I think GIMP is great. It does everything most people need it to do. You just have to take time to learn how to use it, just like with everything else.
This is my pet peeve. This is one application that should be paid for. It hugely lacks features. Non-destructive editing with gradients, adjustments, masks. Better selection tools, CMYK would be nice. But that’s not the worst part, it doesn’t have the entirety of Adobe Illustrator, which you can work between. Affinity has the Designer equivalent, which I use a lot.
I think GIMP is great. It does everything most people need it to do. You just have to take time to learn how to use it, just like with everything else.
I don’t think you have used Affinity of Photoshop much.
I’ve never used Affinity, but I used Photoshop plenty back in the day.
What features am I missing out on exactly?
This is my pet peeve. This is one application that should be paid for. It hugely lacks features. Non-destructive editing with gradients, adjustments, masks. Better selection tools, CMYK would be nice. But that’s not the worst part, it doesn’t have the entirety of Adobe Illustrator, which you can work between. Affinity has the Designer equivalent, which I use a lot.