I'm an amateur, at best, but it seems much harder to do very easy things. Something as simple as linking layers so I can move them together seems to have become much harder to do. I know it could be me, but this update, long in the making, seems to be a step backwards for some functions.
You're making sure to switch the Move tool to "Move selected layers" when moving multiple selected layers?
With the ability to have more than one layer being treated as active, the Move tool picking the layer based on non-transparent pixels you are clicking on - a pretty intuitive behavior in most cases - and throw you off until you get the hang of it.
I had given some suggestions for making it simple for non-professionals. These have been ignored.
In trying to give it a polish, usefulness has been given a hit, at least in some places. For example, in the tool windows, there is a slider for size, etc. Its pointer needs to be as pin-pointed as possible; with a new pointer - which is an open palm with a rounded finger tip - one has to guess the place on the slider.
Another example of a much-ignored suggestion is to give an option to save while exiting the window. When you close an open image, it asks whether to save it. But when you close the app, it does not give a straight saving option.
Something as simple as linking layers so I can move them together seems to have become much harder to do
You no longer link layers because you can select several layers together (Ctrl-click and shift-click in the layers list, like in any other list in your system UI):
It's not a big deal, but it's annoying. Selecting them is the easy part. Moving them together changed. I've selected layers but if I then click and hold any of them, they separate and only one moves. If I use arrows to move them, they all move together. I thought it was better when I could click a box next to each layer to link them, then move them any way I wanted to. They never separated before.
I'll have to see if the upgrade changed the defaults I set. User error is the most likely culprit. However, having to hold ctrl instead of just clicking the links is annoying. I suppose holding shift and selecting a series is easier. I'm sure I'll either figure it out or switch to darktable. :-D
You can save multiple different sets of selected layers, name them and switch between them in the Layers dialog via the magnifying glass icon, where you can also search for layers by name.
Ctrl+Click and Shift+Click are well-established ways to select multiple items in many applications, so this was a much requested feature for layers in GIMP, after all.
Yes but I was frustrated with the late 2.10 as well. I think each version just takes some getting used to. And of course they need to work out bugs with simple dropdowns freezing the program, layer changes being buggy, the undo seeming to occasionally destroy the action history making editing a scary experience unless you save frequently — and the export function is delayed so much now I need to hit Ctrl+E and then go do something else for a bit while it thinks about exporting LOL
I think my main learning curve is how to turn off non-destructive editing. I would be happier with not having to do the extra step of applying changes, since I prefer the workflow of GIMP 2. In fact I think I'll try to install both and just use GIMP 2 when I want to work really fast and GIMP 3 when I want to gradually learn more about the new workflow. (And help them debug by reporting bugs)
I kept 2.10 along with 3.0. Kudos to devs for the ability to select the whole stack of layers. Sadly, the old CF of the built-in browser saw no improvement.
Loading time is much longer in 3.0, and Waterpixels filter option, notoriously slowish in 2.10, consumed my laptop entire memory and crashed the system in 3.0, although the image was like 2k x 2k, not that big.
Poor you. For over a year, there have been video tutorials in various languages on how the functions have changed. For over two years, gimp.org has documented how the features have changed and how to use them. You act as if gimp is the only software that has fundamentally changed after an update, and as if this has never happened with other software.
I'm sorry, if you're interested in graphics editing, you should be interested in the features. Especially after major updates.
This post may sound rude, but that's exactly how I feel about these frustration threads.
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u/schumaml GIMP Team 15h ago
You're making sure to switch the Move tool to "Move selected layers" when moving multiple selected layers?
With the ability to have more than one layer being treated as active, the Move tool picking the layer based on non-transparent pixels you are clicking on - a pretty intuitive behavior in most cases - and throw you off until you get the hang of it.