Why are the lines so bad in the mac version of gimp ?

Gingle · **Joined:** Dec 27, 2016 **Posts:** 33

GIMP Version: 2.8.22
Operating System: Mac OS
OS Version: 10.10
GIMP Experience: Basic Level

Gimp works great on linux and windows, but today I tried out the mac os version of gimp, and it performs very poorly. The gimp mac version is the worst version of gimp . The brush dynamics seem to be working such as pressure opacity et cetera,but you cannot draw nice smooth lines in gimp mac version with a wacom tablet, they come out very jaggy, the lines are very polygonal-ish, like a sloppy heptadecagon.
I tried gimp on both my hackintosh laptop and my real macbook, and the outcome is exactly the same on both.

Are there any people out there that do artwork with a wacom tablet in the mac os version with gimp experiencing this issue or perhaps know of a fix ? or maybe a different mac gimp version that works better?

rich2005 · **Joined:** Mar 04, 2011 **Posts:** 2604

Might be OSX, do not know, very happy using linux.

It is worth checking that you do not have snap-to-grid enabled

top line on - bottom line off

Wallace · **Posted:** Thu Jun 22, 2017 4:36 pm **(#3)**

Does this also happen when you're using a mouse?

:puzzled

Rod · **Joined:** May 16, 2010 **Posts:** 16042

If you are not using it now, you could try a different version by http://www.Partha.com
Partha fixes many bugs in his releases. May be worth a try.

Gangle · **Posted:** Fri Jun 23, 2017 8:33 am **(#5)**

I’m using a Mac here and in 2.8.22 my Wacom draws lines very smoothly.
However, if I zoom in, in any way, it all gets jaggy, but I think that is normal because it’s a raster image.
The brush dynamics seem to be working also.