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  turning a sketch into vector illustration- I am a beginner
Posted by: Anna - 12-09-2021, 03:00 PM - Forum: General questions - Replies (4)

I have just started learning gimp, (only have an experience of using it of few days) because i needed to make a vector illustration for a project, I am only left with 10 days for the project and i still havent drawn even 1 vector illustration where as i need to create three, i started drawing using path tool but its very time taking for the intricate design I have sketched so i was trying to convert it into vector illustration using gimp and inkscape but the youtube videos i was watching were quite old so couldnt really get it done...anybody knows any way?
the illustration is for a huge object so if i do it using gimp and inkscape would it be good enough?

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  Slicing by guidelines actually on an image
Posted by: johnfaig - 12-08-2021, 04:41 PM - Forum: General questions - Replies (7)

I have been using Image | Slice using Guides and like it very much.  I am wondering if there is a way to slide an image if the guidelines are actually part of the image.  My thought is to have a mail merge that creates "pages" of smaller images that are separated by very identifiable lines, such as think, red dashed lines.

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  Animated RGB Pixel
Posted by: democat - 12-08-2021, 04:09 PM - Forum: General questions - Replies (4)

So I'm new to making animated things, and I'm not sure if there is a way to make a single-pixel switch from being red, with a glow effect, to slowly change to green, with a light effect as well, and then blue with the same properties and back again. It might be very simple to do but I personally just can't figure it out. Any help would be appriciated.

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  Beginner questions, missing tools, how to draw shapes
Posted by: winny - 12-08-2021, 04:04 PM - Forum: General questions - Replies (4)

Perhaps GIMP is not the right tool for me, but people say you can do anything in GIMP so I'll at least try.
Programs I do feel home in is MS Paint, Deluxe Paint IV for the Amiga and MacPaint. Yes, I'm old.

Whenever I look at a tutorial, they say "select X from your toolbox". I don't have X in my toolbox. Did I miss some step somewhere? The toolbox is there but has no (to me) useful tools in it. Screenshot attached. Do I need to activate or bring up something?

More things, where can I choose colors and shapes to draw with? How can I draw circles, rectangles, triangles and the like? Is there a skin or something to "dumb down" the interface to appeal to MS Paint users, but with more tools available IF you need them? For example, in MS Paint I can't make a rectangular selection and scale it on the fly (WYSIWYG), whereas in GIMP, this is possible and I did succeed with it, once.

I upgraded from some older version to 2.10.28, but it looks identical.



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  png Borders
Posted by: PProfessor - 12-07-2021, 10:44 PM - Forum: General questions - Replies (2)

Hi.  I'm brand new to GIMP and am pretty deep into a project.  I just realized that I've got a problem that occured about 40(!) exports ago (I'm saving each step individually) and I really don't want to have to go back to where it first happened.  I'm operating with an image saved as .png, and realized that at some point I moved the original layer when I meant to move a new one.  It was exported this way, and now has the grey checkered background on the left and top sides.  If I move it around the whole image seems to still be there, but I can't get it recentered.  I've tried the alignment tool, but it doesn't seem to do anything.  Here's a picture (not the one I'm working with since it's private at the moment), showing my problem in case I'm not describing it correctly.  Does anyone know what to do?


uh...it doesn't have the background. Does that mean my original image won't when I post it?



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  Happy (belated) 5th birthday, Gimp-Forum.net!
Posted by: Ofnuts - 12-07-2021, 07:03 AM - Forum: Gimp-Forum.net - Replies (2)

Suddenly figured out that we are past 5 years of existence...

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  Export items individually
Posted by: meetdilip - 12-07-2021, 02:23 AM - Forum: General questions - Replies (5)

I have a file with around 30 emojis with space all around them. All other areas are transparent. Is it possible to export them as individual emojis ? They are currently in a single layer now. Thanks.

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  Invert Colors Behind Layer
Posted by: CubeGamer647 - 12-06-2021, 11:17 PM - Forum: General questions - Replies (3)

I was wondering if there was a way to make it so that a layer is completely transparent, and every pixel behind the layer is inverted, no matter where it is dragged. Kinda like they did in sonic mania, if anyone's played that. I want to be able to drag the mask around and take the effect with it. Can someone help out?



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  Bulk convert
Posted by: Joseph_N - 12-06-2021, 06:43 PM - Forum: General questions - Replies (7)

GIMP can convert formats, e.g., from HEIC to JPEG, and it can perform bulk operations from the command line using the -b switch, but I have found no listing of all possible CLI commands or of the specific command or syntax to convert the file format. How would I go about converting a directory's set of HEIC files to JPEG files from the CLI?

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  Problem with correct colours in python script
Posted by: david - 12-06-2021, 04:16 PM - Forum: Scripting questions - Replies (12)

I have created a small script which fills a transparent layer with a colour. If I carry out the procedure manually I get the correct colour, but when I do it in Python the colour is incorrect. The example detailed below the colour is D37518 Hex - 211, 117, 24 Decimal.


The relevant piece of the code is:

   Tone = pdb.gimp_layer_new(image, width, height, type, "Tone", opacity, mode)            #new empty layer
    image.add_layer(Tone, 0)
    
    if colour == 0:
    
        sepia = gimpcolor.RGB(211,66,20)
        pdb.gimp_context_set_foreground(sepia)

    pdb.gimp_drawable_edit_fill(Tone, FILL_FOREGROUND)

If I run the code then check the inserted colour with the eyedropper I get the result in the screenshot.

No doubt something silly I am doing!



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