Lets look at this simple constrain to straight line method. I don't know of other programs which allow pressure sensitivity to work with that although maybe some do. That might make the tool unique. On Wed, 9 Jan 2019 at 05:21, Ryan Stark <effluxion@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Ardour is poor and there were lots of DAWs being developed on Linux > (probably still are but I don't look into it any more). Paul at Ardour is > arrogant. It doesn't matter if he is funded. That doesn't make Ardour a > success in terms of how it works. If you install Reaper on Linux there is > absolutely no comparison whatsoever and Reaper can be run free or a small > licence charge. Ardour tried to be Protools. This is what not to do if you > develop open source software. It has to have something unique about it. > Blender has a lot of unique features. Another superb and unique open source > program is Wings 3D. Simple but brilliantly designed. I love that program > even although I don't use it much. This is what makes people have a passion > about the software which is absolutely needed for open source. They can > rightly claim that they have something better than what commercial software > provides. > > If you look at what they are doing in the Mypaint brush engine. It is also > unique. The new features in the brush engine can create results that are > amazing and unlike any other program yet the basic concept is quite simple. > > Gimp certainly is trying to be a kind of Photoshop. It doesn't have enough > unique features about it. One very cool absolutely unique feature that > everybody actually ignores is that all the parameters can be controlled via > MIDI. This beats any other method out there for hardware controlling even > image editing software, in particular if you are using it for painting. > However, the brush engine is painfully slow so what is the point. > > So there will never be a method to simply draw individual straight lines > on the canvas without unnecessary tools appearing on the canvas? The bezier > tool is for when you want to do precise things. Drawing simple lines is a > different idea. This is why most other programs follow the simple command > to constrain to a straight line. > > On Wed, 9 Jan 2019 at 03:18, Alexandre Prokoudine < > alexandre.prokoudine@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> On Wed, Jan 9, 2019 at 5:42 AM Ryan Stark via gimp-developer-list wrote: >> > >> >> You know, I started having my suspicions while reading your first >> email where you complained that GIMP tries to do everything, then >> proceeded complaining it is focused on photo editing rather than doing >> other things (mutually exclusive statements). >> >> > Mypaint is different from Gimp because obviously the brush engine is >> unique >> >> It's not unique. Several applications now use MyPaint's brush engine, >> including GIMP. And that isn't even the only "difference" between >> MyPaint and GIMP. They are conceptually different applications. Surely >> I don't need to tell you about things like the infinite canvas? >> >> > but if Gimp was better Krita would not be needed in my opinion. >> >> People have always scratched their itches. What's the shocking news? >> >> > This is how audio programs gotdamaged on Linux. Several competing >> projects. >> >> There is virtually zero competition among free/libre DAWs on Linux, >> because there is just one functional DAW, which is Ardour. >> >> Everything else with the sole exception for Qtractor does MIDI >> sequencing and some score editing, with overly simplistic audio >> editing, because everything else is stuck in the early 2000s when the >> Linux crowd thought that separating MIDI from audio was the real deal, >> and JACK would rule them all (it didn't). >> >> Paul recognized the problem relatively early on, that's why MIDI >> started being worked on around 2007. >> >> If you think there is any competition, try recording multiple audio >> inputs into MusE or Rosegarden using external control surfaces, with >> VCA for track groups, do quick fades and crossfades, then tell me how >> it worked for you. >> >> > Ardour should have been the open source DAW but will never ever compete >> now partly due to the arrogant style of development ethos. >> >> What are you even talking about? :))) >> >> > Open source audio is now completely dead because vastly superior >> commercial apps moved onto Linux. >> > There is absolutely no way now for an open source project to compete >> with >> > running for example Reaper on Linux. >> >> Open source audio is so dead that Paul's development efforts are fully >> funded every month long before the month is over, and he gives the >> spare funds to other contributors. Robin is paid by Harrison to work >> on both Mixbus and Ardour. And original MIxbus team contribute to >> Ardour on regular basis. That's how dead it is. >> >> > Gimp tries to be Photoshop >> >> It does not. I don't know where you are getting all these funny ideas >> from :) >> >> > Saying that a bezier tool is somehow a step further than a simple tool >> to >> > draw straight lines is the sort of crazy idea that is exactly the >> problem >> > with Gimp. In Photoshop and other apps you click a key command and draw >> a >> > single line or lots of lines anywhere without even seeing any tool on >> the >> > canvas. >> >> You mean the latest Photoshop CC still has no clue how to show people >> what they are drawing on the canvas? And that's great why, exactly? >> >> > It seems that in Gimp such a simple idea wasn't thought of. The >> > shift command for drawing straight lines in Gimp doesn't achieve the >> same >> > very simple task. >> >> Yeah, better drawing tools are definitely in the plans. But If you >> want us to show people blank canvas while they draw, then no, not >> gonna happen. >> >> Alex >> > _______________________________________________ gimp-developer-list mailing list List address: gimp-developer-list@xxxxxxxxx List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-developer-list
