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Writing a Gimp 3.0 Plugin

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Re: Writing a Gimp 3.0 Plugin

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Post by 4k93n2 »

10729287 wrote: post #2

I really want Gimp to succeed. It's a software I've been trying to use since more than 20 years now but the UX is so clunky.... and different than Photoshop. Muscle Memory is a thing. I'm moving my main machine from macOS to Linux (which I also used partially since 20years), moving from a mac mini M1 to a lovely Lenovo M75Q-1 and so far the experience has been great. I'm a (enthusiast) photographer and I have big hop…

gimp became way less annoying once i discovered the command pallette (the forward slash key), you can pretty much do everything with it. i even use it to switch tools sometimes sinces its easier than trying to look through all the tool icons or having to long press them

Re: Writing a Gimp 3.0 Plugin

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Post by archerx »

10729287 wrote: post #2

I really want Gimp to succeed. It's a software I've been trying to use since more than 20 years now but the UX is so clunky.... and different than Photoshop. Muscle Memory is a thing. I'm moving my main machine from macOS to Linux (which I also used partially since 20years), moving from a mac mini M1 to a lovely Lenovo M75Q-1 and so far the experience has been great. I'm a (enthusiast) photographer and I have big hop…

Try Krita, it’s free, opensource and what gimp should have been all along.

Re: Writing a Gimp 3.0 Plugin

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Post by Theizestooke »

prox wrote: post #5
10729287 wrote: post #2

I really want Gimp to succeed. It's a software I've been trying to use since more than 20 years now but the UX is so clunky.... and different than Photoshop. Muscle Memory is a thing. I'm moving my main machine from macOS to Linux (which I also used partially since 20years), moving from a mac mini M1 to a lovely Lenovo M75Q-1 and so far the experience has been great. I'm a (enthusiast) photographer and I have big hop…

I would love Gimp to succeed but Gimp is made by coders for coders (as you might expect from a open source program) and not by visual artists for visual artists. I don’t have a lot of hope. For years I have been using Affinity and it’s been really good, haven’t looked back. Unfortunately it’s not on linux.

They could start with a name change.

Re: Writing a Gimp 3.0 Plugin

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Post by RugnirViking »

amelius wrote: post #4

> As with GIMP 2.10, GIMP 3.0 ships with a Python interpreter embedded and will not use the system Python. This is great and I wish this was the same with other tools, like Kicad, Freecad and Inkscape.

Doesn't Inkscape use its own python? I feel like I've found its python a couple times when searching for venvs on windows

Re: Writing a Gimp 3.0 Plugin

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Post by f1shy »

ludston wrote: post #12

As is tradition, all threads about an open source project must be kicked off with non-contributers putting shit on it unconstructively.

Fact of life: those who never do a thing, so never do something wrong, easily criticize those who actually do things, because of course, they don’t do all perfectly, and do make mistakes.

Re: Writing a Gimp 3.0 Plugin

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Post by f1shy »

amelius wrote: post #4

> As with GIMP 2.10, GIMP 3.0 ships with a Python interpreter embedded and will not use the system Python. This is great and I wish this was the same with other tools, like Kicad, Freecad and Inkscape.

Gdb

Re: Writing a Gimp 3.0 Plugin

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Post by dp-hackernews »

amelius wrote: post #4

> As with GIMP 2.10, GIMP 3.0 ships with a Python interpreter embedded and will not use the system Python. This is great and I wish this was the same with other tools, like Kicad, Freecad and Inkscape.

You kind of get that sort of thing for free if you use Nix as your package manager, along with home-manager - check the link below for more info

https://nixos-and-flakes.thiscute.world/introduction/

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