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Newbie - looking for info on 'stencils'

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Newbie - looking for info on 'stencils' Sara Schein 05 Apr 19:56
  Newbie - looking for info on 'stencils' cappellano 05 Apr 20:20
  Newbie - looking for info on 'stencils' Alan Horkan 05 Apr 22:04
Sara Schein
2005-04-05 19:56:14 UTC (almost 20 years ago)

Newbie - looking for info on 'stencils'

Hi there - I'm a newb to the linux/gimp world, and previously only dwelt on Photoshop elements in WinXP.

I've been lurking the typical web pages and reading up on the tutorials, and was wondering if someone somewhere has a simple way to make a 'stencil' image. (Think stencils like spray painting type, though I use it for stamp carving.) In photoshop, all one really does is make a greyscale (for which there is a good tute) and fiddle with the contrast a bit. (Here's a sample tute for PS: http://home.agalis.net/bcostley/Letterbox/PSinst.htm, though the ones for stencils are generally better made)

If someone could point me in the right direction, I'd surely appreciate it.

Also - Again I'm new, but aside from the archives, is there an easy way to read back on the list? I feel terrible, because I'm sure something like this has been beaten to death already.

cappellano
2005-04-05 20:20:21 UTC (almost 20 years ago)

Newbie - looking for info on 'stencils'

On Apr 5, 2005 2:56 PM, Sara Schein wrote:

Hi there - I'm a newb to the linux/gimp world, and previously only dwelt on Photoshop elements in WinXP.

Wellcome! =D

I've been lurking the typical web pages and reading up on the tutorials, and was wondering if someone somewhere has a simple way to make a 'stencil' image. (Think stencils like spray painting type, though I use it for stamp carving.) In photoshop, all one really does is make a greyscale (for which there is a good tute) and fiddle with the contrast a bit. (Here's a sample tute for PS: http://home.agalis.net/bcostley/Letterbox/PSinst.htm, though the ones for stencils are generally better made)

Never worked with stencil. Can´t help you! =/

If someone could point me in the right direction, I'd surely appreciate it.

Also - Again I'm new, but aside from the archives, is there an easy way to read back on the list? I feel terrible, because I'm sure something like this has been beaten to death already.

https://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/lists/gimp-user/

--
Sara C. Schein

Alan Horkan
2005-04-05 22:04:34 UTC (almost 20 years ago)

Newbie - looking for info on 'stencils'

On Tue, 5 Apr 2005, Sara Schein wrote:

Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2005 13:56:14 -0400 From: Sara Schein
To: gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu Subject: [Gimp-user] Newbie - looking for info on 'stencils'

Hi there - I'm a newb to the linux/gimp world, and previously only dwelt on Photoshop elements in WinXP.

I've been lurking the typical web pages and reading up on the tutorials, and was wondering if someone somewhere has a simple way to make a 'stencil' image. (Think stencils like spray painting type, though I use it for stamp carving.) In photoshop, all one really does is make a greyscale (for which there is a good tute) and fiddle with the contrast a bit. (Here's a sample tute for PS: http://home.agalis.net/bcostley/Letterbox/PSinst.htm, though the ones for stencils are generally better made)

It should be possible to recreate that process and maybe use a Script-Fu to automate it a little. (Thanks for providing a relevant link to explain what you meant, it really helped.)

Hopefully this sketch tutorial will be relevant. http://www.gimp.org/tutorials/Sketch_Effect/

If someone could point me in the right direction, I'd surely appreciate it.

Also - Again I'm new, but aside from the archives, is there an easy way to read back on the list? I feel terrible, because I'm sure something like this has been beaten to death already.

I usually just use google and then restrict the search to just one site using the keyword site:mail.archive.website.com which works reasonably well and add a few well chosen simple keywords like "gimp" and whatever else I might be looking for.