[Gimp-user] 2.8 rc1 on XP

2012-04-26 Thread Gary Aitken
Has anyone gotten the windoze installer version of 2.8.0-rc1 to work properly? I've been running 2.7.5 for a while but when I tried installing the 2.8 rc1 I'm having problems. The gimp comes up ok, but when I attempt to load a .jpg file it hangs; as I recall it's spinning its wheels in

Re: [Gimp-user] How can I create huge billboard sized files in super high dpi?

2012-04-26 Thread Liam R E Quin
On Tue, 2012-04-24 at 21:44 -0400, Tara Gover wrote: Hi guys, I am printing super high res images onto fabric. My print guy has instructed me to create my images in 1440 dpi I think he meant 144 dpi, which is a common resolution used for colour images in print. If the thread count of the

Re: [Gimp-user] 2.8 rc1 on XP

2012-04-26 Thread Gary Aitken
Are you running XP or something more recent? On 4/26/2012 8:48 AM, Richard Gitschlag wrote: Win32 installer worked perfectly for me, the only problems I've had so far seem to be related to reloading Script-Fu scripts from inside GIMP. (Note to self: Double-check the To: address before hitting

Re: [Gimp-user] 2.8 rc1 on XP

2012-04-26 Thread Richard Gitschlag
32-bit XP Home, SP3. -- Stratadrake strata_ran...@hotmail.com Numbers may not lie, but neither do they tell the whole truth. Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2012 08:58:33 -0600 From: g...@dreamchaser.org To: strata_ran...@hotmail.com; gimp-user-list@gnome.org Subject: Re:

Re: [Gimp-user] Misc RC (noob) problems

2012-04-26 Thread Kevin Brubeck Unhammer
Madeleine Fisher animatrix1...@gmail.com writes: I just downloaded the new RC, and it works really well, but I have a problem--when I use my tablet and it goes off the screen, the pressure settings will suddenly switch off. Is that something that I can fix? Or will it work better in future

Re: [Gimp-user] Convert PS USM settings to Gimp

2012-04-26 Thread Sven Tryding
I would also like to understand the Unsharp Mask settings. I have never used photoshop but I can't imagine that e.g. the settings Amount 85% Radius:1 Threshold:4 would turn out the same in photoshop as they will do in Gimp (i.e the result of the image after having used USM with the same

Re: [Gimp-user] Convert PS USM settings to Gimp

2012-04-26 Thread Daniel Smith
there are some great pages out there on this. thanks for making me look for them. feels like i'm back in graphics... :) http://www.brighthub.com/multimedia/photography/articles/15080.aspx http://www.tankedup-imaging.com/unsharp.html http://gimpguru.org/tutorials/smartsharpening/

Re: [Gimp-user] Convert PS USM settings to Gimp

2012-04-26 Thread Sven Tryding
Thanks for the links Dan they are great sources. But none of them really tells me about the relation between PS and GIMP USM settings. Myself, I usally set radius 10 , amount 0.5 and threshold to 4 and play with the values around those defaults a bit until I am happy, but it would be