GIMP - Development Update: Closing In on the 3.0 Release Candidate
Update on 3.0 RC1 Development
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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 It’s very good software but some of the UI paradigms are quite outdated.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.
From the update:
One area we want to focus on after 3.0 is improving our UI/UX design process. We have set up a separate UX repository to report and discuss issues related to design. We are looking to build a team of designers to discuss and create design improvements to GIMP that also respect existing user’s workflows. Denis Rangelov has taken a strong interest in this area and has already done great work in identifying, categorizing, and moving design issues from the code repository to the dedicated design section. Some design improvements have already been implemented for 3.0, and we look forward to working with community designers to give people a better experience!
It'll take some time, but it seems like improvments may be coming.
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.
respect existing workflows
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
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.
https://graphite.rs looks like it might replace gimp at some point
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.
Looks like they'll be more in Krita's waters, if anything. And Krita already has a solid UI.
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
This actually seems pretty great alternative to PS, thanks for the tip!
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.
FreeCAD just got folders. I can finally organize my models. GIMP's version of this would be multi-select layers.
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.
