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GIMP Turns 27

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Re: GIMP Turns 27

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Post by NoThisIsMe »

perardi wrote: post #2

Still no adjustment layers, still no layer styles. It’s so easy to just critique away…but really? Really? Those are just absolutely essential image editing software features. What have they been prioritizing ahead of that?

They've been working on this for like a decade, in a sense. They're rewriting the core as a library, GEGL, which supports non-destructive editing as well as other long-requested features. My impression is GEGL is largely done; the remaining work is to port GIMP to it. Realizing these gains for non-destructive editing is planned for v3.2, which is probably years away still. The other major initiative since forever has been porting to GTK 3.

Re: GIMP Turns 27

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Post by jraph »

Waterluvian wrote: post #20
failedartifact wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Its open source, so feel free to prioritise your own workload into making this feature.

I don’t understand this recurring retort. Does it mean that to use a tool you must be capable of building it? Does it mean that to share criticism you must be able to build it? I’m thinking about applying this logic to the rest of life and it’s rather amusing to imagine the silence. Hmm, maybe that wouldn’t be so bad. I think one could more fairly say, “offer up money for someone to build the features you need” but I…

> Does it mean that to share criticism you must be able to build it?

No. I've reported a lot of tickets/feature requests for a lot of projects that seemed to be taken good.

But criticism that seems entitled is rarely appreciated, and surprise about some obviously, severely underfunded project missing features is not very impressive neither.

There is a shitload of other missing features OP could have mentioned on this anniversary post and I guess it can feel a bit depressing too. "27 years! Happy birthday! Still no job though?". Eeh.

You can express constructive criticism with some humility.

"It's a shame nobody has been able to work on adjustment layers and layer styles, which are important features in such a piece of software."

OP did not feel entitled to me, but I can understand who their message could have been taken somewhat badly.

Re: GIMP Turns 27

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Post by mixmastamyk »

So many gross comments in here. What is wrong with you people? :-P

Gimp is fantastic image editor and the freedom and price are just right. Been using it since the late nineties when I gave up Paint Shop Pro (which was a better every-day image editor than even Photoshop). I use it a few times a week to edit/convert my photos, web images, and album covers and it works quite well.

If you want something dedicated to your niche profession, go ahead and rent it and file negative entitled comments to /dev/null.

Re: GIMP Turns 27

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Post by wetpaws »

perardi wrote: post #2

Still no adjustment layers, still no layer styles. It’s so easy to just critique away…but really? Really? Those are just absolutely essential image editing software features. What have they been prioritizing ahead of that?

Just use Krita.

Re: GIMP Turns 27

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Post by Cyberdog »

Daub wrote: post #25
gryf wrote: post #4

I congratulate them but after 27 years I'm still using and paying for Photoshop.

I recently made the move to Affinity Photo. The latest version gives me all I need. Muscle memory is still with Potatoshop, but I’m slowly transferring.

I recently dropped the expensive-as-hell Illustrator license for Affinity's vector drawing program, Affinity Designer, for when I need to slop together SVGs (which isn't that often), and I've been pretty happy with it so far. I've already got Acorn for my bitmap needs but I will definitely consider Photo if/when it's time to change. I would definitely suggest people fed up with Adobe's pricing schemes and awful UIs to give Affinity's products a look.

Re: GIMP Turns 27

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Post by the-smug-one »

perardi wrote: post #2

Still no adjustment layers, still no layer styles. It’s so easy to just critique away…but really? Really? Those are just absolutely essential image editing software features. What have they been prioritizing ahead of that?

"Øyvind Kolås raises funds for his work on GEGL, GIMP’s new sophisticated image processing core. This work is crucial to implement features such as non-destructive editing in GIMP, including features known as adjustment layers and layer effects in similar software. Øyvind is the GEGL maintainer and its primary developer who has been working on it since mid-2000s. "

Re: GIMP Turns 27

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Post by diag »

kome wrote: post #21
perardi wrote: post #2

Still no adjustment layers, still no layer styles. It’s so easy to just critique away…but really? Really? Those are just absolutely essential image editing software features. What have they been prioritizing ahead of that?

I am a simple person, I like GIMP; and I have no idea what "no adjustment layers, still no layer styles" is

It's about non destructive editing, a very powerful tool for professional workflows especially for fine tuning changes and making things repeatable.

Re: GIMP Turns 27

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Post by wetpaws »

guntherhermann wrote: post #17

GIMP is legendary. One of the first FOSS projects I ever used. I pirated Photoshop soon after trying it. Krita ( https://github.com/KDE/krita | https://krita.org/en/ ) is a more intuitive UX imo.

Krita is better in any conceivable way.

Re: GIMP Turns 27

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Post by j-bos »

Congrats to GIMP! As someone who could never afford photoshop, and never learned alternative software sourcing, gimp was wonderful for school projects and one off paying gigs. To this day I still use gimp for personal photo projects. Hope to one day be free to contribute.

Re: GIMP Turns 27

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Post by iLoveOncall »

forgotpwd16 wrote: post #35
iLoveOncall wrote: post #14

For it to have such a bad UX after 27 years is a feat in itself. I can't fathom that to this day people present it as an alternative to Photoshop where it's little more than an unusable Paint. I mean, photopea.com is free, developed by a single guy, and runs in the browser, and it's light years ahead of Gimp.

>and it's light years ahead of Gimp. Photopea makes millions. Maybe if people donated to support Gimp's development it wouldn't be that behind.

Lol this is an obvious lie.

https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/9urjmg/i_made_a_free_...

It was a serious Photoshop competitor before it made a single cent.

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