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My guess is the reason they haven’t overhauled the UI is they build GIMP for themselves and their own mental model. Having used Photoshop forever, I can’t make

My guess is the reason they haven’t overhauled the UI is they build GIMP for themselves and their own mental model. Having used Photoshop forever, I can’t make the transition to GIMP because it feels unintuitive. Unless Linux is your desktop OS, there are plenty of other cheaper options (than Photoshop), for example Pixelmator (OS X) or Paint.NET (Windows) that feel way more familiar.

qwerty456127 9y ago
Paint.NET is by far the best the best picture editor I've seen. Not nearly as feature-reach as GIMP or Photoshop so not an option for graphics professionals but for casual usage - it's bloody amazing, extremely intuitive in particular. I use Pinta on Linux and Mac - it's not as great as the original Paint.NET but still very handy while GIMP is like vim - you have to study it before you can use it (and you are going to forget what you have learnt if you don't use it regularly).
- billfruit 9y ago
  Paint.Net didn't even have customizable keyboard shortcuts last time I used it. I would consider it far behind GIMP in feature completeness.
  - qwerty456127 9y ago
    In feature completeness - obviously. In usability - hardly.
- slantyyz 9y ago
  > Paint.NET is by far the best the best picture editor I've seen. That's quite a statement. I would only say it with the following qualifiers: Paint.NET is by far the best free picture editor I've seen for Windows. I've seen plenty of non-free (some very affordable, some less so) editors for Mac and Windows that are way better than Paint.NET.
  - qwerty456127 9y ago
    I have never seen any picture editor, free or non-free that I (not a graphics professional, just a webmaster) would enjoy using nearly as much as I enjoy using Paint.NET. Photoshop looks notably more stylish (Paint.NET looks great too, GIMP looks mediocre from the aesthetical point of view) and feels a little bit more intuitive than GIMP yet still very hard to use until you spend days-weeks-months studying it and gaining experience. Paint.NET is 100% intuitive, no need to study, you just use it, looks great, feels convenient and does almost (for some things I actually use GIMP occasionally) everything I ever need quick-and-easy. The fact it is free is an amazing bonus to such a great product.
    - slantyyz 9y ago
      I am not a graphics professional either, and in the past couple of years, I've started to dislike Paint.NET a lot (I was a huge fan in the early days). These are, off the top of my head, what I consider to better than Paint.NET: Mac - Acorn, Pixelmator, Affinity Photo Windows - Affinity Photo If you're just doing simple edits en masse to images (crops and simple adjustments), then I would bypass an app like Paint.NET altogether and say these are better/easier: Mac - iPhoto, Photos, Aperture, Any Lightroom Clone (there are many) Windows - PhotoDirector, ACDSee, Any Lightroom Clone (there are many)
      - qwerty456127 9y ago
        Thank you for the recommendations, I'll evaluate these.

qwerty456127 9y ago

Paint.NET is by far the best the best picture editor I've seen. Not nearly as feature-reach as GIMP or Photoshop so not an option for graphics professionals but for casual usage - it's bloody amazing, extremely intuitive in particular. I use Pinta on Linux and Mac - it's not as great as the original Paint.NET but still very handy while GIMP is like vim - you have to study it before you can use it (and you are going to forget what you have learnt if you don't use it regularly).

billfruit 9y ago
Paint.Net didn't even have customizable keyboard shortcuts last time I used it. I would consider it far behind GIMP in feature completeness.
- qwerty456127 9y ago
  In feature completeness - obviously. In usability - hardly.
slantyyz 9y ago
> Paint.NET is by far the best the best picture editor I've seen. That's quite a statement. I would only say it with the following qualifiers: Paint.NET is by far the best free picture editor I've seen for Windows. I've seen plenty of non-free (some very affordable, some less so) editors for Mac and Windows that are way better than Paint.NET.
- qwerty456127 9y ago
  I have never seen any picture editor, free or non-free that I (not a graphics professional, just a webmaster) would enjoy using nearly as much as I enjoy using Paint.NET. Photoshop looks notably more stylish (Paint.NET looks great too, GIMP looks mediocre from the aesthetical point of view) and feels a little bit more intuitive than GIMP yet still very hard to use until you spend days-weeks-months studying it and gaining experience. Paint.NET is 100% intuitive, no need to study, you just use it, looks great, feels convenient and does almost (for some things I actually use GIMP occasionally) everything I ever need quick-and-easy. The fact it is free is an amazing bonus to such a great product.
  - slantyyz 9y ago
    I am not a graphics professional either, and in the past couple of years, I've started to dislike Paint.NET a lot (I was a huge fan in the early days). These are, off the top of my head, what I consider to better than Paint.NET: Mac - Acorn, Pixelmator, Affinity Photo Windows - Affinity Photo If you're just doing simple edits en masse to images (crops and simple adjustments), then I would bypass an app like Paint.NET altogether and say these are better/easier: Mac - iPhoto, Photos, Aperture, Any Lightroom Clone (there are many) Windows - PhotoDirector, ACDSee, Any Lightroom Clone (there are many)
    - qwerty456127 9y ago
      Thank you for the recommendations, I'll evaluate these.