On Thu, Sep 8, 2016 at 10:42 AM, Peter Reutemann <fracpete(a)waikato.ac.nz> wrote:
I also have an old Wacom tablet that can be used to demo touch-sensitive drawing applications. This works with Gimp and Inkscape, but is particularly effective with MyPaint.
That could be quite interested, too!
I could spend minute or two showing that before hitting the limits of my drawing abilities. :)
Someone like William could certainly do a whole lot more with it.
Thanks Peter/Lawrance - Yes I would be interested in talking about my Digital Painting setup. I have a Pi3 at home that I use for painting on a larger screen (same settings as my portable setup). Maybe for a meeting sometime next year? Custom setup is with Gimp 2.8 - config for pressure sensitivity and my own brushes. Krita is a fork of Gimp that is popular. I've had no luck getting this to run on the Pi but have it running on laptop. I like Gimp more though - guess I'm use to it especially with my custom setup. Krita would be great if I could import my Gimp brushes and pressure sensitivity. I use Inkscape for creatting vector artwork (often taking my Gimp artwork into Inkscape). Inkscape is also used for slides/poster design. No custom setting with Inkscape except for the extension Sozi for creating slides. I also don't use my drawing tablet with Inkscape - just keyboard and mouse. Is inkscape even considered a touch-sensitive drawing app? It's all vectors so just lines and fills. Scribus is another - I use this for book design (currently working on a Pepper&Carrot book). Keyboard and mouse for Scribus - importing vectors from Inkscape and sometimes raster files. Have used MyPaint in the past but never got pressure working (keen to see pressure working in Krita/MyPaint if you can). I do like the idea of never-ending canvas in MyPaint - something I would like in Gimpo. I also use RecordMyDesktop to screencapture. Cheers, William