vanillan@lemmy.world to pics@lemmy.world · edit-27 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 dollarslemmy.worldimagemessage-square210linkfedilinkarrow-up12Karrow-down169
arrow-up11.93Karrow-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 dollarslemmy.worldvanillan@lemmy.world to pics@lemmy.world · edit-27 days agomessage-square210linkfedilink
minus-squareTheFonz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·6 days agoJfc. Who is this program for?
minus-squarebizarroland@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days 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-squareTheFonz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-25 days 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?
Jfc. Who is this program 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?