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    [–] BaumGeist@lemmy.ml 61 points 2 days ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (24 children)

    Wrong tool for the job anyway.

    GIMP and photoshop have always been photo editing tools first and foremost, which means they are meant for working with bitmap graphics, not vector.

    Want to work with vector graphics? Use Inkscape.

    Would you look at that: Inkscape already has very robust shape tools

    Edit: before I rip my hair out: As explained elsewhere in this post, GIMP already has shape creation methods for bitmap. I assumed people were refering to PS's vector shape capabilities because... GIMP already has shape creation methods for bitmap.

    Yes, it's part of the default tool set of a lot of programs that are not GIMP; don't like it? Use those programs you listed instead. Or implement it because it's FOSS. Or throw some money at the devsβ€”who are creating something for you for free while you whinge about the things they haven't done for youβ€”so you at least have some right to whinge.

    [–] m4m4m4m4@lemmy.world 17 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (5 children)

    GIMP and photoshop have always been photo editing tools first and foremost

    I mean, GIMP literally means "General Image Manipulation Program".

    Excusing the lack of proper shape drawing tools as "it's a task for vector software" while at the same time having things like the ability to define vector masks is complete nonsense.

    [–] gnutrino@programming.dev 49 points 2 days ago

    I mean, GIMP literally means "General Image Manipulation Program".

    ... It stands for GNU Image Manipulation Program and has done for 28 years now.

    [–] fitgse@sh.itjust.works 27 points 2 days ago

    It means GNU Image Manipulation Program.

    [–] itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 21 points 2 days ago (1 children)

    Where do you get that idea from? Tht G stands for GNU

    [–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 days ago (2 children)

    But what does the G in GNU stand for?

    [–] OccultIconoclast@reddthat.com 11 points 2 days ago

    GIMP's not Unix

    [–] blind3rdeye@lemm.ee 6 points 2 days ago

    gTerry Pratchett, I think.

    [–] Abnorc@lemm.ee 9 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

    They could call it SIMP, for specialized image manipulation program.

    [–] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago

    drawing shapes is a very much general use. 90% of the times I only open an image editor to crop and annotate an image, with shapes like boxes circles arrows. I'm not drawing in it and I highly doubt that drawing on a computer is a "general" thing.

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