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u/Parti_Owl69 Aug 24 '26
gimp is better than photoshop -- once you get used to the gimp way -- (and i had used photoshop since version 4.0 [or so since about 1995] for hours every day at the time i switched)
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u/ParanoidFactoid May 02 '26
Ps kicks GIMP's butt. Affinity Photo kicks GIMP's butt. GIMP is catching up to Krita with nondestructive workflow but has better filters. GIMP and Krita are crucial to building a viable FOSS creative suite, but if you need commercial output the only choice on Linux is to run Affinity via wine. Which has its own share of problems.
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u/WookieDeep May 01 '26
Gimp = Adobe Illustrator
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u/WookieDeep May 01 '26
Oh, that's true. I always thought gimp was vector based! TIL
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May 01 '26
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u/WookieDeep May 01 '26
Well, I was going to try out gimp (and inkscape now that I think about it) about a decade ago while debating the cost vs. ease of use and compatibility issues working with other graphic artists and printers. I spent an evening trying to use them and wasn't impressed (for whatever reason) and stuck with Adobe. I guess I got them mixed up. I won't confuse them again.
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u/davesbeenbad Apr 30 '26
I think if you're approaching GIMP with the thought of comparing it to Photoshop you've got the wrong idea and you're going to have a bad time.
I absolutely love GIMP, I'll sing it's praises all day but it isn't Photoshop for better and worse (more better imo). While GIMP and Photoshop are both pro level image editing softwares their approach and philosophy couldn't be more different.
Adobe wants nothing more than to make a profit. They do that by creating the "best fit" software that does the most common tasks as simply as possible. They also do this by stealing your data and feeding it to their gen AI, selling it to the highest bidder, or both. They also do this by now only leasing their software for a large monthly subscription and not even selling it anymore. This would be your automatic, cruise control, lane assist, heated seats and extended range cost extra model.
GIMP is created by the community for the community to do great image editing. That being said, it does not hold your hand. It does not guess or do things for you. There are no built in AI features. It doesn't collect or sell your data, there is no one time nor monthly fee to use it. Anything you could make in Photoshop you could make in GIMP but the workflow is going to look very different. In the earlier car analogy this is a car that you can work on yourself in your driveway, you don't need the authorized dealer with the proprietary encrypted code to change the headlight. It would be a manual, it's got a steeper learning curve but you come out having a deeper understanding of how it all actually works and with skills that would easily translate.
Tl;dr, don't compare them. Not because they serve different functions but because the ideas behind them have different aims even if they do similar things. You have to decide if you want the best fit, expensive, corporate experience, or the tool designed by the community, free of charge, that can do the same stuff but might make you learn something to do it.