I'm a new Gimp user, but used PS for years.  One thing that I never
really got into is the use of Layer Masks.  I know they are powerful
and can allow you to do alot of things.

Any good tutorials on how to use layer masks to their full potential
would be appreciated.

Here is what inspired me to use them,
http://www.home.unix-ag.org/simon/gimp/globes.html

This is a pretty cool tutorial, but I loose him early on.  He doesn't
really explain the 'convert to RGB alpha' or its settings.  He also
doesn't explain applying a layer mask, and its settings.

I am trying to get rid of the ocean portion, but aside from
painstakingly erasing all the ocean part, I don't know how to use
layer masks to do this.

-sorry this post is so long.

I could use a good tut on this as well.


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Go to:

http://gimp.org/tutorials/

and look at the stuff there, especially the tutorial on contrast
masking.  Layer masks are used for so many things that it is a fairly
long learning curve to know when and how to use them.  Once you've
learned a bit, you'll find yourself using them all the time, so the time
and effort is worthwhile.

I know a woman who took a Photoshop class, and she almost went off the
deep end when they hit layers, and she's not a dummy; so, be prepared to
spend time and energy to learn them.

If I can help, just let me know.

Good luck,

Jim
Vanessa wrote:
>
> I could use a good tut on this as well.
>

So is pasting a image from the clipboard the only way to get a jpg or
any image on to a layer?  I was looking for a "insert image" command
or something of that nature.



--- In thegimp2@yahoogroups.com, Portman <mrport@...> wrote:
>
> Try making a new layer, pasting the .jpg into the new layer and go from
> there. Let me know if that doesn't help - I am not 100% sure of what
> you're asking.
>
> Riva
>
> Sonia Santos-Wallin wrote:
> > I am a novice to graphic arts. I am trying to paste a drawing into a
> > graphic that I created. Th graphic is a 650 X 120 pixel rectangle with
> > one text box.I am trying to get a icon .jpg into the graphic.
> >
> > Help please.
>

You can always try Open as Layer under the file menu (in the picture). I
use that a lot.

synthmdl76 wrote:
> So is pasting a image from the clipboard the only way to get a jpg or
> any image on to a layer?  I was looking for a "insert image" command
> or something of that nature.

or if you see it in windows explorer you can just drag it on top of the picture.
i think it will open as a new layer of that image.
actually quite niclely named as the filename.
it works in linux from konqueror and i think it works from windows explorer.

--- dale

On Thursday 05 July 2007 12:08, Portman wrote:
> You can always try Open as Layer under the file menu (in the picture). I
> use that a lot.
>
> synthmdl76 wrote:
> > So is pasting a image from the clipboard the only way to get a jpg or
> > any image on to a layer?  I was looking for a "insert image" command
> > or something of that nature.
>
>
>

On Mon, 2007-05-07 at 04:14 +0000, magnumpili wrote:
> Anyone have any good techniques?

Makeup and an airbrush after 1/8th inch of pancake applied Tammy Faye
Baker style.

Otherwise you might try selecting a small area and trying background
fill for that selection.

CWSIV

I use the smudge tool - zoom in really close and smudge, then zoom out
and check it.

Carl Spitzer wrote:
> On Mon, 2007-05-07 at 04:14 +0000, magnumpili wrote:
>
>> Anyone have any good techniques?
>>
>
> Makeup and an airbrush after 1/8th inch of pancake applied Tammy Faye
> Baker style.
>
> Otherwise you might try selecting a small area and trying background
> fill for that selection.
>
> CWSIV
>

i almost always use the clone tool.
clone the type of skin i want over that spot.
if i need to i might blur the edges.
and almost always use a fuzzy tool.  don't use a sharp edged circle.

same as when you paste something... before you copy choose "feather"
under the select menu and feather by 4 or 5.

--- dale


On Friday 13 July 2007 15:38, Carl Spitzer wrote:
> On Mon, 2007-05-07 at 04:14 +0000, magnumpili wrote:
> > Anyone have any good techniques?
>
> Makeup and an airbrush after 1/8th inch of pancake applied Tammy Faye
> Baker style.
>
> Otherwise you might try selecting a small area and trying background
> fill for that selection.
>
> CWSIV
>
>

At page 82 of the manual, it reads "Click the layer of the first image
in the layers dialog and while holding the left mouse button down,
drag it on the image window of the second image and release the mouse
button."

I have done as directed, including all sorts of variations and have
been unable to insert one layer from another layer. I have two images
on screen, I do as instructed above and cannot make it work!

What am I doing wrong?

Please help an 83 yr old trying to avoid memory loss by learning to
use Gimp 2!

Thanks, Robert Yee

what operating system do you use?
               Mac OS, MS Windows, Linux?
What version of GIMP do you have?
               probably under help menu choose "About"
if you have two images open...
     resize windows so you can see both images.
     Click on the first image.
     Choose "Dialogs" menu and select "Layers"   or press CTRL-L on the keyboard.
     click on the layer and drag it to the second image... the image you wish to
copy the layer to.
     the layer should be copied to the second image and placed in the middle of
the image.

or try this...
     Open your First Image.
     From the menu choose File / Open.
     Find your second image.
     Click on it and drag it out on top of your first image.
     now you can cancel from the "Open" dialog.

and finally
     From windows, mac,  or a mac file viewer you can drag the icon onto the
opened gimp image.


for some hints on how to do things go to youtube and search on gimp.
     http://youtube.com/results?search_query=gimp&search=


--- dale

On Saturday 14 July 2007 08:29, yeer1925 wrote:
>
> At page 82 of the manual, it reads "Click the layer of the first image
> in the layers dialog and while holding the left mouse button down,
> drag it on the image window of the second image and release the mouse
> button."
>
> I have done as directed, including all sorts of variations and have
> been unable to insert one layer from another layer. I have two images
> on screen, I do as instructed above and cannot make it work!
>
> What am I doing wrong?
>
> Please help an 83 yr old trying to avoid memory loss by learning to
> use Gimp 2!
>
> Thanks, Robert Yee
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>

Hello..I saw this group on GIMP on the internet.
I am from South Africa, happily married 28 yr old mom to two kids.
I have been using GIMP for about two years, firstly just as a photo
editor : resizing etc, but then I started to do digital scrap booking
in it as I learnt it was a mimic of PSP and I am basically self-taught
in it. I now design digital scrap booking kits in GIMP which I sell
online. But It is still a learning process...at the moment I am
hunting for a sticker tutorial. My sister, who uses PSE and photoshop
said to make a sticker you open it in a transparent bg, then select
all, float, defloat, selection expand or something like this...GIMP (I
have version 2.2.15)does not have defloat, only float. I see it does
have "grow"...my quesion is: Does anybody know how to make a sticker??
Thanks a lot..Bronwen.

Can you give an example of a sticker?
Do you have a sticker on the web you can point to so
we can see what you mean?

--- dale


--- In thegimp2@yahoogroups.com, tumtarara <no_reply@...> wrote:
>
> Hello..I saw this group on GIMP on the internet.
> I am from South Africa, happily married 28 yr old mom to two kids.
> I have been using GIMP for about two years, firstly just as a
photo
> editor : resizing etc, but then I started to do digital scrap
booking
> in it as I learnt it was a mimic of PSP and I am basically
self-taught
> in it. I now design digital scrap booking kits in GIMP which I
sell
> online. But It is still a learning process...at the moment I am
> hunting for a sticker tutorial. My sister, who uses PSE and
photoshop
> said to make a sticker you open it in a transparent bg, then
select
> all, float, defloat, selection expand or something like
this...GIMP (I
> have version 2.2.15)does not have defloat, only float. I see it
does
> have "grow"...my quesion is: Does anybody know how to make a
sticker??
> Thanks a lot..Bronwen.
>

Anyone able to help?  I am teaching myself how to use Gimp so I can go
on to teach pupils in my school.  I have had very little training as
most of the computer graphics I have worked on have been vector
graphics using CorelDraw.  I am hoping the kids will download the Gimp
at home to use on a regular basis as well as produce work for their
GCSE's.  At the moment I have produced some tutorials to produce web
buttons.  For their exam they need to be interactive or animated, has
anyone any suggestions they would be gratefully appreciated.

Thanks
Geoff

Can anyone tell me wher to find a tut on how to make resizable brushes
for Gimp? I've tried with no success.
Regards Alex

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--- In thegimp2@yahoogroups.com, "alexander242962" <a.mckever@...> wrote:
>
> Can anyone tell me wher to find a tut on how to make resizable brushes
> for Gimp? I've tried with no success.
> Regards Alex
>
  Hello , I am not sure if this will help but it will at least re-size
brushes for you somewhat..I posted resizebrush.scm        Magickman

Hi Geoff,

You could look into the GAP (GIMP Animation Package) - I am not very
familiar with it but I know it exists and may be able to help you find
the answers you need.

Good luck.

galstonuk wrote:
> Anyone able to help?  I am teaching myself how to use Gimp so I can go
> on to teach pupils in my school.  I have had very little training as
> most of the computer graphics I have worked on have been vector
> graphics using CorelDraw.  I am hoping the kids will download the Gimp
> at home to use on a regular basis as well as produce work for their
> GCSE's.  At the moment I have produced some tutorials to produce web
> buttons.  For their exam they need to be interactive or animated, has
> anyone any suggestions they would be gratefully appreciated.
>
> Thanks
> Geoff


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I am trying to learn Gimp in order to teach it to my pupils.  I have
created a number of tutorials one of which I tried to upload.
Unfortunately the file size has prohibited this.  If anyone is
interested in looking at these and hopefully returning constructive
criticism I would be grateful.  Some are very basic and most are
examples found on the net which I have adapted.  The files come in the
form of flash files that riun in explorer.  The total size is almost
100Mb which means they will need to be sent on a disc.  If anyone is
interested please contact me.  As I don't know many millionaires I will
be restricting the number of discs I send out unless anyone can tell me
how to post them on the net.  As well as my yahoo email I also have a
hotmail account with messenger installed.  sgauk@...
Look forward to any replies.
Geoff Alston

Hi Portman
Thanks for the prompt reply.  I have looked on my version of Gimp and all I can
find is an animation option in the filters menu. I have version 2.2 so I may be
behind the times.
Cheers


----- Original Message ----
From: Portman <mrport@...>
To: thegimp2@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2007 3:47:52 AM
Subject: Re: [The Gimp] Interactive Buttons

Hi Geoff,

You could look into the GAP (GIMP Animation Package) - I am not very
familiar with it but I know it exists and may be able to help you find
the answers you need.

Good luck.

galstonuk wrote:
> Anyone able to help? I am teaching myself how to use Gimp so I can go
> on to teach pupils in my school. I have had very little training as
> most of the computer graphics I have worked on have been vector
> graphics using CorelDraw. I am hoping the kids will download the Gimp
> at home to use on a regular basis as well as produce work for their
> GCSE's. At the moment I have produced some tutorials to produce web
> buttons. For their exam they need to be interactive or animated, has
> anyone any suggestions they would be gratefully appreciated.
>
> Thanks
> Geoff

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--- In thegimp2@yahoogroups.com, "nonniesblacksheep"
<nonniesblacksheep@...> wrote:
>
> --- In thegimp2@yahoogroups.com, "alexander242962" <a.mckever@> wrote:
> >
> > Can anyone tell me wher to find a tut on how to make resizable
brushes
> > for Gimp? I've tried with no success.
> > Regards Alex
> >
>  Hello , I am not sure if this will help but it will at least re-size
> brushes for you somewhat..I posted resizebrush.scm        Magickman
>
Thanks Magickman That is a very useful script Is it ok if I pass it on
to others and aqttribute it to you?
Regards Alex

Hi Geoff,

You need to download the GAP separately. Go to
http://www.gimp.org/downloads/ and look for the GIMP Animation Package.
(I have 2.2 myself.)

:-)
Riva

Geoff Alston wrote:
> Hi Portman
> Thanks for the prompt reply.  I have looked on my version of Gimp and all I
can find is an animation option in the filters menu. I have version 2.2 so I may
be behind the times.
> Cheers

Hey glad to be of help, and I don't mind if you share it go ahead..I have a new
gimp group at www.msnusers.com/GimpNewbiesGroup  please join and I just put a
.zip .scm-file in docs. there(a bundle of really good script_fu's) also I've
released my first gimp brush set-wildlife , it's pretty good if I do say so
myself..haha anyway check it out..and the best part is it's free! tell others
too . anyway let me know what ya think ok? cya

alexander242962 <a.mckever@...> wrote:          --- In
thegimp2@yahoogroups.com, "nonniesblacksheep"
<nonniesblacksheep@...> wrote:
>
> --- In thegimp2@yahoogroups.com, "alexander242962" <a.mckever@> wrote:
> >
> > Can anyone tell me wher to find a tut on how to make resizable
brushes
> > for Gimp? I've tried with no success.
> > Regards Alex
> >
> Hello , I am not sure if this will help but it will at least re-size
> brushes for you somewhat..I posted resizebrush.scm Magickman
>
Thanks Magickman That is a very useful script Is it ok if I pass it on
to others and aqttribute it to you?
Regards Alex






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Geoff,

YouSendIt has a maximum file size of 100 MB: www.yousendit.com
So if you can get your content in under 100 MB you can send it to gimp
(at) startpagina.nl
You could perhaps also divide the content into smaller parts and send
them individually. I guess that's better than burning it to a CD and
sending it by snail mail.

Thanks in advance,

Martijn
http://gimp.startpagina.nl

Have you thought about using something like http://www.teachertube.com/  ?
It looks like they can support some pretty large videos and then they would
be accessible.

On 8/1/07, weisbeek <no_reply@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
>
>   Geoff,
>
> YouSendIt has a maximum file size of 100 MB: www.yousendit.com
> So if you can get your content in under 100 MB you can send it to gimp
> (at) startpagina.nl
> You could perhaps also divide the content into smaller parts and send
> them individually. I guess that's better than burning it to a CD and
> sending it by snail mail.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Martijn
> http://gimp.startpagina.nl
>
>
>


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http://gimp-tutorials.net/websitetutorial

its a very professional clean design all done in Gimp, I'm surprised
how  good it is.

I have just downloaded GIMP and have several problems.  Perhaps I'm
being a bit impatient (though I did work my way through the basic
tutorials) but would really appreciate some help.

First, I can't figure out how to make the help system work. I
downloaded the files but there is no installer that I can find.

Second (more important, perhaps) what I'm really trying to do is to
change the perspective of a photograph.  I have a 3/4 view of a
building facade that I want to change to a flat rectangle.  I have
tried using the perspective tool, moving the dot in the middle as well
as the corners in various tries, and the "gas meter" at the bottom of
the image indicates that some sort of computation is taking place, but
the resulting image is identical to the original.  Can someone tell me
what I'm doing wrong?

Thanks
Rick

Hi Rick,

I cannot help with the help system, but as far as perspective goes, did
you click the Transform button on the window that comes up? I have no
problems with that. Make sure you are on the right layer also (if the
layer you are trying to change perspective on is the background layer,
it is a good idea to copy that layer, make the original layer invisible
and try the perspective on the copy layer.)

HTH,
Riva

rickstern845215 wrote:
> I have just downloaded GIMP and have several problems.  Perhaps I'm
> being a bit impatient (though I did work my way through the basic
> tutorials) but would really appreciate some help.
>
> First, I can't figure out how to make the help system work. I
> downloaded the files but there is no installer that I can find.
>
> Second (more important, perhaps) what I'm really trying to do is to
> change the perspective of a photograph.  I have a 3/4 view of a
> building facade that I want to change to a flat rectangle.  I have
> tried using the perspective tool, moving the dot in the middle as well
> as the corners in various tries, and the "gas meter" at the bottom of
> the image indicates that some sort of computation is taking place, but
> the resulting image is identical to the original.  Can someone tell me
> what I'm doing wrong?
>
> Thanks
> Rick
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
>

Hello Riva:

thank you for responding.  No, that didn't seem to do it.

I really need something that provides explanation of how to work with
this program at a basic level. Can you suggest resources?

Thank you
Rick

Am Sonntag, den 12.08.2007, 16:03 +0000 schrieb rickstern845215:

> I really need something that provides explanation of how to work with
> this program at a basic level. Can you suggest resources?
>
> Thank you
> Rick

I have just started a video podcast about the Gimp. The perspective tool
is not covered up to now, but I'll do that too in the near future.

The URL is http://meetthegimp.org

Hope it can help you.

Quick tip for the perspective tool:

set the options to "backward" and preview "grid only".

Click into the image and grab the grid. Deform it so that it runs
parallel with the lines you want to have corrected. Click on OK to run.

Rolf