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 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] madis@lemm.ee 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Draw a straight line with GIMP.

Pencil tool, point 1, hold shift, point 2. Is it any easier in Photoshop?

Edit: yes, apparently there is a line tool in Photoshop.

[–] sxan@midwest.social 7 points 1 year ago

Ok, that's not bad. And the GIMP tutorial pages are way better than last time I used them.

It's still a little obscure for casual users - having to remember key combinations between infrequesnt uses (was it shift? Alt? Control?) especially trips me up when working with selections... adding, removing, etc. But I shouldn't use line creation; that's pretty simple.

[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago

With default keybinds: N, left click, shift+ left click.

[–] jaykay@lemmy.zip 20 points 1 year ago

I started off on GIMP, decided to try Photoshop…. How… how can I come from software I have more experience with, and find it easier to work in Photoshop? As much as I want to love GIMP, damn the UX is ass