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GIMP Turns 27

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Re: GIMP Turns 27

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Post by WoodenChair »

lmm wrote: post #169
ravenstine wrote: post #94

I get why people take issue with GIMP, but I'm glad that it exists and has existed. Back in the day I got a lot done with GIMP for both fun and school work, and it was great that it worked both on Windows and Linux. Better tools are around now, and GIMP has failed to live up to a lot of its promises, but I don't get why people need to shit all over it. No one is making you use GIMP. It's honestly amazing that people…

What frustrates me is that it somehow sucks all the oxygen away from e.g. Krita, which is better in all the ways that matter. And frankly most of the whole Gtk/Gnome umbrella is like that. I don't know if it's just americans not wanting to touch a European project or what, but it's just infuriating.

> I don't know if it's just americans not wanting to touch a European project or what, but it's just infuriating

That's some weird complex. I doubt most people know what piece of free software is European versus American. I further doubt it has any meaningful impact on adoption.

Re: GIMP Turns 27

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Post by julianeon »

anigbrowl wrote: post #65

> To celebrate [...] this nice birthday illustration (fully drawn within GIMP [...] There's some sort of weird inferiority complex when your graphics software is 27 years old and you're still saying 'look we used it for one of our website assets.' It's like telling people at the birthday party that you dressed yourself. I find it equally strange that there are almost no screenshots on the website, outside of the docs…

Programming algorithms - really? What can you do programmitically w Gimp?

Re: GIMP Turns 27

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Post by ofrzeta »

Gigachad wrote: post #15
failedartifact wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

Unless you are ideologically inclined, it would be a better use of your resources to just pay for photoshop. As much as it angers people on this website, the subscription model provides a constant stream of funding that has gone in to keeping the tool the best on the market and for anyone using it professionally, it delivers far more value than it's cost.

I bought Pixelmator Pro for that reason. It's smaller than PS, it has great usability, no cloud-based subscription model and it's not Adobe but a small indie company.

Re: GIMP Turns 27

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Post by rnd0 »

guntherhermann wrote: post #98
Cyberdog wrote: post #53

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> One of the first FOSS projects I ever used. I pirated Photoshop soon after trying it. Oh… okay. Did you also steal a car right after you learned how to drive?

No, stealing cars and trying to drive them was how we learnt to drive. Driving lessons aren't cheap!

I dunno ...for me they were the cost of a copy of GTA III

Re: GIMP Turns 27

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Post by chris_wot »

julianeon wrote: post #182
anigbrowl wrote: post #65

> To celebrate [...] this nice birthday illustration (fully drawn within GIMP [...] There's some sort of weird inferiority complex when your graphics software is 27 years old and you're still saying 'look we used it for one of our website assets.' It's like telling people at the birthday party that you dressed yourself. I find it equally strange that there are almost no screenshots on the website, outside of the docs…

Programming algorithms - really? What can you do programmitically w Gimp?

A lot, actually. Script-fu is very powerful - see

https://docs.gimp.org/en/gimp-scripting.html

Re: GIMP Turns 27

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Post by rnd0 »

llanowarelves wrote: post #110
kome wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

Once you have worked with them, you won't want to work without them.

and yet I've worked without them just fine for 15 years or more

Re: GIMP Turns 27

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Post by chris_wot »

lmm wrote: post #169
ravenstine wrote: post #94

I get why people take issue with GIMP, but I'm glad that it exists and has existed. Back in the day I got a lot done with GIMP for both fun and school work, and it was great that it worked both on Windows and Linux. Better tools are around now, and GIMP has failed to live up to a lot of its promises, but I don't get why people need to shit all over it. No one is making you use GIMP. It's honestly amazing that people…

What frustrates me is that it somehow sucks all the oxygen away from e.g. Krita, which is better in all the ways that matter. And frankly most of the whole Gtk/Gnome umbrella is like that. I don't know if it's just americans not wanting to touch a European project or what, but it's just infuriating.

It's not sucking all the oxygen from Krita. Those who want to hack on gimp and those who want to hack on Krita will either hack on both, or largely don't exist.

If you are infuriated by a project that has been around longer than Krita, then I think you need to seriously reconsider what makes you mad.

Re: GIMP Turns 27

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Post by ofrzeta »

phendrenad2 wrote: post #176

Congrats! GIMP is great for people who can't afford a $100 software package to edit photos. It's been a long time since I was in that cohort, but I fondly remember using GIMP at that time.

If you own a Mac there's Pixelmator Pro, that is around 25 dollars. On Windows there is Paint.net.

Re: GIMP Turns 27

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Post by rnd0 »

Gigachad wrote: post #15
failedartifact wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

Unless you are ideologically inclined, it would be a better use of your resources to just pay for photoshop. As much as it angers people on this website, the subscription model provides a constant stream of funding that has gone in to keeping the tool the best on the market and for anyone using it professionally, it delivers far more value than it's cost.

>Unless you are ideologically inclined, it would be a better use of your resources to just pay for photoshop.

Naw, there's better answers than that:

FOSS: Gimp, Krita; non foss: Affinity photo is a one-time purchase, at least for me. I haven't checked recently to see if that's changed.

>anyone using it professionally

Use what your boss tells you too/pays for -then it's not your problem.

Re: GIMP Turns 27

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Post by rnd0 »

nickthegreek wrote: post #79
Ygg2 wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't think you have to be ideologically inclined. Photoshop is already turning on the milking machine. Subscription. Check. Paid add ons. Check. Paid color palette. Check and mark.

Agreed, luckily, Affinity exists and they are not only resisting subscriptions but also sell cross platform licenses.

Shit, I missed the boat on that one.

What's ironic is that I bought Affinity but still continue to use GIMP shrugs

One of these days I'll sit down with Affinity. One of these days...

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