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  Retaining quality with PDF
Posted by: GoGojira - 06-09-2019, 05:17 AM - Forum: General questions - Replies (4)

Hi all,

I need to produce a professional print quality image in PDF from a gimp project. The problem is Gimp 2.10 seems to be  lowering the quality of the image to about a quarter of the original resolution when I export to PDF, with no visible settings (at least to my eye) to change quality. My "print size" settings are correct, I did check that.

I've added an image of the problem below. Note the resolution of the original project, and the resolution of the PDF file in the info at the left.

So please help me. How can I produce a PDF image and retain the original quality of the image? Any input is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

   

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  Help: Scale tool snapping strangely?
Posted by: foodnaptime - 06-07-2019, 05:40 PM - Forum: General questions - Replies (1)

Hi all,

I've been using GIMP for a few months and a strange new behavior has started with the Scale tool... resizing works normally but when I try to move the selection, it's started only moving along vertical, horizontal, or diagonal lines and snapping strangely. It makes it frustrating to move selections precisely. So far as I know I didn't change any snap to gridline settings or anything like that, and the behavior is persisting after uninstalling 2.10.8 and reinstalling 2.10.10.  Any clues?

Also while I'm here, anyone have tips for how to get the buttons larger than the "Huge" setting will allow? I have a UHD screen and the largest UI settings still are pretty tiny.

Thanks!

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  HOWTO: Make folds/creases at line edges ?
Posted by: vmars316 - 06-07-2019, 05:02 PM - Forum: General questions - Replies (10)

Hello & Thanks ,
Windows 10 x64 :

Plz , See attched image .
Image of cloth has two colors , brownish & white .
I would like to create a fold or crease effect on color borders .
Looking for a sort of 3d effect 
so it looks like there are (folds , creases , indents) 
at color borders .

Thanks
   

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  Win10 How to startup ImageMagick ?
Posted by: vmars316 - 06-07-2019, 04:49 PM - Forum: Other graphics software - Replies (2)

Hello & Thanks ,
Windows 10 x64
I just installed "ImageMagick-7.0.8-48-portable-Q16-x64.zip
When I click on "magick.exe
all I get back is a momentary flash of something , then nothing .
How to startup ImageMagick ?
Thanks

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Thumbs Up HOW-TO Change defauld tool that is active when I load GIMP
Posted by: AZM - 06-07-2019, 10:09 AM - Forum: Older Gimp versions (2.8, 2.6....) - Replies (2)

   
I am running a new install of Linux Mint 19.1, MATE Desktop (64 bit) and GIMP 2.8.22.

Brand new installs of GIMP 2.8 like to open with a spray paint tool selected.  Accidental click of the mouse over the image canvas can damage the image.

I forgot how to change the tool and set about asking for help, then gave that Preferences page another look.  So I will answer my own question.

Solution:

Go to Edit > Preferences.  In the left panel, select Toolbox.
The tool list will have the default tool highlighted.  See the image showing the Toolbox Preference image.  It shows the Measurement tool yhighlighted, the Measurement tool is also highlighted in the Toolbox itself.

To change the default tool:
Find the one you want, double-click on its line.

To Save your changes:  In the left panel, select Tool Options
This is just above the Toolbox.  Click to Save Now or to Save on Exit.  See the Tools Options image, where I drew a box around the save options at the top of the Preference window.


-- AZM



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  Upgrade question
Posted by: sl60 - 06-06-2019, 05:30 PM - Forum: Older Gimp versions (2.8, 2.6....) - Replies (3)

If I install 2.10 can I still keep editing .xcf images I've saved in 2.8?

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  Path selection only copies shape
Posted by: gogibubu - 06-06-2019, 09:25 AM - Forum: General questions - Replies (2)

I'm trying to cut out a part of an image to make some stickers, but I'm having a problem with path tool. It just copies the shape and fills it with white. I'm not sure how to fix that, I'd appreciate any help.

https://imgur.com/a/KpxIZK6 it looks like this

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  How do I reset -n switch?
Posted by: Ritergeek - 06-05-2019, 11:03 PM - Forum: General questions - Replies (6)

For no reason that I understand, GIMP has suddenly begun launching two instances. I understand this is related to a setting on the -n switch, but I have no idea where to find this switch to turn it off or redefine it. I am unable to find any information about this anywhere on the web or this forum other than the discovery that this switch exists. I do not see it in preferences. Where else does GIMP 2.10 store settings

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  HELP! Windows7 How to Install Heal Selection on GIMP2.10
Posted by: xxbashyx1 - 06-05-2019, 02:50 PM - Forum: Extending the GIMP - Replies (1)

Im using Gimp2.10 on Windows 7. I try every way to get the Heal Selection but still not work.. Also try like the videos on youtube and not working.. Where is the problem pls help me to get Heal Selection i need that.. (Im German, its better if a German Guy will help me on German)..

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  Change foreground or background color editor freezing
Posted by: Ritergeek - 06-03-2019, 11:58 PM - Forum: General questions - Replies (3)

The color editor tool in GIMP 2.10.10 has begun freezing. I can set a new color and use the RGB sliders without a problem, but when I use the L slider GIMP freezes. The first time that happened, I was horrified to realize I'd worked at least an hour on a new project without a single save. I know better than that! But rather than lose all that work by using Task Manager to close the app, I did something else for an hour. By that time GIMP had sorted itself out.

This has happened a couple more times, and once it freezes, it will always freeze on that function. I have no idea why. I've routinely used that function in the past. 

Fiddling with it just now to see if there's a performance difference between foreground and background, I discovered that the new color is not registering in the palette at the bottom of that tool as it has always done. ??

   

The non grayscale colors above are all custom colors that registered yesterday.

AHA! It seems to jam in Background. And when I open Task Manager to close it, I see

   

Closing just the Program Plug-In does not help. It is reliably stalling with the Background Color function when using the L slider. I'd never tried the bottom sliders. They work fine with Foreground, but L, C, and h all stall out on Background.

For now, I'll swap colors and use Foreground for all color manipulation, but where are my swatches? I rely on those! Why is this behavior change occurring when I haven't changed any setting, installed any plug-ins, or whatever since before these problems began?

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