On Sun, May 12, 2019 at 3:45 PM Elle Stone wrote: > Could you give an example or two in GIMP of what you consider "overly > complicated/nerdy" terminology?
Standard Deviation in Unsharp Mask would be one such example. And don't get me started on options in tonemapping filters :) > Could you give some examples of convoluted defaults? I'd need time for that. > I don't know about the path tool working differently than the pen tool, > because in all my 17 years of editing photographs using a computer, I've > never once had a reason to use a path/pen tool. I'm baffled as to why > anyone would try to use the path tool to make a selection. Microstock photography sites tend to suggest clips around objects in photos. > There is a great big huge difference between a "complete newbie" who's > never edited a photograph before, and a "newbie to GIMP" who already > knows how to use an equivalent program such as PhotoPaint or PhotoShop. > > A user who is clueless about editing photographs, is not going to find > GIMP OR other advanced image editors easy to use. That user will find some apps easier to understand than others though. > I just downloaded Blender 2.8, and even though now I have a few clues as > to what Blender is used for, I still have absolutely no clue what to do > with Blender 2.8. Even the stuff I was shown regarding basic > photo-editing in previous versions of Blender, seems to have moved. Not > that I would ever recommend anyone using any version of Blender to edit > photographs. I'm sure I didn't suggest Blender as a photo editing application :) > GIMP's current user interface is the *least* important problem when it > comes to actual usability. Adding still-missing critical functionalities > is hugely more important than revising the interface to make it simpler > for newbies. It's a complete shame that the switch to GTK3/4 has had to > take priority over adding critical missing functionalities to GIMP. There is little shameful about moving from a semi-maintained version of a critical component such as UI toolkit to an actually supported and actively developed version thereof. Also, there was (and still is) a lot of technical debt in GIMP that has to go away to make room for new things. Alex _______________________________________________ gimp-gui-list mailing list gimp-gui-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-gui-list
