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> A few years ago it could be argued that GIMP, Inkscape, and Darktable To a Linux user, yes. To a professional, it was always a cruel joke, it was never close
by gjsman-1000 2y ago
> A few years ago it could be argued that GIMP, Inkscape, and Darktable
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.
- gjsman-1000 2y agoI 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.
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- jetbalsa 2y agoGIMP did spawn one kinda good thing, GTK was made because Peter Mattis disliked Motif and wrote a replacement and called it the GIMP toolkit
- shadowmanifold 2y agoKrita 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.