Comment on I was explaining to my daughter about the differences between Gimp and Photoshop and saw that Adobe had a page that claimed to compare the two. It never compares the two. It barely mentions Gimp.

Godort@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

• FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  You don’t have to pay for it.

  But they don’t like mentioning that part.

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  • Prunebutt@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    I once read that adobe also patents the simplest UX improvement, which means that gimp can’t implement good ideas that people are already used to.

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    • FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      I wonder if that’s why Gimp also has different hotkeys than Photoshop in some instances. Some of them seem pretty arbitrary. Like E is ellipse select in Gimp but eraser in Photoshop. The latter seems more intuitive to me.

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      • Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        Software design really needs to take a leaf out of game design’s book and let you change key binds. I suspect the only reason they don’t is because it would make troubleshooting more complicated.

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      • altima_neo@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        Nah, there’s other apps that have similar or the same shortcut keys. Gump just tries to be it’s own thing and not worry about Photoshop.

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      • rufus@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        I think they don’t take inspiration from Photoshop. Either it’s been a clone of a different product at some time or they developed it themselves. Hence the differences. I mean the whole UI doen’t really resemble similarity to Photoshop.

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  • NateNate60@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    I think for a real Photoshop vs GIMP comparison from the eyes of a professional, I’d like to share Franklin Veaux’s perspective. He’s an author, graphic designer, and the infamous local polygamist.

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    • FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      I would note that the reply is 3 years old and many things have changed in the interim, so I think an updated reply would be warranted for a good comparison.

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      • NateNate60@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        Just a cursory glance, but GIMP still doesn’t seem to support additive curves and CMYK support is still rudimentary and needs a plugin

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• conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Gimp’s UX is a trainwreck. “Approachable tools” is the key bit there.

  I don’t use photoshop. Fuck subscription horseshit. I use affinity. But Gimp having capability is fine, but it has a super high barrier to entry because the design is so bad.

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• henfredemars@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  It’s like AI wrote it.

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• CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  I stopped reading after “subscription-based”.

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