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OpenCreativity - The interoperability layer between Adobe Alternatives (github.com)

submitted 1 year ago by Schola@lemmings.world to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

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[-] warmaster@lemmy.world 46 points 1 year ago

GIMP's UI is what's holding it back.

If it was remotely near inkscape's usability, it would be way more popular. The script that tries to make it look like Photoshop, shows GIMP's underlying limitations.

GIMP should go straight to phase 3.

[-] sxan@midwest.social 22 points 1 year ago

GIMP makes uncommon things possible, and common things hard. I really don't understand the mental model of people (the devs) who think the GIMP UI is intuitive. It's such a powerful, widely used program, I have always thought it was just me, not understanding some paradigm. But Photoshop is as or more powerful, and yet is so much easier to work with. And it isn't only casuals using Photoshot; professionals do too, so it's not just that GIMP is designed for power users.

I honestly don't understand how the GIMP UI can be so consistently and enduringly difficult.

Draw a straight line with GIMP. I dare you.