The first photo manipulation program I ever used was Paint Shop Pro, I thought it was really good, and at first I thought it was even better than Photoshop even though I hadn’t tried it.
I tried Photoshop, and still liked Paint Shop Pro better for a while, but then I got a real copy of it, and after using it for quite a while, I then thought that it was way better than Paint Shop Pro.
A few months ago, I downloaded blender, and I read a bit on this forum, and found something they called the “GIMP”, so I thought I’d give it a try. At first I didn’t like it at all, everything was so clumpsy I thought, and not in “one window” as in Photoshop. But after a while, I got more used to it, and now I prefer it.
People don’t like change, but change is a good thing. Especially when it’s open source.