GIMP
Feb 3, 2012 11:11:07 #
I read about different editing programs on the forum, but have not heard anything about GIMP.
It's free is what I like.
Any opinions, is it worth it top buy PS orPSE10 ????
It's free is what I like.
Any opinions, is it worth it top buy PS orPSE10 ????
Feb 3, 2012 13:05:47 #
kylan
Loc: behind you or in your closet
I use im new to it but i also have pse4 and it is remarkably similar if not the same better at least thats what i think
Feb 3, 2012 14:12:21 #
it is a great program, free , but has a learning curve as all do,,if you can learn it I think it will do all the pp most need
Feb 3, 2012 14:24:14 #
you get what you pay for. photoshop elements is much more supported then gimp which is a counterfiet ripoff of photoshop created by a college computer class as a project. I find that by b having a legal copy o fpse 9 i have acsess to alot of free tutorials, support, forums and other help. In addition most photomags articles on how to usually only give you the how to in photoshop and elements, once in a blue moon you will see a correl product demonstrated. go to photoshop.com. its adobes version of a combination of flickr and picasa. free 2gbg of photostorage, plus an online organizer and preety decent editor. plus if you own pse or ps it has an automatic back up feature. If you pay less than 30 a year you get like 20 gbs of storage.
Feb 4, 2012 00:59:37 #
I tried it. It is amazingly good for a free program. There is a great book by a German author you will need if you want to do anything with it.
But I bought Elements 10 for $50 and it blows Gimp away. It is actually three programs: Adobe Camera Raw, Organizer, and Editor. Only the Editor compares to Gimp, and it is MUCH more sophisticated.
But if you buy Elements buy Kelby and Klowoskis book first. It will save you frustration. Elements is a complex program. Not hard but complex and it will frustrate you if you don't have good guidance.
But I bought Elements 10 for $50 and it blows Gimp away. It is actually three programs: Adobe Camera Raw, Organizer, and Editor. Only the Editor compares to Gimp, and it is MUCH more sophisticated.
But if you buy Elements buy Kelby and Klowoskis book first. It will save you frustration. Elements is a complex program. Not hard but complex and it will frustrate you if you don't have good guidance.
Feb 4, 2012 11:09:39 #
I use Adobe Cs5, but tested Gimp for a friend who wanted a free/cheap editor. It look good, but it does take a lot of learning. Adobe has all sorts of learning resources out there. Not so much for Gimp. If you like to dig in, Gimp is decent.
Feb 4, 2012 11:30:16 #
Feb 4, 2012 17:56:05 #
bluemerc wrote:
I read about different editing programs on the forum, but have not heard anything about GIMP.
It's free is what I like.
Any opinions, is it worth it top buy PS orPSE10 ????
It's free is what I like.
Any opinions, is it worth it top buy PS orPSE10 ????
dont let anyone tell you gimp is not supported there are tons of info you just have to look. Used it on an older computer long time back. If you want an easy to learn try Lightzone, it free also uses sliders and keeps a history of what you are doing on the left side of screen and you can delete anything in the history you want...
Feb 4, 2012 18:24:51 #
Iffin you are goin to get GIMP, besure to down load and read about mathmap. Wild and crazy things. The only other program, at least when I looked, that had a mathmap plugin waqs PS 5.5. Spirals, fractals etc... have fun.
Feb 4, 2012 18:26:44 #
All the PP techniques here are done in The Gimp. It is an excellent program.
http://www.photonhead.com/
And there are plenty of other places to learn as well.
http://www.photonhead.com/
And there are plenty of other places to learn as well.
Feb 4, 2012 19:23:55 #
still not nearly as suported as photoshop and elements, which are in use by a vast majority of photographers. what the inventors of gimp did is take the programing to photoshop and change it just enough to avoid copyright infringement and released it like the criminal parasites they are. peoples hard work and companies resource investment should be rewardeed and not ripped off by a bunch of egotistical anarchists that make up the hacker community. if you shop carefully you can find pse 10 versions for about 50 bucks. if you don't mind an earlier version on amazon or ebay you can get used copies dirt cheap. like any hobby photography has certain costs. the nice thing about digital is it eliminated a constant cost in film and developement and replaced it with a fixed cost of software.
Feb 4, 2012 20:21:32 #
sinatraman wrote:
... what the inventors of gimp did is take the programing to photoshop and change it just enough to avoid copyright infringement and released it like the criminal parasites they are. peoples hard work and companies resource investment should be rewardeed and not ripped off by a bunch of egotistical anarchists that make up the hacker community...
Open source does not equal hacked copyrighted products.
What happens more is GPL software developers get hired by the companies who sell the product. Every new release of Windows looks more and more like KDE or Gnome running on a Linux kernel.
Gimp has been around since 1995
http://www.gimp.org/about/prehistory.html
Feb 4, 2012 21:45:46 #
kylan
Loc: behind you or in your closet
sinatraman wrote:
still not nearly as suported as photoshop and ele... (show quote)
stop flaming them 1 hacker is another name for programmer the media made every "hacker" look bad
2 its plenty supported maybe not as much as ps but more than enough
and the programming is changed way more than your letting on they already did it if what they did was wrong so you flaming them isnt helping your just making yourself look like a hothead
Feb 4, 2012 23:19:04 #
GIMP is great! It could be said that most any app is a ripoff of a previous one. The first one inspires the next one. If a student is inspired to create a capable program that is free- Here, Here! Copyright infringement? It's free, no profit motive. Criminal parasite? Maybe a karmic altruistic one. As for support check out Gimp Guru, GIMP forums, and the venerable Grokking The GIMP (downloadable). There are other apps (also free) that act like extensions for raw and image management.
There are also many videos online (You Tube & others). And then there are books in print- GIMP for Photographers, GIMP Novice to Professional and others. So try it. It won't cost you anything but time, time spent learning!
There are also many videos online (You Tube & others). And then there are books in print- GIMP for Photographers, GIMP Novice to Professional and others. So try it. It won't cost you anything but time, time spent learning!
Feb 4, 2012 23:23:50 #
MtnMan wrote:
But I bought Elements 10 for $50 and it blows Gimp away. It is actually three programs: Adobe Camera Raw, Organizer, and Editor. Only the Editor compares to Gimp, and it is MUCH more sophisticated.
But I bought Elements 10 for $50 and it blows Gimp away. It is actually three programs: Adobe Camera Raw, Organizer, and Editor. Only the Editor compares to Gimp, and it is MUCH more sophisticated.
Absolute agreement!!! Adobe Camera Raw has become an essential part of working with digital negatives. The Organizer is sweet and so is the Editor. Love it!!!
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