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| Newer page: | version 4 | Last edited on Wednesday, January 21, 2004 1:19:26 pm | by AristotlePagaltzis | Revert |
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-it is WellUsedRhetoric that PhotoShop is far superior to TheGimp
.
+it is WellUsedRhetoric that PhotoShop is far superior to [TheGIMP]
.
Can some knowledgeable graphics person who is v. familiar with both packages please explain why this is so?
PhotoShop is superior because:
* Better support for colour reproduction/commercial printing (ie, supports different printer colorspaces).
@@ -9,30 +9,30 @@
* Better support for tablets like Wacom, or Aiptek (__very__ important for artists) - This is a little platform dependant
* 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)
* Integrates with AdobeIllustrator (scaleable vector graphics, useful!)
* Better filter (and 3rd party filter) support
-* Way better text support (although, TheGimp
is slowly getting better at this)
+* Way better text support (although, [TheGIMP]
is slowly getting better at this)
* Processing speed
* Much better optimized [GIF] output support, much smaller file sizes and color reproduction at small palette sizes.
* "Save for web" feature, I use this at least ten times a day and can't live without it
* Slices
* The best Unsharp Mask ever known to man, used lots in Photo retouching/preparation
* Really easy and powerfull Macro Recorder
-(Remove the above as TheGimp
gets better)
+(Remove the above as [TheGIMP]
gets better)
-TheGimp
is superior because:
+[TheGIMP]
is superior because:
* 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.
* It's OpenSource (and free $$)
* Huge range of export/import filters, however misses some more commercial formats that PhotoShop doesn't.
* Supports 24-bit w/ Alpha channel [PNG]s properly, PhotoShop had some issues with these prior to version 7.
* 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
* 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.
* Good Path support(well, it works for me) including export to SVG
* Font Rendering with FreeType looks much better to me.
-* 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/]
+* 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/]
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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.)
+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.)
-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 GIMP
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.
+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.
