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Re: PSA: ImageToolbox is supposedly the best FOSS Android image editor

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Geoff wrote:
>> your mileage (and preferences) may vary
> 
> So many 'best' things seem to suffer like that. I installed Irfanview 
> for a period, but found some of the even the basic functions quirky and 
> unintuitive.

Wow. Tough customer! :)

Still, it's good to get other people's observations of editing tools!

We're all different.

There are very few people who don't use Irfanview, but as with all
software, there are, as you say, 'quirks' such as constantly setting the
Windows background to the current image by mistake until the more recent
releases where, if you hit the keys, it will finally *ask* you if that's
what you wanted to do (and, it's almost never, if not never, what you
wanted to do, so that was a 'quirk' that the developer finally resolved).

Even the venerable The GIMP will do everything you need to do, but with its
own set of quirks. For example, drawing a box and texting and arrowing is
way harder than it needs to be when you compared with Paint.NET usability.

It has been years since I tried Pinta, which was supposed to replace
Paint.NET (which has its own 'quirks', such as needing dot.NET crap).
 <https://pinta-project.com/pintaproject/pinta/releases>

While Paint.NET is basically a free Photoshop on Windows, it too has
quirks, such as the fact that you can't save your canvas values.
 <https://www.dotpdn.com/downloads/pdn.html>

Anyway, for those of us who do extensive screenshot editing, the main
things any editor needs to do is
 1. It has to merge images well
 2. It has to draw boxes and circles well
 3. It has to add text anywhere you want it
 4. And it has to draw curved arrows so as to avoid objects

The hardest thing to get in an editor is the curved arrow, where even
Paint.NET doesn't have as many handles to modify the curve as PhotoShop.

I noticed that the suggested Image ToolBox also lacks handles, so its
curved arrows are not nearly as smooth as those with Paint.NET.

Take a look at this image, for example. Can you tell the difference in the
Android curved Arrows versus the Windows curved arrows in the editing?
 <https://i.postimg.cc/0506CkNt/curved-arrows.jpg>

BTW, I found another, perhaps easier but less functional way to add text
using the Android Image Tool Box, which is to use the Markup Layer tool.
 <https://i.postimg.cc/KzFGKTtj/markuplayer.jpg>

It's good to get other people's observations of editing tools!
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PSA: ImageToolbox is supposedly the best FOSS Android image editor Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-08-08 11:17 -0800
  Re: PSA: ImageToolbox is supposedly the best FOSS Android image editor Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-08-10 00:29 -0800
  Re: PSA: ImageToolbox is supposedly the best FOSS Android image editor Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2026-08-10 19:25 +0000
    Re: PSA: ImageToolbox is supposedly the best FOSS Android image editor Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-08-10 12:17 -0800
    Re: PSA: ImageToolbox is supposedly the best FOSS Android image editor Geoff <geoff@nospamgeoffwood.org> - 2026-08-11 16:41 +1200
      Re: PSA: ImageToolbox is supposedly the best FOSS Android image editor Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-08-10 22:27 -0800
        Re: PSA: ImageToolbox is supposedly the best FOSS Android image editor Geoff <geoff@nospamgeoffwood.org> - 2026-08-12 12:00 +1200

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