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Re: GIMP 3.0.0 Is Here!

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On 2025-03-31 6:34 p.m., Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> On Mon, 24 Mar 2025 10:17:11 -0400, TJ wrote:
> 
>> I'm a farmer, and I've been mistakenly using GIMP for years to prepare
>> planning maps that show what I want to plant where on my diversified
>> farm. They use a satellite photo as a base, with color-coded fields
>> drawn on it as overlaying layers, labeled with the size in acres.
> 
> Let me suggest looking at Inkscape. That does vector drawing, which is
> resolution-independent, and is easier to modify.
> 
> I recently did something similar to what you’ve been doing (except a bit
> simpler), drawing a diagram of a car accident I was in for an insurance
> claim. The satellite photo was in a background layer, and I added various
> annotation layers on top, including lines with different colours and dash
> styles indicating the paths of the vehicles etc. Inkscape has some nice
> design functions to let me get text blocks neatly aligned and distributed
> etc.
> 
> And it’s all nondestructive. Which means I can change things (e.g. the
> sizes and rotations of objects) without losing any image quality.
> 
> I use GIMP, too, when appropriate. The thing with Free software is, it
> doesn’t cost you any extra to learn more than one tool.

That last sentence should be quoted by everyone for eternity.

-- 
God be with you,

CrudeSausage
John 14:6

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GIMP 3.0.0 Is Here! Lester Thorpe <lt@gnu.rocks> - 2025-03-22 13:16 +0000
  Re: GIMP 3.0.0 Is Here! Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> - 2025-03-22 13:43 +0000
  Re: GIMP 3.0.0 Is Here! Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2025-03-23 07:45 -0400
  Re: GIMP 3.0.0 Is Here! TJ <TJ@noneofyour.business> - 2025-03-24 10:17 -0400
    Re: GIMP 3.0.0 Is Here! CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2025-03-24 10:53 -0400
      Re: GIMP 3.0.0 Is Here! TJ <TJ@noneofyour.business> - 2025-03-24 11:20 -0400
        Re: GIMP 3.0.0 Is Here! Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> - 2025-03-30 13:43 +0000
      Re: GIMP 3.0.0 Is Here! Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> - 2025-03-30 13:37 +0000
    Re: GIMP 3.0.0 Is Here! Farley Flud <fsquared@fsquared.linux> - 2025-03-24 16:45 +0000
      Re: GIMP 3.0.0 Is Here! rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-03-24 17:17 +0000
      Re: GIMP 3.0.0 Is Here! TJ <TJ@noneofyour.business> - 2025-03-24 13:32 -0400
        Re: GIMP 3.0.0 Is Here! candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2025-04-09 15:40 +0000
          Re: GIMP 3.0.0 Is Here! Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2025-04-09 18:14 -0400
            Re: GIMP 3.0.0 Is Here! candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2025-04-09 23:30 +0000
              Re: GIMP 3.0.0 Is Here! Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2025-04-09 19:44 -0400
          Re: GIMP 3.0.0 Is Here! Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-04-10 19:45 +0000
          Re: GIMP 3.0.0 Is Here! Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-04-10 19:46 +0000
      Re: GIMP 3.0.0 Is Here! c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-03-25 01:53 -0400
    Re: GIMP 3.0.0 Is Here! Farley Flud <fsquared@fsquared.linux> - 2025-03-24 17:06 +0000
      Re: GIMP 3.0.0 Is Here! TJ <TJ@noneofyour.business> - 2025-03-24 13:45 -0400
        Re: GIMP 3.0.0 Is Here! RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2025-03-24 18:46 +0000
          Re: GIMP 3.0.0 Is Here! rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-03-24 22:42 +0000
            Re: GIMP 3.0.0 Is Here! RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2025-03-25 07:37 +0000
              Re: GIMP 3.0.0 Is Here! CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2025-03-25 08:54 -0400
                Re: GIMP 3.0.0 Is Here! RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2025-03-26 05:45 +0000
        Re: GIMP 3.0.0 Is Here! Farley Flud <ff@linux.rocks> - 2025-03-24 19:30 +0000
      Re: GIMP 3.0.0 Is Here! John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2025-03-24 12:06 -0700
        Re: GIMP 3.0.0 Is Here! vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2025-03-25 02:23 +0000
      Re: GIMP 3.0.0 Is Here! Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> - 2025-03-30 13:59 +0000
    Re: GIMP 3.0.0 Is Here! DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2025-03-24 21:53 -0400
    Re: GIMP 3.0.0 Is Here! Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-03-31 22:34 +0000
      Re: GIMP 3.0.0 Is Here! CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2025-03-31 19:08 -0400
      Re: GIMP 3.0.0 Is Here! Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2025-04-01 09:44 -0400

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