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GIMP needs testers urgently
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this post was submitted on 09 Sep 2026
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I am going to get slammed here ... but GIMP is just way too complex to use. Maybe the new UI will be better, but the old UI is not just clunky or slightly bad ... it is UNUSABLE by normal people.
Draw a circle in GIMP. Draw a square. Yea ... how long did that take to figure out?
New Ui announced, testers needed. What do you do? Complain about the old UI. Smart.
I dont care about it to test it. I just use Krita.
You just wanted to shit on something.
Sit anybody in front of Photoshop for the first time and it will be the same.
The UI of modern Photoshop is now insanely bloated.
It'll take them as long just to boot the program, and every time they change tools they'll have to wait for it to catch up
You want MS Paint.
God no.
Tux paint.
I guess I am not a normal person then. I have been using GIMP happily for more than 20 years now. FWIW, I rarely need to draw circles.
I’ve used GIMP in the past. I don’t understand it, but it’s free and can do stuff so I’m not going to complain.
But I’d also say that using/being good at GIMP is solidly not “normal” lol. And being on Lemmy is even less normal, so here we are.
Yeah it's literally not for you. Its like opening up cad (engineering tool) and complaining that there's a learning curve. My good friend is a graphic designer. I tried to get them to use gimp when they couldn't pay for photoshop anymore but it sounded like they just wanted to rip their hair out because of how behind photoshop it is. Gimp needs the basic features that are expected from photoshop for people to be willing to transition. You would be better off trying a graphic design bootcamp.
I will try to convince them to test it out but they just got access to photoshop again so it's unlikely they'll want to touch gimp anytime soon😮💨
I am a graphic designer. Used to build ads for Autotrader magazines. Its a very difficult program.