[Gimp-user] Need Gimp DPI increased

2012-07-23 Thread Bludigo
Dear Gimpers Please assist me. I took a photograph of an original work of art I had donw- 200cm x 140cm. Saved the photo (it seems) to JPEG. Opened the JPEG in Gimp 2. Manipulated it using the GIMP 'Cubism' function. Then someone approached me to purchase the manipulated image but requested the

Re: [Gimp-user] Need Gimp DPI increased

2012-07-23 Thread Ofnuts
On 07/23/2012 09:35 AM, Bludigo wrote: Dear Gimpers Please assist me. I took a photograph of an original work of art I had donw- 200cm x 140cm. Saved the photo (it seems) to JPEG. Opened the JPEG in Gimp 2. Manipulated it using the GIMP 'Cubism' function. Then someone approached me to

[Gimp-user] Need Gimp DPI increased

2012-07-23 Thread Bludigo
200x140cm @ 300DPI is 372Mpix completely unrealistic. At normal viewing distance the average human eye doesn't see any detail smaller than 1/1800 of the diagonal (which means a 6Mpix image is normally enough, whatever the physical print size) . 300DPI is also going to be finer than the

Re: [Gimp-user] Need Gimp DPI increased

2012-07-23 Thread Johan Vromans
Bludigo for...@gimpusers.com writes: the GIMP image properties say 900 x 572 pixels. That's much too low... Either you took a low-res picture (simple mobile phone?) or you downscaled it in the Gimp. For a canvas print as you mentioned 3000x2000 is more realistic. Check the original image, the

[Gimp-user] Subject: Re: Need Gimp DPI increased

2012-07-23 Thread judah kleinveldt
Need Gimp DPI increased Message-ID: 500d0db961c00_3144008c315c103...@wurd.dev001.net.mail Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8   I approached a canvas printer with this GIMP file and they claimed that my Gimp file was now too small (25cm x 12 cm) and too low res for the 300 dpi I needed for

Re: [Gimp-user] Hugin panorama tool

2012-07-23 Thread Steve Kinney
On 07/23/2012 09:29 AM, br...@buys.net.br wrote: You can try to photograph again with a better camera (more mpixels) or use a panorama tool to stitch partial images together. There is this nice tool called Hugin (hugin.sourceforge.net) that can do this for you. It takes a little getting used

[Gimp-user] the same cursor no matter what the tool

2012-07-23 Thread Enda
Is it possible to change what the cursor looks like (all the time), like a crosshairs? - Enda___ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list

[Gimp-user] gimp color selector like in GNU Paint

2012-07-23 Thread Enda
Is there a gimp color selector like in GNU Paint? - Enda http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5e/Gpaint-0.3.3-ubuntu.png  ___ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list

Re: [Gimp-user] UI

2012-07-23 Thread David Joyner
On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 8:55 PM, Susan Bishop jb912doctor...@me.com wrote: This is probably a common question but the main thing putting me off using GIMP is the horrible user interface. Are you ever going to upgrade it? Troll? ___ gimp-user-list

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp definition

2012-07-23 Thread Ofnuts
On 07/23/2012 07:29 PM, Enda wrote: The word gimp is defined http://english.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/gimp--2 as: 1. a physically disabled or lame person. 2. a feeble or contemptible person. The program was first called The GIMP, and now is called GIMP to be less offensive; now

Re: [Gimp-user] UI

2012-07-23 Thread Alexandre Prokoudine
On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 4:55 AM, Susan Bishop wrote: This is probably a common question but the main thing putting me off using GIMP is the horrible user interface. Are you ever going to upgrade it? We've been gradually improving it since 2006. I'm sorry to hear that you haven't even noticed

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp definition

2012-07-23 Thread Alexandre Prokoudine
On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 9:29 PM, Enda wrote: The word gimp is defined as: a physically disabled or lame person. a feeble or contemptible person. The program was first called The GIMP, and now is called GIMP to be less offensive; now should a letter be dropped, either GIM or IMP? No

Re: [Gimp-user] the same cursor no matter what the tool

2012-07-23 Thread Alexandre Prokoudine
On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 9:07 PM, Enda wrote: Is it possible to change what the cursor looks like (all the time), like a crosshairs? Yes, it's in the Preferences dialog on the Image Windows tab. Looks for pointer options. Alexandre Prokoudine http://libregraphicsworld.org

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp color selector like in GNU Paint

2012-07-23 Thread Jernej Simončič
On Tue, 24 Jul 2012 01:38:52 +0400, Alexandre Prokoudine wrote: Please do not expect everyone to know what GNU Paint is and how its color selector works. Rather than naming feature, please try to explain what is it that they actually do. He did link a screenshot at the bottom of his e-mail:

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp definition

2012-07-23 Thread Steve Kinney
On 07/23/2012 05:37 PM, Alexandre Prokoudine wrote: On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 9:29 PM, Enda wrote: The word gimp is defined as: a physically disabled or lame person. a feeble or contemptible person. The program was first called The GIMP, and now is called GIMP to be less offensive; now

[Gimp-user] gimp definition

2012-07-23 Thread erroneus
The program was first called The GIMP, and now is called GIMP to be less offensive; now should a letter be dropped, either GIM or IMP? No GIMP is an acronym. It first stood for General Image Manipulation Program. Later it got a new license, and the acronym now stands for GNU Image

[Gimp-user] UI

2012-07-23 Thread erroneus
On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 4:55 AM, Susan Bishop wrote: This is probably a common question but the main thing putting me off using GIMP is the horrible user interface. Are you ever going to upgrade it? We've been gradually improving it since 2006. I'm sorry to hear that you haven't even noticed