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As a former Photoshop user, I found all the paradigms and ways of thinking in Gimp were just so utterly different from what I was used to. Simple things like cropping, resizing selections and layer management felt like exercises in frustration.

Tried Krita instead, and I’m immediately feeling at home and able to be productive straight away.

I’m sure Gimp is awesome but my brain didn’t like it. If anyone else is feeling the same way, give Krita a try.

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I’ve used both Gimp and Photoshop. I’m not super skilled in any of these, but Photoshop feels the most natural to use. I’ve never figured out a good workflow for Gimp.

It’s a shame, because functionality wise Gimp is quite competent. It’s just the UI that’s crap.

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It is not just you. I started using gimp and later switched to Photoshop and it was such a great productivity improvement after just a few minutes.

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Try Krita too then, if you’re interested in moving to free and open source. The paradigm is very similar to Photoshop.

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Krita took some adjustment for me after years of Photoshop. After I learned the workflow and keyboard shortcuts, I found that it was much better than Photoshop for painting AND completely free for life.

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As a former Photoshop user, I found all the paradigms and ways of thinking in Gimp were just so utterly different

The same is true when moving the other direction.

What most people find easier is the one they learned first.

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