how do i make wallpapers? EDIT: GIMP

[Stevio]

it said somthing about going to Control Panel and only selecting "true fonts" or somthing

hmmm... it never told me to do that

try uninstalling the ms sans serif and reinstall it:

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Cut and paste it to my documents from C:\WINDOWS\fonts

attempt to launch GIMP ~ to see if it works

and then paste it back into C:\WINDOWS\fonts

attempt to launch GIMP ~ to see if it works

[Syndrome]

I presume you are talking about the "fonts" folder in the "WINDOWS" folder. The "MS Sans Serif" isn't in the website you mentioned. I'm kinda stuck.

[Stevio]

sorry i editted my post

just after submitting i realised not many microsoft fonts are on the web and they certainly aren't on http://www.dafont.com

try what i have written above, it might be a corrupted font or something

[Syndrome]

it said somthing about going to Control Panel and only selecting "true fonts" or somthing

hmmm... it never told me to do that

try uninstalling the ms sans serif and reinstall it:

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Cut and paste it to my documents from C:\WINDOWS\fonts

attempt to launch GIMP ~ to see if it works

and then paste it back into C:\WINDOWS\fonts

attempt to launch GIMP ~ to see if it works

"Cut and paste" what exactly?

[Stevio]

cut + paste the "ms sans serif" font, it could be corrupt though.

try using the font in another program to see if it works (i.e. Wordpad,note book, ms word)

[Syndrome]

The problem is, ms sans serif is a font i don't have.

EDIT: I do have it as i can use it in a word prosecer. So it should be there.

[Stevio]

Pango-WARNING (recursed) **. Couldn't load font "MS Sans Serif 7" falling back to "Sans 7"
aborting...

hmmm....

if you are looking for a font in the "C:\WINDOWS\fonts" directory named "ms sans serif 7" it won't be there it should just be named "ms sans serif"

obviously GIMP is having trouble loading the font so removing the font should solve the problem

keep the font in a safe place should you need it again

[Syndrome]

I did what you suggested and moved the font to the desktop. I tried loading GIMP but the same error comes up. What's more, now most of my computer text is a smaller, different, harder to read font. When I try to put it back into "fonts" it says that MS Sans Serif is already installed. But it's not in the fonts folder.

[Stevio]

perculiar

[Syndrome]

I have started up my computer again after a weekend holiday and all the text is back to normal. I'm just going to give up on the GIMP thing. It's causing other problems on my computer as well; such as JEPG images not opening the way they're supposed to. If anybody has some final ideas then please tell me soon before I uninstall the thing.

[Stevio]

post a bug report to GIMP creators

its weird i never got such a message

[Syndrome]

Naa. I can't really be bothered of the hasel doing that. I'm going to give people 3 days for other ideas as this the CU forum is really unpopular (I don't know why).

[MGA]

The CU forum is unpopular as it's mostly filled with the hardcore enthusists. There aren't that many. Or so I believe.

I'd rather that you report the bug. I ran GIMP before once and it didn't have any problems beforehand.

Also, you could ask a moderator to move this thread to the off-topic forum. Activity is higher there at times.

[Xanthas]

I use GIMP myself AND I know the error message.

My computer runs with WIndows 2000 prof. edition and there was no error when i installed it. you said that you use win 98. When my father was searching for a graphics program, i showed him GIMP. he wanted me to install it on his computer aswell, but when I tried to install it on his computer, the same error as yours happened. why I`m writing this ?
My father uses windows 98.

I suggest there is a relation between your error and your Windows.
Probably Gimp simply doesn`t run on win 98.
If one of your friends uses another windows version you should try to install it on his PC to prove my idea. you should also try installing on another win 98 system.

I hope this helps you clear up your problem.

[Syndrome]

GREAT NEWS!!!

I got GIMP from a PC world mag and tried installing it and now it works . I also got another image editing program from the PC world dvd called Image Filtre. It's alot less complex than GIMP so I think I use this for my start in image editing. I got them both from the april version if anybody's interested (especially Xanthas).

[MGA]

Thanks for pointing that out. To think some people like to laugh at PC world.

Anyway, good to hear the program is working. I'll be looking forward to any progects you may be making for the CU forum and I'm sure others will too.

[Syndrome]

I think I'll use photo filtre for my progects. I like it's approach more and it's easier to use. For any other first time wallpaper makers out there go to www.photofiltre.com. I'm pretty sure it's not shareware to download. The one I got in PC World (6.2.0) isn't anyway. I'm experimenting with editing some pictures that I got from wallpaper sites and enhancing them.

[ezra-r]

I have never created a wallpaper but I have created banners using GIMP.

My process is simple..

Create an image the size you want, for a banner it uses to be something like 390x100 or similar..

Get a cool background you would like to use..

Put the background or the part of the background you want in a layer. Add other things like text or images into other layers.. then add some nice effects and how layers interact with others until the result is kind of ok

[Player.]

Making animated banners is really cool

*expect some soon

[Stevio]

@Player > Ditto

they won't be as good but i am learning

i too have just learnt how to do animations (in THE GIMP)