https://www.gimp.org/news/2026/01/24/gimp-3-0-8-released/

[david@setouchi.social]

@GIMP Still waiting for the major UI improvements that would make it usable. 😞

[elaterite@mastoart.social]

@David I use Darktable most of the time. But when I use GIMP, as oddly enough I did today, I think the UI is fine. What exactly don't you like about it?

@GIMP

[david@setouchi.social]

@elaterite That it's unusable unless you have a PhD in Gimp Studies or something. Hard to explain: buttons everywhere, no clarity whatsoever, looks like the dashboard of an Airbus 380.

@GIMP

[elaterite@mastoart.social]

@David Fair enough, I suppose. It seems fine to me, but then I've been using GIMP since ~2000. What image editing program do you use?

@GIMP

[david@setouchi.social]

@elaterite I haven't found one I really like. I've used paint.net for years, but I just moved to Linux a few months ago, and I'm still looking for one I really like.
I know Pinta is supposed to be Linux's Paint.net but I don't find it that convenient.

[david@setouchi.social]

@andrybak I am in single window mode. Do you mean there's an option to make the UI even worse? Oh goodness...

[elaterite@mastoart.social]

@David I'm not familiar with Pinta. I've been running Linux since the late '90s. At the time I switched, I recall noticing that community built FOSS apps were not as polished as commercial apps. I don't know if that is still the case? I do know that whenever I developed photos at home in Darktable, and took them to work to print on the large format printers, trying to use Adobe products to run the printers was always a nightmare because I wasn't familiar with their UI.

[gimp@floss.social]

@David @elaterite maybe we should work with a university to offer qualifications in Airbus cockpit control design?

[elaterite@mastoart.social]

@GIMP Ha ha, indeed! And congratulations on the new release!

@David

[freezr@friendica.myportal.social]

@David @GIMP

Still trying to understand such comments. People that really use Gimp daily doesn't complain.

People that doesn't use Gimp always find time to complain but never to learn it...

👎

[restorante@social.linux.pizza]

@David @elaterite

I am a satisfied GIMP user. But, if GIMP is not suitable for you, I think you should not force yourself to use it. Many other programs are available. Photoshop is one of them.

I think you should try Photoshop. You can purchase a subscription below.

https://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop.html

#GIMP #Photoshop