Image Editing : GIMP vs Photoshop

Can free software compete with a product so popular that it has become a part of our language? http://on.fb.me/follownix In the world of photo editors, no other piece of software comes close to matching Adobe Photoshop's power. On this week's episode of OS.ALT we see how Photoshop compares to GIMP, a free and open source graphics editor.

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Open Source Alternative, GIMP: http://http://www.gimp.org/
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I'm Nick cpixel and you're watching us
all I'll be your tour guide on our
journey through the good bad and ugly of
open-source this week I'm diving into
the wonderful world of image editors on
one hand we have a program that has
become so popular that it's basically
become a verb
yes she is totally shopped could you
photoshop my face to look smoother on
the other hand we have gift and i'm not
talking bondage game stands for good new
image manipulation program let's see how
it compares to adobe's Photoshop Adobe
Photoshop is the industry gold standard
for image editing on both windows and
mac other companies have tried and
failed to create products that are
anywhere near as good as photoshop as of
today there just isn't anything out
there that compares why like photoshop
the current version of cs 12 it's
compatible with the entire adobe
creative suite so I could be editing in
Lightroom for the little edits and then
go to photoshop for more in-depth edits
there's so much support online a huge
huge community and tons of plugins
there's tools and filters up the wazoo
and you if you want to make the metal
shards faces like the little toy that I
had when I was five
you can do that why i don't like
photoshop is that elements cost a
hundred bucks and photoshop extended is
a thousand it's estimated that over half
of photoshop users have pirated plugins
that you buy don't actually carry over
between versions so you're like stuck in
Prior versions because you paid for the
other plugins so it's just mind-boggling
constant validation annoys me
not that I wouldn't have legit copies of
adobe stuff but it makes my antivirus
wig out
GIMP is the open source communities
answer to photoshop its current version
is available on the trifecta windows mac
and linux its interface is outdated but
the new too . 7 preview release has a
single window mode available for testing
which will be a lot cleaner and a lot
more familiar to those who use photoshop
why I like camp is it has almost all the
same tools and it's free and open source
is photoshop i picked up GIMP coming
in Photoshop and it was actually really
easy it's super lightweight in linux and
loads quickly why I don't like gimp is
the tools like the healing tool and
clone aren't quite as polished as in
Photoshop there's also not as much
support in game probably just because
it's not as popular and it takes a while
to load in Windows I know why would i be
using it in windows i give Jim a 3 out
of 5 as a replacement for photoshop now
keep in mind my review is based on being
a non-professional I actually love gimp
someone was even nice enough to give me
see that doesn't sound as good as being
photoshopped but honestly when it comes
to being a complete replacement for
photoshop given doesn't handle some
aspects of editing as well like layers
and other tools that i mention when give
becomes indistinguishable from Photoshop
then i'll stick with it even as a
prosumer the only people who have
anything to fear from free software are
those whose products are worth even less
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