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 _______________________________________________ gimp-user-list mailing list List address: [email protected] List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list
