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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

you can't draw a circle in gimp?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

GIMP 2 is utter dogshit in terms of user experience.

GIMP 3, the version that is supposed to make everything easier, hasn't been released yet. ^(it's been years and I have given up hoping)

The situation sucks, but there aren't that many developers working on GIMP in the first place. Certainly not as many as Photoshop.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You can, it is very unintuitive though. You draw the shape using the eilpse tool and set a border for the selection.

It's not hard, but there is really no way to figure this out without ever looking for a tutorial.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's absolutely stupid design and more difficult than it needs to be.

I'll say it - Photoshop is infinitely more intuitive than gimp for the average person. Sure, if you are fucking determined, I'm sure you can figure it out eventually. You can even make it work. But if you say it is easier than Photoshop, you are wrong.

I love FOSS stuff but way too many people are delusional about the pros and cons of it. There are absolutely cons.

I stand with op.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I don't believe that you can even figure out half of the things yourself if you are determined. There is no way you can use it without looking up tutorials for even basic things.

I fully agree in case my precious comment wasn't clear. It is a mess!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There's no "Shape" tool. You could just select a circular area in an empty layer and fill it though.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

No. The meme was because there was a bug that made drawing some circles go all wonky.