Paint.NET: The Anti-GIMP?

Arno contributes a link to Paint.NET, a free-of-charge raster-graphics program for Windows XP machines. "Quote: 'Paint.NET is image and photo manipulation software designed to be used on computers that run Windows XP. Paint.NET is jointly developed at Washington State University with additional help from Microsoft, and is meant to be a free replacement for the MS Paint software that comes with all Windows operating systems. The programming language used to create Paint.NET is C#, with GDI+ extensions.' It really seems like a nice tool. I definitely prefer its UI to GIMP's."

Comments

Re:Uh - wow

[bob beta]

Yeah. It's kind of like lame-ass xpaint that comes with X11 in that regard. Uh, but no minesweeper bundled with X11.

Photoshop costs a big pile of money.

Re:sad to say, but GIMP does lack

[hsmith]

haha well coding java and C# i don't really need a graphics program, but for screen shots gimp works well. but doing sites and layouts on my private time, i wouldn't consider gimp :(

I have to clear this up!

[agraupe]

Stop complaining about the GIMP's UI. The UI is fine if you make an effort to learn to use it. Just because it is not exactly like Photoshop does not make it bad. In many ways, I prefer it. Put some effort in, you whiny idiots, and maybe you will suddenly find out the UI is not so bad.

That being said, there are some features which the GIMP lacks (32-bit BMPs, layer groups, etc...). The UI is not the problem here, unless the user is a complete retard who is unwilling to try something new.

Mod me troll if you must, but deep down you know it's true.

Re:"GIMP is also not meant to be like Photoshop"

[SimHacker]

You got it right: They're only shooting for mediocrity. That's why it's so embarassing when anyone compares GIMP to Photoshop, thus the taboo against it.

There's also a Macho element in the GIMP developers' rejection of easy, accessible user interfaces. Their attitude is that they are Macho programmers who don't need or even want GIMP to be easy to use, because GIMP is not intented for sissy wimpy wooses.

Perl programmers have exactly the same emperor-has-nice-clothes attitude when faced with the inscrutability of their favorite language.

-Don