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Free, open-source Photoshop alternative finally enters release candidate testing after 20 years — the transition from GIMP 2.x to GIMP 3.0 took two decades(www.tomshardware.com)

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/26156649

The slow and steady climb to 3.0 culminates in the most modernized version of GIMP yet.

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rickdg@lemmy.world
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Bring out the GIMP

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0x0@programming.dev
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Mr Wallace will make you regret that.

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AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space
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Pity about the cringey name.

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BrikoX@lemmy.zipOP
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It’s an acronym: GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP).

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Stovetop@lemmy.world
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Seems more like a backronym to me, they could’ve picked something better.

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fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com
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There was a fork with a different name. It bombed.

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Lumisal@lemmy.world
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Like GNU Linux Image Enhancement Manager

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FizzyOrange@programming.dev
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Dunno why you’re being downvoted. It’s very obviously deliberately chosen to make 12 year olds giggle.

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ReversalHatchery@beehaw.org
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yeah but it apparently has some disgusting meaning that I always forget as a non-native english user

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MajorHavoc@programming.dev
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Yeah.

The project name embodies several of the worst aspects of the FOSS community, and none of the best.

It’s a shared embarrassment, by association, to many of us.

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fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com
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Why are 50% of the words in this article, covering 20 years of work, about making svgs of icons?

Terrible.

Haven’t watched it yet, but DMD has a number of vids covering this, from plugin compatibility to features. Here’s the RC1 vid: https://youtu.be/nLjlgHemaco

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Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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Seems like they’re still playing catch-up. Photoshop is the only Adobe software I haven’t cut out of my life. But it seems I will still be stuck with it for some time.

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FizzyOrange@programming.dev
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Krita is quite far ahead of GIMP at this point. I’m not a pro Photoshop user but if you are and you’re looking at alternatives, that’s the place to look.

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Zier@fedia.io
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They gimp’d along for 20 years but finally arrived. [badum tiss]

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ᕙ(⇀‸↼‶)ᕗ@lemm.ee
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the more unused whitespace a tool menu has, the better the UX guy! /s

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MajorHavoc@programming.dev
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Heh. I understand that all the UX people to join the GnuIMP project have died of shock…

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