[bolt7469]

Photopea's killer feature is the fact that it, for the most part, directly copies Photoshop's implementations of features. There's no learning curve because it's basically the same. On the other hand, GIMP still doesn't have Smart Objects or Adjustment Layers.

[glonq]

Once upon a time there was a fork called 'gimpshop' that added a PS-like UI to gimp. Clever idea. Warning - the current gimpshop domain hosts some scammer's adware-laden rip-off.

[DoktorDelta]

There's a recent alternative called PhotoGIMP that is trying to accomplish the same thing, not sure if it's based on the original GIMPshop.

[colonelspace]

No adjustment layers? That is like photoshop 101. That's pretty embarrassing for GIMP.

[Firmwarrior]

I didn't know what those were, but going by https://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/adjustment-layers.h...

You can do all the same stuff in the gimp, but it's just a little more laborious (or a lot more laborious if you're used to photoshop already I guess). The gimp lets you easily do all the same transformations, copy and reapply transformations, etc. It seems like the adjustment layer keeps the original image and the transformations to make it easier to repeatedly tinker with those adjustments and reapply them more quickly, though.

[bolt7469]

Adjustment layers are a key part of a non-destructive editing workflow. Without them, doing professional work like retouching is much more difficult. GIMP's issue is that they don't seem to care about power user workflows.

[vanous]

People develop software for themselves and package it for others. What's wrong on it?

[kitsunesoba]

> On the other hand, GIMP still doesn't have Smart Objects or Adjustment Layers.

Or even a layer palette with a list view that acts like a normal list view with e.g. shift-click to multi-select, like every list view on every platform has had for upwards of two decades by now.

[Hamuko]

I use Photopea at work precisely because of this. I know how to use Photoshop, but I don't have a license for Photoshop as an engineer, but I do sometimes need it. Photopea fills that role perfectly and it's almost a perfect drop-in replacement.