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The problem with GIMP
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this post was submitted on 03 Jun 2024
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which is great for you, but not for anyone who has even briefly used more mainstream options
Cool condescension, but I've been using Photoshop on and off since 2005, have occasionally used Illustrator, and used to spend an absurd amount of time with Flash. In addition to GIMP, I currently have Krita and Inkscape installed.
I literally prefer GIMP's UI. It doesn't have extra shit, it doesn't try to force me into a single window, and it goes really, really well with a multi-monitor setup. I don't care that it doesn't automatically edit non-destructively, because my workflow is adapted to it. Layers and folders are plenty.
No one piece of software is going to be the ideal solution for everyone. That's capitalistic exceptionalism infecting the rational analysis of what tool suits which user best. Photoshop may suit you better, but I'd take the sleek usefulness of GIMP over the bloat that accompanies all that extra stuff I don't need any day.
Why do I need an AI strapped to my tool for pixel art, pathing, and masking?
Wasn’t supposed to be condescending, apologies that I came across like that. I just more meant you aren’t representative of who a FOSS potential killer app needs to reach. I agree, I don’t want cloud, AI, subscriptions. But I do want a tool palette and interaction experience that doesn’t require looking at the docs to use.
You have literally no idea who I am or what I do.
I used GIMP to make a mock-up of a sign for a restaurant just yesterday. Is it going to be the tool I use for the final product? No, because that'll be in vector, but it's a lot easier to slap something together in than Inkscape or Krita.
'Killer apps' are meaningless in comparison to useful apps. I'm an artist who needs usable tools for her work. GIMP qualifies. Personally, I find it way easier and more intuitive to navigate than Krita, Inkscape, or any of Adobe's suite. It may not be for you, that's cool.
But what isn't cool is to pretend you know about other people's lives and what they need. Speak for yourself, you are perfectly capable of doing that. If you don't like GIMP's UI, that's great. If you think GIMP's UI is absolutely horrible for every user and nobody would ever use it for professional work.. you're literally just completely wrong.