Re: [Gimp-user] Save Export Complaints

["Erik Johansson" <sm5ynp telia com>]

Hello, evryone.
I agree with what Ryan is saying.

It took a little to get used to the new way of saving and exporting, but it 
is not more cumbersome than any other program.

Kind regrads
Erik Johansson, Sweden

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From: "Ryan Stark" <effluxion googlemail com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2012 3:25 PM
To: "Øyvind Kolås" <pippin gimp org>
Cc: "gimp-user-list" <gimp-user-list gnome org>
Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] Save Export Complaints

> I see all this critique as completely ridiculous. That's why I posted
> about it. Gimp is a professional level app and it's free. What more do
> people want?
>
> I use Gimp for painting purposes so I end up with complex Gimp
> projects with many layers etc so the new save or export makes total
> sense. I can't accidentally lose my work. Also, Gimp gets lots of
> critique from people doing digital painting. Also ridiculous. Sure, it
> lacks some features for this like brushes that mix on the canvas or
> easy rotating of canvas but in actuality the rest of Gimp's very
> powerful features still makes it the best painting app. Gimp also has
> one completely unique and brilliant feature for use with painting.
> Most graphic tablets and cintiqs have poor sliders for operating
> various functions such as brush size or whatever. Since I do music I
> understand MIDI. Gimp can be hooked up to a MIDI controller for
> controlling brush sizes or anything else. This is a superb feature.
> You can buy a little MIDI controller with lots of knobs and sliders.
> VASTLY superior to sliders on graphics tablets.
>
> On 12 September 2012 14:04, Øyvind Kolås <pippin gimp org> wrote:
> > On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 2:43 PM, maderios <maderios gmail com> wrote:
> > > I use .xcf files but my friends, my family members and most people, I 
> > > think,
> > > don't use .xcf. They need an image editor, not an xcf editor.
> > > People will leave the world of free software to turn to proprietary.
> > > Gimp is no longer the "universal Swiss army knife " of image editing, 
> > > it's a
> > > fact.
> >
> > GIMP has not lost any capability, all it has done is re-arrange some
> > capabilities for greater consistency - as well as opening up for
> > extending the capabilities of XCF - like storing undo history and more
> > thing that make less sense for the external formats.
> >
> > For GIMP it is a good thing that people take changes personally - it
> > means they care deeply about GIMP and how they use it, make it seem
> > unlikely that they switch no matter how much venom they directed at
> > the volunteers that spend their time actually making it happen. :)
> >
> > /Ø
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