vanillan to pics · 2 days agoThis is Jehan Pages, the top developer behind GIMP, a free open source photo editor. Adobe executives hate Jehan. Because of his hard work, Adobe lost millions of dollarsimagemessage-square201linkfedilinkarrow-up11.97Karrow-down165
arrow-up11.91Karrow-down1imageThis is Jehan Pages, the top developer behind GIMP, a free open source photo editor. Adobe executives hate Jehan. Because of his hard work, Adobe lost millions of dollarsvanillan to pics · 2 days agomessage-square201linkfedilink
minus-squarebizarrolandlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·12 hours agoIt’s for people that don’t want to give Adobe money. It’s for people who want to image bash without paying $20 a month for the privilege. It’s for people who don’t mind putting up with quirks in order to support free software and the free expression of creativity. It’s for people like you and people like me and anyone else who feels like using it.
minus-squareTheFonzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·11 hours agoBut there are dozens of other free and open source alternatives that are so much more powerful and easier to use. Krita, Affinity, Photopea… I could go on and on… Like why does Gimp exist any more? Who is it for?
It’s for people that don’t want to give Adobe money.
It’s for people who want to image bash without paying $20 a month for the privilege.
It’s for people who don’t mind putting up with quirks in order to support free software and the free expression of creativity.
It’s for people like you and people like me and anyone else who feels like using it.
But there are dozens of other free and open source alternatives that are so much more powerful and easier to use. Krita, Affinity, Photopea… I could go on and on… Like why does Gimp exist any more? Who is it for?