Feature Testing
Introduction
Artbox extends GIMP with numerous enhancements focused on digital art workflows, interface improvements, and painting tool optimizations. These experimental features may be subject to change or refinement based on user feedback.
Core Painting Improvements
Cursor visibility improvements, erase mode indicators, simple brush boundaries, and mask-aware erasing for better painting feedback
GUI reorganization with optional buttons, new sliders for jitter and eraser, and additional stroke controls
Enables existing high quality pressure handling that was disabled for performance reasons
Position, pressure, and direction smoothing with renamed controls for clarity
Brush & Dynamics Systems
Removes spacing limits to respect paint tool slider settings
Normalized linear range from -1 to 1 replacing the old non-linear system
Scrollable matrix, improved labels, and copy/paste curve functionality
Removes velocity inversion to make mapping graphs accurate
Advanced Dynamics Control
Extended operation modes for complex brush behaviors
Fine-tuned response management for precise control
Tool Enhancements
Auto-restore previous tool after filters
Selection override options
Enhanced path editing capabilities
Improved color sampling accuracy
Enhanced warping capabilities for layer groups
Interface & Workflow Enhancements
Optional flowbox removal and configurable foreground/background widget positioning
True fullscreen with dock hiding
Click-to-slide behavior and simplified cursor icons
Enhanced selection highlighting
Enhanced selection manipulation
Resource & Preset Management
Optional auto-save, immediate save options, and improved resource handling workflows
Enhanced preset management functionality
Larger icon picker and tool preset information table
Interface Utilities
Enhanced curve editing with improved grid visibility
Dynamic recent modes list with session persistence
Improved layer selection workflow
Enhanced contextual help system
Scripting & Automation
Visual grid interface for custom commands and plugins, replacing keyboard shortcuts with clickable macro palette
Additional automation functions for workflow enhancement
Related Sites
Design Proposals for Digital Art
