It looks like this was asked in a GIMP forum, so I’m not really surprised at the backlash. It’s super rude to ask that in that forum. Like, they shouldn’t be rude back, but I understand why they were.
Forums are for discussion of a thing, which includes both praise and criticisms. They shouldn’t be echo chamber cults. That’s how you get elitist Vim users…
It looks like this was asked in a GIMP forum, […] It’s super rude to ask that in that forum.
Why? Just because you’re using a forum for a piece of software, presumably because you want to receive or offer help on using the software for the most part, doesn’t mean you’re obsessed with it and hate all other alternatives that exist.
It’s software, not a religion. These people need some perspective.
Imagine being in a community where being asked about alternatives is considered extremely rude. What a weird group of cult-like obsessives that would be. Creepy o.O
Because those people are there (presumably) to help people use GIMP. If you read the guy’s full comment, they were obviously there to take a shit on GIMP. And that’s fine, but maybe don’t do it to a whole bunch of people who have volunteered their time to help other people with it.
I disagree that this is the best group to ask about alternatives. These are GIMP people. If you want them to recommend something, they’re clearly going to recommend GIMP. A much better place to ask this question (assuming they weren’t just trying to shit on GIMP) would be a general digital photography forum, or an open source forum. A place where people use a wide variety of programs.
Is it? It’s just a forum it’s not like he’s asking the devs
It would be like going into a Microsoft forum and asking about alternatives to Windows. That’s obviously not the right place to do it. They should ask this in a general digital photography forum, or a general open source forum.
They also called GIMP an “epic POS” in their comment.
Hey, you guys know any good alternatives to Lemmy? Lol.
Mbin. Compatible with both Lemmy and Mastodon. Con: Mbin is even more beta software than Lemmy is. Lots of missing QoL.
For you, I’d suggest xitter, filth casual
Sublinks looks like it could be interesting.
Touch grass. It’s the best replacement for social media of any kind!
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I dunno if it was you asking the question or not but ^^;; if you want some decent replacements for gimp I recommend krita, it’s more Photoshop like and honestly it’s my go-to however there is also photopea which is a browser editor that I heard is actually pretty good, and if you’re on Mac or Windows (if so I dunno why you’d post here XD) I recommend the Affinity suit, it’s cheaper than Photoshop and it’s a one time payment instead of a subscription.
Lazpaint
Pinta
Krita
Asesprite
Oh, vim community became gimp community.
Wow! I have been looking for gimp alternatives or specific ways of doing things on gimp, compared to photoshop and most answers have been very honest and helpful!
Even gimp development team are open for suggestions but won’t consider them before releasing version 3 that should release ‘very soon’
Krita is great.
I feel like Krita is more focused on digital painting, rather than image editing
I mean, what exactly does gimp or photoshop do (besides the RAW editing tools–but if you’re using those you’re already a professional) that Krita doesn’t?
Right now I’m in a bit of a bind because part of my workflow relies on exporting particular layers and layer groups as separate images. GIMP has a plugin for it, but it uses Python 2, no longer developed, and likely won’t work in GIMP 3. If Krita can do this, I’m switching immediately.
Oh I wish GIMP had a “export visible” functionality. My workaround is usually to “copy visible” and then paste to a new image.
Isn’t that what the basic “Export” does?
I tried using Krita instead of gimp but found it hard to do color management: adjust levels, exposure, color curves and such. At the time I simply couldn’t find any dialogs to do many of those tasks.
Yeah you’re right, it’s not meant for that
Windows paint is actually better. Maybe that’s why they banned his account
I mean, they’re right. If you want a replacement for Gimp, the recommended step is to learn Gimp. But i guess you want a software to edit images? Or to paint? With layer & transparency support? Etc. etc. Know what you want.
Edit: they left the important bit out.
I kind of agree. I’m not a pro but I’ve been using gimp to do little bits of editing (mostly to make slack emojis and memes) for a few years, and I constantly encounter little things that seem like they should be simple and intuitive, but are not.
I haven’t used Photoshop in over a decade, but I feel like I rarely felt the same frustration regarding basic tasks.
Oh buddy, if you think that is toxic, you might not want to keep going on the internet.
Tux Paint is feckin awesome. Not even photoshop has sound effects when you use a tool.
Back in a day we played with it with my cousins when they were kids (and I was teenager). There was some big insect like hornet or at least wasp with that scary noise. The younger one was afraid of it to the point he would run away, screaming and crying (no exaggeration here). And the older one loved to scary the shit out of his younger bro to the point he still mentions it with a smile sometimes even though they’re now 20+
GIMP would be infinitely better if they just changed the name so we could talk about it around normal people without getting dirty looks
Also if they made it have a workflow friendly to people who are used to almost anything else
almost anything else
You mean photoshop right?
I mean, or Corel or even Paint.net.
Just don’t live in an English speaking country, easy!
I honestly think it’s unfair to judge someone for not putting significant time into learning another complex program. I’ve used Photoshop since it first existed, and it’s basically a lifetime of knowledge. A combination of things has brought me to exploring other open source solutions, but GIMP is definitely unintuitive in comparison. I’m only putting the time in because there’s literally no alternative that’s as powerful and ubiquitous an image editing solution, but I’d also be the first to jump on alternatives that would make the transition easier. It’s especially not fair to cast that judgement on professionals who don’t really have the time to invest in learning a new tool from scratch.
My problem with gimp is that I’ve never really used Photoshop (I may have back in it’s very early versions, but I don’t think so). I mostly just use something like Ms paint to take and crop screenshots or photos. Jumping into gimp (and presumably PS as well) is going to confuse people trying to do that.
I still don’t know how to use gimp just because I never need all that functionality and don’t have time to learn. Maybe someday.
inkscape in my opinion is intuitive to use, maybe because before I was used to Photoshop
Isn’t that more for vector graphics though? Not really an equivalent.
I may be wrong
I secured a major promotion at one point in my life using inkscape to create a business logo for the company I was climbing. I learned all about vector graphics and how they scale seamlessly, and loved it and gained a new appreciation for logo design in the pre-AI days. I did eventually make it to VP position in that company before the great economic collapse of '09 forced 80% layoffs.
Inkscape is for vector art, yeah. Great for design, not for like, painting.
Krita is pretty great for a free digital art app. But I used it for about a year and could never quite get used to it. I recently went back to Clip Studio Paint (with my perpetual license they do still honor), and my experience just improved so much. It was like… ah, yes, an art program that clearly paid people to specifically make the UI easier to use for non-programmers, what an underrated feature.
That’s exactly it, yes. Gimp for raster, Inkscape for vector.
hmm gimp also does vector, atleast I tried a while ago but it wasnt very pleasurable honestly
