[Gimp-user] JPG export best practices

2012-07-01 Thread Adir Kol
Hi guys, I use GIMP all the time for web. Has anyone already did any research for best practices to export JPG from GIMP? file size/quality wise... Is there any good plugin for export? Thanks, Adir ___ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.or

Re: [Gimp-user] JPG export best practices

2012-07-01 Thread Alexandre Prokoudine
On Sun, Jul 1, 2012 at 11:14 AM, Adir Kol wrote: > Hi guys, > > I use GIMP all the time for web. > Has anyone already did any research for best practices to export JPG from > GIMP? file size/quality wise... > Is there any good plugin for export? You mean like this one here? http://registry.gimp.o

Re: [Gimp-user] JPG export best practices

2012-07-01 Thread Adir Kol
yeah.. This plugin is great, I'll try it - Thanks! On Sun, Jul 1, 2012 at 10:41 AM, Alexandre Prokoudine < alexandre.prokoud...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, Jul 1, 2012 at 11:14 AM, Adir Kol wrote: > > Hi guys, > > > > I use GIMP all the time for web. > > Has anyone already did any research for be

[Gimp-user] Thank you developers, for your patience.

2012-07-01 Thread Dave Helgert
Thank you developers for your patience and hard work. I've heard far too much bashing of the save/export change. Change is just too had and scary for some it seems. I have been one of the silent masses for far too long. I am one who has said nothing till now, but I greatly appreciate the new

Re: [Gimp-user] Thank you developers, for your patience.

2012-07-01 Thread Johannes
Am 01.07.2012 11:55, schrieb Dave Helgert: > I greatly appreciate the new save/export features of Gimp. It simplifies my > workflow greatly as I often save/export as both jpg and xcf. I realized the > benefits of saving to xcf the hard way and now save important steps as hidden > layers so I can

Re: [Gimp-user] Thank you developers, for your patience.

2012-07-01 Thread Alexandre Prokoudine
On Sun, Jul 1, 2012 at 2:24 PM, Johannes wrote: > Therefore I suggest to make the new "fool proof" workflow optional, so > everybody can be happy. This has been suggested before. The answer was "no" ever time and won't become a "yes" no matter how actively you keep pushing. Alexandre Prokoudine

Re: [Gimp-user] Thank you developers, for your patience.

2012-07-01 Thread Johannes
Am 01.07.2012 12:27, schrieb Alexandre Prokoudine: > On Sun, Jul 1, 2012 at 2:24 PM, Johannes wrote: > >> Therefore I suggest to make the new "fool proof" workflow optional, so >> everybody can be happy. > > This has been suggested before. The answer was "no" ever time and > won't become a "yes"

Re: [Gimp-user] Thank you developers, for your patience.

2012-07-01 Thread Alexandre Prokoudine
On Sun, Jul 1, 2012 at 2:59 PM, Johannes wrote: > If the "no's" you mentioned have been lacking arguments like this "no", > then it's not surprising that the community keeps pushing. First of all, the community isn't pushing. You are not the community, nor few dozens of people are. Also, it _was

Re: [Gimp-user] Thank you developers, for your patience.

2012-07-01 Thread Alexandre Prokoudine
On Sun, Jul 1, 2012 at 6:43 PM, houghi wrote: >> > If the "no's" you mentioned have been lacking arguments like this "no", >> > then it's not surprising that the community keeps pushing. >> >> First of all, the community isn't pushing. You are not the community, >> nor few dozens of people are. >

Re: [Gimp-user] Why I went back from GIMP 2.8 to 2.6.x

2012-07-01 Thread Richard Gitschlag
> Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2012 03:23:23 -0700 > From: kwarner...@verizon.net > To: strata_ran...@hotmail.com > Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] Why I went back from GIMP 2.8 to 2.6.x > > > Numbers may not lie, but neither do they tell the whole truth. > > nor do they explain the stubbornness of the develo

Re: [Gimp-user] Thank you developers, for your patience.

2012-07-01 Thread Alexandre Prokoudine
On Sun, Jul 1, 2012 at 8:09 PM, houghi wrote: >> > Also I would be interested in knowing if the >> > default can be changed easily. e.g. I always work with jpg files. >> >> It can't. > > Well, that seriously sucks. From how I read it, it is because of what GIMP > wants, not what the user wants. T

Re: [Gimp-user] Thank you developers, for your patience.

2012-07-01 Thread Francesco Scaglioni
Hi, I have been using GIMP for more years than I care to remember. I don't have the knowhow to contribute anything of value to the project (and probably wouldn't have either the dedication or time if I did) but both single window mode and the export process have both made things far better. I a

Re: [Gimp-user] Thank you developers, for your patience.

2012-07-01 Thread Bob Long
Johannes wrote, Am 01.07.2012 11:55, schrieb Dave Helgert: I greatly appreciate the new save/export features of Gimp. It simplifies my workflow greatly as I often save/export as both jpg and xcf. I realized the benefits of saving to xcf the hard way and now save important steps as hidden lay

[Gimp-user] Why I went back from GIMP 2.8 to 2.6.x

2012-07-01 Thread Raoghnailt
Why I switched back to 2.6: Sliders- too weird for digital painting with a tablet. I would like more visual feedback perhaps, like changing the color of the actual bar, or something more obvious. Still, it's tough to quickly just do what you need. Other options: shift or ctrl drag for fine tun

[Gimp-user] how to preserve semi-transparency when converting to indexed

2012-07-01 Thread temp-user
>I used to convert them to indexed so their size would be reduced. Since I >installed a new version, the semi-transparency is cut off and I have just >plain black on transparent background as if there were no antialiasing, very >ugly. I too used to use the ability to create indexed color pngs

Re: [Gimp-user] Thank you developers, for your patience.

2012-07-01 Thread Johannes
Am 02.07.2012 01:22, schrieb Bob Long: > > I'm a light-weight user (Windows). The most common process I do is: > > Drag a BMP image into GIMP. > Crop using fixed aspect ratio - very handy for my purposes. > Scale image. > File|Overwrite > Exit (close without saving). > > I'm not negating the f