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it is WellUsedRhetoric that PhotoShop is far superior to [TheGIMP]. |
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AlastairPorter |
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Can some knowledgeable graphics person who is v. familiar with both packages please explain why this is so? |
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PhotoShop is superior because: |
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* Better support for colour reproduction/commercial printing (ie, supports different printer colorspaces). |
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* Layers implementation is more intuitive and flexible - partly a matter of opinion, layer masks in 5.0 make no sense to me |
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* Very good path support |
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* Adjustable color reproduction |
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* Better support for tablets like Wacom, or Aiptek (__very__ important for artists) - This is a little platform dependant |
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* PDF import/export support, this is important as lots only accept/prefer material in PDF format. PhotoShop also gets the reproduction right. (Gimp 1.2 can import PDFs, although only as a bitmap - you can't edit the text. Gimp 1.2 can't save as PDF, although it can as Postscript which can easily be turned into PDF) |
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CraigBox |
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* Integrates with [Adobe] Illustrator (scaleable vector graphics, useful!) |
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AlastairPorter |
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* Better filter (and 3rd party filter) support |
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AristotlePagaltzis |
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* Way better text support (although, [TheGIMP] is slowly getting better at this) |
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AlastairPorter |
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* Processing speed |
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* Much better optimized [GIF] output support, much smaller file sizes and color reproduction at small palette sizes. |
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* "Save for web" feature, I use this at least ten times a day and can't live without it |
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* Slices |
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* The best Unsharp Mask ever known to man, used lots in Photo retouching/preparation |
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* Really easy and powerfull Macro Recorder |
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AristotlePagaltzis |
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(Remove the above as [TheGIMP] gets better) |
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AlastairPorter |
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AristotlePagaltzis |
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[TheGIMP] is superior because: |
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MattBrown |
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* ScriptFu (write your own filters). perl gimp module means you can completely script arbitrary sequences of actions in gimp from perl. py-fu allows scripting via [Python], and so on. It talks to an existing gimp process via sockets, so it's fast. (although its counterparts in Photoshop are just as fast, if not faster --!JuliusThyssen) |
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AlastairPorter |
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* It's OpenSource (and free $$) |
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MattBrown |
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* Huge range of export/import filters, however misses some more commercial formats that PhotoShop doesn't (so it isn't a superior feature for The Gimp, right? --!JuliusThyssen). |
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* Supports 24-bit w/ Alpha channel [PNG]s properly, PhotoShop had some issues with these prior to version 7. (We're at Photoshop CS2 now, no problems anymore. --!JuliusThyssen) |
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AlastairPorter |
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* Supports [MNG]s, basically an animated [GIF] but using the [PNG] format for it's frames. You can do some cool stuff with the Alpha channel in [MNG]s |
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MattBrown |
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* It has a far more elegant UI, Photoshop's antiquated MDI dseign is simply a waste of space, it's much better on the mac, but it sucks severely on win32. (That's wlug biased opinion, many disagree wholeheartedly with that. --!JuliusThyssen) |
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* Good Path support(well, it works for me) including export to SVG (and what is making that superior to Photoshop exactly? --!JuliusThyssen) |
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JuliusThyssen |
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* Font Rendering with FreeType looks much better to me. (to whom? If you want users to identify themselves when commenting here, do it yourself first!) |
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MattBrown |
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* if something in [TheGIMP] is causing you trouble then fix it, if you aren't capable of doing so, file a [bug report|http://bugzilla.gimp.org/] (so how is that superior to Photoshop for the task at hand; Suddenly DTP-people, image-editors and plain photo-enthusiasts need to be programmers? --!JuliusThyssen) |
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JuliusThyssen |
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(Remove the above as Photoshop gets better) |
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CraigBox |
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AristotlePagaltzis |
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Actually, [TheGIMP] is rather easy to use if you know how to use PhotoShop. Some people will tell you that it is simply a PhotoShop clone - this is simply not true, and while the clone accusation is the first anti [GIMP] slander you're likely to hear, the next is bound to attack the UI because it doesn't behave exactly like PhotoShop. (I guess that's logic for you.) |
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CraigBox |
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AristotlePagaltzis |
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Oh, and if you're some poor soul who uses a pirated copy of PhotoShop via [Wine] on [Linux] purely because you didn't like [TheGIMP] 1.2, you should really go and try one of the current development snapshots - in it's default state it's got a slew of "enhancements" which should make you feel more at home. |
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Oh, and if you really want "scalable vector graphics", |
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you might want to try out |
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Inkscape ( http://inkscape.org/ ). |
