Not exactly sure how to explain, but on Parallels' "Coherence Mode", Windows apps run side-by-side with MacOS as if they were native Mac apps. Think of it like this: Parallels hides the Windows desktop and just shows the app windows on your Mac. They get Mac-style title bars, sit in the Dock, show up in Mission Control, and you can copy/paste or drag files between them and Mac apps. It still runs in a VM, but feels like the Windows apps live on macOS.
I'm aware it's not Linux compatible, I was just wondering on how well it plays with wine, since I heard Photoshop doesn't really like to run under anything (thanks creative cloud).
My issue with Gimp is probably a user issue, as i've been a life-long user of Photoshop until my switch to Affinity (which behaves exactly like Photoshop without the "cloud" BS), although the fact that they only recently got non-destructive effects should probably hint at what I mean (slow development of- to me- essential features). My main issue though is probably just not being used to the workflow.
If Canva, who bought Serif/Affinity last year, ruin Affinity with cloud features, which currently seems very likely, I'll probably try to just deal with Gimp and get used to it.