GIMP 2.10.22 Released With AVIF Image Support

[CommunityMember]

So you don't really have a real need for GIMP.

Yes, I do need such a program, but GIMP is no longer a viable candidate for they have chosen to stay in the past, rather than move to the current. That is their right to limit their viability, and my right to go elsewhere. We are both winners. And we are both losers.

[tildearrow]

I'm running a GIMP 2.99 AppImage on my system and it works just fine.

Since when? If a long time then they should release GIMP 3 already.... What else is left to do?

[illwieckz]

gimp should change the name and make some marketing and improve print and raw support, what gtk it uses is not really important

That's really a harmful idea to suggest to drop a name that is well known for 25 years. Look at OpenOffice and LibreOffice, some PC vendor still preinstall OpenOffice in 2020 not knowing about LibreOffice, some people still look for OpenOffice or recommend OpenOffice in 2020, without knowing about LibreOffice.

Look at Nexuiz and Xonotic, even their wikipedia page in some language get deleted because they think it's an unknown projet (not renowned like Nexuiz they can even say 🤦♀️). For OpenOffice/LibreOffice and Nexuiz/Xonotic, they had to change the name because the one owning the name was not the ones doing the software. But look, even 10 years later those projects still haven't recovered their fame.

10 years later people still look for OpenOffice without knowing LibreOffice exists, 10 years later people still look for Nexuiz without knowing Xonotic exists… And you suggest to harm the GIMP project the same way, to lose its name, to lose all links to 25 years of references, to even take the risk to lose its wikipedia pages on some languages because of “lack of references”? Well, it looks like the GIMP name will stick, GIMP have been known to be the name of a great image editing software for 25 years. GIMP name always meant a picture software, and this name of a picture software is famous and is great.

[Etherman]

I really love, support and encourage GIMP like projects and open source. But... Photoshop is d@mn too good, and quite affordable lately (I think 10 dollars a month with 20gb cloud?). But well... not in Linux at least

So Photoshop would cost something like $10 per picture for a very casual user like me.

[Alexmitter]

gimp should change the name and make some marketing and improve print and raw support, what gtk it uses is not really important

I wonder what is your problem with the god damn name, its a really good name and it is now the name of this program for more then 20 years. A name change would just confuse everyone and we would loose one of the best acronyms of our time.

There is already a fork by people with capability that seemingly ends at creating github issues requesting a name change, use that.

[bdcomp]

Anyone know what happen to otto PPA?

https://launchpad.net/~otto-kesselgulasch/+archive/ubuntu/gimp

He used to compile every version of GIMP and G'MIC for years, but now it looks like inactive PPA...

[ElectricPrism]

I wonder what is your problem with the god damn name,

You asked.

https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-news/get-the-gimp-breaking-down-pulp-fictions-most-notorious-scene-82595/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3UyjlaBMcY

[oleid]

I wanted to make a game in gtk3 not to care about X11/Wayland (leaving it on gtk3) and found out it supports only simple clicking/tapping. E.g. no relative mouse movement (needed for half of games, e.g. first person shooters).

Hmm, I think game developers weren't really the target group for gtk+. I understand where you are coming from (you need a GUI in your game), but there are better alternatives. For example dear imgui + SDL.

[Viki Ai]

I think I have finally found a tattoo I can get! I want something I won't get bored with or embarrassed by 10,20,40 years from now, which is a pretty hard order. I realized walking home today I should get Wilbur tattooed on my right knee. Because that knee has been decided gimpy for a number of years now!

[hyperchaotic]

Yes, I do need such a program, but GIMP is no longer a viable candidate for they have chosen to stay in the past, rather than move to the current. That is their right to limit their viability, and my right to go elsewhere. We are both winners. And we are both losers.

They're very few guys with real lives besides GIMP and a long list of things they need to do, including maintenance for the current version. They're spread very thin and must prioritize.

I have used GIMP for free for a very long time and I am grateful to them for their efforts.