If there is one area GIMP needs improving it is the interface. It is not an intuitive program to use and even understood tasks can be a struggle to accomplish. I'm hoping for improvement since the software is impressive.
The Gimp team is actively hostile to UI improvements. If you don't believe me, just check their bug queue: it's *full* of reasonable suggestions that they've categorically rejected.
Really, all you need to know is that they've kept their offensive name after all these years. The Gimp people are convinced everything they do is great, and couldn't possibly be better (even when it's transparently obvious that it could be).
This is a huge improvement over the old interface, it reminds me a lot of photoshop back from back before they charged a subscription. I can see how much work went into making that UI work smoothly. I've only been messing with it a little while, but for a.0.0 release, it's pretty nice.
This version has got to be a LOT more powerful than 2.x because it has non destructive editing (aka layer effects) which is most of what makes Photoshop great. If they have improved the interface as much as they said they were going to this is truly massive. Can't wait to try it.
The Gimp team is actively hostile to UI improvements. If you don't believe me, just check their bug queue: it's *full* of reasonable suggestions that they've categorically rejected.
Really, all you need to know is that they've kept their offensive name after all these years. The Gimp people are convinced everything they do is great, and couldn't possibly be better (even when it's transparently obvious that it could be).
This is a huge improvement over the old interface, it reminds me a lot of photoshop back from back before they charged a subscription. I can see how much work went into making that UI work smoothly. I've only been messing with it a little while, but for a .0.0 release, it's pretty nice.
Excellent work, GIMP team!
The link at the start of the story goes to RC3 from Feb 10th. Why not the actual release post [gimp.org]?
This version has got to be a LOT more powerful than 2.x because it has non destructive editing (aka layer effects) which is most of what makes Photoshop great. If they have improved the interface as much as they said they were going to this is truly massive. Can't wait to try it.