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Re: GIMP 3.0.0 Is Here!

From Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject Re: GIMP 3.0.0 Is Here!
Date 2025-03-31 22:34 +0000
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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.

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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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