GIMP DISCUSSIONS

A place to swap ideas, share your hobbies, pass on hints and tips and discuss how you spend your free time.

Moderators: DJKeefy, 4u Network

User avatar
Kiya
Egyptian Pharaoh
Egyptian Pharaoh
Posts: 4286
Joined: Fri Dec 05, 2008 2:15 am
Location: Peterhead Scotland
Has thanked: 1575 times
Been thanked: 537 times
Gender:
United Kingdom

Re: GIMP DISCUSSIONS

Post by Kiya »

Ok I have it now....thanks :)


User avatar
Grandad
Egyptian Pharaoh
Egyptian Pharaoh
Posts: 6924
Joined: Fri Dec 05, 2008 2:15 am
Location: South East UK
Has thanked: 797 times
Been thanked: 2254 times
Gender:
United Kingdom

Re: GIMP DISCUSSIONS

Post by Grandad »

Just an update on my problems H. My extra RAM that I ordered yesterday pm arrived at 12 noon today....now that is what I call service and three cheers for Crucial. :up That is now in and running.....

I think I have pinned down my 'booting off' problem. It happened today when I was exiting Google Chrome and I got a message that it needed to close but as I was in the process of opening Word the whole system didn't close down. Then later I was going into ebay and it did the total shut down job.

I am now convinced that it is something to do with Chrome so I am about to uninstall it and re-install.....See you later......maybe :lol:

Edit: Back again, done that, now we will see if that has cured the problem. :?
:gg:
User avatar
Kiya
Egyptian Pharaoh
Egyptian Pharaoh
Posts: 4286
Joined: Fri Dec 05, 2008 2:15 am
Location: Peterhead Scotland
Has thanked: 1575 times
Been thanked: 537 times
Gender:
United Kingdom

Re: GIMP DISCUSSIONS

Post by Kiya »

I've managed to do a quicky with Frames & Text, I got the Saltire from Google images then added the different sizes of frames using the Picker Tool for the Blue frames, then I added the text which was ok but then I remembered from college days I liked the Papyrus font so added that instead of plain text.

3256
User avatar
Grandad
Egyptian Pharaoh
Egyptian Pharaoh
Posts: 6924
Joined: Fri Dec 05, 2008 2:15 am
Location: South East UK
Has thanked: 797 times
Been thanked: 2254 times
Gender:
United Kingdom

Re: GIMP DISCUSSIONS

Post by Grandad »

Very nice Kiya.....but you could have drawn your own saltire :)

I love that shade of blue but blues have always been favourites of mine.....
:gg:
User avatar
Kiya
Egyptian Pharaoh
Egyptian Pharaoh
Posts: 4286
Joined: Fri Dec 05, 2008 2:15 am
Location: Peterhead Scotland
Has thanked: 1575 times
Been thanked: 537 times
Gender:
United Kingdom

Re: GIMP DISCUSSIONS

Post by Kiya »

Thank you Grandad :) ...............I'm sure there is a way that I could draw my own Saltire..............I just need reminding how to ;)
User avatar
Horus
Egypt4u God
Egypt4u God
Posts: 12363
Joined: Fri Dec 05, 2008 2:15 am
Location: UK
Has thanked: 1658 times
Been thanked: 2213 times
Gender:
United Kingdom

Re: GIMP DISCUSSIONS

Post by Horus »

Grandad, glad you are sorted now, lets hope that does the job. :up

Kiya, another excellent effort you are really putting your lessons into practice, very nice borders to go with it and can you see what I mean about using the 'picker' tool to match your colour back to the main image, it always looks good done that way.

Nice to see that you have the text sorted out pretty well, I had not noticed if it had the Papyrus font in Gimp, I know I have it in Photoshop, or did you import the font into Gimp? There is still abit more about text to learn, although I want to skip onto another Gimp feature first, but that feature will also come in useful for applying certain types of text. :up
Image
User avatar
Kiya
Egyptian Pharaoh
Egyptian Pharaoh
Posts: 4286
Joined: Fri Dec 05, 2008 2:15 am
Location: Peterhead Scotland
Has thanked: 1575 times
Been thanked: 537 times
Gender:
United Kingdom

Re: GIMP DISCUSSIONS

Post by Kiya »

The Papyrus font was already there in Gimp but, funny your Excalibur SF wasn't on my list under " E "
User avatar
Horus
Egypt4u God
Egypt4u God
Posts: 12363
Joined: Fri Dec 05, 2008 2:15 am
Location: UK
Has thanked: 1658 times
Been thanked: 2213 times
Gender:
United Kingdom

Re: GIMP DISCUSSIONS

Post by Horus »

Just posted, Using the GRID option in GIMP (Part 1 Basics)
Image
User avatar
Kiya
Egyptian Pharaoh
Egyptian Pharaoh
Posts: 4286
Joined: Fri Dec 05, 2008 2:15 am
Location: Peterhead Scotland
Has thanked: 1575 times
Been thanked: 537 times
Gender:
United Kingdom

Re: GIMP DISCUSSIONS

Post by Kiya »

Got it printed, will start on that 1 soon :)
User avatar
Horus
Egypt4u God
Egypt4u God
Posts: 12363
Joined: Fri Dec 05, 2008 2:15 am
Location: UK
Has thanked: 1658 times
Been thanked: 2213 times
Gender:
United Kingdom

Re: GIMP DISCUSSIONS

Post by Horus »

Also added, Using the GRID option in GIMP (Part 2 Basics)
That should keep you busy for a short while Kiya, please post your result, just the lines and background nothing else.
Image
User avatar
Kiya
Egyptian Pharaoh
Egyptian Pharaoh
Posts: 4286
Joined: Fri Dec 05, 2008 2:15 am
Location: Peterhead Scotland
Has thanked: 1575 times
Been thanked: 537 times
Gender:
United Kingdom

Re: GIMP DISCUSSIONS

Post by Kiya »

Got part 2 printed now........................I thinks I knows what it is ;)
User avatar
Kiya
Egyptian Pharaoh
Egyptian Pharaoh
Posts: 4286
Joined: Fri Dec 05, 2008 2:15 am
Location: Peterhead Scotland
Has thanked: 1575 times
Been thanked: 537 times
Gender:
United Kingdom

Re: GIMP DISCUSSIONS

Post by Kiya »

Got part 2 printed now........................I thinks I knows what it is ;)
User avatar
Horus
Egypt4u God
Egypt4u God
Posts: 12363
Joined: Fri Dec 05, 2008 2:15 am
Location: UK
Has thanked: 1658 times
Been thanked: 2213 times
Gender:
United Kingdom

Re: GIMP DISCUSSIONS

Post by Horus »

:lol: :lol: I bet you do ;)
Image
User avatar
Kiya
Egyptian Pharaoh
Egyptian Pharaoh
Posts: 4286
Joined: Fri Dec 05, 2008 2:15 am
Location: Peterhead Scotland
Has thanked: 1575 times
Been thanked: 537 times
Gender:
United Kingdom

Re: GIMP DISCUSSIONS

Post by Kiya »

Now I'm stuck!....I get as far as having the blue background with the red grid lines & ready with the white paintbrush & I come to a standstill , I've no idea where to start with the painbrush or where to end, when I do try I just get very shaky lines...................I'm sure there is a easy way to get from A - B with straight lines ....................& to cap them off :?

HELP !
User avatar
Horus
Egypt4u God
Egypt4u God
Posts: 12363
Joined: Fri Dec 05, 2008 2:15 am
Location: UK
Has thanked: 1658 times
Been thanked: 2213 times
Gender:
United Kingdom

Re: GIMP DISCUSSIONS

Post by Horus »

:lol: :lol: There is ;) just wanted to see if you would struggle with this part or not, but don't worry most people would.
All will become much clearer and a lot easier when I post the second part sometime tomorrow. :up
Image
User avatar
Kiya
Egyptian Pharaoh
Egyptian Pharaoh
Posts: 4286
Joined: Fri Dec 05, 2008 2:15 am
Location: Peterhead Scotland
Has thanked: 1575 times
Been thanked: 537 times
Gender:
United Kingdom

Re: GIMP DISCUSSIONS

Post by Kiya »

Horus! you are wicked ;) :)
User avatar
Horus
Egypt4u God
Egypt4u God
Posts: 12363
Joined: Fri Dec 05, 2008 2:15 am
Location: UK
Has thanked: 1658 times
Been thanked: 2213 times
Gender:
United Kingdom

Re: GIMP DISCUSSIONS

Post by Horus »

Horus! you are wicked
Yes I know :lol: :lol: anyway Part 3 has been posted :up
Image
User avatar
Kiya
Egyptian Pharaoh
Egyptian Pharaoh
Posts: 4286
Joined: Fri Dec 05, 2008 2:15 am
Location: Peterhead Scotland
Has thanked: 1575 times
Been thanked: 537 times
Gender:
United Kingdom

Re: GIMP DISCUSSIONS

Post by Kiya »

Ok Part 3 printed :)
User avatar
Grandad
Egyptian Pharaoh
Egyptian Pharaoh
Posts: 6924
Joined: Fri Dec 05, 2008 2:15 am
Location: South East UK
Has thanked: 797 times
Been thanked: 2254 times
Gender:
United Kingdom

Re: GIMP DISCUSSIONS

Post by Grandad »

I have just spent a useful hour or so sorting all my prints of Horus's tutorials including the earlier ones about stained glass and fire etc. Putting them all in order, numbering and referencing them, and filing them 2 sheets at a time in transparent sleeves.....I was feeling pretty pleased with myself that I now had a reference in which I could find things. :)

I log on and there is yet another to copy and file. I'm not complaining Horus because I am finding all the tutorials invaluable, just need a bit of time to start experimenting with them. :lol:

Good job the winter months are upon us and I look forward to, hopefully, doing something a little creative.....................that is if Kiya would stop pushing you for more and more on the use of Gimp ;) ;)
:gg:
User avatar
Kiya
Egyptian Pharaoh
Egyptian Pharaoh
Posts: 4286
Joined: Fri Dec 05, 2008 2:15 am
Location: Peterhead Scotland
Has thanked: 1575 times
Been thanked: 537 times
Gender:
United Kingdom

Re: GIMP DISCUSSIONS

Post by Kiya »

Oh Grandad tut! tut!.............who said "I could draw the Saltire myself" then I replied I would if I could get reminding how too...........ok I sort of asked how to with the reply to you. :) you never know the latest tutorial may prove to be essential to your creative work over the winter months ;) :) :)

PS I too have all the tutorials in order & in polly pockets in a folder.............its fair getting full :)
Post Reply
  • Similar Topics
    Replies
    Views
    Last post
  • TUTORIAL DISCUSSIONS
    by Horus » » in Hobbies And Pastimes
    161 Replies
    370247 Views
    Last post by LovelyLadyLux
  • WORKING IN GIMP
    by Kiya » » in Hobbies And Pastimes
    10 Replies
    59359 Views
    Last post by Kiya
  • GIMP-BORDER
    by Kiya » » in General Discussions and Rants
    6 Replies
    52534 Views
    Last post by Kiya
  • WORKING WITH GIMP SOFTWARE
    by Horus » » in Hobbies And Pastimes
    35 Replies
    140613 Views
    Last post by Horus
  • Instructions & Links for GIMP software.
    by Horus » » in Hobbies And Pastimes
    9 Replies
    60893 Views
    Last post by Bearded Brian