A while back, I created this front cover for a book:
I'm trying to remember how I transformed the second half of the title: "Great Planetary Odyssey". It was straight at first (like the first part of the title: "Captain Gabriel") but then I curved it. I'm wondering how to reproduce the same effect on a different title. I tried doing it with the cage transform tool but I can't get it to look smooth with a perfect curve. Is there any other way to have this effect besides the cage transform tool?
Also before gimp starts responding, there's a text showing "creating alpha of unknown pixels" while using the foreground select tool. And after that gimp becomes completely unresponsive until i close the window. This happens more prominently with the matting levin engine. And from what i've seen, the global matting isn't just as impressive.
I need some advice with filters not appearing after install.
I used GIMP many years ago and not very familiar with the new version of GIMP 2.10.
In the past I have used Photoshop filters/plugins which used to work but some of them now don't anymore.
Another strange behavior I ran across yesterday is when I install the old Photoshop Xero filters it interferes with my Photoshop Artistic sets already installed. When I install the Artistic filters from Photoshop it automatically adds it to the Artistic filters coming with GIMP which is great. But when I install the Xero filters and it shows up in GIMP, it deletes these extra Photoshop artistic filters from the list. It is great that they work both in GIMP but not keeping both in the filters list together. There seems a conflict problem between the filters although they are in completely separate folders. As I mention I am new to this version of GIMP and not sure if I maybe install them wrongly!?
And then I have another old Photoshop filter which used to work way back in GIMP, but now install it, it don't show under the list at all. The filter I am trying to install is called "Impressionist.8bf", and is not related to the GIMPressionist which is part of the installed filters in GIMP. I am not sure if I will be allowed to add this filter here and will do that when it's okayed.
There are more of my older Photoshop filters I want to install but not sure if it will work or not. I don't have Photoshop installed on my new laptop.
I hope someone have some advice regarding this conflict problem or why some old filters don't work. All advice is much appreciated.
Objective is to match an image altered by an uncontrollable process, to a variant which will, when run through that same process, appear the same as in its original, unprocessed form.
I have reviewed numerous posts, tutorials, etc., but remain stumped.
I have no control over that process/processor, which let's say imparts a "ghost image" of whatever runs through it.
I must run through that process/processor, and cannot side-step it.
My hunch is it has something to do with legacy engineering, such as conversion from 24-bit to 16-bit color, or along those lines.
Attached is '1 Hall Original.png', which is the intended appearance to the user.
Attached '2 Hall Ghosted.png' indicates the "ghosting" which is beyond my control.
I seek to create an image, 'Hall Original - Prepped for Ghosting', which will come out the other end appearing identical to the pre-processed original.
Attached '9 Image A - Gray of RGBs 119 on L, Ghosted to RGBs 137 on R' was successfully addressed by setting Image A to Brightness -34 [resulting in RGBs of 103]. Post-process, it measures all 119s.
However, the ghost processor is provably not simply linear, across all channels, as seen in the more complex Hall image, as it is not similarly remedied by simply a Brightness reduction. (If twiddling only Brightness, approximate matches are: Stage -6, Back wall -12, Center red carpet -33.)
I am aware of Color Curves, Channels, and such, but fully inexpert in their application.
[Disclaimer: I'm aware of spatial distortions regarding slight scaling/proportionality differences in the examples. That is easily remedied by a more careful workflow that shall be employed. Not to worry.]
..... I see I hit the 5-file Upload Limit. Shall send specimens 6 - 9 in followup to this Post .....
Prompt replies would be most gratefully welcomed.
Thanks,
BR
Find here attached, specimens 6 - 9 mentioned in my original Post.
Hi
Just started using Gimp. I am trying to utilise the software to show property boundaries with my drone. I have managed to get the path tool to create the boudary of the land but I cannot find a method of altering the colour outside the path. I want to grey scale everything outside the property/land boundary. Thanks
How can I get a hazy-like blend with a light and dark color of the same color, so that the color is not a static, plain, solid color in Gimp 2.10?
I have tried the smudge tool, but it erases down to the alpha channel background in places, which just makes it very difficult, not to mention annoying and unsatisfactory.
[attachment=6929]Working with a TIFF file of aerial orthoimagery from the State of Maine. Because the passes I'm using were only for land-forms (tide levels) portions of the imagery were omitted. The attachment shows a white space in the aerial runs which I would like to try to fill to more or less match the surrounding color/patters. Been struggling with the Fill with Pattern but perhaps this is not the right tool? Pointers to examples or tutorials very welcome.
Whenever I activate a layer and click on it, a Filter window pops open automatically- the last Filter I had been using. Is there a "sticky" setting somewhere? Thanks.
![[Image: book%20cover.jpg]](http://www.shahspace.com/gimp/book%20cover.jpg)
How can I get a hazy-like blend with a light and dark color of the same color, so that the color is not a static, plain, solid color in Gimp 2.10? 
