Any word yet on whether GIMP will be supported on Apple’s M1/silicon platform?
I hope the answers stays no
Gimp is 25 years old today
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Re: Gimp is 25 years old today
#62Earlier quoted context omitted.
Between it's derogatory and sexual definitions, I can't realistically use an app called "GIMP" at work even if I was personally comfortable with it. If you're in a similar position, try Glimpse. https://glimpse-editor.github.io/
What kind of place is this where they care about the name of applications you use? You should stop using git before they find out.
You can tell them the Microsoft version renamed master to main and chuckle to yourself for keeping a straight face
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#63Earlier quoted context omitted.
I've used Gimp for 15 years and never once has being handicap or disabled reference crossed my mind while using this software until you just brought it up. You should reconsider reaching so hard.
Is English your first language? I ask because I didn't consider this a problem until 10-ish years ago, when I migrated to a mostly English-speaking country and many people I would be talking to, would be aware of that meaning.
I'm a native English speaker (USA) and I've never made the connection either. I've actually never heard anyone use the word 'gimp'. And I've been aware of GIMP for 10ish years.
Re: Gimp is 25 years old today
#64well, loosen up the chain a bit and take him for an ice cream
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#65Is it possible to contribute to the user experience of GIMP? I've tried GIMP a number of times over the past 20 years and it's just totally illogical, imo. It would be great to have an open source alternative to an Adobe product that was more well thought through.
What about: Glimpse https://glimpse-editor.github.io/ (a GIMP reskin) or Krita https://krita.org/ ?
I don't believe Photopea https://www.photopea.com/ is Open Source, but it's a free web-implementation of Photoshop.
Photoshop, itself, is rather general purpose, but if you have a more specific need (like digital painting or photo management and retouching) there are other tools better than Photoshop out there.
Re: Gimp is 25 years old today
#66The first time I downloaded the GIMP was when I realized that MS Paint wouldn’t cut it for making convincing Runescape “fakes”. I was too chicken to pirate Photoshop but knew that I needed better tools to do what I needed. I went on to use the GIMP to make Runescape forum signatures (proud member of $clan, $skill in woodcutting, etc). That was the first time I had people PMing me, asking me to make something for them. The first time I “sold” anything. A thrill I don’t experience anymore.
I went on to use the GIMP to make textures for Morrowind mods, diagrams and design mockups in college, and my wedding invitations.
Today I use the GIMP to design software architecture diagrams, mockups, and my D&D battlemaps.
I don’t mean to beat the dead Free Software horse, but this tool was indispensable for my creative young self. I’m gonna go give them some money now for the first time in 15 years of using the software. Thanks for sharing this.
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#68Earlier quoted context omitted.
Agreed. It's an unfortunate word. There are better choices that wouldn't exclude people.
AFAIK it has nothing to do with physical disability. The word has a lot of meanings: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimp
The sexual connotation gets its name from the slur[1], because the suit handicaps the wearer. The name of the image editor originates from Pulp Fiction, which uses the sexual connotation.
[1] https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/40730/was-the-wo...
Re: Gimp is 25 years old today
#69Is it possible to contribute to the user experience of GIMP? I've tried GIMP a number of times over the past 20 years and it's just totally illogical, imo. It would be great to have an open source alternative to an Adobe product that was more well thought through.
As someone who has never used
an Adobe product (other than read-only), you get used to it and learn to love it.
Re: Gimp is 25 years old today
#70GIMP is such a strange tool. I actually have used it, semi-frequently - since the 90s! The overall experience of using it has only changed a little in that time. And it gets the job done. I guess that makes it successful! What else has been so stable? But of all the software I have ever used, GIMP is the most difficult to learn. I memorized a few tutorials, this must have been around Y2K, to do the a couple things. A…
I learned on software like PaintShop Pro and Photoshop, so I find GIMP to be incredibly frustrating software. I use it at work for editing and cropping photos since I don't have access to Adobe's suite and I'm fairly quick at those few tasks. But I just can't be bothered to learn anything more than that when I find it so frustrating and inefficient to use.