Honest to gods, this conversation happened today, and it may have cost me a job opportunity. The customer was super impressed with my menu design and animation, and wanted to know who we got it from. When I said I did it, their face lit up! Too bad as soon as i said GIMP, they weren't interested anymore. Has anyone else experienced this? What do you say in similar situations?
It's funny, because I'm not a native speaker and Gimp means.. well.. this software. I only learned what it meant years later.
Just pronounce it "JIMP" and watch the .gif pronounciation debate light up once again!
And then along came Microsoft with the Zune and decided to have like this neat Nearby Share feature so you could like...share a song with a friend and their Zune - and called the feature "Squirting".
Maybe get in the habit of calling it by it's full name initially. Then it seems like an unfortunate acronym instead of a software made by perverts. Note I'm fairly certain most software is made by perverts, and I'm including myself in that group.
It's pronounced "JIMP" 😌
maybe just say the G.I.M.P. or something. honestly as a non-english speaker the name Gimp sounds very good lol
GIMP but pronounce it JIMP, like GIF
I usually just say things like "I used an open source image editing tool. It's like Photoshop, but free!" and then don't elaborate further heh
what are you gonna do, ask for a refund?
You could use Procreate instead. Oh wait a second...
Some folks call it Gnu Imp, but i really do wish they would change it.
I fixed this by using Krita instead. I used to only use it for vector work but then realized it does most everything GIMP does, too.
Anyone who tried to bring GIMP into nonprofits and schools dealt with this problem. I cannot explain how many uncomfortable conversations I had with non-technical people.
And the defenders will continue to say GIMP's name is fine and still be shocked of the low adoption rate.
Hey, if you can code an excellent program while in a gimp suit...props to you.
"a program like Photoshop." Or just say Photoshop. Does it really matter to them?
I feel like a small drawback of (linux) open source is that everything is made by devs.
Sometimes I feel like a graphic designer or a marketing person might offer some really basic but solid advice... Like "don't name your app Gimp."
I know it's not easy for everyone but I think if one would say "GIMP!" with bit more confidence it would already help a lot.
Instead of doing the awkward:
"I-I use G-Gim.." sweats nervously "uummm Gimp.. It stands for GNU Image..." ÜwÜ
Alternatively just say "I edit/create the images myself and use Canva to animate it"
On the other hand, we all avoided using Freax
“I made this with GIMP, since I use Freax.”
I'd just follow up in the same sentence with "it's an Adobe alternative". People tend to fix on the last thing in a sentence so they'll just ask why you don't use that instead.
Why not rename it to Linux Image Manipulation Program?
Oh, wait...
Ok, then just Image Manipulation Program?
... oh shit.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DB_403_026_2024-08-02_JM_5D413719.jpg
We liked our ICE perfectly well. Nowadays I can't even mention to a customer that I like trains.
I just say I photoshopped it.
I pronounce it Jimp... for this reason ...and there's precedent with Gif.
"Creatives Opensource Creat Kit" would be better
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