GIMP

UserLAnd Technologies

About this app

This really is GIMP, the amazingly capable GNU Image Manipulation Program, running on your device. It is full featured and professionally supported.

Features of GIMP:
GIMP has too many feature to list here. Please checkout the GIMP site: https://www.gimp.org/about/introduction.html
The short version of this, is that it has everything you would want from a professional photo and image editing and authoring program.

How to use this GIMP Android app:

Use it just like normal. But here are some specifics to the Android interface.
* Tap with one figure to left click.
* Move mouse by sliding around one finger.
* Pinch to zoom.
* Press and hold and then slide one finger to pan (useful when zoomed in).
* Slide two fingers up and down to scroll.
* If you want to bring up a keyboard, tap on the screen to get a set of icons to appear and then click the keyboard icon.
* If you want to do the equivalent to a right click, tap with two fingers.
* If you want to change the desktop scaling, find the service android notification and click the settings. You have to stop and restart the app after changing this settings for it to take effect.
This is all easier to do on a tablet and with a stylus, but it can be done on a phone or using your finger as well.

To access files from the rest of Android, there are many useful links in your home directory (/home/userland) to places like your Documents, Pictures, etc. No need to import or export files.

If you don't want to, or cannot pay the cost of this app, you can run GIMP via the UserLAnd app.

Licensing:

This app is released under the GPLv3. The source code can be found here:
https://github.com/CypherpunkArmory/gimp

The icon, Wilber, the GIMP mascot, comes from a vector image source (SVG) made available by Jakub Steiner, available as Creative Commons by-sa 3.0.

This app is not created by the main GIMP development team. Instead it is an adaptation that allows the Linux version to run on Android.

Ratings and reviews

Unfortunately, this app is completely unusable for me. The controls are really bad. First, I cannot see them enough to use them unless I zoom in and out. I'd be willing to do that but I simply can't draw in this app. If I make a long stroke it starts trying to pan the screen and all I get is a big mess. There are also tool popups constantly in my way. The program itself is good, I've used it on PC, but it needs an interface overhaul to work on mobile.

Incredibly mixed feelings. This is ACTUAL gimp so it does more than any other mobile photo editor... But again; it's... ACTUAL gimp. Like they copy pasted the program. ZERO optimization for mobile, so even though it does everything it's awkward and difficult to use at best, and basically impossible to use at worst. If you are on a tablet with a huge screen and a stylus? Go for it. Under normal circumstances tho, I can't recommend it without adjustments for it to be usable on mobile.

I love Gimp and have used the PC version for well over a decade. So I just dove into buying this app with zero hesitation. Should have read the reviews first as it was a waste of money. This is not at all optimized for mobile use, I can't get it to do anything at all on my phone no matter how hard I try. It's set up exactly like the PC version. Which would be fine, were it actually done in a way that's usable. Not user friendly at all. Regretting this purchase big time, and so disappointed.

What's new

Only ask for display preferences when launching a new session