Re: [Gimp-developer] Gimp in private schools and educational institutions

2015-04-29 Thread Elle Stone
On 04/29/2015 02:47 PM, Nathan Summers wrote: We do not make GIMP to compete against Photoshop. GIMP_is_ used at schools. Also, USA is not the only country in the world. Not even the largest one out there. So our target audience is non-English speaking photographic professionals that don't

Re: [Gimp-developer] GIMP useability - choosing linear vs perceptually uniform RGB

2015-04-29 Thread Joao S. O. Bueno
Hi Elle - Seeing your e-mail give the same kind of and what can I do about it feeling I have when talking to Americo (he should also be reading this mailing list by now). There are obvious lots of improvements that _could_ be done so that GIMP would be a killer application. What you do on the

Re: [Gimp-developer] Gimp in private schools and educational institutions

2015-04-29 Thread Jon Senior
Apologies for the top post. My phone won't permit anything else. With regard to the Firefox comparison, if the name was the only difference you'd have a valid argument. But unless you can line up the potential contributors who were put off by the name you're going to have to take into account

Re: [Gimp-developer] Gimp in private schools and educational institutions

2015-04-29 Thread Nathan Summers
On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 3:04 PM, Alan Pater alan.pa...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 1:47 PM, Nathan Summers rockwal...@gmail.com wrote: I wouldn't have wanted my name associated with something called GIMP if I had known what the word meant when I started contributing to it. gimp

Re: [Gimp-developer] Gimp in private schools and educational institutions

2015-04-29 Thread Alan Pater
On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 1:47 PM, Nathan Summers rockwal...@gmail.com wrote: I wouldn't have wanted my name associated with something called GIMP if I had known what the word meant when I started contributing to it. gimp noun 1. twisted silk, worsted, or cotton with cord or wire running through

Re: [Gimp-developer] Gimp in private schools and educational institutions

2015-04-29 Thread Gez
El mié, 29-04-2015 a las 14:47 -0400, Nathan Summers escribió: On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 4:34 AM, Alexandre Prokoudine alexandre.prokoud...@gmail.com wrote: Furthermore, I suggest you exercise nastyness elsewhere. This is a mailing list for discussing development of GIMP. There's nothing

Re: [Gimp-developer] Gimp in private schools and educational institutions

2015-04-29 Thread C R
Come to think of it, I'd like to see more GIMP teeshirts. Is there somewhere where we can submit designs for them, where profits go to the project? On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 11:03 PM, C R caj...@gmail.com wrote: I'm an American (US citizen even), and the name GIMP is just fine. For the record, I

Re: [Gimp-developer] Gimp in private schools and educational institutions

2015-04-29 Thread Michael Schumacher
On 04/30/2015 12:07 AM, C R wrote: Come to think of it, I'd like to see more GIMP teeshirts. Is there somewhere where we can submit designs for them, where profits go to the project? We have a proposal from someone who wants to create shirts - and other stuff. What we've been slow about is

Re: [Gimp-developer] Gimp in private schools and educational institutions

2015-04-29 Thread C R
I'm an American (US citizen even), and the name GIMP is just fine. For the record, I have no issues wearing a GIMP teeshirt. Be thankful that the name was changed in 1995 from The GIMP to just GIMP, following the realisation that the movie Pulp Fiction would forever taint the name in the minds of

Re: [Gimp-developer] Gimp in private schools and educational institutions

2015-04-29 Thread C R
To put it into perspective, do a Google Image search for gimp, and see the ratio of GIMP project images to fetishy Pulp Fiction swag. The internet has voted on this one already, and it's an overwhelming majority in favour of GIMP being a FOSS image manipulation program. On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at

Re: [Gimp-developer] Gimp in private schools and educational institutions

2015-04-29 Thread Liam R. E. Quin
On Wed, 2015-04-29 at 23:13 +0100, C R wrote: To put it into perspective, do a Google Image search for gimp, and see the ratio of GIMP project images to fetishy Pulp Fiction swag. The more common meaning of the word in English-speaking countries is a derogatory term for someone injured or