Re:Adobe's new image rotation tool is one of the most impres...
by gjsman-1000 on Thursday October 17, 2024 @12:04PM
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I would also like to add (as a separate comment though, this will be controversial):
Some would say that GIMP, Inkscape, and Darktable aren't really competitive yet because they haven't had enough investment. If we invested in them enough, and managed them well, they could be like Blender.
GIMP has been in development since 1995. Photopea was initially released in 2013, has been solely developed by one person, and is a far-and-away better Photoshop competitor. The projects themselves are mismanaged. GIMP should (frankly) be abandoned and completely reset, in my opinion, as being a failed attempt at salvaging old code forever. Wisdom is knowing when to keep pushing - and when to give up.
Re:Adobe's new image rotation tool is one of the most impres...
by jetbalsa on Thursday October 17, 2024 @04:20PM
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GIMP did spawn one kinda good thing, GTK was made because Peter Mattis disliked Motif and wrote a replacement and called it the GIMP toolkit
Re:Adobe's new image rotation tool is one of the most impres...
by shadowmanifold on Friday October 18, 2024 @07:26AM
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Krita destroyed Gimp years ago. This debate is always by people who obviously don't even use these tools.
No one would compare GIMP to Photoshop in 2024 that has any idea what they are talking about.
To a Linux user, yes. To a professional, it was always a cruel joke, it was never close, even a few years ago. It's like saying Notepad++ is a functional IDE, or Kdenlive is a functional replacement for DaVinci Resolve.
I cannot stress this enough: Actual professionals do not think GIMP is a viable replacement, in any way, and never have.