I use gimp-2.3 from the development build under fink or ports (i forget which one). It has all the features you want.
the only problem I *hate* is that the X11 will not take control of Gimp when I click on it once...i have to click twice to activate a tool...very annoying. On 5/23/07, Axel Wernicke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Victor, > > Am 24.05.2007 um 01:22 schrieb Victor Domingos: > > > Hello! > > > > I am currently using the GIMP on an Apple computer, more specifically > > a Powerbook G4. I runs quite well, but I feel like it's a little > > slow. One of these days, I tryed to run it with Ubuntu Linux, in the > > same machine, and it seemed to run a lot faster. And I wonder now if > > there could be another GIMP version or build for Mac that would be > > more optimized for this platform. Does anyone know about any? > > To tell you about "other" builds, you should have told us where you > got your GIMP version from? > There are a couple of prebuild packages for OS X out there - e.g. > GIMP.app at > http://gimp-app.sf.net . The most optimized solution however might be > to build GIMP on your own > machine. To do so I'd recommend you have a look to darwinports at > http://www.macports.org > > > > > I know that there is a GIMP-related project named Seashore. It has a > > clean interface, but it is meanless to me, as it lacks most of the > > features I like to use... > > Seashore has nothing to do with GIMP, except that some of the basic > technologies that where developed for GIMP were used for a new > application. Concerning features is Seashore much closer to Paint > than to The GIMP. > > > > > > > One other question... Is there a completely universal Mac version? > > Some weeks ago, I tryed to run the GIMP in a MacBook Pro (Intel C2D) > > and there were no Filters, and the cursor had a funny aspect.... Does > > anyone here use the GIMP under MacOS X in the new Intel Macs? Which > > version? And does everything work ok? > > GIMP.app (see above) is AFAIK a universal package. Also building GIMP > on your own machine gets you a i386 binary version. Right in the > beginning (after Apples surprising switch to the dark side) there > where indeed some more or less minor problems. Both, the yellow > colored cursor as well as the missing filters are known phenomenon. > One can be fixed in the GIMP preferences, and the other was (most > likely) due to some bug in the GTK libraries and could be worked > around by special environment variables. > > I'm using GIMP at one of the very early MacBook Pros, build it with a > little help of darwinports and do not have any problems you described > any more. > > Happy GIMPing, > > lexA > > > > > Thanks! > > > > Victor Domingos > > http://lojamac.com/blog > > _______________________________________________ > > Gimp-user mailing list > > Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU > > https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user > > --- > Live is like a chocolate box, you never know what you wanna get... > GPG Signatur auf http://wernicke-online.net/Impressum/ prüfen > > > _______________________________________________ > Gimp-user mailing list > Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU > https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user > -- Anthony Ettinger Ph: 408-656-2473 http://chovy.dyndns.org/resume.html http://utuxia.com/consulting _______________________________________________ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
