There were also a handful of glitches here and there. At least now GIMP is a usable app, albeit potentially frustrating if you hate waiting around. However, this performance is much better than the last time we reviewed GIMP, when it was simply unacceptable and rendered GIMP virtually useless. In reality the app is just working and the interface has become unresponsive while it does so.
Sometimes it can seem like GIMP has crashed, especially when tweaking settings in dialog boxes.
Applying filters like a blur to an image take several seconds to complete, for example. It’s just that you might have to hunt to find it, and then will probably have to train yourself to use it when you do. In terms of brush-style tools you’ll find a heal tool, for example, although this requires you to Cmd+click to define an origin point from which a sample can be taken (yes, there is also a clone tool that works in the same way).Īnd when it comes to the likes of layers and/or masks, you’re going to find everything you’re used to within Photoshop – and in all likelihood, some more besides. It’s true that in recent releases Photoshop has edged ahead with the likes of near-magic tools like context-aware fill, but GIMP does a neat impression of Photoshop maybe five years ago. It can all be a little baffling and this is a shame because GIMP has a truly tantalising feature set. GIMP’s help file explains a selection layer is “a type of temporary layer which is similar in function to a normal layer, except that before you can resume working on any other layers in the image, a floating selection must be anchored”. In GIMP you use a selection tool and then, without switching to another tool, hold down Shift+Alt (Option)+Cmd and drag to create a floating selection layer.
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