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From: -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com>
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Subject: Re: GIMP 3.0.0-RC1
Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2025 07:42:48 -0500
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On 1/3/25 3:45 AM, rbowman wrote:
> On Fri, 3 Jan 2025 08:10:24 -0000 (UTC), RonB wrote:
> 
>> I owned (own?) Photoshop 6 (or 5?) back in the mid 2000s. Bought used on
>> eBay, I think. I messed with it for a few hours and decided it wasn't my
>> "cup of tea," and gave up on it. They talk about GIMP becoming
>> complicated.
>> What did they think Photoshop was... a walk in the park? If I remember
>> correctly, Photoshop 5 or 6 didn't look a lot different than GIMP.
> 
> I had something way way back.  

I've lost track of versions.
Checking Wiki, Photoshop 5 was 1998; 6 was 2000.
The end of non-subscription was CS6 (v13) in 2012).


>  All I remember was almost developing carpal
> tunnel screwing around with pixels.  I don't have the greatest hand/eye
> coordination which is a real drawback for video games and image editing.

A lot of the sophistication (& differentiation) in PS was through its 
use of Layers, particularly for making selective exposure adjustments.
It made for a pretty steep learning curve, and "non-photography" based 
use cases never had much need to learn these sections.


-hh