Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP name, icon and general graphic look

[Ross Martinek <triarius12 gmail com>]

Alex,

I said I was an old curmudgeon. ;^] It’s only my opinion, based on my experience, not wisdom from on high, 
and while strongly held, I’ve no objection to being shown I’m in error, or that my conclusions aren’t 
supported by your or others’ data (as you did.)

If you are talking about my comments on documentation, I really do identify and sympathize with those 
creating this delightful tool: writing documentation of something one understands thoroughly is very 
difficult, in part because of the very expertise needed to do so. It often feels as if one is stating the 
blatantly obvious, over and over again. I have all too much experience with that, and the other frustrations 
inherent in the process.

I did not intend to denigrate the free, online documentation that exists, only to say that it could be 
better. If developers are going to work on something besides development, I think that is a better use of 
time. By comparison with other, similar, open source programs, GIMP’s  is better than many, if not most. It 
gets one off to a good start.

I hesitated to mention a commercial product which actually does a good job of documentation. I have found The 
Book of GIMP, by LeCarme and Delvare to be an invaluable resource in learning GIMP. It’s expensive, but the 
software is free, and the book costs far less than most graphics programs (or at least it did when I bought 
it.) (Shameless plug, and no, I don’t get anything for it.)

As for marketing, if that is a concern, the way Literature and Latte markets their products might be worth a 
look. Scrivener, their writing app, is phenomenal. It isn’t free, like GIMP, but it is very affordable. Would 
I pay the price of Scrivener for GIMP? As my physics prof was fond of saying, “That’s not only obvious, it’s 
an obvious, obvious.”

And Maurizio, I also appreciate your enthusiasm. I just think it’s slightly misplaced. Don’t let my 
stentorian objections discourage you.

Ross


> On Oct 22, 2017, at 11:29 AM, Alexandre Prokoudine <alexandre prokoudine gmail com> wrote:
>
> On Sun, Oct 22, 2017 at 6:15 PM, Ross Martinek wrote:
>
> > While there may be some PS features
> > not available (yet?) in GIMP, the only advantage of PS I see is its
> > documentation.
>
> Ross, I appreciate your loyalty to the project, but you aren't making
> any friends right now :)))
>
> Alex
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