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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: GIMP 3.0.0 Is Here!
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2025 22:34:29 -0000 (UTC)
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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.