Re: [Gimp-user] A sad case of regression ?

[Helen <etters h gmail com>]

Andrew & Bridget
A remark such as "if you don't like it, don't use it"  is rude and
unhelpful, and such remarks
should never appear on this list.   I've stayed out of the discussion of
this regression -- I hate the
change to-- but I appeal for courtesy to those who care enough to try to
communicate the
problems this is causing.  And it is causing so many problems for me that
I'm wondering if it's
going to be a game breaker.  I work with agents for my art galleries.  One
of my agents wants
everything sent as jpeg so I send her what she wants.   One wants .tif so I
send her what she
wants.  Juried exhibits ask for jpeg (I don't know why)  but this change
adds hours  to a job
that should take me half an hour.
Helen




> On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 12:26 PM, Andrew & Bridget <
> andrew_bridget btinternet com> wrote:
>
> > Just because a program does not perform the way you would like it to,
> > doesn't make it an inferior program. GIMP is a very powerful Image Editing
> > program that thousands of people use day to day. For every one that states
> > in this forum that it is a regression there is probably as many that like
> > the new behavior that don't post. As it has been said before if you don't
> > like it, use something else, no body makes you use GIMP.
> >
> >
> > On 14/06/2013 17:03, Crew wrote:
> >
> > >  In case you are not just phishing (which is unlikely, as there are
> > > > several such emails posted recently:-)
> > > Given the way Adobe are moving to a subscription model, there are going
> > > to be a lot of new users like myself seriously looking at The Gimp in
> > > future.
> > > The recent addition of colour management finally moved The Gimp into the
> > > realms of being worthy of serious consideration, but trying to make it some
> > > sort of exclusive package that works with it's own file formats is just
> > > daft.
> > > If you can drag and drop an image into the program it should by default
> > > save back to the same format. Everything other program works that way,
> > > changing that protocol is unintuitive and just daft.
> > >
> > > If the discussion has had thousands of comments in the past it's pretty
> > > clear it's at least contentious.
> > >
> > > Do the developers of The Gimp want it to be taken seriously ?, or will
> > > they be happy just making something non-standard that will make them look
> > > foolish. As a potential new user that's how it's looking to me.
> > >
> > >  You're wrong!
> > > > > The problem is NOT a lack of conventional Save command, rather a lack
> > > > > of conventional Import command!
> > > > >
> > > > > The program "opens" non-native files! That should not happen! It
> > > > > should import them so you are fully aware that you need to export to a
> > > > > non-native format.
> > > >
> > > > Helping new users of KompoZer and The GIMP
> > > Sorry, I was mistaking The Gimp for a sensible image editing program.
> > >
> > > If this is the sort of advice given out to new users I can see why The
> > > Gimp is regarded so poorly by imaging professionals.
> > >
> > > Paul Holman
> > > www.colourprofiles.com
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