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GIMP 3.2 released

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Re: GIMP 3.2 released

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Post by Aardwolf »

nickjj wrote: post #4

Being able to scale an image without losing quality is going to be handy. I always found it odd that scaling down an image now and then scaling it back to its original size 2 seconds later with the same tool resulted in a loss of quality and having to delete the layer, then re-import the image to get the original quality back. This plugin https://github.com/LinuxBeaver/Gimp_Layer_Effects_Text_Style... also makes addi…

> I always found it odd that scaling down an image now and then scaling it back to its original size 2 seconds later with the same tool resulted in a loss of quality

Maybe it's because I grew up with Paint Shop Pro 6 and such, but that seems completely normal and expected to me

Re: GIMP 3.2 released

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Post by enriquto »

nickjj wrote: post #4

Being able to scale an image without losing quality is going to be handy. I always found it odd that scaling down an image now and then scaling it back to its original size 2 seconds later with the same tool resulted in a loss of quality and having to delete the layer, then re-import the image to get the original quality back. This plugin https://github.com/LinuxBeaver/Gimp_Layer_Effects_Text_Style... also makes addi…

> I always found it odd that scaling down an image now and then scaling it back to its original size 2 seconds later with the same tool resulted in a loss of quality

I'm honestly baffled at your surprise... say, if you crop an image, and 2 seconds later you enlarge it to its original size; do you expect to get the inital image back? Or a uniform color padding around your crop?

Scaling is just cropping in the frequency domain. Behaviour should be the same.

Re: GIMP 3.2 released

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Post by purerandomness »

orev wrote: post #17
dvh wrote: post #12

Can I finally Ctrl+s jpeg image? And no, export is not enough because first time it will ask for for path and compression level which it already knows. I just want to Ctrl+s and be done.

Almost all programs treat the “Save” operation as something used with the native format, in this case XCF files. These preserve things like layers, etc. JPG and other formats are exports because after you close the file you can’t get all that stuff back when you reopen it.

Why is then opening a JPEG not an Import?

I get it, and when Photoshop changed this default, GIMP followed with changing this workflow. It used to be different in older versions of Photoshop and Gimp.

Advanced user usually know exactly what they're doing, and opening a PNG or JPEG file, changing a few pixels, and saving it, should require as few key presses as possible.

I don't want the UI to get in my way when I open->edit->save.

Re: GIMP 3.2 released

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Post by purerandomness »

hnlmorg wrote: post #7

I use Gimp pretty sporadically but the latest UI refresh (I’m guessing introduced in 3.0?) completely baffles me. It might just be that it’s better tailored for graphic designers, which I’m clearly not. But now I can’t even figure out how to draw a square on screen. Let along anything clever.

If you want to draw squares, you're probably looking for a vector drawing program, like Inkscape.

Re: GIMP 3.2 released

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Post by rsaxvc »

cmyk_student wrote: post #38
kernc wrote: post #37

Let everyone be reminded how joyful GIMP 2.10 menus used to look ... https://i.imgur.com/nVyMQBt.png

If you mean the color icons, you can easily switch back to those in the Welcome Dialog that appears when you first open GIMP (look in the Personalize tab). It's the first thing I do when I install GIMP on a new machine. :)

Thank you for this.

Also small world, floating point JPEG person here.

Re: GIMP 3.2 released

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Post by mikae1 »

nirv wrote: post #11
Jabrov wrote: post #2

The lack of GenAI integration is actually refreshing

Do you suggest using manual brushes instead of content-aware fill, or am I supposed to not want to retouch the images in the way that GenAI makes so quickly and easily? My argument is that applications probably should provide useful tools for solving practical problems, regardless of their implementation details.

Content-aware fill has been in PS since 2010 I believe, long before the genAI craze.

Re: GIMP 3.2 released

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Post by hxorr »

purerandomness wrote: post #45
orev wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Almost all programs treat the “Save” operation as something used with the native format, in this case XCF files. These preserve things like layers, etc. JPG and other formats are exports because after you close the file you can’t get all that stuff back when you reopen it.

Why is then opening a JPEG not an Import? I get it, and when Photoshop changed this default, GIMP followed with changing this workflow. It used to be different in older versions of Photoshop and Gimp. Advanced user usually know exactly what they're doing, and opening a PNG or JPEG file, changing a few pixels, and saving it, should require as few key presses as possible. I don't want the UI to get in my way when I ope…

When opening a jpg, it literally says "importing pic.jpg" when opening a jpg
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