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| Newer page: | version 5 | Last edited on Thursday, November 4, 2004 8:49:56 pm | by CraigBox | Revert |
| Older page: | version 2 | Last edited on Tuesday, December 16, 2003 7:56:49 pm | by PhilMurray | 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).
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* Very good path support
* Adjustable color reproduction
* 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!)
+* Integrates with [Adobe] Illustrator
(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/]
+
+-----
+
+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 [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.
