Graphics Software Talk ...

[ThrashZone]

Yep just because Gimp releases a new version or a beta version doesn't mean you should hurry and download it,
It did the same thing to me as you Jamie
Luckily I don't use gimp that much and needed to clear some fonts mostly Adobe useless fonts gimp had archived and filled the top with nothing but fonts I would never use,
So there is a silver lining in there
No more Adobe fonts

 

[kado897]

Does it say Try now or something in cc control panel ?

That might be why I dumped cc for cd,
120.00+ a year is not terrible but to pursue illustrator would of more than doubled that venture for personal use no less :/
Thanks Keith

Yep I see it a single app is an additional 20 u.s.

I says Try, which means it's not included.

 

[ThrashZone]

Thanks,
I had a conversation with Adobe yesterday,
Asking if they can or in the future have a better building process or other bundling options for cc,
Asked if they would take it as feed back to bundle photoshop and illustrator as one bundle and drop all of the other stuff that's included in cc now for 9.99,
I don't think it went well

 

[kado897]

Ask, don't get. Don't ask, don't want.

 

[ThrashZone]

Bingo
Adobe yikes,
The funny part is they said illustrator is three years old and not going to get any updates,
I said than why is it 20.00 extra sounds like possibly 5.00 would be a better price then,
Adobe silence and back to sells mode,
You can get cc for 9.99 and illustrator for 19.99 + tax...
I said no thanks I have cd6 now thanks anyway

 

[kado897]

If it's 3 years old you may be able to find a cheap copy of an older version.

 

[ThrashZone]

Yea I don't know about this site ?
Illustrator - Graphics & Photo - Adobe - Softwares

 

[kado897]

That's a good site.

 

[ThrashZone]

Really I've never run into it before :/

 

[kado897]

I meant it looks good.

 

[ThrashZone]

I've seen worse sites,
That one did have a pretty popup but as far as legitimate website :/
Beside no dough at present time
350.00 anti bad but that's just one program

 

[ThrashZone]

Trace bitmap pretty interesting feature,
View attachment 331418
View attachment 331419

 

[kado897]

Trace bitmap in CD X6 is great for simple images like that. I actually prefer the equivalent feature in Inkscape. It produces better results with more complicated traces. This Millenium Falcon was traced in Inkscape...

 

[ThrashZone]

Inkscape does a few things better than cd,
Inkscape also has a much better gradient feature,
cd7 is similar but Inkscape still is better at that,
I used the trace in Inkscape too but never really got the hang of that cookie,
It was almost more straight forward doing it manually
I might of tampered with a setting that messed it up :/

 

[kado897]

The only thing I really dislike about Inkscape is the lack of an object manager. CD's object manager makes arranging the z-axis super simple.

 

[JDobbsy1987]

For the gimp users out there Gimp 2.8.14 has been released

Has anyone downloaded this version yet, i don't see the 'New Layer' icon any more?
It's there to click but invisible which is annoying, is it a bug or just me?

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Cheers,
Jamie

Going back to this earlier post... more people have reported the same problems so if you do use Gimp then probably best sticking with 2.8.10 as there are more icons missing in 2.8.14 than in my screenshot.

Regards,
Jamie

If anyone is interested

Gimp 2.8.14.1 has now been released

- This one fixes the crash on window resize and the missing icons bugs - all by updating the included GTK+ library to 2.24.24.​

Regards,
Jamie

 

[kado897]

Thanks Jamie. The PortableApps version updated over the past few days too.

 

[ThrashZone]

Just found out corel will not save a .ico file with transparent properties :/
gimp to the rescue though

 

[kado897]

Yes CorelDRAW sucks at creating icons. There is a GIMP script that will do most of the work of creating the layers for you. It is called Iconify. It is in this script set. http://gimpfx-foundry.sourceforge.net/

 

[Stephanie]

Trace bitmap in CD X6 is great for simple images like that. I actually prefer the equivalent feature in Inkscape. It produces better results with more complicated traces. This Millenium Falcon was traced in Inkscape...

Looks good Keith