GIMP Sucks. It sucks, it sucks, it sucks.

[lxskllr]

To some extent, this is part of the problem with opensource.

The, "Don't like it, change it" attitude STILL has to go through some sort of management system. Whats worse, the coding standards are often either too strict (thus discouraging development) or too flexible resulting in a random mishmash of code.

Conversely, you /can/ change it. It might not make sense for individual users who can't code, but it could make perfect sense for a large organization to pay someone to customize it for their needs. You can't really do that with commercial software. You /may/ be able to get custom patches developed if you have the clout, but otherwise you take it as it comes.

 

[Joemonkey]

gimp is for people who have brains and can think, therefore excluding a large portion of people who post on ATOT. it's understood.

Thanks for making me understand, I've never used Photoshop, only GIMP, and never had an issue with it. Now it all makes sense as to why! :awe:

 

[cKGunslinger]

<user error>

 

[Howard]

grab a selector, click somewhere.

It won't deselect if you click inside the selection, nor does it deselect if you click outside the canvas.

 

[dullard]

It won't deselect if you click inside the selection, nor does it deselect if you click outside the canvas.

Could you explain your problem better?

When you open an image, NOTHING is selected. But, throughout GIMP if you try to do something when nothing is selected, it assumes you intended to select all.

If you want to deselect something, you are correct that selecting outside with a selector tool does not deselect. But clicking outside the canvas with a selector tool will (I personally think a click is faster and easier than a select).

 

[acheron]

GIMP is fine. I think the whiners are just used to their pirated Photoshop and want it to be exactly the same. Just go pirate Photoshop again and leave the rest of us alone.

And Openoffice is awesome. I much prefer it to MS Office.

 

[Murloc]

I agree that it sucks. That's why you pay for photoshop.

 

[PimpJuice]

I thought I'd save a little money back using GIMP instead of Photoshop for some very light graphic design work.

Wow, never in my life have I been more frustrated than with using GIMP. I know it's free, but everyone says how great it is. But it sucks!!!!!!!!!!!

I was able to achieve what I want to in Microsoft Photodraw 2000, an ancient graphics software, and with Microsoft Paint. GIMP did nothing for me.

That's all. I just wanted to rant.

This from the retard that buys $200 jeans.

You should know that you get what you pay for. Wasn't that your argument for wearing overpriced womens jeans?

 

[Deeko]

I've never used Photoshop so I'm not expecting it to act like that. But I will agree that the UI in GIMP is really, really bad. Yes, its powerful and can do a lot of stuff for a free program, but seriously...they go out of their way to make things more difficult.

 

[lord_emperor]

GIMP has all the features, but the UI feels like it was designed by a crack head who can't find his fix.

Clicking on the GIMP entry in the taskbar doesn't even bring the tool window to the foreground, heaven forbid you've tabbed to a few websites because you now have to minimize everything just to get at your tools.

 

[Kev]

I thought I'd save a little money back using GIMP instead of Photoshop for some very light graphic design work.

Wow, never in my life have I been more frustrated than with using GIMP. I know it's free, but everyone says how great it is. But it sucks!!!!!!!!!!!

I was able to achieve what I want to in Microsoft Photodraw 2000, an ancient graphics software, and with Microsoft Paint. GIMP did nothing for me.

That's all. I just wanted to rant.

Yeah I did the same thing as you, and learned that I would rather spend several hundred dollars on photoshop than waste my time learning that piece of crap.

 

[QueBert]

paint.net is free and has a much better UI than GIMP. It has nothing to do with who has and hasn't used Photoshop, the UI sucks. It's just for those who've used Photoshop it's 100 times more apparent how bad it is. I can't think of a single reason to use GIMP over Paint.net.

 

[Kev]

Know what else sucks? Illustrator and Fireworks.

 

[Chaotic42]

Yeah, I'm not a fan. It's fine for light work, but I really don't like the UI. I guess it depends on what you want to do with it. It's terrible at handling large files though.

 

[iCyborg]

I worked with GIMP on Linux some time ago, and while the UI is a bit weird, it wasn't any weirder than a bunch of other apps I was working with at the time (like Matlab graph packages...). IMO, it's more a matter of habbit, especially for Windows-centric people, than it is a bad UI. People who've been using GIMP exclusively would probably find Photoshop's UI bad...

Not sure what problems people have with OO, I have it at home, and Office 2K7 at work, for light usage which is what 99% of the people are using it, it's just fine.

 

[Woosta]

My friend made the perfect acronym for it.. God I Miss Photoshop

 

[Howard]

Could you explain your problem better?

When you open an image, NOTHING is selected. But, throughout GIMP if you try to do something when nothing is selected, it assumes you intended to select all.

If you want to deselect something, you are correct that selecting outside with a selector tool does not deselect. But clicking outside the canvas with a selector tool will (I personally think a click is faster and easier than a select).

Never mind, damn thing seems to be working now =\

 

[Cogman]

Know what else sucks? Illustrator and Fireworks.

How about frontpage express?

 

[AstroManLuca]

Skip buying two pairs of jeans and you can afford Photoshop.

 

[JMapleton]

Skip buying two pairs of jeans and you can afford Photoshop.

Does they make a "skinny" version of Photoshop?

 

[lxskllr]

Does they make a "skinny" version of Photoshop?

Isn't that called Elements?

 

[AstroManLuca]

Does they make a "skinny" version of Photoshop?

Photoshop Elements. $80.

Or if you know someone who's a student, you can usually get it at a huge educational discount. My wife was able to buy Adobe CS for under $200 (and that includes Photoshop, Illustrator, and others).

 

[conehead433]

I like GIMP but I will say there is definitely a learning curve using some of it's features. I did quite a few photo restorations with it, and it worked for me. You can't beat that it's free.

 

[AyashiKaibutsu]

GIMP is not for the faint of heart or the retarded of mind.

 

[SphinxnihpS]

GIMP isn't perfect, but it does most of Photoshop's features. It just has its quirks here and there that you need to learn.

That right there tells me that you have no clue what photoshop does.