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To be fair

• GIMP is really good
• GIMP is hella complex to use

For example there was a (now enshittified) tool on Android called "image attacher" or something, for making a long image from 2.

This is probably also pretty easy with some CLI tool.

I actually took the time to learn "how do I attach 2 images together" in GIMP.

Or "how do I create a textmarker".

And the stuff works, but its just very complex.

attach 2 images

• Open 1 image
• "open" "open as another layer" the second image
• your canvas is as big as the first image. Guess how big it has to be when fitting them next to each other
• know that there is a difference between "layer surface" and "canvas" for whatever reason
• in the menubar, find the canvas options
• find where to resize the canvas and make it bigger
• click on the surface layer of the other image and move it so it fits where you want it
• use "merge downwards" to make the 2 layer one. BE CAREFUL TO NOT USE ANY IMAGE PARTS
• use the crop tool
• crop the new combined images to the wanted size

This is sooo manual and seems very hacky. The difference between canvas and layer make no sense to me. The enlargement is "eyeballing". The cropping too. There is no snapping when placing next to each other. There is no "dynamically increase canvas size" option afafaik.

text marker / highlighter

Something with brush, make it bigger, yellow, reduce the opaqueness, change the paint mode to "only make darker"

GIMP is like using cat awk and tail to write an office document lol. It works but it is damn technical.

But if you know how to do it, you know how to do it.