Automated background removal was also added recently.

    • fmstratA
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      1210 months ago

      Or you know, being able to rearrange layers.

      • @Eufalconimorph@discuss.tchncs.de
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        310 months ago

        Or color spasecs other than sRGB (8 bits/channel). I’ve a camera that takes 10 bits/channel photos, a monitor that displays 10 bits/channel, etc. But GIMP will just distort the colors because they hard-coded the color space! Can’t edit for print either, no CMYK. GIMP is an image editor for the noughties, not the 2020s.

        Then again, we’re talking about MS Paint here. If Paint fills your needs, GIMP will be fine.

        • fmstratA
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          410 months ago

          Not just 10bit. The Linux version still makes 8bit images more purple after saving.

        • @angstylittlecatboy@reddthat.com
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          310 months ago

          If Paint fills your needs, GIMP will be fine.

          Disagree. Paint’s function is to be the Notepad of images, something not very powerful but quick and dead simple.

          GIMP is needlessly hard to use.

        • ferret
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          210 months ago

          Good news for you, if they ever get around to releasing gimp 3

      • @aksdb@feddit.de
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        39 months ago

        Not a professional either, but I was also curious and learned:

        It’s a layer of which the properties/filters apply to all layers below. So you can basically try around and manipulate the visible image without having to combine the layers first.