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.
Pity about the cringey name.
It’s an acronym: GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP).
yeah but it apparently has some disgusting meaning that I always forget as a non-native english user
As 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.
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.
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
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.
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.
the more unused whitespace a tool menu has, the better the UX guy! /s
Heh. I understand that all the UX people to join the GnuIMP project have died of shock…
They gimp’d along for 20 years but finally arrived. [badum tiss]
