Re:GIMP 2.10.0 Release Candidate 1 Released
by gilrain on Tuesday March 27, 2018 @09:59AM
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And when we complain about usability issues and lack of features in those programs (such as GIMP!), we're told that there are lots of open source alternatives; for instance, look how slick Krita is!
And thus the cyclical debate continues for another turn while a competitive raster editor remains unavailable in the open source ecosystem.
Re:GIMP 2.10.0 Release Candidate 1 Released
by prokoudine on Tuesday March 27, 2018 @07:27PM
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No, when you complain about usability issues in GIMP to _me_, I actually listen and make notes. Some of these notes end up in the bug tracker.
But not, and I repeat -- not when complaints are made in demanding and offensive tone, without providing useful feedback.
Re:GIMP 2.10.0 Release Candidate 1 Released
by gilrain on Wednesday March 28, 2018 @09:14AM
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If you discard feedback based on tone, you will very obviously bias yourself toward only accepting positive or positive-leaning feedback. I'm sure you can see how that would seriously hinder software quality in the long run. And, indeed, we can see that it has in the case of GIMP.
Re:GIMP 2.10.0 Release Candidate 1 Released
by prokoudine on Wednesday March 28, 2018 @06:44PM
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You kinda missed the part where I mention tone _and_ lack of useful feedback.
Krita is targeted at artists and illustrators, just like any other specialized tool. People don't look at Vim and complain that lacks desktop publishing features, despite novelists and programmers both needing to manipulate text.
The original complaint regarded tools for artists, and that's Krita. For photographers, there's DarkTable (https://www.darktable.org/), RawTherapee (http://www.rawtherapee.com/), and many others. For my modest needs, I find DigiKam (and occasionally The GIMP) adequate, though I am envious of proprietary tools.