Gimp 1.2 Preview 65
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.
Re:When I was your age... (Score:1)
It would take five seconds to cross the screen!
Kimp-like interface. (Score:1)
Color seperation tables? We never use them... (Score:1)
We use straight Photoshop (I'm in the PhotoMac department) and ArtPro, Illustrator and Quark...all standard packages running on standard Brisque RIPS. Now, we have special curve functions on the Brisques when we make final films (or if everything is going to the CREO direct-to-plate process...which is a whole other can of worms), but we don't use anything special on Photoshop.
Which leads me to think that The Gimp could in fact get CMYK support without having to sell the farm to get it. But I could be wrong because I'm not on the development end other than doing beta testing and stuff like that. I'm not a programmer or have any idea how hard it would be to implement CMYK or other color spaces to a program.
I remember when Photoshop didn't do CMYK...then only did it as a save function (couldn't work directly in it), then finally a full CMYK version. So I can only guess on how hard it was for Adobe to program all that in there. Before that, we used ColorStudio...which went the way of the dinosaur after Photoshop got CMYK. But I digress...
actually, ff stuff is pretty supported... (Score:1)
since filter factory comprises the vast majority
of plugins, i'd say gimp's off to a good start.
as for comercial stuff like
kai's power ego...er..i mean tools
, i guess we shall have to wait and
see.
:P
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Re:What i'd really like to see.... (Score:1)
called Printer's Pal or something like that but...
Isn't Photoshop or whatever supposed to be able
to do CMYK? How does that work?
Polygon tool? (Score:1)
What i'd really like to see.... (Score:1)
(I suppose I could always sit down one day and code it myself, I guess, but really it'd be better for all concerned if it was done by someone who could actully wasn't stupid
Interesting (Score:1)
gimp authors said no to kimp (Score:1)
Re:Actually, this is wrong (Score:1)
Re:Kimp-like interface. (Score:1)
I agree that although Gimp is a great program, its interface is really holding it back.
Isn't Irony a wonderful thing (Score:1)
It's kind of ironic, when GTK stands for Gimp Tool-Kit. It'd be nice to have the choice.
Re:DPaint / GIMP (Score:1)
( I still ocasionally use Deluxe Paint under DOS
patent-protection on support for .gifs (Score:1)
Re:This should happen every summer (Score:1)
The Gimp development has always been open to the public. At some time less than at other times, but CVS has always been open to the brave ones. If you want to stay in touch with development I strongly advice you to play around with the Gimp releases or to pass by on http://sven.gimp.org/1.1/
And, yes I'll update that site tomorrow to reflect the fact that 1.1.6 has been released.
Re:Polygon tool? (Score:3)
2)Filters -> Render -> Gfig
3)Select New and then draw a circle or any other polygon that takes your fancy
Re:Kimp-like interface. (Score:1)
niiiice... (Score:1)
DPaint / GIMP (Score:1)
So what's my point?
Ideally, I'd like to have an alternate UI for the GIMP engine. Seems to me an implementation of the dpaint interface, interfaced through script-fu, that worked on a single layer, or even a UI that "felt" like DPaint, but had support for GIMPy features, would be possible. I was just wondering if a) one exists and I've missed it or b) if there would be any demand beyond myself for such an alternate interface?
Re:What i'd really like to see.... (Score:2)
Re:niiiice... (Score:1)
Gimp (Score:2)
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.
-- Give him Head? Be a Beacon?
User Filter (Score:2)
User Filter will allow you to use Photoshop "filter-factory" plug-ins.
Re:What i'd really like to see.... (Score:1)
Screening isn't the biggest block, since that's typically done by a PostScript RIP, but the conversion into CMYK is.
William
Re:DPaint / GIMP (Score:1)
Find it at:
ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/graphics/s
(maybe... could be an old link.)
Re:Gimp (Score:1)
Re:Kimp-like interface. (Score:1)
On a side note, ImageMagick needs some serious work on its interface. IMHO it needs to behave with Windowmanger options like focus-follows and autoraise before I can consider using it. Whenever I try to select something in that dialog box, it autorases whatever window is below it, which obscures not on the control panel, but the main window as well. Very frustrating, especially if you are going back and forth between that window and ImageMagick. On a final note, ImageMagick seems slower than the Gimp in most operations (save starting up).
Re:Interesting (Score:1)
Re:What i'd really like to see.... (Score:1)
website that really explains well CMYK vs RBG?
Sometimes the hardest part of writing a piece of
software is getting a good spec.
Re:Kimp-like interface. (Score:1)
Even GTK programs are getting better and better every day ( IglooFTP looks very nice
I'm waiting for 2.0... (Score:2)
Re:patent-protection on support for .gifs (Score:1)
Re:Polygon tool? (Score:2)
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.
Re:Polygon tool? (Score:1)
Re:Polygon tool? (Score:1)
I did not know that.. Thanks!
Re:Kimp-like interface. (Score:1)
Oh, and I quite like the GIMP interface too, though it'd look a lot better if I had a bigger monitor!
Re:Gimp (Score:1)
-- Give him Head? Be a Beacon?
Re:Kimp-like interface. (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
Re:What i'd really like to see.... (Score:2)
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
This should happen every summer (Score:1)
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Re:Kimp-like interface. (Score:1)
Re:This should happen every summer (Score:1)
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Actually, this is wrong (Score:1)
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