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Seems like a flamebait post, skip it and you won't miss anything. I will join the others in pointing out some of its bullshit. I did not fully read it, this ca
by aw3c2 14y ago
Seems like a flamebait post, skip it and you won't miss anything.
I will join the others in pointing out some of its bullshit. I did not fully read it, this caught my eye:
If you’re a part of the core “design” team of GIMP, the first thing you could do is getting rid of that logo.
My point being, an Otocyon holding a paintbrush simply cannot go up against a seven-hundred-dollars-a-piece software.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GIMP#Mascot http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GIMP#Mascot vs (I guess) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Adobe_Photoshop_CS6_icon.svg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Adobe_Photoshop_CS6_icon.s... ? The PS logo looks like it was made by a undergrad amateur! </snark>
Also I do not see GIMP in any need to "go up against" commercial competitors. It is a nice and complex program. I use it for years and I like it. Photoshop confuses me to no end and I am incapable of the smallest tasks without asking or reading guides. There are also great alternatives to GIMP which many people seem to ignore. It seems trendy to hit on GIMP without knowing better. I suggest checking out Krita, MyPaint, RawTherapee, Darktable, GIMP Paint Studio for alternatives depending on the use case.
- mitchi 14y agoLinux and Zed Shaw have the best rants. All the others are disappointing :P
- imwhimsical 14y agoYour comment about the comparison between the PS logo and the GIMP mascot logo, are, well...your opinion. The point I wanted to raise was that a corporation like Adobe obviously spends more time and money on user experience and design as a whole, than the GIMP team (for obvious reasons) Also, your comment about GIMP not having to go up against commercial competitors is, I'll use your vocab here, "bullshit" GIMP is the closest competitor to PS. In fact, the greatest threat to a $700 software would no doubt be something that's free and has all the features of the latter. Here in Dubai, Inkscape is popular amongst designers.