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Re: Photo GIMP – A Patch for GIMP 3 for Photoshop Users

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Post by lotsoweiners »

jrm4 wrote: post #121
mixmastamyk wrote: post #117

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It’s only the British (and influenced by) who have a negative view of the name. The rest of us don’t care, and wish you’d quit bringing it up. For example there’s a juice company here in the US named ’Suja,’ and it’s obvious they have no Brazilian employees because it means dirty/obscene in Portuguese. Simple words sometimes mean unfortunate things in other countries. Adults get over them.

Individual adults absolutely do, but "systems, PR, and institutions" DO NOT, and that is the important lesson that so many people here aggressively dodge. I personally can download this software and use it on my computer. Now, can I recommend it to my class? Through zero fault or opinion of my own, it still might be a very bad idea for me professionally. Maybe I don't like how sensitive people are. TOO BAD, it doesn'…

I’ve had GIMP recommended as a free photo editing tool in many classes. Just saying that’s while you may not feel comfortable with recommending it, many others do.

Re: Photo GIMP – A Patch for GIMP 3 for Photoshop Users

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Post by croes »

jrm4 wrote: post #47
croes wrote: post #42

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Who takes people seriously who judge something by its name instead if it’s functions?

The entirety of the capitalist business world, unfortunately.

Those who use Slack and Twitter and now X?

If GIMP would create profit they could call it dogshit and the same people would visit the Shit-Con for business news

Re: Photo GIMP – A Patch for GIMP 3 for Photoshop Users

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Post by KronisLV »

It's cool that you can customize GIMP like that!

I never really had an issue with the program UI, though. Maybe because I also never went through the trouble of pirating/buying Photoshop to get used to it. Their new effects system (where they have to be applied and sit on top of the layer until then) was pretty bugged on release on Windows, though.

I'm sure it's a bit like for people who are used to Blender, whereas others find their interface... unique as well.

Re: Photo GIMP – A Patch for GIMP 3 for Photoshop Users

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Post by mixmastamyk »

mattkevan wrote: post #138
mixmastamyk wrote: post #129

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“Industry standard tools” can be translated as I’ve been captured and/or a paid shill.

That’s an insane take.

Truth is stranger than fiction, especially 2026+. Lock-in is powerful and you dove in head first.

Re: Photo GIMP – A Patch for GIMP 3 for Photoshop Users

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Post by Joel_Mckay »

lynndotpy wrote: post #113
lthi747 wrote: post #23

GIMP is the only program that I miss when switched from linux to mac. And GIMP 2.2 was just a perfect for my needs back then

You might be happy to learn that GIMP is a lot better on Mac with the 3.0 release than it was before. When I started using a Mac in 2022 I was a bit heartbroken at broken bits of the UI. I started using Affinity as a compromise, but its UX was just too janky and slow for me compared to GIMP. Some things are wonky though (ctrl+ keybindings instead of cmd+ keybindings) but it's much better. I use it every day now.

Krita is also available on MacOS, but unsure if pen pressure sensitivity works on the platform. =3

https://krita.org/en/download/

Re: Photo GIMP – A Patch for GIMP 3 for Photoshop Users

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Post by hnlmorg »

duskdozer wrote: post #65
neuralkoi wrote: post #21

GIMP gets the work done. I've never had an issue I couldn't address with its tools, but it's clear the UI was crafted by coders. I'm glad for this approach.

>it's clear the UI was crafted by coders Is it? Why? Looking at the screenshot on this, it just seems like a few items were moved around a bit, presumably because that's where Photoshop has them.

They were talking about GIMPs default UI.

Re: Photo GIMP – A Patch for GIMP 3 for Photoshop Users

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Post by mixmastamyk »

lynndotpy wrote: post #137
mixmastamyk wrote: post #132

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Am in California and have never heard this word used outside of the image editor, in my entire life. Not a spring chicken. Yes, finally looked it up after listening to boring complaints for two decades. Don’t care; mildly amusing collision.

To repeat, it's not a collision, because it was not accidental. Kimball and Mattis named their image editor after the full-body sex-slave suit, on purpose. GIMP is a backronym. It's also worth emphasizing that "Pulp Fiction" is not an obscure movie, it was actually a very very popular movie from the 1990s and it's still relevant today. It won awards from every organization that gave movies awards. It was recently quo…

Ask anyone under fifty what "pulp fiction" was and prepare to get mostly blank stares. Can barely remember it myself.

Reminds me of those creeps in "Footloose" trying to outlaw dancing. Puritanism can get fucked. ;-)

Re: Photo GIMP – A Patch for GIMP 3 for Photoshop Users

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Post by hootz »

iLoveOncall wrote: post #104
hootz wrote: post #71

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There's no reason to use GIMP when a closed-source ad ridden web app with premium AI features exists?

Open-source is not a selling point and I'm amazed that some people still consider it as such in 2026. I have absolutely no ads on Photopea. Gimp doesn't have any AI feature, and you're free to not use any of the Photopea AI features, so not sure why it's relevant? Yes, we indeed don't need Gimp when we have a free Photoshop equivalent.

It is a selling point for me. Photopea can be closed tomorrow, and it will disappear from the face of the Earth. GIMP will never disappear, as it can be downloaded and forked, has no DRM like Photoshop, no ads, runs anywhere.

And Photopea does indeed have ads, and "No Ads" is one of the "features" of the premium subscription, as you can check by going to the account page.

Re: Photo GIMP – A Patch for GIMP 3 for Photoshop Users

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Post by ex1fm3ta »

Matl wrote: post #106

While all the comments about GIMP needing a total UX overhaul etc. are likely valid, it's worth noting that there's something like 2 people working on the bulk of GIMP at the moment. It's not a startup that has just raised a series A and opened a flashy San Francisco office. All that is to say that I don't think the problem is the GIMP devs not knowing what the problems are and needing them explained over and over ag…

like the ffmpeg teams said "Send Patches"

Re: Photo GIMP – A Patch for GIMP 3 for Photoshop Users

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Post by Fogest »

shevy-java wrote: post #136
Matl wrote: post #106

While all the comments about GIMP needing a total UX overhaul etc. are likely valid, it's worth noting that there's something like 2 people working on the bulk of GIMP at the moment. It's not a startup that has just raised a series A and opened a flashy San Francisco office. All that is to say that I don't think the problem is the GIMP devs not knowing what the problems are and needing them explained over and over ag…

> The problem is a shortage of developers to address them. > So if you can, contribute. Well, that requires knowledge of C. That already excludes like 98% of the user base or so, or perhaps 90%. Also, even aside from this, if a majority wants feature xyz but you don't like that, what can you do? It is a constant time investment to convince a majority that what they want may not be great. You make it sound as if the o…

Agreed, I think the bottlenecks are often the gate keepers already in the community. In fact one of the other replies to the parent indicates that mentality. Where they are happy that GIMP has remained unchanged and are happy with the UI. This is exactly the kind of sentiment that often makes progress become stagnant. The small vocal community gets used to things like poor UI, and then turns into a NIMBY about any changes that would benefit the masses (but require them learning new things).

Unfortunately I think this is why most of the time you don't see progress in applications like this until there is a fork or a whole new application. Especially with AI based development now, I think the problem is often not the lacking people to make code, but lacking people that allow the code to be contributed in the first place.

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