[_nivlac_]

I am very grateful for GIMP, but I hope that the UX can be improved. It gets the job done, but it always feels a bit janky to me. Wish it felt more professional like Photoshop.

I didn't think this sort of polish was possible for a free program, but after seeing MuseScore and Blender, it gives me hope that it could happen.

I know how entitled I sound asking for this ;)

[duffyjp]

I’ve been using Krita for a year or so now. At first I found the UI very confusing, but after learning the top bar is just as important as the side bar it really works.

YouTube videos of pros using it will blow your mind. It’s really powerful.

https://krita.org/en/

[bemusedthrow75]

Krita is really very impressive.

I am that kind of decades-long hosted-linux-from-a-Mac-desktop user who checks out desktop linux every six months or so to see if the daily driver situation is ready.

I edit quite a lot of photos and even though Darktable is a mess, I could use it and it's not the only option. I edit vector graphics and I think Inkscape is fine. I like FreeCAD. All of my coding tools appear to run in Electron, etc. etc.

But GIMP isn't an option. It's not even close to being what basic quick correct photo editing needs in terms of a workflow. And I'm simply never going to change what is not really a particularly deep or exotic workflow to fit it.

Krita is _sooooo_ close, and it's not even trying to be a photo editor first and foremost.

[_nivlac_]

Appreciate the recommendation, thank you!

[billfruit]

Photoshop UI is janky and unintutive, it is only that people have got used to it.