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  Saving to a gif format and choosing the color palette
Posted by: SpongeBob - 12-13-2017, 07:19 PM - Forum: General questions - Replies (7)

Hello people,

I'm still running under my "old" photoshop CS6 but I plan to quit adobe because of their policy since the cloud based version....

So in photoshop when we saving a file under a Gif (for web) we have the possibility to chose witch color will remain or be deleted etc.. is their anyway to do the sane under gimp 2 ?

[Image: screenshoit.png]

Thank you

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  pyc compile error
Posted by: look - 12-13-2017, 04:00 PM - Forum: Scripting questions - Replies (3)

Hi
not enough information online - so i ask it here.
the issue:
i have a .py script that run fine on gimp.
when trying to compile it with "-m compileall" - i get an error:
#########################################
Error processing line 3 of c:\Program Files\GIMP 2\Python\lib\site-packages\pygtk.pth:

  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "c:\Program Files\GIMP 2\Python\lib\site.py", line 152, in addpackage
      exec line
    File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
  ImportError: No module named runtime

Remainder of file ignored
Compiling myscript.py ...
#################################

the compile produce a .pyc file, but when gimp trying to load it - it crash with similar error or 
"runtime" module missing... 

I was trying to compile other gimp python scripts  - with same result.
i remember that in ubuntu i tried it once , few months ago, and it was fine.

can someone help with this issue?

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  Is it Possible to Set Your Favorite Fonts in GIMP to Declutter Selection?
Posted by: TechnicGeek - 12-13-2017, 02:42 PM - Forum: General questions - Replies (6)

Hello,

I noticed that GIMP displays any font available that is in program and fonts installed on my computer.
The problem with that is not all fonts are created equal and there's a few that I like while majority is just clutter.

Is it possible to favorite fonts and them displayed separately?
The other issue is that GIMP does not display in fonts change in real-time as you hover your mouse over.
Canva for example is great at it and in no time you can create different texts because it is so easy to quickly
find and test fonts:

   

What do you guys do when you work with text?
Do you have another, faster way that is easier to navigate between fonts?

Thanks.

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Wink Indexed bmp - Export options gone
Posted by: eduardolucioac - 12-12-2017, 09:21 PM - Forum: General questions - Replies (5)

I'm using GIMP 2.8.22.

When I try to export an image to bmp format in indexed mode...

[Image: UMPqBcJ.png]

... the export options dialog no longer appears...

[Image: YHUntD9.png]

... after hit "Export"!

The options dialog only appears when the bmp image is in RGB mode...

[Image: cGuE2EN.png]

This is the expected old behavior...

[Image: w321vo9.png]

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How can I solve this?  Huh

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  How to Manipulate Text into Shape?
Posted by: TechnicGeek - 12-12-2017, 07:11 PM - Forum: General questions - Replies (30)

Hello,

Is there a way to manipulate shape of text? Here's the effect I am looking for:

   

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  Photo fixing help
Posted by: earlw33 - 12-12-2017, 06:14 PM - Forum: General questions - Replies (5)

    Hello Everybody,

Not sure if this is a good spot to post this, seems to fit the best. 

I shot my first wedding as a primary as a favor to a friend, so I am not getting paid for the job. I just use GIMP to touch up my photos, so I have never done anything in the area of manipulating photos. I got a shot of the groom and there is somebody right behind him. I was hoping a GIMP expert would be able to remove that pretty quickly and pretty inexpensively.

Being totally new at this is there a better way to find somebody to do this?

Thanks

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  Basic print issues (orientation, paper size, etc)
Posted by: CZroe - 12-12-2017, 05:05 PM - Forum: Windows - Replies (6)

I'm struggling to learn GIMP but inconsistent and incorrect print behavior has been my biggest issue. Often I can't even simply turn the image and print it! I've encountered a range of issues but the biggest issue is that it will not accept any paper/layout changes.

Here is a thread from the old forums where some users were having the same issue:
http://gimpforums.com/thread-can-t-chang...p-settings

The thing is, it seems to be slightly different per-printer.

On my Epson Stylus Pro 3880 (A2 photo printer) I set it to Landscape 13x19" (A3+, SuperA3) and go to print but it reverts to a smaller portrait every time. I recall that this wasn't the case when I first tested over USB but no amount of tweaking and restarting seems to help when using it as a network printer (the way I intend to use it). It doesn't matter what I change in the printer preferences or print dialog.

On my HP OfficeJet 7000 Wide Format I ruined several sheets of expensive paper with the printer printing off the page because of some glitch where changing settings would result in completely incorrect page size until exiting and re-opening GIMP. Even when it is seemingly working and I can print to Legal or Tabloid, the dialog with paper and layout settings always reverts to whatever it's been stuck on when I open it (not always Letter/A4).

My Ricoh C250DN has given me less trouble but even it has had the problem where I have to close and reopen GIMP after several failed prints.

Because of these print issues I have to export and print from IrfanView. I will be printing to very expensive A2 photo papers that I can't afford to ruin so I really hope someone knows a work-around for these issues that doesn't involve rotating the image as an image edit. Thanks!

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  round particles pattern
Posted by: Espermaschine - 12-12-2017, 11:17 AM - Forum: General questions - Replies (4)

This is something i have been thinking over for a long time.

How to fill a selection with random little dots, like particles, all roughly the same size, but not exactly, and no overlap.

Could be used for a particle shadow like here:

   

Tried something with the G'MIC Box Fitting and Morphological (Erosion) filters.
Still not 100% to my liking.

   

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  Drop Shadow Issues
Posted by: RandomTwirler - 12-12-2017, 08:15 AM - Forum: General questions - Replies (2)

Hey all, I'm using GIMP 2.8 on a Windows 10 OS. I've been working for several hours on a project, and everything has been fine up until now. I have been working with GIFs, adding text and borders to them, and have run into a snag. On the first GIF I was able to add text, with a drop shadow, and a border. No issue. 

The second GIF, the drop shadow does a weird 'striation/pixelation' effect when I go to duplicate my layers, in order to merge them together for the final product (to ensure every frame contains the effect). I've even gone through the process to merge the layers individually, to see if it would resolve itself...but it did not, even on the Playback.  Huh

Is there any way that I can avoid this layering issue? I didn't seem to have this problem with the first GIF, and I have done nothing different this time around, as far as I can tell.

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  How do you superimpose a red letter "x" or the word "sold" over an image in a photo
Posted by: touchofgoldauplaytor - 12-11-2017, 10:50 PM - Forum: General questions - Replies (1)

I have gimp 2.8 and I want to be able to put the word "sold" or a large letter "x" over one item in a photo array of photos all on one page. I will be selling items from that one page and I would like to be able to mark the sold ones rather than have to create several photos with only one item per photo. Can someone please tell me how to do this? Thanks in advance.

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