Yep, Lap, All of these tools/capabilities are already part of GIMP. Ensure that you have the latest version, but most of these have been there from the start.
Nathan On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 8:45 AM, Michael J. Hammel < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 2008-04-23 at 09:47 -0300, Lap1994 wrote: > > A ellipse tool to draw ellipse, as a rectangle tool to draw rectangle, > and > > a polygon tool to draw ah, you know. > > You do this by stroking selections. The Rectangular and Elliptical > selections will cover the first two, and the Paths tool (converted to a > selection) will cover the latter. > > On the other hand, I once wrote a plugin (GFXShapes) for creating a > number of basic shapes. It was part of a set of plugins I called the > Graphics Muse tools. It's written for GIMP 2.2 but it works (as far as > I can tell) under GIMP 2.4. You can grab a copy of the source code from > my web site: http://www.ximba.org/sw/gfxmuse/GFXMuseTools-3.0.0B2.tar.gz > The web site with docs is: http://www.ximba.org/gfxmuse/gfxmuse.html > > Not to mention GFig, which draws lots of shapes for you: > Filters->Render->GFig. > > > A method to draw text using a system like boards systems to change text > > properties, font, style, size stuff. Like using <b>bold here!</b> > > GIMP doesn't do that currently. I'd cringe at adding it to the core > system since I consider that feature-creep. But providing the right API > for a plugin to handle it would be a nice addition. > > > A way to draw curves. > > Use the Paths tool. Click once to drop an endpoint to the curve. Click > again to drop the second. In the Tool Options, switch to Edit mode and > then click on each end point and drag out to get an anchor point to > adjust the shape of the curve. Then use Stoke Path in the Tool Options. > > > A way to deny modifications in a layer, and a way to change this > property > > That would be nice. GIMP currently does not suppor this in 2.4. > > > A method to organize layers. > > A plugin could do that pretty easily. Define "organize". Remember that > you can drag layers up and down the stack in the Layers dialog. You can > align layers using the Alignment Tool from the toolbox. GFXLayers in my > Graphics Muse Tools also does this though I think the Alignment tool is > probably a simpler to use interface. > > > A method to assign a same mask to various layer modifying one mask > > Not sure what you mean here, but you can copy and paste masks. You > can't link a single mask to multiple layers, however. Linking masks to > multiple layers might be a nice feature. > > > A gradient color with more colors. Like Flash where you can set more > than > > two colors in a gradient. > > You can set as many colors as you want in gradients. Use the gradient > editor ("New gradient" button the Gradients dialog). > > > I key shortcut to stop drawing layer outline > > You can dynamically set keyboard shortcuts for any menu item that does > not already have one: File->Keyboard Shortcuts (from the Toolbox menus). > Find your item, click on it and then type the keyboard shortcut. For > example, change View->Show Layer Boundary to use Ctrl-? (re: > Ctrl-Shift-/) you just find View->Show Layer Boundary in the Configure > Keyboard Shortcuts dialog, click on it and then type Ctrl-Shift-/. > > -- > Michael J. Hammel Principal Software > Engineer > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://graphics-muse.org > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > The time it will take before the breadth of human knowledge is available > on > the Internet is precisely inverse to the amount of time it took to > remove > it from cable television. -- Michael J. Hammel > > _______________________________________________ > Gimp-user mailing list > Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU > https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user > -- Nathan Lane Home, http://www.nathandelane.com Blog, http://nathandelane.blogspot.com
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