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What "fuzz" is this referring to? I have for a long time preferred GIMP to paint.net for its portability and versatility, but neither of these compete with MSPa

What "fuzz" is this referring to? I have for a long time preferred GIMP to paint.net for its portability and versatility, but neither of these compete with MSPaint in any way-- they fill a completely different role.

grexi 13y ago
I think https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7486837 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7486837 is meant.
- grexi 13y ago
  original link: http://usersnap.com/blog/de-paint-ize-world-efficient-happier/ http://usersnap.com/blog/de-paint-ize-world-efficient-happie...
hippoman 13y ago
Agree. Simple tasks I use MS Paint for are more complicated in Paint dot net. Plus it has annoying floating windows that I'm forever dragging out of the way then trying to find again when they get lost. Why do so many paint programs have this inconvenience? Just dock them like Visual Studio.
ds9 13y ago
GIMP is great for editing photos, but a poor choice for creating bitmap (non vector) graphics. It's a big hassle even just to draw a straight line in GIMP. MS Paint is the reverse - easy for graphics, ill-suited for photos. As I noted elsewhere on this page, Kolourpaint4 is the Linux equivalent of MS Paint. There are others which aim for the same niche, one called (MTPaint? or similar?) for example, but I found them harder to use.
- thevdude 13y ago
  I've used mtpaint before, it works well for what it's for.
- lcedp 13y ago
  > GIMP is great for editing photos, but a poor choice for creating bitmap (non vector) graphics. It's a big hassle even just to draw a straight line in GIMP. MS Paint is the reverse - easy for graphics, ill-suited for photos. What? Photos are bitmap graphics and Gimp has nothing to do with vector graphics. You're really confusing a lot. To draw a straight line in Gimp you just hold shift.
- tshadwell 13y ago
  GIMP is not for creating Vector graphics, though you can have vector elements through bezier curves. Inkscape, however is created for this exact purpose.

grexi 13y ago

I think https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7486837 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7486837 is meant.

grexi 13y ago
original link: http://usersnap.com/blog/de-paint-ize-world-efficient-happier/ http://usersnap.com/blog/de-paint-ize-world-efficient-happie...

hippoman 13y ago

Agree. Simple tasks I use MS Paint for are more complicated in Paint dot net. Plus it has annoying floating windows that I'm forever dragging out of the way then trying to find again when they get lost. Why do so many paint programs have this inconvenience? Just dock them like Visual Studio.

ds9 13y ago

GIMP is great for editing photos, but a poor choice for creating bitmap (non vector) graphics. It's a big hassle even just to draw a straight line in GIMP. MS Paint is the reverse - easy for graphics, ill-suited for photos. As I noted elsewhere on this page, Kolourpaint4 is the Linux equivalent of MS Paint. There are others which aim for the same niche, one called (MTPaint? or similar?) for example, but I found them harder to use.

thevdude 13y ago
I've used mtpaint before, it works well for what it's for.
lcedp 13y ago
> GIMP is great for editing photos, but a poor choice for creating bitmap (non vector) graphics. It's a big hassle even just to draw a straight line in GIMP. MS Paint is the reverse - easy for graphics, ill-suited for photos. What? Photos are bitmap graphics and Gimp has nothing to do with vector graphics. You're really confusing a lot. To draw a straight line in Gimp you just hold shift.
tshadwell 13y ago
GIMP is not for creating Vector graphics, though you can have vector elements through bezier curves. Inkscape, however is created for this exact purpose.