multilayer gimp animation

multilayer gimp animation

wouldnt you like that too?

reading this, you're probably a GNU Image Manipulation Program user already.

have you also become a GIMP Animation Program user? GIMP GAP is .. well... i was going to say great.. but it's greatness is by contrast with it's absence. like a grubby cup of water you find in the middle of the desert. it's great, you wouldnt dare slag it off. but really.... you know there are better sources of hydration in the cosmos. better ways can be concieved of.

so imagine, instead of using layers as frames, have the dimension of frames 90 degrees to the dimension of layers. ... er... i mean, so your timeline, each frame, sees all layers. so that it's sort of like taking GIMP [(like photoshop)] to make, uhh, ... "GIMPeffects" [(like aftereffects)]. sort of.

but see, it'd be better in many ways, than an after-effects equivalent in free software.

when i used after effects, i always loved it, but i always wished it was more like photoshop with animation.

now that i have gimp gap, i wish it was more like i had envisioned back in the day.

so i make this open suggestion to the community.

non-linear editing features for gimp, for the most awesome video effects application ever? mmmm

can you picture it? keyframeable layers, transition morphs, ...heck, even some effective non-destructive editing!

does this make sence to you? need me to draw some mock-ups to try to explain the vision?