If you have ever tried to use gimp for serious work - you will realise how cumbersome and not up to the job it is.... sorry to say that, but it is true... even the user interface in gimp takes a while
to get used to, its layers are a nightmare to use compared to potatoshop
Maybe you're right for people that start with photoshop... I started image manipulation with paint shop pro, each time I tryied to use photoshop I lost hours trying to do simple stuff. Then I switched to Linux and since the first time I ran GIMP I achieved what I wanted quite easily. I really prefer it's user interface. For the layers, could you explain the problem ?
There is one major thing missing in GIMP : you keep only the result of
filters and cannot modify parameters of the ones applied before. Except for that, I have no blame for GIMP.
