Switch from Photoshop to Gimp: Tips From a Pro
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Switch from Photoshop to Gimp: Tips From a Pro
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Re: Switch from Photoshop to Gimp: Tips From a Pro
#2If you use Windows, consider Paint.NET (http://www.getpaint.net) instead of GIMP. It's much quicker (particularly the 4.0 beta builds) and has a much more Photoshop-like UI out of the box.
Re: Switch from Photoshop to Gimp: Tips From a Pro
#3This reminds me of the endless bug reports we're getting right now about the Octave GUI not being indistinguishable from Matlab. Makes me wish people weren't so inflexible about the tiniest UI differences. It's difficult to please the converts.
Re: Switch from Photoshop to Gimp: Tips From a Pro
#4If you use Windows, consider Paint.NET ( http://www.getpaint.net ) instead of GIMP. It's much quicker (particularly the 4.0 beta builds) and has a much more Photoshop-like UI out of the box.
Sure, but it doesn't do nearly as much. Especially when creating graphics from scratch
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#5Maybe someday the gIMP will be even close to Photoshop. Heck, maybe it is for some people's needs. But, I'm not even an artist and the gIMP doesn't come close to meeting my needs.
"No decent OpenType typography, no layer styles, no smart objects, no dice." (from the comments on the OP)
If all I need to do is crop or scale an image than sure, I might get by with gIMP though in that case I'd arguably get by better with something simpler than gIMP.
But, I actually use vector layers with layer styles ALL THE TIME. I actually use text layers with layer styles ALL THE TIME. I actually use non destructive adjustment layers ALL THE TIME.
Photoshop layer styles are like CSS. You can declare your styles and then edit vectors or text and the styles apply dynamically.
AFAIK gIMP has no equivalents. Those are not minor features. They're what set Photoshop apart.
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Re: Switch from Photoshop to Gimp: Tips From a Pro
#7The only way to get something that works like Photoshop.....
I bet you can guess the answer!
It's a bit like all those people who try to get a PC to run OSX. Just buy a damn Mac for goodness sake!
Re: Switch from Photoshop to Gimp: Tips From a Pro
#8I haven't tried it myself so can't vouch for it but GimpShop (http://www.gimpshop.com/) fills a similar niche.
Re: Switch from Photoshop to Gimp: Tips From a Pro
#9Krita may have a different aim on paper, but that just looks like a way to avoid conflict with the GIMP devs until it's clear to absolutely everyone that they've replaced it.
One of the real shockers with the GIMP is how badly it plays with Ubuntu's Unity, where the menubar will get emptied whenever you change something in a non-image editor window.
Re: Switch from Photoshop to Gimp: Tips From a Pro
#10Maybe someday the gIMP will be even close to Photoshop. Heck, maybe it is for some people's needs. But, I'm not even an artist and the gIMP doesn't come close to meeting my needs. "No decent OpenType typography, no layer styles, no smart objects, no dice." (from the comments on the OP) If all I need to do is crop or scale an image than sure, I might get by with gIMP though in that case I'd arguably get by better with…
> But, I actually use vector layers with layer styles ALL THE TIME. I actually use text layers with layer styles ALL THE TIME. I actually use non destructive adjustment layers ALL THE TIME.
Just use Inkscape and call it a day?