Comments on: Gimp 2.4 Released

By: pctopgs

pctopgs — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 03:28:28 +0000

I made my textures with photoshops (warez :) )

By: Daerd

Daerd — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 04:15:21 +0000

This (http://rants.scribus.net/2006/06/03/why-no-cmyk-in-gimp-is-a-good-thing-now/ ) was written more than a year ago, but the guy really hit a lot of things spot-on. Pretty interesting coming from a non-GIMP developer (obviously, a Scribus developer). The way he ranted about GIMP achieving about 50% of the comments on the Scribus 1.0 story because of CMYK support is both extremely hilarious and extremely sad. ;P

By: Daerd

Daerd — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 02:55:15 +0000

What I meant by "help" is "help in development". Comments like "Photoshop is better than GIMP" never really help the developers of GIMP realize anything, because, chances are, they already know that, ummm, 5 years ago or so. They are just awaiting more resources (e.g. more developers, implementation details, etc.). And, you know what? They could be planning the feature as we speak (or flame :). Like, I know that full CMYK support will be possible after GEGL is fully integrated. Partial GEGL integration is slated for 2.6 (see: http://cr33dog.fedorapeople.org/misc/gimp_task_list_02.html ). That's why, as early as 2.6 we can probably see a little bit of CMYK, 16-bit+ (a.k.a. deep color), color management (among other things) love here and there. So, supporting the developers and waiting patiently is the way to go. But feel free to do what you want! :) I'm sorry if I struck some strings. Your comment really sounded like a whine to me.

The way I see it, you could have meant "help" as in "help users decide what is better". Well, users can test the GIMP for themselves, can't they? :P

By: cekuhnen

cekuhnen — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 19:11:38 +0000

And you think posts like yours make sense as well?

As far as I can remember I also wrote still a great tool to use and guess what, I use it on the Windows side as Inkscape as well. I do all my other work in OS X with PS simply because Gimp still lacks some tools I need for my work.

The refresh rate are some strong drawbacks. And the lack of CMYK just limits its usability - since they included a color management system, lets see when that one is coming.

PS is not a great tool, it is just mainly used. Even when they do not aim to at PS many I know are just waiting until it gets certain features, so they can ditch Photoshop.

By: Daerd

Daerd — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 06:14:40 +0000

BTW, Photoshop is never the target of GIMP development. So, stop comparing GIMP to Photoshop like as if the latter is some be-all and end-all. If you don't like GIMP, then don't use it. Comments like above never help. To each, his own, haven't you heard?

For most of us who do use the GIMP, it's plenty useful just the way it is. No software is perfect. At least, GIMP is evolving and all its users have the freedom to participate in its evolution. This freedom is GIMP's silver bullet against all other similar but proprietary applications.

By: cekuhnen

cekuhnen — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 02:24:45 +0000

stil far away from photoshop.

painfully slow refresh rate, no CMYK, no shadow highlight correction, and other tools.

still a great tool to have but not a thread at all.

By: Daerd

Daerd — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 00:29:52 +0000

So, the tabbed-windows feature is on the task list (http://cr33dog.fedorapeople.org/misc/gimp_task_list_02.html). But, unfortunately, it's not slated for 2.6. (:c)

By: Daerd

Daerd — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 23:29:20 +0000

Ronin: I've been following their development mailing lists for sometime and they're planning to implement tabbed windows as an option. The lead developers don't even think that implementing tabs is difficult. Now, if only they'll implement tab-undock, that'll finally kill this endless bickering regarding an unappreciated feature such as multi-windows. I honestly don't mind the multi-windows feature, it helps when you have either a large screen or multiple screens because independent windows are much more easy to put in separate screens.

Maxim: Thanks for helping. But I already know of that link, in fact, that's the only most up-to-date link I know. :)

By: Maxim

Maxim — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 15:10:02 +0000

For the latest Ubuntu builds of Gimp (and Blender by the way…), there is http://www.getdeb.net/

Well, at the time I'm writing there is no 2.4.2 version of Gimp (only 2.4.1) but it should come shortly.

By: Ronin

Ronin — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 10:43:55 +0000

i continued to test it, besides what i said, i can't find anything against it.
Some options are even easier to use than in Photoshop (paths for example)

That multi window topic, can't say anything against that, i hope they don't take it out, maybe making it optional.
I like very much working with multiple windows in GIMP.