gimp 2.4, what an improvement!

On Fri, 26 Oct 2007 13:38:23 -0400
"H.S." <hs.saDELETEMEmix.DeleteThis@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Just wanted to mention that I installed Gimp 2.4 yesterday and played
> around it a bit. It is a wonderful experience over the previous one.
> The selections are now resizable and it has red eye reduction
> function to mention the most basic ones which were lacking earlier.
> So if I wanted to crop an image with a particular aspect raion, I had
> to select the area multiple times to get it right. And didn't have
> any straight forward method to reduce red eyes. Both are a breeze now.
>
> Kudos to the developers!
>
> ->HS


Does it print well also?
My OS is Linux and Gimp-print-4.2.7 doesn't seem like working with the
new version.
I had to go back to Gimp-2.2.15
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On Sat, 27 Oct 2007 05:41:24 GMT
nixiguf <nixiguf DeleteThis @yahoo.com> wrote:

> On Fri, 26 Oct 2007 13:38:23 -0400
> "H.S." <hs.saDELETEMEmix DeleteThis @gmail.com> wrote:
>

> >
> > Kudos to the developers!
> >
> > ->HS
>
>
> Does it print well also?
> My OS is Linux and Gimp-print-4.2.7 doesn't seem like working with the
> new version.
> I had to go back to Gimp-2.2.15


Sorry, please ignore. It prints!
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Ron Hunter wrote:
> H.S. wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> Just wanted to mention that I installed Gimp 2.4 yesterday and played
>> around it a bit. It is a wonderful experience over the previous one. The
>> selections are now resizable and it has red eye reduction function to
>> mention the most basic ones which were lacking earlier. So if I wanted
>> to crop an image with a particular aspect raion, I had to select the
>> area multiple times to get it right. And didn't have any straight
>> forward method to reduce red eyes. Both are a breeze now.
>>
>> Kudos to the developers!
>>
>> ->HS
>
> Does it still throw up multiple, independent windows all over the screen?

Yes.
There's a "windows deweirdifier" plugin if you want it to
all be confined in one window.
OTOH, having separate windows has advantages once you get
used to it - especially if you're working with two monitors.
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frederick wrote:
> Ron Hunter wrote:
>> Does it still throw up multiple, independent windows all over the screen?
>
> Yes.
> There's a "windows deweirdifier" plugin if you want it to all be
> confined in one window.
> OTOH, having separate windows has advantages once you get used to it -
> especially if you're working with two monitors.

Yes, I was just going to mention that two monitors situation. I wasn't
aware of the deweirdifier plugin though.

thanks,
->HS
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On Oct 27, 1:41 am, nixiguf <nixi....TakeThisOut@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 26 Oct 2007 13:38:23 -0400
>
> "H.S." <hs.saDELETEME....TakeThisOut@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hello,
>
> > Just wanted to mention that I installed Gimp 2.4 yesterday and played
> > around it a bit. It is a wonderful experience over the previous one.
> > The selections are now resizable and it has red eye reduction
> > function to mention the most basic ones which were lacking earlier.
> > So if I wanted to crop an image with a particular aspect raion, I had
> > to select the area multiple times to get it right. And didn't have
> > any straight forward method to reduce red eyes. Both are a breeze now.
>
> > Kudos to the developers!
>
> > ->HS
>
> Does it print well also?
> My OS is Linux and Gimp-print-4.2.7 doesn't seem like working with the
> new version.
> I had to go back to Gimp-2.2.15

Did anyone ever write a module so it will print under XP?
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Allodoxaphobia wrote:

>> There's a "windows deweirdifier" plugin if you want it to all be
>> confined in one window. OTOH, having separate windows has advantages
>> once you get used to it - especially if you're working with two monitors.
>
> Or, if you have several desktops in use.
>
> Jonesy

I thought about that, but windows on other desktops are not visible so
not sure how useful that can be.

->HS
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On Sat, 27 Oct 2007 21:12:29 +1300, frederick wrote:
> Ron Hunter wrote:
>> H.S. wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> Just wanted to mention that I installed Gimp 2.4 yesterday and played
>>> around it a bit. It is a wonderful experience over the previous one. The
>>> selections are now resizable and it has red eye reduction function to
>>> mention the most basic ones which were lacking earlier. So if I wanted
>>> to crop an image with a particular aspect raion, I had to select the
>>> area multiple times to get it right. And didn't have any straight
>>> forward method to reduce red eyes. Both are a breeze now.
>>>
>>> Kudos to the developers!
>>
>> Does it still throw up multiple, independent windows all over the screen?
>
> Yes.

> There's a "windows deweirdifier" plugin if you want it to all be
> confined in one window. OTOH, having separate windows has advantages
> once you get used to it - especially if you're working with two monitors.

Or, if you have several desktops in use.

Jonesy
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"spock" <vk5abcnospam.TakeThisOut@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
>Does it it support RAW files?

Yes. UFRAW is a very nice plugin that is just about as
good as it gets for RAW file handling.

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>> On Sat, 27 Oct 2007 02:38:00 -0500, Ron Hunter wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Does it still throw up multiple, independent windows all over the
>>> screen?
>>
>> Independent windows make more sense to me than one big window with
>> everything in it. There is total liberty as to where you want to place
>> things on a screen. Just my opinion though.
>>

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On Sat, 27 Oct 2007 02:38:00 -0500, Ron Hunter wrote:

>
> Does it still throw up multiple, independent windows all over the
> screen?

Independent windows make more sense to me than one big window with
everything in it. There is total liberty as to where you want to place
things on a screen. Just my opinion though.
 >> Stay informed about: gimp 2.4, what an improvement! 

Does it it support RAW files?
"aSlacker" <invalid.DeleteThis@invalid.net> wrote in message
news:4724f0ea$0$5097$ba4acef3@news.orange.fr...
> On Sat, 27 Oct 2007 02:38:00 -0500, Ron Hunter wrote:
>
>>
>> Does it still throw up multiple, independent windows all over the
>> screen?
>
> Independent windows make more sense to me than one big window with
> everything in it. There is total liberty as to where you want to place
> things on a screen. Just my opinion though.
>
 >> Stay informed about: gimp 2.4, what an improvement! 

On Fri, 26 Oct 2007 13:38:23 -0400, "H.S." <hs.saDELETEMEmix.TakeThisOut@gmail.com> wrote:
: Hello,
:
: Just wanted to mention that I installed Gimp 2.4 yesterday and played
: around it a bit. It is a wonderful experience over the previous one. The
: selections are now resizable and it has red eye reduction function to
: mention the most basic ones which were lacking earlier. So if I wanted
: to crop an image with a particular aspect raion, I had to select the
: area multiple times to get it right. And didn't have any straight
: forward method to reduce red eyes. Both are a breeze now.
:
: Kudos to the developers!

I can't find the redeye correction. Can you tell me where it is? And what
about small-angle rotation? I can't find that either, and it's a "sine qua
non" feature without which I'm unlikely to be interested enough to survive the
learning curve.

Bob
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Robert Coe <bob DeleteThis @1776.COM> wrote:
>
>I can't find the redeye correction. Can you tell me where it is? And what

Filters->Enhance->Red Eye Removal...

I can't say that its performance impressed me much
though. I almost always do red eye removal manually by
zooming in and using the clone tool.

>about small-angle rotation? I can't find that either, and it's a "sine qua
>non" feature without which I'm unlikely to be interested enough to survive the
>learning curve.

Under Tools>Transform Tools->Rotate you can
rotate by 1/100th of a degree. The slider moves in 1.36
degree increments and the tab jumps in 1/10th of a
degree increments. Those can be used to get close, and
the you'll need to manually enter the number of 1/100ths
of a degree to get that level of precision.

>
>Bob

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aSlacker invalid RemoveThis @invalid.net posted to rec.photo.digital:

> On Sat, 27 Oct 2007 02:38:00 -0500, Ron Hunter wrote:
>
>>
>> Does it still throw up multiple, independent windows all over the
>> screen?
>
> Independent windows make more sense to me than one big window with
> everything in it. There is total liberty as to where you want to
> place
> things on a screen. Just my opinion though.

Eh, i 'ave worked both ways. Both are natural to me now. Though i
generally like just a few windows, the richness of the toolset makes
this difficult. There is some value to tear-off and dockable menus.
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