Show HN: GrobPaint: Somewhere Between MS Paint and Paint.net (opens in new tab)

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54 points__grob11d ago19 comments

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Great effort and reason to create this! I'm accustomed to using the Magic Wand tool in Paint.net[1] and Pinta[2] to select pixels based on color. Any chance you could add that functionality?

[1] https://www.getpaint.net/doc/latest/MagicWand.html

[2] https://www.pinta-project.com/user-guide/wand/

icameron11d ago

It lists Magic Wand under Features [1] https://github.com/groverburger/grobpaint/blob/e249c7553f4c8...

__grobOP11d ago

Yep, magic wand already exists with contiguous/global toggle and tolerance slider. : )

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summa_tech11d ago

The name of this project brought many memories of the HP 48G to the forefront of my mind, after so many years. Its 1 bpp pixelated icons and drawings were indeed called GROBs - there are collections of these online. What a coincidental but fine name for a pixel-capable graphics editor.

__grobOP11d ago

Haha glad it brought back fond memories! Grob is just the nickname of my username GroverBurger. Fun coincidence.

faeyanpiraat11d ago

Looks nice, thanks for sharing.

I'm using Affinity v1 for some specific photo manipulation work, and the workflow is a bit convoluted.

Very tempting to make a specialized tool like this for that.

egao198011d ago

Grob is either Slavic cognate for "coffin" or German for "rough" :)

__grobOP11d ago

Neat! Glad it's a cognate for cool words haha :)

Phlogi11d ago

I'm still looking for something like paint.net on MacOS, any recommendations?

vunderba10d ago

Pixelmator - 1000%. Native MacOS - quick to load and very intuitive layer-based paint interface. It's a one-time purchase for $50 but they used to run sales.

They were bought by Apple recently but still sell it. I moved to it when I migrated away from Photoshop. It doesn't have some of the fancier stuff like puppet mesh warp, but for an all-around editor I'd argue its unrivaled in the Mac space.

https://www.apple.com/pixelmator-pro

EDIT: Krita is also great (and free) but it feels more geared towards digital painting.

netinstructions11d ago

Pinta is the closest I've found, though I've gotten pretty familiar with paint.net and there's small differences that make me feel slower using Pinta.

I'm glad to see entrants in this space!

JCattheATM11d ago

I liked Krita a little more than Pinta as a replacement, but for the same reasons it feels slow.

It's really a shame the Paint.net author is so devoted to being Windows only.

__grobOP11d ago

Very actively developing this project, so hopefully it'll become a suitable replacement relatively soon. Please open GitHub issues or PRs if you have specific requests, happy to help.

kreicer11d ago

Looks minimalistic and nice to use. I might try making a pixel icon for my app with it.

__grobOP11d ago

Let me know how it goes!

Kwpolska11d ago

Do you really need that Python script? I think you could end up with a nicer user experience if you rewrote those 264 lines to JS with Electron.

JCattheATM11d ago

Let's not encourage even more Electron apps, please.

Kwpolska11d ago

What is this if not an Electron app with the Electron parts written in Python?

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse

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hbcondo71411d ago

Great effort and reason to create this! I'm accustomed to using the Magic Wand tool in Paint.net[1] and Pinta[2] to select pixels based on color. Any chance you could add that functionality?

[1] https://www.getpaint.net/doc/latest/MagicWand.html

[2] https://www.pinta-project.com/user-guide/wand/

icameron11d ago

It lists Magic Wand under Features [1] https://github.com/groverburger/grobpaint/blob/e249c7553f4c8...

__grobOP11d ago

Yep, magic wand already exists with contiguous/global toggle and tolerance slider. : )

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summa_tech11d ago

__grobOP11d ago

Haha glad it brought back fond memories! Grob is just the nickname of my username GroverBurger. Fun coincidence.

faeyanpiraat11d ago

Looks nice, thanks for sharing.

I'm using Affinity v1 for some specific photo manipulation work, and the workflow is a bit convoluted.

Very tempting to make a specialized tool like this for that.

egao198011d ago

Grob is either Slavic cognate for "coffin" or German for "rough" :)

__grobOP11d ago

Neat! Glad it's a cognate for cool words haha :)

Phlogi11d ago

I'm still looking for something like paint.net on MacOS, any recommendations?

vunderba10d ago

Pixelmator - 1000%. Native MacOS - quick to load and very intuitive layer-based paint interface. It's a one-time purchase for $50 but they used to run sales.

https://www.apple.com/pixelmator-pro

EDIT: Krita is also great (and free) but it feels more geared towards digital painting.

netinstructions11d ago

Pinta is the closest I've found, though I've gotten pretty familiar with paint.net and there's small differences that make me feel slower using Pinta.

I'm glad to see entrants in this space!

JCattheATM11d ago

I liked Krita a little more than Pinta as a replacement, but for the same reasons it feels slow.

It's really a shame the Paint.net author is so devoted to being Windows only.

__grobOP11d ago

Very actively developing this project, so hopefully it'll become a suitable replacement relatively soon. Please open GitHub issues or PRs if you have specific requests, happy to help.

kreicer11d ago

Looks minimalistic and nice to use. I might try making a pixel icon for my app with it.

__grobOP11d ago

Let me know how it goes!

Kwpolska11d ago

Do you really need that Python script? I think you could end up with a nicer user experience if you rewrote those 264 lines to JS with Electron.

JCattheATM11d ago

Let's not encourage even more Electron apps, please.

Kwpolska11d ago

What is this if not an Electron app with the Electron parts written in Python?

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse