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Jul 22, 2018 11:00:05 #
Jul 22, 2018 11:07:30 #
A far better value and as capable as Adobe Photoshop. You must dig out the training. Not nearly as much training available as it is open source software and free as a result. Commitment to learning will be totally up to you. The information is out there. GIMP has been close to "in lock step" with Photoshop on features for decades.
Jul 22, 2018 11:08:18 #
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Jul 22, 2018 11:30:21 #
nadelewitz
Loc: Ithaca NY
There are books on GIMP. Amazon has a bunch. Also lots of GIMP tutorials etc. online. You're not alone when you use GIMP.
Jul 22, 2018 11:30:37 #
Used it for years. The number of tools available seems very daunting, but what I recommend is to simply learn a few basic tools first. Get those under your belt, then learn a few more. Once those are made routine, then learn a few more.
Jul 22, 2018 11:54:16 #
I have it as part of my suite of photo processing software tools, however I rarely use it. My go to tool as far as freeware goes is Raw Therapee. But mostly I use Photoshop Elements18 and Photo Pos Pro both of which are not freeware.
The learning curve on GIMP is steep.
The learning curve on GIMP is steep.
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Jul 22, 2018 12:10:07 #
I don't see how the learning curve in Gimp is somehow steeper than the learning curve in PS or whatever. A program with many powerful tools will seem easier to learn if you already know most of the tools from related programs.
Jul 22, 2018 12:53:45 #
Mark Sturtevant wrote:
I don't see how the learning curve in Gimp is somehow steeper than the learning curve in PS or whatever. A program with many powerful tools will seem easier to learn if you already know most of the tools from related programs.
The issue with GIMP, as I see it, is that there's not much of a GUI there. Having a good graphical user interface makes most programs much more intuitive to work with.
Jul 22, 2018 13:01:09 #
Just a quick first attempt. I found no "deselect" in the drop downs and found that I must use export to save with file extensions other than GIMPS own extension. However, it looks powerful. Photoshop CC but thought I'd take a look for interest.
Jul 22, 2018 13:06:53 #
Les Brown wrote:
Just a quick first attempt. I found no "deselect" in the drop downs and found that I must use export to save with file extensions other than GIMPS own extension. However, it looks powerful. Photoshop CC but thought I'd take a look for interest.
That's what I have found as well.
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Jul 22, 2018 14:26:06 #
Jul 22, 2018 14:41:43 #
DaveC1 wrote:
Gimp has a GUI that includes a tool palette that is very similar to the one in Photoshop CC and many other programs, as can be seen in the attached pictures.
I have never used PS, and yet I can immediately recognize almost every one of its tools, knowing the tools in Gimp. Both use very much the same methods to select and to modify brushes, and so on. Now of course there are differences, and I would expect that the PS programs and other commercial programs have, in the end, a superior GUI than that of Gimp. But Gimp is still highly comparable and it is FREE.
Jul 22, 2018 14:45:17 #
Jul 22, 2018 17:20:20 #
Mark Sturtevant wrote:
Gimp has a GUI that includes a tool palette that i... (show quote)
What version? My screen looks nothing like that.
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