Gimp development release 2.99.12 includes initial CMYK support

Re:Gimp development release 2.99.12 includes initial CMYK su... by nine_k on Sunday August 28, 2022 @01:01AM (#32625912)

But it's like saying "it's broken, therefore I'm not going to fix it".

I think a lot of things in Gimp are not broken, there is a worthy foundation to build upon. The text UI is bad but it's not the cornerstone of the product, it can be fixed without rearchitecting it. The library approach to graphical ops is more important, and it looks promising to me.

Look how much has Inkscape's UI improved, to say nothing about Blender.

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Re:Gimp development release 2.99.12 includes initial CMYK su... by sbuk on Sunday August 28, 2022 @03:40AM (#32626542)

The Blender Foundation is a well oiled machine that actively seeks funding and offers easy ways to contribute. It all described here: https://www.blender.org/about/foundation/

Blender is, after Linux, the golden child of FOSS for professional level tooling and I’d argue the model for running an open source project.

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Re:Gimp development release 2.99.12 includes initial CMYK su... by ekianjo on Sunday August 28, 2022 @02:11AM (#32626192)

The problem is directional. Other FOSS out there seem to clearly understand what are the pain points and adress them as fast as they can while adding new features. Gimp feels slow in that regard. Maybe not enough dev resources or no clear focus among all devs.

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Re:Gimp development release 2.99.12 includes initial CMYK su... by nine_k on Sunday August 28, 2022 @02:35AM (#32626294)

I think more bets are on Krita.

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Re:Gimp development release 2.99.12 includes initial CMYK su... by ekianjo on Sunday August 28, 2022 @08:37AM (#32627926)

I dont understand this comment. krita is made for digital painting. Its not even remotely useful for photo editing.

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Re:Gimp development release 2.99.12 includes initial CMYK su... by mort96 on Sunday August 28, 2022 @06:35AM (#32627249)

But nobody is fixing it, that's the problem. It's not impossible to fix, it's just not getting fixed.

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