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Re: Show HN: Get Paid to Build Your Next Side Project

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Post by HeyLaughingBoy »

sanbor wrote: post #52

Photoshop license costs $348 a year. If 1000 people get together and put $400 each, you'll get $400000. That money could be used to leverage a Gimp to be more Photoshop-users friendly. Then you don't have to keep with the subscription model. You have a great piece of open source software available for everyone to use as long as they want. You can do another round to get more features added. This solves the issue that…

If you're using Photoshop instead of GIMP, you're probably a business. If you're a business and $348 a year is a big deal to you, you probably aren't going to remain in business for long.

Re: Show HN: Get Paid to Build Your Next Side Project

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Post by scandox »

bb88 wrote: post #82
sanbor wrote: post #52

Photoshop license costs $348 a year. If 1000 people get together and put $400 each, you'll get $400000. That money could be used to leverage a Gimp to be more Photoshop-users friendly. Then you don't have to keep with the subscription model. You have a great piece of open source software available for everyone to use as long as they want. You can do another round to get more features added. This solves the issue that…

I think the photoshop vs gimp is a bad comparison, mostly because throwing money at gimp to make it better is a bad idea. It would be better to start from scratch. Now if you wanted to throw $400 for a photoshop like system to start from the ground up and work across all three platforms, I think you've got a great idea. You'd avoid the cruft, you could do subscription/pay-per-use cloud based filters, you could start…

What's wrong with GIMP? I use it every day and find it pretty good. On the MAC now it has lots of weird glitches but they seem pretty fixable...

Re: Show HN: Get Paid to Build Your Next Side Project

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Post by callumlocke »

formula1 wrote: post #87
bb88 wrote: post #82

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think the photoshop vs gimp is a bad comparison, mostly because throwing money at gimp to make it better is a bad idea. It would be better to start from scratch. Now if you wanted to throw $400 for a photoshop like system to start from the ground up and work across all three platforms, I think you've got a great idea. You'd avoid the cruft, you could do subscription/pay-per-use cloud based filters, you could start…

Why would spending money on a brand new system with no proof of success be better than a matured application with plugin support?

Because GIMP has a lot of baggage: a very particular UI, a community of active users (many of whom probably like it exactly how it is thanks), and a terrible name.

Re: Show HN: Get Paid to Build Your Next Side Project

#106

Post by epicide »

formula1 wrote: post #87
bb88 wrote: post #82

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think the photoshop vs gimp is a bad comparison, mostly because throwing money at gimp to make it better is a bad idea. It would be better to start from scratch. Now if you wanted to throw $400 for a photoshop like system to start from the ground up and work across all three platforms, I think you've got a great idea. You'd avoid the cruft, you could do subscription/pay-per-use cloud based filters, you could start…

Why would spending money on a brand new system with no proof of success be better than a matured application with plugin support?

You could ask the same question comparing your project with Photoshop.

Re: Show HN: Get Paid to Build Your Next Side Project

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Post by dsego »

scandox wrote: post #102
bb88 wrote: post #82

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think the photoshop vs gimp is a bad comparison, mostly because throwing money at gimp to make it better is a bad idea. It would be better to start from scratch. Now if you wanted to throw $400 for a photoshop like system to start from the ground up and work across all three platforms, I think you've got a great idea. You'd avoid the cruft, you could do subscription/pay-per-use cloud based filters, you could start…

What's wrong with GIMP? I use it every day and find it pretty good. On the MAC now it has lots of weird glitches but they seem pretty fixable...

There was nothing wrong with Windows 95.

Re: Show HN: Get Paid to Build Your Next Side Project

#109

Post by hgears »

sanbor wrote: post #52

Photoshop license costs $348 a year. If 1000 people get together and put $400 each, you'll get $400000. That money could be used to leverage a Gimp to be more Photoshop-users friendly. Then you don't have to keep with the subscription model. You have a great piece of open source software available for everyone to use as long as they want. You can do another round to get more features added. This solves the issue that…

FWIW there is the Photography plan which is $120/yr instead-- http://www.adobe.com/creativecloud/photography.html, but point taken.
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