Charles, If I understood you correctly, you are using Gimp for drawing (as opposed to photo editing, for instance).
If that really is the case, perhaps you should take a look at MyPaint. Even though its layer support is very basic, it supports an infinite canvas (layer is resized as you draw) which I'm guessing is what you are looking for. For more complex work, there are tutorials on working with MyPaint and Gimp combined. Hope this helps... Andreas -----Original Message----- From: "Charles C." <for...@gimpusers.com> Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2009 08:39:51 To: <gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU> Subject: [Gimp-user] Make Gimp like corel photo Hi I've been using Corel Photo for some time, but I'm trying to get used to Gimp. I can't stand the interface, but I don't like photoshop UI either. 1) In corel photo, layers are like objects, I can easilly make rectangle and new layer will have size of this rectangle. I can make stroke with brush and this stroke will be my layer. In Gimp if I want to make new layer with brush strokes I need to adjust size of layer before I do the stroke. Then I can paint and my layer is too big. Of course I can use wizard selection(U hotkey) to select stroke but it's not so comfortable. I just dont need transparent area in my layer(I need just my brush stroke, layer borders=brush stroke borders, nothing more). 2) Is there any way to see the mask of eraser, using soft-edged eraser without mask (I just see hard-edged circle selection) is little confusing for me. 3) Is there any mod, option, to do grab, rotate, scale with mouse clicking(like in Corel Photo-2 clicks to rotate) etc. I know it could be done with keyboard shortcuts, but mouse "shortcuts" works much better for me. 4) Is it possible to make layer previews bigger and adjust them to show...(it's hard to explain for me) actual objects in these layers(not whole, transparent area with object). I've seen this option in photoshop tutorial I think. Could you advise me other free program with UI similar to Corel Photo? Thanks in advance for the answers -- Charles C. (via www.gimpusers.com) _______________________________________________ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user _______________________________________________ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
