Members Cap'n Ahole Posted July 8, 2011 Members Share Posted July 8, 2011 Ive been using photoshop 6, but just reformatted & thinking of trying something else. Any one use GIMP? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members THEE HAMMER Posted July 8, 2011 Members Share Posted July 8, 2011 I use GIMP and there is a reason you'll rarely see original content photos from me that have been edited. Because it has A STEEP learning curve, having someone experienced with it to guide you through can really help though. and the fact it is free is nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ovid9 Posted July 8, 2011 Members Share Posted July 8, 2011 I use GIMPand there is a reason you'll rarely see original content photos from me that have been edited.Because it has A STEEP learning curve, having someone experienced with it to guide you through can really help though.and the fact it is free is nice. I have gIMP. It is pretty amazing for free software. I can barely resize an avatar with it as its pretty complex and I just don't have the desire to learn how to properly use it. Its really powerful, and its free, but it is not beginner friendly. I have no idea how its interface/commands/etc. compare to photoshop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kenny Powers Posted July 8, 2011 Members Share Posted July 8, 2011 ummmmmmmm whats the goal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members zac503 Posted July 8, 2011 Members Share Posted July 8, 2011 I've used all 3 pretty extensively. I still prefer photoshop when it comes to usability though. Gimp is as capable but the interface sucks still. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cap'n Ahole Posted July 8, 2011 Author Members Share Posted July 8, 2011 ummmmmmmm whats the goal? Various Photo enhancements & manipulations, creation of cards, adds, flyers, album covers, & other bull{censored}... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ovid9 Posted July 8, 2011 Members Share Posted July 8, 2011 Well, here's the thing. Gimp is legally free. You can always download it and try it out. If you don't like it, you're out nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cap'n Ahole Posted July 8, 2011 Author Members Share Posted July 8, 2011 Im pretty sure you guys arent dummies, so Ill take it GIMP is gonna be a helluva task should I choose to try it.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cap'n Ahole Posted July 8, 2011 Author Members Share Posted July 8, 2011 Well, here's the thing.Gimp is legally free. You can always download it and try it out. If you don't like it, you're out nothing. True... Is it a resource hog? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members THEE HAMMER Posted July 8, 2011 Members Share Posted July 8, 2011 True...Is it a resource hog? not really, there are some excellent tutorials available and many are step by step and very descriptive. I use it mostly for posters and sticker/cut out designs but never too complex. It runs smoothly on my mac. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ovid9 Posted July 8, 2011 Members Share Posted July 8, 2011 not really, there are some excellent tutorials available and many are step by step and very descriptive. I use it mostly for posters and sticker/cut out designs but never too complex. It runs smoothly on my mac. What THEE HAMMER said except it runs smoothly on my Ubuntu box that only has 2 gig of RAM. I never have pushed it, but it doesn't suck up too much memory or anything just with the light use I put it to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cap'n Ahole Posted July 8, 2011 Author Members Share Posted July 8, 2011 What THEE HAMMER said except it runs smoothly on my Ubuntu box that only has 2 gig of RAM. I never have pushed it, but it doesn't suck up too much memory or anything just with the light use I put it to. Right on, sounds worth a try then.. & thanks for the info guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members isvoid Posted July 8, 2011 Members Share Posted July 8, 2011 I've used PhotoShop, GIMP, Paint.NET, Irfan Pro ... all to varying degrees but use PaintShopPro because it has the best power/learn ratio and is more intuitive than the others. Mind you I've been using it for *cough*, a couple years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sloppy Fingers Posted July 8, 2011 Members Share Posted July 8, 2011 Paintshop does a lot of stuff and seems a litte more intuitive than Photoshop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NixerX Posted July 8, 2011 Members Share Posted July 8, 2011 Get Photoshop, learn gimp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members futurism Posted July 8, 2011 Members Share Posted July 8, 2011 paint.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MadKeithV Posted July 8, 2011 Members Share Posted July 8, 2011 +1 For Paintshop Pro. Not the insane pricing of Photoshop, scripting support in Python, plenty of power, some vector graphics, and the personal biggie for me: supports pressure-sensitive Wacom tablets, which the GIMP on Windows did NOT the last time I looked at it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NixerX Posted July 8, 2011 Members Share Posted July 8, 2011 +1 For Paintshop Pro. Not the insane pricing of Photoshop, scripting support in Python, plenty of power, some vector graphics, and the personal biggie for me: supports pressure-sensitive Wacom tablets, which the GIMP on Windows did NOT the last time I looked at it. HOLY {censored} PSP is 39.99!!! http://store1.corel.com/corel/product/index.jsp?pid=prod3930073&cid=catalog20038&skuId=PK_TU13ENESD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members isvoid Posted July 8, 2011 Members Share Posted July 8, 2011 honestly, it's a steal at $99 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LoopQuantum Posted July 8, 2011 Members Share Posted July 8, 2011 Various Photo enhancements & manipulations, creation of cards, adds, flyers, album covers, & other bull{censored}... I use Gimp, and Picasa on my PC. Iphoto on my mac. That's it. Gimp is NOT fun until you figure it out. That said, my 9 year old uses it. They used it in her 3rd grade art class. She taught me how to use it. Our children are making us obsolete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ruppert240 Posted July 8, 2011 Members Share Posted July 8, 2011 I use gimp at home and photoshop at work. I find gimp pretty easy to use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MatchFive Posted July 8, 2011 Members Share Posted July 8, 2011 I use Paint.net.. Pretty simple and can work with layers pretty easily, but it has no feather tool.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cap'n Ahole Posted July 9, 2011 Author Members Share Posted July 9, 2011 I slapped "The Gimp" on the PC & it aint that bad.. I only {censored}ed around with color adj & basics like that, but it was just fine. Seems like at least if you have some familiarity with Photoshop its not hard to get around in. But would still take some learning. Unbeatable for free. PaintShopPro WAS a lot more intuitive when I used it in the past, but when it came to sending stuff to other graphics professionals, they had format incompatibilities & I had to default to photoshop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members The Extremist Posted July 9, 2011 Members Share Posted July 9, 2011 i do this {censored} for a living. Photoshop wipes the floor with those other 2 programs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members strtdv Posted July 9, 2011 Members Share Posted July 9, 2011 Photoshop has some powerful tools neither of the other two have, and supports 32 bit colour (GIMP doesn't). Honestly, if you're doing it on a professional level, Photoshop is the industry standard for a reason. However, for a bit of photo editing, GIMP works very well, and has some cool plugins and scripts available that make it less fiddly.I use GIMP for my photo editing, as I simply don't do enough of it to justify spending Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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