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Re: GIMP 3.0 is on the way

#11

I find it a bit weird that Gimp does not use the latest GTK (i.e. GTK4, which was considered stable since 2020), even though GTK originates in the Gimp project itself. It actually seems to be quite a bit behind: This is now the first release of Gimp which started to use GTK3, i.e. before, it even still used GTK2 (reached end-of-life in 2020)?

GTK stands for "Gnome first every other user literally does not matter break them hard, break them often, make them give up ToolKit" these days, and has for quite a while.

Re: GIMP 3.0 is on the way

#13
post #6

I find it a bit weird that Gimp does not use the latest GTK (i.e. GTK4, which was considered stable since 2020), even though GTK originates in the Gimp project itself. It actually seems to be quite a bit behind: This is now the first release of Gimp which started to use GTK3, i.e. before, it even still used GTK2 (reached end-of-life in 2020)?

True but the leap from GTK2 to GTK3 is a lot bigger than from GTK3 to GTK4. I'm not sure when the "port" to GTK3 started, but if it was from before GTK4 was a thing, it makes sense that they wanted to finish the GTK3 stuff first.

> I'm not sure when the "port" to GTK3 started

Probably more than 10 years ago.

Re: GIMP 3.0 is on the way

#15
I started using GIMP around 2003 as a small child, and I remember being hyped for 3.0 and non-destructive editing even back then.

I'm in my thirties now. Slow and steady wins the race.

Congrats to the GIMP team, can't imagine the catharsis they will experience when 3.0 officially drops.

Re: GIMP 3.0 is on the way

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post #4

CMYK, finally. Hopefully this will lead to wider adoption, especially in the professional circles...

How relevant is print these days ? Coming from that background it's depressing to see my former coworkers working in a shrinking market, and the only people in graphics I know that are making reasonable money are in digital. Not to say that it's irrelevant just that at this point it feels like it kind of missed the boat in this space.

> How relevant is print these days?

Still quite relevant, especially in some areas. Think about packaging and labeling, there's just not really a way around print in these areas.

Besides that, digital print is the future. Print also needs to become clever and data-driven, more personalized and tailored to the recipient, but that's hard work.

Example: Just last week I received a catalogue with the fall/winter collection of a larger clothing brand. I threw it away immediately. Lots of things in it that are not my size, or my style or whatnot. A personalized product would have helped. Pick articles similar to those I own (you got this data from my previous orders), only show articles that are available in XXL or larger (look at the sizes I kept and did not return) and that's it. "Hey Martin, these are _your_ pieces for the winter season, enjoy!" Maybe it's only 16 pages then instead of 50+ but it would have been a much better experience for me. Also cheaper to print and ship for the store but with a much higher value. But yeah, programmatic printing is hard(er) to do then order 100k catalogues from the cheapest shop you'll find.

Re: GIMP 3.0 is on the way

#20
post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How relevant is print these days ? Coming from that background it's depressing to see my former coworkers working in a shrinking market, and the only people in graphics I know that are making reasonable money are in digital. Not to say that it's irrelevant just that at this point it feels like it kind of missed the boat in this space.

> How relevant is print these days? Still quite relevant, especially in some areas. Think about packaging and labeling, there's just not really a way around print in these areas. Besides that, digital print is the future. Print also needs to become clever and data-driven, more personalized and tailored to the recipient, but that's hard work. Example: Just last week I received a catalogue with the fall/winter collecti…

I don't think anyone working in print would use Gimp, though?
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