Gimps new Cage Transform Tool news!

Rod · **Joined:** May 16, 2010 **Posts:** 16153

Check out the latest here.
http://www.gimpusers.com/news/00333-fir ... sform-tool

There is a link to a YouTube movie there also
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLt3Uo5cMbA

Very exciting news, i can't wait to see it in Gimp! =)

Gms9810 · **Posted:** Tue Nov 02, 2010 4:15 am **(#2)**

Now this will be VERY handy, I've never really been happy with gimp's iwarp. From the article on gimpusers I gather it isn't available yet.

Rod · **Joined:** May 16, 2010 **Posts:** 16153

Not yet but the C source is but i can only seem to find the C file and the makefile, no header files which need to be included for compiling i think.Keep in mind however it just got launched the news of it that is.So i am sure someone will compile a test version soon. At least i hope they do. =)

PhotoComix · **Joined:** Apr 12, 2010 **Posts:** 5870

see my last message on gimp 2.8 :yes

Rod · **Joined:** May 16, 2010 **Posts:** 16153

The tool is now in the master branch of current GIMP development, so it will come with GIMP 2.8. =)

RobA · **Joined:** Jul 14, 2010 **Posts:** 697

Rod wrote:

The tool is now in the master branch of current GIMP development, so it will come with GIMP 2.8. =)

Works fairly well.

Fails badly on indexed images (should be greyed out).

I also saw a request on the dev list to deform the outside of the cage as well, which would be nice.

-Rob A>

Rod · **Joined:** May 16, 2010 **Posts:** 16153

I bought this one just today (5 dollars USD)
http://www.nimisis.com/projects/warp.php

Seems to work real nice, except only on jpg images.And it also seems to work only on the inside of the image pixels. =)

Uses also nodes to warp, but they are placed in the same exact place as a grid at start.
Whereas the Gimp Tool uses a user defined path.
I wrote the developer and asked them to add a path tool for user defined areas to warp, and options to use any image extension like gif and png

Not a bad tool for 5 dollars though.

PhotoMaster · **Posted:** Sat Nov 06, 2010 5:55 pm **(#8)**

I tried it and it only saves images as a plain black box with no watermark.

Rod · **Joined:** May 16, 2010 **Posts:** 16153

PhotoMaster wrote:

I tried it and it only saves images as a plain black box with no watermark.

Warp?

PhotoMaster · **Posted:** Sun Nov 07, 2010 12:47 pm **(#10)**

Rod wrote:

PhotoMaster wrote:

I tried it and it only saves images as a plain black box with no watermark.

Warp?

Yup! Just a plain black box.

paynekj · **Posted:** Wed Nov 17, 2010 4:20 am **(#11)**

In the latest episode of Meet The Gimp (150), Rolf has a quick demo of the cage transform tool:

http://meetthegimp.org/episode-150-saturate/

Oregonian · **Posted:** Wed Nov 17, 2010 11:03 am **(#12)**

The text editing and cage tool demo are AWESOME!!!

Rod · **Joined:** May 16, 2010 **Posts:** 16153

I agree, this is going to be a great addition to Gimp i believe. =)