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VLUG Meeting Notes 2003.09.09
TOPIC: The GIMP Revisited
Presenter: Stacey Falconer
| Attendance Figures: |
| Total | 38 |
| Non-members | 16 |
| First-timers | 10 |
NEWS
Barbara to post on site ... see here
Of note; the Linux Lunacy Cruise organizing is well underway...
Steve Shack News:
limited time offer: 1 Caldera/SCO right-to-use license available to any takers.
ed. As is no surprise, there were no takers.
Main Presentation: The GIMP Revisited
opening points
- current unstable version of GIMP: 1.3.6
- Stacey: "users with versions older than 1.2.0 are to be pitied"
- Stacey currently using Wacom Graphire tablet with SuSE 8.0 & GIMP unstable
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CMYK decomposition shown, accompanied by brief discussion
on technical details of printing using the GIMP
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it's of interest to note that PhotoShop didn't have a colour
management system prior to v5, and that the importance of
colour management cannot be overstated
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GIMP introduced the ability to open PSD files (writing ability in the
12.26.2000 stable release for Windows) and recently the ability
to open layers
- no spot colours available in GIMP (as opposed to PhotoShop)
- see www.linux-usb.org for info on cameras and scanners that will work with Linux
functional examples
- GQView demonstrated as used for making a slideshow using GIMP images
- CodeWeavers Crossover Office is demonstrated running PhotoShop 7
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Stacey describes the "zone system"
zone numbers: 0 I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X
-these describe:
0 - absolute black
1 - darkest shadows, no detail
2 - dark shadows, beginning of detail
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8 - bright white, beginnings of detail
9 - brightest white, no detail
10 - specular reflections of light sources
- hue and saturation adjustments in the zones of a demo pic are demonstrated
- animation demonstrated using gif and items in the animation section
- another animation demo as an avi shown as well
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GIMP allows creation of an animation using a directory of images:
- open first frame
- open remaining frames in the GIMP "VCR navigator"
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scanning using Xsane and an Epson GT-9700 usb scanner discussed
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the "Mr. Kennedy" image is colourized as an example of work done on
scanned photographs
- Kodak makes a gray and colour reference card for
- supporting programs:
- GQView
- POV
- Moonlight Creator
- Blender (doesn't do raytracing)
- ImageMagick
- TigerT (Gnome icon and GIMP splash screen guru) has a good site
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colour calibration shown using a 26/26/26 RGB rectangle on 0/0/0
background, set monitor so that the inner rectangle is barely visible.
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note that the Stacey has been giving classes at BB&C in the
use of Photoshop
Tux Raffle
two Tuxes present
-no raffle
Book Raffle
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Practical Programming in Tcl and Tk
Prentice Hall
- Won by Alex Randell
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Practical Programming in Tcl and Tk
Prentice Hall
- Won by Richard Body
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Linux on the Mainframe
Prentice Hall
- Won by Ian Truelsen
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Linux System Administration
Addison Wesley
- Won by Mark Ritchie
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Advanced Linux Networking
Addison Wesley
- Won by Richard Burdick
Meeting Adjourned to (mostly) Boston Pizza.
Next Meeting
Where: University of Victoria, Cornett Room B-108
When: October 14, 2003
Topic: Introduction to Bash by Daniel German
Notes by Mike Pfleger - VLUG Secretary.
secretary@vlug.org
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