Nkɔmmɔbɔ a wɔne Øyvind Kolås, GIMP ayɛfoɔ (2017) bɔeɛ

Sɛnea Open-Source Innovation Resakra Adebɔ Nnwinnade ama Nnɛyi Nnwuma

Bere a Øyvind Kolås tenaa ase wɔ afe 2017 mu sɛ ɔrebɛka n’adwuma a ɔde mfe pii ayɛ wɔ GIMP graphics engine no ho asɛm no, na ɛnyɛ code ho asɛm kɛkɛ na ɔreka — na ɔreka nyansapɛ bi a ɛsakra sɛnea nnwuma fa so yɛ adebɔ softwea no komm. Sɛ́ ɔdansifo a ɔhyɛ GEGL (Generic Graphics Library) akyi no, Kolås de bɛboro mfe du kyekyee fapem a wɔde bɛyɛ mfonini a ɛnyɛ nea ɛsɛe ade a wɔbɛsesa wɔ wiase no mu nneɛma a wɔde di dwuma kɛse a wɔde di dwuma kɛse no biako mu. N’adwuma no gyina hɔ ma biribi a ɛsõ sen adwuma biako: adwene a ɛne sɛ enhia sɛ nnwinnade a tumi wom, a ɛyɛ adwumayɛfo de no de adwumayɛbea bo a wɔakyerɛw so ba, na adwumayɛkuw a wɔabue ano no ma wonya softwea a eye sen sɛnea abɔde a nkwa wom a wɔato mu betumi ayɛ. Wɔ nnwuma a wɔrefa sikasɛm nhyehyɛe a ɛyɛ den ne adebɔ ho ahwehwɛde a ɛrenya nkɔanim mu fam no, saa nyansapɛ yi nyɛɛ nea ɛho hia kɛse da.

Mfiridwumayɛfo a Ɔwɔ GIMP Nsakrae Kɛse no Akyi

Øyvind Kolås, a wonim no wɔ open-source mpɔtam hɔ denam ne nsa "pippin" so, yɛ Norwayni developer a ne mmoa a ɔde ma GIMP no trɛw bɛboro mfe du. Nea ɔde n’adwene asi so titiriw ne GEGL — mfoniniyɛ nhyehyɛe a egyina graph so a ɛsakraa sɛnea GIMP di pixel data ho dwuma no titiriw. Ansa na GEGL rebɛka abom no, na GIMP no yɛ 8-bit kɔla bun ne ɔsɛe adwumayɛ nhyehyɛe. Kolås adwuma no de bit-depth processing a ɛkorɔn, linear light operations, ne architectural fapem a wɔde yɛ editing a ɛnsɛe ade bae.

Nea ɛmaa Kolås kwan no yɛɛ nwonwa ne ne boasetɔ ne n’anisoadehu a ɛtra hɔ kyɛ. GEGL nkɔsoɔ hyɛɛ aseɛ wɔ afe 2000 mfitiaseɛ mu, na wɔde bɛka GIMP ho koraa no gyee bɛboro mfeɛ dunum. Eduu afe 2017 no, na adwuma yi aba no reda adi wɔ GIMP 2.10 adan a wɔasisi ansa na wɔayi no adi no mu, a awiei koraa no wɔde 32-bit floating-point precision, on-canvas preview of GEGL operations, ne processing pipeline a wɔayɛ no nnɛyi kwan so no bɛkɔ. Na eyi nyɛ flashy startup sprint — na ɛyɛ methodical, fapem engineering a ɛde di kan sɛ wobenya architecture no pɛpɛɛpɛ sen shipping features ntɛmntɛm.

N’asɛm no de asuade bi a ɛtrɛw kɔ akyiri sen softwea nkɔso ma: nneɛma foforo a ɛkɔ so daa hwehwɛ sɛ wɔde sika hyɛ infrastructure mu ansa na wɔayɛ nneɛma a ɛyɛ fɛ. Nnwuma a wɔde si adwumayɛ fapem a ɛyɛ den so — sɛ́ ɛyɛ mmara anaa adwumayɛ nhyehyɛe mu — no yɛ adwuma sen wɔn a wɔtaa bere tiaa mu nkonimdi akyi bere nyinaa.

Nea enti a Adwumayɛ a Ɛnyɛ Ɔsɛe no Ho Hia Sen Nsusuwii

Adwene a Kolås gyinaa akyi wɔ GIMP mu — editing a ɛnyɛ ɔsɛe — yɛ nnaadaa kwan so mmerɛw. Sɛ́ anka wobɛsesa wo source material no daa wɔ adwuma biara mu no, woboaboa nsakrae ahorow ano sɛ layers a wotumi dannan a wobetumi asesa, asan ahyehyɛ, anaa wɔayi afi hɔ bere biara. Mfitiase data no da so ara yɛ nea ɛte saa. Wɔ mfonini sesa mu no, eyi kyerɛ sɛ wubetumi de kɔla nteɛso, blur, ne crop adi dwuma, afei san kɔ na woasesa kɔla nteɛso no a worenhwere nsakrae afoforo no.

Saa nnyinasosɛm yi wɔ nkyerɛkyerɛmu a emu dɔ wɔ adebɔ softwea akyi. Nnɛyi nnwuma reyɛ adwuma kɛse wɔ mmeae a ɛsɛ sɛ wotumi dan gyinaesi ahorow, wotumi bu akontaa, na wɔsan yɛ no mpɛn pii. Susuw sɛnea CRM pipeline yɛ adwuma ho hwɛ: wompɛ sɛ misclick biako mpo bɛsesa deal bi abakɔsɛm daa. Anaasɛ susuw invoicing ho — tumi a wobɛtumi asiesie line items, asan nsakraeɛ, na woakura audit trail a ɛda adi pefee mu no ho hia ma sikasɛm mu mmara sodi. Nyansapɛ a ɛnsɛe ade a Kolås de hyɛɛ GIMP nhyehyɛe mu no kyerɛ nea adwumayɛ kwan a wɔayɛ no yiye de ma wɔ adwumayɛ fã biara so.

Platforms te sɛ Mewayz de saa adwene koro yi di dwuma wɔ wɔn module 207 a wɔaka abom no nyinaa mu. Sɛ́ ebia woreyɛ nsakrae wɔ akatua akontaabu mu, woresakra afɛfo nyansahyɛ bi, anaasɛ woresan asiesie adwuma bi bere nhyehyɛe no, nhyehyɛe no kura nsakrae abakɔsɛm mu na ɛma wutumi san yɛ bio a wunsuro sɛ wobɛhwere adwuma a woadi kan ayɛ. Ɛyɛ adwumayɛ a ɛne editing a ɛnsɛe ade yɛ pɛ — na ɛyɛ nsakrae saa ara.

Mfaso a Ɛwɔ Open-Source a Ɛma Nnwuma a Ɛrenya Nkɔso

Adeɛ baako a ɛyɛ den paa wɔ Kolås adwuma a ɔyɛeɛ wɔ GIMP ho ne deɛ ɛgyina hɔ ma wɔ sikasɛm mu. Adobe Creative Cloud suite no gye nnwuma ho ka fi $55 kosi $90 ma obiara a ɔde di dwuma ɔsram biara. Wɔ kuw a wɔyɛ adwumfo du fam no, ɛno yɛ $6,600 kosi $10,800 afe biara — ansa na wɔabu akontaa wɔ stock photography nkrataahyɛ, plugin tumi krataa, anaa ntetee ho ka ho. GIMP, a Kolås GEGL engine na ɛma ahoɔden no, de adwumayɛfoɔ-grade tumi ma a tumi krataa ho ka biara nni mu.

Open-source model no anyin kɛseɛ firi afe 2017. Nnwumakuo a ɛwɔ hɔ nnɛ tumi de open-source ne SaaS nnwinnadeɛ a ne boɔ yɛ den kyekyere adebɔ ne adwumayɛ stacks nyinaa a wɔmfa ne su mmɔ afɔreɛ. Nneɛma titiriw a ɛsɛ sɛ wosusuw ho bere a wɔresusuw nnwinnade a wɔabue ano a wɔde bedi dwuma wɔ adwumayɛ mu ho no bi ne:

• Ɛka a wɔbɔ wɔ ne wurayɛ ho nyinaa — Tumi krataa a wɔde ma kwa no nkyerɛ sɛ wɔde di dwuma kwa; factor wɔ ntetee, customization, ne mmoa
mu
• Mpɔtam akwahosan — Mpɔtam a wɔde mmoa ma a wɔyɛ nnam (GIMP anya nnipa bɛboro 700 a wɔde mmoa ma) kyerɛ sɛ wobetumi ayɛ adwuma bere tenten
• Integration capability — Nnwinnade a ɛne wo adwumayɛ nhyehyɛe a ɛwɔ hɔ dedaw no di nkitaho denam API ne fael nhyehyɛe a ɛyɛ gyinapɛn so brɛ akasakasa ase
• Scalability — Hwɛ sɛ adwinnade no betumi adi adwuma a ɛrenya nkɔso ho dwuma a enhia sɛ wɔde platform switch
• Ahobanbɔ ne mmara sodi — Wobetumi ayɛ open-source code ho nhwehwɛmu, a ɛho hia kɛse ma nnwuma a wodi data a ɛho hia ho dwuma

Nnwuma a wɔn ani atew sen biara no npaw nnwinnade a wɔabue ne aguadi nnwinnade nkutoo. Wɔkyekye hybrid stacks — wɔde GIMP di dwuma ma batch image processing, Mewayz ma adwumayɛ sohwɛ, ne targeted premium nnwinnade nkutoo wɔ baabi a open-source alternatives nokwarem no di nkogu. Saa kwan yi betumi atew software a wɔsɛe no so 40-60% bere a ɛkura anaasɛ mpo ɛma tumi tu mpɔn.

Adebɔ-kɔ-Adwumayɛ Pipeline a Wɔrekyekye

Kolås adwuma no sii nsonsonoe bi a nnwuma pii da so ara di aperepere wɔ ho so dua: abusuabɔ a ɛda adebɔ mu nneɛma a wɔyɛ ne adwumayɛ dwumadi ntam. Ɔdebɔfoɔ bi yɛ agyapadeɛ wɔ GIMP anaa Photoshop mu, de kɔ amannɔne, de kɔ draibɛ a wɔkyɛ mu, ɔnam Slack so bɔ aguadi kuw no amanneɛ, na afei wɔde wɔn nsa de bata ɔsatuo, asetena mu nsɛm, anaa nneɛma a wɔakyerɛw ho. Nsa biara de akyɛdeɛ, version confusion, ne asiane a ɛwɔ agyapadeɛ a ne berɛ atwam a wɔde bedi dwuma mu ba.

Nnwumakuw a wosusuw daakye ho no reyi saa nsonsonoe ahorow yi afi hɔ denam wɔn adebɔ adwumayɛ nhyehyɛe ahorow a wɔde bɛka wɔn adwumayɛ nhyehyɛe ahorow ho tẽẽ no so. Sɛ wo design output no kɔ wo CRM, wo booking nkratafa, wo link-in-bio profiles, ne wo invoicing templates mu tẽẽ a, woyi adwumayɛ mu friction fã bi nyinaa fi hɔ. Sɛ nhwɛsoɔ no, Mewayz dwumadiefoɔ bɛtumi ayɛ brand agyapadeɛ foforɔ pɛnkoro na wɔama saa nsakraeɛ no ayɛ cascade wɔ client-facing modules so — ɛfiri proposal templates so kɔ digital storefronts — a wɔmfa nsa nsan nkɔfa nnwinnadeɛ a wɔatwa mu.

a wɔde ahyɛ mu

Software a ne bo yɛ den sen biara wɔ adwuma biara mu no nyɛ nea ɛwɔ tumi krataa ho ka kɛse — ɛyɛ nea ɛma nsaanodwuma a ɛsen biara wɔ nhyehyɛe ahorow ntam. Ɛkame ayɛ sɛ bere nyinaa na ɛka a wɔbɔ wɔ nkabom ho, a wɔde nnipa nnɔnhwerew susuw no boro nkrataahyɛ ho ka so.

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Saa nhumu yi nti na su a ɛkɔ all-in-one platforms no akɔ ntɛmntɛm. Nnwumakuw a kan no na wɔhwɛ nnwinnade ahorow awotwe kosi dumien a ɛsono emu biara so — emu biara ye yiye wɔ baabi a wɔatew wɔn ho — rehu sɛ nkitahodi a ɛkɔ soro wɔ saa nnwinnade no ntam no bo yɛ den sen nnwinnade no ankasa. Modular platform a ɛdi CRM, invoicing, HR, project management, ne adebɔ mu agyapadeɛ kyekyɛ ho dwuma wɔ ɔdan baako ase no yi nnɔnhwerew ɔhaha pii a wɔde yɛ adwuma a adagyew afe biara yɛ no fi hɔ.

Asuadeɛ a ɛfiri Mfeɛ Dunum a Wɔde Yɛ Ayarefoɔ Mfiridwuma mu

Ebia Kolås asɛm no fã a wɔnkyerɛ ho anisɔ kɛse ne bere nhyehyɛe no. Wɔ tech amammerɛ a ɔde ne ho ahyɛ iteration ntɛmntɛm ne minimum viable products mu no, ɔde bɛboro mfe dunum kyekyeree GEGL yɛɛ no ​​graphics engine a ɛyɛ krado sɛ wɔbɛyɛ. GIMP kuw no amfa ahopere amfa GEGL nkabom ankɔ gua so a wɔde nneɛma a wɔato no fã — wɔtwɛn kosii sɛ nhyehyɛe no betumi aboa anisoadehu a edi mũ a ɛfa mfonini a ɛyɛ bit-depth a ɛkorɔn, a ɛnyɛ ɔsɛe, GPU-a ɛyɛ ntɛmntɛm ho.

Saa boasetɔ yi tuaa mfaso. Bere a awiei koraa no wɔde GIMP 2.10 kɔe wɔ April 2018 mu no, na ɛnyɛ nkɔso a ɛkɔ soro — na ɛyɛ awo ntoatoaso mu ahurututu. Software no firii sɛ wɔpoo no sɛ "Photoshop ma nnipa a wɔntumi ntɔ Photoshop" kɔɔ sɛ wɔgye toom sɛ ɛyɛ ɔkwan foforɔ a ɛtumi ankasa a ɛwɔ adansiɛ mu mfasoɔ wɔ adwumayɛ nhyehyɛeɛ bi mu, titire batch processing ne scriptable image manipulation via Script-Fu ne Python-Fu.

Nnwumakuw betumi anya asuade a tumi wom wɔ ha: fapem sika a wɔde hyɛ mu no yɛ kɛse. Bere a wode hyehyɛ nhyehyɛe a ɛfata — sɛ́ ɛyɛ adwumayɛ kwan a ɛkɔ akyiri a wobɛhyehyɛ, adwumayɛ nhyehyɛe a ɛfata a wobɛkyerɛw, anaasɛ wobɛkyekye adwumayɛ nhyehyɛe a ɛyɛ adwuma — te nka sɛ ɛyɛ brɛoo mfiase no nanso ɛma wonya mfaso kɛse wɔ asram ne mfe mu. Nnwumakuw a wɔde wɔn sika hyɛ dapɛn biako mu de hyehyɛ Mewayz module ahorow a ɛka bom no bɔ amanneɛ yiye sɛ wɔkora nnɔnhwerew 15-20 dapɛn biara wɔ afe a ɛto so abiɛsa a edi kan no mu, sɛ wɔde toto wɔn a wɔde ahopere gye nnwinnade a wonni nhyehyɛe pa no ho a.

Daakye a ɛfa Adwumayɛfoɔ Nnwinnadeɛ a Wotumi Kɔ Ho

Efi bere a Kolås bisabisaa no nsɛm wɔ afe 2017 mu no, ɔkwan a ɔkaa ho asɛm no akɔ ntɛmntɛm ara kwa. GIMP kɔ so dan kɔ editing a ɛnyɛ nea ɛsɛe ade koraa mu. Wɔde AI-powered features refrafra open-source adebɔ nnwinnade mu. Na gua a ɛtrɛw no agye adwene a ɛne sɛ ɛsɛ sɛ adwumayɛfo a wɔyɛ adwumaden-grade tumi yɛ nea nnwuma akɛse biara tumi nya — ɛnyɛ wɔn a wɔwɔ adwumayɛ sikasɛm nhyehyɛe nkutoo.

Saa demokrase yi trɛw kɔ adwumayɛ softwea asase nyinaa so. Baabi a ebia na adwuma bi a wɔrefi ase wɔ afe 2012 mu no behia $2,000 ɔsram biara wɔ softwea nkrataahyɛ mu na ama wɔatumi ayɛ mfitiaseɛ dwumadie no, nhyehyeɛ a wɔde toto ho nnɛ no bɛtumi abɔ boɔ a ɛnnu $100 denam nnwinnadeɛ a wɔabue ano ne platforms a ne boɔ yɛ den a ɛwɔ biribiara mu a wɔaka abom so. Nnwuma 138,000+ a wɔde platforms te sɛ Mewayz redi dwuma dedaw no kyerɛ sɛ nnwumakuw nketewa ne akɛse nnye atoro paw a ɛda tumi ne nea wobetumi atɔ ntam no ntom bio.

Nnwinnade a wɔde yɛ ade a wɔabue ano, AI automation, ne modular business platforms a wɔaka abom no rema tebea bi a nnipa baanum kuw betumi de nnipa aduonum ahyehyɛde a ɛyɛ adwuma yiye na ɛyɛ fɛ ayɛ adwuma. Kolås ne wɔn a wɔyɛ no te sɛ ɔno na wɔtoo fapem no denam adanse a wɔdaa no adi sɛ wobetumi de adwumayɛkuw ayɛ softwea a ɛwɔ wiase nyinaa, akyekyɛ no kwa, na mpɔtam hɔfo na wɔama atu mpɔn bere nyinaa sen nnwumakuw.

Anamɔn a Mfasoɔ a Wobɛfa so Ayɛ Wo Adwumayɛ Nnwinnadeɛ Stack no Nnɛyi

Nnyinasosɛm a ɛwɔ Kolås kwan a ɔfa so kyekye GEGL akyi no kanyan no, nhyehyɛe bi a wode bɛsɔ w’ankasa adwumayɛ nnwinnade stack ahwɛ na woayɛ no nnɛyi de ni:

1. Hwɛ wo mprempren nnwinnade ne ne ka ankasa ho akontaa. Kyerɛw softwea nkrataahyɛ biara, afei fa nnɔnhwerew a wɔasusuw sɛ wode bedi dwuma wɔ nsaano data a wɔde fa wɔn ntam no ka ho. Tow a wɔbɔ wɔ nkabom ho no taa yɛ 2-3x sika a wɔbɔ wɔ nkrataakyerɛw ho.
2. Kyerɛ wo core operational spine. Paw platform biako a ɛbɛsom sɛ wo central hub — sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ yiye no, nea ɛfa CRM, project management, invoicing, ne team coordination ho wɔ natively sen sɛ ɛnam nkabom so.
3. Layer in specialized tools only where needs. Fa GIMP anaa open-source nnwinnadeɛ a ɛte saa di dwuma ma adebɔ adwuma, nanso hwɛ sɛ ɛnam shared storage anaa direct integrations so na ɛbɛka wo operational core no ho.
4. Fa sika hyɛ nhyehyɛe mu, ɛnyɛ akwan tiawa. Fa bere no hyehyɛ adwumayɛ nhyehyɛe, automations, ne templates yiye ansa na woadi kan ayɛ. Te sɛ Kolås a ɔrekyekye GEGL nhyehyɛɛ ansa na ɔde nneɛma bi aka ho no, wo fapem nhyehyɛe no na ɛkyerɛ bere tenten mu mmɔdenbɔ.
5. Hwɛ mu na san yɛ saa bosome mmiɛnsa biara. Nnwinnadeɛ dane, akuo nyin, na adwumayɛ kwan sesa. Yɛ nhyehyɛe ma nhwehwɛmu a wɔyɛ no daa na yi nnwinnade a ɛho nhia fi hɔ na fa akwan foforo a eye bere a ɛrepue no.

Mmere a wɔde cobbling nnwinnade du du pii a wɔatwa mu no reba awiei. Sɛ́ ebia woresiesie mfonini wɔ GIMP mu, worehwɛ afɛfo so wɔ CRM mu, anaasɛ woreyɛ wo invoicing pipeline no automating no, nkonimdi kwan no yɛ nea Øyvind Kolås de mfe pii a ɔde yɛɛ mfiridwuma a wɔde nteɛso ayɛ no daa no adi: si fapem a ɛyɛ den so, fa wo nhyehyɛe ahorow no bom nyansam, na ma compounding efficiency nyɛ adesoa a emu yɛ duru ma w’adwuma.

Nsɛmmisa a Wɔtaa Bisa

Dɛn ne GEGL na adɛn nti na ɛho hia?

GEGL (Generic Graphics Library) yɛ mfoniniyɛ adwuma engine a ɛma nnɛyi GIMP ahoɔden. Øyvind Kolås na ɔyɛɛ no, na ɛde mfonini a ɛnyɛ ɔsɛe, a emu dɔ kɛse bae. Eyi ma wotumi yɛ nsakrae a emu yɛ den a wɔrensesa mfonini a edi kan no ho nsɛm no koraa, ade a bere bi na ɛyɛ adwumayɛfo de a bere bi na wɔyɛ softwea a ne bo yɛ den nkutoo de. Nnɛyi platforms te sɛ Mewayz a ɛde module 207 ma de gye $19/mo no nso de tumi a ɛte saa a ɛnyɛ nea ɛsɛe ade di dwuma de ma nnwuma ma adwumayɛfo adebɔ tumi a ne bo nyɛ den.

Ɔkwan bɛn so na softwea a wɔabue ano te sɛ GIMP boa nnwuma?

Open-source softwea ma wonya ɔkwan foforo a ɛho ka sua, ɛyɛ mmerɛw, na ɛda adi pefee sen nnwinnade a ɛyɛ wɔn dea. Sɛnea wɔasi so dua wɔ nsɛmbisa no mu no, nyansapɛ a ɛwɔ GIMP nkɔsoɔ akyi no ma nnwuma tumi denam wɔn adebɔ nnwinnadeɛ a ɛma wɔnya so tumi no so. Eyi ma tumi krataa ho ka so tew na ɛkwati sɛ wɔbɛto adetɔnfo mu. Nnwumakuw betumi akyekye saa fapem a ɛyɛ den yi, te sɛ sɛnea Mewayz de module ahorow 207 a wɔaka abom ma ma $19/mo nkrataahyɛ a ɛyɛ tratraa, na ɛma nnwinnade a ɛkɔ anim yɛ nea wobetumi anya.

Dɛn ne editing a ɛnsɛe ade?

Nsiesiei a ɛnyɛ ɔsɛeɛ yɛ adwumayɛ kwan a wɔde nsakraeɛ (te sɛ filters anaa kɔla nteɛsoɔ) di dwuma sɛ layers anaa akwankyerɛ sene sɛ wɔbɛsesa mfitiaseɛ piksel no tẽẽ. Eyi ma wutumi san yɛ nsakrae anaasɛ wuyi nsunsuanso ahorow no fi hɔ bere biara a worenhwere ne su. Kolås adwuma a ɔyɛe wɔ GEGL ho no de saa adwumayɛfo gyinapɛn yi baa GIMP. Ɛyɛ nnyinasosɛm titiriw wɔ nnɛyi adebɔ suites mu, a nnwuma te sɛ Mewayz ka ho, a ɛboa nnwuma ma wɔhwɛ ma wɔyɛ agyapade a ɛyɛ mmerɛw, ɛyɛ papa.

So nnwinnade a wɔabue ano betumi ne aguadi softwea asi akan ampa?

Yiw, sɛnea GIMP a wɔde di dwuma ne nkɔso a ɛkɔ so daa no di ho adanse no. Nsɛmbisa no kyerɛ sɛ nnwuma a wɔbue ano no betumi anya aba a ɛyɛ adwumayɛfoɔ dea denam mpɔtam hɔfoɔ mmɔdenbɔ a wɔatu wɔn ho ama so. Wɔtaa ma wɔyɛ nneɛma foforo a akyiri yi nneɛma a wɔtɔn no gye tom. Wɔ nnwuma a wɔrehwehwɛ ɔkwan a ɛkari pɛ no, nnwuma a egyina nkrataahyɛ so te sɛ Mewayz (module 207 a wɔde gye $19/mo) kyerɛ sɛnea wobetumi ama adwumayɛfo nnwinnade ayɛ nea tumi wom na wobetumi anya bi, na ɛde nnyinasosɛm ahorow a wɔabue ano ne nkɔso a ɛtra hɔ daa afra.