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GIMP doesn't support Smart Objects. This alone makes it not usable for professional work, when compared to Photoshop. The cost of the latter is nothing if you are getting paid for your work.

https://design.tutsplus.com/tutorials/10-things-you-need-to-...

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Non-destructive is where GIMP is heading as a whole. The GEGL port needs to be completed first for many of the sub-features to be reasonably implemented.

GIMP Roadmap with "smart objects" listed: https://wiki.gimp.org/index.php/Roadmap

That makes me feel old; I remember quite well the time when PS didn't have smart objects either. Was about to make a comment along the lines of "it isn't that old feature in PS either" and then checked the timeline and oh, smart objects were introduced a decade ago. Although I do think that they weren't all that popular (or good) from the get-go.

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