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Feb 22, 2017 05:25:07 #

bkellyusa Loc: Nashville, TN

My failing with GIMP was personal. I thought it was a great piece of software but as a beginner to both photography and post processing software it was a real hill to climb for me to learn it and I just gave up and switched to Lightroom and then added Photoshop both of which have tons more support for someone learning then does GIMP.

Feb 22, 2017 06:09:58 #

dreamon

Apaflo wrote:

I've used GIMP (and UFRAW) for years. br br The o... (show quote)

Ditto. Part Scotts, which makes me, well, thrifty.

Feb 22, 2017 07:34:15 #

leftj Loc: Texas

Shootist wrote:

Call me cheap but does anyone else on this site us... (show quote)

Weeeelllll - if your cheap you're not likely to spend the money to get good lenses.

Feb 22, 2017 07:37:26 #

leftj Loc: Texas

G Brown wrote:

I have moved from Widows to Linux (Zorin and Ubuntu) so am starting anew with Gimp, Darktable, Ufraw, delaboratory.

Having used Gimp way back (Win3.1) it has come on leaps and bounds - now 16bit, layers, just about every tool from PSE. and accepting plug-ins. Gimp also still keeps its graphic roots so line redrawing your images is a click away (if you like sketches)

Darktable is an LR equivalent organiser and Delaboratory is a non destructive and 'go backable' image manipulation tool that far exceeds what I thought I knew of curves and colour gamuts.

I have LR5 and PSE 11from disk (on the computer that my wife now uses) Both probably would work in WINE if ever I figure it out. But not in a hurry so far. I have more than I need at present.

Finding the transition slow - but then I am lazy. Font size, especially in Darktable is much smaller than windows - should be a fix for that ....(contl+ works on lots of things but not all)

My wife is really struggling with an upgraded WIN10. It is acting quite weird at times....not letting her log out of email, not recognising printer some days, It likes neither my Chip nor my Graphics drivers etc. (but nor does the new Ubuntu) so in no hurry to nor need to go back to Mr Gates. (I use very few apps)

From an objective point of view, you are not missing much - if anything, by using free-ware - from what I have seen. You may have to use one or two programmes to 'do' what others do....But isn't that the fun of trying different programmes.

In another forum, the need to learn 'code' was pretty much confined to those that 'liked the idea' rather than as a necessity. (those adept at keyboard shortcuts etc) The GUI (Graphic User Interface) is now considered equal to all tasks (like modern Windows) and to be honest I prefer to be able to download what I fancy trying rather than buy at silly prices and not use. Plus UN-install is a simple click.

If I could get rid of Google and its constant need to 'Help me' and 'improve my experience' I could go back to happily struggling.

Have fun

I have moved from Widows to Linux (Zorin and Ubunt... (show quote)

Too bad for the widos.

Feb 22, 2017 07:45:40 #

donrosshill Loc: Delaware & Florida

I am one of those that is GIMPing along and love it. Occasionally use Elements 11. I am not cheap, just frugal.
Don

Feb 22, 2017 08:11:58 #

James Slick Loc: Pittsburgh,PA

Shootist wrote:

Call me cheap but does anyone else on this site us... (show quote)

I use Gimp, I don't feel "deprived". It's a powerful program that has a bit of a learning curve,but it does everything that I need. I also use Libre Office, Like Gimp, It does what I need as well. Since I use Linux AND Windows it's nice to have the same tools on both platforms.

Feb 22, 2017 08:17:53 #

Rloren

Shootist wrote:

Call me cheap but does anyone else on this site us... (show quote)

As a newbie I did a ton of research on what editing software I wanted to learn and buy. I did not want to spend the time learning a whole program and then find out...but you can't do this or that?
It appeared Lightroom was somewhat of the industry standard, everyone knows and recognizes, so I purchased the stand alone program to get rolling...$149.00.
Guess it all depends on what you want to do with your photography, but at least with Lightroom people won't look at you sideways and say what?
I eventually then hope to then slide into Photoshop...
I'm sure there is a lot of free software that gets the job done. I tried Gimp but was stumbling along so I just passed on it. I probably didn't have enough knowledge to figure it out...yet...

Feb 22, 2017 08:19:33 #

James Slick Loc: Pittsburgh,PA

rjaywallace wrote:

Quite few UHH members are adherents of GIMP despite it's goofy name

I use Gimp. I also use the Foobar 2000 audio player.

I'm commenting on a site called Ugly Hedgehog. from an Android by Cricket.... Goofy names might BE the attraction 😛!

Feb 22, 2017 08:34:36 #

KSmith

No. Gear is expensive enough. Gimp does what i need to do. No problems. No complaints.

Feb 22, 2017 08:37:54 #

James Slick Loc: Pittsburgh,PA

KSmith wrote:

No. Gear is expensive enough. Gimp does what i need to do. No problems. No complaints.

True! Good software might be expensive, cheap or even free.... Good glass is never cheap!

Feb 22, 2017 08:46:54 #

cthahn

If you want to play around with 6 or more different programs, that is up to you. It is the results that count. I just switched from Elements to Adobe CC. It did not take much convincing that Photoshop and Lightroom were a great combination. T hey are both different from each other, but with a couple of key strokes either can be selected. gives me more time with the camera, and the latest version always available.

Feb 22, 2017 08:50:55 #

aflundi Loc: Albuquerque, NM

Shootist wrote:

[ ... ] does anyone else on this site use GIMP? [ ... ]

Are you alone? Absolutely not! I love GIMP. I sometimes use 2.8 for some of the very cool plugins that haven't been ported yet, but usually use 2.9 for its default 32-bit float depth processing and other advances.

I will admit though that Darktable has gotten to the point where it does things so powerfully, yet quickly and efficiently, that I now use it for most things. But when I want to use a brush for subtle edits, or combine images using layers and masks, GIMP is the answer for me.

And it's not for cost reasons. I prefer GIMP over Photoshop. It's not that I think Photoshop is bad -- it's quite good, of course. I just like GIMP better.

Feb 22, 2017 09:05:03 #

camerapapi Loc: Miami, Fl.

If Photoninja and GIMP are working for you I see no reason to get anything else. As you know Lightroom and Photoshop are very popular editing programs and there are other softwares that do a great job enhancing files, like Topaz and Nik just to mention two of them.
Photoninja retails for about $129, cheap only if compared to Photoshop.
For my RAW files I use the now discontinued but excellent Nikon Capture NX2. The program is slightly slow but excellent to edit Nikon files and it has the Color Control points inherited from Nik.
I guess that people should use what fits them better for their workflow.

Feb 22, 2017 09:09:10 #

ebbote Loc: Hockley, Texas

An other word for cheap is "wise".

Shootist wrote:

Call me cheap but does anyone else on this site us... (show quote)

Feb 22, 2017 09:23:53 #

Apaflo Loc: Anchorage, Alaska

aflundi wrote:

And it's not for cost reasons. I prefer GIMP over Photoshop. It's not that I think Photoshop is bad -- it's quite good, of course. I just like GIMP better.

That is something I totally agree with! I like GIMP a lot better.

Of course I've use X and Linux or Unix for three decades and find the entire concept of the user interface promoted by Windows to be excessively restrictive. I've long ago adapted a workflow that requires the flexibility of tools primarily designed for Linux. An example is that my Window Manager with a custom Desktop design using FVWM2 does not restrict where I work on an image. There are almost no Icons, because launching a program from an Icon limits it to a pre-specified working directory. I have an Icon for a calculator program , which needs no home directory. I can't imagine launching a text editor or an image editor that way. I have a stack of virtual desktops, most of which have a terminal emulator running. But I also have 5 different web browsers, under different users, running all the time with multiple tabs open (four tabs on UHH are always open).

That makes for fast workflow management and efficient use of my time. I don't have to wait for the computer. While one program runs I do something else, and the switch is instant because none of it is turned off just because something else is in the foreground.

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