[cmurf]

It'd need more like $50,000 to even support a dev team to create a design plan. A bounty isn't going to work for something this significant.

As an occasional user of Photoshop and GIMP, I cannot recommend merely rearranging the deck chairs, which is what it would be to make GIMP more Photoshop-like. Photoshop's usability is not good, it's just very familiar for those who are familiar with it. If you plop someone in front of Photoshop for the first time, they are unequivocally lost. Even an expert photographer or old-school film retoucher are lost. There's a huge ecosystem of Photoshop training because of this, and the approaches and styles are highly varied.

Some tools are specialized and usability is a distraction. GIMP is extremely usable. That's what matters.

[RandomBacon]

I'm sure we could crowd-source it. I know $500 isn't enough, but it's what would add to the pot.