I once tried moving off of Paint.NET to Gimp to wean myself off of Windows-only programs before switching to Linux, and Gimp was un-fucking-usable. At the time I think it was like Gimp 2.4, not even the latest one which looks even more like Photoshop. Which is a testament to how good PDN is - not too busy, not too simple, just right.
Now, if only they would implement temp-file auto-saving so that I don’t lose all my work when a plugin crashes…
A fun theory, but I think the Occam/Hanlon in me thinks the Gimp developers have the same ego that inhabits many open source/linux adjacent communities.
It’s the kind of ego that says the user has to conform to the program, not the other way around. The program is right and correct, and its the user that is wrong. When I sought help on how to use Gimp, I got the same toxic responses that I got from the Ubuntu forums - they weren’t interested in helping, they wanted to know why I didn’t RTFM. Maybe it’s changed since all those years ago, but when I tried Gimp 3 I was immediately reminded of CS4 and dropped it like a hot rock.
I thought CS4 specifically was quite good. But I’m a casual when it comes to image editing. I just use gimp now and it works… but it never impresses me.
I’ve always assumed Paint.NET was called that because it’s built on the .NET Framework. Is that why it’s Windows-only? If so, it probably will run on Linux these days, no problem. .NET has native Linux support from version 5 onward £we’re currently at 10) and even older versions have the Mono project to fall back on.
I think this was in the late 2000s even the .NET naming style was in vogue from memory.
I would imagine there are other roadblocks for a “quick and dirty” port to Linux like the plugin system (I’ve used it occasionally when I needed a feature not provided by the core app).
On one hand, one would think it would be somewhat realistic to make a clone application (relative to more advanced image editors), but then again I think one strengths of Paint.net is usability/UI/UX. It’s one of the few applications I’ve set up family members with (they need something beyond Paint, but nowhere near the massive bloat of PS) that required no initial intro or on-going support.
They’ve been able to borderline break our open source eReader for Android, while not using any of the advanced features or messing much with options.
It’s one of the few applications I’ve set up family members with (they need something beyond Paint, but nowhere near the massive bloat of PS)
Ha! I’ve had the same use-case and the same solution. I personally use Paint.NET for the ability to uses layers and blending features. I wish it had better masking support for layers, but I got by quite well even without it.
I once tried moving off of Paint.NET to Gimp to wean myself off of Windows-only programs before switching to Linux, and Gimp was un-fucking-usable. At the time I think it was like Gimp 2.4, not even the latest one which looks even more like Photoshop. Which is a testament to how good PDN is - not too busy, not too simple, just right.
Now, if only they would implement temp-file auto-saving so that I don’t lose all my work when a plugin crashes…
Gimp has been so bad for so long that it is my conspiracy theory that the key developers are being paid by Adobe to keep Gimp gimped.
A fun theory, but I think the Occam/Hanlon in me thinks the Gimp developers have the same ego that inhabits many open source/linux adjacent communities.
It’s the kind of ego that says the user has to conform to the program, not the other way around. The program is right and correct, and its the user that is wrong. When I sought help on how to use Gimp, I got the same toxic responses that I got from the Ubuntu forums - they weren’t interested in helping, they wanted to know why I didn’t RTFM. Maybe it’s changed since all those years ago, but when I tried Gimp 3 I was immediately reminded of CS4 and dropped it like a hot rock.
I thought CS4 specifically was quite good. But I’m a casual when it comes to image editing. I just use gimp now and it works… but it never impresses me.
Gimp’s UI has gotten way better, these jokes are outdated especially because Inkscape is also awesome.
I’ve always assumed Paint.NET was called that because it’s built on the .NET Framework. Is that why it’s Windows-only? If so, it probably will run on Linux these days, no problem. .NET has native Linux support from version 5 onward £we’re currently at 10) and even older versions have the Mono project to fall back on.
I think this was in the late 2000s even the .NET naming style was in vogue from memory.
I would imagine there are other roadblocks for a “quick and dirty” port to Linux like the plugin system (I’ve used it occasionally when I needed a feature not provided by the core app).
On one hand, one would think it would be somewhat realistic to make a clone application (relative to more advanced image editors), but then again I think one strengths of Paint.net is usability/UI/UX. It’s one of the few applications I’ve set up family members with (they need something beyond Paint, but nowhere near the massive bloat of PS) that required no initial intro or on-going support.
They’ve been able to borderline break our open source eReader for Android, while not using any of the advanced features or messing much with options.
Ha! I’ve had the same use-case and the same solution. I personally use Paint.NET for the ability to uses layers and blending features. I wish it had better masking support for layers, but I got by quite well even without it.
I’ve tried to make the jump from PS to Gimp a bunch of times and never succeeded. But moving from PS to Krita was easy.