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On Tue, 3 Jun 2025 09:21:47 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

> My beef with programs like GIMP and blender is that huge amounts of
> effort go into the cunning 'features' that they have, and almost none
> into some sort of vaguely consistent way to access those features, or
> explain why you might want to use them or help you use them.

There are plenty of tutorials on those Free Software tools, and others, 
like Inkscape. YouTube, for example, is full of helpful videos giving tips 
and tricks, often from those who are making a professional living from 
those very tools.

> Too often You Tube videos apply to the version you don't have on an OS
> you don't have that simply doesn't have the same menus.

That I don’t understand. The tutes tend to cover the latest versions, 
because there is great interest in learning what’s new.

Maybe it would be helpful to see specific examples of what you mean.

> That's why stupid people like Apple.

I take it you don’t include yourself among that group?