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I’d really love if somebody would give GIMP the Blender treatment. It’s very good software but some of the UI paradigms are quite outdated. All their floating windows and dialogs do not work well on multiple screens.
It's ugly for sure, but I think the biggest barrier to entry is the shortcut keys. Blender's Industry Standard mode makes it a lot easier for Maya users to switch. Something similar for Photoshop users would kill.
GIMPshop used to exist for that purpose.
FreeCAD just got folders. I can finally organize my models. GIMP's version of this would be multi-select layers.
Windows -> Single Window Mode
I use single window mode but it still does not stop modal dialogs from popping up in the stupidest places on my dual monitor setup.
From the update:
It'll take some time, but it seems like improvments may be coming.
Please don't. Existing workflows in the tough spots are 100% workarounds.
Having a hotkey for the zoom tool is a workaround for not being able to scroll the mouse wheel without holding a key down or changing settings.
It's already been done
https://github.com/Diolinux/PhotoGIMP
I was already aware of this fork. I haven't tried it, but does it really fix most of the UX issues of GIMP?
i’m a photoshop simp who straight up couldn’t use GIMP because of the clunky UI, but after switching to linux i’m an avid photogimp advocate.
Ohhh great. Their UI always seemed old and crappy.
That's pretty neat. I do hope they do some solid UI/UX research on it, and figure out their own way of smoothing things out without simply "making it like Photoshop" like the grouchy masses are clamoring for. :p
Blender had some odd ideas at first, but I really appreciate their unique approach that, IMHO, makes an Autodesk product feel heavy and kludgy by comparison.
https://graphite.rs looks like it might replace gimp at some point
This actually seems pretty great alternative to PS, thanks for the tip!
Graphite.rs is node-based.
It's entirely different workflow.
No it isnt, i used it and while there is that, you can totally ignore it
Looks like they'll be more in Krita's waters, if anything. And Krita already has a solid UI.
Maybe? It looks like it’s tuned towards generative use cases. Sometimes you need to just edit a photo really quickly and setting up a bunch of nondestructive nodes seems like more of a hassle than help.
But hopefully I’m wrong! This is the first I’ve heard of the project.
Nose based software typically still has a sidebar ala Lightroom for quick things. Both Blender and Graphite use this approach. Nodes are for when you want to go further.