Re: GIMP 3.0.0-RC1

rbowman wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:

On Fri, 27 Dec 2024 07:59:15 -0500, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
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rbowman wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:
 

On Thu, 26 Dec 2024 20:45:44 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
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So, is it an actual “clone” of the Photoshop UI or not? If it is
identical to the Photoshop UI, then it would be just as “clunky and
awkward” as Photoshop.

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I've never used PhotoShop but I consider GIMP an excellent example of
how not to do it. The latest I have is 2.10 on Debian; I don't know if
3 is any better.

 
Meh. One gets used to a product.... or moves on.

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I never used GIMP enough to get used to it. The use case: I've scraped
some SVG icons that I need to lightly edit; I do not have PhotoShop but I
do have GIMP on the Linux box. I start GIMP and find something that wants
to spawn windows like mold spores reproducing in a Petri dish.

I think Inkscape is better for SVG.  Even a big Windows .NET programmer
type at work would use it to create his icons and logos.

GIMP certainly wasn't the only application to take that approach. There
was a period where you had to have dialogs you could tear off and let
float around or dock at various points. Thankfully it seems to have
passed.

Edit / Preferences.

E.g. I just turned off Tool Groups because I like to see the whole toolbox at
once.

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