vanillan to pics · 1 month 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-square210linkfedilinkarrow-up12.03Karrow-down169cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up11.96Karrow-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 · 1 month agomessage-square210linkfedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squarebizarrolandlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month 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-up2arrow-down1·1 month 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?