Gimp 2.10.28 - Hackdot

Re:Gimp 2.10.28 by RubyRidgeRandy on Saturday September 18, 2021 @12:37PM (#28577455)

Something that others might not be aware of - Gimp could be a lot better by now, but Adobe actually has patents on features that cannot be included into Gimp, including certain UI elements. So there is a limit on what Gimp can do, not because of competency, but because of legality.

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Re:Gimp 2.10.28 by luegen on Saturday September 18, 2021 @02:31PM (#28578248)

Is there by any chance a list of software patents that Adobe or other companies hold that GIMP cannot implement for this reason?

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Re:Gimp 2.10.28 by RubyRidgeRandy on Sunday September 19, 2021 @05:54PM (#28588291)

https://patents.justia.com/assignee/adobe-systems-inc

content aware stamp tool

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTIVE SYNCHRONIZATION OF A DISPLAY LAYOUT

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GESTURE BASED COPYING OF ATTRIBUTES

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AN IMPROVED WORKFLOW FOR DIGITAL IMAGE EDITING

Construction of multimedia compositions

Methods and apparatus for selecting objects by state

Methods and apparatus for automatically grouping graphical constructs

Methods and apparatus for maintaining online preferences

Methods and apparatus for creating a quick canvas

System and method for identifying Bezier curves from a shape

Method and apparatus for applying locale behaviors to regions of a form

Preview window including a storage context view of one or more computer resources

Methods and apparatus for arranging graphical objects

Methods and apparatus to identify graphical elements

Methods and apparatus for three-dimensional isographic navigation

System for manipulating noise in digital images

Compound layers for composited image manipulation

Method of color selection for display and printing

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Re:Gimp 2.10.28 by prokoudine on Sunday September 19, 2021 @02:39AM (#28582196)

There is no such thing because patents have nothing to do with this.

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Re:Gimp 2.10.28 by TheRealNGenius on Sunday September 19, 2021 @05:02AM (#28582816)

Agree, Rubyridge is just flat-out wrong. Check out photo pea for example, UI is remarkably similar to photoshop

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Re:Gimp 2.10.28 by prokoudine on Sunday September 19, 2021 @02:39AM (#28582191)

> Something that others might not be aware of - Gimp could be a lot better by now, but Adobe actually has patents on features that cannot be included into Gimp, including certain UI elements.

It's an urban legend :)

Improving UX means we need

1) UX architects/designers — got none

2) developers to implement what UX people design — got too few

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Re:Gimp 2.10.28 by RubyRidgeRandy on Sunday September 19, 2021 @05:55PM (#28588299)

https://patents.justia.com/assignee/adobe-systems-inc content aware stamp tool

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTIVE SYNCHRONIZATION OF A DISPLAY LAYOUT

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GESTURE BASED COPYING OF ATTRIBUTES

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AN IMPROVED WORKFLOW FOR DIGITAL IMAGE EDITING

Construction of multimedia compositions

Methods and apparatus for selecting objects by state

Methods and apparatus for automatically grouping graphical constructs

Methods and apparatus for maintaining online preferences

Methods and apparatus for creating a quick canvas

System and method for identifying Bezier curves from a shape

Method and apparatus for applying locale behaviors to regions of a form

Preview window including a storage context view of one or more computer resources

Methods and apparatus for arranging graphical objects

Methods and apparatus to identify graphical elements

Methods and apparatus for three-dimensional isographic navigation

System for manipulating noise in digital images

Compound layers for composited image manipulation

Method of color selection for display and printing

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Re:Gimp 2.10.28 by prokoudine on Monday September 20, 2021 @07:55AM (#28592787)

None of that is the reason for a missing feature. Some of those things are actually implemented in GIMP, at least, judging by titles.

Like I said, urban legend.

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