GIMP 2.99.x Development Releases Likely Starting Soon For GIMP 3.0

[phoronix]

Phoronix: GIMP 2.99.x Development Releases Likely Starting Soon For GIMP 3.0

It's 2020 and GIMP remains one of the last holdouts for a major software application still relying upon the GTK2 tool-kit even with GTK4 potentially coming around the end of the calendar year. Fortunately, at least, the GIMP 2.99.x development releases on the path to the GTK3-based GIMP 3.0 should be starting up soon...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=GIMP-2.99.x-Soon-And-2019-Recap

[cl333r]

I stopped following GIMP's transition to Gtk3 like 8 years ago.

[Britoid]

As much as I appreciate the people who work on it do it for nothing, I have one massive gripe with GIMP that's independent of it's toolkit.

The UI is horrible. Please, just copy Photoshop or Krita.

[archsway]

The UI is horrible. Please, just copy Photoshop.

People that like the Photoshop UI do not use the GIMP. They use Photoshop.

Why should a far superior image manipulation program deliberately destroy their UI just so that Photoshop users can call it "Rubbish Photoshop clone" instead of "Horrible, it doesn't look anything like Photoshop"?

[prokoudine]

As much as I appreciate the people who work on it do it for nothing, I have one massive gripe with GIMP that's independent of it's toolkit.

The UI is horrible. Please, just copy Photoshop or Krita.

https://twitter.com/GIMP_Official/status/1207682585809342465

[tildearrow]

People that like the Photoshop UI do not use the GIMP. They use Photoshop.

Why should a far superior image manipulation program deliberately destroy their UI just so that Photoshop users can call it "Rubbish Photoshop clone" instead of "Horrible, it doesn't look anything like Photoshop"?

I call it "Photoshop, 10 years behind".

[Britoid]

https://twitter.com/GIMP_Official/st...82585809342465

Ok I'll reword what I said.

Fix the UI.

[Duff~]

GIMP

How dare you?

[caligula]

Ok I'll reword what I said.

Fix the UI.

I'm no artist, but have some experience with photography, small scale publishing, and old skool pixel painting. To me GIMP is easier to use. I started with MS DOS Deluxe Paint, switched to Paint Shop Pro (starting with version 3 or so), and took some time to learn GIMP, when I switched to Linux. It changed a bit few years ago, but didn't take long to learn the new workflow. It's still missing some advanced features, but I don't do anything super advanced. For processing RAW, I use Capture One, Lightroom, or Darktable. OTOH, every time I begin with Photoshop, it feels bloated and overly complex. Each new version feels worse than the older. Mostly because I don't spend any time learning that UI. What does this tell us? I think the UI/UX experience heavily depends on your background.

[cl333r]

I'm no artist, but have some experience with photography, small scale publishing, and old skool pixel painting. To me GIMP is easier to use. I started with MS DOS Deluxe Paint, switched to Paint Shop Pro (starting with version 3 or so), and took some time to learn GIMP, when I switched to Linux. It changed a bit few years ago, but didn't take long to learn the new workflow. It's still missing some advanced features, but I don't do anything super advanced. For processing RAW, I use Capture One, Lightroom, or Darktable. OTOH, every time I begin with Photoshop, it feels bloated and overly complex. Each new version feels worse than the older. Mostly because I don't spend any time learning that UI. What does this tell us? I think the UI/UX experience heavily depends on your background.

My story: I'm no technician, but have some experience driving bikes. To me Ford cars are better than BMW or Mercedes. I started with rusty bikes then switched to newer ones and took some time learning to drive a Ford car. It's still missing some advanced features, but I don't do anything super advanced. For driving to the mall it fits me just fine. OTOH, every time I see a BMW driving by it seems bizarre, bloated and overly complex. Each new version of Mercedes and BMW feel worse than older ones. Mostly because I don't spend any time learning anything about those cars. What does this tell us? That I'm a clueless moron who likes to share his ignorance and bias? - No. I think it tells us that "the user experience heavily depends on your background".