Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Elementary graphics question (not directly Linux technical)

2011-09-14 Thread James
On 09/09/11 13:11, Bruce Miller wrote: > The current challenge tells me that I have forgotten everything I ever knew > about graphics, and that was very little to begin with. I am not sure even > what > terms to put into Google to begin looking. So, besides answering the direct > question, I woul

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Elementary graphics question (not directly Linux technical)

2011-09-10 Thread tOM Trottier
I would just load in gimp, reduce color saturation to zero, increase contrast all the way, then increase brightness so the blacks are very light grey. Then type your text using the colour & font you want. Peace, tOM Trottier 2011 September 9 - Friday at 13:27 re:Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Elementar

[OCLUG-Tech] Elementary graphics question (not directly Linux technical)

2011-09-09 Thread Bruce Miller
My questions to this list are not always directly "Linux technical." But I do always appreciate the patience and helpfulness of participants on this list. The current challenge tells me that I have forgotten everything I ever knew about graphics, and that was very little to begin with. I am not

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Elementary graphics question (not directly Linux technical)

2011-09-09 Thread John C Nash
My first thought also was for GIMP, but I recall Mary and I used Open Office (I now use the Libre Office successor) with some success for an application like this, putting the image as a background. It may, of course, need some GIMPing first to suitably colour or fade the image by adjusting brig

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Elementary graphics question (not directly Linux technical)

2011-09-09 Thread Bill Strosberg
On 11-09-09 01:27 PM, Rick wrote: > Could you attach the image? > > If it is of decent quality (probably not if it was in a .doc) perhaps > you could round trip it back to vector format it with trace in > InkScape. > > Then you could do whatever you want with it. > > If it's a musical score, you co

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Elementary graphics question (not directly Linux technical)

2011-09-09 Thread Rick
Could you attach the image? If it is of decent quality (probably not if it was in a .doc) perhaps you could round trip it back to vector format it with trace in InkScape. Then you could do whatever you want with it. If it's a musical score, you could probably just use the png as a temporary back

[OCLUG-Tech] Elementary graphics question (not directly Linux technical)

2011-09-09 Thread Bruce Miller
My questions to this list are not always directly "Linux technical." But I do always appreciate the patience and helpfulness of participants on this list. The current challenge tells me that I have forgotten everything I ever knew about graphics, and that was very little to begin with. I am not