These kind of bugs are commonplace in open source software, unfortunately, especially those apps ported from another platform. Additionally, clicking the OK button in some dialogs did nothing although hitting Enter was sufficient to “click” them. This is confusing although something it’s arguably possible to live with. Selecting presets in some dialog boxes caused their name not to appear, although the preset was indeed selected. There were also a handful of glitches here and there. At least now GIMP is a usable app, albeit potentially frustrating if you hate waiting around. However, this performance is much better than the last time we reviewed GIMP, when it was simply unacceptable and rendered GIMP virtually useless. In reality the app is just working and the interface has become unresponsive while it does so. Sometimes it can seem like GIMP has crashed, especially when tweaking settings in dialog boxes. Applying filters like a blur to an image take several seconds to complete, for example. It’s just that you might have to hunt to find it, and then will probably have to train yourself to use it when you do. This is a big advantage for people who use different computers but are collaborating. In terms of brush-style tools you’ll find a heal tool, for example, although this requires you to Cmd+click to define an origin point from which a sample can be taken (yes, there is also a clone tool that works in the same way).Īnd when it comes to the likes of layers and/or masks, you’re going to find everything you’re used to within Photoshop – and in all likelihood, some more besides. GIMP is cross platform and will run equally well on Linux, Windows and Mac. It’s true that in recent releases Photoshop has edged ahead with the likes of near-magic tools like context-aware fill, but GIMP does a neat impression of Photoshop maybe five years ago. You guessed right, the application is for Windows, but the project is available for both Linux and Mac OS X as well. It can all be a little baffling and this is a shame because GIMP has a truly tantalising feature set. GIMP’s help file explains a selection layer is “a type of temporary layer which is similar in function to a normal layer, except that before you can resume working on any other layers in the image, a floating selection must be anchored”. In GIMP you use a selection tool and then, without switching to another tool, hold down Shift+Alt (Option)+Cmd and drag to create a floating selection layer.
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