Re: [Gimp-user] Advice

2011-09-05 Thread Cristian Secară
On Fri, 2 Sep 2011 21:00:52 -0500, goy genius wrote: > I want to get away from windows but I can't because quite frankly > GIMP is crap and I *need* photoshop. That's easy -- buy a Mac. That way you can both get away from Windows and continue to use Photoshop. Cristi -- Cristian Secară http://

Re: [Gimp-user] Advice

2011-09-03 Thread Ofnuts
On 09/03/2011 04:00 AM, goy genius wrote: > Dear Gimp, > > Sorry if this is rude... > > I used GIMP 5 or 6 years ago and was unimpressed. > > I used it over the past few days and was unimpressed. > > I want to get away from windows but I can't because quite frankly GIMP > is crap and I *need* phot

Re: [Gimp-user] Advice

2011-09-02 Thread Stefan Maerz
If you are trying to start a flame war, please just move along. TBH I don't understand this. I started using GIMP about 4 years ago. Since then I have used a variety of other image editors including Photo Shop - not for extended periods of time, mind you. I have found that once you learn one ad

Re: [Gimp-user] Advice

2011-09-02 Thread Frank Gore
On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 10:06 PM, goy genius wrote: > Just do this: > > Ctrl+Space+Left Mouse = ZOOM IN > Ctrl+Space+Alt+Left Mouse = ZOOM OUT > > IS IT HARD OR WHAT? Actually, I prefer this: + = zoom in - = zoom out (notice the complete lack of multiple keys/buttons involved, I can do this even

Re: [Gimp-user] Advice

2011-09-02 Thread Renan Birck Pinheiro
2011/9/2 goy genius > I want to get away from windows but I can't because quite frankly GIMP is > crap and I *need* photoshop. I could never use this buggy junk pile over > photoshop... I can't even list the reasons. For f***s sake you could at > least make some of the keyboard commands the sam

Re: [Gimp-user] Advice

2011-09-02 Thread Patrick Shanahan
* goy genius [09-02-11 22:03]: > Sorry if this is rude... you *are* sorry > I used GIMP 5 or 6 years ago and was unimpressed. ? > I used it over the past few days and was unimpressed. ? > I want to get away from windows but I can't because quite frankly GIMP is > crap and I *need* photosh

[Gimp-user] Advice

2011-09-02 Thread goy genius
Just do this: Ctrl+Space+Left Mouse = ZOOM IN Ctrl+Space+Alt+Left Mouse = ZOOM OUT IS IT HARD OR WHAT? The way panning works in Gimp is pure CRAP. Space+Hold Left Mouse+Drag = Pan TRY IT. If you changed those things you'd break down 99% of the initial annoyance of using the pile of crap you ca

[Gimp-user] Advice

2011-09-02 Thread goy genius
Dear Gimp, Sorry if this is rude... I used GIMP 5 or 6 years ago and was unimpressed. I used it over the past few days and was unimpressed. I want to get away from windows but I can't because quite frankly GIMP is crap and I *need* photoshop. I could never use this buggy junk pile over photosho

Re: [Gimp-user] Advice on oddly-coloured images

2011-05-30 Thread Christopher Dawkins
*** PROBLEM SOLVED in 24 hours: The problem was that jpeg images generated from Quark by pdf2html were in silly colours. >>> My query is on http://archives.felsted.org/pdfprob/ >> >> Couldn't that be a problem of CYMK<->RGB mixup by pdf2html? > > More difficult, at the moment, is to convert it.

Re: [Gimp-user] Advice on oddly-coloured images

2011-05-29 Thread Jernej Simončič
On Sun, 29 May 2011 14:26:17 +0100 (BST), Christopher Dawkins wrote: > More difficult, at the moment, is to convert it. All variations on > -colorspace fail to have any effect (on IM 6.6.3-10), and > -profile appears to be unrecognised. On GIMP there is a 'Rearrange > colormap' but it's greyed out

Re: [Gimp-user] Advice on oddly-coloured images

2011-05-29 Thread Christopher Dawkins
>> My query is on http://archives.felsted.org/pdfprob/ > > Couldn't that be a problem of CYMK<->RGB mixup by pdf2html? > > Or the images from pdf2html are actually JPEG in CYMK mode, and that > mode is overlooked by the software you use to view the results, in which > case you would just need a ut

Re: [Gimp-user] Advice on oddly-coloured images

2011-05-29 Thread Ofnuts
On 05/29/2011 10:40 AM, Christopher Dawkins wrote: > > Please excuse a non-GIMP query, but I have been a GIMP user (an > inexpert one) since the last century and this is the only > graphics-related list I am on. > > My query is on http://archives.felsted.org/pdfprob/ > > The problem is that images

[Gimp-user] Advice on oddly-coloured images

2011-05-29 Thread Christopher Dawkins
Please excuse a non-GIMP query, but I have been a GIMP user (an inexpert one) since the last century and this is the only graphics-related list I am on. My query is on http://archives.felsted.org/pdfprob/ The problem is that images obtained from a Quark pdf with pdf2html appear in silly (approxi

[Gimp-user] Advice on reducing flash reflection

2004-11-06 Thread Richard Taylor
Hi Another hopeless newbie question I am afraid. I am trying to reduce the effect of a flash reflection in a family snap shot. I have tried by creating a layer from a circle selection around the flash centre with a high "Feather Edges", then I fill the layer and use the Opacity to adjust the a

[Gimp-user] Advice on Best Tool for Job

2004-09-23 Thread Nick Wilson
Hi everyone, Im selecting a subject (my sister) from her background, for use as a transparent jpg on a webpage. Here is the pic so far: http://www.stylesheet.org/2.jpg I know i need to replace quite a few pixels that got inadvertently transparentized (?) but my question is this: I have roughly u

Re: [Gimp-user] Advice with gimp 1.3

2002-12-22 Thread Niklas
Hey, 1.3.x is for testing use and should not be used for everyday work. So waiting for stable 1.4.0 is a good thing to do. However testing 1.3.x is really good. :-) For the CMYK thingys you are asking for, work is being done from what I know and this might be in the 1.2.4 when it comes out as sta

[Gimp-user] Advice with gimp 1.3

2002-12-21 Thread zeus
OK...what's make gimp 1.3 worth to use? Should i wait until stable version. Is the ne GIMP support CMYK color mode? Because i need CMYK for printing. Is there any page where i can view new things with GIMP 1.3?? Domo Arigatou gozaimasu --