On Friday 17 June 2005 04:22, Hal V Engel wrote:
> On Wednesday 15 June 2005 10:13 pm, Leon Brooks wrote:
>> My wife used to use a graphics package under MS-Windows 3.x a
>> decade or two ago, which had been ported from the Mac. The package
>> (name eludes me) understood how things like charcoal, chalk and
>> watercolours were supposed to work (crumbliness, spatter, the way
>> things tend to slide rather than stick as the force goes up (and
>> eventually crush), brush-hair lines in the paint trail, the ability
>> to _twist_ the applicator, that kind of thing). Simply recreating
>> that ability would be a very noble goal and would bring a phalanx
>> of artists aboard GIMP starting the day after it was released, no
>> worries.
> You might want to have a look at krita which is part of the upcoming
> KOffice 1.4 release. It is designed specifically to do the types of
> things you are talking about. It is still under heavy development
> and is currently in what is probably a beta state.
Thanks for that! The Krita page here...
http://www.koffice.org/krita/
...mentions that Krita (apparently AKA KImageShop) was inspired by
Fractal Painter - the program whose name I couldn't remember - which is
now known as Corel Painter IX:
http://www.corel.com/painterix/home/
It also acknowledges The GIMP for inspiration (yay!) and points to this:
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~hodsond/gimpbrush.html
My New Financial Year (here in Oz, anyway) Resolution is to have a look
at Krita and see what if any of its technology can be cross-pollinated
into The GIMP (perhaps as a plugin to start with).
Failing anything useful eventuating by the end of July, please nag me to
start mucking around with, what shall I call it? "Media" is too easily
confised with other stuff, so perhaps "applicators?"
Cheers; Leon
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