when it comes GIMP that is. I downloaded GIMP a few months ago to try it out and because I needed something to make simple graphics for a class I was taking in XNA.
I wanted to draw a circle with some sort of automated device to point click and drag out the size of what I needed.
I never figured out how to do it. I spent about 15 minutes (yeah I'm impatient, bite me) looking for some kind of plugin to do so, nothing was immediately apparent, or easy to install for that matter. So I gave up and downlo
While I love GIMP for my home use of cropping, rescaling, and general minor editing of images, it's these kind of ridiculous UI complexities that drive many professionals right back to photoshop. I don't know how difficult it is to implement a click/drag approach to drawing a circle or a straight line, but it's something that should be on the priority list for the development community, along with a "Photoshop Compatibility Mode" interface option to ease transition of professionals who's experience is entrenched in Photoshop as well as making it easier for Photoshop and GIMP users to talk back and forth about how to do the something that can be done on both applications.
GIMP isn't really made for creating images. It says right there in the name it's for manipulation, not drawing/painting. Use the right tool for the job and you'll be happy with the results. Try to change a tire with a banana peel and you'll have just as much frustration.
It says right there in the name it's for manipulation, not drawing/painting.
Granted. However, considering how often I see people claim that GIMP can replace Photoshop for most users, I find this to be an issue. I know of lots of people who use (read pirate) Photoshop, and sometimes combine it with Illustrator, for drawing on a computer. You could argue that Photoshop is also not the correct tool for this, but many actually prefer it over Corel Draw and Illustrator because the use the image manipulation functions in process. I don't know what percentage of users only use Photosh
It says right there in the name it's for manipulation, not drawing/painting.
Neither was Photoshop, and it's in the name too, "photo". Photoshop was first programmed by a programmer who was an amateur photographer and wanted a way to edit photos.
If you can't figure out how to use paths or selections to make strokes in GIMP, you can use inkscape to make the shapes etc (if you need raster operations edit the result in GIMP).
I personally would never use a "draw circle" button in the GIMP and I wonder why people are having so much trouble with it. It took me about five minutes to figure out how to stroke a selection back when I first started, and now that GIMP has the insanely great selection handles I don't see where a tool like the ellipse thing fro
There is a Photoshop Compatibility Mode.. To draw a straight line, select pen and then press SHIFT.. To draw a circle use this or else a script someone produced..
I don't know how difficult it is to implement a click/drag approach to drawing a circle or a straight line,
Well, technically it's already in there. You see, with GIMP you are always performing an operation on a selection. So it's more logical (but longer) to select what you want to edit, and then transform that selection with whatever other things you want. Essentially "drawing" a line is really (from a low-level point of view) performing a selection on those pixels, and then doing a color transformation. The "line" tool you use in Photoshop just hides this process from you.
Basically what you are asking for is a
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I wanted to draw a circle with some sort of automated device to point click and drag out the size of what I needed.
I never figured out how to do it. I spent about 15 minutes (yeah I'm impatient, bite me) looking for some kind of plugin to do so, nothing was immediately apparent, or easy to install for that matter. So I gave up and downlo
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It says right there in the name it's for manipulation, not drawing/painting.
Granted. However, considering how often I see people claim that GIMP can replace Photoshop for most users, I find this to be an issue. I know of lots of people who use (read pirate) Photoshop, and sometimes combine it with Illustrator, for drawing on a computer. You could argue that Photoshop is also not the correct tool for this, but many actually prefer it over Corel Draw and Illustrator because the use the image manipulation functions in process. I don't know what percentage of users only use Photosh
GIMP isn't really made for creating images. (Score:3, Interesting)
It says right there in the name it's for manipulation, not drawing/painting.
Neither was Photoshop, and it's in the name too, "photo". Photoshop was first programmed by a programmer who was an amateur photographer and wanted a way to edit photos.
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As someone who has a hobby interest in creating images, what other free option do I have?
I'm holing out hope for Krita, but that even has some stubborn stupidities that need sorting out (like Qt dropping old tablet events).
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I personally would never use a "draw circle" button in the GIMP and I wonder why people are having so much trouble with it. It took me about five minutes to figure out how to stroke a selection back when I first started, and now that GIMP has the insanely great selection handles I don't see where a tool like the ellipse thing fro
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?hl=en-GB&v=s4z7f2_BpBA&gl=GB [youtube.com]
http://xoomer.virgilio.it/lwcon/gimp/script-fu/draw-circle-point.htm [virgilio.it]
http://www.gimpshop.com/ [gimpshop.com]
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I don't know how difficult it is to implement a click/drag approach to drawing a circle or a straight line,
Well, technically it's already in there. You see, with GIMP you are always performing an operation on a selection. So it's more logical (but longer) to select what you want to edit, and then transform that selection with whatever other things you want. Essentially "drawing" a line is really (from a low-level point of view) performing a selection on those pixels, and then doing a color transformation. The "line" tool you use in Photoshop just hides this process from you.
Basically what you are asking for is a