Re: [Gimp-user] Next gotcha
On Saturday 23 July 2016 18:00:30 David Wright wrote:
> On Sat 23 Jul 2016 at 16:20:12 (-0400), Gene Heskett wrote:
> > On Saturday 23 July 2016 14:15:09 David Wright wrote:
> > > On Sat 23 Jul 2016 at 13:13:27 (-0400), Gene Heskett wrote:
> > > > On Saturday 23 July 2016 08:01:37 deloptes wrote:
> > > > > About your query. I prefer using Xfig in cases (probably) like
> > > > > yours. As you mentioned, you want something to point (arrow)
> > > > > to something. And knowing from previous posts, you are not a
> > > > > Rembrand type, I can suggest using Xfig. I am not a Rembrand
> > > > > type as well and I prefer importing images in Xfig, making
> > > > > arrows, objects with text etc, drawing different types of
> > > > > charts. It takes some time to learn (same for gimp or double
> > > > > for both), but I can say that I enjoy it.
> > > >
> > > > Unfortunately, I just installed it, looks capable, but cannot
> > > > open a .jpg? Showstopper right there, since the output would go
> > > > on a web page to be viewed by all lookers.
> > >
> > > Open a jpeg file? How would a vector drawing program do that?
> > > Or do you mean import it?
> >
> > Its vector based? 100% perfect explanation then. My apologies for
> > bad-mouthing it then.
> >
> > > > Not too unsurprising given the copyright dates it displays on
> > > > startup. A strange video format, unsupported by common viewing
> > > > utilities, is a showstopper no matter how good it might look on
> > > > my screen. It seems to me that by now a good utility from 1985,
> > > > should have grown import/export from/to jpeg by 2016 even if the
> > > > internal format is different. They have had less than the
> > > > elapsed 31 years to work on it of course since the jpg std was
> > > > only finalized in 2000, but thats still 16 years.
> > > >
> > > > I am glad it works well for you, but I can't use it.
> > >
> > > As usual, no indication of where it failed so it's difficult to
> > > help you.
> >
> > The only file types it could open were its native format, which I
> > had no idea was vector based until you mentioned it. The failure?
> > an empty display window when I had navigated to the directory full
> > of .JPG's right out of my camera. But as you say its vector based,
> > and trying to feed it a jpg would certainly give it an upset GI
> > tract.
>
> If your quotation is accurate, the answer may be right there. The Open
> dialog has a filename mask which, being short, is obvious.
> So does the Import Picture dialog, but it's much longer, scrolls, and
> may not be immediately apparent. If you scroll it, you'll see the
> extensions are all lower case, so no JPG's. Just change it to *,
> but remember to click on Rescan; all will then appear.
>
> Cheers,
> David.
Chuckle with a wry grin. It just so happens my camera outputs all
uppercase names, including the ".JPG". So it should work. Except that
while I have the camera icon along the left edge of its window, nothing
over a screen refresh occurs when I click on it. There also is not an
import function in the "file" menu. Am I missing a non-dependency? Or in
this case, its multistep and I had to read starting at page 10 of the
howto file. But I accidentally loaded the wrong pix, and once loaded, no
close other than exiting the program seemed possible, so I did, and
denied the save as it quit. But if my wet ram doesn't fade, I'll know
how to do it next time. Thank you David.
Cheers, Gene Heskett
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