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Maybe they can start a kickstarter campaign to get funds for it. I'm pretty sure that a better UI would attract a lot of users that now hesitate between using P

Maybe they can start a kickstarter campaign to get funds for it. I'm pretty sure that a better UI would attract a lot of users that now hesitate between using Photoshop or GIMP.

spv 10y ago
For preexisting OSS, I think it is difficult to get a successful Kickstarter campaign because they cannot really sell something for pledges. Have there been any successful Kickstarter FOSS projects ? I think Bountysource is better here but for mega issues like UI redesign or GTK3 port etc a campaign may be the right way to go.
- dagw 10y ago
  Have there been any successful Kickstarter FOSS projects ? Diaspora was successful in the sense that it got lots of money. It was slightly less successful in delivering on its promises.
- boudewijnrempt 10y ago
  https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/krita/krita-2016-lets-make-text-and-vector-art-awesome https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/krita/krita-2016-lets-m... https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/krita/krita-free-paint-app-lets-make-it-faster-than-phot?ref=user_menu https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/krita/krita-free-paint-... https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/krita/krita-open-source-digital-painting-accelerate-deve?ref=user_menu https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/krita/krita-open-source... Though the reasons it worked for us don't really apply to the Gimp situation.
spv 10y ago
Found this http://www.gimp.org/docs/userfaq.html#arent-you-interested-in-doing-paid-development-of-gimp-via-crowdfunding http://www.gimp.org/docs/userfaq.html#arent-you-interested-i... Turns GIMP developers encourage private campaigns focussed on developing specific features. Another good article on current state of GIMP: http://libregraphicsworld.org/blog/entry/gimp-is-20-years-old-what-is-next http://libregraphicsworld.org/blog/entry/gimp-is-20-years-ol... http://blog.en.uptodown.com/gimp-20-years/ http://blog.en.uptodown.com/gimp-20-years/
xvilka 10y ago
There is https://freedomsponsors.org/project/130/GIMP https://freedomsponsors.org/project/130/GIMP But the platform selection was probably wrong - a lot of people probably was distracted by it.
- prokoudine 10y ago
  What platform selection? It's not even remotely related to anyone in the team.
  - xvilka 10y ago
    This was https://freedomsponsors.org/issue/78/add-other-samplers-that-properly-reduce-downsample-and-warp-images https://freedomsponsors.org/issue/78/add-other-samplers-that...
    - prokoudine 10y ago
      And it worked well enough for this guy. He did as much as he could in the timeframe that he had. Note that he's not core team member. It was a personal fundraiser.

Maybe they can start a kickstarter campaign to get funds for it. I'm pretty sure that a better UI would attract a lot of users that now hesitate between using Photoshop or GIMP.

spv 10y ago

For preexisting OSS, I think it is difficult to get a successful Kickstarter campaign because they cannot really sell something for pledges. Have there been any successful Kickstarter FOSS projects ? I think Bountysource is better here but for mega issues like UI redesign or GTK3 port etc a campaign may be the right way to go.

dagw 10y ago
Have there been any successful Kickstarter FOSS projects ? Diaspora was successful in the sense that it got lots of money. It was slightly less successful in delivering on its promises.
boudewijnrempt 10y ago
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/krita/krita-2016-lets-make-text-and-vector-art-awesome https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/krita/krita-2016-lets-m... https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/krita/krita-free-paint-app-lets-make-it-faster-than-phot?ref=user_menu https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/krita/krita-free-paint-... https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/krita/krita-open-source-digital-painting-accelerate-deve?ref=user_menu https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/krita/krita-open-source... Though the reasons it worked for us don't really apply to the Gimp situation.

spv 10y ago

Found this http://www.gimp.org/docs/userfaq.html#arent-you-interested-in-doing-paid-development-of-gimp-via-crowdfunding http://www.gimp.org/docs/userfaq.html#arent-you-interested-i... Turns GIMP developers encourage private campaigns focussed on developing specific features. Another good article on current state of GIMP: http://libregraphicsworld.org/blog/entry/gimp-is-20-years-old-what-is-next http://libregraphicsworld.org/blog/entry/gimp-is-20-years-ol... http://blog.en.uptodown.com/gimp-20-years/ http://blog.en.uptodown.com/gimp-20-years/

xvilka 10y ago

There is https://freedomsponsors.org/project/130/GIMP https://freedomsponsors.org/project/130/GIMP But the platform selection was probably wrong - a lot of people probably was distracted by it.

prokoudine 10y ago
What platform selection? It's not even remotely related to anyone in the team.
- xvilka 10y ago
  This was https://freedomsponsors.org/issue/78/add-other-samplers-that-properly-reduce-downsample-and-warp-images https://freedomsponsors.org/issue/78/add-other-samplers-that...
  - prokoudine 10y ago
    And it worked well enough for this guy. He did as much as he could in the timeframe that he had. Note that he's not core team member. It was a personal fundraiser.