Yeah, I back you up on this 100%. I never use GIMP on my Linux box because it's not enough like Photoshop. I know, ridiculous sentence, I sound like a blaspheme

Yeah, I back you up on this 100%. I never use GIMP on my Linux box because it's not enough like Photoshop. I know, ridiculous sentence, I sound like a blasphemer, my apologies. There's nothing wrong with saying Photoshop has got things right. Sure it's nowhere near open, and incredibly overpriced but that's exactly why I want to love GIMP. I've been wishing for a Photoshop clone minus the bad parts of Photoshop plus some innovations but what I've gotten so far is just falling short. It feels to me like MS Paint on steroids. UI is decent but the functionality kills me in that any time I try to do something like I would in Photoshop like, say adding a simple stroke to a shape or adding a gradient or shadow, in GIMP it doesn't come out looking like its even in the same ballpark as Photoshop no matter how long I spend tweaking knobs and sliders. GIMP may not be for us though. I was under the impression it was a Photoshop alternative but maybe I took that too literally. If I'm the minority then so be it, I'll keep searching for a better fit but I do hope GIMP grants some of my wishes. I open it and I feel like I could use it but then u start using it and it disappoints me.