GIMP makes uncommon things possible, and common things hard. I really don't understand the mental model of people (the devs) who think the GIMP UI is intuitive. It's such a powerful, widely used program, I have always thought it was just me, not understanding some paradigm. But Photoshop is as or more powerful, and yet is so much easier to work with. And it isn't only casuals using Photoshot; professionals do too, so it's not just that GIMP is designed for power users.

I honestly don't understand how the GIMP UI can be so consistently and enduringly difficult.

Draw a straight line with GIMP. I dare you.

[–] webjukebox@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago (2 children)

GIMP makes uncommon things possible, and common things hard.

Now I understand my frustrations.

[–] SnowBunting@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

Same. This is exactly how I feel about the program

[–] Bahais_Mexicali@mastodon.social 1 points 1 year ago

@webjukebox @sxan and mine...

[–] madis@lemm.ee 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Draw a straight line with GIMP.

Pencil tool, point 1, hold shift, point 2. Is it any easier in Photoshop?

Edit: yes, apparently there is a line tool in Photoshop.

[–] sxan@midwest.social 7 points 1 year ago

Ok, that's not bad. And the GIMP tutorial pages are way better than last time I used them.

It's still a little obscure for casual users - having to remember key combinations between infrequesnt uses (was it shift? Alt? Control?) especially trips me up when working with selections... adding, removing, etc. But I shouldn't use line creation; that's pretty simple.

[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago

With default keybinds: N, left click, shift+ left click.