Just because something is free doesn't make it good or worth considering.Īs a tool for producing content, the GIMP really is more linux's MS paint than photoshop. I know it's free software developed on some hobby developer's free time but that does not make it immune from criticism. Picasa, a free (as in beer, not as in freedom) photo library management and quick photo editing tool that was immensely popular on Windows before Google dropped it, had fast non destructive image editing.Įditing anything in GIMP feels like a painful process that allows no mistake and every single process, even just drawing a damn circle (one that doesn't have heavy artifacts by the way), takes more clicks or keyboard shortcut presses than it ever should. The venerable shareware Paintshop Pro, one of the first popular Photoshop clone, grew that feature. In 20 years, almost every single serious tool for image manipulation has understood that non destructive editing is at the core of productivity.
Photoshop had massive, productivity boosting features like Adjustment Layers, since the 4th release, in 1996!! simple non destructive effects were added to the list with 5.0 in 1998. I agree that GIMP is a Linux's Photoshop, not a Linux's MS Paint
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