A patch for optimizing GIMP 3.0+ for Adobe Photoshop users, including features like:
- Tool organization to mimic the position of Adobe Photoshop;
- New Splash Screen;
- New default settings to maximize space on the canvas;
- Shortcuts similar to the ones in Photoshop for Windows, following Adobe's Documentation;
- New icon and Name from custom .desktop file.
https://github.com/Diolinux/PhotoGIMP/blob/master/screenshots/photogimp_3_-_diolinux.png
Flatpak (Linux)
In order to install the newest version of PhotoGIMP on your Linux operating system using Flatpak, just follow this simple steps:
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Make sure you already have GIMP installed from Flathub; (for Ubuntu/Mint user just select Flatpak below the install button in the manager)
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Start and quit GIMP after you installed before you continue!
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Download the files from this repository or just click here - > https://github.com/Diolinux/PhotoGIMP/releases/download/3.0/PhotoGIMP-linux.zip
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Extract the content of the zip file on your home folder (.config and .local - they are the important ones) and overwrite the files if needed; (if you can't see the file click Ctrl+H to see hidden files)
-You're done, enjoy it! 😄
Vanilla GIMP has superior UX compared to Photoshop imo
This is just wrong. I love foss and the effort put into gimp, but there are so many little ux things that it gets wrong.
The big one for me is non destructive resizing of pasted objects. Photoshop puts the little drag handles on them allowing for resizing, the top middle one allows you to rotate, holding the shift key locks proportions etc, all right away after pasting.
On gimp you can open a menu and specify the height and width, or you can click shift + s, which kind of works like Photoshops but is somehow clunkier & destructive when shrinking.
I also really miss smart objects and the universal tool options menu (not sure what it's called but it lives on the top of the canvas on PS and gives you all the relevant options for whatever tool you are using. I'm sure gimp has an equivalent but out of the box I find it much more correct and confusing.