• Treczoks@lemmy.world
    153·
    2 days ago

    I use GIMP only for the simple pixel stuff, and I hope they did not make basic operations even more complicated. I always struggle to get some basic things done just because there are myriads of for me useless and arcane settings.

  • xye@lemm.eeEnglish
    185·
    1 day ago

    GIMP needs a glow up. It looks like what it is, but for a program looking for artists and designers to switch - you’re not going to get it by looking like the Temu photoshop.

  • umbraroze@lemmy.world
    8·
    2 days ago

    GIMP (at least in v2) does have a vector path tool and stores the paths with the image! Thing is, they kind of work like selections and you have to explicitly stroke the paths on bitmap layers. It’s a bit more complicated than necessary and not easy to grasp at first.

  • TwoCupsofSugar@lemmy.world
    45·
    3 days ago

    i just want pressure sensitivity that actually works, GIMP used to be my go to for art stuff in the past, its a shame to see that it hasn’t really improved much over the past decade. I’ve switched completely to Krita, better overall software

    • endeavor@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      181·
      2 days ago

      Photoshop and gimp are both bad painting software since they are not meant for that. They just do it in a pinch. Used to main ps until I bought clip studio and discovered how damn good it is. Then I went to linux and discovered how damn good krita is.

    • Foxfire@pawb.socialEnglish
      8·
      2 days ago

      I use Krita for everything, I love it so much. I also won’t act like it’s perfect either, despite it being my most used software by a landslide. Personally my biggest desire now is improved workflow for text editing (e.g. editing text directly on the canvas, being able to box and justify text, vector pathing for text so you can make it bend or wave). From what I understand it is something that is being worked on, and I will be even more indebted to the wonderful folks at KDE once further progress is made on that front.

  • Julian@lemm.eeEnglish
    301·
    2 days ago

    Man there’s a lot of really stupid shit in here.

    Yes having a simple to use shape tool is nice. And it’s on the roadmap so no, it doesn’t go against some weird vaguely defined “core value” of gimp.

  • 4uffin@lemmy.worldEnglish
    52·
    2 days ago

    I think I’m just not familiar enough with image manipulation software, but GIMP feels way too complex to even get started with…

  • Ascend910@lemmy.mlEnglish
    857·
    3 days ago

    Typical “we know this feature is asked many times, but it not on our priority/ it is not planned”

    I’m not criticizing open source itself, but I think this highlights a common issue in open source software, one that distinguishes widely adopted projects like Blender from others. Successful open source software tends to reach users beyond just those within the open source movement.

    I know some might disagree, saying that these developers work for free, but that’s not the point here. Software is created for users, and if a developer declines to implement a feature requested by the user base, many will simply return to proprietary alternatives—like Adobe Photoshop or Photo Pea, in this case. This leaves these open source projects feeling like “second-class citizens” because they lack the specific features users need.

    • apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world
      19·
      2 days ago

      Tbf this is not exclusive to open source software. iOS famously didn’t have “copy and paste” until version 3, for instance. The zealots were the ones that insisted that it was unnecessary until Apple rolled it out.

      Plex constantly has requests for obvious features that are stated to not be on their roadmap.

      Yes it is frustrating, but it isn’t exclusive to open source development.

      • uranibaba@lemmy.world
        1·
        1 day ago

        I think the difference is that with open source you won’t lose money if the users leave. If you have creating a software that is not selling because it is missing a feature, you are incentivised to implement it.

      • Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works
        51·
        1 day ago

        Lmfao unlocked a memory with this one, remember when Apple tried to force people to pay for that update? You could easily find the package and manually install it instead, but still lmfao.

    • renzev@lemmy.world
      311·
      1 day ago

      The meme is ironic lol. Why would anybody want a shape tool in gimp? Nobody is seriously asking for it. This is a joke that originated with that old greentext about anon getting beat up in the school parking lot for not being able to draw a circle in gimp

      • BigPotato@lemmy.world
        71·
        1 day ago

        Every now and then, I just want a circle to start off with. A circle will capture 97% of the area I need before I grind down with the lasso. Can I draw a circle freehand? No, that shit is more like an oval or an abomination against God.

        Is it enough to get me to start paying for Photoshop? No. I’ve even got it installed on my work computers that have Photoshop in case of licensing issues (it’s happened more than once). But I am a user and I have requested it unironically in the past.

        So, beat me up after class but the sample size is at least one.

    • Eyck_of_denesle@lemmy.zip
      30·
      3 days ago

      Agree. Similar example is Matrix Element multi-account request. It’s the most requested but we still don’t know it’s roadmap.

      • unknowing8343@discuss.tchncs.de
        13·
        3 days ago

        That one is infuriating. Having a good client is so key to adoption… And Element is still really, really bad. Yes, it has almost all the features, but refusing multi-account is so so so annoying, and being Electron garbage is horrible. They have so much funding it’s ridiculous.

        XMPP is another case where adoption has mostly failed exactly because there are no “flagship” clients that do it all.

        That’s why DeltaChat looks so good. The official clients work great everywhere, and they can do it all!

        • Eyck_of_denesle@lemmy.zip
          5·
          2 days ago

          Tbh on pc, I can have multiple accounts with different workspaces but the main problem is on mobile. It’s been 6 years and their progress isn’t even transparent. They keep moving the issue tracker and I searched so much but couldn’t find their issue tracker. The fact that this was the most requested and now imagine the condition of slightly less popular requests.

          Really feel like some of these bigger projects should hire a competent leadership.

      • WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        3·
        2 days ago

        don’t even dream about it. I remember reading on their issue tracker one if them saying that such a feature needs to be accounted for from the beginning of planning an app. if you think about it, it makes sense. but I doubt anything has been done about it

        • Julian@lemm.eeEnglish
          3·
          2 days ago

          Like others have said, it’s on the roadmap. They just need (or want) to add vector layers first. So progress is being made.

          • WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            1·
            1 day ago

            I have written up a comment when I realized you have probably meant gimp. this thread was about matrix.

            but I can’t let it go to waste, so here it comes!

            Like others have said, it’s on the roadmap.

            the roadmap (found here) that was cleaned out and archived 4 days ago?

            and turns out it was not public either for a longer time

            They just need (or want) to add vector layers first.

            what do you mean by vector layers? SVG graphics come to mind but that doesn’t seem to be related

    • umbrella@lemmy.ml
      141·
      2 days ago

      blender is good because they changed course and made a more industry standard ui as requested by its users.

      gimp devs wanna do things their own way period. 3.0 is a step in the right direction, coming a decade too late.

    • Caedarai@reddthat.com
      2·
      2 days ago

      Very true. You can find many cases of that though. Just the other day I was trying to get crypto quotes and accounting inside Gnucash, which has been supported by the backend API’s since forever ago, but the interface essentially doesn’t allow for it because the developers don’t consider crypto as currency, and don’t want to support custom currencies or even just using the existing data source API for anything but stocks, derivatives and fiat currencies.