Re: [Gimp-developer] Help with a Gimp 2.10 question

["jEsuSdA 8)" <listas jesusda com>]

El 18/12/12 17:15, Guillermo Espertino (Gez) escribió:
> El 18/12/12 08:46, jEsuSdA 8) escribió:
>
> Hi Jesusda! :)

Hi Gez!

Great opinion and nice data. As I suppose, maybe Photivo will be the 
chosed. Darktable will be fine, but there are no Windows version at the 
moment.


> (This is just my personal opinion)
>
> - I wouldn't count on having GIMP 2.10 by April 2013. There's still a
> lot of work to be done and april is really close.
>
> - I would advise you strongly against using a development version for a
> demonstration (except, of course, you're in a Libre Graphics Meeting).
> Any bug can and will be perceived as a weakness of the program. Trying
> to seduce people who don't know GIMP with an unstable version of GIMP is
> really a bad idea. Stick with 2.8.
>
> - A mixed workflow with other applications and GIMP could be acceptable.
> If you process RAW and/or HDR images using Darktable in high bit depth
> to take the most of the source material and export to tiff files for
> final touches in GIMP, quality should be fine if you don't have to go
> berserk with the postprocessing.
> High bit depth editing is critical when you have to apply extreme
> processing and when layer and brush strokes accumulation is whether too
> extreme or too subtle.
> Generally you can get away with 8 bpc if you don't have to stretch too
> much, but the job you're describing seems tricky, so be careful.
>
> - Finally, I would think twice about going ahead with the course if the
> software we have is not ready for the task.
> If editing in high bit precision is mandatory, then GIMP (at least
> today) isn't suited for the task.
> I know it sounds like missing a nice oportunity, but maybe it's better
> to postpone than to screw a nice chance to reach a specialized audience.
> If you show GIMP and the professionals there conclude that it can't be
> used for their job, that's something extremely difficult to revert.
>
> Anyway, you can turn this "missed oportunity" into a useful event. You
> can meet with them to evaluate if a mixed workflow is viable. There you
> can tell them that high bit precision is being implemented and will be
> available in the next version. You can show them the current stable, you
> can tease them with the new stuff coming, but I wouldn't go there to
> "teach" them how to do the job with free software unless I'm absolutely
> sure that it can be done with the expected quality.
>
>
> We had to wait years literally to see high bit depth happening in GIMP.
> It's finally happening, but we have to wait a little :-)


I would desire to use Gimp. Maybe if 2.9 will be stable enough in 
september 2013 could be used, but, as you says, using an unstable 
edition could be worse than use other software.

I will study several options and I will tell us. ;)


> Gez.

Thank you very much. ;)