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[-] umbrella@lemmy.ml 101 points 5 months ago

anyone who has ever used image editing software professionally knows gimp's ui sucks very much.

we could have had an opensource photoshop killer if the developers werent adamant to keep the 90s workflow holding it back for so damn long.

"you are using it wrong!!" my ass.

[-] todd_bonzalez@lemm.ee 6 points 5 months ago

I feel like the issue is that people expect a "Photoshop killer" to be Photoshop verbatim. Instead of focusing on making a good tool, people just constantly compare it to the commercial pack leader.

Most of the complaints I hear about GIMP are just "x isn't like Photoshop". I would take the complaints more seriously if any of the people voicing them could actually articulate what should be improved.

[-] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 5 months ago

we saw a similar thing with blender, everyone kept shitting their pants over blender, until studios started actually using it, and then nobody cared.

Most of the complaints are just people mad that they have to learn something. As is true for most things in life.

[-] lemmynparty@lemmings.world 13 points 5 months ago

Blender has also undergone multiple UI changes over the years to make it more usable for new people.

[-] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 months ago

this is also true

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