Differences between version 11 and revision by previous author of PhotoShop.
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| Newer page: | version 11 | Last edited on Monday, July 14, 2003 6:26:30 pm | by JohnMcPherson | Revert |
| Older page: | version 9 | Last edited on Monday, July 14, 2003 1:53:45 pm | by AlastairPorter | Revert |
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* Layers implementation is more intuitive and flexible
* Very good path support
* Adjustable color reproduction
* Better support for tablets like Wacom, or Aiptek (__very__ important for artists)
-* PDF import/export support, this is important as lots only accept/prefer material in PDF format. PhotoShop also gets the reproduction right.
+* 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 very slowly getting better at this)
* Comes with ImageReady for making animated [GIF]s and the likes, much much easier/cleaner/quicker than making animated [GIF]s in TheGimp
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(Remove the above as TheGimp gets better)
TheGimp is superior because:
-* ScriptFu (write your own filters)
-* It's OpenSource
+* ScriptFu (write your own filters). perl gimp module means you can completely script arbitrary sequences of actions in gimp from perl. 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
