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And unfortunately some more basic features. :( I've been using GIMP for the last eight years now, and I still run up against: * Bad text handling. Can't kern

And unfortunately some more basic features. :( I've been using GIMP for the last eight years now, and I still run up against: * Bad text handling. Can't kern individual letters, just coarsely set tracking for the entire block; this is particularly bad given Linux's decidedly average font rendering. * Fuzzy Selection needs a lot of manual cleanup. * CMYK. I have to jump over to Adobe tools on the Macbook whenever I want to work with things destined for print. I'm not a professional graphics/design guy; I'm a mostly-backend web developer who dabbles in graphics and print design on occasion. I want to love GIMP, I really do. :( (I'm running GIMP 2.8 on Ubuntu 12.10; I've been a Linux user since Red Hat 7.2, so it's not a Noobuntu issue.)

cpncrunch 13y ago
It's the UI that's the worst aspect of gimp. I must admit I hate photoshop as well - it's just as bad. I much prefer paint shop pro for doing light graphics stuff - it's much more intuitive for the most part, and takes a lot less time to do stuff.
pbhjpbhj 13y ago
GIMP is terrible for text input, but then it's a raster graphics app and so I don't really think it's a major use case. I tend to use GIMP for photo editing mainly and then use those raster elements in Inkscape for composition and anything vector-y. Inkscape is pretty good for text but there are still some things that trip me up on it. It could use some of the multi-page elements from Scribus IMO.
- michaelbuddy 13y ago
  At first I was thrilled Gimp 2.8 added live text input. But I don't use it because when I make text, naturally I want to do Layer Styles to it like Photoshop and I can't. For 11 years now I've been waiting for GIMP to get those features that would make it usable for me. It's always just a tool to play around with every month or so. I think in the next 5 years Linux will get a port or a new graphics app that will take Gimp to the cleaners.

cpncrunch 13y ago

It's the UI that's the worst aspect of gimp. I must admit I hate photoshop as well - it's just as bad. I much prefer paint shop pro for doing light graphics stuff - it's much more intuitive for the most part, and takes a lot less time to do stuff.

pbhjpbhj 13y ago

GIMP is terrible for text input, but then it's a raster graphics app and so I don't really think it's a major use case. I tend to use GIMP for photo editing mainly and then use those raster elements in Inkscape for composition and anything vector-y. Inkscape is pretty good for text but there are still some things that trip me up on it. It could use some of the multi-page elements from Scribus IMO.

michaelbuddy 13y ago
At first I was thrilled Gimp 2.8 added live text input. But I don't use it because when I make text, naturally I want to do Layer Styles to it like Photoshop and I can't. For 11 years now I've been waiting for GIMP to get those features that would make it usable for me. It's always just a tool to play around with every month or so. I think in the next 5 years Linux will get a port or a new graphics app that will take Gimp to the cleaners.