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Well on one hand OSS did make Blender which is moving towards a defacto standard in game making at least. Otoh nothing prohibits another OSS software appearing

by Ygg2 4y ago

Well on one hand OSS did make Blender which is moving towards a defacto standard in game making at least. Otoh nothing prohibits another OSS software appearing and stealing an OSS incumbent's thunder. See Krita and Gimp.

ekianjo 4y ago
Krita is nothing like GIMP
- Ygg2 4y ago
  To an extent, yes. But as someone who likes to draw and not edit pictures, they fill a similar niche. I mean I heard people use Blender as a Gimp replacement. Because it can edit huge number of files in a batch.
  - kyriakos 4y ago
    People will use anything instead of gimp to be honest. Haven't tried it in a while but everytime I did in the past I can't help but question if it's developers actually use their own software.
    - lvass 4y ago
      Not me. Whenever I try alternatives, I can't help but question if people who use GIMP alternatives actually tried reading the GIMP manual.
      - kyriakos 4y ago
        If you need the manual it most probably means the UI needs improvement.
        lvass 4y ago
        Only under the assumption they're designed for usage without the manual. I understand most things are but they definitely don't have to be. GIMP unfortunately may not be particularly explicit about this but having all users read the manual feels very much intended.
- Aeolun 4y ago
  In a good way. I’ve certainly completely replaced Gimp with Krita for my uses.
kyriakos 4y ago
Krita is great but has a different use case than gimp.
jwmcq 4y ago
I think it's also worth noting that OSS did not 'make' Blender initially - it was a closed-source application. It's a resounding OSS success these days, but had already been 'productised' before the the release of the source.
pjmlp 4y ago
Blender was a commercial product, whose main users kept supporting after it went open source.
- Ygg2 4y ago
  And early Blender sucked ass compared to today. While it starting as a commercial product might have helped at start, right now it's no longer the case.
  - pjmlp 4y ago
    Because the commercial partners cared enough to keep putting the money to further develop it. Blender always had a professional userbase around it, unlike the Photoshop wannabe competition.

by Ygg2 4y ago

ekianjo 4y ago

Krita is nothing like GIMP

Ygg2 4y ago
To an extent, yes. But as someone who likes to draw and not edit pictures, they fill a similar niche. I mean I heard people use Blender as a Gimp replacement. Because it can edit huge number of files in a batch.
- kyriakos 4y ago
  People will use anything instead of gimp to be honest. Haven't tried it in a while but everytime I did in the past I can't help but question if it's developers actually use their own software.
  - lvass 4y ago
    Not me. Whenever I try alternatives, I can't help but question if people who use GIMP alternatives actually tried reading the GIMP manual.
    - kyriakos 4y ago
      If you need the manual it most probably means the UI needs improvement.
      - lvass 4y ago
        Only under the assumption they're designed for usage without the manual. I understand most things are but they definitely don't have to be. GIMP unfortunately may not be particularly explicit about this but having all users read the manual feels very much intended.
Aeolun 4y ago
In a good way. I’ve certainly completely replaced Gimp with Krita for my uses.

kyriakos 4y ago

Krita is great but has a different use case than gimp.

jwmcq 4y ago

I think it's also worth noting that OSS did not 'make' Blender initially - it was a closed-source application. It's a resounding OSS success these days, but had already been 'productised' before the the release of the source.

pjmlp 4y ago

Blender was a commercial product, whose main users kept supporting after it went open source.

Ygg2 4y ago
And early Blender sucked ass compared to today. While it starting as a commercial product might have helped at start, right now it's no longer the case.
- pjmlp 4y ago
  Because the commercial partners cared enough to keep putting the money to further develop it. Blender always had a professional userbase around it, unlike the Photoshop wannabe competition.