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GIMP goes SVG

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the whats-your-vector-victor dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The GIMP developers released a new snapshot in the development series. Version 1.3.21 (aka the path to excellence release) features an improved path tool with superb path stroking and adds SVG support. You can now export your GIMP paths to SVG and the new SVG import plug-in not only renders Scalable Vector Graphics for you at the desired resolution, it also imports SVG paths as GIMP paths."

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  1. SVG rendering engine? by 4of12 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    So what does the GIMP use to render SVG and how good is it?

    In particular, is it different from the libart that Mozilla has been using?

    The world really needs a high quality open source SVG renderer. Adobe's plugins don't exist for every platform and Batik, AFAIK, relies on Java 2D.

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  2. Re:Three Questions by Jameth · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Sorry. That sounded rude. I should think longer before I say things.

  3. GUIs are about organization by plover · · Score: 3, Insightful
    My first exposure to "decent" quality paint programs was Photoshop LE (packaged free with a scanner.) I found the GUI confusing.

    I then installed The GIMP. I found its GUI confusing.

    I then bought Paint Shop Pro on the recommendation of a digital photography book I respected. Again, I found the GUI confusing, but at least the book got me started on what I should be looking for. I think if I had read such a book about Photoshop earlier I'd probably be a Photoshop fan right now.

    I now switch back and forth between The GIMP and Paint Shop Pro. The GIMP does some things better (script-fu is really slick) and PSP does some things better (scratch and dust repair, contrast enhancement.) But I still have to hunt through confusing menus, pop-up toolbar things, etc. I've simply come to expect that any powerful photo editing program is going to have a confusing interface, and that any program is going to take an investment of time to learn. Paint Shop Pro has some hand-holding tutorials that I found to be excellent at getting me up to speed. I'm sure these things exist for the other programs as well.

    Anyway, it's all still easier than the old days with a camelhair brush and hand spotting negatives and prints.

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    John