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Gimp 1.2 Preview

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the stuff-to-read dept.

Lunglet writes "There's a nice preview of the features Gimp 1.2 is probably going to contain over at TheGimp.com. " So many things to compile and segfault... so little time. The new path stuff especially looks sweet as hell.

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  1. Re:Polygon tool? by scrutty · · Score: 3

    1)Right Click on image

    2)Filters -> Render -> Gfig

    3)Select New and then draw a circle or any other polygon that takes your fancy

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  2. Re:What i'd really like to see.... by Edward+Carter · · Score: 2

    AFAIK, CMYK support is one of those patent minefields. In that case, you won't be seeing the gimp support CMYK any time soon...

  3. Gimp by Accipiter · · Score: 2
    Being an avid Photoshop user, I was tremendously impressed with the Gimp version that came with Slackware 96 when I first started using Linux (I forgot the version release). I have since convinced friends of mine (Other Photoshop users) to take a look at that version of Gimp, and they were impressed as well. (Not only by the features, but the price tag as well.)

    This new release looks great. While the older releases were excellent, they were thirsty for the features that have now been implemented. (Such as the improved "New Image" window, Brush Adjustments, etc.) I've switched to using Gimp for my image needs, because the feature set of the Gimp matches, if not defeats Photoshop. The interface tweaks in the new release of Gimp help out a lot (it took a bit of searching to find the menus in the older one). And it doesn't cost $600 to have the privelege of using it. :)

    Peter, Spencer, Thanks for this wonderful software.

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  4. User Filter by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2

    http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Way/3340/gi mp.html
    User Filter will allow you to use Photoshop "filter-factory" plug-ins.

  5. I'm waiting for 2.0... by mircea · · Score: 2

    ...since it's the version that will have support for 16-bit images, and I could _really_ use that. Think scientific imaging.

  6. Re:Polygon tool? by Submarine · · Score: 2

    1. Select the surface around which you want to draw, using the circular selection or whatever.

    2. Use Edit->Stroke in the menu.

    This will stroke around the current selection.

    Everybody, including Gimp developer, has seen that it is an unduly convoluted way to draw a circle and that many would-be users simply think you can't draw circles. A more user-friendly interface is being worked on.

  7. Re:Kimp-like interface. by tigert · · Score: 2

    first, make the dialogs customisable, and make it so that you can bundle and pair them anyway you want (yes, like photoshop)

    Yes, this would be cool. I'm sure such patches would be gladly accepted.

    And yes, as someone else mentioned earlier this does stink for people of small resolutions

    Well.. if you really work on graphics you need a bigger screen no matter what program you happen to use. The images alone need space :)

    thirdly, why not have "always on top" functionality for them?

    This is more a windowmanager thing. You can configure any windowmanager to do this for you.

    but what the heck is that ugly yellow and black border around my image?

    That is the layer border, you can turn it invisible with Ctrl-T. Visible borders are handy if you have layers that are smaller than the image.

    gimp is one step ahead with it's menus though, i have to say that. having everything off the rightclick menu is somewhat nice, so that i don't have to travel 5,000 miles across the screen every time i want something.
    ...might i add that the menus go too many sections

    Yes, I personally agree. The right-click menu is IMHO one of the best things in gimp - although it IS very deep. But blah, there are lots of plugins there that fill it up. I think that is a good thing. I dont find the menus SO hard.. You can always assign the dynamic shortcuts to often needed stuff (go to a menu and press a key combination like alt-z and see it getting assigned to that menu item.)

    And, after all, Photoshop on a Mac is not that different from Gimp interface, the 'one big mother window with all the stuff inside' is just an evil hack that windows uses because you dont have a virtual screen or anything like that.. I really dislike it. This is X. :)

    tigert

  8. Re:What i'd really like to see.... by WillAdams · · Score: 2

    Color separation tables are expensive to create and require a fingerprint of the press in question as well as an understanding of colorspace and theory.

    Here're some basic books on the subject:
    Blatner, David and Steve Roth. Real World Scanning and Halftones (Berkeley, California: Peachpit Press, 1993). ISBN 1-56609-093-8, second edition 0201696835.

    Nyman, Matties. Four Colors/One Image: Getting Great Color Output with Photoshop, QuarkXPress, and Cachet (Berkeley, California: Peachpit Press, 1993). ISBN 1-56609-083-0.

    Tapscott, Diane and Lisa Jeans, Pat Soberanis, Rita Amladi and Jim Ryan. Professional Studio Techniques: Production Essentials (Mountain View, California: Adobe Press, 1994). ISBN 1-56830-124-3

    I've links to Amazon to purchase these books on my web page at: http://members.aol.com/willadams/color.htm
    (obligatory disclaimer, I'll make money if anyone does purchase through said links)

    My company spends ~$100,000 a year creating test plates for our customers to fingerprint their presses for color matching purposes. Like I said, it's expensive.

    William

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