I tend to agree. My background: I've been using Photoshop for about fifteen years nearly everyday. Just to be more informed, I decided to download Mac version

I tend to agree. My background: I've been using Photoshop for about fifteen years nearly everyday. Just to be more informed, I decided to download Mac version of GIMP. What I like: - Feels much more nimble, lightweight - Seems like it has most of core tools I need What prevents me from using it: - The interface seems really unfinished. I think that's what I like about Pixelmator: it's polished and looks somewhat similar to Photoshop's layout - The shortcuts are all different. I'm not even sure I can customize the shortcuts in some of the contexts as even some of the ones in Photoshop are sort of built in. That alone would be a huge deterrent as I rarely click on any interfaces. - Layer effects and smart objects. I know they are in the Roadmap but without them, I can't re-use elements others or I have made from Photoshop and it does effect image creation. - Masking is a little kludgy. When I imported my PSDs with shape masking, they all disappeared. Does it support vector masking? - Doesn't seem to support importing vectors from Illustrator as it automatically outputs some of the elements as raster elements. - Lack of layer folders. The whole single-window mode? I think that wouldn't nearly entice me as it's not that much of a deterrent.