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> As with GIMP 2.10, GIMP 3.0 ships with a Python interpreter embedded and will not use the system Python. This is great and I wish this was the same with other tools, like Kicad, Freecad and Inkscape.
As is tradition, all threads about an open source project must be kicked off with non-contributers putting shit on it unconstructively.
Fact of life: those who never do a thing, so never do something wrong, easily criticize those who actually do things, because of course, they don’t do all perfectly, and do make mistakes.
As is tradition, all threads about an open source project must be kicked off with non-contributers putting shit on it unconstructively.
A simple fix would be to ask professionals using the Adobe suite what they would like in an open source tool that could get them to switch. Viewed at from outside, Adobe may appear like a multi-billion dollar moat of focus on prosumer products.
Viewer from as a user, Adobe's software has bugs and inefficiencies that would get the average open source product shredded in the comments. It is ludicrous that Adobe still charges for such bad Ux.
Of the top of my head, I'd say GIMP could get a headstart on Adobe if its builders added:
- n00b user Ux option
- Single panel modes for color correction with all settings in the form of a list of sliders (like lightroom)
- Seamless vector/PDF editing so you don't need to bounce between 3 different softwares
- Good UI for an InDesign competitor (this is a moat that Canva could easily crush if it added a few more options - but it's still worth building). Automatic layout (would really only need to follow a few simple rules - don't overhang text, match formatting, worship whitespace so the user doesn't have to break everything to add it back in).
As is tradition, all threads about an open source project must be kicked off with non-contributers putting shit on it unconstructively.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Fact of life: those who never do a thing, so never do something wrong, easily criticize those who actually do things, because of course, they don’t do all perfectly, and do make mistakes.
Also remember for million time they will never use it because it doesn't have exact keys as their proprietary contents kidnapper software.
It also seems odd to assert that non-contributors have no right to complain on a forum where most people, most of the time, complain about things they have no direct knowledge of nor a hand in making.
I really want Gimp to succeed. It's a software I've been trying to use since more than 20 years now but the UX is so clunky.... and different than Photoshop. Muscle Memory is a thing. I'm moving my main machine from macOS to Linux (which I also used partially since 20years), moving from a mac mini M1 to a lovely Lenovo M75Q-1 and so far the experience has been great. I'm a (enthusiast) photographer and I have big hop…
Has this been finally sorted out?
> As with GIMP 2.10, GIMP 3.0 ships with a Python interpreter embedded and will not use the system Python. This is great and I wish this was the same with other tools, like Kicad, Freecad and Inkscape.
Doesn't Inkscape use its own python? I feel like I've found its python a couple times when searching for venvs on windows
[0]: https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/-/blob/5c4c6d116dae5250...
I really want Gimp to succeed. It's a software I've been trying to use since more than 20 years now but the UX is so clunky.... and different than Photoshop. Muscle Memory is a thing. I'm moving my main machine from macOS to Linux (which I also used partially since 20years), moving from a mac mini M1 to a lovely Lenovo M75Q-1 and so far the experience has been great. I'm a (enthusiast) photographer and I have big hop…
It isn't alternative to photoshop though, what about darktable ( https://www.darktable.org/ )? I could be wrong but it is more of an alternative to lightroom afaik. Have you used?
I've been using gimp since one week and so far, once you start trying to understand what's going on (something I never allowed it since 20 years I've tried), it's really not that bad.
I really want Gimp to succeed. It's a software I've been trying to use since more than 20 years now but the UX is so clunky.... and different than Photoshop. Muscle Memory is a thing. I'm moving my main machine from macOS to Linux (which I also used partially since 20years), moving from a mac mini M1 to a lovely Lenovo M75Q-1 and so far the experience has been great. I'm a (enthusiast) photographer and I have big hop…
It isn't alternative to photoshop though, what about darktable ( https://www.darktable.org/ )? I could be wrong but it is more of an alternative to lightroom afaik. Have you used?
As is tradition, all threads about an open source project must be kicked off with non-contributers putting shit on it unconstructively.