Gimp project gets $68.34 monthly

Re:Gimp project gets $68.34 monthly by munawwar on Monday August 31, 2020 @04:42PM (#24335722)

Don't know why people hating on GIMP.. maybe it's not exact replacement for photoshop.. but I've used it for product photo touch-up work and it gets the job done. Which is great job for free

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Re:Gimp project gets $68.34 monthly by heavyset_go on Monday August 31, 2020 @07:33PM (#24336975)

I agree. It's a good tool and gets the job done, and it's been a tool that I've reached for a long time.

It's unfortunate that their funding situation is so dire. It's a project that could use a cash injection like Blender got. Blender went from having a terrible UI to winning awards.

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Re:Gimp project gets $68.34 monthly by Lievelingsduif on Tuesday September 01, 2020 @08:06AM (#24340873)

Blender already has a solid and enthousiastic user base before the 2.7 UI update.

Blender was also the forerunner in having a kickstarter-like scheme to raise enough money to make it opensource.

There's an interesting interview between Ton Roosendaal and Blender Guru about the history. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJEWOTZnFeg

The Blender guys were also a lot less hostile towards people trying to make improvements to stuff like UX.

One of the things that GIMP also desperately needs is a name change, while Blender is an odd choice it at least doesn't conjur up sexual images.

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Re:Gimp project gets $68.34 monthly by heavyset_go on Tuesday September 01, 2020 @02:51PM (#24345391)

> One of the things that GIMP also desperately needs is a name change, while Blender is an odd choice it at least doesn't conjur up sexual images.

https://glimpse-editor.org

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Re:Gimp project gets $68.34 monthly by non-entity on Tuesday September 01, 2020 @07:54PM (#24348509)

Tbh ever since the redid the UI, I don't really hate on it as much.

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