FAQs

• How to add frame transition effects?

  Adding frame transitions is an easy way to add visual effects to animate your frames. They are frame size images added between two frames to show the frame transition. There are 21 built-in effects to choose from with speed options.

• How to add objects to a library file?

  1. Select your objects (hold down Ctrl for multi-selection), or group them together so they are in one group. 2. Hold down Alt and drag the selected objects onto the library window. Then drop the objects. 3. A new object icon should be cr...

• How to change frame display time?

  How to change frame display time? Doing either of the following will show the frame property sheet. You can change the display time in the Display Time field. . Double-click the frame where there is no underlying object -...

• How to select more than one frame?

  In Frame List, To select non-sequential frames, hold down the Ctrl and click frames to add one by one. To select a series of frames, hold down the Shift key and click the start and end frame.

• How to select more than one object?

  Hold down the Ctrl key and click the objects you need to select. The first selected object handle color is blue, and the other following objects are green. Formatting is based on the first selected object.

• Can I animate my graphs?

  First have a look at animate.dem in the demo directory of gnuplot. Basically, animated graphs are a sequence of plots in a suitable format. If your installation of gnuplot is linked with gd 2.0.29 or newer (see previous entry), the gif t...

• How do I change symbol size, line thickness and the like?

  Gnuplot offers a variety of commands to set line and point properties, including color, thickness, point shape, etc. The command test will display a test page for the currently selected terminal type showing the available pre-defined combin...

• What is the current version of gnuplot?

  The current released version of gnuplot is 4.2 (March 2007). The current patchlevel is 4.2.2 (August 2007).

• Does gnuplot have anything to do with the FSF and the GNU project?

  Gnuplot is neither written nor maintained by the FSF. It is not covered by the General Public License, either. It used to be distributed by the FSF, however, due to licensing issues it is no longer. Gnuplot is freeware in the sense that...

• Can I run gnuplot on my computer?

  Gnuplot is in widespread use on many platforms, including MS Windows, linux, unix, and OSX. The current source code retains supports for older systems as well, including VMS, Ultrix, OS/2, MS-DOS, Amiga, OS-9/68k, Atari ST, BeOS, and Macint...

• Is gnuplot suitable for scripting?

  Yes. Gnuplot can read in files containing additional commands during an interactive session, or it can be run in batch mode by piping a pre-existing file or a stream of commands to stdin. Gnuplot is used as a back-end graphics driver by suc...

• How did it come about and why is it called gnuplot?

  I was taking a differential equation class and Colin was taking Electromagnetics, we both thought it'd be helpful to visualize the mathematics behind them. We were both working as sys admin for an EE VLSI lab, so we had the graphics termina...

• What is gnuplot?

  gnuplot is a command-driven interactive function plotting program. It can be used to plot functions and data points in both two- and three-dimensional plots in many different formats. It is designed primarily for the visual display of scien...

• Can the GIMP install its own colormap?

  Yes. In either the system-wide gimprc file or your personal gimprc file, uncomment the line that includes ``install-colormap''.

• Why does the GIMP complain "unresolved symbol: _gimp_message"?

  This is caused by attemping to use a pre-1.0 libgimp with gimp 1.0. The gimp_message() was added in 1.0, and is required by 1.0 to operate. Remove old libgimp(s), and try again.

• Is there a mailing list?

  The old, email-based interface is gone. Instead, we use Mailman. You can subscribe, unsubscribe or perform other configuration tasks through the web interface located at http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo . There are other gi...

• Where do I find GIMP stuff?

  Probably the prime GIMP resource page is maintained by Quartic at http://www.nuclecu.unam.mx/~federico/gimp/el-the-gimp.html . A list of GIMP tutorials is available at http://abattoir.cc.ndsu.nodak.edu/~nem/gimp/tuts from Nem W Schlecht....

• What are layers?

  These are similar to the layers found in tools such as Adobe's PhotoShop. Think of a stack of slides or filters, such that looking through them you see a sort of composite of their effects. For more information, check out the S&P introducti...

• Are there any Easter eggs in the GIMP?

  As of version 1.0, there is at least one Easter egg.

• Is there a user manual?

  Yes. It is available at http://manual.gimp.org/ in HTML form, and ftp://manual.gimp.org/pub/manual/ n Frame, HTML, PDF and PS formats.

• Which version should I use?

  Version 1.0.0 is out, and very stable. Get the production version, and get rid of all your old developer versions!

• Where do I get it?

  The best bet is to check out the GIMP home page which includes pointers to the latest source, as well as complete binaries for a variety of platforms, including at least Linux (a.out and ELF), FreeBSD-2.1, HP-UX, SunOS and Solaris 2.4, and...

• Is GTK+ still under the aegis of GIMP? Was it ever?

  GTK was developed solely for GIMP, initially. Towards the end of the 0.99 development cycle in 1998, GTK was split from being bundled with GIMP to being a separately available library.

• Is GIMP a GNOME application?

  Not really. It doesnt use the GNOME application framework. The only thing it has in common is GTK.

• What is this GIMP?

  In their own words, The GIMP is our answer to the current lack of free (or at least reasonably priced) image manipulation software for Linux and UNIX in general.

• Is there a way to create a specific size Paragraph or Text Area?

  Yes there is! With the Type Tool active, hold the Alt (Mac:Command) key, then click in your document and you will be prompted with a 'Paragraph Text Size' dialog for your preferred width and height integers.

• Is there a quick way to bring back hidden menu items without resetting them?

  Yes, go to any menu command item that you know has a hidden menu item(s) set and click the last item in the menu list entitled 'Show All Menu Items'.

• When I access the Window/Brushes menu command, the dynamic brush options appeared dimmed. Why is this?

  To activate the dynamic brush features ensure that any of the following Brush (Paint) Tools is active from the Toolbar. Brush Tool / Pencil Tool (B), Clone Stamp Tool / Pattern Stamp Tool (S), History Brush Tool / Art History Brush (Y),...

• Is it possible to import a Microsoft Word document into Photoshop as a Text Layer?

  No - at least not directly. However a simple copy from your Word document and paste into a Photoshop Text (Paragraph) Layer should suffice. Bear in mind it will not retain style or table attributes if any exists in your Word document sou...

• How can I quickly access the Brush Palette without resorting to the Brush Well or the Options Bar?

  Fortunately, there is one option. With any of the painting tools active (Brush Tool (B) for example), right + click (Mac: Press the Control Key) and the Brush Preset Manager will appear directly at that point of your click (or key press)...

• How can I easily rate and label images in Slideshow mode in Adobe Bridge?

  Press the Numbers (keys) 1 to 5 to Rate them on that scale. Doing so the Stars Label will appear for the viewable image. Press the Numbers (keys) 6 to 9 to add a Color Code to them. Press 0 (key) to strip Ratings/Color Code. Press the Le...

• How do I remove a single image from a Stack group in Adobe Bridge CS3?

  1. First click and hold for a second onto the stack group # to the upper right and they will expand. 2. Click/Activate a single image within the stack/group. 3. Then drag/drop that image OUTSIDE the stack bounding area to remove it. T...

• How do I enable the Use Adobe dialog option in Photoshop?

  To enable the Use Adobe dialog commonly found in lower left of the Open, Open As, Open As Smart Object, Save, Save As or Place dialogs you have to have Version Cue enabled. To enable Version Cue, go Edit > Preferences > File Handling and...

• Is there a shortcut method of resizing pasted or placed documents than having to manually fit the currently open document?

  Indeed there is. Open Photoshop, go Edit > Preferences > General and tick the Resize Image during Paste/Place option. With this feature enabled you don't have to manually free transform or resize pasted or placed images Photoshop will...

• Why am I finding all these undocumented functions (like COMET) in MATLAB?

  Almost everything in the "demos" directory is not described in the User's Guide. There are lots of goodies there. In 4.0, the demos are best place to see examples of Handle Graphics. There are other undocumented functions in directories...

• How can I import MATLAB graphics into my Framemaker, TeX, etc. document?

  The MATLAB (version 4) print command provides a "-deps" argument which provides a Encapsulated PostScript file of your plot. Some people have reported various problems getting this stuff to work. Some suggestions: Removing the last line...

• Can I use C and Fortran programs with MATLAB?

  MATLAB's MEX-file facility allows user to use C and Fortran subroutines as MATLAB m-files. It is also possible to use MATLAB as a computational engine for C/Fortran subroutines.

• What toolboxes are currently available from The MathWorks?

  The following list includes toolboxes currently offered by The MathWorks. For more info check ftp.mathworks.com in /pub/product-info

• What is SIMULINK (alias Simulab)?

  SIMULINK is an interactive system for the nonlinear simulation of dynamical systems. It is a graphical, mouse-driven program that allows systems to be modelled by drawing a block diagram on the screen. It can handle linear, nonlinear, conti...

• Are there any publications related to MATLAB?

  Yes, Math Works Inc. publishes a quarterly magazine called MathWorks Newsletter, giving info. on products (new versions, releases, toolboxes), matlab user group, matlab short courses, related texts etc. To subscribe to the newsletter, send...

• Are there any software archives?

  Yes. MATLAB User Group software archive contains more than 1MB of user-contributed code. This archive is located on NETLIB server of Oak Ridge National Laboratories.

• Are there any standards for MATLAB-type tools?

  There is an IFAC/IEEE-CSS Working Group developing standards and guidelines for these tools. A proposed standard command language was developed, is described in the document "Command Language Standard for CACSD Software" and is available fr...

• What is the charter for the comp.soft-sys.matlab group?

  The newsgroup 'comp.soft-sys.matlab' is a forum for discussing issues related to the use of MATLAB, the scientific calculation and visualization package from MathWorks Inc. This includes discussion of similar software packages which are als...

• What is MATLAB?

  MATLAB is the name used to refer to the class of matrix calculator environments derived from the first, called MATLAB. MATLAB was developed by Cleve Moler in the late 1970s at the University of New Mexico and other locations with support fr...

• Error inside a stored procedure is not being raised to my front-end applications using ADO. But I get the error when I run the procedure from Query Analyzer?

  This typically happens when your stored procedure is returning multiple resultsets and the offending SQL statement is executed after returning one or more resultsets. ADO will not return an error untill it processes all the recordsets retur...

• How to pass a table name, column name etc. to the stored procedure so that I can dynamically select from a table?

  Basically, SELECT and other commands like DROP TABLE won't let you use a variable instead of a hardcoded table name. To overcome this problem, you have to use dynamic sql. But dynamic SQL has some disadvantages. It's slow, as the dynamic SQ...

• How to get the complete error message from T-SQL while error handling?

  Unfortunately, the error handling capabilities of SQL Server are limited. When an error occurs, all you can get is the error number, using the @@ERROR global variable. There is no @@ERROR_MESSAGE global variable to get the error description...

• How to run an SQL script file that is located on the disk, using T-SQL?

  There's no direct command to read a script file and execute it. But the isql.exe and osql.exe come in handy when you have to execute a script file from within T-SQL. Just call any of these exes using xp_cmdshell and pass the script file nam...

• How to upload images or binary files into SQL Server tables?

  First of all, if possible, try not to stored images and other binary files in the SQL Server tables, as they slow things down. Instead, store a link (file path) to the file in the tables and let your applications directly access the files....

• How to get rid of the time part from the date returned by GETDATE function?

  We have to use the CONVERT function to strip the time off the date. SELECT CONVERT(char,GETDATE(),101)