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# Anyone here use...
...WINGimp? I'm trying to get to grips with it but a lot of things seem unneccesarily hidden. Anyone else find it has a steep learning curve?
(Danabnormal, Mon 7 Oct 2002, 16:55, archived)
# more of
a learning cliff

but you feel good when you get to the top
(I helped save b3ta! aubergene, Mon 7 Oct 2002, 16:58, archived)
# Cheers boyo
Had a feeling that'd be the answer.
saves on upgrade costs, ya see
(Danabnormal, Mon 7 Oct 2002, 17:00, archived)
# gimp
is an atrociously designed piece of software. yes it can do a fair bit of what photoshop can, but the interface is evil.
(I helped save b3ta! bananaman, Mon 7 Oct 2002, 17:00, archived)
# better
designed that Paint, tho...
(Danabnormal, Mon 7 Oct 2002, 17:02, archived)
# in my opinion,
mspaint has one of the best user interfaces ever. it's nice and clean and simple, and allows viewing of the whole image on one screen, and the toolbars are exactly how they should be and don't intrude on the picture at all.
(I helped save b3ta! bananaman, Mon 7 Oct 2002, 17:03, archived)
# but its pants.
(Danabnormal, Mon 7 Oct 2002, 17:04, archived)
# it's pants for photo stuff
but the name paint implies that it's not trying to do photo stuff. and it's not. it's fantastic at what it was designed for
(I helped save b3ta! bananaman, Mon 7 Oct 2002, 17:05, archived)
# I use Corel Photopaint (v7 - old)
It is pretty good. Can't comment on its ease of use vs Photoshop.
But, it does the business, and doesn't have an Adobe UI for a start.
(I helped save b3ta! Slim has found god. He was down the back of the sofa., Mon 7 Oct 2002, 17:09, archived)
# yup... I use it all the time
...tis a bitch to use... but at least its free ;-)
then again, seems many here think that potatoshop is too... but then they're all peer2peer freaks as well :-P
(Funereal, Mon 7 Oct 2002, 17:02, archived)
# Umm naughty.
i hated the photoshop interface when i started using it but i've got use to it now. helps that premiere and other adobe apps share the same one.
(Danabnormal, Mon 7 Oct 2002, 17:03, archived)
# gimp has a very similar interface to potatoshop
its just when you try to use it... you suddenly discover all of the millions of differences... but it really doesn't take so long. And there are tutorials about... hmmm google is your friend.
(Funereal, Mon 7 Oct 2002, 17:07, archived)
# i gave
it a go, gave up when i leanred that my software engineering degree didnt qualify me with enough smarts to learn the ting and installed PSP then *cough* adapted it *cough* so it didnt give up the ghost after a while
(I helped save b3ta! Mosschops, Mon 7 Oct 2002, 17:04, archived)
# I actually quite like
PSP. Although I'm shurely gonna get shouted at now...
(Danabnormal, Mon 7 Oct 2002, 17:05, archived)
# I use GIMP
for most of the stuff I do here, but under linux. I've tried the windows one, which seemed the same, but far too crashy (is v v stable under linux).

Yes, the interface is tricky, and it lets you do things photoshop will warn you about (like delete stuff from the wrong layer), but I'm quite comfortable with its ways now I've used it for a bit.
(I helped save b3ta! barnesy, Mon 7 Oct 2002, 17:59, archived)