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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.
AllNewTypeFace ( @AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space ) 16•5 months agoPity about the cringey name.
It’s an acronym: GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP).
ReversalHatchery ( @ReversalHatchery@beehaw.org ) English1•5 months agoyeah but it apparently has some disgusting meaning that I always forget as a non-native english user
andioop ( @andioop@programming.dev ) English1•5 months agoAs a native English speaker I didn’t know “gimp” was more than a nonsense word and a lowercase version of this program until your comment. I admit I grew up sheltered and that probably influenced what slang terms, especially unkind ones, I learned about, but otherwise I don’t consider myself particularly deficient in the vocabulary department.
Offensive word for someone with a physical disability or leg injury, a stupid person, or (not sure if it’s okay in this context) a submissive person in BDSM activities, according to the New Oxford American Dictionary.
MajorHavoc ( @MajorHavoc@programming.dev ) 4•5 months agoYeah.
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.
fmstrat ( @fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com ) English13•5 months agoWhy 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
Sir_Kevin ( @Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) English3•5 months agoSeems 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.
FizzyOrange ( @FizzyOrange@programming.dev ) 7•5 months agoKrita 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.
ᕙ(⇀‸↼‶)ᕗ ( @yournamehere@lemm.ee ) 9•5 months agothe more unused whitespace a tool menu has, the better the UX guy! /s
MajorHavoc ( @MajorHavoc@programming.dev ) 5•5 months agoHeh. I understand that all the UX people to join the GnuIMP project have died of shock…
Zier ( @Zier@fedia.io ) 9•5 months agoThey gimp’d along for 20 years but finally arrived. [badum tiss]