Off the top of my head:
- Full color management
- Non-destructive filters
- 32-bit per channel precision
- Late binding CMYK support
- Unified transform tool
- Vastly better selection and cropping tools
- Vastly better text tool
Should I go on? :)
This is a simple tutorial task. Is it this easy in Gimp? No. It’s not. But hey, we have the same crappy ScriptFu plugins from a quarter century ago. Anyway, you have the source! Shut up and be grateful you insensitive clod!
Seems fair
No, not really. You did say 'feature set'.
> A bunch of data loading crap,
Sure, if you like editing with color fidelity loss.
> but nothing substantial on the usability.
Except non-destructive editing is a major UX improvement.
Except unified transform tool is a major UX improvement.
Except... Well, you get the idea. And I barely got started.
It's almost like you just hate the project and won't accept any changes they do.
I too have my fair share of frustrations with the project — enough to quit it as a team member a couple of years ago. But somehow I don't go around pretending big changes aren't big bc I'm feeling petty all of a sudden.
I gave a concrete example of a task that is trivial in 2024, and it just does not work nearly as well or as easily. It’s the same functionality of 30 years ago.
Instead, you’re sticking your fingers in your ears and screaming, “it is progress!” Yeah, well maybe technically correct, but the gap has widened. As a project it should be shutdown. It’s zombieware.