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Very long time Gimp user, also photoshop user here. Full credit to all the hard working developers on it over the years. You should be proud of what you create

Very long time Gimp user, also photoshop user here. Full credit to all the hard working developers on it over the years. You should be proud of what you created. However. Gimp was always just slightly too good, mature, stable and complete, to justify alternative projects. Gimp IMHO is the reason we don't have a layered raster (& vector) editor in 2020 which can hold a candle to Photoshop. There have been attempts, but Gimp really sucked the wind out of the motivation to do competing OSS projects - for all really good reasons mentioned above. So no criticism of the software it's self here... just sometimes something succesful can stifle competition. I'd love to see more clean sheet 'Photoshop alternatives'.

prokoudine 6y ago
The real reason is that making complicated software is hard, and few people have enough motivation to do that. Blaming lack of persistence on other software is a very strange take on dealing with this.
gpvos 6y ago
We have Krita now. I don't know much about it, but it seems to be able to do many of the same things.
- BeetleB 6y ago
  Krita can do quite a few basic things, and a few advanced things that Gimp can't, but they're really not in the same league. If you're a serious photo editor, Krita is quite lacking, and will always be - they do not intend to be a photo editor.
  - archerx 6y ago
    I rather edit my photos in Krita than suffer through gimp any day.
    - BeetleB 6y ago
      For most photographers, that's the equivalent of "I'd rather have ugly photos than use Gimp." If Krita does what you need, that's fine. But for even basic "serious" photoediting, it's lacking. Krita, as they themselves point out, is a drawing program, not a photo editor.
      - archerx 6y ago
        You make a lot of assumptions. You have never seen my photos yet you feel ok to call them ugly. So much for being objective right? Keep assuming though, you know what they say about it.
        BeetleB 6y ago
        > You have never seen my photos yet you feel ok to call them ugly. I did no such thing. There's a reason my comment had a qualifier.
- mackrevinack 6y ago
  only thing I don't understand in krita is the stamp/clone tool so I open glimpse (gimp) if I need to do anything that involves that. otherwise I do everything in krita these days. the interface is nicer, the hotkeys make more sense and I find it easier to work with layers

prokoudine 6y ago

The real reason is that making complicated software is hard, and few people have enough motivation to do that. Blaming lack of persistence on other software is a very strange take on dealing with this.

gpvos 6y ago

We have Krita now. I don't know much about it, but it seems to be able to do many of the same things.

BeetleB 6y ago
Krita can do quite a few basic things, and a few advanced things that Gimp can't, but they're really not in the same league. If you're a serious photo editor, Krita is quite lacking, and will always be - they do not intend to be a photo editor.
- archerx 6y ago
  I rather edit my photos in Krita than suffer through gimp any day.
  - BeetleB 6y ago
    For most photographers, that's the equivalent of "I'd rather have ugly photos than use Gimp." If Krita does what you need, that's fine. But for even basic "serious" photoediting, it's lacking. Krita, as they themselves point out, is a drawing program, not a photo editor.
    - archerx 6y ago
      You make a lot of assumptions. You have never seen my photos yet you feel ok to call them ugly. So much for being objective right? Keep assuming though, you know what they say about it.
      - BeetleB 6y ago
        > You have never seen my photos yet you feel ok to call them ugly. I did no such thing. There's a reason my comment had a qualifier.
mackrevinack 6y ago
only thing I don't understand in krita is the stamp/clone tool so I open glimpse (gimp) if I need to do anything that involves that. otherwise I do everything in krita these days. the interface is nicer, the hotkeys make more sense and I find it easier to work with layers