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Matth78 @lemmy.world

1y ago

Libre Arts - GIMP 3.0 finally has a release schedule

GIMP 3.0 finally has a release schedule

Their goal is to release for may 24.

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with focus shifted towards completing the port to GTK3
Is that a typo? I would have thought most software was shifting to GTK4 now?
- Sadly, I don't think so. Searching about that I found out they switched to GTK3 interface being default just before GTK4 was released... And making the switch from GTK2 took a long time.
- GTK4 is planned for 2050 (expect 5-6 year delay).
- I don't know what GTK means and couldn't find it in the link. Care to share?
  
  Gimp Tool Kit, where gimp means Gnu Image Manipulation Program, where gnu means Gnu's Not Unix. So, in short, gnu's not unix image manipulation program tool kit.
  
  @bl4kers @allywilson Its a framework for GUI applications.
  
  I mean, I did quote the partial sentence from the link. You can look that up.

Last time I used gimp was in the late 90s I think. I gather it's pretty much the same as when I last tried..?
I've found Krita to be pretty good (though I can load slowly on slow machines).
- No, it is not remotely the same.
  
  Yup. Night and day. It's still not going to satisfy those used to Photoshop or rely on cmyk tools and support. Though 3.0 is supposed to make major strides on that as well as non destructive editing IIRC.

I was hyped for it coming before the end of this year. Anyways its great the project isn't dead

I haven't uses gimp since the time of Ubuntu CDs
- I admit for the very limited things I do and only occasionally I use Paint.net
  Still in my mind Gimp is much more powerful?
  
  It is powerful, but usability is as shit as it always has been. Except for specific use cases Krita is the way to go nowadays. Even if it's focussed on digital painting, it has almost everything you need for digital editing as well, with a much more user friendly UX.
  
  I admit for the very limited things I do and only occasionally I use Paint.net
  Unfortunately, it's not available on Linux
  Still in my mind Gimp is much more powerful?
  Yes it is, but it's also much more complicated. I never fully understood GIMP, I prefer simpler options like Paint.net.
  
  I use it a fair amount. But I think the name is still an issue for some people. They should change it to GLIMPSE. GNU Libre Image Manipulation Program SoftwarE ... or something

They said 3.0 this year a few months back. I think you could have rebuilt GIMP on GTK4 in the same time it's taken them to try and port the project up to GTK3.

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