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    [–] [email protected] 61 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    It takes a while to figure out how selections in Gimp work.

    It whenever you select you have created a mask and when you combine it with layers it can get very confusing.

    If you accidentally select a small bit you cannot edit anything else. I think that is what OP is referring to.

    There is a tool that shows you what you have selected that can help.

    IMO Gimp isn’t very well documented so you can get stuck for a while before you understand what is going on.

    [–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    Oooh, wait, that isn't how it works in other programs? I really like that behaviour in GIMP to be perfectly honest, have used it in editing stuff deliberately.

    [–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

    It's a common scenario in software. We think some things like ui designs and workflows are "natural", but they're quire arbitrary, and people just got used to them. Then people who are used to it will feel lost with any different workflow, and people who first learned the different ones may feel at home.

    A nice example is the windows ui, that a lot of people who grew up with it feel like the most straightforward way to use a computer, but people who grew up with smartphones usually struggle with it and find something like the gnome ui more straightforward.

    [–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

    Same... I think Photoshop would probably feel difficult to me to get my head around at this point since Gimp's workflow is the one I've known and used for over a decade and a half now

    [–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

    It is annoying not to have a button on the UI, but once you learn the hotkey this becomes a non-issue unless I'm missing something? I suppose this is an issue, but for a piece of free software like this it sort of feels like making a mountain out of a molehill.

    [–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

    You are correct. My comment did not correctly convey my attitude that I appreciate Gimp even though it has taken me quite a while to figure it out.

    [–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

    That's what I thought you meant, I was just trying to confirm, as I sometimes feel a step behind in tech conversions.

    [–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago