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    [–] LeFantome@programming.dev 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

    I agree.

    Just recently, I used GIMP 3.0 to create what will become a sticker on the side of a dozen hockey helmets.

    It was a small project but it probably went back and forth a dozen times as each version delivered sparked new ideas or new questions on what was possible. Layers, filters, alpha channel, Smart Selection, and working with text and font outlines were all essential.

    I don’t do all this stuff all the time. There is no way I would ever pay for Photoshop. Yet, my standard Linux install had everything I needed to get it done. And it was not that hard.

    Truly amazing when you think about it. We are all so entitled.

    [–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 months ago

    Truly amazing when you think about it. We are all so entitled.

    Almost as entitled as the corporations who want to charge us rent to do something relatively simple like this on a modern computer, and have actively attempted to undermine general accessibility to tools like this in order to profit more.

    [–] m4m4m4m4@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

    We are all so entitled.

    That's exactly my issue with GIMP. We are all so entitled, even GIMP devs.

    You don't want to include a feature to draw an editable circle/square/polygon? Fine, but then don't get superdefensive nor "counterattack" when people ask you about this feature. All in all, pretty much every other image manipulation program has it, so it's understandable people wonder why GIMP doesn't have it. I for one still can't wrap my head around why this is a no-no for some people. It doesn't make any sense.

    When I was majoring as graphic designer I used to use GIMP for a bunch of stuff, even played with python-fu and saved me some time I never would have saved with Photoshop or some shit like that, but even back then they always answered to everything some variation of "we are short on resources". Well at that time Krita (which was even called Kpaint) had even less resources than GIMP and look at them now.