On the up side.  My knowledge of GIMP is increasing.  I hid another geocache (and found a few).  And I started a dog training class with my dog Scotty (he's an Irish Wolfhound).  All in all not too bad. 

And now to rest.  And to remember Psalm 37:8

              Cease from anger, and forsake wrath;    Do not fret - it only causes harm.

Nessa daqui:

Quer aprender como se faz?

Basta seguir o tutorial!

Este tutorial será no GIMP, como de costume. Primeiro, pegue a imagem que você quer 'blurrar", imagens com bordas coloridas resultam em blur colorido, e imagens com bordas brancas resultam em blur que parece sombra. Agora, transforme essa imagem em uma imagem de camada única, e duplique 3 vezes, ao fim você terá quatro camadas exatamente iguais.

Selecione a última camada, vá em "Filtros > Desfocar > Desfocagem Gaussiana", e use 12px como raio de desfocagem horizontal e vertical. Na penúltima camada, faça o mesmo, mas com o valor de 24px, e na segunda camada faça o mesmo, mas com o valor de 48px. Pronto, seu blur está pronto!

Se você quiser, você ainda pode misturar esse blur com outra imagem, como abaixo:

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• Capture Images
• Resize Images
• Crop Images
• Convert Images

Click on the pictures for a larger view.

I had been tweaking a few things in Firefox and I captured my screen to post the screen shots in my blog. But all the images, that were as large as my screen, were saved in .png format and each file was several MB large. So, I decided to re-size the images to reduce image size and converted the image to .jpg to reduce file size. Given that GIMP was conveniently included in Gutsy, I was happy to learn how to use it for such simple task. After one Google search I found the tutorial website for GIMP, which happened to be very helpful. Remember, my way might now be the quickest way because I pretty much figured this out myself.

Capturing Images

1. Select File ‎‏-> Acquire -> Screenshot...



2. Select options and delaying time.
   



3. Select Snap to start capturing.
4. You have captured an image.
   

Note:

• This is not the fastest way to capture image. Your Print Screen button will do a better job unless you want to edit the image in GIMP right after it's taken.
• The third option of taking a snapshot of a selected region did not work for me even after I chose the region. Try it and let me know if it works for you.

Resizing Images

1. Have your image ready.
2. On the Menu bar, select Image -> Scale Image. Alternatively, you can right click on the image and the Menu options will appear as well.



3. Select your options.



4. Click Scale.
5. You have resized the image.
   

Note:

• Notice the Chain in the dialog box. If the chain is connected, that means the picture will be resize proportionally - when you change either the width or height, the other changes accordingly to maintain the proportion of the image.
• Choose Percent for unit if you just want to shrink the image, by half (50%) for instance, or do not know your desire image size in pixel.

Cropping Image

1. Choose the Crop tool



2. Choose the region that you want to crop. I chose the Ubuntu Logo in this image.



3. Double click or hit Enter to execute. Below is the result.



4. You have cropped the image.

Converting Image

1. Have your file ready.
2. Choose File -> Save as
3. Expand Select File Type (by Extension) and choose your desire file type.



4. Select Save.
5. Your new file is the converted file.
   

Note:

• In fact, you will be requested to export your file when the file type is change. Exporting image will not change the original image but only create a new image with a different file type.
• I like this a lot because I can convert to many different types but I can only convert one file at a time. However, I also needed to edit the image, which resulted in loading GIMP - might as well use it for conversion.

Conclusion

I just discovered that Wordpress.com provides a 3GB online storage and allows me to upload .png images. So...no comment.

Anyway, how is this tutorial? Please let me know in the comment sections. Thank you.

I forgot to mention in my mini biography I rarely get sick, the only time I really catch anything other than a small cold or a headache is when it is pasted to me from someone else. In this case it was passed to me by my dad. I have a huge headache, a running nose, a stuffed nose, my body is hot, eyes are watering, ears feel like they are gonna bust and Im sneezing like crazy. I should be on bed rest but I am a fighter, I am doing what I always do when im sick, keeping the movement up so I can get my body working stronger against it. Yes it doesn't have to make sense it works for me.

Now in the last blog i said I would be working on some new pieces, I have finished them and will be starting some more pieces, I just have to wait to show you guys because I used some stock from deviantart in which I have to ask permission to post on my blog but keep in mind I will show you guys =).

Intill next time, this is Wolf. Now let me get back to drinking my cranberry juice.

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Continued from 3/21/08

Como sabras GIMP es un software de edición libre y gratuito que ha logrado establecerse como una buena alternativa a otros programas, como el Photoshop. Su ventaja es clara, al no tener que pagar nada por su uso y disponer versiones tanto para Windows como para Mac OS X, además de Linux, para el que fue ideado en un principio.

Ahora ha alcanzado la versión 2.4.5. con algunas mejoras que van logrando que sea una herramienta realmente potente, con numerosas funcionalidades, y en constante adaptación a las necesidades que van planteando los usuarios.

Si aún no lo has probado, ya sabes que tienes disponible la descarga de GIMP en español. En la web de la aplicación también se puede consultar un completo manual, también en español.

Aqui esta la pagina oficial: gimp.org. Donde lo puedes descargar.

Y si aun no conoces GIMP, puedes encontrar mas informacion aqui.

please come back and see if it does any good to you. looking foreward to post for your benefit.

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La stessa tecnica può essere utilizzata per rimuovere rughe, cicatrici e tagli da un viso o la pelle in genere, crepe da muri e pavimenti (o soffitti) o qualunque tipo di asperità in un immagine!

Sfruttando la medesima tecnica è possibile AGGIUNGERE le asperità all'immagine donando rughe a qualche giovane amico, cicatrici alla proprià metà e magari qualche buco nel muro qua e là dove prima non c'era :)

Ho utilizzato la versione 2.4.5 di Gimp.

Il video è diviso in 2 parti e ho in programma di scrivere una descrizione dei passaggi più dettagliata qui in questo articolo ma il tempo, si sà, è tiranno e questo non sarà disponibile oggi :)

Non so quando ne avrò il tempo in effetti...

Nella seconda parte mostro dei risultati che non ho spiegato come ottenere perché sono già spiegati da un altro tutorial (non video ma ugualmente molto ben fatto) di Linux4Life: potete trovare il tutorial di cui parlo a questo indirizzo, ma guardate i video prima ;)

Eccoli qua:

Prima parte...

...seconda parte.

Potete trovare l'intervo video ad "alta qualità" qui

dubbi? domande? consigli?

Non esistate a darli :)

Slicing is very easy on Photoshop. So how about us, GIMP-users?

Well, we can use the "Slice" filter (Filters > Web > Slice) and the Guillotine to slice our images. Both techniques slice up the images along its horizontal and vertical guides. Thus, there must be guides present in order for these techniques to work.

The difference of the two techniques is that "Slice" filter creates for you a table code to re-create your images. I haven't tried this one yet because this filter is not present on GIMP installers. I wonder why? However, if you like this kind of technique, you could always download the plugin. Check this out to know more about the "Slice" filter.

Another technique to slice images in GIMP is by using the Guillotine (Image > Transform > Guillotine). Guillotine does not create a code to re-create the image like the "Slice" filter. Guillotine, however, slices "everything" up in your images including layers. It, sort of, crops every layer to the shape of the area bounded by the layer guides.

A word of caution before you use Guillotine in slicing. Be sure to remove unnecessary guides to prevent filling your desktop with 50 sub-images in which you don't really need 80% of those slices.

Happy gimping!!

I moved to the spare room quite gingerly. I am still in recovery from the annual Lads' Walking Weekend which left me with a couple of knackered knees, a stiff right leg, and aches and pains all over my body. Ouch, ouch, ow, ouch. Presumably, my "sleep talking" was linked to the pain I was feeling and involuntary flashbacks to the trial of the weekend - six grumpy old men and their new young gimp (aged 32) walking from Westward Ho! to Bude, via Clovelly and Hartland Quay in bright sunshine, too little breeze, and, temperatures in the mid to high twenties. As far as I could tell, the Devonshire coast was truly beautiful, if the scenery was somewhat blurred through the tears of my pain.

Westward Ho!, apparently the only place in the UK with an exclamation mark in its name, could do with a lick of paint and a bit of care and attention. And, I would certainly sack the town planner. It was the usual pitiful array of run down B&Bs, fish and chip shops, and amusement arcades that is to be found in any English seaside resort. Thankfully, however, we were there just to eat, drink and sleep, arriving after 8pm. For, Westward Ho! is a strange place indeed.

The pub on the Friday night was packed with locals. The locals looked genetically challenged and spent most of the night discussing the size of their runner beans. They clearly didn't get out to the big city too often. Fashion there is by Primark and Matalan in Westward Ho! And, the pub grub was somewhat disappointing.

In the morning, we paid and bode farewell to our God Botherer host in the B&B -for which we received a blessing in return. We split the various chores between the group - shuffling cars to the next destination (including a spot of frankly unnecessary road rage from Volvo Man), and, buying lunch - and had a relaxed coffee under an umbrella from where we took in the view.

Westward Ho! was teaming with young surfer dudes sporting tans, six packs (lucky bastards) and very tacky tattoos; plump young girls sporting ice-creams (presumably as their puddings, having consumed a pasty or two before venturing out of doors); old women in wheelchairs being pushed about by their carers from the local home; and pasty looking families heading for the beach.

Much to our amusement, someone had left a pair of false teeth on the chair next to our table. This was retrieved by the waiter with a grimace and a pair of rubber gloves. Even funnier was the fact that the teeth's owner returned to retrieve them. He was a fat, bald, red-faced man with man-boobs that Jordan would have been proud of.

Oh, and then we walked, limped and hobbled our way the twelve miles or so to Clovelly.

Clovelly is a lovely spot with friendly cats and a tame fox. Apparently the village has been privately owned by the same family since 1066. Gleaming white cottages clinging to a steep cliff face with narrow cobbled streets leading down to a busy little quay. There are no cars in the village (they wouldn't fit) so everything gets transported by donkey and wooden sledge. Unfortunately, only half of our group made it in time for the six o'clock cream tea deadline. The walking wounded had to make do with a pint of beer. No prizes for guessing which camp yours truly was in.

I suspect that we may have made a slight impression on the inhabitants of Clovelly. There had been a slight mix-up over the rooms at our hotel, requiring two of our number to be located in a B&B a few doors further down the hill and two of our number almost came to blows when one suggested to the organiser of our little sojourn that he deserved a discount. Thankfully, after a few heated words at the dinner table they went outside and hugged it out. Eyebrows had been raised earlier in the Beer Garden when another of the Lads dropped his jar of Vaseline! The same Lad prompted more comedy by wearing a pair of old comfy slippers in which to descend the precarious cobbled slope to the pub at the quay after dinner. He is prone to blisters you see. I am not sure if news of our presence had preceded us to the pub, but once there one of the locals stated "you Lads must be either divers or fishermen". Unfortunately, neither.

Some of the loudest exchanges within our merry band, however, were around whose turn it was to share the double bed. Fortunately, I was excluded from this debate as I had paid extra for single occupancy throughout the weekend. As much as I love my mates, they snore, smell and fart, and, I like my privacy in the bathroom. And, I wish to spare them all the experience of me talking in my sleep. The two brothers-in-law unfortunately drew the short straws and had to share the double bed. This was rather un-nerving for the younger of the two (now known as the young gimp) as this was his first time on the Lads' Walk and the rest of us somehow gave him the impression that this was some sort of initiation rite. He too had spied the Vaseline earlier in the night. Whatever, the two brothers-in-law made a pact that whatever happened in the room, stayed in the room. And so it did. There was not a single muttering of spooning or an involuntary erection at the breakfast table.

Myself and one other unfortunately failed a late fitness test in the morning. We were not considered to be up to the full arduous ten miles or so from Clovelly to Hartland Quay. So, we offered to shuffle the cars, fill up on diesel, take in a coffee and the newspapers at Bude, and to start walking from the opposite end in order to meet up with the rest of the boys along the route.

Bude is a dump and seemingly bereft of a Starbucks or a single umbrella under which to perch while sipping a Latte. And so we ended up in a tiny, old-fashioned cafe where we were joined by a group of old people with Eastend accents and leathery faces lined like the streets of Venice. They had left their dogs howling in the car outside and reminisced about how one of their number had once been so sick eating spotted dick and custard that they hadn't been able to eat it for years afterwards. Bizarrely, one of the old girls ordered an Espresso coffee "but not too strong!"

Suitably refreshed, my fellow invalid and I commenced our walk to meet our mates. Bloody hell. What the buggers hadn't told us was that the stretch that we were doing was the hardest of the lot. And we had to do it twice. There and back. We endured five miles of agony. It was one steep descent followed by one steep climb after another. We were, frankly, buggered.

In truth, we are all beginning to feel our age now. Most of us have resorted to using walking poles to take the pressure of ageing joints. And, those who didn't this year have vowed to do so next. The downside is that we are now so slow at the walking bit that we leave ourselves very little time for the drinking bit before collapsing in our beds through exhaustion.  However, while we are all carrying a few more pounds than we have in the past, we, to a man, managed to suck it all in on cue while the very attractive blonde in the tight leggings walked past us at Bucks Mill. There was certainly no VPL there! Nice.

Thanks for a great weekend guys and see you next year. Now, where are those details of my BUPA subscription.

Para tanto vamos começar com um ato nada convencional, comecemos tirando uma foto da nossa area de trabalho:

Agora redimencione a imagem de maneira que ela fique com tamanho proporcionalmente uniforme, como um quadrado, no caso do exemplo acima a mesma foi redimencionada para 1000x1000 pixels. As imagens abaixo ilustram esse processo:

Para redimensionar uma imagem de maneira desproporcional, basta clicar na pequena corrente ao lado dos valores de ajuste, mas caso você deseje reativar o redimensionamento uniforme basta clicar novamente no ícone aqui citado.

E a qui nós já temos a nossa imagem redimensionada de maneira eqüidistante, formando um "quadrado" abstrato.

Agora vamos abrir o nosso já conhecido filtro de nome "Mapear Objeto" e com ele transformar a nossa agora redimencionada captura de tela em uma caixa. O redimencionamento com valores equidistantes foi feito para que o cubo tivesse proporções exatas. As imagens abaixo ilustraram esse processo:

Primeiro vamos relembrar como chegar até o filtro:

Uma vez aberto o filtro vamos marcar as seguintes caixas de diálogo :

- Fundo transparente. Marcaremos esta para obtermos apenas o cubo que é o que realmente desejamos.

-Criar nova imagem. Isto para obtermos uma nova imagem contendo apenas o cubo.

-Exibir esqueleto na pré-visualização. O esqueleto da figura geométrica irá nos ajudar na hora de ajustar a orientação do objeto dentro do espaço da imagem.

Agora selecione a aba denominada "Orientação" para definir a orientação do objeto dentro da imagem, incluindo o seu volume. Aproveitando a oportunidade, vamos relembrar alguns conceitos que vimos sobre esta aba do filtro em documentos anteriores:

-Posição: este grupo de parâmetros determinam a orientação do local onde o objeto irá ficar dentro da imagem, exemplo: lado direito, mais para o lado esquerdo, para cima e ou para baixo. Os parâmetros utilizados para este fim são os mesmos que utilizamos nas aulas de mortemática da tia teteca da quinta serie (X para orientação horizontal, Y para orientação vertical e Z para o volume que nada mais é do que o tamanho do objeto a ser criado.)

-Rotação : este grupo de parâmetros determinam o angulo de visão do objeto a ser criado, quanto aos atuadores "X, Y e Z, suas funções pouco diferem do grupo anterior pois, X atua no sentido horizontal, Y no vertical e Z no diagonal*(é praticamente a única mudança mais radical.)

Faça os ajustes ao seu gosto e quando estiver satisfeito vá para a aba denominada "Luz".

Aqui nós vamos equalizar a distribuição da luz pelo objeto, na realidade isto não é obrigatório para o exercício do dia, porém eu prefiro trabalhar assim e você é livre para decidir  se procede ou não para o seu exemplo. Zere os parâmetros "X e Y" e amplie o parâmetro "Z" para um valor acima de 4,10 isso fará com que a luz seja distribuída de maneira proporcional por todas as extremidades do objeto.

Uma vez satisfeito clique em ok e aguarde o processamento da tarefa delegada ao filtro, esse processo pode demorar dependendo do tamanho da imagem e da configuração do seu micro. No caso dos aprendizes que utilizam sistema operacional windows recomendo desligar o monitor e voltar para o pc em cerca de 50 minutos caso a imagem possua resolução superior a 800 x 800 pixels.

E por enquanto este é o resultado do exemplo=]:

Agora vamos voltar para a imagem original e a partir dela criar uma esfera*(porém caso você queira usar um pouco de oportunismo, crie a mesma utlizando o cubo recém criado como base.). Para esta tarefa, vamos utilizar o mesmo filtro anterior apenas alterando a orientação do objeto e o tipo de objeto a ser criado:

Abaixo nós temos a mesma situação, porém tendo como base de escolha a imagem do cubo. A "parte vazia" se deve as áreas transparentes da imagem do cubo.

Mas como eu optei pela primeira sugestão, a minha resultante foi esta:

Agora que já criamos dois objetos, copie o primeiro que criamos*(o cubo) e cole-o na imagem original em forma de nova camada, depois duplique a camada do cubo algumas vezes e monte um pequeno semi quebra cabeças utilizando esses objetos oriundos da duplicação de camadas, para tanto basta clicar sobre o objeto desejado e arrasta-lo para onde desejar dentro da imagem. A imagem abaixo ilustra esse processo:

Por fim, copie a imagem da esfera e cole-a sobre a outrora imagem original em forma de nova camada e aplique o efeito de camada "Somente Clarear":

Veja o que temos até aqui =]

Agora combine todas as camadas visíveis e duplique a resultante, sobre a camada que nasceu da duplicação,  aplique os conceitos vistos neste documento:

Como sugestão, vá na aba denominada "Tamanho" após escolher o efeito desejado e coloque tamanhos diferentes para os pinceis, o resultado pode surpreender você =]. Ahhh sim, você também é livre para trocar o pincel padrão do efeito desejado por outro de sua escolha na aba denominada "Pincel"=]:

Satisfeito aguarde o processamento e aplique o efeito de camada de nome "Mesclar grãos":

Para apimentar um pouco mais, combine as camadas visíveis, duplique e espelhe a camada resultante, aplicando em seguida o efeito de camada "Somente Escurecer" =]

Muito bem, e é assim que "termina" a nossa pequena "montanha russa visual" do dia:

Mas não antes sem tocar nas cores!

Combine todas as camadas visíveis e abra o nosso já íntimo filtro denominado "Mapeamento Alien" e aplique os conceitos aqui aprendidos a seu gosto como eu fiz com o nosso exemplo:

Para quem quiser mais, experimente somar ao resultado uma compilação feita com o modelo de cores RGB, duplicando a camada base e aplicando o filtro sobre a nova camada da maneira proposta:

Agora aplique sobre essa camada o efeito de camada subtrativo denominado "Mesclar Grãos" e bom apetite visual =]:

É isso ai, vejo vocês no nosso próximo assunto =].

That said, I feel like I am one of the most receptive people out there in terms of getting inspired--sort of like a lightning rod for all things inspirational. I get inspiration from just about anything, and these ideas are scrawled on check registers, gum wrappers, even those subscription cards in the middle of magazines.

For instance, I get inspiration from the mom at Target threatening that if the five-year-old doesn't put down the Elmo bathsoap, Santa's not going to come. I get inspiration from the line in a magazine article that talks about Charlize Theron getting discovered while throwing a temper tantrum in a bank line. I get inspiration when I stand on the side of the road, getting offered a glass of water from a woman who lives in a trailer twenty feet where I just had a car accident. But here are a few ideas about how to become a lighting rod for inspiration you may not know about:

1) I get inspired while I'm, uh, using the facilities. Or on the treadmill. Or at a stoplight. Sometimes, we get so wrapped up in our stories that our brains are constantly churning and we can't figure out how to solve a plot point/fix a character flaw/come up with a title that will make our publisher smile with relief. I find my best thinking time is when I have a clear mind, such as when I'm thinking about getting to the post office before it closes (i.e., at a stoplight) or trying not to die as I sprint the last two minutes (i.e., on the treadmill) or praying the lock holds while someone outside is pounding on the door (i.e., using the facilities). The point I'm trying to get to is that you have to allow yourself to have a blank mind. It's okay. You're not doing your story a disservice by putting it on a back burner. You know what they say about a watched kettle, after all... (Cliches are my drug of choice, people.)

2) Hello. I'm Susan, and I'm a collager. I know that other writers admit to this--namely Linda Lael Miller and Jennifer Crusie--but I became obsessed with collages when I was about 10, cutting out my favorite dresses/houses/furniture from magazines and splicing them together into those static-cling photo books. I now do that for my stories, and I do them in my cheap paint program that my husband made me download for free off the Internet (Gimp--it does the job, but I miss my namebrand paint program!). Anyway, I find the actors that most resemble my hero and heroine, and then I find the heroine's house, the heroine's town (or at least a town that would resemble hers), maybe the dress she wears during a pivotal scene, possibly the candy she's obsessed with, or the jalopy she drives to school. The point is to spend an afternoon making your protagonist real. And once you have, turn it into your desktop so that it's constantly there to nudge you when you're blocked and need an idea about what your protagonist's world needs in order for it to be torn asunder.

3) One day, I really, really, REALLY want to give a workshop about why writers should watch more TV. Inevitably, I find a way to dig myself out of a go-nowhere scene by watching an episode of True Life or Dr. Phil and I get struck by a nugget of gold. The key? Watching documentaries (or, more aptly, documentary-lites) helps me round out characters. For instance, where else can you get inspired by an overweight girl who enters beauty pageants and dates a guy 50 pounds lighter than her (True Life)? Then again, maybe this is the curse of the new mom who lives in Small Town, America. I can't exactly get out too often to experience real life. I know a lot of people like this, actually. So c'mon, people, live your life vicariously through TV! It's not like I'm asking you to do lines of coke or watch Barney or anything.

4) People need people--specifically, writers need routine meetings with their critique groups to brainstorm and trip over a spark of inspiration. For instance, it was while I was at a face-to-face meeting with my critique group in Phoenix (who have been my online group ever since I moved 3,000 miles away two years ago) that one partner told me something that would've resonated with her as a girl with no money and no hopes (which is the gist of my protagonist in my second book). My oh-so-wise partner said, "A trip to the grocery store used to be painful, looking for generics, sales, dented cans, and never getting to buy what you really wanted." (This is a paraphrase, but you get the idea.) Her heartfelt words drawn from her own experience gave me a better opening scene. And perhaps, just perhaps, a stronger theme. Thank you, S4.

5) And here's one more cliche for you: I get ideas while reading writing books. But don't become a writing book obsessive compulsive. I've known some people who just read writing books and haven't really put finger to keyboard to actually write anything. I pick up a writing book probably twice a year, when I'm stuck. Lately, I've been reading Write Away by Elizabeth George. It was while I was reading her book aloud to my baby (hey, it helps her fall asleep AND mommy gets some reading done) that I fell onto these words: "To avoid merely reporting on a setting, to render it instead--which implies bringing it to life--the craftsman puts place into action, knowing that the best use of details comprises details in motion." I actually slowed down over these words since I'm trying to world-build a small New England town, and these words came at the exact right moment.

Here's hoping you get struck by inspirational lightning soon. Just be receptive. And wear a lighting rod.

~S.C.

The second being that my HD Manger seems to think that I have headphones in but the I don't. So, as I said I would, I took it back up there yesterday (Sunday). So I'm basically back on my sisters computer, my old computer. They said I have first priority but I think they were just trying to cover their asses. Overnight deliver is good, my laptop has already gotten to the repair center.

Hopefully I won't get it back screwed up again, or else I'll be raising some hell.

I'll be trying to post some work soon, I'm going to take my time on it. I need to install my photo editing software on this pc, which I haven't done yet. I was really hoping to wait till I got my laptop fixed but after it came back and being broke again I just can't. I have so many stocks I want to use, and I have ideas that I don't want to lose.

As you may have noticed, and one of the big changes, the name of the site has changed to Maxus Ghost, which is the name of my design group that I will be creating. I also have changed my username to Josie Wolf, Which will make no sense but thats another blog post. When I get close to it I'll tell you.

Aqui teneis el calendario de lo que hemos hecho cada día, para saber qué ejercicios teneis que tener entregados.

15/4-> Recorte 100x100
Ojos rojos

21/4-> Cambio de color de ojos

22/4-> Efecto color en foto B/N

28/4-> Foto a dibujo B/N
Cambiar color del pelo

29/4-> Subexposicion 1 y 2

Demasiado flash

5/5-> Niño marciano
Texto efecto helado

6/5-> Efecto warhol

12/5-> Montaje Boca/ojo
Efecto sedoso
Efecto Sombra

13/5-> Cambiar color de mar y cielo

• Many improvements to get the Photoshop actions plug-in usable: 10 copyright-free actions are now verified and can be downloaded from SourceForge
• An abandoned plug-in to load GEM image files was ported
• The Russian translation was updated (thanks Alexandre!)

The next GIMP# version will be released as soon as I've got 20 correctly working Photoshop action files.

il plugin si chiama Google Effect ed disponibile qui. Per installarlo basta copiare il file .scm scaricato nella directory script di Gimp (dovrebbe essere in ~/.gimp-2.4/scripts/). Poi si scrive e si colora la scritta a piacere e si lancia l'effetto (nel menu filtri -> alfa a logo).

Il filtro è rilasciato senza una licenza precisa, ma l'autore lo considera di pubblico dominio.

I just whipped up this quick desktop the other day using an image from Anders Sandberg's site and an image from Google, all thrown together in GIMP.

Part steampunk, part retrofuturist, part waste of time.

La gente es ignorante, pero eso ya lo sabemos. Como es habitual, he leído una estupidez en Twitter esta mañana. Dice así: Espero que Apple desarrolle para todos [los sistemas operativos]. Sería una de las peores cosas que podría suceder. ¿Por qué la gente quiere instalar software no libre en sistemas operativos libres? Si queremos un sistema verdaderamente libre, no podemos aceptar software no libre en nuestros sistemas. Si la gente sigue instalando, usando o desarrollando componentes no libres, GNU/Linux se convertirá en una combinación confusa de software libre y no libre. También puede darse el caso de encontrarse software libre que depende de componentes no libres. El movimiento del software libre habrá fracasado si esto sucede.

La gente quiere instalar software no libre en sistemas libres porque no tienen idea. No han sido educados en los principios del software libre. No entienden por qué el software debe ser libre. No diferencian el movimiento de software libre del código abierto. Las universidades no enseñan nada sobre los principios del software libre, incluso muchos profesores no saben nada acerca del software libre. La gente quiere instalar software no libre en sistemas libres porque no saben lo que el software libre es.

La insistencia de hacer funcionar Adobe Photoshop en GNU/Linux es un buen ejemplo. No voy hablar de si es mejor Photoshop o Gimp, a pesar de conocer bien el uso de Gimp. Todo usuario debe saber que Adobe Photoshop tiene una licencia horrible que no permite la libertad de usar, modificar y redistribuir. Gimp (GNU Image Manipulation Program) está disponible bajo los términos de la licencia GNU General Public License (GPL), por lo que tenemos la libertad para ejecutar, copiar, modificar, estudiar, distribuir, mejorar el software y redistribuir las mejoras que realizamos. De esa forma obtiene beneficios la comunidad. Gimp, al igual que el software libre, contribuye al conocimiento humano, mientras que Adobe Photoshop, al igual que el software no libre, no lo hace.

He leído un correo en una lista de distribución que me ha dejado descolocado. Dice: Google ha patrocinado unas mejoras a Wine hechas por Codeweavers para mejorar el soporte de Photoshop en Wine (algo que la gente demanda). ¡¡Que mala noticia para el software libre!! ¿Por qué no apoya Google a Gimp en lugar de Wine para ejecutar Adobe Photoshop?