It's strange that someone who spends all day in Vim (which is not an acronym, by the way), an editor driven by keystrokes rather than the command line like ex or edlin, would prefer a command-line Photoshop. I'm not saying you're lying but maybe they misspoke or you misremembered.
A keystroke-driven Photoshop might be something like Blender.
I think netpbm is more Unixy than ImageMagick. I've had good experiences with it, especially for images bigger than my RAM, but a paint program it is not.
A keystroke-driven Photoshop might be something like Blender.
I think netpbm is more Unixy than ImageMagick. I've had good experiences with it, especially for images bigger than my RAM, but a paint program it is not.