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GIMP 2.3.4, the more usable image manipulation program

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The developers of the GNU Image Manipulation Program have released a new development snapshot on the road to GIMP 2.4. The source code is available from the FTP server. GIMP 2.3.4 has lots of changes all over the place, with the focus on usability. Most notable change is that plug-in dialogs are now transient to the image window and that the menus are being reorganized. This is an ongoing effort and you are invited to participate.

Please note that this is an unstable development release, there are bugs and lots of rough edges that need to be polished before 2.4. If you want to try it nevertheless, please read the release notes for the development releases.

I can agree that photoshop

I can agree that photoshop can be horrible for a newbie, but when you work a lot with images, you will easily see that photoshop allows you to get job done much quicker than gimp. However you must know photoshop very well - you can achieve it only after many, many hours of work.

I used to work with ps, now I use gimp. GIMP is very powerfull tool indeed. But very often I miss some photoshop features.
Maybe it's a matter of preference, maybe not. Sometimes I just have to do more 'clicks' or keystrokes to achieve a result.