these are my notes on how GIMP works.
mainly for my use so when i go to someones
house who doesn not have a gimp manual i
can figure out how to do what i need to do.
some for work its also easier to search these
note then to look up something in the gimp manual.
typeing partial file names
1) got to the box where you type in file name
2) type in partial file name
3) hit TAB
4) in menu it will list files that begin with that file name
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moving layers around - moving layers up and down - moving layers down
YES YES YES - you can move layers from one place to another
use the 2 arrows at the bottom of the layers menu
1) highlite the layer in blue that you want to move
2) then use the up or down arrow to move the layer up or down
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.xcf is the DEFAULT gimp file format
.xcf in gimp you can save anything in xcf
.xcf default file format for gimp
to split screen mode and have 2 views of an image
1) a full size image of what it look like
so you can see how the changes you make
in the 2nd window affect it.
2) a 2nd window where you can zoom in an make changes
to enter split screen mode
a) right mouse click
b) select VIEW
c) select NEW VIEW
- - makes the image get smaller on your screen (so you can see more of it)
ie: your moving away from it
= - zooms into image
cntl/a - selects the entire image. that way you dont have to grab it with
a box select
cntl/n - creates a new blank image (none of the fucking with mouse shit)
cntl/w - writes the image
cntl/q - quits
cntl/s - saves the image
cntl/d - duplicates the image on a 2nd screen so you can play with it
with out hosing up the orginal image
cntl/I - inverts the selection. when selecting stuff with the
square box, circle, or other ways
if you hit CNTL/I it uses everything
on the screen execpt what you selected.
quite usefull sometimes.
grabs everything but what you selected.
grabs everything execpt what you selected.
ANCHOR BUTTON - this button stops the fucking marching ants when your in layers
- it works like the cntl/shift/A
- after you create text or other stuff in a layer
use it to anchor down the text.
cntl/shift/A - (the ANCHOR button also does this for layers)
after you have selected something and are done working
on it CNTL/SHIFT/A will turn of the marching ants
so you can work on something else
for example after you select some text you can
force the marching ants to stop and go on and
do something else. i lied. it DOESNT WORK WITH TEST.
I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR THIS EVER SINCE I STARTED
READING THE BOOK. ITS THE COMMAND TO TELL IT TO
TURN OFF WHAT YOU JUST DID
cntl/shift/L - floats a section so you can edit it with out effecting
the image.
to unfloat it and make it part of the image either
a) anchor it in the LAWYERS BOX
1) right mouse
select LAYERS
select ANCHOR
to get the size of any window either go
or to display the x/y coordinaates of where the curser is
(you have to click on the cursor to get x and y coordinates)
SHIFT/cntl/I
or
RIGHT CLICK
select VIEW
select WINDOW INFO
to get a selection box for any of the tool icons
double click on the icon. say double click on the
paint brush box
once the box is up it will change as you move from tool to tool.
the water drop tool blurs stuff.
the eye drop tool lets you tell what color something is.
the bucket tool files an area of the page. or you can
even fill the whole page to tint it.
the gradient tool. its a square box that black on one side,
grey in the middle and white on the other side lets you
do a change from one thing to another ie - black brackground
to white back ground with grey in the middle.
to get the color selection box double click on either the white or
black forground/back ground colors at the bottom of the
tool menu.
to make text or add text to the image
1) click on the T box
2) move the cursor to the image and you will
have a vertical bar.
click where you want the text to go
3) a box will pop up.
enter the text in the bottom box.
(you can also set the font, size, tilt
and other stuff)
when your text is typed click on the
OK button.
4) now the text will be displayed on the screen
with the marching ants moving around the text.
5) to move the text move the cursor to an edge
or where the marching ants are and a + will
appear. you can use the mouse to move the
text if you grab the text where the "+" is.
(note if you click inside the text instead of
on the + you will get the diagol box back.
6) to force your text (or any other image) to
be placed down now click the mouse where
you see the "+".
(if you click inside the image you will
get the dialog box back)
to save a file
1) right click on the mouse
2) select FILE
select SAVE AS
3) type in file name to save
(pick file type .gif, ... from box)
to set undo level
1) right click on mouseA
2 select FILE
select PREFERENCES
3) in pop up box that comes us
click on the INTERFACE tab
enter levels of UNDO
click on OK
to pick a paint brush to use go
0) mike make a paint brush that
JUST PAINTS 1 PIXEL
-1) they have a 2 x 2 pixel paint brush
its at top right hand corner of
brush menu
1) click on right mouse
2) pick DIALOGS
pick BRUSHES
3) pick the brush you want from the
pop up menu
(note you can make new paint brushes
as defined on page 47.
you can have a paint brush that
contains your signed name written
in scrolling letters, or other images
such as a peace sign
)
to make a new paint brush image (see page 47)
1) cut the image from an existing image
2) copy it to a blank screen (with white back ground)
3) convert it to a grey scale image
hit right mouse key
select IMAGE
select GREYSCALE
4) flip the colors and make it a negative
hit right mouse key
select IMAGE
select COLORS
select INVERT
5) save it as a .GBR file (Gimp Brush file)
6) move it to
$HOME/.gimp/brushes/xxx.gbr
7) go to the brush area with
right mouse click
select DIALOG
select BRUSHES
hit the REFRESH key at the bottom to see the new brush
YES IT DID WORK!!!!!!
i gotta a NIPPLE brush
a easier way to make brushes is
1) mark the image with the square, or circle box
2) hit right mouse button
select SCRIPT-FU
select SELECTION
select TO-BRUSH
it will save it directly to the brush area
to undo stuff hit cntl/z
to paste stuff you copied cntl/v
to copy stuff you selected cntl/c
to select a pattern to use as background or fill in an area
1) click on right mouse
2) select DIALOGS
select PATTERNS
3) click on the pattern you want
4) click on the BUCKET to fill the area
in the BUCKET menu (double click BUCKET to get BUCKET menu)
you can make the fill transperent OPACITY
so you can see thru the pattern
to make a new pattern OPEN A NEW WINDOW
if you dont open a new WINDOW and use a GIF or other FILE
it gives you problems when you try to make it seamless
to make a pattern you must 1st make it seamless so you can
overlap a bunch of them do it this way
1) click on right mouse
2) select FILTERS
select MAP
select MAKE SEAMLESS
3) to save the pattern write it out as a
.PAT file
4) move it to
$HOME/.gimp/patterns
5) click on right mouse
select DIALOGS
select PATTERNS
hit REFRESH button to see the pattern
(in my case it didnt refresh until i got out of
gimp and came back in)
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this way you can also save backgrounds like you save
brushes
hit right mouse button
select SCRIPT-FU
select SELECTION
select TO-IMAGE
once you select something and get the marching ants that
circle what you selected you can only operate on the
selected part of the image.
to get around this cntl/T allows you to toggle the
marching ants and do stuff on the whole file and
then get the marching ants back. cntl/t works on
everything TEXT selected, square grabs, circle grabs
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to select several areas how down the SHIFT key
when you click on the mouse and select a 2nd, 3rd,
4th, 5th item.
when you hit the cntl/C all things selected will be copied.
when you hit the cntl/V key all things selected will be pasted
to the new area.
last you can select OVERLAPPING areas. again hold down
the SHIFT key when you click on the mouse for your
2nd thru n'th selection. you can mix square areas,
with circle areas and with hand picked areas.
last you can SNIP out parts of the areas selected by
holding down the CNTL key when you click on the
mouse to select a 2nd area. in this case i used
a square to grab an entire naked girl who just happens
to have a fantastic set of boobs. then i held
down the CNTL with the mouse and snipped out her
nipples and pussy to make the picture clean enough
to children in public.
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see page 66 in the book for the rules on how
CNTL/SHIFT work in all the combinations and
permutations for cntl (CENTER/DELETE) and
shift (PERFECT/ADD)
but pretty much its
1) press first key
2) click on mouse
3) press 2nd key (or release one key and then press on another)
selecting rectangles and elipse identifying the CENTER point
instead of using both edges. and/or making PERFECT squares
or perfect circles.
CNTL - cause elipse or rectangle to be defined from its center
SHIFT - says make a PERFECT CIRCLE or SQUARE - no rectangle or elipses allowed
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creating elipses and rectangles by defining the center point of the circle or
square. (an elipse or rectangle is an imperfect circle or imprefect square)
1) click on mouse
2) hit CNTL key
3) select circle or square - cause you to select a circle
or square with the mouse starting at the CENTER
of whats to be selected.
(note when deleting area this cause a
conflict and the conflict is fixed
by timing of when you release/touch
the keys defined on page 61)
to ADD a 2nd elipse or rectangle and defining the elipse or
rectangle using the center point using CNTL key which cause conflict
1) 1st area already selected
2) hit SHIFT (we want to add another area
3) click mouse at center point of area to add
4) hold down CNTL key
5) draw elipse or square
6) release mouse
to DELETE a an elipse or rectangle area from an existing area using CNTL key which cause conflicts
1) 1st area already selected
2) hit cntl (were deleting the area)
3) click on mouse (at center of area to pick)
4) release cntl
4) hit CNTL to tell it to find it from CENTER of the area
5) define elipse or rectangle to remove
6) remove mouse
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creating perfect CIRCLES and PERFECT SQUARES by defining the center point
of the circle or square.
1) hold down SHIFT key
2) click on center of PERFECT CIRCLE or PERFECT SQUARE
3) last press on CNTL key
4) use mouse to define CIRCLE/SQUARE
5) release MOUSE (if you release SHIFT or CNTL first it wont work)
to add another selection do exactly what i just did again
remember that SHIFT means 1) add a new area
or
2) make a PERFECT CIRCLE SQUARE
to subtract a PERFECT CIRCLE or PERFECT SQUARE from an existing
area do this
1) hit CNTL key (CNTL means subtract)
2) click on center of PERFECT SQUARE or CIRCLE to subtract
3) now hold down SHIFT+CNTL
4) use mouse to define CIRCLE or SQUARE
5) release mouse
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magic wand - its used to do color selections
- say you have a black image on
a white background.
you tell the magic wand what color
to select and it selects everything of
that color.
NOTE:if the magic wand doesnt grab everything you want
you can use the SHIFT key to grab other keys with
any of the tools that grab stuff to expand the area
in the 2nd example i wanted to cut out a penis thats
squirting cum into a babes mouth. so clicked on
the magic wand on one color on the penis, then did
a SHIFT+CLICK on all the other colors on the penis
and cum to add them all together to the penis and
cum image.
in the 1st example i have the BLACK LETTERS PAUL PUTZ
and instead of BLACK i want the LETTERS to be
a WALLPAPER of penis's. so to change them i
1) click on a letter with the magic wand.
2) the magic wand will select the whole letter cuz
i clicked on a black pixel and it finds all matching
black pixels that touch it.
now the letter P is selected
3) use the paint bucket took to fill in the selected
area with the background that contains penis's
4) fill in the rest of the letters UAL PUTZ
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bezier tool
1) select middle box in 2nd row
it has an old fashioned fountain pen
with a curved line and a dot in it
2) click on all your points.
3) after you click on a point you get
a optional handle with a circle in the middle
and 2 squares on each end.
you can rotate the handle to make the line curve.
if you hit the SHIFT key you can rotate each square end
seperatly.
4) when done click inside the defined image and
the marching ants will come on.
(i filled in the darwin fish with this tool.
it seems pretty usefull but it also takes some
learning on how the tool generates its curves
as you pull on the handle.
it also appears that the last curve has some relataion
to the current curve your drawing.
)
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intelligent scissors
it analyizes color.
it finds where the edges are different colors.
you draw a line and moves line to color values that match dont match?
n) its like the bezier tool. the marching ants dont come on
untill you click inside the image you have drawn.
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to draw a border around something
1) select the image or thing to draw a border around
with any selection tool
2) click right mouse
select SELECT
select BORDER
(a pop up box asks for the border size in pixels
3) use any other tool to fill in the border such as
the paint bucket
to draw a border manually do it this way
1) draw outside square with a square
2) subtract inside square by going
A) press down CNTL
b) click on starting inside corner
c) release CNTL
d) draw inside square
e) release mouse
f) fill in color
g) cntl/SHIFT/A to turn off marching ants
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an easier way to draw a line around stuff is with the
STROKE command
1) select what you want outlined
2) click on right mouse
select EDIT
select STROKE
3) it uses your current paint brush setting to
draw a line around what you have selected.
do it with the penis or tit for putz.!
draw a halo of penis's around paul putz's
head.
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if you need a guide or ruler to help you place an image on the
screen you can grab either the
ruler on the top line
or
the ruler on the right
and drag them any where you want on the screen.
then you can use the rulers as guides to help you
place an image.
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gif files
to save files as .gif for the web
1) right click mouse
2) select IMAGE
select INDEXED
3) in the box that comes up make sure
you have
a - 256 colors or less
b - use the button Generate Optimal palette
(dont click on Use WWW-optimized!
its for monitors from the dark ages
like i have at home )
c - when you save the file click on the
INTERLACE button
that causes the files to be layered
and show one part at a time as they
are down loaded off the web. on the
other hand dont click on it it make make
the files be goofy
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when rotating stuff you can hold down the CNTL key to rotate in 15 degree increments
to magnify, shrink, rotate, flip , squish, expand, fatten
use the Transform Tool
its 1st row 4th box down
and the one that flips is in 2nd row 4th box down
and the cropping tool is in the 3rd row, 3rd one down.
crops what you selected and makes a new image out of it
with the image just the size that you cropped it at. nice
you can make FAT people SKINNY by using the PERSPECTIVE and squishing them
you can make SKINNY people FAT by using PERSPECTIVE and streching them
make linda fatter and paul skinner.
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HSV - color model
H - HUE 3 RGB colors
1 byte R value
1 byte G value
1 byte B value
S - Saturation - 0% = grey 100% = full color
1 byte S value
V - Value - percent light 0% = black 100% = white
1 byte V value
gif files use an index where you have 256 colors for any image
to get the pallet used for an image go
click INDEXED PALLETS
select DIALOGS
select INDEXED PALLETES
or froselect INDEXED PALLETS
once you have the pallet you can click on any colors and used
them to changed colors. when you click on a color in the pallet
it moves the color to either the forground or background color
on your TOOL ICON KIT and then you can use the color to edit
stuff.
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transparent images
- YOU HAVE TO SAVE THE TRANSPARENT IMAGE IN A FORMAT THAT
SUPPORTS TRANSPARENT IMAGES (like gif) ELSE WHEN YOU
DISPLAY IT IT WONT BE TRANSPARENT
to create an image as transparent click on the box
TRANSPARENT
when you create the image
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(right mouse click)
IMAGE
COLORS
EQUALIZE - use to clean up images that are too BLACK or too WHITE
gives lowest color in image a 0
and highest color a 255
and adjusts all other colors to the new range
POSTERIZE - reduces the number of colors in an images
special effects like the 60's. mabye it could be
said it reduces the image to color shadows
that are not well defined.
THRESHOLD - reduces image to BLACK AND WHITE but on a LARGE AREA BASIS
kinda like POSTERIZE but removes the color to and reduces
it to black and white.
maybe it could be better said it changes the image to
shadows.
COLOR BALANCE - allows you to generate special color effects on the images
its like playing with the color control knobs on a TV
and making the people all GREEN or all RED
BRIGHTNESS/CONTRAST - can generate COLOR NEGITIVES like in photos
for weird special effects.
- also can dim & brighten like black a& white tv
you can turn an image into a ghost image.
HUE/Saturation - remember that HSV color model (Hue, Saturation, Value)
this allows you to play games with each part of it.
you can create some weird color effects
or simulate low light conditions by reducing the
lightness and stauration
CURVES - these can be used to create WEIRD special color effects.
if you change to curve from a straigh line to a sign wave
really weird colors will show up.
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to move stuff that is in a transparent area you must either
1) click on something that isnt transpaarent
2) hold down the SHIFT key and click on the transparent area
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to turn off the marching ants its almost impossible
if its impossible to turn off the marching ants you may have
been doing 3 things, and you have to undo 2 things say you
1) click on text
2) clicked on square rope
3) clicked on graidiant
then to undo you have to
4) while in graidiant
click mouse on marching ants
5) go back to square rope box and
click mouse on marching ants
6) go back to text box and
click mouse on marching ants
in layers to stop the fucking marching ants use the ANCHOR button on
the layers menu to ANCHOR down stuff that you add like
text added
pictures
images
its like the
CNTL/SHIFT/A
used for other stuff
other layers command
cntl/n - create new layer
cntl/c - copy or duplicate an existing layer
cntl/x - delete a layer
cntl/s - scale layer?
cntl/r - resize layer
cntl/m - merge all the VISIBLE layers into one layer
flattening the layers - compresses all the layers into one layer
to add a new layer
1) click on right mouse
2) select LAYERS
3) select LAYERS AND CHANNELS
4) click on LEFT box at the BOTTOM
which looks like a piece of paper with a fold on the top
5) give the layer a name so its easy to work with
make the lawyer so its transparent (i guess)
click on OK
the layer thats high lighted in blue is the area your changes go into.
in this im drawing a circle around some ladys boobs.
the circle is going into layer 3 which is active.
the EYEBALL shows which layers are being displayed.
in this case the ladys boobs in layer 1 are being displayed
and layer 3 which im orming on is being displayed.
to rename a layer click on it to turn it blue.
then double click on it to rename it.
it looks like for ANIMATED GIF files each layer name
has the amount of time it should run like
layer 1 (1000ms)
to make a copy of one layer (like in the gif where i have the picture of
the babe 6 times use the layers icon with the 2 sheets of paper
to duplicate a layer.
to delete a layer use the X icon
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right click mouse
select EDIT COPY VISIBLE
this is used when working on several layers to
copy all the stuff from ONLY THE VISIBLE LAYERS
i did it when copyied the moon and stars from
the active moon layer + star layer
and pasted them onto the water layer.
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layer masks
a layer mask works like this.
its a grey scaled image over some other image
black on the layer mask blocks out the 2nd image
white layer allows you to see 100% of the 2nd image
grey layers allow varying percents of the 2nd image to be seen
to add a layer mask
1) add a NEW layer
when the POP UP box comes up click on WHITE to make it a mask
2) now erase parts of the white mask and you will be able
to see the image under the mask
3) you could fill the mask with a picture of a home
and then erase the windows in the home allowing you
to see thru the windows and see people inside the home
to add a black layer which is transparent go
1) add new layer
(when you create the new layer make sure it aint TRANSPARENT)
(if the NEW LAYER IS TRANSPARENT your MASKING WONT WORK)
2) go to the layers ICON BOX where each layer is shown
right click on the box that has the layers name
select ADD LAYER MASK
3) pick either
WHITE (full opacity)
(you erase it to see the image under it)
BLACK (full transparency
(when you paint on it you cant see the image under it)
Layers ALPHA CHANNEL
(a grey scale mask
100% black - you cant see thru
100% white - you can see thru 100%
grey - shade of grade lets you see thru different degrees)
4) to make the MASK take effect and be saved as part of the
image you have to APPLY the MASK
do this by
right click on the MASK in the LAYERS box
select APPLY MASK
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an interesting drafting and drawing tool can be found in the oddest place
its in the filters section under
1) right click mouse
2) select FILTERS
select RENDER
select Gfig
a new window pops up and you have images you can edit and draw in it.
you can also move your current image into the window by clicking on
something
i copied a image of a steers skull into the image box but forgot how i did it
i remembered how to drag in the image
1) you have a set of RADIO buttons
PAINT BRUSH SELECT OPTIONS
2) click on the
OPTIONS
button
3) next click on LOAD image or
RELOAD image
no lier its SHOW IMAGE button
cool
when you click on PAINT box on the bottom
it draws your stick figure on to your real photo.
clicking on UNDO at the bottom line deletes the stuff in your box
clicking on EDIT under the small picture at the top of the screen
copies the stick figure (like a smily face) from the small box to
the big box and you can edit it.
then you can copy the stick figure to your image
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on FILTERS you can only run a filter on part of the image by
selecting the part (ie circle it, box it, grab it by color,
or some other way )
while you would normally do a motion blur on a car, truck
or running person, i selected the skull of a dead cow
and did a motion blur on it
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to bevel text
1) select TEXT
2) move text to where you want it
3) now select the GRAIDENT TOOL
4) use the GRIDENT TOOL on the text
draw the stinking line you want the graident to run in
5) now click on the TEXT BOX to get back the text tool
6) use the TEXT TOOL to anchor down the text
to bevel and airbrush text
1) select TEXT
2) move text to where you want it
3) now select the GRAIDENT TOOL
4) use the GRIDENT TOOL on the text
draw the stinking line you want the graident to run in
5) now click on the AIRBRUSH TOOL
airbrush the text to make it look beveled and airbrushed
6) now click on the TEXT BOX to get back the text tool
7) use the TEXT TOOL to anchor down the text
to make text with a pattern instead of a color and fill in letter by letter
1) select TEXT
2) move text to where you want it
3) now select the BUCKET PAINT TOOL
click on the PATTERN to fill in with a PATTERN instead of color
4) fill in each of the letters with the pattern
5) now click on the TEXT BOX to get back the text tool
6) use the TEXT TOOL to anchor down the text
to fill in all letters with a pattern at the same time (lazy way)
0) create a new layer
1) select TEXT
2) move text to where you want it
3) select one of the ROPE TOOLS, rope off your letters with the
square tool or circle them with the circle tool
4) select PAINT BUCKET TOOL and click on
the roped off area to fill it in
5) now click on the TEXT tool again
and click on them to stop the marching ants
6) now click on your ROPE tool
now click on the marching ants to get rid of them
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entering mutiple lines of text.
yes its easy but sucks
1) pull up text window to enter text
2) go open a unix window and fire up vi
3) enter 10 lines of text into vi
4) select the 10 lines of text with the mouse
5) move the mouse over to the TEXT window and
drop the 10 lines of text in by right/left
clicking on the mouse at the same time
it sucks but at least you can do it
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shit they even tell you how to make background patterns for web pages
1) select 2 colors like light red and dark red
light blue and dark blue
light yellow and dark yellow
2) make a 50x50 or 100x100 image
3) use the light color for the background
4) use the paint brush to paint a few swirls or other shit
5) use the FILTER
MAP
SEAMLESS
to make the background merge better
6) convert it to non-indexed
7) write it out as a .gif background file
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feathering is used when you cut something and then copy it somewhere else.
it blurs the image around where you cut it. and where you paste it
both images are blured together.
1) double click on any tool thats used to select stuff
square tool
round tool
rope tool
then the box that shows the tools parameters will pop up
a) click on the button that says FEATHER to enable feathering
b) select an feather radius by moving the SLIDE BAR to a radius
(note you have to do this seperatly for each tool ie
the square cut box
the round cut box
the color cut tool
cuz one selection doesnt apply to all the tools
)
2) not use the square tool to cut an area
3) use CNTL/C to copy the area you just cut
4) go to some other drawing and paste what you just cut with CNTL/v
when you do the paste the edges will be feathered in
when you cut something and paste it on a solid background the
feathering tool make it look much better by merging it in.
feathering is also usefull when your cutting nude babes and pasting them
else where. it makes them blend in better.
its also usefull when you have a shaky hand and cant follow the lines
exactly to cut the image. when i cut the image of the arizona map i
feather it and just roughly followed the lines and it cut arizona
and pasted it perfecltyly.
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to frame a picture
1) hit SHIFT/CNTL/i - to show size of current picture
2) open a new window 20 pixels wider and longer then the current picture
3) past the picture into the new window
4) you can use fill the new picture with patterns or stuff to make
a more interesting frame before pasting the picture in
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the clone tool.
double click on the CLONE tool to get the control box
PATTERN SOURCE button - clones from a .PAT in your pattern files
- i guess usefull if you want to fill in something
with part of a pattern
IMAGE SOURCE button - clones from a image you have selected.
to select the area to clone from
1) hold down CNTL
2) click on the center of what you want cloned
3) a + or cross will appear on the center of
the area selected..
ALIGNED button - i think you should always click on it.
i think this says even after i let up on
the mouse button continue cloning the area
from where i left off last time
now after picking the area to clone go to where you want to clone the data.
you will probably want to pick a SMALL paint brush to clone with!
when you paint it uses the BRUSH TOOL with the brush you have selected
and copies the cloned area relative to your brush position.
if your cloning from one window to another window it will have in the
window your copying from a cursor that shows where your currently
copying from, and of course in the window your copying to you will
see the data as its painted down.
if your cloning on the same picture you will also have a 2nd curser
on the stuff your copying
one game you can play to learn how to work the clone tool is to use the
square box tool to rip a square area out of your picture and turn it
all white.
then use the clone tool to repair the area and make it look like it
was never ripped out.
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to grab screens with gimp and copy the screens to disk go
1) click on XTNS (its on top of main menu next to FILE)
2) a box pops us that says
x - grab a single window
x - grab the whole screen after XX seconds:
3) click on grab button
3) where does the screen get written?
i dont fucking know
maybe
.gimp/tmp/xxxx
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Xtns - this is at the top of the GIMP TOOL box menu next to FILE
(you know the main menu that shows up when you start gimp)
i could not find it the first time i looked for it.
i thought it was on a lower menu
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gimp manuals
click on Xtns
click on Web browser
click on MANUALS
and it goes out to the web and pulls in the gimp manual
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gimp scripts
scripts are written in either
scheme or perl
scripts end in
.scm
scripts are stored in the directory
.gim/scripts
scripts are used in 3 main areas
Xtns (top of main menu)
Script-Fu
Tool Dialog Box
scripts that alter images are usually run by right clicking on the mouse
and selection some option from a menu
scripts that generate images are generally run by clicking on the
Xtns
which is on the main menu next to
FILE Xtns
their are tons of scripts intalled but most of them blow up
because the required font is not installed.
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to make animated gifs run faster they they have a tool to optimize them
0) display your gif file
1) click on right mouse
2) select FILTERS
select ANIMATION
select ANIMATION OPTIMIZE
3) it creates a new optimized gif file
it then goes off and optimizes your gif
you can play your gifs with out going to netscape by
0) display your gif file
1) click on right mouse
2) select FILTERS
select ANIMATION
select ANIMATION PLAY
4) you can play the gif just like in netscape
or you can single step thru it
nice.
now i dont have to go to netscape to view my gifs
anymore
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