Re: [Gimp-user] Why does saves as JPG default to quality 85?

2012-03-24 Thread Olivier
2012/3/23 Liam R E Quin : > On Fri, 2012-03-23 at 21:52 +0100, Olivier wrote: > >> Considering the quality rating in JPEG as a percentage would mean that >> a quality equal to 100 would be perfect, i.e. no loss at all. > Nonsense. A "quality" of 100% means you have chosen 100 out of a > possible 10

Re: [Gimp-user] Why does saves as JPG default to quality 85?

2012-03-24 Thread Liam R E Quin
On Fri, 2012-03-23 at 17:17 +0100, Olivier wrote: > The quality rate of JPEG is not a percentage, simply a rate between 0 and 100. A number in the range 0 to 100 is actually by definition a percentage ;-) GIMP tries to detect the compression that was used for the original image and uses those set

[Gimp-user] Trace an image?

2012-03-24 Thread .
I'm trying to trace around an image to create a line drawing. The object I'm tracing has a lot of curves in it so using the Pencil Tool. Also, I've used the Paths Tool and then clicked "stroke path". That's all fine and well but it's taking FOREVER to trace the picture. Since the image has a l

Re: [Gimp-user] Trace an image?

2012-03-24 Thread Liam R E Quin
On Sat, 2012-03-24 at 18:23 -0400, . wrote: > Since the image has a lot of curves is there a tool or gadget in Gimp > that can provide a smooth curve, say, around a circle? Inkscape comes with a user interface for running potrace, a program (at least on Linux) that can trace bitmap images and mak

Re: [Gimp-user] Trace an image?

2012-03-24 Thread Owen
> I'm trying to trace around an image to create a line drawing. The > object I'm tracing has a lot of curves in it so using the Pencil Tool. > Also, I've used the Paths Tool and then clicked "stroke path". That's > all fine and well but it's taking FOREVER to trace the picture. > > > Since the i