• TxzK@lemmy.zip
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    9 months ago

    GIMPs UI is steaming hot pile of shit unfortunately. It’s very powerful yes, but the UI is really hard to figure out.

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      9 months ago

      Can’t say I agree.

      That said, this probably isn’t true if someone is transitioning from Photoshop, which is probably the context of this discussion. I have seen people who start with Gimp without knowing Photoshop and they got into it fairly quick.

      Using Gimp and expecting the same logic and structure as Photoshop will indeed lead to initial difficulties.

      I don’t want to get into a war here. Am sure there’s things more complicated in Gimp than PS, but also vice versa.

      Either way, I know a number of people who do stunning work with Gimp in little time.

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        9 months ago

        I often find this is the biggest obstacle with moving people to FOSS solutions. People want an alternative to Photoshop, so you show them Gimp, and they immediately get frustrated because they try to apply the logic and design philosophies of Photoshop to Gimp. People want an alternative to Windows, so you show them Linux, and they immediately get frustrated because they try to apply the logic and design philosophies of Windows to Linux. And then when it doesn’t work the same way, then obviously that is a deficiency of the alternative, and not simply them having to learn a new way of doing things.

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      9 months ago

      There’s a project by Diolinux called PhotoGimp, which aims to make Gimp look like Photoshop. It also changes all the keybinds to match those of PS.

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      9 months ago

      fortunately there’s some great people making awesome tutorials!