[Gimp-developer] Gfig
Hi all, I would like to know if 'gfig' is supposed to be included in Gimp 2.4? The handling is really so uncomfortable that I would rather like to see the text tool improved, the way it is already realized in Paint Shop Pro, Photo- shop, etc.: to include the text at first as a vector layer, which can be rendered as a bitmap after- wards. The handling of the present text tool is far from satisfactory. Greetings, Claus -- Home Page: http://home.arcor.de/ccyrny/ (Photographs) Blog: http://grafomatic.twoday.net (in German) Djangology http://home.arcor.de/ccyrny/djangology/ (my Django Reinhardt site; in German) ___ Gimp-developer mailing list Gimp-developer@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer
Re: [Gimp-developer] Gfig
From: Claus Cyrny [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2007 18:10:10 +0100 Hi all, I would like to know if 'gfig' is supposed to be included in Gimp 2.4? The handling is really so uncomfortable that I would rather like to see the text tool improved, the way it is already realized in Paint Shop Pro, Photo- shop, etc.: to include the text at first as a vector layer, which can be rendered as a bitmap after- wards. The handling of the present text tool is far from satisfactory. Huh? Gfig has nothing to do with text, and the text tool already does create vector text layers. Your request is impossible to understand. -- Bill __ __ __ __ Sent via the CNPRC Email system at primate.ucdavis.edu ___ Gimp-developer mailing list Gimp-developer@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer
Re: [Gimp-developer] Gfig
Hi, William Skaggs wrote: From: Claus Cyrny [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2007 18:10:10 +0100 Hi all, I would like to know if 'gfig' is supposed to be included in Gimp 2.4? The handling is really so uncomfortable that I would rather like to see the text tool improved, the way it is already realized in Paint Shop Pro, Photo- shop, etc.: to include the text at first as a vector layer, which can be rendered as a bitmap after- wards. The handling of the present text tool is far from satisfactory. Huh? Gfig has nothing to do with text, and the text tool already does create vector text layers. Your request is impossible to understand. Sorry, if my post was somewhat unclear. What I was trying to say is, that in the context of The Gimp, 'gfig' doesn't make any sense to me (partially due to the very difficult handling). For those tasks programs like Inkscape are much better suited (and much easier to handle). So, it would seem logical to me to abandon 'gfig' and concentrate more on important things like the text tool. Since I'm not a programmer, I didn't know that the text tool already *does* include the text in vector format. What I had in mind is a tool where you can scale/rotate etc. the text /before/ is is rendered as a bitmap. In Photoshop, there are text fx available as well. Claus ___ Gimp-developer mailing list Gimp-developer@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer
Re: [Gimp-developer] Gfig
Hi, On Tue, 2007-03-06 at 19:03 +0100, Claus Cyrny wrote: Since I'm not a programmer, I didn't know that the text tool already *does* include the text in vector format. What I had in mind is a tool where you can scale/rotate etc. the text /before/ is is rendered as a bitmap. Text transformations can be implemented on top of the current text layer concept. This has been foreseen from the beginning. It just has not yet been implemented. I don't think however that the gfig plug-in has anything to do with this. Sven ___ Gimp-developer mailing list Gimp-developer@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer
Re: [Gimp-developer] Gfig
On Wed, Mar 07, 2007 at 03:35:03AM +0100, Claus Cyrny wrote: Hi Sven, Sven Neumann wrote: [ ... ] I don't think however that the gfig plug-in has anything to do with this. It does insofar, as it binds unnecessary develop- er resources. I have been using the Gimp now for several years, but I'm beginning to ask myself where the priorities for the developers are. Wouldn't, say, 16-/32-bit be more important than a small vector graphics program that is so difficult to handle? Of course there's no direct connection between 'gfig' and the text tool; it's just a matter on how to spend developer resources. You assumption that significant developer resources go into maintaining gfig is simply false. That's why everyone else is confused. -Yosh ___ Gimp-developer mailing list Gimp-developer@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer
