Contrary to what many people believe, Gimp is not just another Photoshop clone. In certain areas, Gimp has more capacity, and in some areas less. Gimp has nearly all the functionality that Photoshop has. ![]() There are several reasons why you should migrate to Gimp, and there are also some reasons why you shouldn't. In our view, you don't have the best of the best, simply because there is no single image editing program that is "the" best. Perhaps you reckon that you already have the best of the best when it comes to image editing programs. Why Should I Use Gimp When I Have Photoshop? We'll also try to point out the differences between Gimp and Photoshop so that you can get started right away. We'll explain why you want Gimp when you have Photoshop. But with the money you’ll save, you can buy a lot of coffee for those long nights ahead.This chapter is for experienced graphic artists and Photoshop users who want to learn how to use Gimp without having to go through the basics of image manipulation. If you’re a Photoshop expert, and have either become disillusioned with Adobe and/or its habit of making you $700 or so poorer on a regular basis, GIMP is still a viable alternative, but it comes at its own price: Forget everything you’ve ever known about image editing and learn from scratch. If you’ve never used Photoshop, GIMP is a worthy program for image editing and manipulation. ![]() For a Windows user who’s frustrated by the Microsoft trend to make everything as pretty, overloaded, and confusing (Windows Vista or 7 file navigation, for example), GIMP is a blast of fresh air. GIMP’s image open dialog box is a perfect example of this: the navigation is smooth, and it’s really easy to see where you are and where you need to be. Subtle things about GIMP show it’s not being created by someone following trends, but rather by a group of people who are passionate about making GIMP better than the trends. You can open as many images as you want, but there’s no way to easily locate or keep track of them. There are little things to dislike about GIMP: When you minimize the program, for example, the floating tool boxes remain floating in the middle of your monitor. Unlike Paint.NET, another free and open-source image editing and painting program, you don’t have to search the internet for the plugins you need: Most will have already been incorporated into GIMP. GIMP is purely a raster program, but there are also a vast selection of drawing and painting tools included. Also, the tutorials available on GIMP’s website can help. Fortunately, GIMP’s tool box includes tips when you hover over a tool and the options for the tool appear in the lower half of the tool box when you make your selection. For a Photoshop user, it’s a little like visiting a foreign country for the first time: Some things seem familiar and others are not. Like any detailed image editor and creator, GIMP is a little hard to get the hang of, but time spent is worth it for great-looking images with relative ease.I felt a little lost when I first opened GIMP 2.6.11. ![]() Yes, it’s still really different from Photoshop, but after two decades of Photoshop, is that really a bad thing? Criticized for years for being too oddball, too unstable, too un-Photoshop-like, GIMP has finally edged its way into the mainstream. GIMP, or GNU Image Manipulation Program, is an entirely free, open-source image editor and creator that-now in its seventeenth year of development-finally seems ready to take on the big guns.
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