GIMP – 2016 in review
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GIMP – 2016 in review
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Re: GIMP – 2016 in review
#2Great stuff. I'm looking forward to 2.10. GIMP is my tool when I want to edit photos or create Christmas cards.
Even though I hear this quote ringing in my ear, and I can't seem to shake it, mainly because of who said it:
"Yet I think that a few programs, such as Adobe Photoshop, will always be superior to competitors like the Gimp—for some reason, I really don’t know why! I’m quite willing to pay good money for really good software, if I believe that it has been produced by the best programmers." [1]
Re: GIMP – 2016 in review
#3its nice stuff
Re: GIMP – 2016 in review
#4Thank you GIMP project for all the goodies and the steady progress over so many years ... A really admirable achievement !
I'm not a professional user but it does more than enough for my needs.
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#5I don't use the GIMP nearly as much as Inkscape (the two form an awesome free software graphics suite together), but I am always pleasantly surprised by the gradual improvements — the layer improvements look useful!
What really impresses me though is how the GIMP has managed to remain such a constant ever-present factor on the free software desktop. It feels as if it has just always been there. Kudos to all the developers and maintainers!
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#6I don't use the GIMP nearly as much as Inkscape (the two form an awesome free software graphics suite together), but I am always pleasantly surprised by the gradual improvements — the layer improvements look useful! What really impresses me though is how the GIMP has managed to remain such a constant ever-present factor on the free software desktop. It feels as if it has just always been there. Kudos to all the devel…
Inkscapes perfromance it to shitty to be usefull.
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#7Glad to hear they're planning to work on non destructive editing - that might even convince some photoshop users to make the switch.
Then again, I really like gimp for the incredible variety of work it does well already, like editing animated gifs.
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#8Great stuff. I'm looking forward to 2.10. GIMP is my tool when I want to edit photos or create Christmas cards. Even though I hear this quote ringing in my ear, and I can't seem to shake it, mainly because of who said it: "Yet I think that a few programs, such as Adobe Photoshop, will always be superior to competitors like the Gimp—for some reason, I really don’t know why! I’m quite willing to pay good money for real…
I wonder sometimes if the reason GIMP development doesn't surpass other options is simply not having enough developers, having a user base that is more art centered than programming centered, and having a somewhat bottlenecked development culture. These could just be perceptions. I am hoping that when the transition to GEGL is fully implemented, there will be an acceleration. Its hard to use it for serious work. The stable branch is still 8bit :/
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#9I didn't know GIMP nowadays run natively (without X11) on macOS, cool.
Re: GIMP – 2016 in review
#10Great stuff. I'm looking forward to 2.10. GIMP is my tool when I want to edit photos or create Christmas cards. Even though I hear this quote ringing in my ear, and I can't seem to shake it, mainly because of who said it: "Yet I think that a few programs, such as Adobe Photoshop, will always be superior to competitors like the Gimp—for some reason, I really don’t know why! I’m quite willing to pay good money for real…
Un-link-baiting: the quote is by Donald Knuth.