Can i use gimp for commercial

Starting with version 2. Yes, better support for CMYK has been on our roadmap for a long time. Please take some time to read up on that.

This is partially funded by the GIMP community , you can join in, too. We have no timeline on this. Also, please note that we are not planning advanced features such as GCR support for now. This will most likely require a new dedicated developer in the team. Additionally, it would lead to dramatically changing the way we mean GIMP to work.

Hence we respectfully disagree to make extra behaviour switches. In any of the drawing tools Pen, Pencil, etc. Then hold the shift key and click on the other endpoint. In the Rectangular or Elliptical selection tool, click in one corner of your square or circle, then press Shift while dragging toward the other corner. Or enable the checkbox for Fixed: Aspect Ratio in tool options and make sure the aspect ratio is set to before starting your square or circular selection.

For curved selections, like circles, stroking with the Paintbrush paint tool will usually give a smoother looking line. Yes, GIMP does support graphic tablets and maps pressure, stroke speed, and other events to its advanced brush engine properties. Assistance in terms of code improvement is the "coin of the realm" in the FOSS movement, as I understand it.

Of course, not all modifications would "make the grade", but as long as the code modifications were made available to the community and consequently to the wold at large the license requirement would seem to be satisfied. And the GIMP community would love to have additional assistance. But what about fonts? I assume that all fonts would have to be registered, or how do you work that? Just wondering. Do you mean it is possible to sell GIMP itself? I' don't think it is possible or am I wrong?

Thanks Francesco. Anyone can distribute GPL'd software for a fee. It's just not a very successful business model most of the time. Frank Gore gore friendlyphotozone. Your distinction between these two cases is not exactly true. Even when you distribute an unmodified Gimp you're required to provide the sourcecode to your customer on request.

The easiest way of course is to provide the sourcecode archive on the same medium you use to distribute the Gimp binary, even without the customers request. The fact that the typical free software project has a prominent presence on the net does not release you from the obligation to provide the source code to your customers think about a project dropping from the net, this would leave your customers out in the dark Well, about fonts, I was remembering when I used to work in graphics and we had to be really vigilant about font licenses.

I was thinking of this recent post on gimplist, which seems to cover the personal or small commercial use:. But actually I was wondering more specifically about the packaging of fonts with a distribution of Gimp.

Were you to supply a set of fonts with, is there a collection or place to choose from that are all free, or you buy them, or you let it up to the user to get their own, etc? Daniel Smith opened. Businesses that restrict themselves to proprietary software like Microsoft Office and Adobe Photoshop get a raw deal.

Not only do they have to pay for the software but they have to factor in the cost incurred every time the software becomes corrupt. This includes the fee to be paid to the computer technician to re-install the software. It should be the primary aim of every business to develop a system that automates maintenance to the maximum possible extent. Sometimes this means that features that appear complete do not get merged or take months or years before they become available in the GIMP.

The version number used in the GIMP is expressed in a major-minor-micro format, with each number carrying a specific meaning. The first major number is incremented only for major developments and is currently 2. The second minor number is incremented with each release of new features, with odd numbers reserved for in-progress development versions and even numbers assigned to stable releases.

The third micro number is incremented before and after each release resulting in even numbers for releases and odd numbers for development snapshots , with any bug fixes subsequently applied and released for a stable version. The user interface of the GIMP is created by a dedicated design and usability team. The GIMP itself is released as source code, after which, installers and packages are made for different operating systems by developers who might not be in contact with the maintainers of the GIMP.

Features of the GIMP The tools used to perform image editing can be accessed via the toolbox, through menus and dialogue windows. They include filters and brushes, as well as transformation, selection, layer and masking tools. Colour There are several ways of selecting colours, including palettes, colour choosers, and using an eyedropper tool to select a colour on the canvas.

Colours can also be selected using hexadecimal colour codes as used in HTML colour selection. The GIMP has native support for indexed colour and RGB colour spaces; other colour spaces are supported using decomposition, with which each channel of the new colour space becomes a black-and-white image.

Gradients are also integrated into tools such as the brush tool, so when the user paints this way, the output colour slowly changes. There are a number of default gradients included with the GIMP; a user can also create custom gradients with the tools provided. Gradient plugins are also available.

Selections and paths The GIMP offers a rectangular and circular selection tool, a free select tool, and fuzzy select tool also known as magic wand.

The GIMP also supports a quick mask mode with which you can use a brush to paint the area of a selection. This looks like a red coloured overlay being added or removed. The foreground select tool is an implementation of Simple Interactive Object Extraction SIOX , a method to extract foreground elements, such as a person or a tree that is in focus. You can use paths to create complex selections, including around natural curves. The more common tools include a paint brush, pencil, air brush, eraser and ink tools to create new or blended pixels.

The bucket filling tool can be used to fill a selected area with a colour or pattern. The blend tool can be used to fill a selected area with a colour gradient. These colour transitions can be applied to large regions or smaller custom path selections. These include:. An image being edited in the GIMP can consist of many layers in a stack.

Nir Nir 1, 9 9 silver badges 8 8 bronze badges. Good point on the sharing files. Indeed, if you are wanting to work professionally in the GD industry, whether you like it or not, you're going to need the Adobe Suite of products as both clients and colleagues will be wanting and sending files in that format. Additionally, they have a Photoshop plugin adaptor. It only works in Windows, but it is an option.

Your other points are all very good, and I can only second them. I'm not sure that the GIMP understands all of the layer features such as fx and blending. If it does, that's good to know. I've never failed to share a file from the GIMP and whilst I'm not evangelising I would love to know what Nir means by "produces better results".

It's merely a tool: the designer defines the outcomes. DA01 DA01 Berin Loritsch Berin Loritsch 3 3 bronze badges. Last time I looked into it, the way people in the open source design community dealt with colour spaces and colour management was by importing graphics into Scribus - "the open source inkscape" - which does support colour profile management.

I don't think it's a straightforward workflow yet but I know it's an area they're working on improving. It makes perfectly printable pdfs. Luis Luis 71 1 1 silver badge 1 1 bronze badge. Michael Michael 7 7 silver badges 13 13 bronze badges.

Actually, you can. You just import them using the textures palette. This is an oldie, but I'll add my 2 cents. The first point to consider is the ecosystem the designer lives in. I still have a copy of PS for very specific stuff, but I use it less than once a month. The new kid on the block is Affinity Designer and Affinity Photo. Rafael Rafael 32k 2 2 gold badges 30 30 silver badges 84 84 bronze badges.

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