Adobe PhotoShop VS. Gimp

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GIMP, because it's free and open source

Having used both, and taking price out of the equation, I'd say Photoshop. It's much better to use, has more tutorials, a much better UI, and is more of a "standard".

If you ignore the obvious price difference, then Photoshop is the better choice. Gimp is just as good when it comes to drawing, but when it comes to manipulation of photos, Photoshop is the clear winner.

Photoshop. Linux? Photoshop in WINE.

The reason I use Gimp is because it's free and ever since I started using it i haven't had any need for tools that aren't there (I used to use Photoshop but never miss it, especially not because Photoshop did crash quite often, but I'm talking about some years ago)


I'm kind of curious what it is that Photoshop does better?
Maybe the Photoshop lovers could demonstrate these things that are better?

If there is a property program I'd love to have for free it's Flash, I'm not sure there is something to make animations like Flash in OpenSource? (except the animated gifs in Gimp for example, which are also very interesting, but not interactive)

GIMP. It's great for image editing and graphics. I also like that it's free, open-source, and runs natively on Linux.

I just got Paint Shop Pro photo X2 from frys.com for the cost of 2 stamps (after rebates).
I haven't used the gimp but PSP is reasonably close to photoshop in functionality.
Go to Frys.com and click on the specials link. They also have Antivirus software dirt cheap after rebates.

How do you ignore the price?

Only one way, and I am not willing to pay that price.

I have bought Photoshop Pro CS4 now so the Photoshop 7 I had since before will come to no use. The same with Premiere. I would love to give my old versions to someone who needs them and would use them but I dont know if thats possible to do...

It sucks when your property is not yours to give away, isnt it?

i use gimp and ooo(openoffice.org) because i do not want to pay for software if i do not have too,
and to me - software piracy is OUT of the question for moral+ethical reasons - i would much rather use floss(free/libre/open source software) instead of going commerical OR cracked bootleg - why else do you think i use linux?

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imo paint.net >>> Gimp. It has more available features and supports more file types, I find gimp has a tendency to crash when your working with textures that have multiple layers aswell.

So the new beta version of gimp has animated brushes and layer groups. It also has a switch to reassemble all the floating windows into one, sort of like PS.

It also uses 90% of the PS brushes out there.

That doesnt leave many features that PS has that gimp doesnt.

Whats left?

If you thought the help on GIMP was bad, try using Gnucash as a free alternative to M$ Money or Quicken. I think my favorite bit is that the "help" link for customizing reports takes you to a generic 700 page e-textbook for whatever language they use for queries.

Now that I'm up and running w/gnucash I'll probably stick with it for a little while at least. Basically what I do is create generic extracts then dump everything into Excel and do what I need to do there. Gets me where I want to go ultimately, but you'd think there'd be an easier way to do it. Plus being an accountant I like that you've got a real trial balance to work with, etc., something neither Quicken nor Money have.

But the propaganda you can find about gnucash's "ease of use" on various blogs is only true if you're a real codehead. And I am decidedly not. Seems to me a lot of the folks who design and maintain "open-source" stuff presume a level of knowledge 99% of the population does not have, has no interest in having and never will have.

Sorry for the thread derail. I'll shut up now.

Photoshop is by fare waaaaay more powerful then GIMP. Photoshop is made for professional photographers, people who make money from there photos, and need settings in photoshop that you wont find in GIMP to make that money.
Most people will argue that one is better then another because of the features they see on the surface when they open the program, but unless you are really into photography, or professional, then it is hard to see why photoshop is better then others. If you think photoshop is two expensive, or dont really know how it could be more powerful then GIMP, then your better off just going with GIMP because it is free!
I use both GIMP and Photoshop CS4, and GIMP is definantly a capable program, and you can definantly get pro looking results with it, and it has most of the same tools and functionality that Photoshop has.
Photoshop has alot more power then you see on the surface, and the ability to do things you could only dream of doing with GIMP, but the general user of GIMP usually does not use or need these techniques and just does not know they are missing anything.

Photoshop is made for professionals, and along with Adobe Lightroom gives you the ability to do things you just can not do in GIMP, but it seems for the majority of the people replying in this thread, that GIMP is plenty powerful enough for you!

Any examples?