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GIMP 2.6 Released
Enselic writes "The GIMP developers are proud to announce the release of GIMP 2.6. The release notes start with: 'GIMP 2.6 is an important release from a development point of view. It features changes to the user interface addressing some often received complaints, and a tentative integration of GEGL, the graph based image processing library that will eventually bring high bit-depth and non-destructive editing to GIMP.' The notes go on to say the toolbox menubar has been removed, the toolbox and docks now are utility windows, it's now possible to pan beyond the image border, the freehand select tool has been enhanced to support polygonal selections, and much more."
This train of thought here is exactly what's wrong with Microsoft and the Win32 world in general. If it's already doable, no matter how easy and /or efficient the method, than it's just not good enough, it's gotta be tinkered with just to charge the users for the next upgrade.
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I try and try to use it as a photoshop replacement, I really do, but I am lost without it looking a lot more like Photoshop. And what's with all those top-level windows anyway? I use a multitasking OS because I multi-task. I don't want to have to minimize 7 windows when I want to minimize gimp.
I'm a smart guy. I can use image editors, but the layout and thinking of Gimp is just left of center, far enough to make me uncomfortable in it. Am I alone in this? Is Gimp not getting users because of it? Is this in turn slowing Linux adoption?
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People laugh. But when I taught a web class for my company last year, that name kept me from using this as the recommended graphic program of choice (used Photoshop elements instead).
Wow, I'm glad I don't work for your company. I mean, I understand where you are coming from, but it's a shame you have to pander to corporate cluelessness in such a fashion.
"Gimp" is the normal name used by seamstresses for a particular craft material since the 15th century. It's sold in stores all over the world without anyone objecting. Really, normal people just don't have any problem with the word "gimp" except possibly when it's used as a pejorative to mock cripples.
If your co-workers are likely to assume that a software program is somehow associated with a sado-masochistic scene from a director renowned for his obsession with disturbing and violent imagery, I can only conclude they are either disturbingly obsessed with sadism, masochism and ultra-violent movies, or profoundly stupid. Either way, I wouldn't want to spend 8 hours a day with them. You have my sympathy.