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the funny thing with GIMP is: even while its a very powerful tool, it still lacks a good texting tool until today :-) and having the source available didnt hel

the funny thing with GIMP is: even while its a very powerful tool, it still lacks a good texting tool until today :-) and having the source available didnt help so far either :-))

panki27 10mo ago
Nothing stops you from creating a PR :-)))
- KellyCriterion 10mo ago
  I would, if I would GIMP use often enough to have the motivation - I use GIMP maybe 2 - 3 times a year. And thats the irony covered in my post: Even that the source is available didnt motivate someone enough so far to create better version of the built
- worldsavior 10mo ago
  Nothing stops you from commenting these useless comments.
KellyCriterion 10mo ago
for the downvoters: could you please show me a good textting tool plugin for GIMP, then? you can check their forums & other sites: the textingtools is on top of their discussion lists?
- iwuefx 10mo ago
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- shakna 10mo ago
  I don't see it at the top of the discussion on the forums I checked. So can you expand why you think the text tool, is bad?
  - KellyCriterion 10mo ago
    Before release 3.0: https://discuss.pixls.us/t/gimp-3-0-will-the-text-tool-be-improved/43410 https://discuss.pixls.us/t/gimp-3-0-will-the-text-tool-be-im... Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/GIMP/comments/1fecr6u/suggestion_improve_text_tool/ https://www.reddit.com/r/GIMP/comments/1fecr6u/suggestion_im... Its just the first two results from top of Google. Maybe the tool was improved in version 3.0, I'm running an older 2.x version. I will check it next time. The versions were difficult in: - font size applying - random loss / reset settings - there were some issues with the preview when editting - font preview before selection etc.
    - shakna 10mo ago
      Both of those are from over a year ago? For future, I wouldn't think that's "top" of any discussion. The strange font sizes and setting reset was mostly fixed as part of the 2020 massive refactor [0]. There are still some minor inconsistencies between the two font editor panels, but they're being worked on. Thankfully, you shouldn't have any random setting changes since about 2018 build. [0] https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/issues/344 https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/issues/344
- ehnto 10mo ago
  Honestly, I think it was just the smiley faces. I didn't downvote.
- hiccuphippo 10mo ago
  I don't understand what you mean by texting tool. Do you mean text rendering? kerning?
postexitus 10mo ago
Can you detail what you mean by good texting tool? What features are missing?
- nineteen999 10mo ago
  It's just tiny. And fiddly. And it likes to go bezerk and reset your font face/size/style settings on a whim if you so much as tickle the wrong key. It's not intuitive. It's actually possibly my most hated widget in the entire FOSS ecosystem.
RadiozRadioz 10mo ago
For texting I recommend using a mobile phone or desktop instant messaging program. While it's not the case with all of them, graphics editing tools tend to have texting utilities as a second-class citizen at best
- KellyCriterion 10mo ago
  haha, good one :-D ;-) ;-)
dist-epoch 10mo ago
FTFY: the funny thing with GIMP is: even while its a very powerful tool, it still lacks a good image editing tool until today
pjmlp 10mo ago
And geometric shapes drawing, it is probably the only software that requires using paths for basic stuff.

the funny thing with GIMP is: even while its a very powerful tool, it still lacks a good texting tool until today :-) and having the source available didnt help so far either :-))

panki27 10mo ago

Nothing stops you from creating a PR :-)))

KellyCriterion 10mo ago
I would, if I would GIMP use often enough to have the motivation - I use GIMP maybe 2 - 3 times a year. And thats the irony covered in my post: Even that the source is available didnt motivate someone enough so far to create better version of the built
worldsavior 10mo ago
Nothing stops you from commenting these useless comments.

KellyCriterion 10mo ago

for the downvoters: could you please show me a good textting tool plugin for GIMP, then? you can check their forums & other sites: the textingtools is on top of their discussion lists?

iwuefx 10mo ago
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shakna 10mo ago
I don't see it at the top of the discussion on the forums I checked. So can you expand why you think the text tool, is bad?
- KellyCriterion 10mo ago
  Before release 3.0: https://discuss.pixls.us/t/gimp-3-0-will-the-text-tool-be-improved/43410 https://discuss.pixls.us/t/gimp-3-0-will-the-text-tool-be-im... Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/GIMP/comments/1fecr6u/suggestion_improve_text_tool/ https://www.reddit.com/r/GIMP/comments/1fecr6u/suggestion_im... Its just the first two results from top of Google. Maybe the tool was improved in version 3.0, I'm running an older 2.x version. I will check it next time. The versions were difficult in: - font size applying - random loss / reset settings - there were some issues with the preview when editting - font preview before selection etc.
  - shakna 10mo ago
    Both of those are from over a year ago? For future, I wouldn't think that's "top" of any discussion. The strange font sizes and setting reset was mostly fixed as part of the 2020 massive refactor [0]. There are still some minor inconsistencies between the two font editor panels, but they're being worked on. Thankfully, you shouldn't have any random setting changes since about 2018 build. [0] https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/issues/344 https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/issues/344
ehnto 10mo ago
Honestly, I think it was just the smiley faces. I didn't downvote.
hiccuphippo 10mo ago
I don't understand what you mean by texting tool. Do you mean text rendering? kerning?

postexitus 10mo ago

Can you detail what you mean by good texting tool? What features are missing?

nineteen999 10mo ago
It's just tiny. And fiddly. And it likes to go bezerk and reset your font face/size/style settings on a whim if you so much as tickle the wrong key. It's not intuitive. It's actually possibly my most hated widget in the entire FOSS ecosystem.

RadiozRadioz 10mo ago

For texting I recommend using a mobile phone or desktop instant messaging program. While it's not the case with all of them, graphics editing tools tend to have texting utilities as a second-class citizen at best

KellyCriterion 10mo ago
haha, good one :-D ;-) ;-)

dist-epoch 10mo ago

FTFY: the funny thing with GIMP is: even while its a very powerful tool, it still lacks a good image editing tool until today

pjmlp 10mo ago

And geometric shapes drawing, it is probably the only software that requires using paths for basic stuff.