What is this thread all about?
Just a place for general discussion. A place to unload whats on your mind and talk about anything - personal, health, help needed, achievements, daily highs and daily lows, theories, predictions and what have you.
Does not need to be Q related.
Photoshop is garbage software. They only occupy the space they do due to wide use/inertia.
Example: You can use mouse scroll to scroll, or to zoom. But not both (no ctrl-scroll to zoom, it goes left-right). Is there a zoom slider? Oh no.
I guess regular users just get used to the UI quirks instead of defenestrating the turd.
(I'm not a photo editor/designer - we are getting designs from Design in PS instead of proper redline tools (which abound). Uphill battle.)
I am not a professional designer, but a software geek, so not a stranger to quirky software. I tried using gimp. Its just insanely crazy to use, especially if you are using it casually.
However, Photoshop is really easy to use. Yes its full of unnecessary junk, and the subscription model is total crap, but I am happy to find alternatives, even less powerful that Photoshop (I dont even use all the power features) thats easy to use.
I use Gimp because it's free..
Interestingly if you open a PSD file it isn't fully editable (I indeed tried it). The text gets converted to image and you're screwed. You can't select it to see what font it is or what have you, the kind of stuff I need to inspect PSDs for.