I found the GIMP interface to be very non-intuitive and twitchy, and the output to be substandard compared with PS or Xara X.

The worst thing was having to go so deeply into various menus and sub-menus to do many actions. That was where the twitchiness became very annoying to me. Using a huge menu structure is the Achilles heel of this program, IMO.

The GIMP interface needs to be redesigned from scratch and the output needs to be improved considerably. Jpeg and gif output was horrible when I tried it.


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