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Re:GIMP 3.0 Released by jwrallie on Monday March 17, 2025 @11:49PM (#43395587)
I did not know any other similar software, I learned Gimp first, so I have no previous bias. I use GIMP for simple things like fixing bad lighting in a picture, cropping or removing backgrounds. I think the most complicated thing I did was using the resinthesizer plugin to remove some objects in a photo.

Unpopular opinion, but I think the UI/UX works just fine? It never got in the way of what I wanted to do, and now I am familiar with where all the options are.

Re:GIMP 3.0 Released by djmips on Tuesday March 18, 2025 @04:03AM (#43396761)
I agree with yah
Re:GIMP 3.0 Released by wizzledonker on Tuesday March 18, 2025 @06:30AM (#43397724)
It's genuinely not that bad
Re:GIMP 3.0 Released by tap-snap-or-nap on Tuesday March 18, 2025 @09:04AM (#43398965)
The reward for learning free and open source software is great value long term, while people addicted to Adobe ....
Re:GIMP 3.0 Released by jwrallie on Wednesday March 19, 2025 @06:30PM (#43417928)
I definitely agree. I think this is something that is not so obvious at first glance, specially for software that is seen as less capable.

The fact something is a well known free software program ensures a few extra features: it’s more likely to still exist in 5 years, you will still have a license to use it in 5 years, you can have it available on all of your computers and it is likely just one package manager command away from being available.

I just saw the other day a coworker fighting up with an MS Excel that refused to open a .csv file because it could not find a license.

I asked him why not use LibreOffice in the meanwhile. He looked to me like I was crazy and asked if it had better features.

Well, yes, it does have more features than Excel without a license and yes, the .csv importer has more features and will help you select the limiters with a nice preview and organize the column width automatically after importing.