• KneeTitts@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    GIMP is terrible, sorry

    Its actually not, but if you really hate the interface then try photogimp

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      3 days ago

      Believe me, the interface isn’t the problem with GIMP, and there are definitely problems.

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        2 days ago

        and there are definitely problems

        Yeah and there are problems with all software, but the real issue with GIMP is people dont want to learn how to use it. I took the time, I changed the hotkeys, I tweaked the settings, now GIMP is my mainstay pixel pusher

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        3 days ago

        there are definitely problems.

        Of course there are but the claim was that Lichtmetzger only needs to crop a bunch of images and Gimp is 100% capable of that and I say that as someone who can’t stand Gimp any longer and moved to Krita and others.

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          3 days ago

          Alright, yeah, that’s fair, as long as those images don’t have alpha components at least.

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            2 days ago

            as long as those images don’t have alpha components

            You dont think GIMP can handle transparent backgrounds in a PNG?

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              2 days ago

              I know it can’t, I had to remove it from my toolkit because it can’t. It’s something to do with the colorspace added in 2.10. Now, when you export an image with an alpha channel, every other piece of software sees that alpha channel with much higher contrast. There’s been a bug on the tracker for years, but the devs seem split between completely not understanding the issue and claiming it’s intended behavior.

              I’ve noticed something that isn’t mentioned in the issue that pretty much proves it isn’t intended, however. If you export a PNG with an alpha channel, then immediately reimport it to GIMP, the alpha channel will have the correct contrast, but will be completely crunched. Lost information. No way in hell destroying the alpha channel entirely is intended.