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GIMP 2.9.6 Released
- kozhevnikov 9y agoStill no official macOS 2.9 build https://download.gimp.org/mirror/pub/gimp/v2.9/ https://download.gimp.org/mirror/pub/gimp/v2.9/
- Kjeldahl 9y agoSo I'll just add this: https://artplusmarketing.com/gimp-and-inkscape-on-retina-macs-do-not-work-9601c3052e86 https://artplusmarketing.com/gimp-and-inkscape-on-retina-mac... Long story short; if you're on retina screens (which most Macs have) there are bigger issues than just missing macOS builds. It's really not usable on Macs at all.
- izzard 9y agoProbably sounds silly, but I absolutely love Gimp and Inkscape, and use them both everyday. Their poor support on Mac was one of the reason I switched back to Windows. It's odd, because I've read all the arguments about how OSX is a unix, etc., but in the real world I've found better success running user facing open source application on Windows.
- Kjeldahl 9y agoIt's true for anything with a GUI using GTK or similar. For cmdline, macOS is generally a lot better. WSL is getting really good as well, so cmdline on Windows (well, it's actually Linux, but running on Windows) is getting really good. Other open source things (like Emacs) has macOS and Windows native GUI support built in and mostly works great on all platforms.
- batisteo 9y agoI don't understand, GNU is not Unix, Unix is not open source, OSX is a +/- closed source of a fork of BSD. How using a Mac supports Free sowtware or even open source?
- prokoudine 9y agohttps://twitter.com/GIMP_Official/status/900824487578529793 https://twitter.com/GIMP_Official/status/900824487578529793
- eponeponepon 9y agoI've been very impressed with Gimp lately - there was a time that it was clunky and crashy, Windows builds were difficult to find, and usually out of date, and I often felt like I was only persevering with it on principle. In recent years though, it's been wholly solid. Was there a change in project leadership, or something - maybe just a new development workflow? I've known plenty of seemingly-moribund projects spring to life just from someone spending a few days knocking up better build scripts...
- prathiks 9y agoI have always advocated for Gimp but people esp designers want to stick to photoshop. Hope they understand the power of this open source
- lbotos 9y agoThink of it as Photoshop (Java) vs. Gimp (NodeJs). You are going to have a LOT more reach with Java for "career stability". That's why designers stick with it.
- krapp 9y agoIt's not a matter of "career stability." It's a matter of the printer you send work to only being willing to work with PSD or PDF. If no one uses Gimp, and none of your tools integrate with Gimp's native format, and no one else's tools do either, and no one can open the files in their email, making them less portable than Adobe files, then Gimp is a technical liability, regardless of its quality.
- disconnected 9y agoCan GIMP load psd files correctly? I seem to remember that there was some trouble loading psd files, but I don't remember exactly what. Edit to add: I ask because if GIMP cannot handle the de facto standard image file type without too much fiddling, people won't touch it. It is the same problem LibreOffice has, actually.
- 120photo 9y agoI curious as to who is using GIMP for serious work. I have tried it numerous time in the past but always end up going back to PS. As of late I been making a switch to Affinity Photo but have always been pulling for GIMP.
- bigmanwalter 9y agoI'm not the most advanced Photoshop user but after 12 years I've made the switch to Gimp for all of my personal and professional use. Unfortunately most designers are still on Adobe so I am stuck with Photoshop and Illustrator when working with others.
- hughes 9y agoWould you say that switching to Gimp added to your professional toolset, or enabled you to do anything that you weren't able to before? Does it make you more competitive professionally?
- GigabyteCoin 9y ago>Would you say that switching to Gimp added to your professional toolset, or enabled you to do anything that you weren't able to before? It has for me. I can download and work on GIMP virtually anywhere on the planet on virtually any computer for absolutely free. That is not possible with Adobe Anything.
- tomc1985 9y agoI would say so. I can do the graphics for my projects without having to requisition a copy of PS
- prathiks 9y agolike mr bigwalter i live by gimp. but i am not a designer.
- tomc1985 9y agoI do. Takes some getting used to but GIMP is fantastic for graphics work when your employer doesn't want to pay for Adobe suite or you're on Linux
- samcheng 9y agoAs a casual user on a Mac, I've long since abandoned GIMP for Pixelmator + Imagemagick. Has GIMP improved in usability in the past few years?
- dkersten 9y agoI recently installed a fresh version of GIMP (for the purpose of running the exporter script so I can import the layers from photoshop files into the Spine animation tool). I'm only using it as an elaborate runtime for that script, but my impressions are that the UI is basically the same as I remember it from 15 years ago. So, while it's features may have improved, the UI does not seem like it's improved at all.
- rootlocus 9y ago> the UI does not seem like it's improved at all. I've always disliked the large widgets (very tall buttons, sliders, etc.). Every now and then I look at some screenshots from the newest GIMP version and there's no indication they're going to change.
- lttlrck 9y agoSingle-window mode is a big improvement. At least for me, I know some prefer the floating mode.
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- pmoriarty 9y agoIf you're a developer and want to help out, there's a list of GIMP bugs for newcomers here: [1] More info on how to participate (including not only development of GIMP itself but also filing bug reports or creating web content): [2] [1] - https://bugzilla.gnome.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=UNCONFIRMED&bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&keywords=newcomers&product=GIMP https://bugzilla.gnome.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=UNCONFIRME... [2] - https://www.gimp.org/develop/ https://www.gimp.org/develop/
- kiddico 9y agoOoooh! I'll have to give this a go when I get home. HiDPI changes became my favorite kind of application update after I got a 4k screen :P I'll have to start reading the source at some point, I'd love to see how the code changes in canvas interaction look internally. Keep doing what you do gimp devs! I'm ever grateful.
- cygned 9y agoOccasionally using it on a Mac. Most of the time I force quit it, though, because it loads fonts forever. It's not a "quickly open and edit a file" tool for me.
- pcunite 9y agoNot sure where this is stored on Mac, but on Windows, clear the fontconfig directory in the AppData folder.
- evilDagmar 9y agoThat's not really likely to help. The main issue appears to be that since fontconfig (a lib used by GIMP) is only "native" to Linux, for it to know about the TTF files, it has to scan them all and build it's cache at startup. For people with hundreds of fonts installed it can be a real PITA. I avoid it by being careful to not exit GIMP entirely (simply closing all the editing windows) until I am sure I won't need it again for awhile.
- pcunite 9y agoIt fixed the font loading forever for me on Windows.
- schumaml 9y agoYeah, you most likely got rid of an existing cache, which couldn't be updated due to file locking. That issue is fixed in recent versions of the fontconfig library. A fairly current one is shipped with the 2.9.6 installer, so many of the infamous issues should be gone.
- schumaml 9y agoThe fontconfig cache is created on all platforms - it's just that this step is usually done when installing the system or adding new fonts from the package manager for your average Linux distro. Granted, it also works much faster there in general. Adding a few new fonts for a specific project does not cause long delays on any platform. A compounding issue was that file locking issues prevented successful cache updates on the Windows platforms until recent versions of fontconfig, this lead to a long startup time on every start.
- jordache 9y agoGIMP doesn't support Smart Objects. This alone makes it not usable for professional work, when compared to Photoshop. The cost of the latter is nothing if you are getting paid for your work. https://design.tutsplus.com/tutorials/10-things-you-need-to-know-about-smart-objects-in-photoshop--cms-20268 https://design.tutsplus.com/tutorials/10-things-you-need-to-...
- fancy_pantser 9y agoNon-destructive is where GIMP is heading as a whole. The GEGL port needs to be completed first for many of the sub-features to be reasonably implemented. GIMP Roadmap with "smart objects" listed: https://wiki.gimp.org/index.php/Roadmap https://wiki.gimp.org/index.php/Roadmap
- zokier 9y agoThat makes me feel old; I remember quite well the time when PS didn't have smart objects either. Was about to make a comment along the lines of "it isn't that old feature in PS either" and then checked the timeline and oh, smart objects were introduced a decade ago. Although I do think that they weren't all that popular (or good) from the get-go.
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- Vinnl 9y agoGood to know is that odd minor releases by GIMP are, like GNOME's, considered unstable. In other words, 2.9.x could be seen as beta releases for 2.10 (which is why things like the parallel stuff might explode in your face).
- odelomez 9y agoThe maintainer and lead developer of GIMPs, Øyvind Kolås, is on Patreon : https://www.patreon.com/pippin https://www.patreon.com/pippin If you use GIMP, even a little, don't hesitate to make a donation :)
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- gergdgdfg 9y agowasn't able to find the download link
- prokoudine 9y agohttps://download.gimp.org/mirror/pub/gimp/v2.9/windows/ https://download.gimp.org/mirror/pub/gimp/v2.9/windows/
- schumaml 9y ago... and now https://www.gimp.org/downloads/devel/ https://www.gimp.org/downloads/devel/
- trzeci 9y agoIf GIMP is pushing to multi-threading I wounder what's the motivation to stick to C as a main language.