Comment on Hell freezes over, MS Paint adds support for layers and PNG transparency

• angstylittlecatboy@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  For how relatively well known it is (it’s probably like the next most well known piece of FOSS after Linux and Blender) I can’t believe how bad a piece of software GIMP is.

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  • aksdb@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I hope you mean the UX. I think attacking it’s functionality would be unfair. It does everything good and right … technically.

    If the UX is objectively bad or “just” subjectively might be hard to find out. I would assume if there are objective UX mistakes, some contributor might have been able to deal with that by now. But of course it doesn’t change anything if a majority doesn’t like it for subjectice reasons. It’s part of UX design to deal with subjective aspects.

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    • roembol@lemmy.roembol.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Not having adjustment layers is a pretty big deal

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      • fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Or you know, being able to rearrange layers.

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      • conno02@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        as a doofus gimp user, what’s an adjustment layer?

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    • Crul@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I’ve been waiting for years for “non-destructive edition” (AKA smart objects). It’s a fundamental feature that I use (almost?) always as a first step. IMHO a lof of professional work is not practical without it.

      They had it (see 2020 archive) on the roadmap marked as “No[t started]”. The current roadmap looks more promising with “link layers” marked as WIP and saying it could be available on GIMP 3.0.2.

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    • conno02@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      ive been stuck with gimp and now ive been stockholm syndromed into liking it

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  • Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Then all the defenders go “But it’s free and open-source!” and you can tell they are just paying lipservice.

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  • Phen@lemmy.eco.br ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I use Gimp a lot.

    It does its job very well, but that job is not to be an alternative to photoshop.

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  • gmtom@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I used GIMP before Photoshop and I still massively prefer GIMP.

    I really think its a case of what you got used to first.

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