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Most of the bugs linked in the "we might do this at some point in the future" part of the roadmap are 15+ years old. Adjustment layers are supposedly coming in

by opencl 8y ago

Most of the bugs linked in the "we might do this at some point in the future" part of the roadmap are 15+ years old. Adjustment layers are supposedly coming in 3.2. Who knows how many years that'll take though.

mschaef 8y ago
Once they're done with adjustment layers, they'll get to this lower priority task: > Shape tool - Easily create circles, rectangles, N-side polygons, stars etc. (That's in the future list, and not planned for any of the next three releases. Not fully sure I understand that priority call...)
- hiccuphippo 8y ago
  Personally I use Inkscape for that stuff, and it excels at it, and then export/import into Gimp. Cumbersome but it works.
  - rhizome 8y ago
    Inkscape has scripting as well, so maybe a lot of that cumber can be automated. I've never looked into it, but you can be sure a lot of google results will take the form of "can i automate [x] with inkscape?"
    - opencl 8y ago
      Or you can script GIMP to do it directly. GIMP in fact already includes a script for drawing shapes under Filters->Render->gfig. The UI could stand to be improved but the feature is basically already there.
      - mschaef 8y ago
        And that's been there for quite a while... Sad reality is, people expect more. There's something satisfying about being able to click a 'draw shape' icon on a tool bar and then click and drag to draw the shape on a canvas. That's an expectation that dates back to at least MacPaint in 1984, and it's a huge difference from drawing a shape using a rendering plugin buried under three menu levels.
      - rhizome 8y ago
        Even better!
- prokoudine 8y ago
  The priorities are simple. GIMP is targeted for hi-end workflows. Your average matte painter or photographer doesn't usually need to draw a rounded-corners rectangle, but he sure needs adjustment layers. Hell, even the CHANDRA X-Ray observatory guys need adjustment layers for coloring their FITS files! So that gets a priority. What the 2018 report specifically says though is that most things from the 'Future' section can be done right now by a new interested developer. That includes drawing shapes.
  - mschaef 8y ago
    I still don't follow the prioritization, but thank you for your work on Gimp. I've used it on-again/off-again since version 0.54 (95-96), and it played a formative role in my own software career.

by opencl 8y ago

mschaef 8y ago

Once they're done with adjustment layers, they'll get to this lower priority task: > Shape tool - Easily create circles, rectangles, N-side polygons, stars etc. (That's in the future list, and not planned for any of the next three releases. Not fully sure I understand that priority call...)

hiccuphippo 8y ago
Personally I use Inkscape for that stuff, and it excels at it, and then export/import into Gimp. Cumbersome but it works.
- rhizome 8y ago
  Inkscape has scripting as well, so maybe a lot of that cumber can be automated. I've never looked into it, but you can be sure a lot of google results will take the form of "can i automate [x] with inkscape?"
  - opencl 8y ago
    Or you can script GIMP to do it directly. GIMP in fact already includes a script for drawing shapes under Filters->Render->gfig. The UI could stand to be improved but the feature is basically already there.
    - mschaef 8y ago
      And that's been there for quite a while... Sad reality is, people expect more. There's something satisfying about being able to click a 'draw shape' icon on a tool bar and then click and drag to draw the shape on a canvas. That's an expectation that dates back to at least MacPaint in 1984, and it's a huge difference from drawing a shape using a rendering plugin buried under three menu levels.
    - rhizome 8y ago
      Even better!
prokoudine 8y ago
The priorities are simple. GIMP is targeted for hi-end workflows. Your average matte painter or photographer doesn't usually need to draw a rounded-corners rectangle, but he sure needs adjustment layers. Hell, even the CHANDRA X-Ray observatory guys need adjustment layers for coloring their FITS files! So that gets a priority. What the 2018 report specifically says though is that most things from the 'Future' section can be done right now by a new interested developer. That includes drawing shapes.
- mschaef 8y ago
  I still don't follow the prioritization, but thank you for your work on Gimp. I've used it on-again/off-again since version 0.54 (95-96), and it played a formative role in my own software career.