Re: [Gimp-user] templates

2011-08-19 Thread David Gowers (kampu)
On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 7:38 PM, Paul Le Grice wrote: > I am new to Gimp and want to use it to create individual body maps of skin > lesions by drawing on a body part template and pasting to patient notes. > However, when I save a body map as a template, I can't seem to access it > again to modi

Re: [Gimp-user] Working with imported images and layers

2011-07-31 Thread David Gowers (kampu)
On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 12:32 AM, Fred J wrote: > ** > This, besides the text tool, is probably one of the most unintuitive > features in Gimp. > > - Find an image on Google / hard drive. > - Drop it into your working area. > - Change it's transparency. > - Resize / Rotate and, suddenly, the trans

Re: [Gimp-user] Why is 16/32bpp taking so long?

2011-07-21 Thread David Gowers (kampu)
Some points: * These are not forums. This is a mailing list. Accessing it through the unofficial gimpusers.com 'forum interface' doesn't change that fact. * The official GIMP site has problems, mainly to do with lacking a maintainer. It tends to be only updated on releases and other major events

Re: [Gimp-user] Question on Layer Blending Modes

2011-05-18 Thread David Gowers (kampu)
On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 8:39 AM, kevin gilbert wrote: > In the section "5.8 Practical Uses of Blending Modes" of the book "Grokking > the GIMP" (see, e.g., http://www.dig.cs.gc.cuny.edu/manuals/Gimp2/Grokking- > the-GIMP-v1.0/node57.html ) there is an example of how to use blending modes > to alte

Re: [Gimp-user] Downloading and Loading Gimp

2011-03-10 Thread David Joyner
thing like that. I think I have to add that to gimp's autogen as well. After gimp finished building, it is a binart in /opt/gimp-2.7/bin. You have to start up xdarwin then run gimp using the terminal command gimp-2.7 --display=:0.0. Hope this helps others. On Sun, Mar 6, 2011 at 6:46 PM, Da

Re: [Gimp-user] Downloading and Loading Gimp

2011-03-06 Thread David Joyner
On Sun, Mar 6, 2011 at 12:57 AM, Joseph D. Valley wrote: > Problem: Gimp will not open > Solution: Gimp opens > > Here's my machine and os: MacBook Pro OS X 10.6.6 > > Here's what I have done so far. > > 1. Downloaded Gimp: GIMP-2.6.11-Snow-Leopard.dmg > 2. Downloaded XQuartz-2.6.0.dmg > 3. Insert

Re: [Gimp-user] Stacking images

2011-02-16 Thread David Manley
Thanks. This looks like it may be what I'm looking for. David On 16 February 2011 19:39, Rob Antonishen wrote: > Check out this page for a set of astronomy tools for gimp. Never used > them, but I recalled seeing them > > http://hennigbuam.de/georg/gim

[Gimp-user] Stacking images

2011-02-16 Thread David Manley
anyone using Gimp for this purpose? If so can you please outline the steps taken? David ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

Re: [Gimp-user] wavelet sharpen - cannot find it in 2.6

2011-02-13 Thread David Gowers (kampu)
kage is defective or b) you haven't actually installed the right package. My father runs an ubuntu system, so I checked out the package listings there. >From what I can see, there is no wavelet sharpen package in the standard repositories. What package are you talking about? D

Re: [Gimp-user] commercial use

2011-01-13 Thread David Gowers (kampu)
On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 3:02 PM, Matthew Corrie Wade wrote: > Hello.  I would like to be able to use Gimp to alter designs for commercial > use - is this allowed?  Thanks for your time. > > -- > Matthew Corrie Wade > Seducing the Count > Breathing Geometry & Dance > www.seducingthecount.com > 0401

Re: [Gimp-user] Gimp not Recognizing Tablet SOLVED?

2011-01-08 Thread David Herman
On Friday 07 January 2011, Ofnuts wrote: > On 01/02/2011 08:11 AM, sacrificed4ha...@aol.com wrote: > > I tried to "install" my wacom tablet into the Gimp program, but > > nothing happened. In Gimp, > > > > I went under Preferences, went to "Input Devices" and clicked on > > "Configure Extended Inp

Re: [Gimp-user] Merging n everything

2010-12-28 Thread David Gowers (kampu)
GIMP-GAP plugin does what you want. 1. Convert your text into a GAP animation, 2. Convert your background into a gap animation (duplicate that single frame 69 or however many times -- you can do the whole thing in a few clicks using Video->Duplicate frames) 3. Use GAP's navigator to move to the fi

Re: [Gimp-user] Why doesn't "drawable area" follow the dimensions of a layer?

2010-12-15 Thread David Gowers (kampu)
On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 3:51 PM, Lambertus wrote: >>Hello David and thank you for the quick reply! > >>Now, using the word "Canvas" rather than "Drawable area" makes things a lot >>more sane immediately, and your >>explanation is accurate and acc

Re: [Gimp-user] Mikethedj4's Self Introduction

2010-12-04 Thread David Herman
On Saturday 04 December 2010, Greg Chapman wrote: > Hi David, -snip--- > > (Though I might have used the word, blunt, rather than heavy handed > :-) ) Blunt it shall be then ;-) see ya dh ___ Gimp-user mailing li

Re: [Gimp-user] Mikethedj4's Self Introduction

2010-12-04 Thread David Herman
On Saturday 04 December 2010, Greg Chapman wrote: > Hi Mike, > > On 04 Dec 10 01:25 mikethedj4 said: > > I was wondering, for later questions, and such is there any way to > > embed images, and such on this forum, maybe via HTML??? > > No! --snip- Actually Greg, your he

[Gimp-user] Help with image alterations

2010-10-11 Thread David Cooney
Hello List - I recently downloaded the GIMP2.6 and have been playing with it in an attempt to modify some existing pictures and generally play with the outcome.  Kind of like Mr. Potato Head (hopefully you know what that is) , I am trying to take a part of one picture, say the nose, and transpos

Re: [Gimp-user] Linux distros with GIMP 2.6.10 preinstalled?

2010-10-07 Thread David Herman
On Thursday 07 October 2010, Gino D wrote: > On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 12:19 AM, Mike_tn wrote: > > One More Distro! > > > > Linux Mint 9 has GIMP in the Live CD > > Good to know. So far, I wrongly thought that Mint Live CD, for the > reason of being Ubuntu-based, would be devoid of GIMP. > > Mike

Re: [Gimp-user] Gimp 2.6's Clipboard Brush - disable possible?

2010-09-22 Thread David Gowers (kampu)
On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 11:13 PM, SilversleevesX wrote: > Hi. > > This is my first post to the list. > > I wanted to know if it were possible to disable the Clipboard Brush > feature in GIMP 2.6? > > Frankly, I think a better direction for something copied or cut to the > Clipboard would be to Pat

Re: [Gimp-user] batch script help

2010-09-14 Thread David Hodson
> anything on the gimp front? Google "gimp batch process". Five of the first six hits point to David's Batch Processor plugin. -- David ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mai

Re: [Gimp-user] Increasing pixel size

2010-07-25 Thread David Gowers
On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 11:39 PM, Andrew wrote: > On 07/25/2010 03:49 AM, Byram wrote: > > I have an old 7 mp image that I'm trying to increase to around 10MP. I've > read it's best to increase by 10%, then unsharpen, and repeat process until > you get to the desired result. > > I unsharpened wit

Re: [Gimp-user] Making Source Code Available

2010-07-23 Thread David Herman
On Friday 23 July 2010, wal...@12on14.com wrote: > I am writing a user book on GIMP, and in conjunction with making available > several excerpts (tutorials), I put GIMP 2.6.8 for windows on my site, > along with the users manual, and related Python files. > > I would like to comply with the GPL --

Re: [Gimp-user] Smoothing inked lines?

2010-07-14 Thread David Gowers
On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 6:05 AM, Marc Carson wrote: > I've been scanning inks into GIMP, then moving them over to Inkscape for > tracing to make the lines smoother. Is there a way to do this in GIMP alone? > I don't mean vector tracing, just getting rid of the smaller abnormalities > or fuzziness

Re: [Gimp-user] Why doesn't "drawable area" follow the dimensions of a layer?

2010-04-15 Thread David Gowers
it's not visible; but such thoughts are inaccurate, you can draw, paste, etc on it just the same as any other layer; the layer just is not visible until you move your layer back within canvas bounds Hope that helps, David ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

Re: [Gimp-user] A sequence of actions

2010-03-31 Thread David Hodson
cripting). It's limited in its operations (by design and lack of spare time), but many people find it useful. -- David ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

Re: [Gimp-user] Edit Zoom ratios?

2010-03-14 Thread David Gowers
light the first character in the popup (assuming the popup says something like '800%'), type 6, hit Enter. No dialog required. David ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

[Gimp-user] What do web designers want from GIMP?

2010-03-12 Thread David Gowers
*: * What tasks do you want to know how to do using GIMP? * What tasks do you find excessively difficult to do with GIMP or believe that there *must* be a better way than your current way? * Is there any topic that you feel it's particularly important to cover? Thank you :) David Gowers *

Re: [Gimp-user] ?? Status of remembering Layers setting for Canvas Resizing -- in most recent version

2010-03-09 Thread David Gowers
On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 7:40 AM, Jay Smith wrote: > If this issue has not been addressed yet and if I can't find anything in > Bugzilla on it, I want to make an Enhancement Suggestion, first on the > Gimp-Developer list, then Bugzilla. > > However, I don't have the quick or convenient ability to c

Re: [Gimp-user] The Gimp is BIG now

2010-03-09 Thread David Gowers
On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 6:34 AM, JamesGreen wrote: > I used Gimp back when it first came out and I use to know my way around it > pretty well. Not anymore! I just got Gimp 2.6.8 and OMG...it has like 100x the > feature set of the original! I'm lost and can't make it work. :( > > So, I thought that

Re: [Gimp-user] Is there a preference setting for this?

2010-03-05 Thread David Gowers
uld drop one image onto the depiction of Wilbur, then drop the other onto the image window which has now appeared. The second sounds like what would happen if you opened them each separately. That is, dropping first one image, then the other onto Wilbur (in the toolbo

Re: [Gimp-user] Moving images from point a to b animated

2010-02-20 Thread David Gowers
On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 7:18 PM, Burnie West wrote: > On 02/19/2010 11:05 PM, Scott wrote: >>> I don't see animation. Seems like the animation you've attempted >>> should appear in the header1 image; but that's a jpg but not a gif. >> Well it is my first atempt and I just did what the forum post t

Re: [Gimp-user] Can I Subtract a color overall?

2010-01-31 Thread David Gowers
On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 1:05 AM, John Mills wrote: > Thanks to Stefan, Dan, and David for your replies. I'll look into all three > approaches, but this looks most directly like what I had in mind. > > My limited intuition seemed to suggest that since RGB is an additive color >

Re: [Gimp-user] Can I Subtract a color overall?

2010-01-30 Thread David Gowers
is method will clip out detail of colors that are as bright or brighter than the real paper color. This is basically unavoidable according to your description of the problem. HTH, David ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp _scripts_ in languages other than scheme?

2010-01-29 Thread David Gowers
On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 7:36 PM, Arian Sanusi wrote: > Owen schrieb: Hi, Is it possible to have gimp _scripts_ (not plug-ins) in other languages than scheme? Python p.ex.? When I place a python script in ~/.gimp-2.6/scripts the function is not accessible from the sche

Re: [Gimp-user] Quick copy-pasting between Inkscape and GIMP

2010-01-28 Thread David Gowers
On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 10:13 PM, Gino D wrote: > Hi. > >> I understand that this could just as well have been posted on the >> Inkscape mailing list (if there is any) but I'm only a subscriber to >> this one, so here goes nothing. >> >> I'm looking for a faster way to copy-paste things from Inksc

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

2010-01-20 Thread David Gowers
On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 11:22 AM, Programmer In Training wrote: > On 1/19/2010 6:43 PM, Alexandre Prokoudine wrote: >> On 1/20/10, Programmer In Training wrote: >> itch I am scratching: I run Linux but hate to manage windows and/or workspaces, and single-window mode will fix this for me.

Re: [Gimp-user] 8 bit png warning / enhancement

2010-01-19 Thread David Hodson
t was 16 bit greyscale and the output ends up with 8 bit > greyscale. This has nothing to do with exporting png files. The conversion happens when you open the file - all images in Gimp are only 8 bits per channel. -- David ___ Gimp-user mailing

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

2010-01-15 Thread David Hodson
On Fri, 2010-01-15 at 18:07 -0600, Paul Hartman wrote: > On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 5:54 PM, David Hodson wrote: > > On Fri, 2010-01-15 at 13:32 -0600, Paul Hartman wrote: > >> [...] the same JPG can be interpreted differently by > >> different software, so opening it i

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

2010-01-15 Thread David Hodson
reate the same uncompressed version. -- David ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

Re: [Gimp-user] Color Management Woes

2010-01-14 Thread David Gowers
On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 4:18 PM, Frank Gore wrote: > On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 11:43 PM, David Gowers <00a...@gmail.com> wrote: >> We don't know if their formats are crazy. >> But they certainly appear to be undocumented. Until they are >> documented, or someon

Re: [Gimp-user] Color Management Woes

2010-01-13 Thread David Gowers
On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 11:25 AM, Frank Gore wrote: > On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 7:36 PM, Frank Gore wrote: >> As I mentioned, all the commercial applications I've tried had no >> problems determining the appropriate color space for these files. It's >> only open source tools that are unable to, inc

Re: [Gimp-user] Color Management Woes

2010-01-13 Thread David Gowers
On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 9:16 AM, Frank Gore wrote: > I've been pulling my hair out trying to figure out color management in Gimp. > > In the preferences, I clearly have "File Open Behaviour" set to "Ask > what to do". My working profile is sRGB, and so is my Monitor profile. > I have "Display rend

Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP and transparency

2010-01-07 Thread David Gowers
On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 3:22 PM, Rick Duley wrote: > I've been poking around manuals and such in GIMP but I cannot find the > magic word. > I'm not a computer graphics geek - not by any standards - so I just > refer to the functionality I need as "transparency".  I need a GIF > file with a transpar

Re: [Gimp-user] python script for rectangle selection

2010-01-02 Thread David Hodson
and > save the image as a png file without compression. You should be able to do this using David's Batch Processor. It will let you define a fixed region to crop from an image and save as png, then apply that to multiple images. No scri

Re: [Gimp-user] Image -> Flatten Image not available on newly created image with pasted in layer (floating selection)

2009-12-18 Thread David Gowers
On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 3:56 AM, Jay Smith wrote: > GIMP 2.6.6 running on Ubuntu 8.04 "Hardy" Linux. > > Is this a bug? > > Should I post this on the developer list instead? > > Am I doing this incorrectly? > > At a minimum, I think there is some GUI confusion... at least it is not > logical to my

[Gimp-user] Recent improvements of the G'MIC project.

2009-12-09 Thread David T.
s really more accurate (so you will probably set the parameters only once), and the parameters are easier to adjust (since the preview is updating faster). -- David T. (via www.gimpusers.com) ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley

[Gimp-user] Recent improvements of the G'MIC project.

2009-12-09 Thread David Tschumperle
l these improvements are important evolutions of the G'MIC plug-in, for a better user experience. Let me know if you find it useful (or totally useless) Regards, David. -- David Tschumperle (via www.gimpusers.com) ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

Re: [Gimp-user] Native Support for SVG

2009-12-08 Thread David Gowers
On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 6:52 AM, Cédric Gémy wrote: > > There is no non-sense that Inkscape supports some bitmap operations and > also no nonsense that a bitmap applications support some vector > possibilities simply because in many project, you simply need to mix > vector and bitmap datas. > > a l

Re: [Gimp-user] Native Support for SVG

2009-12-07 Thread David Gowers
On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 12:35 PM, Programmer In Training < p...@joseph-a-nagy-jr.us> wrote: > I was looking at the changelog for 2.7 and I still don't see GIMP moving > any closer to supporting SVG (which is quickly becoming not-so-rare). > I'd rather not have to go to another tool to create SVGs (

Re: [Gimp-user] How to despeckle?

2009-12-02 Thread David Hodson
gt; see, it doesn't do anything. Set image mode to RGB, Filter->despeckle->set Black level to -1 and White level to 256. Set image mode back to indexed if you like. Works fine. -- David <>___ Gimp-user mailing list

Re: [Gimp-user] Brush edit problem

2009-11-20 Thread David Gowers
On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 4:00 AM, Chris wrote: > I want to create a straight line that's two pixels wide. There's a brush > that's 1px, and another that's 3px, so I created a new brush, made it a square > one and selected a radius of 1.0px. If I do this, the brush appears to be 3px > in width. > >

[Gimp-user] New stable release of the G'MIC plug-in for GIMP.

2009-10-23 Thread David Tschumperle
ilters dysfunctions, and to propose new ideas. Concerning this point, I would like to thank the Flickr GIMP group users for their valuable comments on G'MIC. So, please do not hesitate to download and test the plug-in. It's really small and easy to install (at least, it is intended to

Re: [Gimp-user] How to select whole layer and only layer

2009-10-19 Thread David Gowers
On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 10:40 AM, Adam Majewski wrote: > > Dnia Tue, 20 Oct 2009 09:29:26 +1030 > David Gowers <00a...@gmail.com> napisał(a): > >> >  I would like to know how to make selection for whole layer >> >  and only area of layer. >> >  (shou

Re: [Gimp-user] what happened to layer folders layer masks?

2009-10-19 Thread David Gowers
On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 12:06 PM, Brett wrote: > I don't know if the developers planned it or decided to take it out. but in > the earlier dev versions of gimp before the single widow mode XD, when layer > folders was first introduced their was the ability to add a layer mask to that > folder.. ..

Re: [Gimp-user] How to select whole layer and only layer

2009-10-19 Thread David Gowers
On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 7:07 AM, Adam Majewski wrote: > > >  Hi there! > >  I would like to know how to make selection for whole layer >  and only area of layer. >  (should it be named "layer to selection"?) It is, in fact, named 'alpha to selection', in the layers dialog. (or in the layers->trans

Re: [Gimp-user] contribute to my cause

2009-10-05 Thread David Herman
On Monday 05 October 2009, harold wrote: > >hello.. > > > >I'm creating a linux distro which is the first in my country > > (Dominican repolishing) but still do not have artwork, I have > > nothing prepared and if they can not help to create the > > wallpaper and boot screens like the logo . --

Re: [Gimp-user] Gimp 2.6.7 install on Centos 5.3

2009-09-29 Thread David Herman
On Friday 25 September 2009, Greg S. wrote: > This is the 3rd time I have posted this item and it has not > appeared in the forum. > Has anyone installed gimp 2.6.7 on Centos 5.3 or Redhat EL5. > > I have searched the net and there appears to be no rpm's for the > above OS's. > > Has anyone got any

Re: [Gimp-user] Bits per channel

2009-09-29 Thread David Gowers
On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 9:13 PM, Ken Warner wrote: > Working with 16 bit per channel images will be great! > > 16 bits per channel is essential when working with high > dynamic range (HDR) images. > > What is the timeline for 2.10/3.0? I believe you'll find that you can only get a meaningful time

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

2009-09-21 Thread David Gowers
On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 6:26 PM, Noel Stoutenburg wrote: > Friends, > > I'm trying to figure the best way to use GIMP blend colors in a > particular application. > > I have a topographical map, and I want to apply a color gradient which > follows the contour lines of the map, and blends from a dar

Re: [Gimp-user] drop out background tutorial

2009-09-15 Thread David Gowers
On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 7:02 AM, 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 image at: http://w

Re: [Gimp-user] Scaling and resolution

2009-09-14 Thread David Gowers
On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 9:40 AM, Patrick Horgan wrote: > Jaime Seuma wrote: > > Hi > > This is an interesting question also to me. > > David Gowers wrote: > > > > No, if you turn off View->Dot for dot then the DPI relative to your > display DPI is used to s

Re: [Gimp-user] Scaling and resolution

2009-09-12 Thread David Gowers
On Sat, Sep 12, 2009 at 12:27 AM, Michael J. M. wrote: > Hello all, > > I experimented with the resolution settings in the gimp --> scale image > menu. > > The resolution does not seem to have any effect on the rendering of the image > on a computer screen. > > It has no effect on file size either

Re: [Gimp-user] A "non-tool" selection...

2009-09-05 Thread David Gowers
On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 12:05 PM, Ilya Zakharevich wrote: > Why should *A USER* care how some #...@% *named* a tool? > > Why should *A USER* care what *another* user supposes is "a correct > tool for the job"? (Assume that the first user has considered the > suggestion, appreciated the suggestion,

Re: [Gimp-user] Important menu options are missing

2009-09-04 Thread David Gowers
On Sat, Sep 5, 2009 at 12:41 PM, Bill S. wrote: > I'm using GIMP 2.6.6 that came with my Ubuntu 9.04 distro.   I've been trying > to learn about GIMP.  I bought a book about GIMP for $45.  The book says there > should be a menu item called DIALOGS in the FILE menu but my GIMP doesn't have > the DIA

Re: [Gimp-user] FG/BG color tool

2009-08-26 Thread David Gowers
On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 10:53 AM, Carusoswi wrote: > Sven: > You're losing me.  I understand that, since I've opened that window, it now > shows up when I go to Windows --> Recently Closed Docks.  But, if I haven't > used that Dock, how would I pull it up from the Windows drop down menu? > Sorry to

[Gimp-user] Gimp help pages (Windows)

2009-08-25 Thread Detty, David W
I saw the post on the issue with Gimp help pages. Did this ever get resolved? I've never used Gimp before but after installing 2.6.7 I get the same behavior. Dave Detty ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Ber

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

2009-08-25 Thread David Gowers
On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 6:10 PM, Asif Lodhi wrote: > 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 li

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

2009-08-24 Thread David Gowers
On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 9:00 AM, Asif Lodhi wrote: > 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? Nietzsche also wrote "God is dead. God remains dead. And we

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

2009-08-22 Thread David Gowers
On Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 1:33 PM, wrote: > I'm looking for a mathematical definition of this scale. > > http://docs.gimp.org/en/gimp-tool-levels.html says 0 is black and 255 is > white.  What's in between?  Is 7 double the brightness of 6? Have you not experimented with it? 7 is nowhere near being

Re: [Gimp-user] Scaling a foto

2009-08-17 Thread David Herman
On Monday 17 August 2009, Monika Himpelmann wrote: > Dear all, > I have a question and maybe it is easy to answer and has been > answered before although I didn't find it in the FAQ's. > > When I try to scale a foto in order to get it passport photo size > it looses quality. The fotos I want to sca

Re: [Gimp-user] Levels tool with Layers

2009-08-12 Thread David Gowers
On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 5:19 AM, Martin Nordholts wrote: > On 08/12/2009 04:21 PM, David Gowers wrote: > btw, martin nordholts is doing some great work > on layer trees presently and in the last few months.. they are shaping > up well. > > You are confusing me with another M.N.

Re: [Gimp-user] Levels tool with Layers

2009-08-12 Thread David Gowers
On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 9:36 PM, Gary Collins wrote: > It seems to me that gimp works a bit differently from photoshop. In > photoshop (actually, I'm still using 'elements-2', can you believe? Although > I have got Richard Lynch's excellent "hidden power" installed which releases > a lot more of th

Re: [Gimp-user] Please ,check this image

2009-08-01 Thread David Gowers
> >560484 lightbulb.jpg > > > > / Martin > > Martin, > > Very "enlightening". > > In normal use of the program, how would the user known that there was > such an embedded ICC color profile and thus to use the technique you > outlined? Alt

Re: [Gimp-user] batch mode in gimp, add alpha, change color

2009-07-27 Thread David Hodson
e image one at a time. Not the most efficient technique, but it should work. -- David ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

Re: [Gimp-user] Can you help me understand this "wrong colormap" bug/problem?

2009-07-11 Thread David Gowers
has a tab devoted to describing the ICC profile. 2. I would guess you should try to assign the default sRGB profile to this image -- as all 'dumb' (ICC-unaware) programs will display images as if they are sRGB, because most monitors approximate sRGB. David ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

Re: [Gimp-user] batches for web

2009-07-07 Thread David Gowers
On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 8:45 AM, Patrick Horgan wrote: > The truth is that Gimp displays to you using your screen resolution, so if > you originally created an image at 72dpi and 216x216 pixels and another > image at 4800dpi and 216x216 pixels, Gimp will display them the same. Sort of true, see belo

Re: [Gimp-user] Using GIMP on Netbooks?

2009-06-22 Thread David Herman
On Monday 22 June 2009, Mewshi Mewshi wrote: > Hello! > > I just got a Lenovo S10 Netbook, with a 10" screen. The problem > is, with such a small-ish screen, I can't see part of the tool > windows in GIMP! > > If anyone has ideas, I'm listening :) Plug into a regular monitor when wiorking, w/ a l

Re: [Gimp-user] Edit > Stroke Selection, Paint Tool=Paintbrush verses using the same Paintbrush Tool directly

2009-06-15 Thread David Gowers
plying paint, you are better off converting the selection to a path then stroking the path (with no selection active). To illustrate -- use the paths tool to create a rectangle, and stroke that path. The resultant stroking should display exactly the same appearance as your freehand rectangle. Davi

Re: [Gimp-user] How do I get a smooth diagonal line

2009-06-15 Thread David Gowers
On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 8:27 AM, DJ wrote: > Hi David, gimp-users, > >> Are you looking for click, move to line end, shift-click?? > > I can draw, or a better way to say it, I can create a line or > selection for that matter -- the marching ants. I can technically > creat

Re: [Gimp-user] How do I get a smooth diagonal line

2009-06-15 Thread David Gowers
Are you looking for click, move to line end, shift-click?? On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 7:48 AM, DJ wrote: > Hi Gimp-user, > > See the plain-old wooden fence at the top of this page. > http://www.artsconnected.org/toolkit/encyc_linetypes.html > Simply, right :-)  I wanted practice drawing lines, shapes

Re: [Gimp-user] Print Quality Poorer than Word?

2009-06-10 Thread David Gowers
r-based application like Inkscape or Scribus. Personally, I would use Inkscape for such a task. However, you can certainly achieve what you want with good quality in GIMP, through applying improved understanding of the raster medium (eg the meaning and use of dpi/ppi) David ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

Re: [Gimp-user] Setting Keyboard Shortcut for Windows > Dockable Dialogs?

2009-06-06 Thread David Gowers
text would change back to > "Disabled". This is normal: shortcuts can only be associated with menu items, not submenus. David ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

Re: [Gimp-user] Tool Options and finding a resource

2009-05-31 Thread David Gowers
On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 10:06 AM, DJ wrote: > Hi David, GimpUsers, > This definitely works in the Tools (list view), like Text Tool, Blend > Tool, Paintbrush Tool. Nice! Just what I was looking for. > > But it doesn't work in the Dialogs, like Font Dialog, Gradients > Dialo

Re: [Gimp-user] Tool Options and finding a resource

2009-05-30 Thread David Gowers
I had known this, I would have hardly needed to wait for tagging, as I'd already included categorization in the gradient + pattern naming David. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

Re: [Gimp-user] Tool Options and finding a resource

2009-05-29 Thread David Gowers
tter of 5 seconds? I can. I agree that the preview of fonts is comparitively sluggish VS eg. gradients or patterns. I think the previews should be calculated in idle time, so that scrolling and selection can be instant. David ___ Gimp-user mailing list G

Re: [Gimp-user] Copy a "layer mask" from one layer to another layer?

2009-05-29 Thread David Gowers
On Sat, May 30, 2009 at 9:01 AM, DJ wrote: > Hi David, gimp-users, > >>> Is it possible to copy a "layer mask" from one layer to another layer? >> Yes, make it so that you are editing the layer mask on both, then >> select all and Copy from one and Paste

Re: [Gimp-user] Copy a "layer mask" from one layer to another layer?

2009-05-29 Thread David Gowers
On Sat, May 30, 2009 at 8:13 AM, DJ wrote: > Hi Gimp-user, > > Is it possible to copy a "layer mask" from one layer to another layer? Yes, make it so that you are editing the layer mask on both, then select all and Copy from one and Paste t

Re: [Gimp-user] How do I use measure tool in mm

2009-05-28 Thread David Gowers
asure tool typically used image units -- so if that's set to mm, so should the measure tool give mm. I'm pretty sure this happened for me with inches, it was quite annoying in my case. David ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkele

Re: [Gimp-user] Anyway to add multiple Guides at once?

2009-05-27 Thread David Gowers
to choose between adding h and v guides should also be easy. David ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

Re: [Gimp-user] change active tool from script

2009-05-19 Thread David Gowers
Paintbrush, but actually you can't (not in Script-Fu; I always use Python to write my GIMP plugins, and I can shell out to xdotool easily enough in Python) David ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

Re: [Gimp-user] More-... Wacom - What am I missing?

2009-05-10 Thread David Gowers
On Sun, May 10, 2009 at 11:32 PM, stephen moss wrote: > Please indicate what brush you have selected (and the 'brush scale' parameter in the tool options -- I *think* that was in GIMP 2.4). It could easily be something as simple as having the brush scale cranked down to invisible levels. Alexia D

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

2009-05-05 Thread David Gowers
A few corrections and additions: On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 11:36 AM, David Gowers <00a...@gmail.com> wrote: > > What the user means at that time is ambiguous. (access 'Units'? or > something in the submenu?). > Consequently, you need to press Enter first to confirm that

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

2009-05-05 Thread David Gowers
keystrokes to get to the menu, we > can "walk" though it using the arrow keys.  It is just annoying.) All keyboard shortcuts are accurate. If they don't work, chances are you don't actually have something on the clipboard, or you have another program (eg KDE) which is stealing t

Re: [Gimp-user] big noob question (text pixelized when using blend tool)

2009-05-05 Thread David Gowers
t-layer" / "alpha to selection" and > apply blend tool (with two colors), then text gets ugly and pixelized. > You can see it right here: http://remydamour.com/gimp_issue.html It looks like you might have the image in Indexed mode. Try conver

Re: [Gimp-user] blur between images

2009-05-04 Thread David Gowers
On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 5:57 PM, shay t. wrote: > hello i  want to create a texture for > a 3d model > so i took couple pictures of my face > from different angels > and i tried to blur where the images connects > using clone tool > > i used the clone tool more then an hour > and the result is not

Re: [Gimp-user] Help again, same old story.

2009-05-04 Thread David Gowers
On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 3:56 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Monday 04 May 2009, David Gowers wrote: >>On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 1:51 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: >>> On Sunday 03 May 2009, David Gowers wrote: BTW, the crop tool doc I pointed to is basically the same help you get if yo

Re: [Gimp-user] Help again, same old story.

2009-05-03 Thread David Gowers
On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 1:51 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Sunday 03 May 2009, David Gowers wrote: >>On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 12:14 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: >>> Greetings; >>> >>> This, most simple of a photo manipulation has been hidden behind portable >>

Re: [Gimp-user] Help again, same old story.

2009-05-03 Thread David Gowers
to doubt whether you have done a reasonable amount of research on this problem, especially as the first hit for Google search "GIMP crop image to selection" includes instructions for cropping using the Crop tool. In case it wasn't clear to you.. 'Erasing part of the image&#

Re: [Gimp-user] Some questions about installing GIMP Animation Package and GIMP Help on Windows workstations

2009-04-27 Thread David Gowers
> files that I could install on the workstations.  Of course, there is always > on-line help. That's somewhat true. I myself use GAP 2.4 with GIMP 2.6, and it works okay for me. AFAIK the package I linked is what you'd install to get this setup o

Re: [Gimp-user] Before I file a bug report

2009-04-26 Thread David Gowers
Hello Ernie, On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 1:06 PM, Ernie Wright wrote: > David Gowers wrote: > >> On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 9:41 AM, Noel Stoutenburg wrote: >>> >>> on my system (WIN XP Home SP3; Gimp 2.6.6) when I enter the "Alt +" >>> code for a

Re: [Gimp-user] Before I file a bug report

2009-04-26 Thread David Gowers
number keypad in windows), on my system (WIN XP Home SP3; Gimp 2.6.6) > when I enter the "Alt +" code for a special character, nothing happens, > that is, the character does not appear, and the cursor does not advance. > > Has anyone else run i

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