Gimp is working on its own version of “smart objects”

Re:Gimp is working on its own version of “smart objects” by sneeuwpopsneeuw on Saturday August 01, 2020 @04:40AM (#24018819)

Great to hear! Now if only it was easier to understand what most of the buttons with strange icons do...

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Re:Gimp is working on its own version of “smart objects” by homarp on Saturday August 01, 2020 @06:27AM (#24019328)

Would that help: https://docs.gimp.org/2.10/en/gimp-concepts-main-windows.htm... ?

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Re:Gimp is working on its own version of “smart objects” by 2038AD on Saturday August 01, 2020 @06:31AM (#24019348)

Hover your cursor over the icon and a tooltip will tell you

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Re:Gimp is working on its own version of “smart objects” by rhn_mk1 on Saturday August 01, 2020 @07:33AM (#24019650)

Unless you're using a touch display.

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Re:Gimp is working on its own version of “smart objects” by 2038AD on Saturday August 01, 2020 @07:45AM (#24019711)

Tapping the icon using a touch display also brings up the tooltip (I just checked)

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Re:Gimp is working on its own version of “smart objects” by rhn_mk1 on Saturday August 01, 2020 @08:31AM (#24019974)

I agree that it's useful to have that, but sadly still not very discoverable. I know people who won't tap anything before they are shown what it does.

I might fall into the same category, noticing how confused I was recently after running some software with no button labels for the first time.

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Re:Gimp is working on its own version of “smart objects” by numlock86 on Saturday August 01, 2020 @06:00AM (#24019231)

Expert software is not for everyone.

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Re:Gimp is working on its own version of “smart objects” by DonHopkins on Saturday August 01, 2020 @06:46AM (#24019414)

By far, most experts use Photoshop.

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Re:Gimp is working on its own version of “smart objects” by numlock86 on Saturday August 01, 2020 @12:58PM (#24021982)

Most experts use commercial software like Autocad 3ds max over Blender for example, too. But what is your point? It's still expert software.

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Re:Gimp is working on its own version of “smart objects” by danielscrubs on Saturday August 01, 2020 @07:14AM (#24019554)

GIMP - Free and you only pay with your time and sanity.

Now if we could only come up with some word for people that exchange time for money...

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Re:Gimp is working on its own version of “smart objects” by asutekku on Saturday August 01, 2020 @06:31AM (#24019346)

Gimp is not expert software though. It’s an okay foss alternative to photoshop, but just because it has an awful UX does not suddenly make it ax expert software.

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Re:Gimp is working on its own version of “smart objects” by 2038AD on Saturday August 01, 2020 @06:36AM (#24019371)

I think "alternative to photoshop" pushes it into the expert category. Non-expert would be something like MS Paint.

I don't consider Gimp to have radically worse UX either. I've got a couple of minor gripes but nothing major.

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