![]() ![]() Waiting for photoshop to load is a pain, and you can open gimp, make the edit and save the file in the time it takes for photoshop to even load. Plus even if you do use photoshop for big projects, sometimes you just want to do a quick edit. If people would take the time to learn gimp and do tutorials, etc they would see that gimp can do 99% of the things photoshop can. I think people believe that gimp is harder simply because they are not familiar with it. Want to make it 40% transparent, dodge and the shape of a star? its easier and faster to do in gimp. ![]() Plus all the options for that brush are all in one spot. Its more organized and easier to find the brush you want. I also like the way gimp handles brushes much more than photoshop. ![]() Its intuitive and faster than going up to the top of the screen and using a tool bar. When you select something on an image, you can right click on that selection and hit “crop to selection”, use filters, change contrast, hue/saturation, etc, etc. I used photoshop for 5 years, before switching to gimp because gimp was much faster and cheaper, with nearly identical functionality. I have found gimp’s interface to be far more intuitive than photoshop’s. I do not agree with this assessment AT ALL. “The GUI which is used in GIMP is not as advanced or even suitable for the hand of an artist” It's very good.īut the truth is, it's way behind on Photoshop, who are you trying to kid? Reply Mention them if you try to argue for GIMP.ĭon't underestimate GIMP, I hate it when people say it's crap, because it isn't. Drag handles on the rectangle and ellipse select tool. A better gradient tool, A better lasso tool, An ink tool. If chose GIMP over Photoshop because I know it so well and it does all I need. It can do almost anything Photoshop can for free. I use it all the time.I'd recommend it to anyone who wants to do some advanced hobby photoshopping and not pay $$$. That's great, so GIMP is better on the go.ĭon't get me wrong, I love GIMP. This is sort of admitting Photoshop is better.ĩ. This point made me wonder if you were talking about PS being better then GIMP, because that feature is just not there. A theoretical possibility, unfortunately not a reality.Ħ. Photoshop really can be slow even on computer less then a year old.ĥ. Smaller install doesn't make it a better editor.ģ. With all the benefits and upsides to GIMP and the free price of the software, it's most definitely worth looking at when searching for an image editing software.Ģ. GIMP goes portable! As if the install of GIMP wasn't small enough already, a portable version is available to load on your USB thumb drive to take on the go and edit programs on anyone's computer, anywhere! There are several tutorial sites aimed at skinning and rearranging GIMP to fully replicate the Photoshop layout if that's what you are used to using.ġ0. Replicate the look and feel of Photoshop and its keyboard shortcuts in GIMP. Not only is GIMP free to download, install and use, upgrades are free! Photoshop upgrades, which happen on average every 12-18 months can cost as much as $200, on top of the original purchase price!ĩ. If you're editing for someone else, it doesn't matter if they've started the job in Photoshop because GIMP can handle the file format.Ĩ. Open, edit and save Photoshop's native PSD file format with GIMP. Because photographers often need to do repeatable actions to large groups of images, this feature alone is worth its weight in gold.ħ. Batch processing through automated actions is far superior in GIMP. Open source architecture means anyone can modify the core code and develop plugins and new features, you don't need to be approved by Adobes' development team.Ħ. The physical layout of the screen is similar to that of Photoshop, but is also customizable and flexible to fit your needs.ĥ. Because of this it's bloated with features and functions most photographs don't want or need. Photoshop was actually created as a piece of software intended for graphics and photographic editing, never just digital photo editing. It will install on nearly any hardware running Mac, Windows or even Unix!Ĥ. GIMP on the other hand is amazingly fast and stable. Photoshop is extremely resource intensive, it will run on older hardware but it's not optimized to and will be sluggish and slow. Not only does the install go much quicker, but it takes up far less hard drive making it the perfect image editing software for laptops and netbooks where hard drive space may be at a premium.ģ. GIMP is a much smaller install, about 20x smaller then Photoshop. Photoshop costs upwards of $700 for a single license! The old saying stays true, if it's free it's for me.Ģ. Starting with the most obvious and possibly most important, GIMP is free. ![]()
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