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		mintplant on Feb 8, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: FOSS Photoshop killer Krita may release on Steam [... Specific criticisms, perhaps? I, for one, prefer GIMP's user interface, and find Photoshop's unintuitive and difficult to use.

kamesh419 on Feb 8, 2014 | [–]

I for one coming from Microsoft based tools, could not figure out how to draw a straight line in GIMP without some googling. I bet it would have been easier in Photoshop. Even now, it is so unintuitive to make small edits for novice users in GIMP.

Angostura on Feb 8, 2014 | [–]

... and your specific criticisms of Photoshop are...?

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