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GIMP's Next-generation Imaging Core Demonstrated

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the new-and-improved dept.

brendan0powers writes "GIMP developer Øvind Kolås gave a public demonstration of the Generic Graphical Library (GEGL) on Friday at the Piksel 06 festival in Bergen, Norway. GEGL has long been slated to replace the core image processing framework of the GIMP, bringing with it entirely new data models and operations — but development had languished to the point where many critics had written the project off entirely." Linux.com and Slashdot are both part of OSTG.

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  1. Re:It's about time by dbIII · · Score: 0, Troll
    where it is a serious contender for graphic designers and photo editors

    Well - it wasn't really written for them was it? Unfortunately many of the graphics arts professionals that looked at it haven't got any furthur than saying the obvious of "the GUI is different to photoshop" so the program is written for the needs of others.

  2. Re:Mod parent down as troll by QuantumG · · Score: 0, Troll

    "as good as Photoshop" should not be the standard to which The Gimp is developed. This is the problem with Blender too. Someone complains that doing X is hard in Blender and people reply with "well, it's not like it's easy in 3ds Max either!"

    Oh, and stop telling people how to moderate you anonymous nazi fuck. Jesus, you don't even participate in the process and you feel compelled to tell people what to do with their mod points.

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  3. Re:The difference between The Gimp and Excel.. by swillden · · Score: 0, Troll

    sorry, the majority of people who want a circle tool have long since written The Gimp off

    What, both of them?

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  4. Re:It's about time by killjoe · · Score: 0, Troll

    Too many people are content to steal a copy of photoshop and not enough people want to help.

    It doesn't help when all you get is grief from people who don't even use the product because "it's not photoshop".

    I am shocked that it still exists really. When all you get is being pissed on by the /. hordes all day long I don't think too many people would be interested in joining such a project.

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  5. Re:GIMP needs fresh developers by eraserewind · · Score: 0, Troll
    It may not be nice for dreamers to hear it, but ideas are a dime a dozen. Man hours are not. Seriously, it's the implementation that counts. "you want it, you code it" seems like a perfectly reasonable response to "I want it, you code it". I can think of worse.

    and refuse to take on the responsibility of being a leader or even trying to become a leader
    Those are YOUR aims. How about YOU take some responsibility?