Why can't i move a selection within a layer? This has to be the most persistent problem in the mac version that hasn't been fixed. With every new GIMP version i curse this bug.
GIMP is Now a Self-Contained Native App for Mac OS X
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Re: GIMP is Now a Self-Contained Native App for Mac OS X
#62Re: GIMP is Now a Self-Contained Native App for Mac OS X
#63Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm not sure about photoshop killer ... although I do suspect that outside of the professional class of photoshop user (webdevs, print designers etc), a great many people who have a less-than-legitimate copy of photoshop and dramatically under-utilize its features could do worse than try out Gimp. These are the users for whom an entire copy of photoshop is massive overkill and a terrible waste - the absence of some p…
I would gently suggest that Photoshop Elements or Pixelmator are probably more likely to be of value to such people. Pixelmator is something like $20 and vastly more user-friendly than Gimp.
I'd definitely agree. I guess more specifically (and more charitably), I'm thinking of the section of the audience that uses photoshop but doesn't need any of its intermediate or advanced features, whether they paid for it or not. There's a lot of them. If they had more awareness of their own (lack of) requirements, I think it would be a greater opportunity for the < $100 graphics packages to pick up more sales (since that's definitely a more attractive price than Photoshop's), or just more users in Gimp's case - if they were willing to put the time in to learning the interface.
Re: GIMP is Now a Self-Contained Native App for Mac OS X
#64There is also McGimp, which is a fully OSX native version of Gimp: http://www.partha.com/
Re: GIMP is Now a Self-Contained Native App for Mac OS X
#65So, is this an app that bundles it's own X11, or is it using a Quartz/Cocoa backend for GTK? EDIT: I downloaded it, and the app bundle doesn't seem to have an X11, so that's nice. However, upon firing it up, it throws up a splash screen in front of all other applications. Who still thinks that's acceptable behavior on a multitasking operating system? Also, the app quits when the last window is closed, which isn't how…
Apple's OS X Human Interface Guidelines[1]: "In general, quit when users close the last open window in your app."
[1]: http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/UserExp...
Re: GIMP is Now a Self-Contained Native App for Mac OS X
#66So, is this an app that bundles it's own X11, or is it using a Quartz/Cocoa backend for GTK? EDIT: I downloaded it, and the app bundle doesn't seem to have an X11, so that's nice. However, upon firing it up, it throws up a splash screen in front of all other applications. Who still thinks that's acceptable behavior on a multitasking operating system? Also, the app quits when the last window is closed, which isn't how…
What i find annoying in OS X is flipping over to a desktop, telling an app to start (with the hope that it starts in that desktop), then flipping over to another desktop to keep doing stuff while it loads, only to find that the app has decided to start on your current desktop, not the one you launched it in.
Re: GIMP is Now a Self-Contained Native App for Mac OS X
#67So, is this an app that bundles it's own X11, or is it using a Quartz/Cocoa backend for GTK? EDIT: I downloaded it, and the app bundle doesn't seem to have an X11, so that's nice. However, upon firing it up, it throws up a splash screen in front of all other applications. Who still thinks that's acceptable behavior on a multitasking operating system? Also, the app quits when the last window is closed, which isn't how…
Apple's OS X Human Interface Guidelines[1]: "In general, quit when users close the last open window in your app." [1]: http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/UserExp...
Like iTunes.
Re: GIMP is Now a Self-Contained Native App for Mac OS X
#68The interface looks significantly better, at least from the last time I messed around with it (which was a while ago).
Agreed. This is a huge step forward for Gimp!
Re: GIMP is Now a Self-Contained Native App for Mac OS X
#69So, is this an app that bundles it's own X11, or is it using a Quartz/Cocoa backend for GTK? EDIT: I downloaded it, and the app bundle doesn't seem to have an X11, so that's nice. However, upon firing it up, it throws up a splash screen in front of all other applications. Who still thinks that's acceptable behavior on a multitasking operating system? Also, the app quits when the last window is closed, which isn't how…
> Also, the app quits when the last window is closed, which isn't how OS X apps are supposed to behave.
This is almost consistent with Apple's HIG: "In general, quit when users close the last open window in your app. [...] If users close the last remaining document window in a document-based app and switch to another app, it’s appropriate to quit the app" (emphasis added). [1]
[1]: https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/UserEx...
Re: GIMP is Now a Self-Contained Native App for Mac OS X
#70So, is this an app that bundles it's own X11, or is it using a Quartz/Cocoa backend for GTK? EDIT: I downloaded it, and the app bundle doesn't seem to have an X11, so that's nice. However, upon firing it up, it throws up a splash screen in front of all other applications. Who still thinks that's acceptable behavior on a multitasking operating system? Also, the app quits when the last window is closed, which isn't how…
Apple's OS X Human Interface Guidelines[1]: "In general, quit when users close the last open window in your app." [1]: http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/UserExp...
"In apps that are not document-based ..."
GIMP is document-based.