Anybody looking forward to GIMP-3.0?

cracauer@ said:
Who needs GIMP when you have the GMIC command line? :)
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I almost agree :cool:
and it is useful still but I like all in one :). Liquid rescale is good too. I remember that Photoshop didn't have something like liquid rescale years ago.
It is interesting how Inkscape and GIMP became much better after many years. I use them from first versions. Looks like that I am old.
 
Whoopee, there's a gimp3-app in the ports
Oh, what fresh nightmares will it inflict on me, I'll have to see.
Didn't take long, built instantly. The only tool that seems to work is the paintbrush, presentation very nice, boy I'd be in a panic if I needed the tool and wasn't comfortable removing 3 and reinstalling gimp-2. Tried an Artistic Gimpressionist filter and the Undo function stopped, though the Undo History still worked. The colour selection seems bit wonky; can use the Change Foreground Color / Change Background Color but the paintbrush uses the previous colour when first activated, then switches to the new chosen colour as you move the brush.
It's funny to watch, but would certainly be a nightmare if a person was depending on it - at the moment it's acting more like a pre-Alpha than a Release; I'm delighted it's available for testing out and hope it'll get some of the major issues sorted shortly.
 
freezr said:
This has been a great plugin, much better than the GMIC alternative, it is something that I would love to have again on Gimp... 🙏🙏🙏
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Do I take it, that you've got 3.0.4 working ? Able to use Smudge, Clone, Eraser, and other tools besides just Paintbrush? If so, can you confirm which architecture and BSD release you're using; and/or any suggestions on any gotcha that have been found with getting 3.0.4 to work?
 
Currently my FreeBSD workstation is broken...

I am using the Windows and Appimage version for Linux, I don't believe there is any build available for FreeBSD now...
 
freezr said:
Currently my FreeBSD workstation is broken...

I am using the Windows and Appimage version for Linux, I don't believe there is any build available for FreeBSD now...
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As I said above, it's in the ports. But the dialogue seems buggered, it seems to keep trying to use a previous painting tool irrespective of which tool is selected; it wouldn't use text for example but then I selected it from the pull-down menu and the Text-box function came up, but each time I select a tool and click on the image the app flashes the Text-box options box until I move the cursor when the options changes but the brush only paints a single brush imprint irrespective of which painting tool is selected. A seriously messed up communication between the app and its dialogues.
 
Gimp 3 is pretty awful. Debian switched to it and it's full of bugs and annoyances. I hope there's an option to rollback to the 2.x branch.
 
I have not accustomed to Gimp in 20 years.

I have used Photoshop from version 5 to CS2. Ver5 I installed, opened and started clicking around. Everything that happened was logical. Very soon I could do everything regarding image composition and layers, cutting, constructing images out of pieces was very easy.

Before that I had limited affairs with Corel Photo Paint and Paint Shop Pro. Both I've found OK, I could find my way around but not like in Photoshop.

In the very beginning there were Paintbrush-alike programs like Dr.Halo, Deluxe Paint, up to my favourite, Neosoft Neodraw. Those are just simple drawing programs, everyone including children can tackle. I found Photoshop to be this, with better UI, with layers and effects functionality.

Everytime I fire up GIMP I can't operate it without googling, not even the simplest things. I just wanted to make a meme out of three images and some text - all the images on the web, the meme template, two images I should insert, and then paste on some text. Well I couldn't easily resize the images I've pasted. In Photoshop as far as I recall, I can immediately size the layer, move it. Here I found in the toolbar how I can move it, but not resize it. I googled and the answers were two/three different things all in 3/4 steps like click here, open this.

First, am I stupid or missing something?
But I don't believe to be completely oblivious, the only notable fork of Gimp that existed was Gimpshop exactly in the 00s, to reshuffle Gimp to look and behave like Photoshop.

Second question, what is the influence for Gimp's UI and workflow? Why exactly is it so different from the leading commercial product?
 
Zare said:
First, am I stupid or missing something?
But I don't believe to be completely oblivious, the only notable fork of Gimp that existed was Gimpshop exactly in the 00s, to reshuffle Gimp to look and behave like Photoshop.
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I'm the other way round. I learned image processing on GIMP. I absolutely can't get anything done on Photoshop.

Muscle memory is a powerful thing.
 
Never used Photoshop but GIMP from 0.xx version (can't remember). Used it as freelancer for years without any problem.
GIMP 3 is better. I don't know which version is in Debian but with FreeBSD and Arch Linux, it' a great tool.
It's not anymore a clone of Photoshop like the 1.0 version was...
 
Gimp 3 is becoming, version after version, a very compelling software; eventually it will be the only advanced photo-retouching software spared by the AI crap...
 
Anybody using gimp3-app on wayland, and managed to get the symbol theme working?
For me i have to switch the icon-theme in the settings, so they show up.
 
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