compose/decompose?

May 8, 2008 - 01:02 — poetic_cheese

Okay, so I was trying out this tutorial called '"smart" sharpening' and one of the first steps is to go to Image -> Mode -> Decompose, and then select LAB or HSV, but I don't have an 'decompose' option. I looked through the plug-ins but there's nothing about compose/decompose. I have the newest version of gimp, I think. It just says GIMP 2. But anyway, I have no idea about this kind of thing. Can anyone help? It would be much appreciated! Thank you ahead of time!

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May 10, 2008 - 05:37 — PhotoComiX

must be a typo the first

must be a typo the first step is Colors/Component/decompose and to recompose Colors/Component/Recompose

April 1, 2009 - 15:55 — RobA

Older version

The tutorial was for an older version. Those used to be under the image menu. -Rob A>

May 10, 2008 - 10:58 — poetic_cheese

Ah. Thank you! I suppose I

Ah. Thank you! I suppose I should've looked around in the other tabs.

April 1, 2009 - 10:25 — cameroon95

im having this same

im having this same problem. I go to where decompose but for some reason i cant select the option. Its not in bold and i cant click on it but i can see its there. Its the same for many other options. Do i have to do something to the image before i can use decompose? Iv copied it but do i need to add layers or something? Sorry for the stupid questions but im quite new at gimp cheers

April 1, 2009 - 21:15 — PhotoComiX

Should be in RGB image mode

To decompose a image in RGB (or Lab or CYMK) image should be in RGB mode, since you have many other menu items disabled,i bet you are in index (you opened a gif?) or in greyscale mode To fix Image/image mode/rgb except that decompose only need a image be opened.

April 1, 2009 - 12:31 — bootchk