When I google for rawtherapee fork it’s already in the top results.
I started this topic because I had trouble finding ART-related videos in Youtube. But, whatever.
When I google for rawtherapee fork it’s already in the top results.
I started this topic because I had trouble finding ART-related videos in Youtube. But, whatever.
I had about the same thought. It’s a little as if the program was called “and”.
Hmmm… @agriggio … since it’s a RawTherapee fork, you could base the name on that fact. The advantage is that the users’ guide could then be called RTFM, which is at least as well-established as Git. (sorry, couldn’t resist)
It’s literally there:
Plus, ART stands for “Another RawTherapee”…
I also want to stress that I do understand @rne’s point of view, and I had no intention of dismissing his/her concern. But, realistically, as long as I am in charge, a change of name is not going to happen, I’m sorry…
I’m going to start AART, Another ART fork, okay?
Jokes aside, I’m sure that a lot of video tutorials for RawTherapee still apply to ART as well. And once you get a feel for the software, it’s easy to discover and experiment with how different modules work.
Because there aren’t many IMHO, a better way might be a “ART” resources page that is updated frequently. Youtube searches are sketchy too.
There are good hints here, but finding them is rather tedious.
Don’t get me wrong, I am fully with on the finding info issue.
Yes, I know. The suggestion to replace ART with RTF was really just a dumb joke to create a valid use for RTFM. Sorry. It was not intended to anger you or the RT team, or to make a joke of either project.
Yes, I know. The suggestion to replace ART with RTF was really just a dumb joke
oh no, I’m the dumb one – I so didn’t get it
@agriggio, there’s a certain “cachet” in being hard-to-find…
Seriously, a good product will stand on its merit, albeit at a slower pace.
I’m going to start AART, Another ART fork, okay?
I vote for something that has the acronym AARTVARK.
I was going to suggest
Forked
Another
Raw
Therapee
But then decided against it.
Hmmm… That could help with discoverability indeed
Don’t let the Glimpse people find out about that one.
Hmmm… That could help with discoverability indeed
Hmmm, don’t think so. There’s a lot of prior art for the word…
Someone beat me to FART, although, that would probably only narrow search results a bit anyway…
So, maybe, Forktherapee. Or Sporktherapee. Or Psychotherapee. Or Rawcooker.
It seems common for open source developers to hobble their project with a poor software name. “Art” as a title is going to be impossible to find and it comes across as having a grotesque ego being named after a word that represents the entirety of creative endeavor. I rarely find myself rooting for an open source project to fail but in this case I think I am. If the goal is to create RawTherapee with a simpler interface, and I think that’s a worthy goal, then I would rather RawTherapee itself be updated to provide that improvement.
I rarely find myself rooting for an open source project to fail but in this case I think I am.
Just because you don’t like the name? I mean, root for whatever you want, but a more constructive action would be to start submitting PRs to RawTherapee…
Oh, and “ART” is an acronym, sufficiently distinguishable from the word “Art” in my view. Or, you can piss off the legions of Arthurs in the world…
It seems common for open source developers to hobble their project with a poor software name. “Art” as a title is going to be impossible to find and it comes across as having a grotesque ego being named after a word that represents the entirety of creative endeavor. I rarely find myself rooting for an open source project to fail but in this case I think I am.
You seem not to have read Alberto’s take on this, earlier in this thread: he doesn’t care if the “general audience” doesn’t find his software. And that’s his prerogative.