Just some thoughts on Gimp in general and 2.6 in particular. Layers: Somebody has misplaced a box. Where has the layers stack window gone? I can�t turn on the pane under either layers, image or view. I can create a new layer but not see what layers are on the image. Save As: I don�t seem to be able to move up a level then down into a new folder on a save as. This is an issue as I�m taking tiff�s from one location, editing them then saving as jpg into a separate folder for ftp upload. Optimally, open (and save) and �save as� would set their default folders independently as the last folder used for that operation. Unsharpen Mask: The GEGL unsharpen mask feature does not use standard terminology. I have no idea how to set this. General Wish List: Locate Center Point: Reviewing a 22MP image a 100% means navigating an image with an equivalent size of several feet. What would be nice is some way to mark the exact center of the image, where the central AF point fell, so that it can be quickly navigated to at 100%. Scale to File Size: Many stock sites require an image to be upsized. For example Alamy requires an uncompressed file size of 48megs from a file saved as a 8bit .JPG. It would be useful to be able to set in an uncompressed file size and have the GIMP resize to be exactly that size. View at Simulated Output, 150, 300 or 500 DPI: Back in the days of film we would have laughed at anybody getting spun up that an image was not sharp when enlarged to multiple feet from a 35mm or smaller frame. When scanned, we edited out images at output size, and used 100% view for retouching. Everybody needs a little reminder that the question how will this look outputted, not how will this look on a theoretical billboard. Color Palettes: Digital Cameras tend to output in only a couple of color palettes. Alien Skins Exposure 2 plug in can simulate a number of old film palettes. It would be nice to be able to do in the open source world (patents allowing). At least from Kodak, datasheets including gamma curves of every film they�ve ever made are online (RG25 FTW). Noise Reduction: The overexposed look is in for photography lately as dark areas of an image pick up patterning from the digital sensor (i.e. noise). Back in the days of film seeing grain in an image enlarged to several feet would be a �live with it�. Today a number of companies will reject images showing ANY noise at 100%. Plugins such as noise ninja are quite popular. Would be nice to have a specific noise killing enhancement in GIMP. |
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