GIMP is falling behind.. Where is the UX?

[Silvio_Grosso (Silvio)]

Hello @Reptorian

GIMP can be used for art.

Yeah. I totally agree.
Jehan is the current lead developer of GIMP; together with Aryeom (a painter by trade) they are the mainteners of the ZeMarmot project, which is a 2D animation free movie.
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[cedric]

@alex666

OK for undefined acronyms !
and even more so for English-based acronyms!

Good one … ‘OK’, the classic “everybody knows” acronym, unlike UX, NDE, etc.

Good point about English-based too.

[prokoudine (Aleksandr Prokudin)]

@Mike_Q

For example, I opened an image, wanted to add a vignette, I have to scroll through a bunch of features nobody uses to select it. It then applies it to the current layer which is likely undesireable to 99% of people trying to use this feature so I have to start over and add a layer first.

The entire problem you are describing here is fixed in upcoming v3.0. Vignette gets applied as a layer effect you can tweak at any time later. No need to create extra layers.

By the way, the “features nobody uses” in that particular submenu include “Drop Shadow”. So I don’t think your summary is anywhere near correct.

Besides, you can search for a filter you need. Just press / and start typing. Many larger apps have a search function now, that list includes Photoshop.