[HN Gopher] Why is GIMP still so bad?
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Why is GIMP still so bad?
Author : ducktective
Score : 20 points
Date : 2022-04-17 20:06 UTC (2 hours ago)
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| orionblastar wrote:
| Because it is still compared to Photoshop. I like Paint.Net
| better as it is more like EA Deluxe Paint.
| DocTomoe wrote:
| I just love when people demand everyone's muscle memory to be
| overturned in a free tool for "better UX" because they themselves
| are too lazy to learn a new workflow.
| throw_m239339 wrote:
| > I just love when people demand everyone's muscle memory to be
| overturned in a free tool for "better UX" because they
| themselves are too lazy to learn a new workflow.
|
| Gimp devs probably think like you do. And this also is why
| artists aren't using Gimp more as well. The hubris. Gimp UI is
| objectively terrible and the workflow you're talking about
| doesn't have artists in mind, it's designed by developers for
| developers, not artists.
| sippeangelo wrote:
| I can't tell if you're speaking for or against GIMP's
| unintuitive UX here.
| kehrin wrote:
| This is exactly the attitude that made Photoshop end up with
| the absolute worst UX ever. So bad, I'd argue it's the reason
| Adobe just gave up and spread out new features across multiple
| other tools.
| V__ wrote:
| Often times people say that GIMP is just another workflow and one
| has to get used to it, just like with Photoshop. Maybe there is
| some truth to that. But my personal opinion differs.
|
| Of all the tools I played around with over the years, as a
| beginner or intermediate, be it Photoshop, Cinema 4D, Blender,
| Paint.Net, Illustrator, Inkscape, Premiere, and countless other
| less prolific..
|
| I was always able to figure it out myself fairly easily, with a
| bit of tinkering... except GIMP. It is my least used program with
| the most Google and YouTube searches, and I'm never not
| frustrated while using it. Still, every few years I come back and
| try it again.. and am disappointed again.
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| I remember, to this day, what my very first frustration was. I
| wanted to use GIMP to resave a PNG as a JPG and didn't notice the
| hidden dropdown (behind a checkbox!?) to change the file type why
| saving. Changing it in the filename box returned an error.. why?
| why? Sure, it only took a minute to find it, but it shouldn't
| have.
|
| Don't get me wrong, it is undoubtedly a powerful program and I am
| grateful that it exists. But the UI is abhorrently unintuitive.
| alpaca128 wrote:
| Well, it's the exact opposite for me. I don't do a lot with
| Gimp but I can only remember one time I needed to google how to
| do something, I just find it very intuitive to use. Sure it's
| not the most polished software and I've seen one or two bugs
| but overall it does everything I need with an easy to use
| interface.
|
| > Changing it in the filename box returned an error
|
| I always do it like that and it just works. Though in current
| versions you have to "Export" to jpg/png and not "Save as".
| Afaik the intention is to prevent overwriting the original file
| on accident.
| wildrhythms wrote:
| I switched from Adobe Photoshop to Pixelmator Pro. I'm happy to
| pay for software when it's fast, feels native, and has
| intuitive UX. Respect to the GIMP devs for continuing that
| important work, but I have to +1 to each of your points; the
| GIMP UX is not good. I find myself constantly getting 'locked'
| into some selection or transformation state I don't understand,
| there's no UI indicator for, and pressing escape or deselect
| doesn't get me out of. Very annoying usability in my
| experience.
| krapp wrote:
| Because Free Software people aren't supposed to care about
| quality, but rather be willing to suffer for freedom.
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