The GIMP

A few days ago I defended The GIMP in this or /prog from someone who had said it was a joke or something like that, as I had tried it just for a minute and had a look at what it could do.

Today I had to edit a couple very simple images for a "web sight": a paletized image, and a JPEG which needed to be expanded and filled with something different, and here at work I didn't have Paint Shop Pro at hand, so I had to use The GIMP.

I must say sorry Mr. Anonymous. You were right, The GIMP is indeed a joke.

Interface...total failure
Tools design...total failure
Layers design...total failure
Color conversion...total failure
Image information...total failure
Stability...total failure

Total failure :(

You meant this thread? http://www.world4ch.org/read/comp/1123784429/l40

If so, I feel your pain. GIMP is one of those pieces of software you really want to like. It's free, open source, light-weight compared to recent versions of PS, and it's powerful too. It's just that the interface is a complete let-down.

I'm disillusioned about that piece of software. Back when GIMP was competing with Photoshop 4.0 and 5.0 (and we all believed linux would take over the world), it looked like it was destined for great things. They promised us GIMP 2.0 would rock even harder.

Then development died. Nothing happened. And when GIMP2 finally came out? zOMG, this is the same shit, just using GTK2?!

Yeah, and every time you point out the interface stinks, the True Believers brush you off. People have been screaming about it for years, but nothing ever happens. You can do some things to improve the interface, but at the end of the day it's fundamentally flawed; there's only so much you can do.