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.

• Prunebutt@slrpnk.net ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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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      • Nachorella@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        This is very common for a lot of these programs, I’m not actually sure about Gimp, but Photoshop, Krita and Affinity Photo all let you. Same with a lot of the other digital art programs I use for work.

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    • altima_neo@lemmy.zip ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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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      • fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        And that’s probably why it sucks so much. If they’d just cloned the work flow of other programs GIMP would actually be good for amateurs.

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    • rufus@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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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      • FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I’m not surprised at least some of it applies, but I’m not sure what still applies and what doesn’t without looking it all up. But I do understand their general point.

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