Does 2,9 (or the forthcoming 2,10) have non-destructive editing yet?
It not, they can make all the other improvements they want, but Gimp will still be lagging a decade behind Photoshop.
It not, they can make all the other improvements they want, but Gimp will still be lagging a decade behind Photoshop.
Darktable is now also an option for many tasks since they have a powerful mask manager and module duplication. Which makes the app sit somewhere in the middle between something like Lightroom and PS. While still being completely non-destructive.
Photoshop non-destructive? That's a good one. PS is less destructive than Gimp. But far, far away from a non-destructive app like the ones mentioned above.
Caveat: I am pro PS user. Since the time before it was called PS (Barneyscan) – aka ~25 years. And I have a BG in blockbuster VFX. An industry where image editing truly is non-destructive.
If not, they can make all they want, but Photoshop will still be lagging 20 years behind GIMP.
See how silly that sounds?
Likewise GIMP to Scribus, which can convert your RGB images to CMYK before producing the PDF.
While common, it's increasingly antiquated for printing companies to insist on CMYK. There are print standards that enable hand off of PDF for blind transfers where all content is defined in a device independent color space.
Over-cooked one of your previous tweaks? Just open the corresponding adjustment layer and change the settings.
Wish you hadn't applied that filter 10 operations ago? Just switch off or delete that adjustment layer
Removed a bit of someone's ear while deleting the background? Just paint it back in on the mask layer
And if you really want to start over again, just delete all the adjustment layers and you're back to square one. The original image is untouched.
Someone disdainfully said I'd picked an "arbitrary feature" to complain about. For a professional designer [which I am] NDE is not just a "nice to have" feature, it's an essential one. Hence why Gimp will never be taken seriously by design professionals —no matter how many pointless icon themes it comes with.