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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

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.

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.