Comment on Hell freezes over, MS Paint adds support for layers and PNG transparency

• fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Or you know, being able to rearrange layers.

  source

  • PoolloverNathan@programming.dev ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    That one time I had to use GIMP, I found that simply dragging worked fine.

    source
  • Eufalconimorph@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Or color spasecs other than sRGB (8 bits/channel). I’ve a camera that takes 10 bits/channel photos, a monitor that displays 10 bits/channel, etc. But GIMP will just distort the colors because they hard-coded the color space! Can’t edit for print either, no CMYK. GIMP is an image editor for the noughties, not the 2020s.

    Then again, we’re talking about MS Paint here. If Paint fills your needs, GIMP will be fine.

    source

    • fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Not just 10bit. The Linux version still makes 8bit images more purple after saving.

      source
    • angstylittlecatboy@reddthat.com ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      If Paint fills your needs, GIMP will be fine.

      Disagree. Paint’s function is to be the Notepad of images, something not very powerful but quick and dead simple.

      GIMP is needlessly hard to use.

      source

      • Eufalconimorph@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Yes, Krita is by far a better editor.

        source
    • aBundleOfFerrets@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Good news for you, if they ever get around to releasing gimp 3

      source
• conno02@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  as a doofus gimp user, what’s an adjustment layer?

  source

  • aksdb@feddit.de ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Not a professional either, but I was also curious and learned:

    It’s a layer of which the properties/filters apply to all layers below. So you can basically try around and manipulate the visible image without having to combine the layers first.

    source
  • roembol@lemmy.roembol.nl ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It’s a way to for apply effects in a non-destructive way

    source