Ease of use is always subjective. To certain degree. But a lot of things can be done better UX-wise in GIMP. I'm no graphisist/designer (don't know the correct english term) by all means, but had some hard times when switching from Photoshop.yellowmix wrote:Compare it to Affinity Photo instead of GIMP. GIMP was made by software engineers for other software engineers so it's a terrible example. I've been using Adobe products for a long time, even before they were Adobe products. Before they swallowed up Aldus and Macromedia. Macromedia Freehand had a much better workflow than Illustrator has today, and the case is the same for Aldus Pagemaker and Adobe InDesign. It's hard to gauge ease-of-use because there's hardly any viable competition.chk071 wrote:I used GIMP for some years, and switched to Photoshop Elements at some point, and, it's MUCH easier to use. I know, it's not the same as Photoshop, but, frankly, if it was hard to use, noone would use it, unless it had a gazillion features other programs don't have. All the industry standard software is quite easy, and comfortable to use, otherwise it wouldn't be the industry standard. And, if you really think GIMP is easier to use than Photoshop, then, sorry, i really question your ability to judge ease of use.
Maybe if you start with Gimp, it's another story. When you switch from a software, you're familiar with and accustomed, you're very biased. It's hard to let go and start from scratch.
What ever tool you use, you must feel comfortable with it. It must not slow down your creative flow. And this is very personal, very subjective.
I don't know UX, how you work it out, what to consider, etc etc etc. I have to assume you cannot measure UX directly and there are always different solutions to achieve a highly user friendly UI.
Finally, everyone has to demo the apps himself to get a personal feeling.