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

[Alexandre Prokoudine <alexandre prokoudine gmail com>]

On Sun, Oct 22, 2017 at 6:27 AM, Ross Martinek wrote:

> I disagree completely. I am a “normal” user, and I do not think GIMP
> is dead. Quite the contrary. Adobe Photoshop is dead to the normal,
> or average, user. The only people using PS are either corporately
> supported or students—no one else can afford it.

"No one else" as in "lots and lots of freelancers who make their
living from illustration, design, digital photography etc."?

> Where are the “have nots” going? To GIMP.

There are multiple options. GIMP is just one of them.

Affinity Photo is quickly gaining a dedicated user base for photo
manipulation. Black Ink, Krita and others are becoming popular options
for digital painting. And the list goes on.

> I know several successful artists who have abandoned PS for GIMP,
> and I’m aware of many more. I did two lectures on a particular aspect
> of fantasy art last March. Of those attending, two used PS because
> their employers paid for it. Of the rest, about five used GIMP. Everyone
> else wanted to know where to get it, and one PS user said he was going
> to recommend it to his employer.

Glad to hear that. Still a very small sampling.

> I get the distinct impression from what you say and how you say it that
> you work in marketing.

Well, I'm not Maurizio, but I do work in marketing, and my role with
GIMP could be qualified as PR. So I'm guessing that's
double-propaganda in your book.

> You can’t “tell the whole world,” but you can tell everyone you know, even
> if they don’t use such software. Someone they know might lament the state
> (EXPENSE) of Adobe and PS, at which point your non-artistic acquaintance
> says “Have you tried GIMP? Its free and <insert your name here> loves it!”
> Been there, done that. Have yet to hear anyone say, “Nah, I’ll stick with
> Photoshop.”

Your experience, if it's true, is different from lots and lots (and
lots) of cases I personally witnessed.

Alex