it tends to get a little soft, so now go to: Filters --> Enhance --> Sharpen --> about 50 --> and click OK Then save as new name... OK, i've got as far as this part:- " adjust the other dimension so that it is

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

2009-11-17 Thread Bob Meetin
djust the other dimension so that it is 4:3 proportion, center as necessary and click to Resize. If you resize an image it tends to get a little soft, so now go to: Filters --> Enhance --> Sharpen --> about 50 --> and click OK Then save as new name... -- Bob Meetin www.dotte

[Gimp-user] How do I create smooth diagonal lines

2009-11-17 Thread bob
do it right at >this moment, but will have free time soon. > >On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 9:21 PM, bob wrote: > >> Hi all. >> >> How do I create smooth diagonal lines ? >> >> I've been experimenting with creating various aesthetics for an online >> portf

[Gimp-user] How do I create smooth diagonal lines

2009-11-15 Thread bob
lting path into a selection, and then applied various fills, gradients and layer effects. >From the outset of that process, the outline of the navigation bar has been somewhat jagged. Is there a way to create the diagonal edges for such an image smoothly? Thanks. -- bob (via www.gimpu

[Gimp-user] How do I create this effect?

2009-10-26 Thread bob
Thanks. -- bob (via www.gimpusers.com) ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

[Gimp-user] How do I create this effect?

2009-10-26 Thread bob
tions? Usually I save my selections by saving them to a path. Of course, I recognise that paths are solid, so they won't save the gradations in alpha values. So, is there a way to save my selections, maintaining the different alpha values in them? Thanks. -- bob (via www.gimpusers.com) __

Re: [Gimp-user] Need new printer

2009-10-23 Thread Bob Meetin
re some other favorite Golden Boy that also claims archival inks that I > should also look at while I'm at Staples later this afternoon? > > -- Bob Meetin www.dottedi.biz 303-926-0167 www.Twitter.com/bobmeetin Standards - you gotta love em with so many to choose from! Rocket Sc

[Gimp-user] Banding in gradient creation

2009-10-21 Thread bob
Hi guys. I often get bands when I create gradients. I'd like to know how this happends and how I can reduce or get rid of these artifacts entirely. Thanks. -- bob (via www.gimpusers.com) ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkele

[Gimp-user] How do I create this effect?

2009-10-21 Thread bob
will show through. Alpha >transparency also takes effect here so you end up with some areas that are >kind of green and kind of yellow. > Thank you. I'll play around and see what results I can get. Cheers. -- bob (via www.gimpusers.com) __

[Gimp-user] How do I create this effect?

2009-10-20 Thread bob
is a background png from the beautifully designed page at http://www.helikopterdesign.com. I'd like to know how how to make the pattern visible only where the brush-created pixels are. Any advice on this is appreciated. Thanks. -- bob (via www.gim

Re: [Gimp-user] drop out background tutorial

2009-09-15 Thread Bob Meetin
Paul Hartman wrote: On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 4:32 PM, Bob Meetin wrote: Subject says it all. I have a large assortment of product pictures which I need to give uniform backgrounds, preferably white. Can someone point me to a tutorial that discusses how? You can see a representative sample

[Gimp-user] drop out background tutorial

2009-09-15 Thread Bob Meetin
can probably live with the shadows if I can lose the bulk of the background. Thx, Bob ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

Re: [Gimp-user] Scaling and resolution

2009-09-14 Thread Bob Long
I don't understand the whole > resolution thing completely. I take it many imageviewers simply don't > have the capability of taking the resolution into consideration, when > rendering an image. I'm I right? See if this helps: http://www.scantips.com/basics01.html -- Bob

Re: [Gimp-user] Modifying an image...

2009-08-28 Thread Bob Long
aw component of the OpenOffice.org software. By manipulating circle shapes you can make the outside of the image circular, and also hide the centre hole. Still use GIMP for manipulating the image itself, but it can remain square, say. -- Bob Long _

Re: [Gimp-user] sharpening

2009-07-27 Thread Bob Meetin
gt; https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user > > -- Bob Meetin www.dottedi.biz 303-926-0167 On www.Twitter.com/bobmeetin, Facebook, www.linkedin.com/in/bobmeetin, or catch my blog at www.dottedi.biz/blog.php Standards -

Re: [Gimp-user] batches for web

2009-07-06 Thread Bob Long
load faster. No? Depends what you are *really* referring to. See http://www.scantips.com/basics01.html -- Bob Long ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

Re: [Gimp-user] -crop formula

2009-06-14 Thread Bob Meetin
Bob Meetin wrote: > I have a batch of images all the same size, 1488x2240 pixels. I could > use a pointer for a formula that would crop each image to a specific > size and keep the same proportion, roughly 2:3, or perhaps crop to a 3:4 > proportion. For instance crop the cen

[Gimp-user] -crop formula

2009-06-14 Thread Bob Meetin
). I would like to be able to plug in a specific size either in % (50%, 33%, etc) or dimensions. Thx, Bob ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

Re: [Gimp-user] How to slice the imgae for web

2009-05-23 Thread Bob Long
Michael Schumacher wrote: > Bob Long wrote: > >> To follow up, GIMP 2.6.6 for Windows does not include that (referring to > Filters > Web > Slice) > Please explain how you came to this conclusion, > >> (not that I expect is should, as it relies on Python); &g

Re: [Gimp-user] How to slice the imgae for web

2009-05-22 Thread Bob Long
6.6 for Windows does not include that (not that I expect is should, as it relies on Python); GIMP 2.6.6 included in Ubuntu 9.04 does include it. -- Bob Long ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

Re: [Gimp-user] How to slice the imgae for web

2009-05-22 Thread Bob Long
separate images based on guides you set. Is that what you mean? -- Bob Long ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

Re: [Gimp-user] no figure in documentation

2009-05-05 Thread Bob Long
ttp://www.nabble.com/file/p23380927/gimp%2Berror.jpg I noticed the same thing yesterday. I'm sure it was ok a few days ago. A randomly picked page: http://docs.gimp.org/en/gimp-concepts-usage.html Windows XP. Firefox displays the "alt" text; Internet Explorer also disp

Re: [Gimp-user] too complicated

2009-05-05 Thread Bob Long
From: "Kent Perrins" To: Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2009 6:11 AM Subject: [Gimp-user] too complicated >I have no idea what I am supposed to do to just do a simple post. Too > complicated. So forget it I guess. If you mean posting to the mailing list, then you have already suc

Re: [Gimp-user] pixels to dpi

2009-04-07 Thread Bob Long
nology: http://www.scantips.com/basics01.html -- Bob Long ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

Re: [Gimp-user] how to clone a text layer (not how to do clone on a layer)

2009-03-02 Thread Bob Long
Chris Mohler wrote: > On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 2:48 AM, Bob Long wrote: [..] >> My standard Ubuntu 8.10 with all updates is running GIMP 2.4.5 (repeat: >> 2.4.5, not 2.5.4). > > Well, we're getting pretty off-topic here, but maybe you meant 8.04? > > $ cat /etc/is

Re: [Gimp-user] how to clone a text layer (not how to do clone on a layer)

2009-03-02 Thread Bob Long
y standard Ubuntu 8.10 with all updates is running GIMP 2.4.5 (repeat: 2.4.5, not 2.5.4). -- Bob Long ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

Re: [Gimp-user] anyone use Epson Stylus Photo R2880 Ink Jet Printer

2009-01-29 Thread Bob Long
quot; But I know no more details than that. -- Bob Long ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

Re: [Gimp-user] Fonts

2009-01-05 Thread Bob Meetin
Tagg wrote: How can I add more fonts to gimp? It will depend on your OS, Linux, MAC, Win, etc but if you follow the standard method of installing fonts for your computer, GIMP should recognize them. Might have to reboot, not sure. ___ Gimp-user m

Re: [Gimp-user] perfect circle

2008-12-14 Thread Bob Meetin
& 4 with the .png files. I don't see much difference. Is there any reason why the png -depth 4 should not be used on a web page. I assume the IE pngfix will still work with it. -Bob Johan Vromans wrote: > Bob Meetin writes: > >> This seems simple, but I tried: >&g

[Gimp-user] perfect circle

2008-12-14 Thread Bob Meetin
one pixel too small. -- Bob ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

Re: [Gimp-user] Trying to make a mirror image.(Shadow)

2008-12-03 Thread Bob Meetin
down A, you can easily do that in GIMP by combining two images.  There are also some _javascript_, probably Mootools, library effects that you can use to achieve a similar effect.  Squeeze my arm and I'll find a relevant page off list. -- Bob Meetin www.dottedi.biz 303-926-0167 Hook up wit

[Gimp-user] Search and replace text in text layer

2008-11-30 Thread Bob S.
Is there any way either by scripting or externally to search and replace a text string in GIMP. I have several images that have multiple text layers, I would like to have a template image that I can just do a search and replace of the text strings to create a new image. Thanks in advance -- Bob

[Gimp-user] 300dpi image from 72dpi

2008-09-10 Thread Bob Meetin
ll in as 300dpi? -- Bob Meetin www.dottedi.biz 303-926-0167 Hook up with me on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Plaxo Pulse and Bebo or catch my blog at www.dottedi.biz/blog.php Standards - you gotta love em - there are so many to choose from! ___ Gimp-us

Re: [Gimp-user] Can gimp run on external hard drive?

2008-09-02 Thread Bob Meetin
see: http://portableapps.com/news/2008-06-04_-_gimp_portable_2.4.6 -- Bob Meetin www.dottedi.biz 303-926-0167 Hook up with me on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Plaxo Pulse and Bebo or catch my blog at www.dottedi.biz/blog.php Standards - you gotta love em - there are so many to choose from

Re: [Gimp-user] Can gimp run on external hard drive?

2008-09-01 Thread Bob Long
without having to install > the program on all computers. Does anyone know if this is possible > with gimp or does it use too many resources and memory? The hard > drive will be 250 gb if that makes a difference. Thanks Sarah Lee For Windows, http://porta

[Gimp-user] reset

2008-07-13 Thread Bob Meetin
On windows how do I reset GIMP (2.2) to default, vanilla? Can I do this through the GUI or is there a config file which I can delete? -Bob ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp

[Gimp-user] installation for the commoner

2008-06-09 Thread Bob Meetin
For the commoner running windows do you still need to first download and install GTK + 2.10.6-1 runtime environment before installing GIMP 2.4 or is there a bundle that only involves one download/install available? This is for clients who need it simple... -- Bob Meetin dotted i - Internet

[Gimp-user] simple how to background image

2008-04-18 Thread Bob Meetin
repeating pattern? -- Bob ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

Re: [Gimp-user] How to open image in existing gimp instance

2008-03-25 Thread Bob Long
Tanveer Singh wrote: > On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 1:21 PM, Bob Long <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [..] >> If I associate to gimpwin-remote (C:\Program >> Files\GIMP-2.0\bin\gimp-win-remote.exe) then only one instance of >> GIMP appears. However, there also appears a me

Re: [Gimp-user] How to open image in existing gimp instance

2008-03-25 Thread Bob Long
open it. Interestingly, the "GIMP Message" error appears only when the first image is opened. If I close the error window and open subsequent images, the error does not appear again (unless I close GIMP completely, and then it appears again for the first image opened). -- Bo

Re: [Gimp-user] canvas size to add

2008-01-24 Thread Bob Long
can't even access it. I know Layer|Layer to Image size works. The current background colour is used. -- Bob Long ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

[Gimp-user] resize image, loss of quality / successive saves

2008-01-17 Thread Bob Meetin
repetitive save, loss of quality problem as opening and resaving an image? i.e. qulity-wise am i better off going back to the vanilla image and saving once for each image size as opposed to repetitive saves during one open image session? -- Bob

Re: [Gimp-user] Alt Key

2007-12-29 Thread Bob Long
Thomas Worthington wrote: > On Sat, 29 Dec 2007 21:42:54 -0000, Bob Long <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [..] >> a) Do you know the ratio you want to end up with before you start >> cropping? > > I usually have a target ratio and some leeway. So I might know that > the i

Re: [Gimp-user] Alt Key

2007-12-29 Thread Bob Long
y setting the exact ratio in the tool is difficult to do. It ensures the crop will be exactly what you want, without having to watch the current ratio and stop dragging at just the right spot. If b), then I agree that 2.4 does not show the ratio information, as far as I can see. -- Bob

Re: [Gimp-user] slide copying

2007-12-29 Thread Bob Meetin
software for copying 35 mm thru 6x7 cm transparencies (and negatives). It works wonderfully - might have cost a tad over $100 US. I made a custom template out of cardboard so that I could copy my 4"x5" large format transparencies and negatives as well. This was time-consuming but work

Re: [Gimp-user] Question about involuntary resizing

2007-11-09 Thread Bob Meetin
Simon, Maybe you can post a page for us to see the original, unedited, then the page where you see the resizing. I use ImageMagick and others use other programs to do auto-resizing (size, quality, etc) of uploaded images to ensure that they fit within the space intended. -Bob Simon Roberts

Re: [Gimp-user] some quary

2007-10-09 Thread Bob Long
of the image; click the tool; select the option in the lower area to move the layer, or selection, etc. -- Bob long ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

Re: [Gimp-user] photo resolution

2007-10-04 Thread Bob Long
"DPI" etc. from the main site: http://scantips.com/ -- Bob Long ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

Re: [Gimp-user] curvy shape with separating bar - another example

2007-09-12 Thread Bob Meetin - www.dottedi.biz
An example of what I would like to be able to create in gimp: http://www.bigstockphoto.com/images/bsp-headleft.gif --> the smooth horizontal curvy shape white/light green, with the separating green border that grows from left to right Is this reasonably doable in GIMP? Bob Mee

[Gimp-user] curvy shape with separating bar

2007-09-12 Thread Bob Meetin - www.dottedi.biz
ow do you create a shape like this with smooth curves, not the jagged stuff? When I used the 'elliptical region tool' to create a circle it looks pretty good. -- Bob Meetin dotted i - Internet Strategies & Solutions www.dottedi.biz 303-926-0167 _

Re: [Gimp-user] Making a Stereoimage of Each Layer

2007-08-02 Thread Bob Meetin
If you are doing something like this repetitively you might want to consider using ImageMagick and its command-line tool, convert. It can be used to combine sequentially either horizontally or vertically multiple images. No more said as that is another user group. -Bob Sven Neumann wrote

[Gimp-user] soft-edge effect with corner

2007-07-29 Thread Bob Meetin
I know how to create drop shadows and round corners, but I'm really foggy on how to combine the two and create a corner with a soft inner gradient type edge. To see an example visit: http://www.homestead.com/~site/hslo/website/gallery3.ffhtml select the fist template (pink with spa). it would

Re: [Gimp-user] printing on DVD

2007-07-19 Thread Bob Long
ffice.org Draw to do that (and GIMP for any actual image work). Draw lets you arrange shapes (circles, in this case) so that nothing prints outside the outer circle, and nothing prints in the inner circle. -- Bob Long ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-us

[Gimp-user] toolbox configuration

2007-05-27 Thread Bob Meetin
g that was selected in a previous session? -bob ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

Re: [Gimp-user] How do you select the inside of a circle?

2007-05-22 Thread Bob Meetin
here is a sample comparing 2 400 pixel circles created with Chris's instructions www.dottedi.biz/codesamples/images/400x400_circle.gif www.dottedi.biz/codesamples/images/400x400_circle.png 1. make elliptical selection (select elliptical region) 1.1. hold the shift key down as you drag and this

Re: [Gimp-user] baffling image resolution question

2007-05-20 Thread Bob Meetin
Schroeven wrote: > Bob Meetin schreef: > >> See example images at www.dottedi.biz/codesamples/broken >> >> The image (vanilla) was taken with an ordinary digital slr. I know it >> is large - if you check the other image, same problem. It is 300dpi. >> You ca

[Gimp-user] baffling image resolution question

2007-05-20 Thread Bob Meetin
tting in Gimp that I might have innocently messed up or other? -Bob ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

Re: [Gimp-user] swapping color - resolved

2007-04-30 Thread Bob Meetin
offer better support for transparency with .pngs. The pngfix workarounds are fatiguing. happy to go, Bob Scott Bicknell wrote: > On Sunday, April 29, 2007 9:42 am, Scott Bicknell wrote: > > >> I created a test image 400x300 pixels and filled it with a gradient >> from uppe

[Gimp-user] swapping color

2007-04-29 Thread Bob Meetin
z/codesamples/images/shape.gif www.dottedi.biz/codesamples/images/shape.jpg www.dottedi.biz/codesamples/images/shape.png I don't really want to be using .jpg or .png images unless I have to. So the question, what is causing the replacement to fail and is there a way to make or convet th

Re: [Gimp-user] No multiple GIMP instances...

2007-04-20 Thread Bob Long
new image file) - I get multiple >> instances of the Gimp. >> I want to use one application, and every new file must be opened in >> this Gimp. >> >> Can I set this option in anywhere? Not in the GIMP itself. Associate the image files with gimp-win-remote.ex

Re: [Gimp-user] Logo uses RoostHeavy Font.

2007-04-12 Thread Bob Meetin
If you are on a windows pc, all you should need to do is install the font via the windows control panel. To do this, go to Start --> Control Panel --> Fonts Drag/drop the font into this folder. You might have to restart gimp, but in my case it works fine and also with my other utilities that u

[Gimp-user] is it possible to create a fade transition .gif iwth GIMP

2007-04-06 Thread Bob Meetin
Subject says it all, mostly. I'd like to know if it is possible to create a fade-in, fade-out transitional effect with a single .gif image using GIMP? Preferaby where the image one fade out intersects with the image two fade in? -Bob ___ Gimp

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