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    [–] hperrin 132 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (4 children)

    I feel like it would be helpful to include the text of their post rather than just the title:

    TL;DR Sorry if this is wrong group. GIMP = Epic POS. Do not use. Please recommend a decent alternative. Don't waste your time with GIMP help because I am done.

    I hope the mods or the bots don't kill this post right away. It's a serious and legitimate question from a UX designer with several decades of experience, who doesn't want anyone else to suffer what I have. I didn't know where else to post it, so I'm trying here as a first-timer. I apologize if this is not in the spirit of the group.

    I quit Adobe, can't afford the price any more (long story). I thought GIMP could replace Photoshop. But the user interface is horrible, and the app is full o' bugs.

    Here's the straw that broke the camel's back.

    I tried to make a meme. The font selection overlay was a tiny, pathetic, hard to read joke. Not even a font selection dropdown, let alone one that provided previews with every line item like PS does. Deep breath, continue. I type "Impact". Red text. I backspaced and typed "Im". All I got was Impact Condensed. (Yes, I have Impact, and have used it in PS). So I picked it anyway. Then I tried to find the outline font feature. In Photoshop, it's a simple "choose stroke" feature. GIMP? Hello?

    I want to the Web to find a tutorial where it pointed out the feature. No luck. Searched again to find a workaround / hack. Mostly crap. Found one that was current and seemed decent. Followed it carefully. GIMP crashed.

    While I appreciate the thoughts of anyone who may be compelled to point out a simple workaround or feature that I missed, don't bother. This is the last of many dozens of problems I have wasted my time working around while suffering many crashes, and I already uninstalled it.

    So. Recommendations?

    https://www.reddit.com/r/GIMP/comments/110opcc/can_anyone_recommend_a_suitable_replacement_for/?rdt=47111

    I think it’s also worth giving the correction that there is a font selection dropdown with previews in GIMP. It’s to the left of the font input box.

    [–] [email protected] 65 points 7 months ago (1 children)

    I use gimp but OP isn't wrong. Doing a stroke on text is mindless in Photoshop and very convoluted in gimp.

    [–] pennomi 44 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    GIMP needs the Blender treatment honestly. Inkscape too. That would cover the vast majority of what I do art-wise.

    [–] [email protected] 29 points 7 months ago

    Inkscape has been a lifesaver many times, but it's packed like a shit in a bag.

    I can't believe they still use the old file selection on windows without a path input box. I literally can not open a file from my network drive. It doesn't even remember the last path!
    The easiest workflow I found is to just copy projects to downloads for editing.

    Besides other things.

    [–] NorthWestWind 5 points 7 months ago

    What's wrong with Inkscape? It's meant to be a vector graphics editor

    [–] mvirts 5 points 7 months ago

    Lmao tried to make a meme, cant because addicted to adobe.

    [–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

    Gimp 3 might clear some of that up we will see

    [–] Hackworth 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

    I hear good things about Krita.

    [–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    From my amateur experience Krita is really nice for drawing, painting and sketching, especially if you have a graphic tablet, as it bundles commonly used features and makes them easily accessible.
    But it is by far not a sophisticated image manipulation program such as GIMP, which comes with a plethora of more features you'll probably not use if you're just doing some "typical Krita stuff".

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

    I think the better use is create with Krita, retouch with GIMP.

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

    I found I could get Krita to work well with my Wacom tablet easily while Gimp was a mess for it and I never did figure that out... So I used Krita when I needed to draw, but for most everything else I found Gimp easier to get things done

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

    "several decades of experience"

    skill issue central, lets's go.